Extended: How Digable Planets Won a Grammy for “Rebirth of Slick”
Added 2024-12-13 16:30:01 +0000 UTCToday I'm breaking down a classic hip hop song: "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) by Digable Planets. We'll see how the group was formed, recreate the beat from scratch, and see how the show In Living Color was the thing to push it over the edge, giving the group a hit song, and a Grammy!
NOTE: This is the Extended Edit which is 5 mins longer and does not include a sponsor
Comments
This was a great video. Thanks for making it.
Tonio Butler
2025-01-06 12:06:53 +0000 UTCI never realized until listening to this video that the baseline changes right before each of them goes into the hook
L.A. Williams
2024-12-25 15:02:29 +0000 UTCHow did I miss this? I just did a video with them as well. 🤯
TheNationsRListening
2024-12-17 17:11:25 +0000 UTCAyoooo B, dope mash up of that Outta Control remix track with the Cool Like Dat vocals‼️💯🎧🎙
Terrance Sanders
2024-12-16 04:08:44 +0000 UTCAnother great video
GR Fielding
2024-12-14 04:36:24 +0000 UTCSaw them in 1993. The had a backing band and a DJ.
Scott Zeligson
2024-12-14 02:43:34 +0000 UTCOh, and I was going through some of your Year1 stuff this morning. The Fleetwood Mac episode was crackn' me up and quite enjoyable, Hootie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIRRfVVPG4&ab_channel=DiggingTheGreats
Josh Nelson
2024-12-13 19:54:40 +0000 UTCWow, compelling story! Thanks for reminding me of DP; bringing back, yet elevating (with the snaps) the Hitch two step, and turning me on to Nick, who I've never heard of; can't wait to check him out - his edit was niiice. The stems are killer, too! ❤️
Josh Nelson
2024-12-13 19:50:09 +0000 UTC😂😂
Brandon Shaw
2024-12-13 18:40:24 +0000 UTCB I love the in living color reference. Being from Hawaii I’m know Carrie Ann Inaba who was a fly girl and I’m friends with Fly Girl Lisa Todd to this day. Just got the hang with her in Boston last month. I was wondering if when you would do this track. I still play DP a few times a month hahahaha.
Doc Rock
2024-12-13 18:39:53 +0000 UTCYES. I'll eat up all the Digable Planets content you want to make!!
JoeBuck
2024-12-13 18:15:57 +0000 UTCbshaw vibing to mr telephone man is well worth the patreon by itself lol
prod_tfm
2024-12-13 18:08:12 +0000 UTCas soon as he let all the tracks of the song play through, right at the end my brain went (we like the breeze flow straight out of our lids) couldnt help myself. Great video BShaw! I've been waiting a long time for Digable Planets video!
Andrew Sanchez
2024-12-13 17:22:28 +0000 UTCDigable Planets changed my life. As a young suburban kid who was pretty sheltered, this song blew my mind. Before then, my entire understanding of hip hop was either house party music like Kid n Play or gangsta rap like NWA, etc. For some reason the entire Native Tongues collective completely missed me, so Dig Plans and specifically Rebirth was the first jazz rap record I heard. I was mesmerized by it. Discovering this genre of hip hop that is so musical and deep was refreshing. To date, my brother credits me introducing him to this song with his lifelong love of hip hop, and music in general. Digable Planets are not as good as compatible groups like Tribe, and Blowout Comb is better than Reachin IMO, but they are and always will be my favorite hip hop group and this album holds a special place in my heart. I love them so much I have a tattoo of a butterfly, a ladybug and a doodle bug lol.
Sandy Rivers
2024-12-13 17:20:48 +0000 UTCRemember when this album came out. Had a shitty summer job home from college. One payday got this album and a nice bag of weed. Lost the album, smoked the weed, but streamed the whole album just last month. Effortlessly cool.
Gerard Blair
2024-12-13 17:20:33 +0000 UTCBeat me by 15min lol 😄😄😄 This video has soooo much in it! THIS was my kind of groove back in the day! Love Digable Planets! 9th Wonder was my big fav next to Rebirth of Slick....And don't get me started on 'In Living Color'! It was more 'off color' than anything LOL!!! Not 'socially acceptable' nowadays but I was literally ROTFL at those shows back then. Definitely 'must see TV' for me and my Fam! Tommy Davidson doing McHammer still kills me each time I see it LOL!!! The original broadcast version has the live studio audience and they were cracking up so loud! 🤣🤣🤣 But here's a better version of it...just for giggles! 🤣 https://youtu.be/tYi3pwK6KkI?si=GXykLzh1hGdKnQbJ I was hoping we'd get a NYE livestream! I have to work on NYE, but I'm going in much later so I could have some 'party time' beforehand! And I'm putting this out again...BShaw - think about doing bass on "Glide" by Pleasure. Dude, you can KILL this!!!
Ambree Williams
2024-12-13 16:49:32 +0000 UTCcommon digging the greats w
Cameron Mead
2024-12-13 16:33:53 +0000 UTC
