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Track listing # Title Producer(s) Performer(s) Samples 1 "It's Good to Be Here" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Rain Dance" by Herbie Hancock "Black Satin" by Miles Davis "Samba de Orpheus" by Grant Green 2 "Pacifics" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Devika (Goddess)" by Lonnie Liston Smith "Take the Country to NY City" by Bohannon 3 "Where I'm From" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & The Drells "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "Ain't Nothin' Wrong" by KC & The Sunshine Band "Musica Del Alma" by T'n'T Boys 4 "What Cool Breezes Do" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Mystique Blues" by The Crusaders "Superfluous" by Eddie Harris 5 "Time & Space (A New Refutation Of)" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Mambo Bounce" by Sonny Rollins 6 "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Foodstamps" by 24 Carat Black "Blow Your Head" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers "Stretchin'" by Art Blakey and The Messengers 7 "Last of the Spiddyocks" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Trumpet Solo" by Steven Bernstein "String Bass Blues" by Alan Goldsher "Impeach The President" by The Honey Drippers 8 "Jimmi Diggin' Cats" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Summer Madness" by Kool & The Gang 9 "La Femme Fetal" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "OD" by Jimi Hendrix, Lightnin' Rod & Buddy Miles "Jazzoetry" by The Last Poets 10 "Escapism (Gettin' Free)" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Mothership Connection" by Parliament "Black Is Chant" by The Last Poets "Funky Worm" by The Ohio Players "Stretching" by Art Blakey "Lilies of the Nile" by The Crusaders "Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock 11 "Appointment at the Fat Clinic" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Blacknuss" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk 12 "Nickel Bags" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Give Me Your Love" by Curtis Mayfield "Movin' In The Right Direction" by Steve Parks "Easin' In" by Edwin Starr "Push Push" by Herbie Mann 13 "Swoon Units" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Saxophone Interlude" by Earth, Wind & Fire "Black Satin Amazon Fire Engine Cry Baby" by Kain[disambiguation needed ] 14 "Examination of What" Butterfly, Shane Faber, Mike Mangini Digable Planets "Listen and You'll See" by The Crusaders Reachin (A New Refutation of Time and Space) is the debut album by alternative hip hop group Digable Planets. It was released on September 27, 1993, by Pendulum/Elektra Records. The album was produced solely by Digable Planets' Butterfly and features raps by each of the group's members[4]. There are no guest performers on Reachin', but the production is heavily sample based. Butterfly samples artists including Kool & the Gang, James Brown and Herbie Hancock to provide the album with funky and jazzy beats. The lyrics tend to cover a wide scope of subject matter including the right to abortion ("La Femme Fetal"), the coolness of Digable Planets ("Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)") and the similarities between cannabis and funky music ("Nickel Bags")[5]. The single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" became a hit in 1993, breaking into the Top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[6]. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1994. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1993. In 1998, this album was listed in the The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums[7]. In 2008, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) was ranked number 62 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop[8]. The song "Rebirth of Slick (Coo...