Music reviews Vancouver Sun

Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop): There is something so deeply refreshing about this project between Digable Planets rapper Ishmael Butler and Zimbabwean-American, multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. So much contemporary hip hop, even that which purports to be somewhat experimental, tends to cover the same old familiar lyrical terrain, but this album and it’s “bonus” partner are definitely fresh. Much of the app