Today in Hip-Hop history, Brooklyn trio Digable Planets released their sophomore LP Blowout Comb. Serving as a more politically charged follow-up to their jazzy debut, Reachin’: A New Refutation of ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

Canonball is a segment that takes a closer look at albums that should be considered classics. This time around, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY of the... Why Digable Planets' Blowout Comb is one of the ...

I always thought there was some alternate dimension where Digable Planets had the massive career of the Fugees. Both were 90s hip-hop trios made up of two men and a woman, and each released only two ...

Nick Lowe is a veteran singer-songwriter and producer renowned for his witty power-pop songwriting on catchy radio hits such ...

Happy Groundhog’s Day. If you haven’t seen the movie recently – this is your annual reminder that it is great. credit: Jester Jay Goldman The WMNF Song of the Day for February 2, 2026 is “Dog It” by ...

Digable Planets burst onto the music scene in 1993 with their Grammy-winning single, “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”. Made up of Ishmael Butler (“Butterfly”), Craig Irving (“Doodlebug”) and Mary ...

Jazz has once again found its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have begun incorporating classic brass and string jazz elements into ...

Three decades in, hip-hop group, Digable Planets are still cool like that. The Grammy-winning bunch will be performing their iconic sounds at the Miami Beach Bandshell Friday and taking their ...

Recently, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY teamed up to create a really special podcast called One Song. On each episode, LUXXURY, Riddle and sometimes a guest deep dive into one song from pop music. They ...