Shabazz Palaces x Boiler Room

Watch Shabazz Palaces fuse live percussion and samplers in their Boiler Room TV performance.

Afro-futuristic hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces, who recently came out with a spell-binding music video, dropped by Boiler Room to deliver a unique set that fused samplers, Ishmael Butler's rhymes and Baba Maraire's Zimbabwean-influenced live percussion. Below, watch Boiler Room TV's short recap of Shabazz Palaces' 40-minute performance, which we'll be posting in full here once the audio's up. Trust Shabazz to always deliver on unorthodox smoothness.

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Watch Davido Perform 'Assurance' & 'Jowo' On Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Davido stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to give viewers a lively performance.

Backed by a full band, the Nigerian superstar kicked things off by playing A Good Time single "Assurance," which will reportedly be featured in the Coming 2 America soundtrack. After a quick interlude and set change—a king's throne appeared onstage—Davido and his band went into a medley of "Jowo," his A Better Time single.

Davido's been busy this year as he recently shared the music video for A Better Time's "The Best" alongside Mayorkun, was featured in the remix of Focalistic's "Ke Star," and collaborated with Teni on "For You."

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