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Digable Planets deliberately disavowed the toughness of hip-hop culture the trio's leader called himself Butterfly, his foil Ladybug purred like Eartha Kitt and they produced hooks out of lines such as InchWe're just babies, manInch. Despite occasional flashes of sorrow (like the pro-choice recitation InchLa Femme FetalInch), the group is happy and laid back on this debut, with tracks made out of old jazz records and finger-snaps, and words that draw on 50s hipster slang. Reachin' spawned the Grammy-winning single InchRebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)Inch, and after this album, their joyous BlueNote-and-black-lights bounce lost some of it's novelty. -Douglas Wolk Album Tracks 1. It's Good to Be Here 2. Pacifics (From the Soundtrack to the Motion Picture 'N.Y. Is Red Hot') 3. Where I'm from 4. What Cool Breezes Do 5. Time & Space (A New Refutation of) 6. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) 7. Last of the Spiddyocks 8. Jimmi Diggin Cats 9. La Femme Fetal 10. Escapism (Gettin' Free) 11. Appointment at the Fat Clinic 12. Nickel Bags 13. Swoon Units 14. Examination of What
