Blowout fans would like the Shabazz Palaces record imo.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 the shabazz palaces record
― guapism rules (The Reverend), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
"dream time is extended...and highly recommended!"
― The fabric of ILX is woven from threads of hate (KMS), Saturday, 13 March 2010 06:37 (fourteen years ago) link
y'all should really put blowout comb on yr sound yo i think it's better than new refutation . . .
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Saturday, 13 March 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Blowout Comb is one of those records that only makes sense played quietly late at night.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 7 February 2011 07:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Listening to Blowout Comb for the first time in years, it still stands up. Production is so excellent throughout.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think I voted on this thread but I would have voted for Blowout Comb obv.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
― guapism rules (The Reverend), Friday, March 12, 2010 1
I love BC now thanks to the Shabazz Palaces eps
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I superficially enjoyed the Shabazz Palaces stuff but didn't get into it too heavily, seemed like they needed more focus? I should probably go back and relisten though.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I only ever heard the first track on Blowout Comb but that track was hot enough to make me consider voting for it over Reachin'
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
you said that 11 months ago. i respectfully suggest that you listen to the whole album, it's pretty consistent.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
haha well I am nothing if not consistent
I don't know why I haven't heard that whole album yet, I guess I'm just lazy
― DJP, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the Rev is otm. Blow Out Comb is classic.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
these results are wrong, BOC is miles ahead of the debut, such a unique record.
I guess I should get that Shabazz Palaces stuff eh
― I, Mr. Sneer Joy (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i think you would dig shabazz, shakey. listening to the eps has made me want to go back to blowout comb.
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Blowout better for all the reasons cited (by those who agree of course). Great record, less corny for sure.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I can see that, but for me it's totally tied into the Summer of '95. Driving around in friends' cars from skate spot to skate spot, bumping this album and whatever else was featured in 411 Video Magazine episodes, getting high for the 1st times...
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
^I can definitely relate.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Ego is just so godhead. i could listen to these guys all day.
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
okay listening to Blowout Comb for the first time in years thanks to Spotify; this shit is HOT
― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
oh thank God I didn't write what I initially thought, which was along the lines of "first track amazing, why did I never go back to this album?" because that would be too much repetition even for me
― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
Man I fucking WORE OUT my Blowout Comb cassette. But I got it off emusic recently and somehow it didn't hold up as well -- maybe it needs to be listened to on a slightly warbly cassette.
― relentlessly googling hipster (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
nah needs to be blasted real loud late at night imho
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
turn the bass up. then turn it up some more.
― YOUTUBE ...the people over there tell the truth. (stevie), Friday, 15 July 2011 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuyFfu1QRQ
― YOUTUBE ...the people over there tell the truth. (stevie), Friday, 15 July 2011 06:57 (twelve years ago) link
Ya, proper bass on both DP lp's.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 15 July 2011 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I think my computer plus small sennheiser headphones does not do a lot of records justice
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Friday, 15 July 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
switching from sennheiser to klipsch was like getting a whole new music collection
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
good advice
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Real troops so walk around with the joint so get the point, get get the point, get the point, get the point.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 28 July 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
aaaaaaaah blowout comb
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
yes
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
the drums on Black Ego, argh, kill me, so perfect. god bless the meters.
hell yes, was just thinking about that
the whole way the samples and drum loops and live performances are blended on this record, the guitar solo on that track too (I forget if it's live or a sample). Every song so good, the only one that drags even a little for me is Art of Easing but even that one is solid. Also I love records where the songs are similar tempos and just flow from one into the next
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
I think the guitar solo is live. I think the fender rhodes is live, too.
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
68 inches above sea level / 93 million miles above these devils
― the late great, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
was just noticing that Gurus guest verse on Borough Check is pretty nice
Got way more drama the theatrical lessonsSo my suggestion, you come correct no questionCause if you comin with that funny hot dog styleYou might get looted, executed black mob style
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
So hopefully everyone that loves Digable Planets knows that Ishmael Butler has been doing amazing work (often the equal of 'Blowout Comb') as Shabazz Palaces for the last decade.
