Is Butterfly's Grammy speech what led to Digable Planets getting blackballed?

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wtf revisionist snit is happening in this thread. Let me tell the u the NY during that time. Digable Planets was wack. Period. Ladybug was cool but let’s be clear of who/what was out when they released their best work.

Dre - The Chronic
Pharcyde - Passing you buy
Das - They want efx
Gangstar - Daily Operation
Redman
EPMD - Who made a song called Crossover which was about groups like Digable and Arrested Development who weren’t viewed as “real” like...

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and for underground heads like myself at that time, we were hearing Nas, Large Pro, Wu, Diamond D and Common.

For pro black/mathematics, we had Bran Nubian, X clan, KRS and PE. More abstract we had Tribe, JB’s, Pharcyde.

Digable sucked in that landscape, THAT is why we ain’t from them.
No lies told but I fukked with Blowout Comb.
 

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The vocals are mixed low on Blackout Comb and it always irritated the hell out of me. If I could turn the vocals up I would probably feel the same way y'all do. A lot of those tracks had a very spiritual feel.
 

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no juice and common played tag team freestyle champions.
serving doodlebug off the top of the head. A third of their qtip bite'n ass culture thief wack label plant sellout disrespectful group.
at the elbo roon of all places and it was over, overnight.

ain't no damn conspiracy.


you motherfukkers need to stop flaug'n. Like you know hiphop culture and history.
just from rap records. When it is four pillars of hiphop.
when you need to leave the house.
or dig in the crate for real.



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I literally just finished listening to there albums back to back front to back finally this week too.

Super random to come here and see a thread on them.


Imma be here.
to let the real be known.
anytime i see this bullshyt biter sellout group ever mentioned.


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