Song · Digable Planets
“Where I'm From” by Digable Planets
From the album Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
“Where I'm From” by Digable Planets appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2022 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space). Its best result is #66 on The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #454 of the '90s.
"Where I'm From" is a cut from Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), the 1993 debut from alternative hip-hop crew Digable Planets on Pendulum/Elektra, and all three of them step up: Butterfly, Doodlebug and Ladybug Mecca wrote the words and share the lead vocals.
Butterfly, Ishmael Butler off the mic, arranged it and produced it, as he produced the whole album, and his method was simple. He grabbed the records within reach, and plenty of them were his father's jazz albums, which is where the album's sample-heavy jazz feel comes from. He has said they never set out to be a jazz group, though DJ Premier, a heavy jazz sampler himself, was a big influence. Even the album title leans that way, mixing a Jorge Luis Borges essay with the naming habits of old jazz records like Moanin' and Cookin'.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 673 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 293 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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