Season SIX opening interview with rapper and producer Ishmael Butler (@shabazzpalaces).

We talked a whole lotta Jazz, it’s pioneers, and his influences including the many things his father Reginald Butler imparted to him.

Of course we talked about Digable Planets, Cherrywine, Knife Knights, and Shabazz Palaces productions.

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Tune Samples:

Golden Days - MastermindMose

Joy & Pain- Frankie Beverly & Maze

Jettin' - Digable Planets

What Im Talking - Cherrywine

100 Sph – Shabazz Palaces

Can't Draw The Line - Knife Knights

Easin' In – Edwin Starr

Digable Planets - Cool like dat (instrumental) - Digable Planets

Time & Space (A New Refutation Of) - Digable Planets

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Something Came To Me

Ain't Nothin' Wrong – KC & The Sunshine Band

Where I'm From - Digable Planets

Incense – Erykah Badu

Stardust - Clark Terry 1967

I'll Get By Without You – Wah Wah Watson

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Willing

Bridge Through Time – Lonnie Liston Smith

The Blackbyrds - Dreaming About You

High Energy (12 Version) - Donald Byrd

Hush - Donald Byrd Pepper Adams Quintet

Miles Davis - Walkin'

George Benson - Give Me The Night

Maxayn - Jam For Jack (1972)

Digable Planets - The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug

Keyon Harrold - Her Beauty Through My Eyes (feat. Pharoahe Monch)

For Corners - Digable Planets

Billie Holiday - Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (1949)

24 Carat Black ft. Vicki Gray - You're Slipping Away

Culture - Two Sevens Clash, 1977

Hvnli - KeiyaA

Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)

Jettin LIVE - Digable Planets

Cherrywine - What Im Talking

Shabazz Palaces - The Neurochem Mixalogue

Shabazz Palaces - Endeavors for Never (The last time we spoke you said you were not here. I saw you though.)

Shabazz Palaces - Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)

Shabazz Palaces - Sparkles

Shabazz Palaces - Recollections of the Wraith

Shabazz Palaces - 30 Clip Extension

Shabazz Palaces - Self-Made Follownaire

Shabazz Palaces - 20 Gear Science

Shabazz Palaces - Money Yoga

Cant Draw the Line - Knife Knights

Give You Game – Knife Knights

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Just Wait

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Virtuous Optimist PodcastBy Virtuous Optimist PodcastApr 23, 2018