Diggin' In The Digits

Whilst Prodigy made a genuine attempt to put out solo bodies of work outside of Mobb Deep business, Havoc took until 2007 to drop his first solo record and it wasn't until his third album that he actually put effort into it all.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:35)Ben:Danny Brown - StardustCharlie:Ukweli & Xenia Mannasseh - MAYBE IIREASON - Everything In My Soul_BLUEBLK ODYSSY - MOOD CONTROLKaicrewsade - Joint4u!Flwr Chyld - InsydeOutKhruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You iiDanny Brown - StardustKofi Stone - All The Flowers Have BloomedCHIKA - WISH YOU WERE (T)HERE p-rallel - SELECTAChe Noir & 7xvethegenius - Desired CrownsTOBi & Real Bad Man - The Perfect BlueTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:59)The Kush - (18:53)Hidden Files - (25:06)13 - (32:04)13 Reloaded - (38:54)Lighter Note - (48:09)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

The solo discography of Prodigy is all over the place to put it lightly. A great debut, a surprisingly good sophomore and then a stretch of albums that go from love songs to dark, philosophical work with a healthy dose of illuminati talk throughout.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)Charlie:Tara Lilly - Quiet Nights (Early Takes)Treasure Bloom - Garden of HedonAlemeda - But What The Hell Do I Knowrum.gold - Is There Anybody Home? (Part 2)Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:58)H.N.I.C. - (8:47)Return of the Mac - (14:39)H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 - (20:30)H.N.I.C. 3 - (25:00)The Bumpy Johnson Album - (31:20)Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation) - (35:36) The Hegelian Dialectic 2: The Book of Heroine - (42:24) Lighter Note - (52:09) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

At 21 years old, two rappers from Queens dropped one of the greatest albums in music history. But some forget that "The Infamous" wasn't Mobb Deep's beginning (Literally! It was their sophomore album!) and it certainly wasn't their end. So past the "capital C" Classic, what is Mobb Deep in totality?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:22)Ben:Big L - Harlem's FinestCharlie:Saba - C0FFEE!Makaya McCraven - The People's MixtapeMakaya McCraven - Hidden Out!Makaya McCraven - PopUp ShopMakaya McCraven - Techno LogicKnucks - A Fine African ManThe Cavemen. - Cavy In The CityNaomi Kimpenu - RepriseThe Doppelgangaz - Bet on Black CloakHalle - love?... or something like itHit-Boy & The Alchemist - GOLDFISHNectar Woode - it's like I never leftDeborah Bond - Naomi's FinestReuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOMETopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:42)Juvenile Hell - (20:29)The Infamous - (26:32)Hell on Earth - (31:42)Murda Muzik - (37:51)Infamy - (42:11)Amerikaz Nightmare - (48:13)Blood Money - (50:49)The Infamous Mobb Deep - (56:51)Infinite - (59:36)Lighter Note - (1:05:50) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

