Why Digable Planets' Blowout Comb is one of the greatest albums of all time

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Canonball is a segment that takes a closer look at albums that should be considered classics. This time around, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY of the One Song podcast discuss the game changing album Blowout Comb by Digable Planets.

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0:25.3	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:37.0	Hey! Hey! It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:48.1	Diallo Riddle is a writer and actor. He created Slow Jam The News on late night with
0:53.6	Jimmy Fallon. He appeared as an actor on
0:55.9	Silicon Valley, and he and his creative partner, Bashir Salahuddin, created the wonderful
1:02.2	television programs Sherman's Showcase and Southside. Diallo's podcasting partner is Blake
1:08.8	luxury Robin. That's luxury spelled with two X's. He's a record
1:13.7	producer and DJ with a special talent for breaking down how and why hit songs are hit songs,
1:21.6	especially when those hit songs have samples and break beats. He runs a TikTok and Instagram page where he does just that.
1:29.1	Between the two platforms, he's got almost a million followers.
1:32.9	There are many ways musicians borrow from other songs to make new ones.
1:36.6	One is interpolation,
1:38.2	which is when you use an element of a song but not the recording itself.
1:42.5	Oh yes, wait a minute, but not the recording itself. Oh yes. Wait a minute.
1:45.0	Mr. Bow's Man.
1:46.4	Oh yes.
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