“You may remember her soft-as-silk flow during her days with Digable Planets, when “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat) was a favorite during Hip Hop’s zenith. Ladybug Mecca has been in the process of ...
Hip-hop with a thoughtful vibe and a jazzy bent seemed like it was going to be more than an underground movement in the 1990s, with vibrant and important recordings made by acts including Tribe Called ...
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 ...
Get ready to dance with Digable Planets on May 31st at The UC Theatre!! Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987, in Brooklyn, New York. The trio is composed of rappers Ishmael ...
Festivals like Ultra and III Points usually dominate Miami’s attention, but a road trip north lies a different world entirely. Since 2013, Hulaween has transformed the 800-acre Spirit of the Suwannee ...
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 ...
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 ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Digable Planets — the Brooklyn-based rap trio of Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca ...
Digable Planets is one of the most influential and intellectual rap groups to come out of the ’90s. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Digable Planets Grammy-winning rap trio Digable Planets will play San ...
These days, Ishmael Butler is very busy with his Seattle art-rock project Shabazz Palaces; he just released the new mini-album Exotic Birds Of Prey. But some of us know Butler better for his old group ...
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 ...