Digable Planets released their debut album Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) February 9, 1993
Written by Mister Anderson on February 9, 2023
Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) is the debut album by alternative hip-hop group Digable Planets released on February 9, 1993, by Pendulum/Elektra Records. The album has been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
The album was produced by Digable Planets’ Ishmael Butler (“Butterfly”) and features raps from Butler, Irving, and Viera. The production leans heavily on jazz samples, Butler explaining that “it was all about resources, really…I just went and got the records that I had around me. And a lot of those were my dad’s shit, which was lots of jazz. The whole concept of ‘We’re a jazz group’ didn’t go down like that. Except that DJ Premier was a big influence, and he sampled a lot of jazz.”
…[source:Wikipedia]
