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Digable Planets&#39; Craig Irving Makes His Comeback as Cee-Knowledge
PW-Philadelphia Weekly
Digable Planets was born. The standard Planets narrative glosses over Irving&#39;s Philly connection. But the trio&#39;s jazz and soul- powered debut, 1993&#39;s Reachin&#39; (A New Refutation of Time and Space), carries the torch of the city&#39;s frequently ...


SF Weekly (blog)

Live Review, 2/2/12: Shabazz Palaces Mellow Out Yoshi&#39;s
SF Weekly (blog)
I secretly hoped I might witness a Digable Planets revival at the very least. There was no need. Shabazz Palaces is the brainchild of Ishmael &quot;Butterfly&quot; Butler, whose boho cool lent much to the jazz-minded Digable Planets sound.
Divine Palace: MC of Shabazz Palaces talks funk, spiritualityDaily Californian

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Canadian Music Week – Winnipeg&#39;s ABSTRACT ARTFORM Bring Prairie Inspired Hip ...
Music Indistry News Network
Doodlebug (of Digable Planets)“. This coming March at Canadian Music Week 2012, Abstract Artform will be making a name for themselves in a very loud way. Praised in their hometown of Winnipeg, MB for taking their infectious train of hip-hop, ...


Feb. 1 - 8: Across the Bridge
North Bay Bohemian
Butterfly from Digable Planets, whose &#39;Black Up&#39; was a hip-hop highlight of 2012. Feb 2 at Yoshi&#39;s SF. Brooklyn outfit outgrows fringes of electroclash with new album, &#39;Diamond and Death.&#39; Feb 2 at Rickshaw Stop. Legendary R&amp;B group behind “It&#39;s a ...


&#39;90s One-Hit Wonders That Are Worth Revisiting
Flavorwire
what a disappointing statement of musical ignorance! meshell, the eels and the digable planets are one-hit-wonders? really? go ask your friends or relatives or collegaues who are in deed interested in music and check some of the great output of these ...

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Grammys 2012: How have the best new artist winners fared?
Toronto Star
1994 Toni Braxton beat Belly, Blind Melon, Digable Planets and SWV. Braxton&#39;s commercial successes continued after her initial Grammy win. Her follow up album, Secrets sold over eight million copies and spawned the hit singles “You&#39;re Making Me High” ...

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A.V. Club Chicago

BBU releases new single, “The Hood”
A.V. Club Chicago
by Sean Lechowicz January 27, 2012 Back in the day, the illest rhymes came from rap crews like A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, and, of course, NWA Then, the crew fizzled out in favor of single artists with a thousand featured rappers on a track.


2 Live Crew Set to Reunite and Tour
Exclaim! (blog)
By Alex HudsonOkay, so those rumours of a Digable Planets reunion seem to have amounted to nothing, but fans of vintage hip-hop can now look forward to the return of at least one long-defunct group, as the filthy-mouthed 2 Live Crew have announced that ...

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Shabazz Palaces Back Up to Brooklyn Bowl, SOBs
NBC New York (blog)
For their efforts, the duo of Ishmael Butler (formerly jazz-rap group Digable Planets) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire were showered with critical hosanna from Spin, The New Yorker and The Village Voice&#39;s Pazz &amp; Jop end of the year poll.


Meet Jahlli, the Gender-Bending Rapper-Producer Duo From Watts
LA Weekly (blog)
&quot;PCH&quot; is reminiscent of early &#39;90s jazz-soaked hip-hop groups like Digable Planets, even if the lyrics are clearly evolved from the battle-scarred bitterness of Ice Cube and Tupac&#39;s: &quot;Don&#39;t nobody trip off of red and blue rags,&quot; Jahcyy raps.

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