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Digable Planets is my favorite hip hop group of all time. im so pleasantly surprised to see them being mentioned on here.

Hell yeah, I love classic hip-hop…interesting, I got into Digable Planets 10 years later in ’04. Lots of great sounds came out of that period in hip-hop, which I definately agree with your statement about how difficult it is to find intelligent hip-hop in the mainstream nowadays…it does exist, and it’s always great to hear, and then there’s still a ton of great music to be discovered in the thriving underground.

nice to read this post Scott!… :) My assumptions about you and hiphop were basically correct but it was nice to see one post sort of explain all the answers to my question, “what exactly did happen to Scott’s old enjoyment (wasn’t really love) of hiphop?”…

Couple things I thought you’d find nice (if not funny):

– open up that Blowout Comb CD insert and it was a mini-poster in the same purple/blck/crm design style but of like 25 different pics and combs.

– you’re right about them touring (they were at Bumbershoot ’07) but mostly I think they come out as solo acts, mostly. Ladybug Mecca has a handful of solo verses and singles (most lately on Ubiquity I believe) and guesting w/ ZionI.

– Butterfly fronted the band Cherrywine for a minute a few years back and I even think we hit up their show (50-75 people tops) on one of those Amtrak trips me and L.O.N.S. took to Sacto one summer…after or before one of those early Tycho/Chachi shows at that cafe.

– from what i DONT hear, nobody ever knows what the other dude did or does now… but 9th Wonder (who did the production on their 1st 2 LPs) is still a huge producer and most recently did a Little Brother LP and others…

Finally — sorry for the long post — my buddy recently rolled up in a temporary ride that only had a tape deck so I broke out my cassette tape box and sure enough, a KDNZ 880am USF mixtape starring yours truly with my special guest star “scott hansen”…we played ALLL hiphop beats, mostly 1989-1994…that isht is hilarious! my sac hadn’t dropped yet or something…our voices are weird on it…

Anyways — it was nice to see the finished work on Obama/PROGRESS! Congratulations man…I’m gonna try and pick one up but we’ll see if the flock of Obamanites beat me to it! Good job bro!

Gawd i love this record.

Definitely a gem in hip hop.
Although, i always felt it was over looked because everyone loved “Reachin'” so much. Maybe it’s just me though.

Ben Z — you sure know your shit dude haha! Hell yeah on 4hero and Logical Progression, esp Logical Progression…that jazzstep sound is some of the best and most immersive dnb I’ve ever heard. I listen to it and I’m instantly transported back to the railway between Prague and Krakow in 2001. As for LTJ’s Good Looking label and the more loungey music their roster puts out, it’s good and all, but nothing touches the hotness that LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad produce when they get together.

As for Tricky, I was looking him up a couple weeks ago wondering the same thing…I’m sure he’ll resurface.

As for 9th wonder, I didn’t realize that was him on DP…he is a great producer tho, I love some of the beats he’s made for LB, stuff like So Fabulous, Light it Up (based off Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together??), etc.

Still awaiting their ‘new’ album ever since seeing them at the El Rey (@LA) in Spring ’05. Guess they’ve been busy. Anyways, cool reminisce. I need to listen to their 10/05 album re-release. I heard a couple songs have been re-mastered. Always nice to have a good, crisp copy. I could only wish the same can be said for The Score =)

Woah, no doubt! This album was infectious. I can vivdly remember the smell of the cassette notes as I, too, could not take it out of my boombox. So much sampling and diggin finesse with some deep jazz funk roots…heavy stuff. There’s a little segment on the album where they take this same beat and have some sax and trombone(?) soloing…. I must’ve heard it a million times. Thanks for bringin it back. Peace.

You might want to check out the work of Emory Douglas….He was the cheif artist for the black panther party(this album cover was modeled off of their old newspaper”The Black Panther Speaks”)…..Amazingly enough his design has influneced many of todays biggest artists(Sheperd Fairy is one …..)
http://www.moca.org/emorydouglas/

Ben Z– also, it just so happens that Tricky has a new single out called Council Estate. Came out on iTunes last week, I noticed it while checking out Adrift/From Home and The Synchronicity Suite. His new single is very rock n roll, doesn’t sound much like trip hop to me…almost like Mos Def’s New Danger, when I was used to (and preferred) the sound of Black on Both Sides.

And is King Britt the same guy who released an album called the Philadelphia Experiment on Rope-a-dope a few yrs ago? I always get the feeling that the King Britt of that album is different than the famous producer, but I could be wrong.

Never heard if this group before (probably cos i was 4 when this album was released) but 9th Wonders is awesome. Im really gonna have to hunt this album down and buy it.

I just love thos hip hop beats, i could literally listen to them all day.

Blowout Comb is one of my favorite records of all time. Have you heard _Blowout Breaks_ – DJ Jedi’s mix of all the source material records for that album? Its amazing. (hit me with an email if you’d like a copy and I’ll upload it somewhere)

Digable Planets is one of the most interesting groups in hip hop. I’m writing this in 2009, and I’m 15 years old, yet I still explore hip hop music instead of just sticking to modern hip hop/rap, and i must say that DIGABLE PLANETS IS THE MOST PHENOMENAL MUSIK I HAVE EVER LISTEND TO!!!!!!!!