|
| |
| | VH1.com : Digable Planets : Biography |
 | | Digable Planets' resulting tour had a laid-back vibe more in keeping with a jazz show than any hip-hop concert, though the live musicians were criticized for doing little more than re-creating samples from the album. | | | Then, just a few weeks shy of the ten-year anniversary of Blowout Comb, the three announced that they had reunited to record their third Digable Planets album. | | | The trio solved that problem with the release of their second album, Blowout Comb, in late 1994. |
|
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/digable_planets/bio.jhtml
(455 words)
|
|
| |
| | Tower Records - Blowout Comb - Digable Planets |
| | Digable Planets was one of the first rap acts to introduce rap's jazzier side to mainstream America. | | | With liner notes advertising Digable Planets block parties next to calls-to-action to free political prisoners, BLOWOUT COMB ranks as one of the most community-centered rap albums of the year. | | | The band that was "hip like that" and "grooved like that" while fronting a live jazz band on their debut embraces their afrocentric roots and Brooklyn heritage throughout the grooves on BLOWOUT COMB. |
|
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1024445
(362 words)
|
|
| |
| | Still digging Digable Planets |
| | Competently backed by a live band and DJ Jedi, Digable Planets seemed not only elated, but grateful for fans' long-term memory during a call-and-response of Nickel Bags, a track off their 1993 debut Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space). | | | But Digable Planets dissolved after the lukewarm commercial response to its second album, Blowout Comb. | | | But it was hard not to get caught up in the hope as the group reached back to its catalog, rejuvenating tracks left for dead ten years ago. |
|
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/front/articles/0626digablereview26-ON.html
(498 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets - Unofficial Website |
| | Digable Planets are coming back on stage after a nearly 9-year break. | | | It is a must-have, at least for the "Dedicated" tune which has only been available on the "Dial 7" vinyl single so far and for the "Three Slims Dynamite" masterpiece, previously released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the "Blowout Comb" album. | | | I don't want to reply to each of these e-mails separately therefore here are the facts: Digable Planets released only two albums and called time in 1995. |
|
http://www.tlumaczymy.com/digable-planets
(518 words)
|
|
| |
| | How Digable Planets Straight New Yorked You - Oh Word |
| | But rather than go out like Special Ed, the Digable Planets crafted an album that was knowingly responsive to hardcore taste-making, true to their evolving stylistic inclinations, and perhaps most importantly, refreshingly devoid of a legible pop sensibility. | | | The song more or less follows the formula of Gangstarr’s “It’s a Jazz Thing” by highlighting the same general parallels between jazz music and free verse that had inspired Kerouac to flip the word “beat” decades earlier, but it has the crucial advantage of being a catchier, more marketable track. | | | If outsiders were perplexed by the inclusion of DJ Jazzy Joyce’s club style toasting on the first single, “9th Wonder (Blackitolism),” which casually references a firearms manufacturer, cites the 120 Lessons, and extols the virtues of savings accounts, then all was good. |
|
http://www.ohword.com/features/5/slicker-that-year
(1404 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets 1993 |
| | The GRAMMY Award winning song was included on the group's 1993 album which, along with their 1994 album, calls on black gangbangers to stop victimizing blacks, but rather to continue victimizing whites and to redirect black-on-black gang crimes at whites. | | | Reachin--a New Refutation of Time and Space, Digable Planets, 1993, Pendulum Records, a subsidiary of Thorn EMI, now being called The EMI Group. | | | "The Black Panthers would have their own cartoon," we are told, and "Planets freaking havoc is as constant as the rain." There was a sample taken from a song by The Last Poets. |
|
http://home.att.net/~phosphor/grammys/digable/93.html
(1164 words)
|
|
| |
| | Nuclear Beef: Digable Planets Get Live On A G Ride |
| | So of course with the impending Digable Planets Reunion Album you knew he’d be on it. | | | Here it is! Back after 9 years (and some mediocre solo stuff), the Planets unit is still sounding crisp. | | | So a month or so back my man Screen mentions this Digable Planets show. |
|
