On Saturday October 12, grammy award winning Digable Planets', brought their tour to T.O and performed a dope show at the MOD club. Digable Planets sound is a fusion of jazz and hip hop. The group is composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler originally from Seattle, Craig "Doodoobug" who is now known as Cee Knowledge Irving from Philly. Finally, the only female member who has a similar voice to Lisa Left Eye Lopez, Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira is from Washington D.C. The group also had another member called, Silkworm who later left to embark a solo career. In 1993, D.P's debut album, 'Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space). received raving reviews. The album's lead single, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) was performed and was a smash cross over hit. The group went through a lot. Their second album wasn't that big of a success. Therefore, the group group broke up due to creative differences and emotional status of certain group members.
Nevertheless, in 2005, the group knew they had something special and the planets were aligned together with a retrospective album Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles.
The Planets played at their home base in BB King's in Times Square and announced that a new album would be released in 2008. Even though each Digable Planets' member still focus on their own side projects and solo careers and other groups, they managed to have a successful tour as Digable Planets.
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