Digable Planets 'Reachin' 25th Anniversary Mixtape von Chris Read

Digable Planets 'Reachin' ist nun auch 25 Jahre alt. Wie die Zeit vergeht. 

Unser Buddy Chris Read hat mal wieder ein fantastisches Jubiläums-Mixtape gezaubert. Immer auf der Suche nach den Quellen, immer auf dem Beat und immer mit den feinsten Tunes. Diesmal sind 25 Jahre Digable Planets das Topic, denn das Debüt-Album der Jazz Hopper kam 1993 heraus. Ich schreibe nur "A Nickel Bag of Funk" - na, ist der Groschen gefallen? 

An album as memorable for its rich jazz-heavy sample material as it is for its evocation of the post-civil rights era poetry. The lead single 'Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)' won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a duo or group in 1994 and the LP is frequently lauded as a classic of the era, largely due its innovative use of jazz.

Aber wenn wir uns dieses Mixtape anhören, dann hat der Rap und der Sound nichts von Oldschool an sich. Es grooved natürlich wie Sau und geht ins Kopfnicken über. Ja, man feiert gerne mit. 

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Digable Planets' 1993 debut LP 'Reachin'' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)', our friend Chris Read has crafted a fine tribute mix. Enjoy!

Chris hat also wieder für die Wax Poetics die Plattenteller bearbeitet. Anhören, liken.

Track list:

01. Digable Planets - Where I'm From (Aural G Ride Instrumental)
02. Chris Read - Theme #3 (Scratchapella)
03. Lonnie Liston Smith - Devika (Goddess) (Sampled in Pacifics (NY is Red Hot))
04. Digable Planets on Rap City 1993 [Extract]
05. The Headhunters - God Make Me Funky [Loop] (Sampled in Pacifics (NY is Red Hot))
06. Hamilton Bohannon - Take the Country to N.Y City [Extract] (Sampled in Pacifics (NY is Red Hot)
07. Digable Planets - Pacifics (NY is Red Hot)
08. The Crusaders - Listen and You'll See (Sampled in Examination of What)
09. Digable Planets - Examination of What
10. Eddie Harris - Superfluous (Sampled in What Cool Breezes Do)
11. Digable Planets - What Cool Breezes Do
12. The Crusaders - Mystique Blues (Sampled in What Cool Breezes Do)
13. Edwin Starr - Easin In [Loop] (Sampled in Nickel Bags)
14. Herbie Mann - Push Push (Sampled in Nickel Bags)
15. Digable Planets - Nickel Bags
16. Steve Parks - Movin In The Right Direction (Sampled in Nickel Bags)
17. The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President [Loop] (Sampled in Last of the Spiddyocks)
18. Digable Planets - Last of the Spiddyocks
19. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Sampled in Jimmi Diggin Cats)
20. Digable Planets - Jimmi Diggin Cats
21. The Crusaders - Lillies of the Nile [Loop] (Sampled in Escapism (Gettin Free)
22. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Sampled in Escapism (Gettin Free)
23. Digable Planets - Escapism (Gettin Free)
24. James Brown - Funky Drummer [Loop] (Sampled in Swoon Units)
25. Digable Planets - Swoon Units
26. Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet - Mambo Bounce (Sampled in Time & Space (A New Refutation Of))
27. Digable Planets - Time & Space (A New Refutation Of)
28. KC & Sunshine Band - Ain't Nothin Wrong (Sampled in Where I'm From)
29. Digable Planets - Where I'm From
30. The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President [Loop] (Sampled in Rebirth os Slick (Cool Like Dat))
31. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Stretching (Sampled in Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat))
32. Digable Planets Grammys Acceptance Speech 1994
33. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
34. Tom Scott - Sneakin In The Back [Loop] (Sampled in Appointment at the Fat Clinic)
35. Digable Planets - Appointment at the Fat Clinic
36. Lightnin' Rod feat Kool & The Gang - Sport [Loop] (Sampled in Femme Fatale)
37. Digable Planets - Femme Fatale
38. The Headhunters - God Make Me Funky [Loop] (Sampled in It's Good to Be Here)
39. Digable Planets - It's Good to Be Here
40. Grant Green - Samba De Orpheus (Sampled in It's Good to Be Here)