The cultural division has been mirrored in sales figures as well. Over the last five years, the world of hip-hop has fragmented, reflecting the backgrounds of its protagonists - lower-middle-class youngsters talking gangster talk and middle-class bohemians talking art. 15 on Billboard's pop chart.ĭigable Planets' growing acclaim is unusual. The group, which fuses elements of jazz with rap, has a hit single, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," and a hit first album, "Reachin' (a New Refutation of Time and Space)," which made its debut two weeks ago at No. A year ago, one member of the rap group Digable Planets worked at a record store in Manhattan, a second sold sneakers to tourists in midtown, and the third was a security guard.
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