The album is named for the combs used to maintain an Afro hairstyle, and that’s significant. The group’s Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler said it summed up what they wanted to do with it: "It means the utilization of the natural, a natural style,” he has said.
Like with 1993’s debut Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), ‘utilizing the natural’ meant creating hip hop that blended jazz with the formidable rap skills of the aforementioned Butterfly, Craig ‘Doodlebug’ Irving and Mary Ann ‘Ladybug Mecca’ Vieira. Unlike that debut, it meant broadening to include guests such as Gang Starr’s Guru, Jeru the Damaja, and Jazzy Joyce.
Following the gold-selling commercial success of their debut, they here set out to prove their artistic prowess. This is intelligent, alternative hip hop that sounded like party music. Its lyrics are dense with wit, social commentary and politics – and its original inner sleeve was modeled on the newspaper of the Black Panther movement.
Its instrumentation includes sax, vibraphone and flute. Its samples – gathered from global cratedigging trips while touring the first album around the world – included Grant Green, Eddie Harris, Shuggie Otis and jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers (whose “We Live in Brooklyn, Baby” became “Borough Check” here). And yet at the same time its beats are infectious and its spirit undeniable.
This is an album firmly rooted in Brooklyn. “Growing up hearing and cherishing this album, it created a textured soundscape of a mythical world of rhymes, jazz, breakbeats, culture, art and urban ambiance,” says DJ and fan Mick Boogie in the liner notes. “When I moved to Brooklyn years later, I found that the world I imagined while listening to this classic LP actually really existed…”
Though Digable Planets have reunited on occasion since – and though their influence endures in every top-shelf rap act with a jazzy sensibility – the trio parted ways after Blowout Comb, citing that old favorite "creative differences”. Sometimes, the most volatile combinations create the best art.

Midnight Marauders is the third album by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released November 9, 1993 on Jive Records. It was released two years after A Tribe Called Quest's second album, The Low End Theory, and reached #1 on the R&B/HipHop Charts and #8 on the Billboard 200 in 1993. Midnight Marauders is also seen by many fans and critics as a classic jazz rap album along with The Low End Theory.

The Low End Theory is the second album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Released on September 24, 1991 through Jive Records, the album produced three singles: "Check the Rhime," "Jazz (We've Got)," and "Scenario."

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is the debut album by the alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on April 17, 1990[11] on Jive Records. Though the album was well-received critically, it had little mainstream appeal. The album did earn the band a devoted following, however, within the alternative hip hop community. People's Instinctive Travels was praised for its inventive lyricism and bizarre sense of humor, mixed with socially aware and literate message tracks. It is one of three albums included in The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. It also was certified gold by the RIAA on January 19, 1996. The record was given the perfect rating of 5 mics in The Source in 1990 — according to Pitchfork, it was the first album ever to receive this honor.

Be is the sixth studio album by American rapper Common, released May 24, 2005 on GOOD Music and Geffen Records. Primarily produced by hip hop artist Kanye West, the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart with 185,000 copies sold in its first week.

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Artwork – Syu
Lyrics By – Shing02
Producer – Nujabes

忘れもしないあの衝撃よ、再び…！インディペンデント・ヒップホップ・シーンを根幹から激震させた1stアルバム「Metaphorical Music」から早や2年。トラックメイカー、Nujabesによる待望の2ndアルバムがリリース！音楽の持つ普遍性を踏襲しつつも、一層の進化/深化を遂げたNujabes第2章。研ぎ澄まされたメロディアスな旋律が聴き手の様々な感情を呼び起こし、フィジカルさとヴァリエイションを増したビートがその感情に躍動感を注入。ダンス/クラブ・ミュージックという言葉ではもはや形容しきれないほどの完成度を持つ驚異的な楽曲群。今作でも5曲に、Pase Rock（Five Deez）、Shing02、Cise Starr、AKIN、そしてTerry Calierと、全く隙のない豪華ヴォーカリスト達をフィーチャー。2005年最後にして最大の話題作が遂にここに誕生！

After her wildly impressive 2016 mixtape Telefone, Chicago-based slam poet/rapper, Noname (aka Fatimah Warner) has released her highly anticipated debut LP, Room 25—and it’s everything we’ve been hoping for. The record (which Warner funded and released independently) feels effortlessly laid-back as it bounces from intimate and evocative, to minimal to infectious, groovy, seductive and soulful. Her flow is polished yet nuanced, and the entire album is quite mesmerizing—from the first few seconds onward.