http://www.nuclearbeef.com/archives/000871.html
(658 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets put jazz lounge sound in rap |
| | Digable Planets' new album Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space) should be re-titled "Relaxin' with Digable Planets," like the old Miles Davis classic. | | | A lyric from "Where I'm From" best sums up what the Planets are all about -- "We live to love and we love to rock mics/we speak in ghetto tongue cause ghetto is the life/food for thought so get a buffet plate/the lyrics are so fat you might gain weight." | | | Digable Planets put jazz lounge sound in rap |
|
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1993/02/02-26-93tdc/02-26-93darts-5.asp
(387 words)
|
|
| |
| | Deep Groove Encyclopedia - King Britt |
| | As his dance career was taking off, he was invited to serve as the tour DJ for Digable Planets, then at the peak of their popularity. | | | Britt's work with them preceded the formation of the Ovum label with Wink, intended to be the vehicle by which they'd spread their love of quality music. | | | Throughout his journey, he's done everything from working with Digable Planets to recording ethereal house with Scuba. |
|
http://www.allthingsdeep.com/dge/king_britt.htm
(476 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Digable Planets' fusion of jazz and hip hop (jazz rap) received excellent reviews and solid sales with the release of their debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), in 1993, which was certified gold by the RIAA. | | | The album is widely considered a landmark of alternative hip hop. | | | Digable Planets is an alternative hip hop group composed of Butterfly, Doodlebug, Ladybug, and Silkworm. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digable_Planets
(317 words)
|
|
| |
| | +++ neumu [ datastream ] |
| | In comparing his earlier work with Digable Planets to his current recordings with Cherrywine, the biggest difference is the movement from a sample-based sound to a looser live band. | | | It's been almost 10 years since Digable Planets released their second and final album, Blowout Comb (Pendulum Records, 1994), a classic that wrapped its pro-black politics in some of the funkiest beats of its time. | | | While Digable Planets' work was characterized by its relationship to jazz, Cherrywine, a huge departure, finds its muse in funk, in crunchy guitar licks and spacey synths. |
|
http://www.neumu.net/datastream/2003/2003-00063/2003-00063_datastream.shtml
(2070 words)
|
|
| |
| | Amazon.ca: Search Results Music: |
| | Digable Planets (October 18, 1994 - Audio CD) | | | Digable Planets (February 9, 1993 - Audio CD) | | | Digable Planets (November 26, 1993 - Audio CD) |
|
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=music-ca&field-artist=Planets
(215 words)
|
|
| |
| | Rick and Kashim's Digable Planets Website |
| | The Digable Planets have also won a Grammy Award for 'Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat), as well as nominations from the Image Awards, NAACP Awards, Billboard Music Video Awards, and Soul Train Music Award nominations for best rap album of 1993, and a Gold Album Award nomination. | | | In 1993, with the release of their debut album 'Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space), the Digable Planets 'resurrected the funk', by presenting the smooth sounds of jazz, together with the lyrical aspect of hip hop. | | | The song which uses live musicians, ended up being one of the most requested videos on MTV in 1993. |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ricb
(194 words)
|
|
| |
| | Variety.com - Reviews - Sade; Digable Planets |
| | No one on record is as successful at stretching rap's boundaries on record as Digable Planets, and Sunday's show proved they have the goods to make it work onstage. | | | With a trio of rappers, sax, trumpet, string bass, drums and DJ, the Planets stretch rap's boundaries into a jazz netherworld. | | | Few bands can jump from Jack Kerouac-inspired ramblings to anti-drug anthems and make neither pretentious or heavy-handed. |
|
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901087?categoryid=33&cs=1
(556 words)
|
|
| |
| | Tower Records - Reachin': A New Refutation Of Time And Space - Digable Planets |
| | With songs ranging in subject matter from oppression to abortion, Digable Planets were the most uderrated rappers ever. | | | This album is one of the most powerful statements made in Rap/Hip-Hop. | | | Disembodied snippets of Sonny Rollins (on "Time and Space"), Art Blakey (on "Cool Like Dat," the record's hit single), and others float in and out, merging seamlessly with the smooth beats and bass, while the copious use of echo further heightens the disc's individual sound. |
