Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (Official Music Video)

[@bjnt922]

This rap/jazz style needs to make a comeback ASAP.

[@SeaTK610]

I agree and funk

[@haunnathree3305]

It does, Digible Planets and A Trube Called Quest are tge best bro!

[@jayp7552]

Listen to Igor by Tyler the creator you’ll be impressed

[@localhealers1504]

you wont be let down kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3fOiqeajbBqjq8

[@roberthamilton3197]

still exists with artists like quelle chris, anti lilly and many more just very obscure nowadays

[@HannibalHector714]

This generation will never understand how DOPE the 90s were.✌🏾😎

[@davidxavier6791]

I understand perfectly. Movies were fire, music was great, and honestly was honestly a good era. Along with the 70s, 80s, 2000s, and 2010s

[@thedalillama]

@@davidxavier6791 No, you don't. You weren't there.

[@sway_9803]

I love when people think the 90s were dope and completely ignore how violent and unsafe it was

[@thedalillama]

@@sway_9803Unsafe for whom? Those in the ghetto?

[@sway_9803]

@@thedalillama Unsafe for anyone who was alive during that time not just people in the ghetto you racist retard

[@deidragreer2691]

31 years later and this beat still goes hard today!😊

[@denieceedwards6310]

That ☝🏾 Wholeeeeeee Part ☝🏾😏

[@BusyBadger]

I know I'm old & all, but why ya' gots to remind me? 😭😂

[@jasondawson92]

The whole album slaps

[@JimmiDimi]

Damn that long ago? I was a wee brat

[@deidragreer2691]

@@BusyBadger 😂😂😂😂

[@NunYaBiz404]

That string in the background is craaayzeeee 😭😭😭

[@togglepunaanyking4777]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@andrehughes7428]

love the beat, the bass and artistry which matches today.

[@ZAMA_BALLER]

someone need to bring that and this whole vibe back

[@ryanking7960]

This will resonate for generations. Sounds just as fresh in 2023.

[@ivarobel7369]

Fot Real! 👍

[@breakinearth5600]

Facts big homie 🎉❤

[@malcolmsanders7607]

A masterpiece ❤️😁

[@lincolnward85]

My kids love this song and they were all born after 2012. It's just good music, that's all I can say.

[@Idontknowwhattonamemychannel1]

Good music is always timeless

[@racerx8410712]

They gave birth to a song that will never get old.

[@notnow2364]

Never ever 😀

[@basilscott-mitchell3295]

Man my dog got old and know I CANT see threat SSHOLE I N MY ASSEHOLE

[@sunset4285]

For sure! Amaizing talent.

[@jamaalhorton2343]

racerx8410712 hence” Rebirth of the Slick” keep coming back and back

[@skylekmoss622]

!

[@mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328]

That bass line is hypnotizing, and they flow so smoothly on it.

[@SabriaR.]

This is why this song will forever be in my top 10 (getting played regularly).

[@KtotheG]

That's from Art Blakey's "Stretching." The bassist on there is Jymie Merritt. I have the original sample, and it sounds much faster, so Butterfly must've slowed it down several beats. He makes it sing on this record.

[@MohammadRezaErfani-s6q]

❤

[@MexMachine]

No frets.

[@anthonymeans7439]

Um hum👍👍👍👍

[@davehunter6019]

It’s intelligent, youthful, vibrant, cool and timeless.

[@Kathleen-n3r]

@@davehunter6019 no doubt ❤️🎤🎶

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

The marriage of jazz music and Hiphop was Match made in heaven

[@whatclub3934]

Match

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

@@whatclub3934 obviously

[@dantegreen4094]

A Tribe Called Quest Guru and Gang Starr De La Soul and the ROOTS!

[@xkee2013]

@@dantegreen4094 Common, Erykah Badu, Native Tongues, Etc.

[@goanna83]

And it is supposed to remain simple. Like this simple. Just like that. Out. ✌

[@salsafirejrivera1037]

Bass, sax, trumpet and 3 smooth rappers. Won’t ever be another era!!!

[@michaelhorvath3592]

AND...an 808 !

[@coolbreeze8720]

and drums

[@caphs2107]

The horns was actually a take from a trumpet player Miles Davis.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

Don’t forget the drums homie

[@tonyorsini5255]

I normally don't even like rap that much, but I love this. Everything about it just melds in such a smooth groove.

[@AustinBelanger]

I was 25 and working two jobs to feed my kids. I listened to this on cassette while delivering pizza to feed my kids. Man, time flies.

