Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Digable Planets
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We like the breeze flow straight out of our lids Them they got moved by these hard-rock Brooklyn kids Us flow a rush when the DJ's boomin' classics You dig the crew on the fattest hip hop records He touch the kinks and sinks into the sounds She frequents the fatter joints called undergrounds Our funk zooms like you hit the Mary Jane They flock to booms man boogie had to change Who freaks the clips with mad amount percussion Where kinky hair goes to unthought of dimensions Why's it so fly cause hip hop kept some drama When Butterfly rocked his light blue-suede Pumas What by the cut we push it off the corner How was the buzz entire hip hop era? Was fresh and fat since they started sayin' Audi 'Cause funks made fat from right beneath my hoodie The puba of the styles like miles and shit Like sixties funky worms with waves and perms Just sendin' chunky rhythms right down ya block We be to rap what key be to lock But I'm cool like dat [x7] I'm cool...I'm cool... We be the chocolates taps on my raps innovates at the sweeta cat naps He at the funk club with the vibrate Them they be crazy down with the ?five plate? It can kick a plan then a crowd burst Me I be diggin' it with s bump verse Us we be freakin' 'til dawn blinks an eye He gives the strangest smile so I say hi (wassup) Who understood yeah understood the plan Him heard a beat and put it to his hands What I just flip let borders get loose How to consume or they'll be just like juice If its the shit we'll lift it off the plastic The babes'll go spastic Hip hop gains a classic Pimp playin' shock it don't matter I'm fatter Ax Butta how I zone (man Cleopatra Jones) And I'm chill like dat [x7] I'm chill...I'm chill... Blink..blink..blink..blink..blink..blink..blink.... Think..think..think..think..think..think..think... We get ya free cause the clips be fat boss Them they're the jams and commence to goin' off She sweats the beat and ask me cause she puffed it Me I got crew kids seven and a crescent Us cause a buzz when the nickel bags are dealt Him that's my man with the asteroid belt They catch a fizz from the Mr. Doodle-big He rocks a tee from the Crooklyn non-pigs The rebirth of slick like my gangsta stroll The lyrics just like loot come in stacks and rolls You used to find a bug in a box with fade Now he boogies up your stage plaits twist or braids And I'm peace like dat [x7] I'm Peace Check it out man I groove like dat I'm smooch like dat I jive like dat I roll like dat Yeah I'm thick like dat I stack like dat I'm down like dat I'm black like dat Well yo I funk like dat I'm fat like dat I'm in like dat 'Cause I swing like dat We jazz like dat We freak like dat We zoom like dat We out...we out...
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Written by: Ishmael R. Butler, Mary Ann Vieira
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10 facts about this song
Music Group Formation"Digable Planets", the group that recorded "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)", was formed in 1989. The group is made up of members Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving.
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Genre ClassificationThe song falls under the genre of jazz rap, a fusion of hip-hop and jazz which emerged in the late '80s and early '90s.
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Album Debut"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" is from "Digable Planets’" debut album titled "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)" which was released in 1993.
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Grammy AwardThe song won a Grammy Award in 1994 for 'Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group', marking a high point in the group's career.
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Use of Samples"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" notably uses samples from numerous jazz songs, including "Stretching" by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
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High Chart PositionThe single was a commercial success, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart of Billboard.
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Platinum CertificationThe Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum, marking over one million units sold.
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Subsequent RemixesThe song has been sampled and remixed by various artists, and it was even re-released by the group in 2005 on the album "Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles."
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Influence on Hip-HopIts melding of jazz elements with hip-hop was seen as pioneering and helped lay the groundwork for the genre of jazz rap.
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Pioneering LyricsThe song's lyrics reflect Afrocentric and pan-African themes, which were groundbreaking in hip-hop at the time.
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