Digable Planets Reunite... Again (Sort Of)

The news in 2005 was so happy that jazzy hip-hop heads may actually remember where they were when they heard it: the Digable Planets had reunited for a live tour, putting their differences behind them and resurrecting the funk they had purveyed on Reachin' in '93 and Blowout Comb in '94. Ten years had been too long to live without them. Bootleg recordings of their first reunited shows made the rounds, featuring Butterfly, Doodlebug (aka Cee Know) and Ladybug (aka Mecca) still sounding on point, and the reunion tour was accompanied by The Creamy Spy Chronicles, a sort of greatest hits album culled from just two previous full-length releases.

All three of the Digable Planets have pursued solo careers since their heyday as a Grammy-winning trio, but none has come anywhere near the success the Digable Planets enjoyed as a group, which might be why they stuck it out through another 2008 tour and intended to join forces for a Summer 2009 tour as well. Alas, whatever differences had come between them in the past became contentious once again, and that tour was canceled, reportedly due to infighting. What a shame.

If you happen to live in the Northeast U.S. and love the Digable Planets, there's some good news for you this week - sort of - via brooklynvegan. Two of three Planets, Butterfly and Doodlebug, will be playing a string of five shows in NYC, Philly, Maine and Massachusetts in October. Will it be the same without Mecca the Ladybug? Probably not. But after two breakups, this may be as close to the real thing as we're ever going to get.

-- Courtney Powell

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