Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (Official Music Video)

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  • @NunYaBiz404
    @NunYaBiz404 8 місяців тому +217

    That string in the background is craaayzeeee 😭😭😭

    • @togglepunaanyking4777
      @togglepunaanyking4777 3 місяці тому +2

      😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

    • @andrehughes7428
      @andrehughes7428 3 місяці тому +4

      love the beat, the bass and artistry which matches today.

    • @ZAMA_BALLER
      @ZAMA_BALLER Місяць тому +1

      someone need to bring that and this whole vibe back

  • @bjnt922
    @bjnt922 3 роки тому +7823

    This rap/jazz style needs to make a comeback ASAP.

    • @SeaTK610
      @SeaTK610 3 роки тому +226

      I agree and funk

    • @haunnathree3305
      @haunnathree3305 3 роки тому +230

      It does, Digible Planets and A Trube Called Quest are tge best bro!

    • @joshpenn1
      @joshpenn1 3 роки тому +90

      Listen to Igor by Tyler the creator you’ll be impressed

    • @localhealers1504
      @localhealers1504 3 роки тому +5

      you wont be let down ua-cam.com/video/AFkYtdXK7XM/v-deo.html

    • @roberthamilton3197
      @roberthamilton3197 3 роки тому +90

      still exists with artists like quelle chris, anti lilly and many more just very obscure nowadays

  • @deidragreer2691
    @deidragreer2691 Рік тому +1086

    31 years later and this beat still goes hard today!😊

    • @denieceedwards6310
      @denieceedwards6310 Рік тому +7

      That ☝🏾 Wholeeeeeee Part ☝🏾😏

    • @BusyBadger
      @BusyBadger 11 місяців тому +12

      I know I'm old & all, but why ya' gots to remind me? 😭😂

    • @jasondawson92
      @jasondawson92 11 місяців тому +5

      The whole album slaps

    • @BigD_Jimmi
      @BigD_Jimmi 11 місяців тому +3

      Damn that long ago? I was a wee brat

    • @deidragreer2691
      @deidragreer2691 11 місяців тому +3

      @@BusyBadger 😂😂😂😂

  • @sassyrhodes6517
    @sassyrhodes6517 8 місяців тому +22

    So many memories of the 90s!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @salsafirejrivera1037
    @salsafirejrivera1037 Рік тому +652

    Bass, sax, trumpet and 3 smooth rappers. Won’t ever be another era!!!

    • @michaelhorvath3592
      @michaelhorvath3592 Рік тому +10

      AND...an 808 !

    • @coolbreeze8720
      @coolbreeze8720 Рік тому +9

      and drums

    • @caphs2107
      @caphs2107 Рік тому +12

      The horns was actually a take from a trumpet player Miles Davis.

    • @powderedtoastfacekillah734
      @powderedtoastfacekillah734 10 місяців тому +5

      Don’t forget the drums homie

    • @tonyorsini5255
      @tonyorsini5255 6 місяців тому +3

      I normally don't even like rap that much, but I love this. Everything about it just melds in such a smooth groove.

  • @clloydfrsh
    @clloydfrsh 4 роки тому +730

    One of the hardest beats in hip hop history

    • @ritchl3262
      @ritchl3262 3 роки тому +28

      Hardest? This is smooth, not hard.

    • @xxxten17glo12
      @xxxten17glo12 3 роки тому +61

      Sadly people think hard means hard when any person who can think knows it means good sound appealing and nice

    • @amyparra1881
      @amyparra1881 3 роки тому +13

      It's beautiful.

    • @Peoriajones...
      @Peoriajones... 3 роки тому +9

      On my father

    • @Wolf0ig
      @Wolf0ig 2 роки тому

      👀

  • @racerx8410712
    @racerx8410712 5 років тому +1220

    They gave birth to a song that will never get old.

  • @ronny-2112
    @ronny-2112 10 місяців тому +339

    Miss this kind of Hip Hop artists with intelligent music.

    • @anonnnymousthegreat
      @anonnnymousthegreat 10 місяців тому +22

      We need this to dominate the hiphop and rap scene again. Tired of the mediocre trash being promoted.

    • @dennispounds605
      @dennispounds605 10 місяців тому

      ​@@anonnnymousthegreatstop supporting trash rap...support hip hop like this....record companies will listen when they pockets get thin

    • @yama5182
      @yama5182 9 місяців тому +10

      EMPHATICALLY!!! ❤❤❤

    • @RonDickens-s9p
      @RonDickens-s9p 4 місяці тому +5

      That's why a tribe called quest is my favorite group.😊

    • @rmcq1999
      @rmcq1999 4 місяці тому

      @@anonnnymousthegreat The problem is the deep pockets that back all of the trash. That's why it is the way it is. All the negative, stupid, violent, hyper-sexual, materialistic garbage was promoted while quality music was sidelined. It's cultural assassination.

  • @ryanking7960
    @ryanking7960 Рік тому +1007

    This will resonate for generations. Sounds just as fresh in 2023.

  • @HannibalHector714
    @HannibalHector714 Рік тому +2450

    This generation will never understand how DOPE the 90s were.✌🏾😎

    • @davidxavier6791
      @davidxavier6791 Рік тому +64

      I understand perfectly. Movies were fire, music was great, and honestly was honestly a good era. Along with the 70s, 80s, 2000s, and 2010s

    • @thedalillama
      @thedalillama Рік тому +42

      @@davidxavier6791 No, you don't. You weren't there.

