Shook World (hosted by Algiers) is a mixtape album from King Vision Ultra. It is a companion to Algiers' forthcoming Shook album. Shook World melds together audio samples from Shook that were provided by Algiers, with snippets from a personal archive of cassettes originally sourced from outlets like Kim's Video and Music and mixtape purveyors Tape Kingz back in the 1990s, plus personal phone field recordings and voice memos. Shook World featured guests include ELUCID, Bigg Jus, Dreamcrusher, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Matana Roberts, Nakama., Desde, Rena Anakwe, Marcus, Lord Kayso, Harlem Boog, DJ Haram, Dis Fig, maassai, amani, No Land, with additional field recordings courtesy of Taja Cheek (L’Rain) and Ara Kim, with Franklin James Fisher of Algiers hosting.

In December of 2022, King Vision Ultra and Algiers previewed the two albums by playing them live as part of a sound clash at Brooklyn's National Sawdust, billed as "Shook vs Shook World". The lineup of special guests included amani, Big Rube, billy woods, DeForrest Brown Jr., Desde, Dreamcrusher, ELUCID, Fatboi Sharif, King Vision Ultra, Latoya Kent, maassai, Mark Cisneros, and Patrick Shiroishi.

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2023 albums