Talk:Blowout Comb

Split "Where I'm From" into its own article
There is a discussion at Talk:Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) about whether or not to split "Where I'm From" into it's own article. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Time magazine article
Transcribed Time's review using GoogleNews search engine. Dan56 (talk) 02:39, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

"Three new CDs -- Blowout Comb, Digable Planets' daringly laid-back sophomore album; Home, by the rap group Spearhead; and Red Hot and Cool: Stolen Moments, an aids-benefit CD featuring collaborations by various jazz and rap performers -- should further establish jazz-rap as pop's most dynamic new genre. The form combines the rich sounds of jazz playing with the insistent rhythms of hip-hop. The jazz performances are often samples -- snippets of music from classic jazz records. These pieces of sound are then reassembled into a sonic collage and set to a new beat with a rapper speaking over them. On Blowout Comb, Digable Planets draws not only on jazz but on R. and B. as well. In addition to relying on samples, Planets employs live musicians on many of the tracks, a move that allows the songs to breathe and flow into extended jams. Pop songs tend to last about three minutes -- the attention span of the typical rock star -- but several selections here wander pleasantly about for six or seven minutes, giving the whole CD an unhurried feel. The lyrics on Blowout are often abstract, but the clear subjects are Afrocentrism and revolution. The melodious Dial 7 (Axiom of Creamy Spies) proclaims that blacks, like cream, will rise to the top. "It's Nation-time/ Nation-time/ ready to put in work," the chorus goes, calling for black solidarity. The mesmerizing Black Ego starts with the sound of a policeman reading Butterfly (real name: Ishmael Butler) his rights and the rapper sourly answering, " Oh, like I ever had rights." But unlike cop-hating gangsta rappers, Digable Planets has a constructive rebelliousness. "There are messages in our music for people who are oppressed in America to recognize their oppression," says trio member Ladybug (Mary Ann Vierra)."

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