Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

And I am going to go with Digable Planet's 9th Wonder, Black It All-ism, from 1994's Blowout Comb.

When most people hear Diggable Planets, they immediately think of Rebirth of Slick, Cool Like That, which that's fine because it's an absolute masterpiece of a hip-hop song.

But Blowout Cone, while it wasn't as popular as Reachin' was, is still an all-around masterpiece of a hip-hop album and needs to be represented in some shape or form in this list.

I personally think Ninth Wonder should have been a much bigger single, even if it didn't quite reach the stratospheric heights that Rebirth of Slick did.

It is showing that hip-hop is more than just beats and tape.

There is so much talent lying in the hip-hop community that I think that, in and of itself, puts it on this underrated playlist, Charts Be Damned.

And then to wrap it all up, I love the callback to what is their biggest hit, Cool Like That, I'm Slicker This Year.

Basically saying, yes, we're diggable planets, but buckle up.

And people weren't really rocking with that.

But also, a lot of people just listened to Diggle Planet's first album and they heard Cool Like That, but they didn't realize there was a whole bunch of things referring to Karl Marx in that album as well.

It's very complicated when you talk about you know, political ideologies.

The coup.

We beat to rap what key beat to lock.

But I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

I'm cool like that.

All right.

Because she's cool like that.

Okay.

I don't r- remember who sings that.

Cool Like That?

Uh, Cool Like That.

Cool Like That.

It doesn't matter.

If you don't know, music used to be rap.

That's rap.

That's rap.

Well, what is hip-hop? Well, what is hip-hop? Well, what is hip-hop exactly? Sean kept the track, baby.

Ladies and gentlemen-

One verse, kind of like an intro song.

I, I love that, like how quick it was.

I love how it starts with the dispatch, and, uh, then he kinda gets into it, and I love how it ends, "That fucking pig."

Joaq, Hernan, and here's Kub, sports update time.

[upbeat music] Digable Planets was the hip hop song, uh, "I'm Cool Like That." Early '90s, Joaqin.

Do you remember them? No.

No? [laughs] It's EST afternoons, Joaqin Gay, Hernan Salas.