What Happened To DIGABLE PLANETS Since They Were Cool Like That? Stunted Growth Music

[@stuntedgrowthmusic]

Did Digable Planets fall short of their potential?

[@doylenelson9983]

Do 'Digital Underground'

[@chrisray6496]

No. The industry fell short of it. At that point, "conscious" rap was on it's way out. Instead, what we got was Compton's Most Wanted, and 2 Live Crew. No more Tribe called Quest or Jungle Brothers, at least not being pushed by their record label. And then you have issues like creative differences and ego that can split people apart. Who know's the real reason?

[@Kev_-qm1je]

Do Stunned Growth "Rawkus Records "

[@Marvilloso]

Do simple e

[@gregmatic2861]

Groups like them don't last long not because they're not talented but because they have integrity and vision. The music industry short sells most good artists by making everything disposable.

[@gullydeluxe]

Idc what no one says, Blowout Comb was a classic. If they would've done another video (namely "Jettin'") with the same vibe as Cool like Dat, I think they would've done better. They're A&R & Managers should've worked harder. All the pieces were there. When you have ARTISTS not numbers, you have to treat them as such.

[@nylesprint]

Yo I agree, love that album

[@Brother_Farr]

Thank you!!! I’ve been saying this for years!! Blowout comb was a masterpiece!!!!

[@younggod3906]

💯💯💯

[@sebastianquilt]

Easily one of the strongest, slept-on, consistent hip hop albums PERIOD. The debut is good but Blowout Comb is their Magnum Opus.

[@joshuadurham1257]

Truest relevant 100. But i didn't get chance to listen the digital planets yet? But i did only one song is cool like dat was the best. I download and save on my profile videos from KZbin. Digital planets Reachin'( A Refutation time and space) album in 1993.

[@melvinslaughter7685]

They dropped two off the best Jazz/Alternative hip hop albums of all time

[@Simple_Jack82]

Naw bro, two of the best albums of all time.

[@Marvilloso]

@@Simple_Jack82 so us3 don't count lol

[@melvinslaughter7685]

@@Simple_Jack82 you know what...you’re right

[@Simple_Jack82]

@@Marvilloso straight up, that's what I love about the community for this channel! Hand on the torch was fire! Let's keep this amazing art alive

[@x_VineM_x]

Fix this.

[@StruggleReviewzTV]

LadyBug was such a gem her verse on 9th Wonder is 🔥! I wish the group made more albums Blowout Comb is a classic 💕

[@smokemystogies9063]

You want it? I got it, dripping like water 💯

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Digable Planets is one of my favorite hip hop groups, ever. Those two albums are fucking stone cold classics. I been bumpin' them joints for decades. Why did young Ladybug Mecca look like she was Halle Berry's hippie hip hop younger sister? She was a dime😅

[@saj8]

What classics? They were one hit wonders.

[@chrisstrong2093]

Facts

[@ChichesterClark11]

@@saj8 Hater spotted 🔝

[@saj8]

@@ChichesterClark11 You mean truth teller spotted.

[@mobaumeister2732]

@@saj8 even then, it’s still possible to produce hip hop classics. How many classic albums has Nas produced? Illmatic and possibly It Was Written.

[@mishunkontrol1874]

Problem: The industry doesn't respect art. It's about the money first. DP are artists.

[@FresHumbleNCool]

Ladybug was dope and beautiful. She’s still looking fly today at almost 50

[@KangTheDigitalNomad]

Blowout Comb was on slept on album. But also SONICALLY HAD A LOT OF HEAT

[@factthatdude4059]

At the time it came it wasn’t slept on

[@chenault15]

Cool like that is literally one of the greatest HipHop songs of all time easily

[@BackwardTravisty]

I saw Sade and Digible together in Richmond VA in 1993. BEST CONCERT EVER!

[@MicChecker88]

Damn, you lucky as hell! Did they share the stage at some point?

[@geminisneverlie]

Incredible

[@BackwardTravisty]

@MicChecker88 Sorry for the late reply. Honestly, all I remember is that Sade was singing only to me.