    • @sway_9803
      @sway_9803 Рік тому +56

      I love when people think the 90s were dope and completely ignore how violent and unsafe it was

    • @thedalillama
      @thedalillama Рік тому +18

      @@sway_9803Unsafe for whom? Those in the ghetto?

    • @sway_9803
      @sway_9803 Рік тому

      @@thedalillama Unsafe for anyone who was alive during that time not just people in the ghetto you racist retard

  • @EbiFromPluto
    @EbiFromPluto 6 років тому +542

    this is an entire era i want back

    • @hollyherring71
      @hollyherring71 5 років тому +12

      Word! Preach! I would give anything to go back. Thank God we have UA-cam.

    • @respobabs
      @respobabs 5 років тому +1

      yep

    • @thedude8526
      @thedude8526 5 років тому +14

      You and me both. The new stuff is just a bunch of mumble rappers.

    • @notnow2364
      @notnow2364 5 років тому +1

      😀👌

    • @willmaldonado2221
      @willmaldonado2221 5 років тому +3

      I feel the same way!!! I don't know what the f*%# these youngbucks be listening to nowadays... But ask Butter how I zone???

  • @davehunter6019
    @davehunter6019 8 місяців тому +300

    It’s intelligent, youthful, vibrant, cool and timeless.

    • @Kathleen-n3r
      @Kathleen-n3r 2 місяці тому

      @@davehunter6019 no doubt ❤️🎤🎶

  • @designatedpiledriver8216
    @designatedpiledriver8216 4 роки тому +1020

    The marriage of jazz music and Hiphop was Match made in heaven

    • @whatclub3934
      @whatclub3934 4 роки тому +5

      Match

    • @designatedpiledriver8216
      @designatedpiledriver8216 4 роки тому +6

      @@whatclub3934 obviously

    • @dantegreen4094
      @dantegreen4094 3 роки тому +36

      A Tribe Called Quest
      Guru and Gang Starr
      De La Soul and the ROOTS!

    • @xkee2013
      @xkee2013 3 роки тому +13

      @@dantegreen4094 Common, Erykah Badu, Native Tongues, Etc.

    • @goanna83
      @goanna83 3 роки тому +13

      And it is supposed to remain simple. Like this simple. Just like that. Out. ✌

  • @AustinBelanger
    @AustinBelanger 4 роки тому +5260

    I was 25 and working two jobs to feed my kids. I listened to this on cassette while delivering pizza to feed my kids. Man, time flies.

    • @tomholschbach5966
      @tomholschbach5966 3 роки тому +182

      Good job being a good Daddy Austin🤘

    • @amyparra1881
      @amyparra1881 3 роки тому +50

      👏👏👏👏

    • @datdamvezzy_338
      @datdamvezzy_338 3 роки тому +76

      top my hat off to u

    • @ron.247
      @ron.247 3 роки тому +74

      Great father and great music! *Hat off*

    • @michaelfilippi1520
      @michaelfilippi1520 3 роки тому +23

      Great work. But at that age, I assume you need a career to pay the bills and buy a house. I assume that delivering pizzas doesn't pay that much. If I were you, I would get my CDL and be a truck driver.

  • @living9377
    @living9377 Рік тому +313

    One of the coolest rap songs of that era. They were really cool like that! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @KENNYDARKTELEVISION
    @KENNYDARKTELEVISION 10 місяців тому +37

    Just let my 6 year old Daughter listen to this. She loves music! She started dancing!

  • @terrencewilburn9081
    @terrencewilburn9081 5 років тому +4552

    If you're still listening to this classic jam in 2019, then you're definitely cool like that!

  • @mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328
    @mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328 Рік тому +884

    That bass line is hypnotizing, and they flow so smoothly on it.

    • @SabriaR.
      @SabriaR. Рік тому +14

      This is why this song will forever be in my top 10 (getting played regularly).

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG Рік тому +8

      That's from Art Blakey's "Stretching." The bassist on there is Jymie Merritt. I have the original sample, and it sounds much faster, so Butterfly must've slowed it down several beats. He makes it sing on this record.

    • @MohammadRezaErfani-s6q
      @MohammadRezaErfani-s6q Рік тому +2

    • @MexMachine
      @MexMachine Рік тому +1

      No frets.

    • @anthonymeans7439
      @anthonymeans7439 11 місяців тому +1

      Um hum👍👍👍👍

  • @clowe73
    @clowe73 4 роки тому +2966

    My wife and I just listen to song after 30 years. I’m old like that! My joints hurt like that! Just told my kids to shut up so I could hear this song like that! I’m grumpy like that! It’s 8:30pm and I’m ready for bed like that. I think I need a cup of coffee to make it to the bedroom to go to sleep like that.
    Hope y’all doing good with the affairs of today! I’m caring like that! Smiles!

    • @cross7387
      @cross7387 4 роки тому +122

      Lmao. Like that

    • @simonbd5373
      @simonbd5373 4 роки тому +80

      That was i Nice comment like that

    • @Infinitybein
      @Infinitybein 4 роки тому +70

      My guy...why like that🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣my all time fave comment

    • @miapernas5484
      @miapernas5484 4 роки тому +50

      🤣🤣🤣❤We zoom like that...WE OUT!¡

    • @chasityhenderson8667
      @chasityhenderson8667 4 роки тому +9

      To cute

  • @lenardsmithjr.621
    @lenardsmithjr.621 8 місяців тому +84

    Songs like this show there is a difference between being a hip-hop artist and being a rapper.

