Digable Planets

The OFFICIAL Twitter account of DIGABLE PLANETS: Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca, @CeeKnowledge Booking: John Bongiorno [email protected]

[Digable Planets @digableplanets]

Do you know the origin of Blowout Comb?
Digable Planets’ 1994 masterpiece gets a limited pressing of 3,000 numbered copies. This deluxe edition features session outtakes and a bonus 7” with the newly discovered track "Land of Mu.” 

Order now on the Capitol Music store online!

[Chong Wizard Records @DJChongWizard]

Some photos I shot at the @digableplanets show last Friday in Vancouver, BC at the Commodore Ballroom. Shot on CineStill 800T film with a Konica Big Mini A4 camera.

[C Know the Doodlebug @ceeknowledge]

The Blowout Comb 32nd anniversary celebration continues… 🪮 🪮 🪮
@digableplanets & the Culprits band
U P C O M I N G D A T E S
11/27 along with/ D-Nice @arenasouthlake ATL
12/6 @clockenflap Hong Kong 🇭🇰
12/13 @soledxb Dubai 🇦🇪
12/16 @newmorning Paris 🇫🇷
12/18 & 12/19 Blue Note club London 🇬🇧
https://t.co/BpmCYydGq3

[The Truth Hurts Podcast @Truth_Hurts_Pod]

The Truth Hurts Is Back With A New Episode This Week Featuring Ishmael Butler

In this clip Ish talks about the story behind his unprepared Grammy acceptance speech with Digable Planets.

[F’sho Kosugi ™ @OJ1974]

Really dope interview:
Ishmael Butler on Digable Planets, Shabazz Palaces & the Art of Reinvention https://t.co/KqWQzexsW2

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Ishmael Butler on the acceptance speech he improvised at the 1994 Grammys, after Digable Planets won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat).”

[Neltron8000 @ThomasVernell]

Digable Planets on “Jazz Rap”, Winning a Grammy & the Decline of Rap Gro... https://t.co/ssedtjSqia via @YouTube

[Unique Heat 'Hip Hop' @Unique_Heat]

October 30 2026: Digable Planets. Venue: Belly Up Aspen, 450 S Galena St #202, Aspen, CO 81611

[C Know the Doodlebug @ceeknowledge]

Check out the full performance of our set in South Florida at the famous
Miami Beach bandshell ☀️ 🏖️
@digableplanets February 13th 2026
Celebrating the 32nd Anniversary of Blowout Comb 🪮 🪮 🪮 🪮 🪮

https://t.co/oSkwlQN0uW

[Digable Planets @digableplanets]

Just announced ! Hong Kong 🇭🇰 We'll see you soon 👀 AMEX Priority Booking is active NOW 💨

Early this Saturday morning ... 3am for you early birds 🦅 .. General tix go on sale ‼️

[Clockenflap @clockenflap]

Get your tickets today (eligible American Express® Cards only): https://t.co/DhTuJIlGrz

[Clockenflap @clockenflap]

📣 FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED 首輪演出陣容正式出爐！Get ready for three incredible days of music and arts as we reveal the first wave of acts joining us at Clockenflap 2026 ✨
🎫 American Express Priority Booking starts now!
⏰ Public On Sale starts this Saturday, 10 Oct at 3pm!

[SurfSkateThrash @SurfThrash]

Digable Planets
Where I’m From
Letterman 1993
https://t.co/NyQYTq3fSM

[dj short @_djshort]

Digable Planets on the cover of DJ Magazine [1994]

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Digable Planets performing "Rebirth of Slick" on In Living Color.

[The Hip Hop Museum @thhmuseum]

Players, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Boogie Down Productions, and Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce.

One of the coolest connections is Jazzy Joyce herself. Digable Planets sampled “It’s My Beat,” her 1986 collaboration with Sweet Tee, and then brought Joyce onto “9th Wonder,”

[C Know the Doodlebug @ceeknowledge]

We’ve teamed up with @capitolmusic’s Capitol Record Club on a limited, numbered reissue of Blowout Comb. Pressed on 2xLP dark indigo vinyl, this edition features original session tracks plus a bonus 7” with the newly discovered track, “Land of Mu.”
Pre-order at the link:
https://t.co/CmlbmcK9dl
@digableplanets 🪮 🪮 🪮

[Chicago Reader @Chicago_Reader]

Digable Planets became hip-hop darlings early on. https://t.co/Eur2WkkiET

[𝙱𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚢’𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚎𝚕 @SalvadorDafti]

Digable Planets - Escapism (Gettin’ Free)

Beautifully relaxed and unhurried, with three MCs barely disturbing the air. The sound of checking out without switching off, as a sly Herbie groove quietly aids the getaway.

1993.

[The Hip Hop Museum @thhmuseum]

Let’s take it back to 1994. 🎤🎧

Digable Planets released “9th Wonder (Blackitolism),” featuring legendary DJ Jazzy Joyce, on their sophomore album, Blowout Comb.

The record is layered with Hip Hop history, pulling from James Brown, Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s, the Ohio