[@tomholschbach5966]

Good job being a good Daddy Austin🤘

[@amyparra1881]

👏👏👏👏

[@datdamvezzy_338]

top my hat off to u

[@ron.247]

Great father and great music! *Hat off*

[@michaelfilippi1520]

Great work. But at that age, I assume you need a career to pay the bills and buy a house. I assume that delivering pizzas doesn't pay that much. If I were you, I would get my CDL and be a truck driver.

[@ronny-2112]

Miss this kind of Hip Hop artists with intelligent music.

[@anonnnymousthegreat]

We need this to dominate the hiphop and rap scene again. Tired of the mediocre trash being promoted.

[@dennispounds605]

​@@anonnnymousthegreatstop supporting trash rap...support hip hop like this....record companies will listen when they pockets get thin

[@yama5182]

EMPHATICALLY!!! ❤❤❤

[@RonDickens-s9p]

That's why a tribe called quest is my favorite group.😊

[@rmcq1999]

@@anonnnymousthegreat The problem is the deep pockets that back all of the trash. That's why it is the way it is. All the negative, stupid, violent, hyper-sexual, materialistic garbage was promoted while quality music was sidelined. It's cultural assassination.

[@coolreem]

The NYC gritty sound of dark bass, fly lyrics, multi-ethnic representation, and smooth horns.

[@notnow2364]

😍

[@bboy_nliten]

This whole sentence just did sumn to me in the best way possible👏🏾👏🏾

[@reachquet6901]

Growing up in a dingy apartment to look at the night sky and street lights showering the graffiti'd up buildings. 1995

[@peggieudengwuarzuudengwu7531]

They're from Seattle, Washington.

[@KtotheG]

@@peggieudengwuarzuudengwu7531 Butterfly is from Seattle. Ladybug is from Baltimore. Doodlebug is from Philly. Brooklyn, NY is their home base.

[@terrencewilburn9081]

If you're still listening to this classic jam in 2019, then you're definitely cool like that!

[@justralph780]

Facts

[@jesusf0llow3r]

Damn right I am 😚

[@joannab.763]

@@jesusf0llow3r lol 👍

[@joannab.763]

U better recognize! 😍

[@lynzlynsbrand956]

NICE , TOP COMMENT MATE 👍

[@broaddusmarines]

This is a classic. Still stands the test of time, even almost 30 years later. Aged like a fine wine.

[@brendandelaney2718]

Oh shit it's been THAT long?

[@TheRealTrickyDick]

You ain't lyin 👊🏼

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

Infinity ♾ list💯❤

[@markwhittaker6866]

@@brendandelaney2718 That's what I was thinking.

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Can't believe how long! This song is amazing.

[@sassyrhodes6517]

So many memories of the 90s!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@clloydfrsh]

One of the hardest beats in hip hop history

[@ritchl3262]

Hardest? This is smooth, not hard.

[@xxxten17glo12]

Sadly people think hard means hard when any person who can think knows it means good sound appealing and nice

[@amyparra1881]

It's beautiful.

[@Peoriajones...]

On my father

[@Wolf0ig]

👀

[@AggravatedMan365]

Saddens me that they'll never be another era like this again. I'm glad I didn't take it for granted growing up.

[@rickindurham]

Same!

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Rappers had stuff to say back then. It's such garbage nowadays. It's all either pornography and bragging, or woke crap.

[@jonathanjohnson9611]

@@Emper0rH0rde thank the 90s for that. That’s when it all started

[@jovannycampas]

I still feel it when I listen 😅

[@independentinstallations8419]

Babies.......They just babies man.........

[@EbiFromPluto]

this is an entire era i want back

[@hollyherring71]

Word! Preach! I would give anything to go back. Thank God we have KZbin.

[@respobabs]

yep

[@thedude8526]

You and me both. The new stuff is just a bunch of mumble rappers.

[@notnow2364]

😀👌

[@willmaldonado2221]

I feel the same way!!! I don't know what the f*%# these youngbucks be listening to nowadays... But ask Butter how I zone???

[@lenardsmithjr.621]

Songs like this show there is a difference between being a hip-hop artist and being a rapper.

[@clowe73]

My wife and I just listen to song after 30 years. I’m old like that! My joints hurt like that! Just told my kids to shut up so I could hear this song like that! I’m grumpy like that! It’s 8:30pm and I’m ready for bed like that. I think I need a cup of coffee to make it to the bedroom to go to sleep like that. Hope y’all doing good with the affairs of today! I’m caring like that! Smiles!

