Digable Planets second album Blow Out Comb (1994)

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:04 am

http://rapidshare.com/files/64732506/digable_planets_-_blowout_comb__1994_-RHHB.rar

pass: www.rhhb.blogspot.com

01 The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug
02 Black Ego
03 Dog It
04 Jettin'
05 Borough Check feat. Guru
06 Highing Fly / Agent 7 Creamy Spy Theme
07 Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies) / NY 21 Theme feat. Sarah Anne Webb
08 The Art Of Easing
09 K.B.'s Alley (Mood Dudes Groove)
10 Graffiti feat. Jeru The Damaja
11 Blowing Down
12 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) feat. Jazzy Joyce
13 For Corners

This was such a step up from the sometimes poppy Refutation, this album still sounds as smooth and as great as the day I bought it.

I get a flood of good memories from "Black Ego", the production is so on point...basically Digables had perfected their formula and this album remains a favourite to this day...it has aged like a fine wine or a great jazz recording.

discuss...

Gurped Out · Post by **Gurped Out** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:15 am

album gets play every year around here

Aethetical-Hades · Post by **Aethetical-Hades** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:00 am

Listening to this makes me miss the smooth-flow of Ladybug Mecca greatly...though, her versatile 2006 release Trip The Light Fantastic is good for the ears, it sort of pales in comparison to the slight-intensity of her Digable Planets days...sort of...

Radio Raheem · Post by **Radio Raheem** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:01 am

Classic, but was recorded poorly. Desperate need of a remaster/rerelease.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:20 am

Radio Raheem wrote:Classic, but was recorded poorly. Desperate need of a remaster/rerelease.

Very true. Such a hypnotic, beautiful little gem that got lost in the mid-90's shuffle.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:05 am

Dope CD. Graffiti was the jam.

Reggie · Post by **Reggie** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:42 pm

The common consensus seems to be that the first LP is better (well, maybe not here, but elsewhere), but I disagree. This album is solid and not bland like the first one can be.

frank b · Post by **frank b** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:13 pm

"Blowing Down" is the shit.

oracle21 · Post by **oracle21** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:38 am

quality album. word up

bringinoutbangerz · Post by **bringinoutbangerz** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:43 am

I hate this facking five-ambien yawn fest

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:27 pm

bringinoutbangerz wrote:I hate this facking five-ambien yawn fest

SOUL IS...LADYBUG SPITTIN'

mike eagle · Post by **mike eagle** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:26 pm

This album suffered because white america didn't like it. DP's were media darlings after Reachin'. But they chose to go deeper into the pro-black thing, alienating the hipsters of the time.

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:32 pm

Radio Raheem wrote:Classic, but was recorded poorly. Desperate need of a remaster/rerelease.

I was just listening to this today and it sounded crisp as hell to me. this is somewhat of a digression, but I'd rather see a wolf in sheeps clothing remastered in the near future. that'd be nice.

Steezel Weezel · Post by **Steezel Weezel** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:35 pm

Reggie wrote:The common consensus seems to be that the first LP is better (well, maybe not here, but elsewhere), but I disagree. This album is solid and not bland like the first one can be.

No arguments here. I've listened to Blowout Comb so many damn times, it's almost at that It Takes A Nation Of Millions level of memorization, where I can just hear it in my head if I want to listen to it.

I absolutely love this album, even though I usually find "Dial 7" and "For Corners" annoying. "The Art Of Easing" is a personal favorite.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:38 pm

"Dial 7" has grown on me over the years. THat break is incredible, and the singing is actually pretty fucking gully when you pay attention to the lyrics.

Steezel Weezel · Post by **Steezel Weezel** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:45 pm

Paragraph President wrote:the singing is actually pretty fucking gully when you pay attention to the lyrics.

Haha no question: "Black people, black people, steal your mind back / Don't die in their wilderness - fuck that"

When I focus on that shit in "Dial 7" and not all the "Heyyyyyy"s, that's when I come around to it.

Steezel Weezel · Post by **Steezel Weezel** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:03 pm

Paragraph President wrote:THat break is incredible

Bonus:

Tavares - Bad Times

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6449882d0e3983/

Dragondude R · Post by **Dragondude R** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:08 pm

I also like it more than the first album.

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:34 pm

dial 7 is good as fuck.

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:28 am

Radio Raheem wrote:was recorded poorly. Desperate need of a remaster/rerelease.

so true in fact both their albums were horrendously recorded...to the point that it ruins the listen...subsequently i dont break out either one nearly as much as i should...both are classics and imo are on the same level...i consider them a single entitly and i never listen to just one...i play them as a double album...

just gotta remember to turn your volume back down before you play your next cd

vincentlopez · Post by **vincentlopez** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:26 pm

A 5 mic album for me. And the CD I bought in '94 is still sounds crystal clear but dusty. I think they did that on purpose to emulate jazz LP's from the 60's.

crank that sambo · Post by **crank that sambo** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:22 pm

classic album. One of the few albums in 94 that arguably deserved the title for best album of the year more than Illmatic

Jazz Wiz · Post by **Jazz Wiz** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:48 am

classic from the beginning to the end. and each member has a better flow on this LP. Jettin and and May 4th Movement are my jams

vincentlopez · Post by **vincentlopez** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:20 am

If you haven't done so already, then get the Blowout Comb original samples here:

http://hiphopisread.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... mples.html