| "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" | ||||
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| Single by Digable Planets | ||||
| from the album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Jazz rap | |||
| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Pendulum, Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ishmael Butler, Craig Irving, Mariana Vieira | |||
| Producer(s) | Butter Fly | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" on YouTube | ||||
"Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" is a song by American hip hop trio Digable Planets, released as the first single from their debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), in November 1992. The black-and-white music video was directed by Morgan Lawley.[1] The song contains a sample from "Stretching" by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. [2]
"Rebirth of Slick" peaked at No. 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 during the week of March 6, 1993, becoming the group's only top-40 single. During that time, the song also topped the Hot Rap Singles chart. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 16, 1993, for sales of 500,000 copies. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 36th Grammy Awards. In 2021, Cleveland.com ranked the song as number 142 of the best 200 rap songs, calling it "the pinnacle of jazz rap."[3]
- ^ "More Work - Commercials & Music Videos". morganlawley.com. Morgan Lawley. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/12685/Digable-Planets-Rebirth-of-Slick-(Cool-Like-Dat)-Art-Blakey-and-the-Jazz-Messengers-Stretching/
- ^ "200 greatest hip-hop songs of all time". Cleveland. April 13, 2021.