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Romesh welcomes the Philadelphia hip-hop group Digable Planets onto the show for a chat. Featuring music from Camp Lo, Knucks and MC Lyte.

Romesh gets the inside scoop on Philadelphia's hip-hop trio Digable Planets, before they head to this year’s London Jazz Festival to celebrate 30 years of their 1994 album Blowout Comb. Together, they talk 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.

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57 minutes

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Sat 22 Aug 202600:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Snoop Dogg

    Signs (feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake)

    • Geffen.

  • Camp Lo

    Coolie High

    • Arista.

  • Subculture Sage

    Chances

  • Shade Sheist

    Where I Wanna Be (feat. Kurupt & Nate Dogg)

    • Geffen.

  • Knucks

    Studio Fit Riddim

  • MC Lyte

    Thank You (feat. Mary Mary & Muni Long)

    • My Block Inc.

  • Ja Rule

    Mesmerize (feat. Ashanti)

    • I.G. Records, Inc..

  • Digable Planets

    Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

    • Pendulum Records.

  • Digable Planets

    Where I'm From

    • Pendulum Records.

  • Digable Planets

    Jettin'

    • Pendulum Records.

  • dead prez

    Hip-Hop

    • Loud.

  • Eve

    Satisfaction

    • Ruff Ryders.

  • Craig Mack

    Flava In Ya Ear

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Nov 202400:00
    BBC Radio 2
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  • Sat 22 Aug 202600:00
    BBC Radio 2