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>i can see using a new name to get away from your old work/old >crew or label issues > >but this makes it sound like he's pharrel or rza and trying to >do a side project outside of all the creativity-crushing fame > >dude should actually use whatever he can to get his stuff >circulated more. >>
Right, he's not that well-known.
When SP first came out, he definitely was distancing himself from Digable Planets. If I recall what I read correctly, when Ish met his Shabazz Palaces partner Tendai "Baba" Maraire, he tried to distance himself from being a musician. He was still creating but planned on never putting out music again. Then, when they started creating music, they were very low-key about it. The first SP album in 2009 came out with little background information about the group. Ish wasn't trying to promote himself or reveal his past affiliations.
So, while I don't necessarily agree with this approach, I've come to expect this manner from him.
> >one issue i got with these super artsy folks (erykah included) >is half the songs on their albums sound like demos/drafts, or >just not fully thought out to completion. and then i feel >silly for buying it. > I never felt this way about Erykah's music but with Ish? Absolutely. The first album I listened to from the Knife Knights project was "Low Key," and it's a no for me, dawg.
"Give You Game" is a better song. Of course, all the butt nekkid white folks strolling through the forest, towards Ish, is, well, yeah... But, that's Ish for you. His Sub Pop videos are often off the wall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0RSVMuCjzo
Some of the songs on the last two Shabazz Palaces projects also seemed half-baked.
>and somebody is trolling all over erykah's page saying they >pregnant. > Yeah, I saw that. Someone said twins! I don't know about alladat, tho. I don't pay attention to detailed rumors of that nature. I do think that have (or had) somethin' goin' on. -- "Music is not to be possessed; it's to be shared.” - James Mtume
"Just stay loose, keep it raw, and bang ya drums out sometimes." - Madlib
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