Album · Digable Planets
Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) by Digable Planets
Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) is an album by Digable Planets, released in 1993. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”, on 5 lists with a best position of #201.
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), the debut album from Digable Planets, came out on Pendulum/Elektra on February 9, 1993, and it floats. The trio of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mariana "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving rap in a cool, easy trade-off over jazzy grooves, with Butler behind the boards, and the whole thing moves at the tempo of a Sunday afternoon.
It's jazz rap with its collar open, bohemian and unbothered, and "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" is the snap-your-fingers calling card. The album went gold in the US, and Blowout Comb came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) | 5 | #201 | – | 2020–2025 | |
| 2 | Where I'm From | 3 | #66 | – | 2022–2023 | |
| 3 | It's Good to Be Here | 1 | #616 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.