We finish our UKBHM series for the month of October with an artist of recent memory to see how Hip-Hop and the sheer amount of genre-bleeding in the early 2010s was displayed in spectacular fashion from Tinie Tempah, who went from Underground Grime MC to the most famous UK rapper in the space of a year and kept that title until Stormzy dropped "Vossi Bop".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05)Ben:Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp Charlie:Nappy Nina - Sweets For CynicsPlanet Giza - The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later, Vol. 3Katori Walker - The War WithinJayaHadADream - Happiness From AgonyNiko Is. & J. Rawls - The Optimist's SonHannah Jadagu - DescribeSister Nancy & Mad Professor - ArmageddonYazmin Lacey - Teal Dreams Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOME Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:33) Disc-Overy - (19:52) Demonstration - (34:33) Youth - (47:00) Lighter Note - (1:07:03) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Credit to the Nation - led by West Midlands native MC Fusion - was a clear-cut child of Public Enemy but compared to another PE child in Hijack, CTTN was probably more blunt in leftist messaging (akin to Sistah Souljah) along with Brummie & Patios accents to add texture to the unique nature of Fusion and his crew.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:53)Ben:Tame Impala - DeadbeatCharlie:Chronixx - ExileCharlotte Dos Santos - Neve AzulCurren$y - 10/15Adrian Younge & Carlos Dafé - Carlos Dafé JID025 7xvethegenius - Self 7xve 3Monaleo - Who Did The BodyTame Impala - Deadbeat Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:17) Take Dis - (20:52)Daddy Always Wanted Me to Grow a Pair of Wings - (31:13) Mad Dogs and Englishmen - (38:11) Lighter Note - (50:23) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Yorkshire outfit Unique 3 made waves in the dawn of the 90s with a new subgenre "Bleep Techno", the first homegrown EDM subgenre in the UK. Their subsequent debut album blended not just their pioneering sound but also blended Hip-Hop to create a sound that was... Well... Unique for the time.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02)Ben -Mobb Deep - InfiniteCharlie -Jordyn Simone - NO DEMO LEFT UNHEARD VOL. 2Blue Earth Sounds - Cicero NightsSummers Sons - Dare To WonderHollie Cook - Shy GirlMatt Wilde - Find A WayNegros Tou Moria - MAVRI ELLADAThe Cool Kids - Hi Top FadeRuby Rushton - Legacy!Mobb Deep - InfiniteRobert Glasper - Keys To The City Volume OneTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:38) Jus' Unique - (20:01) Invasive Signals - (33:10) Lighter Note - (41:12)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Happy October and happy UK Black History Month! Our first of four retrospectives this month is dedicated to two sisters that fused Hip-Hop with the burgeoning UK House/Acid House movement of the late 80s/early 90s whilst also paying homage to their Caribbean roots through the music and most notably their memorable name.TIMESTAMPSWeekly Music Roundup - (0:52)Charlie:She Who Won't Be Named - From She Withnineteen97 - CUDDABEENA*Barney Artist - They Changed When I DidMick Jenkins & EMIL - A MURDER OF CROWSJaydonclover - a constant state of blueMyka 9, Blu & Mono En Stereo - God Takes Care Of Babies & FoolsSven Wunder - DaybreakDizzy Wright & Kxvi - Soul SearchingAnaiis - Devotion & The Black DivineSay She She - Cut & Rewind Alfa Mist - RouletteTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:26)The Beat, The Rhyme, The Noise - (19:33) Be Aware - (30:28) Lighter Note - (42:58) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Hello DITD listeners! Charlie here. Just wanted to drop you my latest interview with upcoming Alt-R&B artist Kairos The Writer off the back of his recent EP release "AND STILL I LOVE". Enjoy!Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock BerriganInterlude - "Remedy" By DezaulaitChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

The Brooklyn-based Hip-Hop group Stetsasonic were one of the premier innovators of the 80s. At any given moment you could hear live instrumentation, sampling and beat-boxing. You could also hear elements of Jazz, R&B, Reggae & Rock. Considering their era, the creative foundations they laid is undeniable.Weekly Music Roundup - (0:42)Charlie:Kairos The Writer - AND I STILL LOVEFloFilz - HagakiOl' Burger Beats - 74: Out of Time (Reimagined)Vic Spencer - Trees Are UndefeatedKojey Radical - Don't Look DownMega - I Am EnoughMnelia - COMPLICATED.A-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 3Sol ChYld - Rebirth.TheoryVerbz & Mr Slipz - THE WAY FWDCARRTOONS - Space CadetLady Wray - Cover GirlDurand Jones & The Indications - FlowersJohn Wells - I don't wanna die (Pt. 1)Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:45) On Fire - (20:51) In Full Gear - (31:04) Blood, Sweat & No Tears - (43:47)Here We Go Again - (55:38) Lighter Note - (1:07:33) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

The 00s was a unique moment in Hip-Hop history and American culture at large. A lot of the hallmarks of 00s Hip-Hop could be seen through Harlem's own DIPSET, led by Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana & Freekey Zekey.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02)Ben:Cardi B - Am I The DramaDestroy Lonely - </3Charlie:Meduulla & Ethan Hill - Tabula RasaThe Last Artful, Dodgr - databreachO01: Mr. I Don't MissMonster Florence - PETTY CASHCurren$y - 9/15Meron T - PalindromeHalima - SWEET TOOTHReggie Becton - The Last Great American SummerJoy Crookes - Juniper Ian Kelly - BecomingRia Moran - CubicoJamie Leeming - SequentTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:50)Diplomatic Immunity - (25:24)Diplomatic Immunity 2 - (39:12)Diplomatic Ties - (51:10)Lighter Note - (1:00:40)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

