September 07, 2018

Digable Planets "Reachin" (Animated Short Documentary)


Pitchfork released this great animated look at Digable Planets' classic debut release, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space). The video gives a great look at the music, poets and culture that shaped and inspired the artists' names, concepts and the overall making of their music. Pitchfork added, "Bursting onto the rap scene in 1993, Digable Planets arrived with an afrofuturist aesthetic, rooted in the art and philosophy of the Black Panthers. Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) still remains a classic, channeling the moment in hip-hop before gangster was the norm." Animated by Steven Cartoccio. This was an important time in music, please watch it below...