[@cross7387]

Lmao. Like that

[@simonbd5373]

That was i Nice comment like that

[@Infinitybein]

My guy...why like that🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣my all time fave comment

[@miapernas5484]

🤣🤣🤣❤We zoom like that...WE OUT!¡

[@chasityhenderson8667]

To cute

[@snupjohn]

Im peace like dat, I'm chill. Still diggin' it in 2020.

[@jessetollefson646]

Yes

[@valeartic]

"You are cool like that"😉

[@commentcopbadge6665]

... like th;at?

[@jeremiahreyes7809]

You grew up listening to them?

[@commentcopbadge6665]

Jeremiah Reyes Nobody listened to them. We did listen to this one song though. They are another OHW in a long line of them. Nobody can name another Digible Planets song asides from this one. LOL.

[@nonofyourbusiness007]

This is called art and it needs to be preserved and protected at all costs

[@rebeltvr6046]

Yes. Pure art. Need preservation.

[@ivarobel7369]

Базаришь ветер! Точно говоришь, говорю с тебе это с другого континента! ; Это классика! Это история!

[@therealdarthvader9936]

I second that motion,I feel blessed to grow up through the 90s and have listened to great music like this growing up. But man it's not looking so hot for music these days, I've watched a steady decline in the quality of all genres. SMH

[@ernestmusenge7821]

Nft

[@brunolondinese5857]

At what point between taking your phone out your pocket, pressing a few buttons and accessing the exact content you desire faster than has every been possible - at the cost of watching a five second ad - did you start worrying that were not spending enough on the preservation of art.

[@KENNYDARKTELEVISION]

Just let my 6 year old Daughter listen to this. She loves music! She started dancing!

[@kiasophia756]

This has to be the dopest beat ever.. This song is timeless.. Freedom writers brung me BACK to this CLASSIC..

[@markojashari9716]

Μy man

[@waltermelon7736]

Nowhere near to being the dopest beat ever in my opinion

[@ded4lyfe1]

@@waltermelon7736 It's not Kendrick or Busta Rhymes, but... it's universal!

[@vodoumyers]

Freedom Writers is one of my all-time childhood favorites & the soundtrack will always be dope

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

Forza Horizon 4 Forza rules Xbox4life

[@living9377]

One of the coolest rap songs of that era. They were really cool like that! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@theruddyone6443]

Period. Not even just the era.

[@JasonMiller-ui4jp]

Very very cool like that. So smooth!

[@TheOnlyPink]

Their lyrics are still futuristic to this day. Still goes over your head.

[@Yaruandromedano1998]

Exactly, Digable Planets is a group of poets bro they Channel poetry from higher dimensions. 🔥

[@kennethmanning1821]

Still using the beat in commercials

[@JimmiDimi]

Did you peep Q-Tip in the crowd? His face hasn't changed

[@DLiotine]

​@@JimmiDimi 1:55 !❤

[@chriskaegi5098]

Saw them last summer in Chicago at a street festival. They're still fly and I had mad nostalgia for the 90s!

[@casanovaclown]

Nostalgia at it's finest... This song is one of the main anthems of the 90's along with 93' Til Infinity, They Reminisce Over You, Shook Ones II and dozens more.

[@amuroray9115]

Agreed

[@casanovaclown]

@@gc9744 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rogershoffner]

Chief Rocka, Rock this Funky Joint, Looking at the Front Door and many more

[@frustratedmynx]

YESSSS

[@jewel8425]

Tf happened to mobb deep?!

[@chrisgreene2405]

Oh the nineties when Hip Hop was so creative and rediscovering jazz roots

[@hollyherring71]

Word. A precious time...

[@iamtheliquor7300]

Sure wish they'd bring it back

[@notnow2364]

😍

[@taurtue]

It's still the case man, golden age of hip hop will start again in 2022

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

The Baby was definitely Lyrical and prolific💞💐 MUCH LOVE TO THE REBIRTH

[@infinix28]

I'm in tears😭. For decades, I had this beat in my head as a child, but I never knew who it was from. BET UNSUNG BROUGHT ME HERE.💯 life mystery solved

[@luiso.9103]

Don’t stop there - get the album. Light yrs ahead

[@nipun131]

I feel you on that, I heard this for the first time on bet mixtape along with slick Rick and all the legends when I was like 10 years old and the beat and the smooth verse stuck in my head, I would jam it like nonstop on my tape deck...I am hearing it now after like 20 years, brings back a lot of solid memories

[@spinningbackkick6021]

LOL. I'm still looking for a song I heard in a movie one time.