  • @kairi3177
    @kairi3177 9 років тому +552

    Digable Planets and the rappers of the 90s werent simply rappers they were poets they were storytellers and they were artists. These rappers today sorely lack

    • @ybrik222
      @ybrik222 9 років тому +6

      RedBelle Mage Rap is a kind of poetry, which often tells stories, performed by what the music industry calls artists. So, uh, you're basically saying that Digable Planets were rappers.
      And there's a shit ton of good rap coming out these days, and the storytelling aspect is really doing a good job of humanising modern culture politics. Kendrick Lamar's new album's as close to a rock opera as a rap album's ever been. The Roots' fairly recent album Undun combines innovative storytelling a-la Memento with an existentialist mindset. Even Kanye's music tells stories. So I don't know what you mean when you say today's rappers are lacking artistry.

    • @kairi3177
      @kairi3177 9 років тому +9

      Just my .02 +ybrik222 like you have your opinion. I just feel that rappers of 80s and 90s were on a whole another level. The butthurt paragraph was totally unnecessary

    • @dgenerate707
      @dgenerate707 9 років тому +10

      Present day mainstream yeah there's lots of truth to it but underground and blacklisted artists are still creative on that 90's & 80's vibe. Look up rhymefest, Tech N9ne, and Lupe Fiasco

    • @ybrik222
      @ybrik222 9 років тому +1

      RedBelle Mage In what way was my comment "butthurt"? And what would make it necessary? If I agreed with you?

    • @kairi3177
      @kairi3177 9 років тому +1

      Johnny Brown Oh wow so much reaction ybrik222 and Johnny Brown to a simple opinion. Actually im a child of the nineties so i was raised on rappers like Digable Planets. Dont like my opinion why are you responding to/entertaining it? The grown up thing would to do is to simply ignore it. Its just an opinion. Using words like 'bruh" shows the maturity level here. And by the way, im not a "dude"

  • @snupjohn
    @snupjohn 5 років тому +2518

    Im peace like dat, I'm chill. Still diggin' it in 2020.

    • @jessetollefson646
      @jessetollefson646 5 років тому +3

      Yes

    • @valeartic
      @valeartic 5 років тому +9

      "You are cool like that"😉

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 5 років тому +1

      ... like th;at?

    • @jeremiahreyes7809
      @jeremiahreyes7809 5 років тому +2

      You grew up listening to them?

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 5 років тому

      Jeremiah Reyes
      Nobody listened to them. We did listen to this one song though. They are another OHW in a long line of them. Nobody can name another Digible Planets song asides from this one. LOL.

  • @broaddusmarines
    @broaddusmarines 4 роки тому +696

    This is a classic. Still stands the test of time, even almost 30 years later.
    Aged like a fine wine.

  • @LaMarvinn
    @LaMarvinn 8 місяців тому +343

    Who’s still listening to this class in 2024?!

  • @ayonibrahim9985
    @ayonibrahim9985 Рік тому +903

    90's was like a black American renaissance for music, art, fashion and film.

    • @mela6885
      @mela6885 Рік тому +25

      Uhhh 70s?

    • @ayonibrahim9985
      @ayonibrahim9985 Рік тому +54

      @@mela6885 That was the spark.

    • @lolabunny1157
      @lolabunny1157 11 місяців тому +9

      Yesss!!!!

    • @armandoosuna6525
      @armandoosuna6525 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ayonibrahim9985thank you. I was thinking the same thing as the video played.

    • @deedeemichele8037
      @deedeemichele8037 10 місяців тому +5

      You absolutely nailed it!!✌🏾

  • @coolreem
    @coolreem 4 роки тому +782

    The NYC gritty sound of dark bass, fly lyrics, multi-ethnic representation, and smooth horns.

    • @notnow2364
      @notnow2364 4 роки тому +14

      😍

    • @bboy_nliten
      @bboy_nliten 4 роки тому +23

      This whole sentence just did sumn to me in the best way possible👏🏾👏🏾

    • @reachquet6901
      @reachquet6901 4 роки тому +26

      Growing up in a dingy apartment to look at the night sky and street lights showering the graffiti'd up buildings. 1995

    • @peggieudengwuarzuudengwu7531
      @peggieudengwuarzuudengwu7531 4 роки тому +4

      They're from Seattle, Washington.

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 3 роки тому +28

      @@peggieudengwuarzuudengwu7531 Butterfly is from Seattle. Ladybug is from Baltimore. Doodlebug is from Philly. Brooklyn, NY is their home base.

  • @chrisgreene2405
    @chrisgreene2405 5 років тому +484

    Oh the nineties when Hip Hop was so creative and rediscovering jazz roots

    • @hollyherring71
      @hollyherring71 5 років тому +14

      Word. A precious time...

    • @iamtheliquor7300
      @iamtheliquor7300 5 років тому +6

      Sure wish they'd bring it back

    • @notnow2364
      @notnow2364 5 років тому

      😍

    • @taurtue
      @taurtue 5 років тому +4

      It's still the case man, golden age of hip hop will start again in 2022

    • @kayshawnsimmons6822
      @kayshawnsimmons6822 5 років тому

      The Baby was definitely Lyrical and prolific💞💐 MUCH LOVE TO THE REBIRTH

  • @NunYaBiz404
    @NunYaBiz404 8 місяців тому +2

    And oh yeah, she got it! 💯💯

  • @kwasiaking185
    @kwasiaking185 6 років тому +706

    Wow.... when Hip Hop, was Art.
    Timeless music.

