Liner Notes: Exploring the Genius of Digable Planets' "Blowout Comb"
Welcome to Liner Notes, a collection of audio thumbnail essays that tell the story behind seminal albums that you know and love. In the early 1990s, the music scene was dominated by a fusion of jazz and hip-hop loops. To no surprise, new artists were adding a dimension to this already exciting form. Digable Planets, founded by Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, Craig “Cee-Knowledge the Doodlebug” Irvin and Mary Ann “Ladybug Mecca” Veiria, entered the music scene in the early 1990s. Their debut album release “Reachin’” in 1993 was a chart-topper, leading to their radio and com...
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