Gorilla vs. Bear — Brace yourself for our second gushing Light in the Attic post of the week: the... Read more » more info

Brooklyn Vegan — original Digable Planets promo photo with Ladybug vs their last promo photo Earlier this month, news began circulating that Digable Planets had plans to reunite with their original members in 2012 for a tour and a new album, which would... more info

Guardian Music — This story was removed from the site on 7 December 2011 because it was discovered to be inaccurate.Hip-hopguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our... more info

Guardian Music — Trailblazing hip-hop trio to make first album since 1994 – despite one member juggling success with Shabazz PalacesDigable Planets' original lineup are to reunite in 2012, recording a new album and setting out on tour. Legends of "conscious" hip-ho... more info

Stereogum — Ishmael “Butterfly” “Palaceer Lazaro” Butler has lately been busy with Shabazz Palaces, his much-loved Seattle avant-rap crew. But Butler first came to our attention as one third of the early-’90s boho-rap trio Digable Planets, the group re... more info

KEXP Seattle — There’s a good reason that Seattle group Shabazz Palaces is receiving national critical acclaim (including an 8.8 from Pitchfork!): there is just nothing like them. The semi-mysterious hip hop project was first credited to Palaceer Lazaro, who, ove... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)In January 2010 a guy called Rich Jensen (@richjensen) sent out a cryptic tweet. "Somebody has to say it: Neumos Friday felt like OK Hotel (April 17, '91) when an Aberdeen trio first dropped a song about teen deodorant."It's worth translatin... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)Sub Pop's first hip-hop signing are an anonymous collective with a no-album-credits policy, fronted by one Palaceer Lazaro, formerly known as Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler of the Grammy-winning 90s outfit Digable Planets. Black Up, their full-l... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Two decades ago, Ishmael Butler flapped his wings as Butterfly, one-third of the seminal ’90s New York hip-hop trio Digable Planets. Claiming coolness as its birthright and Miles Davis and two Herbies (Hancock & Mann) as elemental building blocks, ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Shabazz Palaces emerged out of the ether, or at least that's what group leader Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler would have you believe. The former Digable Planets MC originally operated under a veil of secrecy, taking the alias Palaceer Lazaro, declin... more info