Digable Planets – “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”
Though they would later break up over creative differences, the trio that was Digable Planets, with the help of other groups like A Tribe Called Quest, found a way to transform the sound of hip-hop. With their jazz sampled-hit “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat),” released in ’94, Doodlebug, Ladybug Mecca and Butterfly were doing huge things. They would later go on to win a Grammy for the song and have it certified gold. But after that, no other tracks of the groups had the same amount of impact or influence. In ’94, they truly were to rap what key is to lock…