|
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1024446
(756 words)
|
|
| |
| | Cherrywine: Bright Black - PopMatters Music Review |
| | While their debut album Reachin' (a New Refutation of Time and Space dazzled with newness, for their second (and final) album Blowout Comb the group deepened their sound by bringing it further to the earth via old-school soul/funk and shout-outs to political prisoners. | | | His vocal style mixes rapping with singing and is usually somewhere between the two. | | | Now based in Seattle instead of NYC and bearing the more sensuous name Cherrywine, Butler's spent his missing years honing a new sound and persona, which he presents on Cherrywine's debut album Bright Black. |
|
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/cherrywine-bright.shtml
(1080 words)
|
|
| |
| | Amazon.com: Blowout Comb: Music |
| | It is way beyond 'Reachin,' Digable Planet's debut album, which was a very good album in its own right. | | | Like I have said before in reviews, there are very albums that I can just sit back and listen to- the whole thing, no skipping tracks, no messing with the order. | | | The only negative thing with this album is that the emcees aren't the best, but they are ok. I still think that it's worth five stars. |
|
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000HFM2?v=glance
(1494 words)
|
|
| |
| | [No title] |
| | In my opinion, Ladybug, the sole female member of the group, was lyrically the sickest with her soft voice and feminine revolutionary lyricism. | | | Both of the Digable albums definitely inspired a lot of thinking inside me and helped me become the man that I am today. | | | Ladybug: Musically I have had a few opportunities to bring my solo effort forward, but it just wasn’t meant to be. |
|
http://www.daveyd.com/interviewmeca.html
(894 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets 1994 |
| | Examples of it on the Digable Planets' album are as follows: "I maximum up the Actual Facts man, as we relax to a Black Caesar flick; in my third vision, my movements is precision; supreme mathematician, indeed I'm true and living"; "we are measured by the ten degrees of math"; "add butter to the math." | | | Later in the year after their GRAMMY Award, Digable Planets came out with an album that continued in the same vein as their previous one. | | | Blowout Comb, Digable Planets, 1994, Pendulum Records, a subsidiary of Thorn EMI, now being called The EMI Group. |
|
http://home.att.net/~phosphor/grammys/digable/94.html
(1924 words)
|
|
| |
| | datacloud: Digable Planets Reunion Tour |
| | OK, is it lame that Digable Planets reunion tour surfaces via NPR? | | | Or is it just lame that NPR is where I caught the news? |
|
http://people.clarkson.edu/~johndan/datacloud/archives/001505.html
(100 words)
|
|
| |
| | Hip Hop Cartel > Digable Planets Reunite! |
| | After a 10-year hiatus, the Planets, who recorded 1993's Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) and the following year's Blowout Comb, have reunited to record a third, still-untitled album. | | | Butterfly released Bright Black under the moniker Cherrywine in 2003; Doodlebug became Cee Knowledge, releasing 2002's Space Is the Place; and Ladybug worked on her own solo effort. | | | Apr 26 2005, 03:26 PM To set the record straight, it wasn't oversized egos that broke up Digable Planets. |
|
http://hiphopcartel.net/lofiversion/index.php/t6340.html
(424 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets are back!!! - Myrias Blog |
| | After a 10 year hiatus the Planets are back in the studio to record with the same style that created a huge underground following of esoteric beings. | | | For those of you existentialist that love organic and original music the Planets are back in alignment. | | | This reunion has come after the three individuals went there separate ways. |
|
http://www.myrias.net/serendipity/index.php?/archives/3-Digable-Planets-are-back!!!.html
(113 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Smoky Mountain News |
| | Doodlebug of Digable Planets), Jah Sun the megamorph, J-Truth the Buddah blessed black child, Jae Meeks, Kai-Chi, and Lauretta Gooden with the talents of a five piece band including Mark Turner (guitar), Rob Griffith (bass), Elliott Levin (sax and flute), and Nax Wolfgang Steel (drums). | | | The Cosmic Funk Orchestra is an 11-piece extravaganza of emcees, musicians, and a DJ whose full-bodied vibe is urging history in a new direction even as we sleep” (Mountain Express). | | | Shortly after, The Cosmic Funk Orchestra was born. |