[@prescotts.3235]

@@MarioBros-pb8dh Ha...I remember Jeans West

[@andrewphillips8198]

Yo same thing happened to me. But different songs LOL.

[@ayonibrahim9985]

90's was like a black American renaissance for music, art, fashion and film.

[@mela6885]

Uhhh 70s?

[@ayonibrahim9985]

@@mela6885 That was the spark.

[@lolabunny1157]

Yesss!!!!

[@armandoosuna6525]

​@@ayonibrahim9985thank you. I was thinking the same thing as the video played.

[@deedeemichele8037]

You absolutely nailed it!!✌🏾

[@jaredthomas5348]

I still say good-bye to my co-workers every night "We out, we out" in a direct homage to this song. The legacy of Digable Planets- what rap has been and can be- cannot be overstated.

[@mrpempi]

My man! 😊😊 We out!

[@beaniegee5129]

Happy 30th anniversary to Digable Planets' debut album!!

[@jamthacreator]

Happy 30th anniversary

[@bja808]

This isn’t rap.... this is hardcore poetry

[@dariusjamison8888]

Hardcore poetry is literally what rap is lmaao

[@jimjim8383]

@@DhavalPatel-jy7qy nah man, if you want this feel nowadays J. Cole is the only one left that “cool like that”. The kod album is this jazzy slam poetry concoction.

[@dillydally2519]

@@jimjim8383 nah. He's dif like that. They're the one's who stomped the door in for these young folks.

[@dillydally2519]

Civil Rights of Music, I'm black like that.

[@readmore4363]

@@jimjim8383 j cole is the only one? Lol you’re kidding right?

[@AlexanderNevermind888]

This was sheer poetry. I remember when this came out. It was around the time when poetry slams were popping up everywhere. I got to see these guys do this song at a small venue, and they killed it. They performed this before the song blew up. And once it hit, the radio stations in Jersey kept it in steady rotation. There was nothing else on the radio like it at the time.

[@jordan12118]

This is the most New York sounding song of all time

[@jordan12118]

@Michael Hunter If you wouldn't mind could you explain why you disagree? This is way before my time so I'm not the necessarily qualified if that makes any sense to stake such a claim

[@jadenhaly4248]

Jordan Davis POP SMOKE???

[@jordan12118]

@@jadenhaly4248 I fuck with Pop Smoke

[@josiahmoore874]

Nu flava in ear craig mack is real close man.

[@larrytan73]

The irony of this is! None of them are NEW YORKERS

[@jenchon2063]

If this song came out today, it would be #1. Forever 🔥

[@gagejanssen268]

No it wouldn’t don’t 🧢

[@Allergic2BeingBroke]

Today generation too stupid to feel this. So u definitely wrong.

[@flippingpenguin9049]

You really think the same people listening to Ed sheeran are going to bump this

[@amyparra1881]

Always will be

[@zeeone4492]

Unfortunately it wouldn't it would just be underground

[@ProlificPops]

Everything about this song is smooth as hell

[@jacobreed47]

+King Pops Yeah- Check out D.P. Nickel sacks too!

[@kaymartin1436]

ikr

[@KDrhymez123]

So true

[@samjo8725]

you can say that again

[@Synsane]

+Acuravigor47 Check out what?

[@boondoggle4820]

Man I love Mecca’s voice, lol, and her flow! The guys have really unique voices too. That’s one of the things that stands out most about DP. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time but they made some great real hip hop with broad appeal that really still stands today.

[@madelinesantiago5590]

My favorite part of the song

[@GenoG1202]

This is one song that is untouchable, unable to sample...the beat, lyrics, both rapping...I never knew back then how legendary this is!!!! Man I miss this era of music!!!!

[@dwanewarner7632]

💯💯💯

[@TonyAntosca]

hells ya bro

[@vanessamadrazo5179]

Me Too!!!!!

[@stevennations9262]

One of the smoothest vibes of all time ! JESUS Loves you baby! ❤🙏

[@lxolxo7]

+steven pueblo YEP! Still remember the first time I heard this. It blew my mind. Big Ups for the 9 Deuce! That was a cool year.

[@aceatkins191]

steven pueblo facts

[@morecowbell235]

1992 - Great Song 2002- Still Jamming to it 2012- Still a great song 2022 - You bet your ass its still good!

[@lovedavis1005]

I’ll see in 2032 buddy

[@natpaul4924]

@@lovedavis1005 Unless we're dead like that

[@jtallday31]

Truly good doesn't come and go

[@matxalenc8410]

How about now in 2023? Happy New Year, everyone!

