At a time when hip-hop was determined to snap your neck, a young, hip
trio from Brooklyn (by way of Seattle, Philly, and Brazil) conspired on an
uncommonly smooth new sound and freaky way of speak, a titanically
chill expression of Black bohemia loaded with jazz idiom and a subversive
Marxist bent¦and pushed it worldwide via an undeniable crossover hit.
Digable Planets' 1993 debut, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and
Space), unexpected to all involved, produced a massive radio hit in
"Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)", which won the 1994 Grammy for Best
Rap Performance by Duo or Group.
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