    • @cuquee12
      @cuquee12 5 років тому +2

      Yes!

    • @geminikid609
      @geminikid609 5 років тому +16

      Still is art if you look at it right

    • @mariopantoja8259
      @mariopantoja8259 5 років тому +6

      This was already a classic the second it came out.

    • @dcchavez97
      @dcchavez97 5 років тому +12

      geminikid609 no longer art... just auto tune fake hipsters, only Apple Mac book pro and a weak mindless generation that falls in love with useless lyrics and cheap easy beats.

    • @Uncfg
      @Uncfg 5 років тому +4

      Love the fedora bro

  • @AggravatedMan365
    @AggravatedMan365 3 роки тому +993

    Saddens me that they'll never be another era like this again. I'm glad I didn't take it for granted growing up.

    • @rickindurham
      @rickindurham 2 роки тому +11

      Same!

    • @Emper0rH0rde
      @Emper0rH0rde 2 роки тому +38

      Rappers had stuff to say back then. It's such garbage nowadays. It's all either pornography and bragging, or woke crap.

    • @jonathanjohnson9611
      @jonathanjohnson9611 2 роки тому +14

      @@Emper0rH0rde thank the 90s for that. That’s when it all started

    • @jovannycampas
      @jovannycampas 2 роки тому +6

      I still feel it when I listen 😅

    • @independentinstallations8419
      @independentinstallations8419 2 роки тому +3

      Babies.......They just babies man.........

  • @ProlificPops
    @ProlificPops 9 років тому +530

    Everything about this song is smooth as hell

    • @jacobreed47
      @jacobreed47 9 років тому +2

      +King Pops Yeah- Check out D.P. Nickel sacks too!

    • @kaymartin1436
      @kaymartin1436 9 років тому +1

      ikr

    • @fvded_STEEZ
      @fvded_STEEZ 9 років тому +3

      So true

    • @samjo8725
      @samjo8725 8 років тому

      you can say that again

    • @Synsane
      @Synsane 8 років тому

      +Acuravigor47 Check out what?

  • @DDDRRRCCC
    @DDDRRRCCC 9 місяців тому +324

    "IM BLACK LIKE THAT" Goosebumps every time!

  • @nonofyourbusiness007
    @nonofyourbusiness007 2 роки тому +542

    This is called art and it needs to be preserved and protected at all costs

    • @rebeltvr6046
      @rebeltvr6046 Рік тому +11

      Yes. Pure art. Need preservation.

    • @ivarobel7369
      @ivarobel7369 Рік тому +4

      Базаришь ветер!
      Точно говоришь, говорю с тебе это с другого континента! ;
      Это классика! Это история!

    • @therealdarthvader9936
      @therealdarthvader9936 Рік тому +1

      I second that motion,I feel blessed to grow up through the 90s and have listened to great music like this growing up. But man it's not looking so hot for music these days, I've watched a steady decline in the quality of all genres. SMH

    • @ernestmusenge7821
      @ernestmusenge7821 Рік тому

      Nft

    • @brunolondinese5857
      @brunolondinese5857 Рік тому

      At what point between taking your phone out your pocket, pressing a few buttons and accessing the exact content you desire faster than has every been possible - at the cost of watching a five second ad - did you start worrying that were not spending enough on the preservation of art.

  • @isaacsanchez5159
    @isaacsanchez5159 2 роки тому +116

    She's got the sweetest dopest voice 😍

  • @infinix28
    @infinix28 5 років тому +364

    I'm in tears😭. For decades, I had this beat in my head as a child, but I never knew who it was from. BET UNSUNG BROUGHT ME HERE.💯 life mystery solved

    • @luiso.9103
      @luiso.9103 4 роки тому +7

      Don’t stop there - get the album. Light yrs ahead

    • @nipun131
      @nipun131 4 роки тому +3

      I feel you on that, I heard this for the first time on bet mixtape along with slick Rick and all the legends when I was like 10 years old and the beat and the smooth verse stuck in my head, I would jam it like nonstop on my tape deck...I am hearing it now after like 20 years, brings back a lot of solid memories

    • @spinningbackkick6021
      @spinningbackkick6021 4 роки тому +1

      LOL. I'm still looking for a song I heard in a movie one time.

    • @prescotts.3235
      @prescotts.3235 4 роки тому

      @@MarioBros-pb8dh Ha...I remember Jeans West

    • @andrewphillips8198
      @andrewphillips8198 4 роки тому

      Yo same thing happened to me. But different songs LOL.

  • @benoitolivier2081
    @benoitolivier2081 4 місяці тому +8

    The era where each rapper or rap group had his own flow.❤

  • @kiasophia756
    @kiasophia756 4 роки тому +582

    This has to be the dopest beat ever.. This song is timeless.. Freedom writers brung me BACK to this CLASSIC..

    • @markojashari9716
      @markojashari9716 4 роки тому +8

      Μy man

    • @waltermelon7736
      @waltermelon7736 3 роки тому +2

      Nowhere near to being the dopest beat ever in my opinion

    • @ded4lyfe1
      @ded4lyfe1 3 роки тому

      @@waltermelon7736 It's not Kendrick or Busta Rhymes, but... it's universal!