[@BonKarThuNderJones]

2023 still lovin' it. HNY everybody

[@LaMarvinn]

Who’s still listening to this class in 2024?!

[@Wulf425]

Here

[@emanuelpolancomontilla6705]

Cool like that 🇩🇴

[@fan1kiwa]

@@emanuelpolancomontilla6705 I'M ILL LIKE THAT

[@DivineFavorIndieArtist]

Me 🎉

[@tonyorsini5255]

Hell yeah!

[@kwasiaking185]

Wow.... when Hip Hop, was Art. Timeless music.

[@cuquee12]

Yes!

[@geminikid609]

Still is art if you look at it right

[@mariopantoja8259]

This was already a classic the second it came out.

[@dcchavez97]

geminikid609 no longer art... just auto tune fake hipsters, only Apple Mac book pro and a weak mindless generation that falls in love with useless lyrics and cheap easy beats.

[@Uncfg]

Love the fedora bro

[@isaacsanchez5159]

She's got the sweetest dopest voice 😍

[@kayshawnsimmons5585]

Lady Bug Still Dope

[@shenyaet2755]

The way they incorporated rap and jazz together was a genius move.

[@tshidi129]

It's done more often than you think

[@Nicc1102]

It is indeed the same❤

[@kimberlyangeles8959]

@@tshidi129recommend any songs?

[@tshidi129]

@@kimberlyangeles8959 Some stuff by Tribe Called Quest, Ghostface Killah, Robert Glasper(highly recommend)

[@msgottalottaego]

The 90's was raps golden era. We had so much good music❤❤❤❤😊😊

[@MsMocha-yt5un]

Butterfly has one of the smoothest, coolest voices ever along with matching looks!

[@SkuStyle]

DAMN SHE'S GOT THE SWEETEST VOICE EVER IN HIP-HOP .... PROVE ME WRONG! & yes I bought their album back in the day!

[@Emper0rH0rde]

It's so weird, and refreshing, hearing a woman bust some sweet rhymes, without once making a salacious reference to her own anatomy.

[@2FINE4YOUBABYGIRL]

Cardi b and Nicki lol jk jk

[@chrisfinchum6135]

And she is black like that....very nice

[@davidjohnson4563]

yes she do have the sweetest rap voice

[@42enjoythebeach4]

She sounds like a young Jada Pinkett Smith

[@africanbella28]

This song represents one of the reasons why the 90’s was such an amazing decade in music!!! It was so versatile back then

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Golden era

[@freedomm]

The last good decede for music imho.

[@m.pearce3273]

Others of the 90's it was one of the best for the variety of music from Big Bands to Rap and the emergance of Electronic music. The clothing of the 90s on a whole was dashed ‼️

[@kaisyaya8492]

everything was the best in the 90s, in fact the 90s was the peak of our species

[@scinnyc]

The *90s* is my life. Human civilization was at it's peak in so many ways back then, especially creatively. I'm an artist who creates nothing but *90s hip hop.* You should ✔️ out my songz if can spare some time😁🎧🎤🎶💿 🔥

[@theserpentshand]

This song, has lived rent free in my brain for 32 years!! Still loving it!

[@solgryn4591]

"We be to rap what key be to lock" Damn.

[@MrMessyb]

Hear that lyric as I read your comment!Mad coincidence

[@Fafmontoya]

@@MrMessyb me too haha

[@hodell82]

Possibly the dopest line in a song ever.

[@commandercaptain4664]

"I'm black like that" Mood.

[@terryjohnson804]

@@hodell82 you might be onto something

[@cbwavy]

Digable Planets were so revolutionary. You can't talk about early 90s hip hop without mentioning them.

[@eligzz9820]

Them and Arrested Development!!!!

[@zeeone4492]

You can unfortunately they were never that big

[@cr8iveamboy775]

Even their name suggests the Theme of Unicron devouring planets or the alien and archealogical excavation sites in film. I almost thought it was "digital" planets.. lol

[@kairi3177]

Digable Planets and the rappers of the 90s werent simply rappers they were poets they were storytellers and they were artists. These rappers today sorely lack

[@ybrik222]

RedBelle Mage Rap is a kind of poetry, which often tells stories, performed by what the music industry calls artists. So, uh, you're basically saying that Digable Planets were rappers. And there's a shit ton of good rap coming out these days, and the storytelling aspect is really doing a good job of humanising modern culture politics. Kendrick Lamar's new album's as close to a rock opera as a rap album's ever been. The Roots' fairly recent album Undun combines innovative storytelling a-la Memento with an existentialist mindset. Even Kanye's music tells stories. So I don't know what you mean when you say today's rappers are lacking artistry.

