While the Digable Planets reunion treks on, that’s not all the members are up to this year. Butterfly is busy with Shabazz Palaces, and Ladybug Mecca is part of a new collective called BROOKZILL!

“You may remember her soft-as-silk flow during her days with Digable Planets, when “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat) was a favorite during Hip Hop’s zenith. Ladybug Mecca has been in the process of ...

If a master class for hip-hop producers ever emerges, Prince Paul will be in the first group of instructors. The former Stetasonic member has had his hands in the mix of so many different landmark ...

Legendary Philadelphia, PA-formed jazz rap trio Digable Planets (composed of MCs Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mariana "Ladybug ...

It has been 21 years since Digable Planets—the distinctive ’90s jazz-rap trio—broke up after releasing two critically acclaimed studio albums and winning a Grammy for “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) ...

Childlike wonder swarms around Ladybug Mecca’s solo debut, Trip the Light Fantastic, as she skips from genre to genre and her voice flutters between singing and rapping. With each recollection of ...

"Rip it ’til dawn, flip it ’til dawn. Hip Hop is the fix, or else we be gone" Ladybug Mecca, "Where I’m From" The mid-90’s saw a great change in Hip Hop as we knew it. Trading in Adidas for Timbs, and ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

Best known for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," alternative rap group Digable Planets has announced plans for a reunion tour starting with the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington ...

When one has released an album with the title “Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space),” it goes without saying that the concept of a linear progression of days, months and years may not hold ...