Lese Majesty (album)

Lese Majesty
Studio album by Shabazz Palaces
Released July 29, 2014
Recorded 2012–2014
Genre Experimental hip hop
Length 44:53
Label Sub Pop
Producer Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces chronology
Live at KEXP
(2012)Live at KEXP2012		 Lese Majesty
(2014)		 Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
(2017)Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star2017

Lese Majesty is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces, released on July 29, 2014. The album features contributions from THEESatisfaction’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood and Thadillac. The album was produced by Shabazz Palaces and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seattle.[1]

Background

In an interview with Hypetrak in February 2013, Palaceer Lazaro announced he and Maraire were working on a second album. Of the record’s sound, he said “I don’t know. I doubt that it will sound much like it. It will probably sound… I don’t know. We’ve left that. That [last album] is kind of far behind us now. There will be some similarities I guess, because we are who we are. Other than that, it’s not gonna sound much like it at all.”[2]

The album was first premiered at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center Laser Dome in April 2014.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. ClubA−[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Irish Times[8]
NME8/10[9]
Pitchfork8.2/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Spin9/10[13]

Lese Majesty has received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 36 reviews.[3]

Speaking on the live premiere of the album at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center Laser Dome, The Stranger newspaper wrote "Hearing the upcoming Shabazz Palaces album, Lese Majesty, in the Pacific Science Center's Laser Dome over the weekend, we concluded upon first listen that it is the future of hiphop. There was no need for drugs, or even the dazzling light show, since the music's fathoms-deep dubscapes and strategically predatory beats equaled the angular and smoky psychedelic visuals—each track already dazzled by a universe of deep-space stars, clouds of galactic gases, and the bright trails of wandering balls of ice. You will be proud that you live in Seattle when you hear this album."[14]

Track listing

Suite 1: The Phasing Shift
No.TitleLength
1."Dawn in Luxor"3:56
2."Forerunner Foray"3:48
3."They Come in Gold"3:22
Suite 2: Touch & Agree
No.TitleLength
4."Solemn Swears"1:32
5."Harem Aria"1:58
6."Noetic Noiromantics"1:35
Suite 3
No.TitleLength
7."The Ballad of Lt. Maj. Winnings"1:42
Suite 4: Palace War Council Meeting
No.TitleLength
8."Soundview"0:40
9."Ishmael"4:35
10."…down 155th in the MCM Snorkel"2:12
Suite 5: Pleasure Milieu
No.TitleLength
11."Divine of Form"0:39
12."#CAKE"4:02
Suite 6: Federal Bureau Boys
No.TitleLength
13."Colluding Oligarchs"2:09
14."Suspicion of a Shape"1:41
Suite 7: High Climb to the Gallows
No.TitleLength
15."MindGlitch Keytar TM Theme"1:22
16."Motion Sickness"3:49
Suite 8: Murkings on the Oxblood Starway
No.TitleLength
17."New Black Wave"3:43
18."Sonic MythMap for the Trip Back"2:08

References

  1. ↑ "Shabazz Palaces Share "They Come in Gold", Detail New Album Lese Majesty | News". Pitchfork. June 5, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ "A Conversation With…Shabazz Palaces". Hypetrak. February 25, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Lese Majesty by Shabazz Palaces". Metacritic. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Lese Majesty – Shabazz Palaces". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Mejia, Paula (July 29, 2014). "Shabazz Palaces return with cosmic musings on hip-hop, identity, and black consciousness". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Kyle (August 1, 2014). "Albums: August 8, 2014". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (July 24, 2014). "Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty review – spectacular, way-out hip-hop". The Guardian. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Carroll, Jim (July 25, 2014). "Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ Pattison, Louis (July 25, 2014). "Shabazz Palaces – 'Lese Majesty'". NME. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ Jenkins, Craig (July 28, 2014). "Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty". Q (338): 114. September 2014.
  12. ↑ Hermes, Will (July 29, 2014). "Lese Majesty". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ Mistry, Anupa (July 30, 2014). "The Beautiful Game: Shabazz Palaces' Enthralling, Convoluted 'Lese Majesty'". Spin. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  14. ↑ "What's Crappening? by Here Comes the Sun, Do Do Do Do - Seattle Music - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper". Thestranger.com. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
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