|
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/5_01/5_02_01/arts_event_doodlebug.shtml
(237 words)
|
|
| |
| | RollingStone.com: Digable Planets Music, Biography, Influences, Followers, Related Projects, Contemporaries |
| | Though plagued by the same street credibility problems as De La Soul (due in part to their monikers: Ladybug, Doodlebug and Butterfly), Digable Planet's music speaks for itself. | | | RollingStone.com: Digable Planets Music, Biography, Influences, Followers, Related Projects, Contemporaries | | | Digable Planet's success led to collaborations with live musicians on tour and in the studio, including work with legends like Lester Bowie and Wah-wah Watson. |
|
http://www.rollingstone.com/artist/bio/_/id/43746
(144 words)
|
|
| |
| | Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) by Digable Planets |
| | Landing in 1993, Digable Planets' Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), settled in on the consciousness of a large cross section of listeners ranging from alt rockers, metal freaks, and headz worldwide | | | Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. All Music Guide is a registered Trademark of AEC One Stop Group, Inc. | | | Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! |
|
http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=423639
(160 words)
|
|
| |
| | Street Knowledge: Conscious Music Blog » New Digable Planets |
| | If you would like to send music, say hello or suggest music, please get in touch. | | | Street Knowledge: Conscious Music Blog » New Digable Planets | | | A slew of great conscious bands are putting out records today, including the (International) Noise Conspiracy and Digable Planets. |
|
http://www.streetknowledge.net/archives/51
(181 words)
|
|
| |
| | Amazon.com: Hip Hop 'N Jazz: Music |
| | This is the best compilation of this type of music that I have ever heard. | | | Since I have discovered classic jazz in recent years, I appreciate the uniqueness of this sound even more. | | | I loved Digable Planet's fresh jazzy sound when I was in college even though I knew nothing about jazz back then. |
|
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000759JA0?v=glance
(431 words)
|
|
| |
| | How Digable Planets Straight New Yorked You - Oh Word |
| | The defined mission, which is also articulated in rhyme by C-Know on “May 4th,” and at countless points throughout the album, is to speak perfect slang and emulate the chillest villains of Blaxploitation, to be slick yet gutter, to look fresh but remain largely unseen. | | | How Digable Planets Straight New Yorked You - Oh Word | | | Even the word “Blowout” might well refer to ‘fros, guns, blunts, streetball, reed instruments, or all of the above; the language of the record is often cryptic and ambiguous but it is rarely paralyzing. |
|
http://www.ohword.com/features/5?pg=2
(1293 words)
|
|
| |
| | Manhunt.com: Digable Planets Reunite by Shaun Sanders, Gospel and urban news, reviews, interviews, information |
| | From writing film scores and soundtracks, appearing or acting in indie films as well as (individually) recording new music. | | | They had momentarily gone the way of other feel good groups of the early 90's. | | | Progressive music is resurfacing like a flower protruding through cracks in the sidewalk, where true artist(ry) defies category identification to break through to mainstream acceptance and success. |
|
http://www.manhunt.com/news/stories/1096508218.html
(645 words)
|
|
| |
| | phoenixnewtimes.com Music Digable Planets 2005-06-23 |
| | Digable Planets, Procussions, DJ Vajra, Anedote, and DJ Element | | | But Digable Planets scored the first sizable commercial success when "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" landed in the top 20 on the pop charts, and its jazzy veneer was a respite from most of the gangsta clatter building up arms around it. | | | Rebirth of Digable Planets: The hip-hop trio tours for the first time in a decade. |
|
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2005-06-23/music/livewire.html
(217 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Crusade.net Messageboards -> Digable Planets Announce Major Summer Tour |
| | Yes, the original members of Digable Planets will be touring the US and Canada throughout the summer. | | | Kicking off in Ottawa, Canada on June 6, the group will hit 25 major cities with their final stop being in New Haven, Connecticut on July 9. | | | Formed in the early 90's, Digable Planets (Butterfly, Ladybug and Doodlebug) fused jazz and hip-hop better than any group before them or since. |
|
