Shabazz Palaces - Wet

What this video is

Released April 17, 2020 — weeks into the global COVID-19 lockdown — 'Wet' and its visualizer represent a paradigmatic example of pandemic-era music video culture, where static, low-budget visualizers replaced elaborate production shoots. The track appears on Shabazz Palaces' fifth album, The Don of Diamond Dreams, recorded at Protect and Exalt: A Black Space in Seattle. Critically, 'Wet' was noted for Butler…

Why it matters

Shabazz Palaces occupy a singular position as the first hip-hop act signed to Sub Pop Records, bridging Pacific Northwest indie culture with experimental Black music. 'Wet' specifically demonstrates the group's intergenerational hip-hop dialogue — Butler (formerly of Digable Planets) consciously…

The director

Olde Nightrifter is a visual artist/animator credited as the creator of the official visualizer for Shabazz Palaces' 'Wet' (2020), released via Sub Pop Records. The name functions as an artistic moniker. No additional verified biographical details are…