A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term 'dont you dig this kinda beat by the warriors' - from the Lyrics.com website. Brooklyn trio Digable Planets' 1993 debut Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) reissued on vinyl for the first time. Genre: Underground Hip-Hop. Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) Genre: Rap Hip-Hop Year: 1993. Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And. 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.

25th Anniversary Edition - First ever vinyl reissue housed in a deluxe wide spine jacket with booklet and inner sleeves! Includes liner notes by Larry Mizell Jr. Interviewing Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler.

At a time when hip-hop was determined to snap your neck, a young, hip trio from Brooklyn (by way of Seattle, Philly, and Brazil) conspired on an uncommonly smooth new sound and freaky way of speak, a titanically chill expression of Black bohemia loaded with jazz idiom and a subversive Marxist bent-and pushed it worldwide via an undeniable crossover hit. Digable Planets' 1993 debut, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), unexpected to all involved, produced a massive radio hit in 'Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)', which won the 1994 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group. Unduly lumped into an 'alternative rap' subgenre they chafed at, the Dig Plans were dismissed by some as one-hit wonders, coming out of nowhere; but the Digable Planets concept, and what became Reachin', had been in the works for close to five years, as group leader Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler wrote music and soaked up game in multiple cities, navigating the industry of hip-hop's golden age. Bebe Dresses.

In the end, Butler, Mary Anne 'Ladybug Mecca' Vieira, and Craig 'Doodlebug' Irving came together to create a seamlessly articulated vision of urbane hiphop cool with an uncommonly literary bent that subtly pushed the hip-hop genre's frames of reference and added breadth to rap music's burgeoning political philosophy. Drawing on inspiration from Butler's jazzbo father, the Black Panthers, Jose Luis-Borges, the Last Poets, and Jimi Hendrix, Reachin' posited a theory of 'universal beats', narrated by three unearthly MC's that had 'split to Earth to resurrect the funk', assuming curious, arthropodic aliases-a nod to the natural collective action of the insect world. In just four years the crew would record two beloved and ambitious LPs before disbanding. Out of print on wax domestically since 1993, Reachin' captures one of the last gasps of rap music's jazzy, upbeat adolescence in the early 90's-those warm, blissed-out grooves every bit as slick as when they were laid way back when.

Put this on, roll up with your crew and bug out again with the insect tribe.

While not as idiosyncratic as De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, or as effortlessly cool as A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing nonetheless represents everything the Native Tongues crew stood for in 1991: intelligence (“Black With N.V.”), comicality (“Gimme the Finga”) and individuality (“Similak Child”). The skits poke fun at everything from gangsta rap (the dead-on N.W.A. Parody “U Mean I’m Not”) to sexism in hip-hop (“L.A.S.M.”). The duo of Dres and Mista Lawnge crafted all the tracks themselves, and the album displays a denser, stickier palette of funk samples than their Native Tongues peers. The layers of samples on the hit single “The Choice is Yours” makes it feel like a rubbery rejoinder to the bombastic montages of Public Enemy. Black Sheep’s sound design was remarkably sophisticated, but that didn’t mean they were less obsessed with sex than the average teenager.

Even as misogyny began to infect hip-hop, Dres and Lawnge were able to address their raging libidos in a way that was playful without being preachy (“Flavor of the Month,” “La Menage”). Along with Tribe and De La, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing helped to turn rap into a party for the smart kids.