◎两位嘻哈界才气纵横高手二度携手出辑
◎英国卫报满分推崇：「坦率且十足耀眼的嘻哈之作」、NME不仅满分力捧，直接将此作誉为「2019年最佳饶舌专辑」
◎好友Pusha T、Killer Mike、Anderson Paak、Yasiin Bey、Black Thought情义相挺
【关于Freddie Gibbs】
来自美国印第安纳州，本名Fredrick Jamel Tipton的Freddie Gibbs，早在2006年就已签入环球唱片旗下，录製好首张专辑后，却遭逢内部改组而不幸解约。4次提名葛莱美的饶舌大将Young Jeezy让Freddie进入自创品牌CTE World之中，陆续交出多张Mixtapes，却又再度成为无约艺人。Freddie乾脆自创ESGN厂牌，2013年终于如愿送上处女秀《ESGN》，后续分别于2015和2017年发行《Shadow Of A Doubt》、《You Only Live 2wice》两张作品，也在告示牌流行榜上寻获踪迹！
【关于Madlib】
集DJ、混音师、製作人、多项乐器演奏家、饶舌歌手…等身分，来自加州本名Otis Jackson Jr.的Madlib，曾陆续操刀Erykah Badu、De La Soul、Mos Def、Snoop Dogg、Kanye West、Anderson Paak、Ghostface Killah等大明星/团队的作品。2000年代开始，算密集的于独立厂牌推出作品，其风格从嘻哈、饶舌到爵士、雷鬼、放克、迷幻、电子…等领域无所不包，也体验这位才子多元的音乐尝试与实验精神！
【关于Bandana】
自2014年的《Piñata》之后，Freddie Gibbs和Madlib二度合作发表《Bandana》，精彩呈现80年代老学院嘻哈之声，不忘带入现代嘻哈衬入，撞击出无比正点的街头律动！英国卫报满分推崇：「坦率且十足耀眼的嘻哈之作」、NME不仅满分力捧，直接将此作誉为「2019年最佳饶舌专辑」，其馀传媒：滚石杂志(4/5)+AllMusic(4.5/5)+Exclaim!(9/10)+Pitchfork(8.1/10)…都一面倒的送上高度评价！直奔美国流行榜第21名+英国节奏蓝调榜NO.10席次。没有庞大的合作阵容，但是仍有好友Pusha T、Killer Mike、Anderson Paak、Yasiin Bey、Black Thought情义相挺！
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Simbi Ajikawo, crowned Little Simz, let's her work do the talking - and her prolific releases and boundary-breaking achievements clearly tell a story of a pioneering Hip Hop artist who leads the way on her own terms. Giving lauded, energetic performances, critically acclaimed albums, sold-out headline shows around the world, and international tours with the likes of Gorillaz, Anderson.Paak and Ab-Soul, this visionary 24 year old woman from North London is living out her childhood dreams to heights of excellence - and inspiring her generation to do the same.

On their final album, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi rekindle a chemistry that endeared them to hip-hop fans worldwide. Filled with exploratory instrumental beds, creative samples, supple rhyming, and serious knock, it passes the headphone and car stereo test. “Kids…” is like a rap nerd’s fever dream, Andre 3000 and Q-Tip slaying bars. Phife—who passed away in March 2016—is the album’s scion, his roughneck style and biting humor shining through on “Black Spasmodic” and “Whateva Will Be.” “We the People,” “The Donald,” and “The Killing Season” (featuring an uncredited Kanye West) show ATCQ’s ability to move minds as well as butts. We got it from Here—Thank You 4 your service is not a wake or a comeback—it’s an extended visit with a long-missed friend, and a mic-dropping reminder of Tribe’s importance and influence.

