Today in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn trio Digable Planets released their sophomore LP Blowout Comb. Serving as a more politically charged follow-up to their jazzy debut, Reachin’: A New Refutation of ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’ve long had this fascination and curiosity about Digable Planets, the ...

Jazz has again begun to find its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have started to incorporate the classic brass and string jazz sound ...

I’ve long had this fascination and curiosity about Digable Planets, the ‘90s-era rap group made up of Butterfly aka Ish, Ladybug Mecca aka Mecca and Doodlebug aka C-Knowledge, that gave us one of ...

Canonball is a segment that takes a closer look at albums that should be considered classics. This time around, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY of the... Why Digable Planets' Blowout Comb is one of the ...

Barack Obama's latest summer playlist includes artists from Nigeria, Portugal, Puerto Rico and a few from right here in Philadelphia. The former president recommended 44 tracks in his newest roundup, ...

Land of Talk‘s 2006 debut EP, Applause Cheer Boo Hiss, has just gotten an expanded reissue which adds three songs to its original seven, and then includes a bonus disc of acoustic versions of the ...

My dad thinks I’m the shit. I know this because the ringtone he chose for me on his cellphone is Digable Planet’s “Rebirth of Slick” — that early 1990s crossover hit that coined the phrase, “I’m cool ...

The interview features Craig Irwin, also known as Doodlebug, from the pioneering hip-hop trio Digable Planets. The conversation begins with a discussion about the group's influential debut single, ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

The rising heat outside hasn’t put the brakes on great live music in the Alamo City. Folks looking for ear candy this week can choose from a revered SA musical institution, trippy indie-rock, jazzy ...