Digable Planets

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Another chance to hear Romesh get the inside scoop on Philadelphia's hip-hop trio Digable Planets, before they headed to 2024's London Jazz Festival, to celebrate 30 years of their 1994 album Blowout Comb. Together they talked through the importance of being original in rap, some of their greatest hits and merging the sounds of jazz and hip-hop. There’s also time for tunes from Shade Sheist, Ja Rule, Subculture Sage, Kendrick Lamar and Eve. To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Romesh Ranganathan: For the Love of Hip-Hop". First broadcast in 2024. Produced by Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2.