    • @vodoumyers
      @vodoumyers 3 роки тому +12

      Freedom Writers is one of my all-time childhood favorites & the soundtrack will always be dope

    • @marvinrodriguez7971
      @marvinrodriguez7971 3 роки тому +1

      Forza Horizon 4
      Forza rules Xbox4life

  • @jordan12118
    @jordan12118 5 років тому +1219

    This is the most New York sounding song of all time

    • @jordan12118
      @jordan12118 5 років тому +7

      @Michael Hunter If you wouldn't mind could you explain why you disagree? This is way before my time so I'm not the necessarily qualified if that makes any sense to stake such a claim

    • @jadenhaly4248
      @jadenhaly4248 5 років тому +8

      Jordan Davis POP SMOKE???

    • @jordan12118
      @jordan12118 5 років тому +12

      @@jadenhaly4248 I fuck with Pop Smoke

    • @josiahmoore874
      @josiahmoore874 5 років тому +14

      Nu flava in ear craig mack is real close man.

    • @larrytan73
      @larrytan73 5 років тому +50

      The irony of this is! None of them are NEW YORKERS

  • @stevennations9262
    @stevennations9262 8 років тому +185

    One of the smoothest vibes of all time ! JESUS Loves you baby! ❤🙏

    • @lxolxo7
      @lxolxo7 8 років тому +1

      +steven pueblo YEP! Still remember the first time I heard this. It blew my mind. Big Ups for the 9 Deuce! That was a cool year.

    • @aceatkins191
      @aceatkins191 6 років тому +1

      steven pueblo facts

  • @davekloss4884
    @davekloss4884 12 днів тому +1

    So buttery-smooth. What a masterpiece.

  • @morecowbell235
    @morecowbell235 2 роки тому +1840

    1992 - Great Song
    2002- Still Jamming to it
    2012- Still a great song
    2022 - You bet your ass its still good!

    • @BabyoilBanditz
      @BabyoilBanditz 2 роки тому +62

      I’ll see in 2032 buddy

    • @natpaul4924
      @natpaul4924 2 роки тому +47

      @@BabyoilBanditz Unless we're dead like that

    • @jtallday31
      @jtallday31 2 роки тому +2

      Truly good doesn't come and go

    • @matxalenc8410
      @matxalenc8410 2 роки тому +15

      How about now in 2023? Happy New Year, everyone!

    • @BonKarThuNderJones
      @BonKarThuNderJones 2 роки тому +11

      2023 still lovin' it. HNY everybody

  • @jaredthomas5348
    @jaredthomas5348 2 роки тому +377

    I still say good-bye to my co-workers every night "We out, we out" in a direct homage to this song. The legacy of Digable Planets- what rap has been and can be- cannot be overstated.

    • @mrpempi
      @mrpempi Рік тому +7

      My man! 😊😊 We out!

  • @solgryn4591
    @solgryn4591 3 роки тому +347

    "We be to rap what key be to lock"
    Damn.

    • @MrMessyb
      @MrMessyb 3 роки тому +13

      Hear that lyric as I read your comment!Mad coincidence

    • @Fafmontoya
      @Fafmontoya 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrMessyb me too haha

    • @hodell82
      @hodell82 3 роки тому +8

      Possibly the dopest line in a song ever.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 3 роки тому +19

      "I'm black like that"
      Mood.

    • @terryjohnson804
      @terryjohnson804 3 роки тому +3

      @@hodell82 you might be onto something

  • @gronksbud6843
    @gronksbud6843 Місяць тому +4

    Cooooooolest song eva

  • @bja808
    @bja808 4 роки тому +2676

    This isn’t rap.... this is hardcore poetry

    • @dariusjamison8888
      @dariusjamison8888 3 роки тому +301

      Hardcore poetry is literally what rap is lmaao

    • @jimjim8383
      @jimjim8383 3 роки тому +41

      @@DhavalPatel-jy7qy nah man, if you want this feel nowadays J. Cole is the only one left that “cool like that”. The kod album is this jazzy slam poetry concoction.

    • @dillydally2519
      @dillydally2519 3 роки тому +13

      @@jimjim8383 nah. He's dif like that. They're the one's who stomped the door in for these young folks.

    • @dillydally2519
      @dillydally2519 3 роки тому +20

      Civil Rights of Music, I'm black like that.

    • @readmore4363
      @readmore4363 3 роки тому +25

      @@jimjim8383 j cole is the only one? Lol you’re kidding right?

  • @jenchon2063
    @jenchon2063 2 роки тому +224

    If this song came out today, it would be #1. Forever 🔥

    • @gagejanssen268
      @gagejanssen268 2 роки тому +16

      No it wouldn’t don’t 🧢

    • @Allergic2BeingBroke
      @Allergic2BeingBroke Рік тому

      Today generation too stupid to feel this. So u definitely wrong.

