Digable Planets - Black Ego Lyrics

High hat totally phat......

It sounds very very close to the masters of the universe or natural resources (because of Jean gray). Great

Remembering some. UTD and the subterraneans’ central magnetic (first hip-hop project from Iceland, 1997)

This forces your subconscious mind
To open ........👁️

I can't believe this song is from 1994!

OK, every hiphop song today, have a guitar solo.

They were definitely ahead of their time man word up

veryy cool guitar jazzye

underrated.

2019 and the world is finally almost caught up to DP. #Legends

I saw these cats. Legendary.

anyone here from tracy? this man was the goat

anyone got the instrumental version to this?

Pure Dopeness!

Im in love w digable planets ❤

This was my first time hearing this. Its GREAT!

I tried to put so many of my friends on to this album. They shitted on it because they were too young to understand that Jazz is the father of hip hop. Sucks, because this album is a classic.

The world wasn't ready for this album when it dropped. A true CLASSIC!!

This is art, culture, beyond music.

This album should have gone diamond 💎

The illest of shit!

Buttafly ripped it

The people saying that Digable was ahead of its time are wrong. Time has never caught up to the brilliance of this album or the genius of the lyrics.

A beat that plays in my head at least 100 times a day since I was a teenager and the album dropped.

Simply put: a classic...

God i miss those days...i was a lil teenager when this was in rotation.

DPs Forever, For-Eva

Who's listen to this in 2018?

me
not as cool as u obv!!

2019 and still as funk as ever

blissful mellow relaxing peaceful...dig

What the fuck is up with all the fucking commericals? You suck

Wasn't up to me! lol my uploads aren't monetized, so blame Google/Youtube :(

They were years ahead of their time. The problem is no one recognize them as being geniuses just another rap group from NY.

We should put this album on the next 'Voyager' space craft. It's a priceless cultural gem.

1Excuse me, let me, oh no, the best album ever! I'm going all in on this record.

One of the most beautiful recordings of my life. Thank you for sharing. I've listened to this a thousand times and still don't understand but I feel it, hear it and love it.

Amazing song 👌

Ishmael Butler is still making amazing hiphop.
shabazz palaces look him up

Dexim I definitely will. The brotha is supremely talented

2:18 & 4:59

Jazz is the gateway!!!!

even better than the first album.......although I love that one too

FACTS ! Plus super rare to outdo your debut albums hype ! "Classic Material"

this sample is amazing

to open your eyes

Chill comment section. Real heads are always nice

Lets be honest back in 1994 the white music critics (and a few conscious blacks) were the ones showing the Blowout Comb album love .... back then the lumpen mass didnt support ... and they still dont - - they picked gangsta rap and all the other commercial bullshit since.... they deserve what they got..... They are the ones why rap has not lived up to its potential. They supported the crap that the music industry execs threw at at them instead of what their brightest young people worked on lovingly for them for upliftment.

I Agree with almost All, except the "and a few conscious blacks" part. That is Ignorant.

No john is right kevin. And yes Baron that is how it was. I can still remember being talked down in conversations when I said Digable Planets was my favorite rap group and some wanna gang member said they didn't count because they were a representation of hip hop not rap. Talk about splitting hairs. You don't know kevin. Stfu!

john cale youre full of shit greek. the howard crowd played this shit day and night, 94 was the year white people discovered concious rap and this is one the records you people took! white people destroyed digable planets record sales. i go to a planets show today and its all black cuz they dont like you mfs! back off ruin your own music.

You dumb clown the conscious black crowd loved their hits! It was whites who weren’t expecting all the black talk in this second album so they destroyed their career by cutting it off from commercial promotions, radio etc.

True and even to this day a lot of whiteys like me love this music while the masses rave over the latest travis scott auto tuned mess.

The funk-a-naught from the kingdom of not?

hmmm....

Aaron Creagh Think about it!!

Digable Planets have always referenced jazz musicians( Sun Ra, Coltrane, Monk, etc.) For example, "funkanaut from the kingdom of not" is in reference to a Sun Ra composition called "Kingdom of Not" from the album Supersonic Jazz. Check it out!

perfect

i see comments from old ass mofos about how "todays rap sucks" man shut up. 1. theres plenty of rap out like this that you would love and 2. i can enjoy this shit and also turn up to young thug and lil yachty. they are not mutualy exclusive

Amarna Mousa.....
Hah Hah... I Feel you....