On this edition of Contemporary Cool: Charlie gets to the bottom of why he's not that into Freddie Gibbs by spinning his debut album and Ben invites torture by having us talk about supergroup Slaughterhouse's poorly aged sophomore effort.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:Ice Cube - Man UpJermaine Dupri - Magic CityCharlie:Yoni Mayraz - Dogs Bark Babies CrySteven Bamidele - THE CRASH!Venna - MALIKSteam Down, Ahnansé & Afronaut Zu - I Realised It Was MeChance The Rapper - STAR LINEMarquise Fair - Better WorldKinzoogianna - The Clique of '86Rapsody & Madlib - MadRapsSummer Banton - Symptoms of MeHeather Victoria - I Can't Make This UpK.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - Anger ManagementKassa Overall - CREAMJoviale - Mount Crystal Vanilla - Time Goes By, Pt. IIESGN - (17:35) Welcome To: OUR HOUSE - (39:55)Lighter Note (Every Noise at Once) - (1:00:33) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

The brothers in Prince Be & DJ Minutemix that make up the duo P.M Dawn have been - in hindsight - a marketing casualty. They forever hold the record of being the first African American Hip-Hop act to get No.1 on Billboard. But whilst that track & their debut album traffic in a Hip-Hop fusion, their works after that lean much more into R&B, creating a discography built on fluidity, deep lyrics and unfortunately, an American audience that probably never understood them.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)Ben:Curren$y - 8/30Charlie:Yeza & Rorystonelove - Star Of The EastBraxton Cook - Not Everyone Can GoAmaarae - BLACK STARRich Brian - WHERE IS MY HEAD?Robert Glasper - Code Derivation Shing02 - 抒情詩歌/JOJOSHIKAD Smoke - Wake Up SupaRuby Francis - Pages of PhilosophyRakim - The RE-UP Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies Chip Wickham - The Eternal NowEl Michels Affair - 24 Hr SportsCurren$y - 8/30Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:37)Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience - (20:18)The Bliss Album...? - (31:39)Jesus Wept - (40:34)Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad - (47:22)Fucked Music - (55:58)Lighter Note - (1:11:16)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

In the Gang Starr/Guru/DJ Premier universe, there are plenty of artists that have made a name for themselves, some that haven't, and then in the middle is Group Home. With a classic debut and iconic tracks on said album, what did they muster up without Preemo on speedial?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:50)Charlie:UMI - people storiesDanni Baylor - Things About The World That Burden MeNOTORIOUS N.I.Q. - Man EaterMurs - Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)KAYTRANADA - AIN'T NO DAMN WAY! Rudimental - RUDIM3NTALKid Cudi - FreeGhostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 2Che Noir & The Other Guys - No ValidationThe Amours - Girls Will Be GirlsJesse Royal - No Place Like HomeSmith and The Honey Badgers - Killing TimeNate Smith - LIVE-ACTIONJoey Bada$$ - Lonely At The TopBlood Orange - Essex HoneyTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:28)Livin' Proof - (19:57)A Tear for the Ghetto - (31:19)Where Back - (37:35)Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal - (40:45)Forever - (46:13)Lighter Note - (51:16)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Another WG interview for you to step to! For this truly special conversation, we talk to Jazztronica multi-instrumentalist and Hip-Hop fan Anna Stubbs, AKA Kinzoogianna ahead of her album "The Clique Of '86" dropping 12th September.This nearly 90 minute conversation spans from her beginnings, living in California; being exposed to music early on and never looking back; taking Jazz in University; her career up to this point, all the way to her Top 5 and chatting Hip-Hop long after that.E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter & IG: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://the5thelement.co.ukPhotography: https://www.crt.photographyIntro Music - "Baxter" By Brock BerriganInterlude - "perenne" By Juan RIOSChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

We finish our Boot Camp Clik exploration with the talisman of the supergroup and co-founder of Duck Down Records: Buckshot. Covering his one and only solo record and the varied collab albums he produced in the 2000s/early 2010s.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)Ben:Offset - KiariGhostface- Supreme Clientele 2BigXthaPlug - I Hope You're HappyEarl - Live Laugh LoveCharlie:The Other Guys - Summer '92KYE - Kylie's RantLupe Fiasco - Samurai DXDivine Earth - LAVENDERCoast Contra - THE FIFTHEarl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh LoveKadeem Tyrell, P-rallel & Wilfy D - The Missing PartZyah Belle - Are You Still Listening?Shame Gang - Oil Stains & 808sBigXthaPlug - I Hope You're HappyMad Skillz - Words For Days, Vol. 1Lila Iké - Treasure Self LoveTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:35)The BDI Thug - (25:19)Chemistry - (32:50)The Formula - (38:13)Survival Skills - (42:11)The Solution - (51:35)Backpack Travels - (54:39)Lighter Note - (1:01:00)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence