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Brooklyn NY, United States (1992 – 1995, 2005 – present)

Digable Planets are a jazz hip-hop group from Brooklyn, New York, United States which formed in 1992. The group consists of rappers Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, Ann “Ladybug” Vieira and Craig “Doodlebug” Irving. They are best known for their 1993 single “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”, which was a success on hip-hop, pop and alternative rock radio in the United States. The group broke up in 1995 and reunited in 2005.

When hip-hop trio Digable Planets emerged in the early ‘90s, their memorable moniker raised eyebrows. What, exactly, did it mean? The name sprang, they explained, from the notion that “every individual is a planet.” But the unique worlds that their tracks mapped out were not insular ones; as their Grammy-winning hit “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” would prove, the Planets were primed to connect with audiences weary of the aggressive posturing of gangsta rap. Filled with literate lyrics, honey-smooth flow, and inventive arrangements, their albums Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) (1993) and Blowout Comb (1994) redefined hip-hop, and set standards for the generation of soul poets and innovative producers that followed, as the new anthology Beyond The Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles effortlessly reiterates.

The group first took shape in the early ‘90s, in New York City.
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  • KidChino_92

    Smooth vibes

    22 May 5:07pm Reply

  • Manipulator1991

    Amazing Jazz Hop! I cant believe i'd never heard of this group

    15 May 1:49pm Reply

  • kolaider9

    ATCQ, Digable Planets, Naughty by Nature, Nice & Smooth, Ugly Duckling

    2 May 10:57am Reply

  • ElectricBulb

    Jazz Hop at its finest.

    20 Mar 12:35pm Reply

  • Tanmut

    I can understand people who don't like hip hop... but I keep telling them: "That's because you've never heard Digable Planets". Perfect blend of jazz, blues and soul in the lush hip hop pot..

    15 Mar 8:24pm Reply

  • jdotperiod

    Blowout Comb is a classic. One of the best albums of the '90s and a great precursor to Ish's seriously tripped out Shabazz Palaces era.

    15 Mar 1:52am Reply

  • LiniusPallitax

    They're both great. No need to say one is better than the other in this case.

    8 Feb 1:29pm Reply

  • Buckshot_Shorty

    optimistic_tour , Planets better? I don't know .... but I can say for sure that it is not worse

    14 Jan 10:19am Reply

  • widebluesky

    each group occupies a qualitatively different part of my heart

    4 Nov 2012 Reply

  • optimistic_tour

    Digable Planets > ATCQ. Not as important/influential but I like Blowout Comb more than anything Tribe made.

    21 Oct 2012 Reply

  • optimistic_tour

    unfortunate to see that only 150 people heard Jettin' last week

    21 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Oma420

    black ego ♥

    16 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Spacebel

    Borough Check!

    7 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Vlad__canard

    Really jazzy, really cool. [2]

    7 Aug 2012 Reply

  • SpookyHocum

    Reachin's good, and all, but it has nowhere near the replay value of Blowout Comb. That album is a bonafide headphone masterpiece. Way ahead of its time, by a decade or so.

    30 Jul 2012 Reply

  • OneBeat87

    We be reading Marx where I'm from.

    19 Jul 2012 Reply

  • MsGreenEyes

    hip hop was NOT ready for their brand of BEBOP~

    15 Jun 2012 Reply

  • gokkun

    there's nothing quite like A Tribe Called Queat, but Digable Planets is kinda close to that vibe

    7 Jun 2012 Reply

  • DJSMusicfactory

    Cool!!! Good times!!! :-)

    7 May 2012 Reply

  • toasterfiend

    if its real

    14 Apr 2012 Reply
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