Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Context
First single by the trio Digable Planets, from the album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), built on a sample of "Stretching" by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. It reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993 and won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Dutch jazz.