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    "comment": "Going out to Dan in Long Beach WA!\n---\nInspired by The Last Poets - track from the acclaimed debut album from the Seattle duo Shabazz Palaces - Ishmael Butler aka. Palaceer Lazaro (formerly Butterfly of jazz rap group Digable Planets) in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Tendai \"Baba\" Maraire (son of mbira master Dumisani Maraire).\n--\n“Swerve... The Reeping of All that is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)” is a three-part medley that is much greater (and stranger) than the sum of its movements. During the first of these, Ishmael Butler's buttery rhymes skate over a slinky beat that sounds like something MF Doom might have slayed a few years years back. The track then introduces guest stars THEESatisfaction, who split Afrofuturist Baduizm with heady free-associative rap. As the song fades, Afrocentric poetics loop in over bongos: “Black is you, black is me / Black is us, black is free.” The core, though, is THEESatisfaction's middle section that swirls with a jazz-inflected entropy. The lyrics say it all: \"Boogie woogie let your body feel free / My mind loses connectivity.\" Best to relax and follow the directions.: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/this-is-our-jam-shabazz-palaces",
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