Shabazz Palaces - Goat Me (feat. Cobra Coil)

What this video is

Released March 29, 2024, 'Goat Me (feat. Cobra Coil)' is track four on Exotic Birds of Prey, Shabazz Palaces' seven-song mini-album on Sub Pop — the second such release within five months following Robed in Rareness (October 2023). Shabazz Palaces is masterminded by Ishmael Butler (b. 1969, Seattle), Grammy-winning rapper formerly of Digable Planets, operating under the alias Palaceer Lazaro. The project is…

Why it matters

Represents the apex of 2020s avant-garde hip-hop visual minimalism: where mainstream rap videos maximize cuts, color, and kinetic energy, this video deploys a single 210-second locked shot with brightness at 5% of maximum scale. Situates Shabazz Palaces within a lineage of experimental rap visual…