    • @flippingpenguin9049
      @flippingpenguin9049 Рік тому +12

      You really think the same people listening to Ed sheeran are going to bump this

    • @amyparra1881
      @amyparra1881 Рік тому +3

      Always will be

    • @zeeone4492
      @zeeone4492 Рік тому +2

      Unfortunately it wouldn't it would just be underground

  • @gerardderrickmalazarte8360
    @gerardderrickmalazarte8360 2 роки тому +272

    Pure HipHop! No cursing, no dirty lyrics, no bullshit.✌

    • @augustomartinez4371
      @augustomartinez4371 Рік тому +26

      They do say shit at one point tho

    • @TooCold_ForYou
      @TooCold_ForYou Рік тому +11

      @@augustomartinez4371its not like one of those sings where all the lines got a bad word😅

    • @willbrown1969
      @willbrown1969 Рік тому +10

      ​@@augustomartinez4371, aye I caught that too at the 1:21-1:22 mark of the song. Very minimal cussing is the correct description. But other than that it is a TIMELESS CLASSIC

    • @davidmella1174
      @davidmella1174 Рік тому +1

      For some reason it's considered jazz

    • @theruddyone6443
      @theruddyone6443 Рік тому

      ​@@davidmella1174.......... theres jazz in the song. thats why Man.

  • @over-educated-sp
    @over-educated-sp 4 місяці тому +4

    I’m now 52, and this has, is, and shall remain on my top 20 favorite songs EVER!

  • @ExotiqBeautii
    @ExotiqBeautii 5 років тому +1073

    *"We be to rap, what key be to lock!"*

  • @GenoG1202
    @GenoG1202 Рік тому +110

    This is one song that is untouchable, unable to sample...the beat, lyrics, both rapping...I never knew back then how legendary this is!!!! Man I miss this era of music!!!!

  • @Naronaxie
    @Naronaxie 9 років тому +63

    I'm black and Asian and I JUST noticed the mix of black rappers and Asian musicians 👍 doing it right

    • @ChaChinnngK
      @ChaChinnngK 9 років тому +2

      +Naronaxie such a millenial comment lol

  • @stacidalton2888
    @stacidalton2888 9 місяців тому +3

    I’ve been listening to this song, since it came out, when I was in high school. I worked at the rollerskating rink & always requested this song. This song is still new & fresh in 2024!! The beats, their voices, the horns, nothing has ever come close to this song, very beatnik.. thank you, Digable Planets..
    Blink, blink, blink!!

  • @shenyaet2755
    @shenyaet2755 2 роки тому +174

    The way they incorporated rap and jazz together was a genius move.

    • @tshidi129
      @tshidi129 Рік тому +12

      It's done more often than you think

    • @Nicc1102
      @Nicc1102 Рік тому +1

      It is indeed the same❤

    • @kimberlyangeles8959
      @kimberlyangeles8959 Рік тому +1

      @@tshidi129recommend any songs?

    • @tshidi129
      @tshidi129 Рік тому

      @@kimberlyangeles8959 Some stuff by Tribe Called Quest, Ghostface Killah, Robert Glasper(highly recommend)

    • @msgottalottaego
      @msgottalottaego Рік тому +3

      The 90's was raps golden era. We had so much good music❤❤❤❤😊😊

  • @TheOnlyPink
    @TheOnlyPink Рік тому +223

    Their lyrics are still futuristic to this day. Still goes over your head.

    • @Yaruandromedano1998
      @Yaruandromedano1998 Рік тому +4

      Exactly, Digable Planets is a group of poets bro they Channel poetry from higher dimensions. 🔥

    • @kennethmanning1821
      @kennethmanning1821 Рік тому +3

      Still using the beat in commercials

    • @BigD_Jimmi
      @BigD_Jimmi 11 місяців тому +2

      Did you peep Q-Tip in the crowd? His face hasn't changed

    • @DLiotine
      @DLiotine 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@BigD_Jimmi 1:55 !❤

  • @AtilioEscobar
    @AtilioEscobar Рік тому +38

    When a song is pure perfection.

  • @emerytaylor9489
    @emerytaylor9489 8 місяців тому +98

    Still "COOL LIKE dat" in 2024!!!😊😊😊

  • @demetriusdavis4775
    @demetriusdavis4775 3 роки тому +97

    They don’t make joints like this anymore. Classic

  • @theserpentshand
    @theserpentshand Рік тому +101

    This song, has lived rent free in my brain for 32 years!! Still loving it!

  • @hardlyacademic2740
    @hardlyacademic2740 Рік тому +24

    THIS is one of the dopest songs of all time.

  • @derrisleemusic1998
    @derrisleemusic1998 3 місяці тому +3

    Jazz is the father of many genres. Love this sound. ❤

  • @chriskaegi5098
    @chriskaegi5098 11 місяців тому +40

    Saw them last summer in Chicago at a street festival. They're still fly and I had mad nostalgia for the 90s!

  • @TheCrazyangel911
    @TheCrazyangel911 8 років тому +128

    I love this time in hip-hop history. I miss those days.

  • @mellowrose9470
    @mellowrose9470 13 днів тому +1

    So simple,such a funky bass line,trumpet,and a easy snare drum set,some smooth lyrics...and this is such a classic, imagine if this song came out today

  • @casanovaclown
    @casanovaclown 3 роки тому +613

    Nostalgia at it's finest... This song is one of the main anthems of the 90's along with 93' Til Infinity, They Reminisce Over You, Shook Ones II and dozens more.

  • @lGraytheferalcat
    @lGraytheferalcat Рік тому +26

    90s hip hop was a work of art😍

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 Рік тому +350

    Happy 30th anniversary to Digable Planets' debut album!!

  • @bikotheanimator6169
    @bikotheanimator6169 2 місяці тому +10

    1980s and 1990s forever.

  • @SkuStyle
    @SkuStyle 3 роки тому +308

    DAMN SHE'S GOT THE SWEETEST VOICE EVER IN HIP-HOP ....
    PROVE ME WRONG!
    & yes I bought their album back in the day!

