Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

PUT THIS IN YOUR DEN for one of the smoothest hip hop albums of all time. East coast 90s boom bap is one of the greatest scenes in the history of hip hop with countless amazing MCs/DJs/groups. Digable Planets remains one of the most underrated and are mistakenly left out of the discussions of the all time greats. We are proud to carry this absolutely essential album (and one of our personal favorites from the era). Available on clear with purple center wax Here is a beautiful reissue of Blowout Comb, the 1994 second album by cult, Brooklyn-based hip hop trio Digable Planets. The album is named for the combs used to maintain an Afro hairstyle, and that’s significant. The group’s Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler said it summed up what they wanted to do with it: "It means the utilization of the natural, a natural style,” he has said.Like with 1993’s debut Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), ‘utilizing the natural’ meant creating hip hop that blended jazz with the formidable rap skill