{"product_id":"shabazz-palaces-its-a-style-sport-lp","title":"Shabazz Palaces - It's a Style Sport [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 36, 36);\"\u003eRelease Date: October 23, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: Sub Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith bravado and precision, ever-evolving musician, producer, and rapper Ishmael Butler returns as Shabazz Palaces with It's a Style Sport. It's a Style Sport stays true to Shabazz Palaces' form in it's daring show of experimental hip-hop and free-form poetry, while revealing a more reflective and upfront side of the Seattle musician. It's a Style Sport finds Butler compiling what he's learned from his storied career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fueled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination. The album is the product of a collaborative, communal effort with many of Butler's touring band members: Evan Flory-Barnes on upright and electric bass; Thaddeus Turner on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; Kassa Overall on drums; Gerald Turner on bass and vocals; Marquetta Miller on vocals; and Carlos Overall on saxophone. Butler's longtime friend and collaborator Erik Blood provided instrumentation, production, and mixing. On It's a Style Sport, a visage of Butler's past lives as a rapper and performer is flung up against his contemporary persona, taunting and illuminating. At it's core, It's a Style Sport is an ode to the rap game of years past, when the playfully competitive ambition drove the genre to always outdo, outrun, and out-finesse your peers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45076283490355,"sku":"098787171501","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/5935\/9283\/files\/cover_ac4de77d-4072-404d-a9f7-b0babd9e0c50.jpg?v=1792183777","url":"https:\/\/seasickbham.com\/products\/shabazz-palaces-its-a-style-sport-lp","provider":"Seasick Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}