你们知道的蛋堡是寡言的媒体绝缘体，歌迷们仅能从这几年来发行的五张作品中去理解他。于是在你的印象里蛋堡可能是「关于小熊」里面的浪漫才子，可能是「少年维持着烦恼」那样的忧郁文青，亦可能是「经典」一曲里面能量满载的饶舌歌手，甚至是在巷弄里踩着脚踏车的街头观察家。而这些作品呈现的都只是蛋堡的一部分，却从来不能完整的让人理解他。射手座从来不喜欢被人误解的感觉，于是蛋堡决定写一张关于「杜振熙」这个人的专辑，用自己的名字作为一个大题目，好好讲清楚。
不管被喜欢/被讨厌/被期待/走在路上被认出来，成名的代价是私人空间逐渐被瓦解，时间和作息被起伏不定的躁期和郁期所绑架，创作成就了自己，也毁灭了自己。在这个计划里，他试图用最坦诚的态度，尽可能将你所不知道的他：那些在世人目光炬炬的照射下，产生的所有黑暗和自溺，毫不保留的一次释放出来。
这是一场赤裸裸血淋淋的“内部整修”工程记录，当我们都对生命如此失望，多数人选择吸食一种名为“小确幸”的毒品来麻醉自己，却暗自期待世界末日这次真的来临，也许我们都该面对那个别人不知道，你也从不愿去揭开的自己。
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蛋堡
因為小時候疼愛他的老爸每天載他去上學的時候都會點一份麥當勞火腿蛋堡讓他當早餐。然而他往後用饒舌來創作的關鍵，並非如國外饒舌歌手眼見街頭火拼喋血而有所體悟，反倒像吳宇森式般的浪漫為其風格，高三那年夥同熱舞社的學弟破天荒以一首饒舌歌曲 School Life (一中生活)」拿下兩校合辦歌唱比賽的創作組冠軍。一夥兄弟就此搞出個竹幫（Bamboo Gang)此一創作力旺盛的饒舌男孩團體，且一直持續到大學畢業為止。念視覺傳達即將畢業的最後一年，他被一個唸起來諧音有點尷尬的獨立音樂廠牌"顏社"找來炮製其他饒舌歌手的編曲，而蛋堡私底下自己錄製的作品，卻意外讓老闆迪拉胖發現他輕柔的饒舌風格竟是如此吸引人，白描的歌詞更將一個敏感神經質蒼白少年所面對的都會糾結立體的勾勒出來，這樣別樹一致的"輕饒舌"風格隨著作品的不斷釋出讓蛋堡累積了為數不少的歌迷，而蛋堡的十幾首DEMO早在海內外忠實聽友間透過網絡大肆流傳且蔚為風行，儼然成為繼熱狗，大支之後最受矚目的新生代饒舌歌手，然而不僅僅於此，從蛋堡之後，饒舌歌手的定義可能得重新改寫：饒舌歌手不一定要站在街頭才能咆嘯傳道，也可以悠閒的坐在星巴克，就著咖啡香與查特貝克記錄著台北天天上演的都會傳奇。
收斂水
"這是一張用聽的收斂水，他滋潤的是你龜裂乾渴的靈魂，
收斂的是你耳道裡佔據的城市喧囂"
你不妨別把這當做是一張出色的華語饒舌音樂專輯，不如就把它看做是一本短篇散文集，由作者自己譜曲，且將散文入詞錄製成一張用聽覺來感受的作品如何？但總不能只憑這樣的漂亮說詞就能唬弄大眾，於是顏社又幹了一件沒人幹過的事情，真的把這張專輯從裡到外徹底弄成一本精裝硬皮散文集了。
蛋堡與熱狗這雙好友
"如果熱狗是張菲，蛋堡應該就是費玉清。"
如果饒舌歌手有兩種極端，酒色雙修無畏緋聞的夜生活之王熱狗肯定是饒舌圈的綜藝大哥大張菲，而文弱纖瘦甚至帶點娘氣的蛋堡就像小哥費玉清一樣開口如詩令人醉，但歌詞押韻間葷腥不忌的坦然程度卻令人為之絕倒。而這對台灣饒舌圈的龍兄虎弟私底下倒真的是酒友球友兼音樂夥伴，臭味相投有之，惺惺相惜也有之，兩年前的台客搖滾結束後本色打算製作一張水滸傳式的台灣嘻哈合輯，熱狗大力向製作人舉薦顏社的製作拍檔，蛋堡和迪拉胖，從此兩人種下這段不解之緣。不但一起合作了一場塞爆夜店的"熱狗夾蛋堡"，台灣的饒舌有冕王與無冕王同時登台傳為一時佳話。而後蛋堡自然也參與了熱狗08年新專輯的製作以補償熱狗幾年下來在夜店招待大夥所揮霍的酒資。