[@lilamendez10]

Blowout Comb is the rare instance where the second album is better than a classic first album. Too bad it didn't get as much love as Reaching

[@mikepeoples5595]

I love the Rebirth of Slick! It's part of my 90s Playlist n my phone. Butterfly is also featured on the Camp Lo song Swing with dope bars. Much respect 2 that group. They definitely was "cool like that" 🌬

[@jhay-hc7ct]

Blahzay, blahzay, blahzay..

[@pastense]

“Welcome to New York, the illest of all places.”

[@jeffpeyton8983]

Camp lo ✨ sparklin

[@xariqx_]

we really need a Rakim stunted growth - this man literally changed the way emcees rap!

[@miiiiisvibes]

Stunted growth? What

[@xariqx_]

@Jeffrey Juliano of course, you can. just because an artist is influential doesn’t mean that their career wasn’t impacted negatively. his breakup with eric b, him being dropped from his label, then signing to dr. dre’s label and then never releasing the album due to creative difference. i wont even include his lack of touring, delaying of “seventh seal”, etc. y’all can’t tell me all that didn’t stunt his growth.

[@xariqx_]

@@miiiiisvibes contractual issues with eric b which led to a court battle that dissolved the group, being dropped from the label, signing with dr.dre only for his album never to come out, “the master” performing poorly in the charts, announcing the release of “seventh seal” in 2006 and it being delayed until 2009. rakim is a legend, and his legacy should recognize by the whole world, but these issues stunted that.

[@808sirenz9]

The Dre album could have a stunted growth but not his career as a whole

[@haroldmccoy6748]

@@xariqx_ The master and 18 letter were incredible albums ,sad that they weren't promoted by the company agressively ,entire albums are play straight through without skipping a track classics , typical of Guys first album and JayZ's reasonable doubt ,,great pieces of work that number sajles can't diminish .

[@terucks]

They were hot in the last golden age year of hip hop in 1993. Digable planets unfortunately peaked at a transitional time period where diverse styles were encouraged just like Arrested Development and Souls of Mischief, respectively . From 1994 and further on; hip hop became more commercialized and the art lyricism wasn’t held to the standard like it was once were in the 80s and early 90s. Their second album was dope! Very underrated

[@suave_d]

I agree. Plus, gangster rap was becoming the new flavor of the month by 93, and the industry started pushing the gangster narrative. Artists who weren't on the gangster bandwagon were starting to get eclipsed. I think that gangster rap was bad for the art, and Hip Hop never recovered.

[@juniorjames7076]

In 1994/'95, sometimes I would walk into a record store like The Whiz or Tower Records, and be soooo confused by the amount of amazing top notch groups AND solo artists on the shelves that I wouldn't buy anything! I had to go back home and think it over!! Thats how dope Hip Hop was in the mid '90s. It was the Golden Age and I was silly enough to think it would last forever. I took it for granted, for real!

[@bolder2009]

94 was the last year of the golden age and the year they dropped Blowout Comb.

[@taejules1482]

Rebirth of Slick is my jam, but the entire album will never get old.

[@Brutha_Bonner]

I still listen to both of their albums and Ladybug is still gorgeous as hell 🔥🔥

[@nate_thegreat313]

Super underrated hip-hop group that should have had a longer run through the 90s, barely hear anybody mention them when it comes to Jazz/Alternative Hip-Hop.

[@gregmatic2861]

Them and Arrested Development should've been bigger. I still play both groups' first albums. Digable Planets were the first version of Fugees. Please do either the coup or Arrested Development next.

[@thelashaunlove]

I'd definitely like to see one on Little Brother

[@Covinaman-00]

I'm not that big into hip hop, but I loved Digable Planets. I played both albums for years.

[@KairanWard]

I love the song "a nickel bad of funk" and "cool like that."

