Digable Planets’ Released Their Debut Album ‘Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)’ 27 Years Ago
[ad_1] Jazz has again begun to find its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have started to incorporate the classic brass and string jazz sound. On this day in Hip Hop history, one of the first jazz fusion Hip-Hop albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) was released by Brooklyn based trio Digable Planets in 1993. Peaking at #81 on the Billboard 200, this successful debut introduced a fresh new element to the boom-bap scene in New York. With members...