[@kairi3177]

Just my .02 +ybrik222 like you have your opinion. I just feel that rappers of 80s and 90s were on a whole another level. The butthurt paragraph was totally unnecessary

[@dgenerate707]

Present day mainstream yeah there's lots of truth to it but underground and blacklisted artists are still creative on that 90's & 80's vibe. Look up rhymefest, Tech N9ne, and Lupe Fiasco

[@ybrik222]

RedBelle Mage In what way was my comment "butthurt"? And what would make it necessary? If I agreed with you?

[@kairi3177]

Johnny Brown Oh wow so much reaction ybrik222 and Johnny Brown to a simple opinion. Actually im a child of the nineties so i was raised on rappers like Digable Planets. Dont like my opinion why are you responding to/entertaining it? The grown up thing would to do is to simply ignore it. Its just an opinion. Using words like 'bruh" shows the maturity level here. And by the way, im not a "dude"

[@over-educated-sp]

I’m now 52, and this has, is, and shall remain on my top 20 favorite songs EVER!

[@gerardderrickmalazarte8360]

Pure HipHop! No cursing, no dirty lyrics, no bullshit.✌

[@augustomartinez4371]

They do say shit at one point tho

[@TooCold_ForYou]

@@augustomartinez4371its not like one of those sings where all the lines got a bad word😅

[@willbrown1969]

​@@augustomartinez4371, aye I caught that too at the 1:21-1:22 mark of the song. Very minimal cussing is the correct description. But other than that it is a TIMELESS CLASSIC

[@davidmella1174]

For some reason it's considered jazz

[@theruddyone6443]

​@@davidmella1174.......... theres jazz in the song. thats why Man.

[@demetriusdavis4775]

They don’t make joints like this anymore. Classic

[@benoitolivier2081]

The era where each rapper or rap group had his own flow.❤

[@ExotiqBeautii]

*"We be to rap, what key be to lock!"*

[@triplebambooent.654]

Boogie had the chain"""

[@michelledonohue9802]

My fave line...l was born in D.C.,so many nationalities...we together knew music brought unity...❤

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

Love that

[@local1925]

@@MrStrangeDUB oh yea🔥🔥

[@williammikekloveyourichard6341]

true

[@gregory3861]

I grew up within radio station distance of NYC in the 80's and 90's. I feel very fortunate for that. I came across this in real time. Very underrated album, belongs in the top ten of the golden years. Absolutely.

[@notnow2364]

😀

[@Naronaxie]

I'm black and Asian and I JUST noticed the mix of black rappers and Asian musicians 👍 doing it right

[@ChaChinnngK]

+Naronaxie such a millenial comment lol

[@DDDRRRCCC]

"IM BLACK LIKE THAT" Goosebumps every time!

[@Justin-od8se]

💯💯

[@TownBizznizzJS]

I wish people realize how important that term was when she said that

[@bananabread2833]

@@TownBizznizzJS What did that mean to you?

[@a.christian9647]

Right!!

[@hviolet4419]

IYKYK

[@AtilioEscobar]

When a song is pure perfection.

[@TheCrazyangel911]

I love this time in hip-hop history. I miss those days.

[@TheSmokeWatcher]

golden era

[@robertjackson3819]

I'm sixty-one, and my, my goodness. All these years later, this is still one of the hippest performances I've ever heard. It's timeless. The name of the song is cool. The name of the group is cool. Wow.

[@urmomisgay916]

Yesss

[@derrisleemusic1998]

Jazz is the father of many genres. Love this sound. ❤

[@hardlyacademic2740]

THIS is one of the dopest songs of all time.

[@craigjasper2274]

A Rebirth of the Rebirth of Slick is severely needed. Please, I can't take not even one more mumble or auto-tune verse!

[@godlevel5495]

One of the greatest hip hop songs of all time

[@lucashollingshead395]

I bought this cd when it came out, and this song remained dopest jazz/hip hop song EVER! I can't stop!!

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

My math teacher played this for us one day on one of those days where we didn't have much work to do. I think he'd be happy to know I'm still bumping this 12 years later.

[@sucioinc1003]

It's cause ur cool like that!