[@RobJusticethelegend]

Blowout Comb is heavily slept-on…and I had a big crush on Ladybug mecca back in tha day

[@JayFingers]

Tbh I preferred Blowout Comb to their debut. They changed their sound and approach but it was dope as hell. And “9th Wonder” was always on the Box. 🔥👍🏾

[@DezoWilliams]

I love and appreciate BLOWOUT COMB more and more as time passes!

[@maximbelmont4641]

I can't front that first album has always been a guilty pleasure for me. Where I'm from (RMX) is underrated

[@yaboym3247]

Why guilty? They were dope AF.

[@evilintent]

I'd love to see you take a look at Little Brother. They were a great underground group.

[@808sirenz9]

I watched them perform at a show in Hawaii and never seen two big dudes rock with so much energy and the AC was broken in the venue lol

[@factthatdude4059]

They released “May the Lord Watch” in 2019 which is phenomenal just a week ago Pooh and Phonte released a solo project for Pooh “To Dream in Color”. Phonte worked on this project with Pooh

[@christophertracy3633]

Butterfly is still making great music with his group Shabazz Palaces. Check out some of the vids on here. Very experimental creatively dope music.

[@thedivinebrycelamore]

The “ Bjork “ of hip hop

[@alishabazz7431]

Thanks for the video. These guys were lyrical “beasts” and upset me they were so short lived

[@808sirenz9]

I lived in Okinawa as a kid and they used to rock Cool Like That krazy on the radio

[@feodiente9460]

Who else said "We bes to rap what keys be to lock" at the same time..

[@Markuv6]

E40 used that as a 🪝

[@constancemerryweather525]

Seeing them next month! Calgary folkfest cannot wait as last time was 2005… gonna be slick, cool.. fresh no doubt

[@DiceB]

I would love to know what happened to the Artifacts

[@davidmorales55]

Digable, tribe, de La, del, kRS what im still bumping to this very day other shit I like, but these are the ones that I never outgrew. Gems of Hip Hop

[@svanablak]

i have BLOWOUT COMB, dat sh"t was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!! great job on this one!!!

[@b.a.d.wavesradio7314]

Your knowledge of hip-hop is unmatched!

[@danielmarquis5258]

I have so much love and respect for Digable Planets. I was a sophomore in high school when "Cool like dat" dropped.

[@modolief]

Can you talk about what is trip hop, and how does it relate to hip hop? I've listened to many playlists from the KZbin creator "Confused Biproduct of a Misinformed Culture" and I really like his stuff.

[@madimakes]

no mention of shabazz palaces though?

[@lolabunny1157]

One of my favorite songs Cool like that

[@jaymaddox8858]

Pete Rock and CL Smooth

[@EWUFBIiswatching]

YOOOOOOO this is one I’m definitely gonna love. Thanks for what you do mayn

[@goldbrooks]

These are 3 of the coolest people you ever wanna meet. So down to earth , generous & chill 💯 Thanks for making this vid 👏🏽🙏🏽❤️

[@thegreattreon0177]

Great episode! My recommendation for some upcoming videos should be Dru Hill, Tha Dogg Pound, MC Hammer, 3rd Bass, No Limit, Leaders of the New School, and Fu-Shnickens

[@abovethagamerollinz4776]

You my man are great at what you do, with this superb vid, Digable Planets are legends 👑☝🏽🙏🏼

[@Markuv6]

Blowout Comb was such an underated album.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

This really makes me miss the 90s...

[@bondwin7025]

Josh Wink and king Britt on the cool like that video . 555 SOUL SUEDE PUMA OR ADIDAS!!!I I am so luck to have seen them in Philly ,when DP open up for SADE in 1993 !

[@Princeofaudio]

Might as well do Camp Lo who worked with Digable Planets and was robbed by JayZ

[@thebestoutta2159]

🎯🤣

[@MrCharizmatiik]

Can you do a video on DAS EFX?

[@maroon9273]

Stunted growth for das efx needs to happen.

[@MrCharizmatiik]

@@maroon9273 Yes please?

