ClassicCase
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Post by ClassicCase on Jan 23, 2004 8:54:26 GMT -5
This song kind of have a hip-hop/jazz fusion to it and it sounds alternately different from the commercialized "gangsta rap" that we are so fused with. This song caught my ear on the first listen back in '93. I like the song so much, that I added that rascal right then (it was like #9 on my personal chart after it started getting more familiar). It's one of those songs that radio WANTS you to forget but those who listened to it won't. They also followed it up with Where I'm From.
"I'm cool like 'dat/I flow like 'dat/I funk like 'dat......" Sounds pretty hip to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2004 9:03:03 GMT -5
The sound was good but other groups were doing it better at the time, and this one was just annoying. Perhaps that's why it crossed over.
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jond7699
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Post by jond7699 on Jan 23, 2004 9:09:16 GMT -5
I liked this song alot when it came out. I thought that Digable Planets would have a pretty good career. Boy was I wrong
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johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 23, 2004 9:53:07 GMT -5
Yeah, it was a pretty good song. Reminds me of this guy in my college newswriting class who loved it.
Casey said that it sampled something but I don't remember which song.
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Rob64
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Post by Rob64 on Jan 23, 2004 10:03:28 GMT -5
GREAT song, but I liked the follow-up, "9th Wonder", better.
I still remember the video to this song.
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on Jan 23, 2004 18:47:42 GMT -5
Samples "Stretchin" performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
I like this song.
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Post by krazymack on Jan 24, 2004 12:32:21 GMT -5
Awesome song, very "tight" track. My man ClassicCase (Superbreeze on R&R message board) "be bringin' back the jamz."  |
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Nicholas2.0
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 18, 2004 2:02:05 GMT -5
I just liked all the different adjectives he substituted in the sentence instead of "cool."
For example:
(This is totally the wrong order, but who could remember the proper order after so many years without hearing it?)
I'm cool like dat/I roll like dat/I jive like dat/I'm black like dat/I act like dat/ etc...
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Post by real2reel on Aug 8, 2005 13:19:32 GMT -5
I like it
I have the album somewhere.
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Post by A Thug Named Slickback on Aug 8, 2005 16:40:08 GMT -5
I thought they were actually a pretty good group with quite a few good songs. But I think they were seen as kind of a fad. Pretty unfortunate...
"Flyin' High In The Brookyln Sky" was my favorite by them.
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Post by joker on Nov 27, 2006 18:26:26 GMT -5
"Reachin" was one of the first CDs I remember buying, thanks to this track. Needless to say, I liked this a lot back then, and I still dig it now, though I haven't listened to it in a looong time.
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cartman2002
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Post by cartman2002 on Nov 27, 2006 21:23:16 GMT -5
This tune got to #15 on the Hot 100 in 1993 but the group never had another top 40 hit and the group disappeared fromt the rap scene soon afterward
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top40dj
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Post by top40dj on Nov 28, 2006 3:52:45 GMT -5
Wouldn't you love to see Digable Planets, Arrested Development, and the Black Eyed Peas do a song together???
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Post by jaxxalude on Nov 28, 2006 6:34:46 GMT -5
Wouldn't you love to see Digable Planets, Arrested Development, and the Black Eyed Peas do a song together??? Maybe on the BEP's next album. After all, since Fergie joined, they always have an old-style-BEP track on their albums (cf. "Boogie 2 B" on Elephunk and "Like That" on Monkey Business). ;) |
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Post by BillboardBoy on Nov 28, 2006 9:22:21 GMT -5
Kind of annoying.
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Post by busyboy on Apr 21, 2007 15:04:00 GMT -5
Classic!
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rr1981
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Post by rr1981 on Jul 18, 2007 1:38:24 GMT -5
This is a hip-hop classic. I am always surprised they weren't more successful. Great lyrics.
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Jul 18, 2007 7:40:51 GMT -5
Love this one
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Post by tico on Jul 18, 2007 8:51:45 GMT -5
I like this. Should be a classic.
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Chato
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Post by Chato on Jul 20, 2008 15:30:18 GMT -5
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jul 22, 2008 1:00:23 GMT -5
I like this. Should be a classic. Not "should be" but "is" in my book. I spin this song very often actually. Great songs never age. |
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Jul 26, 2008 15:26:46 GMT -5
Love it!
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Verisimilitude
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Post by Verisimilitude on Apr 1, 2013 0:16:21 GMT -5
Jazz could even be found in Hip Hop. This Grammy winning smash hit #15 on Hot 100, #6 R&B / Hip Hop. You may never hear it on Jazz radio, but it'll never sound out of place at a Starbucks near you.  Very chill. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 0:22:16 GMT -5
There were a lot of great rap tracks in the 90s that interpolated jazz songs, but I thought this song was annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 15:00:33 GMT -5
Great song!
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Soulsista
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Post by Soulsista on Apr 1, 2013 16:18:31 GMT -5
Love it.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Dec 11, 2019 15:07:01 GMT -5
Dope classic. Great flow of beats. I often hear this in commercials.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Jun 26, 2020 19:21:56 GMT -5
Loooooooove it!!! Such a classic hip hop song!
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disman00911
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Post by disman00911 on Jun 27, 2020 16:24:26 GMT -5
One of the best 90s hip hop records. Often heard this song on B96 and WGCI when I was younger.
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disman00911
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Post by disman00911 on Jul 24, 2020 14:12:29 GMT -5
One of my all-time favorite 90s rap/hip hop tunes. Heard this song alot on B96 and WGCI when it came out.
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