The Digable Planets’ left-field hit single and MTV Buzz Bin staple “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” arrived in the middle of Gangsta Rap’s commercial heyday — three months after Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and nine months before Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggystyle. The East Coast-based trio — Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, Craig “Doodlebug” Irving and Mary […]