TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Digable Planets

0hr 56min total- 81.6mb

RELEASE DATE: 1993-00-00
RIP DATE: 2003-11-23

01 it's good to be here           5:07

03 where i'm from                 4:35
04 what cool breezes do           3:21

06 rebirth of slick               4:21
07 last of the spiddyocks         4:27
08 jimmi diggin cats              3:41
09 la femme fetal                 4:35
10 escapism (gettin' free)        3:24
11 appointment at the fat clinic  2:58

14 examination of what            4:44

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. A surprise hit
with the press and the general populace
alike, Reachin' was released at the most
opportune time of the nineties. The
so-called alternative scene had just
blown up in '91/'92 so commercial radio
was actually playing something close to
variety and major labels were signing acts
and developing them at an unprecedented
level. Played on rock and urban
stations, Digable Planets' debut
represented an actual alternative to
the masses that had grown up on Van
Halen and Whitney Houston and as a
result, Digable Planets found themselves
with a top 20 single in "Rebirth of
Slick (Cool Like Dat)." In a lot ways
the song paints the picture for the rest
of the album with samples that are
drenched in cool jazz and interlaced
with smart catchy rhymes that move
across the hip hop spectrum of self
aggrandization and political awareness.
The widespread appeal of Reachin' lies in
Doodle, Ladybug and Butterfly's smooth
delivery. Never too excited but always
passionate, they keep it going with
seemingly lighthearted pieces like "Where
I'm From." Here Butterfly almost falls
into hip hop stereotype by tripping on
the theme of geographical location
(see: Paul's Boutique); but instead of
really letting the listener know where
they're from, they go into a chorus of
"everywhere, everywhere" and thus really
pointing out this record's underlying
theme: Under the hood of inventive
beats, and well-placed layered samples are
the ideas and attitudes of universal and
cosmic spirituality combined with
personal consciousness expansion that
crosses geographical and ethnic
boundaries. Easily one of the most
successful hip hop records ever made and
a must have selection in most any