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11 August 2026 – Shabazz Palaces Announce It's A Style Sport
By Editorial Team - August 11, 2026
Summary
Shabazz Palaces announce new Sub Pop album It's A Style Sport out 23 October, introducing lead single Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet).
Key Facts
- Shabazz Palaces announce new studio album 'It's A Style Sport', out 23 October 2026 via Sub Pop.
- Lead single 'Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)' released today with sci-fi animation.
- Co-produced by Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood in Seattle.
- Features contributions from Kassa Overall and Evan Flory-Barnes.
- Entities: Shabazz Palaces, Ishmael Butler, It's A Style Sport, Sub Pop, Erik Blood, Seattle
- Tags: shabazz-palaces, ishmael-butler, its-a-style-sport, sub-pop, erik-blood, kassa-overall, experimental-hip-hop, psychedelic-electronic
Ishmael Butler's Shabazz Palaces return with It's A Style Sport, a new album arriving 23 October through Sub Pop.
Butler co-produced the record with longtime collaborator Erik Blood during a concentrated recording period in Seattle, with contributions from musicians including Kassa Overall, Evan Flory-Barnes, Carlos Overall and Thaddeus Turner.
Opening single 'Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)' arrives today as a bubbling spoken-word electronic piece accompanied by an animated science-fiction visual.
Shabazz Palaces have spent more than fifteen years stretching hip-hop toward psychedelic electronics and abstract composition, and the new record appears determined to continue that refusal of conventional rap structures.