[@lolabunny1157]

Lmao I’ll always remember when Martin was talking about cool like that on Def Jam😂😂

[@oliv9768]

This concise & sobering documentary ought to be [ mandatory for all ] up & comers in the music & recording industry - period. In fact - a [ required ] written essay should be due, prior to any further steps being taken. Newbies need to be cognizant of [ any ] future triumphs, tragedies, and potentials in this cutthroat industry - via a historical example, such as this. In a parallel universe - this trio has brought sonic joy to decades of fans - our loss, 21st Century …

[@Bigchief01]

Always remember that blowout comb is the best album ever made because behind the scenes every getto was getting that album especially if you were somebody back then it was just like a big secret album that was getting to all of the neighborhoods that truly needed it so whatever happened to them they need to know that we all love listening to them and I bet that album went platinum or diamond low key I bet you but I like to say love and respect plus let them know that they are loved by everybody from gettos nation wide 😅😂❤

[@linx832]

Love tha videos mayne always good shit. Do one on Flipmode Squad, they were definitely stunted.

[@jermainewright4339]

So they were The Fugees blueprint? Blunted on Reality came out in 93- "yo mona Lisa can I get a date on Saturday aaaye aaa aaaayee aaa Blowout comb Digable Planets came out in 94-95; then they "disbanded" in 95.....🤔The Score comes out in 96; & to this date, The Fugees, The Score album is the #1 selling rap album of all time.. lemme find out (Columbia/Ruff house Productions) pulled a Beyonce?🤔

[@latashamitchell2060]

💯💯💯💯 You answered your own question.

[@v09181964]

Blowout Comb is still one of my favorite HIP HOP albums of all time Love this group❤❤❤❤

[@Modeek6]

Do a stunted growth on the female rapper “Boss”

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

Yes , this is what we need . A gorgeous woman doing the realest gangsta shit.

[@spek-27]

@@FoxNewsChannelSux Nothing she did was real. Her whole image was all fake.

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

@@spek-27 Not all of it.

[@spek-27]

@@FoxNewsChannelSux The whole "gangsta" image was fake. None of it was real. She's been very open about that.

[@weezfromw.p.2865]

Cool like dat was one of the best rap songs period

[@Blade2vampirerave]

They thanked allah when they won their Grammy and that was it

[@Chuc_9600]

They dropped 2 classic albums imo.

[@chubbyballsack]

only 2, sadly. both classic, fortunately. (2nd one better, IMO :)

[@joshuadurham1257]

Digable planets was very tight of golden age of hip hop in the early 80's and 90's. Cool like dat was talking new ultra classic and black culture of the streets and show how the environment was going on? Making from time to time. It takes courage. But it was cool songs of generously with hipster and revolutionary music of hip hop sounds. Mariana "ladybug Mecca" Vieira from our hometown of Maryland one is sliver spring. I'm Baltimore Maryland. I kinda like her and digable planets version was better than nowadays.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I got your next video right here: Shop Boys “Party Like A Rockstar”.

[@TenDollarFun]

Man Reachin was so great. I personally liked it a lot more than Blow Out Comb.

[@MsMia-ml5eq]

Butterfly is still FINE 🔥

[@latashamitchell2060]

Too fine…. 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Always had a crush on him

[@terrancewoods3463]

They were cold & Lady Bug was & still is fine as hell!🙌🏿 but Hip Hop as a whole sold out.

[@dyarbrough6166]

Excellent content!!! Thank you.👍

[@SL-ui9dd]

What's the instrumental that they use for this video? Sounds like something the Boondocks would've used.

[@will.I.AmonYT]

Digs are on my personal Mt Rushmore of Hip Hop groups with ATCQ, Wu Tang and Run-DMC! Yes…they are THAT DAM GOOD!!!

[@v.a.993]

I had both albums. The first was definitely a cross-over success because of its vibe. It was MLK. The second was as you rightly note was more militant. It was Malcolm X. I loved both albums, but the second one was deeper and doper for me.