    • @Emper0rH0rde
      @Emper0rH0rde 2 роки тому +43

      It's so weird, and refreshing, hearing a woman bust some sweet rhymes, without once making a salacious reference to her own anatomy.

    • @2FINE4YOUBABYGIRL
      @2FINE4YOUBABYGIRL 2 роки тому +4

      Cardi b and Nicki lol jk jk

    • @chrisfinchum6135
      @chrisfinchum6135 2 роки тому +8

      And she is black like that....very nice

    • @davidjohnson4563
      @davidjohnson4563 2 роки тому +4

      yes she do have the sweetest rap voice

    • @42enjoythebeach4
      @42enjoythebeach4 2 роки тому +2

      She sounds like a young Jada Pinkett Smith

  • @cbwavy
    @cbwavy 2 роки тому +85

    Digable Planets were so revolutionary. You can't talk about early 90s hip hop without mentioning them.

    • @eligzz9820
      @eligzz9820 Рік тому +3

      Them and Arrested Development!!!!

    • @zeeone4492
      @zeeone4492 Рік тому

      You can unfortunately they were never that big

    • @cr8iveamboy775
      @cr8iveamboy775 Рік тому

      Even their name suggests the Theme of Unicron devouring planets or the alien and archealogical excavation sites in film. I almost thought it was "digital" planets.. lol

  • @AlexanderNevermind888
    @AlexanderNevermind888 11 місяців тому +49

    This was sheer poetry. I remember when this came out. It was around the time when poetry slams were popping up everywhere. I got to see these guys do this song at a small venue, and they killed it. They performed this before the song blew up. And once it hit, the radio stations in Jersey kept it in steady rotation. There was nothing else on the radio like it at the time.

  • @subzfit
    @subzfit 3 місяці тому +2

    This song is my style!! Jazzy Hip Hop

  • @scatterlingofafrica8928
    @scatterlingofafrica8928 3 роки тому +76

    Yep, the 90's were cool like that!

  • @boondoggle4820
    @boondoggle4820 11 місяців тому +46

    Man I love Mecca’s voice, lol, and her flow! The guys have really unique voices too. That’s one of the things that stands out most about DP. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time but they made some great real hip hop with broad appeal that really still stands today.

  • @clewsound
    @clewsound 2 роки тому +90

    Not much of today's music will age as well as songs like this one.

    • @alalahoward1299
      @alalahoward1299 2 роки тому +4

      It takes 30 years to explain!

    • @pandaexpress2459
      @pandaexpress2459 Рік тому +4

      That's because those are trends. THIS is a classic 😩🩵🤍

    • @clewsound
      @clewsound Рік тому +1

      @@pandaexpress2459 Facts

    • @wombwomp2983
      @wombwomp2983 Рік тому +1

      Here are some more jazzy hip hop albums.
      Sound Providers - An evening with the sound providers.
      Sharpshooters - Choked Up.
      Justice System - Rooftop soundcheck.
      Pase Rock - Bullshit as usual.
      Lastrawze - Instrawmental.
      Abstract Tribe Unique - Mood pieces.
      La Paz - Earwigs.
      Trible Music Inc - Do the math.
      The Primeridian - Ill meet you in greenwich.
      Extra Prolific - Like it should be.
      The Dereliks - Broken cyphers anthology.
      Last Jazz Club - Jazz is

  • @gregory3861
    @gregory3861 5 років тому +157

    I grew up within radio station distance of NYC in the 80's and 90's. I feel very fortunate for that. I came across this in real time. Very underrated album, belongs in the top ten of the golden years. Absolutely.

  • @slinkbradshaw8674
    @slinkbradshaw8674 3 роки тому +147

    My math teacher played this for us one day on one of those days where we didn't have much work to do. I think he'd be happy to know I'm still bumping this 12 years later.

    • @sucioinc1003
      @sucioinc1003 2 роки тому +9

      It's cause ur cool like that!

    • @randyyygonzalez
      @randyyygonzalez 2 роки тому +8

      Hell yeah you’re teach was cool asfuck

  • @truthhurtz8517
    @truthhurtz8517 Рік тому +96

    This song won a Grammy Award..🏆🏆🏆🏆
    1990s...🔥🔥🎵🎵

  • @DavidMayorga-zt6kl
    @DavidMayorga-zt6kl 3 місяці тому +2

    That intro ❤😊 i love this

  • @tonyaking2883
    @tonyaking2883 5 років тому +508

    Who is still listening in 2020😎😎

  • @africanbella28
    @africanbella28 4 роки тому +156

    This song represents one of the reasons why the 90’s was such an amazing decade in music!!! It was so versatile back then

    • @NorthPhilly-zr7xc
      @NorthPhilly-zr7xc 4 роки тому +10

      Golden era

    • @freedomm
      @freedomm 3 роки тому +2

      The last good decede for music imho.

    • @m.pearce3273
      @m.pearce3273 3 роки тому

      Others of the 90's it was one of the best for the variety of music from Big Bands to Rap and the emergance of Electronic music. The clothing of the 90s on a whole was dashed ‼️

    • @kaisyaya8492
      @kaisyaya8492 2 роки тому +2

      everything was the best in the 90s, in fact the 90s was the peak of our species

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 2 роки тому

      The *90s* is my life. Human civilization was at it's peak in so many ways back then, especially creatively. I'm an artist who creates nothing but *90s hip hop.* You should ✔️ out my songz if can spare some time😁🎧🎤🎶💿 🔥

  • @613lcd
    @613lcd 3 роки тому +552

    When she said "I'm black like that " I got major goosebumps and felt proud........and I'm a Hispanic man.