[@randyyygonzalez]

Hell yeah you’re teach was cool asfuck

[@sippigrrrl]

The bass line in this song has amazed me since the first time I heard it, which was in 1992-1993 when I was a freshman in high school in a farm community in North Dakota. Now I live in a large city in the farthest SOUTH part of the USA, hurtling frighteningly quickly into middle age. One thing that has NOT changed is how much I love this song.

[@jrambo7495]

​@@ronmexico79hurtling?

[@stacidalton2888]

Yes, bass, the horns, their voices. I was also in high school, when this song came out. I’m still listening in 2024, it has & always be one of my all time favorite songs!!

[@smc3165]

I'm 62. I'm cool like that in 2018♥️❗️

[@michaelbeza7469]

Cool like tat..yep on to the kitty cat

[@MugiwaraLion]

Dope

[@Tajonxv]

S Mc ❤️

[@YoYo-nn4qz]

Nice.

[@ericalove9087]

Tis is Real music

[@emerytaylor9489]

Still "COOL LIKE dat" in 2024!!!😊😊😊

[@nparasida]

The dopest song of the 90's of it's kind. I wish someone would make music like this again.

[@kensley94]

I really like her voice, so calm yet ruff and smooth.

[@JacksonJk-sc4rj]

❤❤

[@lGraytheferalcat]

90s hip hop was a work of art😍

[@green_wire]

Hands up! Digable Planets - Reachin! One of the best jazz hip-hop-LP's of all time!

[@daniellemaroney2931]

Best damn hip-hop song of the '90s, hands down. This song gave hip-hop some class, for a brief moment.

[@yoonminaf]

Danielle Maroney Heck yeah

[@StevenMighty]

Bless the year 1993 and the entire first half of the 90's for al the cool stuff we had like music, television and videogames. Glad I was a teen back then.

[@cupcakes7015]

StevenMighty 💯 💯 💯 12/27/18

[@ThatMF_Doom]

always played this when me and my bro played streets of rage and golden axe

[@faynitawilliams4437]

SteveMighty Amen! I was just starting elementary school the beginning of the '90's. I remember seeing and requesting this video on "The Video Box" back in the day. I will forever love this song! I appreciate and am blessed to have grew up in the 90's. #SimplyClassic #The90sRaisedMe 🙏🙏🙇🙇👏👏💪💪🔥🔥💞💗

[@carlosmagana4180]

yes exactly early 90s were the shit after 95 everything started going downhill

[@mangreat71]

@@carlosmagana4180 honestly after 96 and we still had great other artist after 95 peace and 96

[@_afrowaiian_]

"Man Cleopatra Jones...and I'm chill like that" love this line 👌💚❤💛💙💜

[@_afrowaiian_]

"Im thick like that, I stack like that, Im down like that......Im BLACK like that" ✊👏👏

[@lasheemrichardson9283]

Zellia Quarters-Styles was so dope

[@danielhgarcia1822]

Beautiful ebony goddess 😍like crazy !!! Love to my black people especially black women dam!!!!!!

[@maatamandala7257]

“We be to rap what key be to lock”❤

[@bradmaclean1986]

This track is about self worth, and self depth! Why, do I say this...check each flow... and how they say they'er cool, chill, peace.... Then, rip back and forth with different ideas of self worth!! Heavy Track, "ALL" time great track!!!

[@notnow2364]

😀😇💓

[@teresaabbott3513]

Yes the lyrics are everything

[@lanreedun2289]

That bass be doing something to my soul, like massaging my nerves!

[@1chienandalou]

yess

[@philipaniche2451]

The rebirth of slick like my gangster stroll....

[@truthhurtz8517]

This song won a Grammy Award..🏆🏆🏆🏆 1990s...🔥🔥🎵🎵

[@theruddyone6443]

Did it really?

[@truthhurtz8517]

@theruddyone6443 Yes they did...🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@LifeIsNotorious]

Good it deserved it

[@stacidalton2888]

I’ve been listening to this song, since it came out, when I was in high school. I worked at the rollerskating rink & always requested this song. This song is still new & fresh in 2024!! The beats, their voices, the horns, nothing has ever come close to this song, very beatnik.. thank you, Digable Planets.. Blink, blink, blink!!

[@missab7]

This is a timeless classic.

[@darksharxz]

A classic will always make ya head bob.

[@BengalsxXx16]

Dark Sharxx my head was bopping hard😂

[@darksharxz]

@@BengalsxXx16 Gotcha

[@bronxboo]

Dark Sharxx cfg

[@austinaragona4778]

I was bobbing my head as I read this

[@bonkwentbonkers]

Right😂

[@jrbugz761]

As a kid who was born in 99 and didn't get the chance to witness this era really hurts me😩.. #90srap4life

[@wandamitchell1806]

Yes U miss'd it!!! The Music back then was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickwilliams1838]

Can't control your time-line, glad you enjoy it as much as I do

[@freddogrosso9835]

I was born in 81 and discovered this just a few years ago! Beats are timeless and the net is infinite.