But his new project Knife Knights may be (to my tastes) the best thing he's ever done, and their album '1 Time Mirage' is out today:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3815434669_10.jpg
https://knifeknights.bandcamp.com/album/1-time-mirage
The cover is very retro, but musically I'd say the music is post-everything in the best possible way, pulling sounds and vibes of the 70s funk, 80s R&B and boogie, 90s "golden age" hip hop, and a contemporary woozy/dubby/weird feeling. Really exciting work.
― Soundslike, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Thx for the heads up. Absolutely love this dude
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
Ooh!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
It's fantastic, isn't it?
The vinyl reissue of Blowout Comb earlier this year sounded v nice too
― canary christ (stevie), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Ishmael Butler has been doing amazing work (often the equal of 'Blowout Comb')
Not really, but carry on.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Pre-ordered before I listened. Cancelled my order after previewing. Sounds terrible to me. The Erik Blood love in Seattle is baffling.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
yeah this wasnt great to me. a few interesting ideas and twists but overall just sounds like some experiments that never form.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, 14 September 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
Yup, didn't like this much.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
wasn't gonna say anything to dampen the enthusiasm but yeah very unfocused. as are the Shabazz albums after the 1st one.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
this is my favorite Shabazz Palaces songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHaZhIkaHiE
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 September 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
that's a good song
― the late great, Friday, 14 September 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
depressing album this
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 14 September 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
well, i turned it off after four or five tracks.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 14 September 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
they're both great albums, i think blowout comb is superior, but not so superior that i would be shocked that someone preferred reachin'
― little johnny juul (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
either way, good excuse for me to listen to digable all day long
Reaching is as close as can be to perfection in hip hop, it's both free-spirited and superbly written, and really nails that celebratory and cool attitude before hip hop took a liking for the dark and menacing. Aside from ATCQ, Pete Rock in his best moments, and I guess Outkast... ok, there was so much good hip hop with grooves, but Digable Planets have a special place.Blowout Comb is quieter, darker and more contemplative. It's excellent but does not bounce like Reaching and does not have the same charm and immediacy. But if we have any doubt about history, we'll be sure to ask rob :D
― Nabozo, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
It's ridiculous that I'm only really making time to get to know Blowout Comb now
It's suh a wonderful record. Black Ego just has the most amazing spectrum of sounds.
― incredible pant century (stevie), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
― the late great, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 1:23 PM (three years ago)
^yessss
TBC with "historic wrongness" I was joking about my calling out Alfred for an 11-year-old post not like rap history or something.
It's not like I think this should have been a, er, blowout, it's just BC blew my mind in 1994 and still sounds entirely fresh. As man alive posted upthread the way they blend the samples and live instruments is flat-out amazing and more endlessly fascinating for me than the beats on Reachin, which are cool but just a touch more, idk, expected? Reachin is like the perfect summer album though and is definitely charming, but for me there's a little more there there on BC.
So yeah, I was being hyperbolic, I don't actually think it's incomprehensible to prefer Reachin. I do take issue with the idea that Blowout Comb is "quieter" though... I don't really get that take.
― rob, Monday, 8 March 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
blowout comb is a top ten 90s album.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Monday, 18 July 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
I saw Cleopatra Jones for the first time a few weeks ago and got to have one of those mind-altering moments of finally hearing a beloved sample(s) in its original context
― rob, Monday, 18 July 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ptCFOwD.jpg
― calstars, Monday, 28 November 2022 06:32 (one year ago) link
They're going to do a free show at Prospect Park:
https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival/bric-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-weekend
No doubt this will be heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfMksmOIME
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 20:22 (eleven months ago) link
Actually they're following that show with a 30th anniversary tour for Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space). Totally missed the announcement:
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/digable-planets-announce-reachin-30th-anniversary-tour/
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 20:30 (eleven months ago) link
Wow
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 20:54 (eleven months ago) link
Who goin to the show on Friday?
― calstars, Thursday, 10 August 2023 23:24 (ten months ago) link
I would but I’m going to the 50th celebration at Yankee Stadium with Run-DMC. (Why, why did they have to be at the same time??)
― birdistheword, Friday, 11 August 2023 00:02 (ten months ago) link
Haha nice, enjoy that
― calstars, Friday, 11 August 2023 00:02 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR9KmSa0xA
― MaresNest, Friday, 18 August 2023 18:51 (ten months ago) link
funkay
― calstars, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:24 (ten months ago) link