Guardian Music — This story was removed from the site on 7 December 2011 because it was discovered to be inaccurate.Hip-hopguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our... more info

Guardian Music — Trailblazing hip-hop trio to make first album since 1994 – despite one member juggling success with Shabazz PalacesDigable Planets' original lineup are to reunite in 2012, recording a new album and setting out on tour. Legends of "conscious" hip-ho... more info

Stereogum — Ishmael “Butterfly” “Palaceer Lazaro” Butler has lately been busy with Shabazz Palaces, his much-loved Seattle avant-rap crew. But Butler first came to our attention as one third of the early-’90s boho-rap trio Digable Planets, the group re... more info

KEXP Seattle — There’s a good reason that Seattle group Shabazz Palaces is receiving national critical acclaim (including an 8.8 from Pitchfork!): there is just nothing like them. The semi-mysterious hip hop project was first credited to Palaceer Lazaro, who, ove... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)In January 2010 a guy called Rich Jensen (@richjensen) sent out a cryptic tweet. "Somebody has to say it: Neumos Friday felt like OK Hotel (April 17, '91) when an Aberdeen trio first dropped a song about teen deodorant."It's worth translatin... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)Sub Pop's first hip-hop signing are an anonymous collective with a no-album-credits policy, fronted by one Palaceer Lazaro, formerly known as Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler of the Grammy-winning 90s outfit Digable Planets. Black Up, their full-l... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Two decades ago, Ishmael Butler flapped his wings as Butterfly, one-third of the seminal ’90s New York hip-hop trio Digable Planets. Claiming coolness as its birthright and Miles Davis and two Herbies (Hancock & Mann) as elemental building blocks, ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Shabazz Palaces emerged out of the ether, or at least that's what group leader Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler would have you believe. The former Digable Planets MC originally operated under a veil of secrecy, taking the alias Palaceer Lazaro, declin... more info

Nialler9 — I’ve been following Shabazz Palaces since Gorilla vs. Bear was shouting about them way back but nothing grabbed me enough to investigate beyond brief listens. That was until I heard ‘Swerve’ and it’s like the door has been opened. Signed to S... more info

Guardian Music — This rap veteran is bringing hip-hop to Sub Pop with an album of dark Odd Future-istic anthemsHometown: Seattle.The lineup: Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler (music, vocals).The background: Shabazz Palaces, the first hip-hop act to sign to Sub Pop, are a ri... more info