    • @EbonyJoneskuye
      @EbonyJoneskuye 3 роки тому +24

      Hispanic isn't a race.

    • @cortezmiller1899
      @cortezmiller1899 3 роки тому +8

      @@EbonyJoneskuye Exactly

    • @GC0077
      @GC0077 3 роки тому +23

      @@EbonyJoneskuye Hispanic meaning Historical Spanish is actually a race according to census as the Spaniards are caucasians. Just as native Mexicans are technically a race as they are native Americans.

    • @EvaAnika
      @EvaAnika 3 роки тому +40

      I feel you bro. I was so glad when I heard her say that, because she realizes that her being colonized by the Portuguese and me being colonized by the English and you being colonized by the Spaniards means absolutely nothing about our African ancestry. We're black like that.

    • @NinaSimone24U
      @NinaSimone24U 3 роки тому +11

      Ladybug Mecca is Brazilian 🇧🇷 Boricua 🤎👸🏾👏🏾

  • @JacksonJk-sc4rj
    @JacksonJk-sc4rj 4 місяці тому +3

    Wish myself and my friends were dere ❤😂

  • @missab7
    @missab7 3 роки тому +61

    This is a timeless classic.

  • @godlevel5495
    @godlevel5495 5 років тому +53

    One of the greatest hip hop songs of all time

  • @leonardcarter198
    @leonardcarter198 Рік тому +17

    This was one of the best hip hop songs ever made

  • @daryldaniels535
    @daryldaniels535 3 місяці тому +1

    I’m cool like that first time hearing this hard I love the old hip hop days!! Truly authentic music 💙🏁

  • @kensley94
    @kensley94 Рік тому +43

    I really like her voice, so calm yet ruff and smooth.

  • @ACTheMusicLover
    @ACTheMusicLover Рік тому +55

    ...it's probably one of the few times in history,that the Grammys actually rewarded the right song!

  • @danardparrish
    @danardparrish Рік тому +35

    The chick verse is so 🔥 and she rides the beat!!

    • @endtimesclips896
      @endtimesclips896 Рік тому +2

      Right

    • @jpang5477
      @jpang5477 11 місяців тому +4

      Lady Bug that woman nice 💯

    • @kholofelobopape2731
      @kholofelobopape2731 4 місяці тому

      Bra i thought i was the only one who noticed.

    • @Carloss80k
      @Carloss80k 3 місяці тому

      she had the best verse. could listen to her rap all night😮‍💨👌🏿

  • @WeAreNotGoingBackEver
    @WeAreNotGoingBackEver 4 місяці тому +2

    This was my song, my CD as it was called back in the day, my group!❤❤❤

  • @lowtech5380
    @lowtech5380 5 років тому +207

    Every time I hear this my head immediately starts bobbin. I know I aint the only one....

    • @mkp9452
      @mkp9452 5 років тому +4

      Every time and I snap my fingers!

    • @notnow2364
      @notnow2364 5 років тому

      😀

    • @jozakroat
      @jozakroat 5 років тому +1

      head stay like chicken eatin corn

    • @marshallray2582
      @marshallray2582 5 років тому

      Nope you ain't

    • @NameEntry
      @NameEntry 5 років тому +1

      The first second of the song

  • @lanreedun2289
    @lanreedun2289 8 років тому +144

    That bass be doing something to my soul, like massaging my nerves!

  • @kurtisimowazzle
    @kurtisimowazzle 8 років тому +103

    This has to be one of the best hip hop tracks of all time.

  • @SoMoLove80
    @SoMoLove80 9 місяців тому +4

    I waited all my life to see these people. I get to see them Friday 🤞🏾💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @robertjackson3819
    @robertjackson3819 2 роки тому +75

    I'm sixty-one, and my, my goodness. All these years later, this is still one of the hippest performances I've ever heard. It's timeless. The name of the song is cool. The name of the group is cool. Wow.

  • @darksharxz
    @darksharxz 6 років тому +432

    A classic will always make ya head bob.

  • @craigjasper2274
    @craigjasper2274 3 роки тому +72

    A Rebirth of the Rebirth of Slick is severely needed. Please, I can't take not even one more mumble or auto-tune verse!

  • @maatamandala7257
    @maatamandala7257 4 місяці тому +7

    “We be to rap what key be to lock”❤

  • @mszenyogi2933
    @mszenyogi2933 7 років тому +104

    This one needs to get replayed everywhere! 😎

  • @sippigrrrl
    @sippigrrrl Рік тому +44

    The bass line in this song has amazed me since the first time I heard it, which was in 1992-1993 when I was a freshman in high school in a farm community in North Dakota. Now I live in a large city in the farthest SOUTH part of the USA, hurtling frighteningly quickly into middle age. One thing that has NOT changed is how much I love this song.

    • @jrambo7495
      @jrambo7495 11 місяців тому

      ​@@ronmexico79hurtling?

    • @stacidalton2888
      @stacidalton2888 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, bass, the horns, their voices. I was also in high school, when this song came out. I’m still listening in 2024, it has & always be one of my all time favorite songs!!