[@theruddyone6443]

@@freddogrosso9835 YO! Howd you miss this in 81? i was born a few years later that decade and still managed to peep this! lol

[@freddogrosso9835]

@@theruddyone6443 I guess I wasn't that much into this genre, back in the day.

[@NunYaBiz404]

And oh yeah, she got it! 💯💯

[@aquariuscheers9191]

I'm so glad that I was a teenager when this came out. The Golden Era of Hip Hop was great because artists could be themselves, and there was balance. This group was getting radio play while Mobb Deep was getting played too. It was a beautiful time.

[@gregcampbell1263]

I was a teenager too when this song came out great memories

[@aquariuscheers9191]

@@gregcampbell1263 I saw them perform at The Blue Note a couple of summers ago, they're still great.

[@gregcampbell1263]

@@aquariuscheers9191 good to know you had a good time

[@TheRealTomWendel]

This is one of those that captures a moment in time. Early ‘90’s NYC- so much excitement going on! And these young artists not even trying to go over the top with excess and volume- just flowing with that music in the pocket.

[@SunFromBrooklyn73]

Early 1990s New York City...so much fun...so much to do and so many places to go. Tears...

[@provisionalhypothesis]

now we got ice spice

[@krisjackson6567]

@@provisionalhypothesistechnically Ice Spice is a different genre I mean early 90s to now is almost 30 years your missing a lot of amazing hip hop artists in between 😂😂

[@faustinreeder1075]

New York City is dead. Liberal swine murdered the joint

[@BertoBoi]

WE MAKING IT OUT LIKE MIRAGE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

[@lilcrust3063]

They used the whole New York OST in that movie😂

[@Foxy_Gamer64]

TRUEEEE

[@SomeoneOfNoPast]

YESSIR

[@chargamex5173]

MIRAGE

[@jimmygentleyt]

"The name's MIrage"

[@anthonyblakely399]

Trip-Hop at it's beginning...blending Jazz, Rap, & 50's Beatnik vibe. I love Digable Planets....I wish we had more of this style today!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@kurtisimowazzle]

This has to be one of the best hip hop tracks of all time.

[@lorettalynndavis9695]

TOTALLY!

[@clewsound]

Not much of today's music will age as well as songs like this one.

[@alalahoward1299]

It takes 30 years to explain!

[@pandaexpress2459]

That's because those are trends. THIS is a classic 😩🩵🤍

[@clewsound]

@@pandaexpress2459 Facts

[@wombwomp2983]

Here are some more jazzy hip hop albums. Sound Providers - An evening with the sound providers. Sharpshooters - Choked Up. Justice System - Rooftop soundcheck. Pase Rock - Bullshit as usual. Lastrawze - Instrawmental. Abstract Tribe Unique - Mood pieces. La Paz - Earwigs. Trible Music Inc - Do the math. The Primeridian - Ill meet you in greenwich. Extra Prolific - Like it should be. The Dereliks - Broken cyphers anthology. Last Jazz Club - Jazz is

[@prencesst1971]

That Bass, Drums...& Horns Tho’...Classic🔥🔥

[@danardparrish]

The chick verse is so 🔥 and she rides the beat!!

[@endtimesclips896]

Right

[@jpang5477]

Lady Bug that woman nice 💯

[@kholofelobopape2731]

Bra i thought i was the only one who noticed.

[@Carloss80k]

she had the best verse. could listen to her rap all night😮‍💨👌🏿

[@tonyaking2883]

Who is still listening in 2020😎😎

[@basilscott-mitchell3295]

ASSSS THINKin in the future ;) haha nice aasssss

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

Me

[@ritchl3262]

Yup

[@Frostgrl681]

right here. it is timeless.

[@treseancann1261]

Here.

[@ceofounder]

Memories of being a teenager in brooklyn(Crown heights/Flatbush) 1992-1993! Brilliant hiphop of the 1990's! Respect and salute to Digable Planets!

[@ksmith96]

Williamsburg baby!! (Before all the gentrification and dumbass hipsters.)

[@user-ii2qx1hl2l]

I live near crown heights but my friend live there

[@mariopantoja8259]

The coolest time to be alive and Yung. 90-96