Armarna Mousa Stfu lyin ass gay nigga. Name one group out today with Digable Planets's sound.

shouts out to lil boat for bringing me here, juu kno i want dis fo lyyyyyyf

I think the critics (generally made up of mostly white folks) found this revolutionary (BLACK ) in comparison to the first lp..anyways I fuxx with some of the new trap shit, but this right here....always gets more play..positive,black, ego!!!!

I know they exist(ed), but I can't imagine what lower form of life could be critical of this masterpiece group.
For the record, I am a (FRECKLED) Mexican – Straight Outta PDX. I look "white" and benefit from that privilege.
Oh, yeah... there are lots of people like me who can appreciate the bigger picture. You should really consider fine tuning your (MESSAGE) if you want to be taken seriously. I've been in love with DP since I can't remember.
They brought the magic to the Crystal Ballroom not too long ago and, thankfully, nobody like you got in the way.

They were so ahead of their time

Anexis Ruiz. true..

Anexis Ruiz Agreed wholeheartedly!!

Blastin this for twenty years. Still the my favorite.

Me too, mate. 20 years. They were amazing... beyond words.

Me too Laura. Still my favorite too.

✌💛☝

Laura Leto Yes indeed! It sounds just as good now than when it dropped in ‘94. Maybe better 😎

Love the background of Big Daddy Kane! Long live the Kane!

That drum is sick, never heard another one like it in any hip hop song.

You'd prob really like No Negotiation from Psyche Origami then ;)

Long live the kane's bridge part

Ithat drum loop has been sampled in 40 other songs 😅
But damn does it sound good tho

@kidcat3000 podría mencionar algunas ?

Lokomotive 777 https://www.whosampled.com/The-Meters/Here-Comes-the-Meter-Man/sampled/

Marvelous!

Digable Planets, one of the most criminally underrated acts of the 1990s next to The Wiseguys.

How have we forgotten about these guys? So fucking great

Jazzzzzzz

This shit was ahead of its time

It still is.

Big facts!

really afrofuturism

True That!!

Goldie Wan Kenobi still is

perfect sample starts at 4:48

Damon Kenzo The Game savage lifestyle..fire.

werent made by no ordinary man

it's not a sample, it's live instrumentation

Renatto Belerofonte They mean that's a great part for someone else to sample.

There's a few samples that can be lifted, if ya gifted! Feel me? 🖖🤘✌💪

wooow..Awesome

Extraordinary! Word up!

Nice mellow beat and that Bass is 🔥 🔥I love this real type conscious rap kickin it for real, classic shit 🏆 👑 🇱🇾

This is when black music was truly black music. And they didn't care what the f*ck these record executives wanted. 20 years later, this music is still the jam. Timeless classic, hip and to the hop. Amen.

They maybe opened the door for Kanye

Fuck kanye

Amen brotha. The DP’s ain’t no sellouts 👊🏾

Lionel Kennedy Facts

This perfect wit all the protest in the streets.  Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, and Mr. Crawford in Cleveland RIP.

Marquis Eleby funny how this comment was sent two years ago and it's still going on today.

As KRS said, "My grandfather had to deal with the cops...my great-grandfather had to deal with the cops...and my great-great-great-, when it's gonna stop?" :-(

Michael C Weller Stfu racist scum. As if you forgot you're WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0:56 Do you wish to give up the right to remain silent?
0:58 HELL YEAH!

track 2 is one of the best jazz rap songs I've ever heard 

What do you mean "Track 2"?

it was the second track on the Blowout comb album

Dexim legend!

IT'S TIME FOR AQUA TV SHOW SHOW

WELCOME TO PARADISE

Ahaa 😂

Pure life.

so smooth. or like they say, creamy

Greatness...

oh ladybug....XD

Only Digable Planets can bring a vibe like this. An absolute masterpiece.

Ishmael Butler is still around. shabazz palaces is his current incarnation

Pure Music!!!