DIGABLE PLANETS BLOWOUT COMB ALBUM FREE DOWNLOAD

Shortly after the release of Blowout Comb , Digable Planets disbanded in early due to the passing away of Mecca's parents, creative differences, and displeasure with the music industry. The album was written and recorded in Brooklyn, New York , where the group moved, with recording sessions beginning in and finishing in You might catch a word or a phrase on down the road, and that makes that record all the more intriguing". Politics Welcome at This Party: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Several music writers have also noted Blowout Comb' s vocals as being "low in the mix". Several music writers have attributed this lack of chart and sales success to the album's afrocentric content, and un-polished tone.

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Shortly after the release of Blowout CombDigable Planets broke up due to creative differences and displeasure with the music industry. While on a world tour in support of their album Reachin' I would program the drums and tell someone 'yo, this is what I hear right here', then we'd record and get to slicing".

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Shortly after the release of Blowout CombDigable Planets disbanded in early due to the passing away of Mecca's parents, creative differences, and displeasure with the music industry. The blowout comb was a popular black grooming product in the s, when Afros gained strong popularity. Clubcritics originally attributed this failure to the lyrics' black power messages.

In a contemporary review for the Chicago Tribunemusic critic Greg Kot wrote that the tension between the group's dreamy delivery and the seriousness of their questions about the African-American community gives substance to the music's elated mood.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4th ed. The album was released to rave reviews and critical acclaim. The album did not match the commercial success of the group's previous album, and was a commercial failure. Rakimhe sounded like New York so I'm going there'.

Members of Digable Planets make the lyrics on 'Blowout Comb' more literal, so fans can get the message along with the music Page 1. This page was last edited on 14 Septemberat Views Read Edit View history.

It has been noted com its seamless production and has been described as a "textured soundscape of a mythical world of rhymes, jazz and urban ambiance. Languages Italiano Edit links.

The album's liner notes depict advertisements for fake Soul food restaurants and local events. Upon its release, Blowout Comb received minimal label support, and virtually no pre-release publicity. In a mixed review, Eric Berman of Rolling Stone magazine found the music sluggish and formless, despite the group's admirable experimentation and "creamy" raps.

Monica Payne and Sulaiman. Blowout Comb also contains many references to Urban culturewith a range of allusions to block partiescorner storespublic housingbarbershopsincarcerated freedom-fighters, black nationalist texts, and African-American artists. You might catch a word or a phrase on down the road, and that makes that record all the more intriguing". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Blowout Comb

Archived from the original on August 10, These concepts were inspired due to "insects nature to stick together and work for mutually beneficial causes", which the group saw as a useful principle for African-Americans in low-income communities. While several music writers and journalists have viewed Blowout Comb' s lyrics as being more "ambiguous" and "hard to decipher", others found them to be more "looser" and "less scripted" than their bloowout album.

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On Blowout CombDigable Planets abandoned the radio friendly style of their debut album and worked with a more ambitious, stripped-down sound. Politics Welcome at This Party: Digable Planets named the album after them because "it means the utilization of the natural" and "a natural style".