[@HeavyMental1000]

This breakup broke my heart. Being the fan that I was (or should I say, am) it caused a short circuit that we couldn't at least get a 3rd album

[@angelmelendez2468]

To say they fell short of their potential it’s hard to determine, it’s no big secret where groups fail to capture the success of their first album. Then a quick disband … I just think the better approach is appreciate those great songs that I firmly believe there will be a period of rediscovery, where there will be a generation that rediscovers the music. Don’t sleep

[@djtimspaceking8306]

Blowout Comb is my favorite album my number one album now I would love to hear a Fugees collab song on the 90s just one song I will be happy

[@omarb8751]

still together and touring! I think thats a win.

[@chuckchizzle]

Digable and Camp Lo!

[@miiiiisvibes]

My favorite rap group ever! ☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@godscience7821]

I love this group still play Blowout comb a classic in my eyes.

[@franciscooliveras9822]

king sun and twin hype are two rap acts that can be feature in ur show

[@Gabu-San]

Rare talent.

[@kc8747]

Can you do K Camp?

[@anbs1682]

Blowout Comb was a classic not doubt. Just a unique style and flows that don’t exist anymore.

[@nylesprint]

Thanks for this

[@charenzo95]

Great vid! Have you thought about doing Queen Pen? She's one of the most underrated emcees ever. She was dope as hell and I always wondered what stunted her career. The streets say that her " personal" relationship with teddy Riley ruined it. The streets say that they were even secretly married.

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

These cats are criminally underrated. You should do Lost Boyz next.

[@jayste9334]

Bumped Blowout Comb yesterday...but "The Last of The Spiddyocks", from the 1st album, is one of my gems...all the way from (Mem-✊🏾 10)

[@lordsesshomaru1078]

1 of my favorite groups ever... Blowout was/is incredible!!!

[@constablekennedy7705]

This is some Awesome Content …. 🙏🏿

[@shay_lah]

the bass on Rebirth Of Slick is not to be fcked with 💯🙌🏾

[@NDUWUISI]

This was a good topic about a group people don't talk about enough. Can you make a video about someone who's growth was stunted but then they came back and their career grew?

[@aquariusstar7248]

I'm gonna have to get Blowout Comb. I didn't even know it was on the market!

[@Retire80already]

Doodle was production minded. Could always drop a lyrical dime. Lady and Butterfly were the illest MCs personally. Refugees know. Doodle would crush praz

[@christmasanchez1.038]

I remember watching, "the rebirth of slick." And I was like what type of beatnik crud am I watching and I believe I was in high school at the time and it was so vague rewatching this group now and I am like, " wait a second I watched this before." And now here they are being mentioned and starting back up again. Also, from watching the video I honestly get it now and I like how they flow with their music has that Pharcyde, Jurassic 5 and The Tribe Called Quest retro feel since I have started likeing rap I found a bunch of graffiti souls from many old skool cats and I belive I started listening to this group about 3 hours ago and I am diggin' it so I highly recommened anyone to take a listen to this group and if your not a person who do not like this type of rap that is fine do you my GGs.

[@terucks]

I would like to see stunted growth on The DOC…. He was suppose to be hot thing from the west coast before his accident.

[@alwayyssgone]

I’m cool like that. I’m born in 91 and that’s my Shìt

[@midasapprentice8670]

All of those "alternative" rap groups: Fugees, Arrested Development, Little Brother, etc. broke up after short careers. Even ATCQ disbanded eventually.

[@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979]

They were 5%ers and pushing the truth hardbody. That's the reason for....

[@thetruthsth01]

What song is that in the background?

[@jondavis845]

What up watchin this which like always is great made me think of da group x clan could u do something on them

[@clumsiii]

UPDATE: they just put up a live show on KEXP and said they're gonna do a reunion for Blowout Comb too! Stay tuned

[@mookdamysterion8416]

Hi stunted growth. Whatever happened to Spark master tape?

[@producerfav1974]

I requested them about a year ago. Thank you.

[@KateMart-b6y]

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