http://www.thecrusade.net/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=11655
(624 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
| | Digable Planets - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links | | | Browse artists: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # |
|
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,423435,00.html
(108 words)
|
|
| |
| | BallerStatus.net News: Hip-Hop Trio, Digable Planets, Set To Reunite After 10 Years |
| | In 1993, with the help of their breakthrough single, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" off the Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space) album, the rap trio acheived global success as well as winning a Grammy for Best Duo Or Group. | | | With hip-hop reunions becoming more and more popular, not to mention retirements and back from retirements happening, famed hip-hop trio, the Digable Planets consisting of Butterfly (Ish), Ladybug Mecca and Doodlebug (Cee Knowledge) are set to reunite after a 10 year hiatus. | | | BallerStatus.net News: Hip-Hop Trio, Digable Planets, Set To Reunite After 10 Years |
|
http://www.ballerstatus.net/news/read.php?id=15690412
(531 words)
|
|
| |
| | Leo's Lyrics Database - Digable Planets lyrics |
| | Check out the new lyrics plugin for Winamp 5! | | | Songs from Reachin A New Refutation Of Time And Space by Digable Planets | | | Click Here to add Leo's Lyrics to your search box! |
|
http://www.leoslyrics.com/artists/2637
(32 words)
|
|
| |
| | brooklynvegan: Digable Planets Reunite & Tour |
| | After like 10 years off, Digable Planets are touring. | | | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Digable Planets Reunite & Tour: | | | We hope your Fourth of July experience in Battery Park was better than ours. |
|
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2005/04/digable_planets.html
(362 words)
|
|
| |
| | Inoperable Terran » Digable planets |
| | There’s a new enviro-weenie survey that computes how many planets would be required if the entire population of Earth lived like you. | | | UPDATE: Andrea Harris isn’t being helpful to Mother Earth either |
|
http://terran.godmonkey.com/?p=2325
(61 words)
|
|
| |
| | Digable Planets - |
| | Post-Bop Hip-Hop: Digable Planets : A Tribe Called Quest (Compact Book) |
|
http://songlyricsdb.com/d/digableplanets
(46 words)
|
|
| |
| | Lyrics: Digable Planets - Dog It |
| | and are the property of their respective authors & Digable Planets, artists and labels. | | | Lyrics: Digable Planets - Dog It Printable Version of Dog It by Digable Planets. | | | To print, type Ctrl-P or click on File -> Print in your browser window. |
|
http://lyrics.astraweb.com/displayp.cgi?digable_planets..blowout_comb..dog_it
(501 words)
|
|
| |
| | EGGdropper: Digable Planets |
| | A lot of web pages, including this one, will not work or look right in IE; that's why EGGdropper probably looks pretty ugly on your browser right now. | | | 7/6/05 @ 9:30: Digable Planets with J-live and Masauko |
|
http://eggdropper.com/gallery2/v/concerts/digable?g2_highlightId=44
(64 words)
|
|
| |
| | Slowbiz: "Reachin" Digable Planets |
| | The beats are fat and the MCs owe as much to the Jamaican "toasters" as they do to flowmasters Curtis Blow and Young MC. | | | I'm not sure I've figured out why the "planets" are always referring to themselves as "insects," but I definitely dig their vibe. | | | Posted by Michael Anton Dila at December 17, 2004 06:51 AM Comments |
|
http://www.slowbiz.org/archives/000028.html
(73 words)
|
|
| |
| | StubHub.com |
| | Digable Planets Tickets are currently not available on StubHub.com. | | | Find out as soon as Digable Planets Tickets are available to buy or sell. | | | Click here to register and be alerted via our newsletter HubBub. |
|
http://www.stubhub.com/?genre_id=59114
(287 words)
|
|
| |
| | Official Ticketmaster site. Digable Planets tickets Sonar Baltimore, MD, Directions, seating chart. |
| | Digable Planets tickets Sonar Baltimore, MD, Directions, seating chart. | | | Note: Tickets may not be available in all price levels and sections. | | | Sonar, Baltimore, MD Fri, Nov 11, 2005 08:00 PM Look For Digable Planets Tickets |
|
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/15003B1E87655227?artistid=752852&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3
(137 words)
|
|
| |
| | NPR : Hip-Hop Legends Digable Planets Reunite |
| | News & Notes with Ed Gordon, May 5, 2005 · Christopher Johnson reports on Digable Planets, the Grammy-winning hip-hop trio that has reunited after a decade. |
|
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4631754
(97 words)
|
|
|
