The Digable Planets didn’t have any grand scheme to introduce a radically new style of hip-hop when they dropped their seminal jazz-laced, funk-resurrecting debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of ...
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, ...
The psychedelic, jazzy, swooned-out trio Digable Planets sailed onto the Gothic Theatre’s stage on Tuesday evening, one stop on their twenty-date reunion tour this summer. As fans will painfully ...
HEATING AND COOLING WAY. YES, SIR. HEY, GOOD EVENING. WE’RE BACK HERE ON THE BMO PAVILION STAGE AT SUMMERFEST OR OUR SUMMERFEST SPOTLIGHT SPECIAL. DIANA GUTIERREZ AND I, DIGABLE PLANETS, THEY ...
Digable Planets reunites for four shows Friday and Saturday at Blue Note Hawaii. Lyrically, the three emcees spit their raps at a high level, making it impossible to choose a weak link. The mainstream ...
Nineties era hip hop group Digable Planets are reforming for their first show in a while, playing Seattle’s Neptune Theatre on December 30, as noted by Consequence of Sound and confirmed by fellow ...
Sometimes an album or two is enough. The Sex Pistols landed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame courtesy of just one release, “Never Mind the Bollocks.” Guns N’ Roses’ output, which earned the notorious ...
When one has released an album with the title “Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space),” it goes without saying that the concept of a linear progression of days, months and years may not hold ...
It’s not just us who missed iconic 90s Hip Hop trio Digable Planets (Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving). After disbanding in 1995, the group ...
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 ...
Best known for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," alternative rap group Digable Planets has announced plans for a reunion tour starting with the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington ...
How are Digable Planets tickets not sold out? I wish I had bittorrent access right now because I’d download and listen to David Byrne’s show from Saratoga last week (via LHB) and the reformed Digable ...