Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)

by Digable Planets

Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 February 1993
  • Label: Pendulum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:39
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly smooth, definitive classic of alternative hip-hop, 'Reachin'' perfectly crystallized the fusion of jazz sampling and boom-bap rhythms. Digable Planets deliver highly conscious, introspective street poetry that champions Afrocentricity and intellectual protest over a warm, mellow, and deeply urban musical backdrop.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, protest, rhythmic, rap, soulful, funky, sampling, classic

Tracklist

  1. It's Good To Be Here (5:06)
  2. Pacifics - From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “N.Y. Is Red Hot" (4:31)
  3. Where I'm From (4:35)
  4. What Cool Breezes Do (3:21)
  5. Time & Space (A New Refutation Of) (3:32)
  6. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (4:21)
  7. Last Of The Spiddyocks (4:27)
  8. Jimmi Diggin' Cats (3:41)
  9. La Femme Fetal (4:35)
  10. Escapism (Gettin' Free) (3:24)
  11. Appointment At The Fat Clinic (2:58)
  12. Nickel Bags (3:18)
  13. Swoon Units (4:00)
  14. Examination Of What (4:44)

Credits

  • Digable Planets - primary artist, written-by [written and made lovely by]
  • Butterfly - concept by [conceived by], other [freaked], arranged by [arranged], producer [produced by]
  • Alexandra Min - design [design stuff], graphic design
  • Charles Becker - design [design stuff], graphic design
  • Brenda Dash - executive-producer [executive producers and chaos controllers], management [management & doughnut getter for pipeline entertainment n.y.c.]
  • Dennis Wheeler - executive-producer [executive producers and chaos controllers]
  • Scientific Homies - loops [all loop like recreations by]
  • Patrick Poussard - make-up
  • Tom Coyne - mastered by, mastering
  • Caroline Greyshock - photography by [cool cover shots], photography
  • Joe Wittkop - photography by [cool cover shots], photography
  • Mike Mangini - tracking by [layed down], engineer [engineered], co-producer [co-produced by], engineer, co producer
  • Shane Faber - tracking by [layed down], engineer [engineered], co-producer [co-produced by], engineer, co producer
  • Lonnie Liston Smith - performer [by]
  • Dave Hubbard - written-by ["devika" by]
  • KC & The Sunshine Band - performer ["ain't nothing wrong"]
  • Craig Irving - written-by ["where i'm from"]
  • Harry Wayne Casey - written-by ["where i'm from"]
  • Ishmael Butler - written-by ["where i'm from"]
  • Mary Ann Vieira - written-by ["where i'm from"]
  • Richard Finch - written-by ["where i'm from"]
  • Eddie Harris - performer ["superfluous"], written-by ["superfluous"]
  • Sonny Rollins - performer ["mambo bounce" performed by], written-by ["mambo bounce" by]
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - performer ["stretchin'" performed by]
  • James Williams - written-by ["stretchin'" by]
  • Alan Goldsher - written-by ["string bass blues" by]
  • Steven Bernstein - written-by ["trumpet solo" by]
  • Kool & The Gang - performer ["summer madness" by]
  • Claydes Smith - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Dennis D.T. Thomas - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Don Boyce - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • George Brown - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Richard Westfield - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Robert Kool Bell - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Robert Spike Mickens - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Ronald Bell - written-by ["summer madness"]
  • Jalaludin M. Nuriddin - written-by ["jazzoetry" written by]
  • Curtis Mayfield - performer ["give me your love" performed by], written-by ["give me your love"]
  • The Crusaders - performer ["listen and you'll see" performed by]
  • Joe Sample - written-by ["listen and you'll see"]
  • Brenda “No Joke” Dash - executive producer
  • Dennis "The Free" Wheeler - executive producer

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