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Diggin" In The Digits

The 5th Element Podcast Network

Welcome to "Diggin" In The Digits", where Creator of "Hip-Hop By The Numbers" Ben Carter and Director of "The 5th Element" Charlie Taylor deliver entirely unique retrospectives behind Hip-Hop"s biggest artists, stories & its roots, discussing them in detail. From Australia to the UK and beyond. A 5EPN Original.

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94:48

Ep.53 - DITD 1st Anniversary Special

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/04/07

Around this time last year, I DM'd Ben on a whim to pitch the idea of a Hip-Hop Podcast. He was up for it and gave it a year to see if it goes well. We planned to record a few Beta episodes to get our feet on solid ground, but the 2nd one we recorded was solid, so we thought "F*** it! Let's pull the trigger."And now we're here, 53 episodes later, no off week, always coming through on Tuesday with your weekly dose of me & Ben breaking down Hip-Hop in the way we do, with a sprinkle of our

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94:34

Ep.52 - Women's History Month '20 - Ms. Lauryn Hill

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/03/31

Ms Lauryn Hill has been an enigma once the turn of the century came around. A superstar talent discovered so early and lauded with praise and recognition in an even shorter amount of time. And then after 2002, she fell back. Since then we've seen her now and again with a feature or single & touring again but nothing suggests that she is going to fully get back into creating a full body of work. But as time goes by, her legacy grows. One of artistic freedom, vulnerability and walking

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80:07

Ep.51 - Women's History Month '20 - Salt-N-Pepa

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/03/24

Continuing our celebration of Women's History Month, the DITD duo turn their attention to another pioneer. Or should we say, pioneers?We take a look into the background, music and legacy of the legendary Salt-N-Pepa. The trio of Hip-Hop women that dominated the mid-late 80s with their music and culturally still hold relevance as the rare all-female Hip-Hop group that genuinely made waves.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (2:35)Topic Intro/background - (27:39)Chemistry is key, products of

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Ep.50 - Women's History Month '20 - Queen Latifah

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/03/17

Our Women's History Month celebration continues with another certifiable legend of Hip-Hop. The one & only Queen Latifah.Queen Latifah came into Hip-Hop as one not to be messed with. Lyrically she was (and still is) top tier, her first three albums are all classics in their own unique ways and outside of Hip-Hop, has carved a career in entertainment the average person would kill for. She's simply a pro in every sense and does everything with complete confidence.TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music

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85:36

Ep.49 - Women's History Month '20 - Missy Elliott

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2020/03/10

Missy Elliott has rightly been celebrated in the past few years. It's been wonderful to see such a modern legend get her flowers.But after this episode, we hope you realise that we're still not celebrating her enough. Not from a standpoint of influence but one of reverence. The term "one of one" is rarely the perfect phrase to describe someone but for Missy, it fits like a glove. The DITD duo attempt to paint the picture as to how Missy Elliott epitomises a trailblazer and a complete

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88:38

Ep.48 - The 2.4k Series (Pt.3 - Groups, Producers,...

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/03/03

Rejoice! We have finally come to the final part of our 2.4k Series! For the last instalment, we get into groups, (& duos...) Producers, Artists & Rappers.For some reason, recency bias is nearly thrown out of the window with these! (It still rears its head enough though...) We also spend a few minutes in the end with general reflections over the series and a sigh of relief as we can all move on and go back to our idyllic holes.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:58)Groups (&

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80:35

Ep.47 - The 2.4k Series (Pt.2 - Over/Underrated,...

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/02/25

The bloodbath goes on! Our 2.4k Series continues with four more categories: Overrated, Underrated, Most Consistent & Best Year.The overriding conversations for these? How we define these categories and the ABSURD level of recency bias. Some would say a criminal level of recency bias. The DITD duo gets into it all.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:14)Topic Intro - (20:08)Underrated - (22:39)Overrated - (33:33)Consistent - (48:40)Year - (58:45)Lighter Note - (1:12:52)Thanks for

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84:50

Ep.46 - The 2.4k Series (Pt.1 - Mixtapes, Songs &...

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/02/18

For those that follow Hip-Hop Numbers, you know that Ben took advantage of the viral sensation that 2.4k of you participated in. Listing off your All-Time favourites in several categories.After weeks of collecting and organising the data, Ben has blessed us with an all statistics-based mini-series. We're calling it the "2.4k Series".For Part 1, we go through the Top 15 Mixtapes, Songs & Albums. Let the bloodbath begin...TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:52)Topic Intro -

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83:26

Ep.45 - The Billie Eilish Debate

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/02/11

Some time has passed since Billie Eilish made her comments on Rap. Hip-Hop has constantly had to defend itself from comments like these decades before Eilish was even born. It's a dead conversation on the surface.But below the surface, there is a deeper conversation to be had. One of fighting for authenticity, why is it always Hip-Hop? One of confusion, why are artists like Eilish, Miley Cyrus & Post Malone getting chesty when previously it was washed Rockstars? The DITD duo looks into

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84:32

Ep.44 - You Think I Give A Damn About A Grammy?

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/02/04

The Grammys have been & gone and it's yet another year of disappointment. But this year feels different. Not only can the Recording Academy not recognise Hip-Hop like it's successfully done for decades, but now it's not even recognising Hip-Hop artists that explicitly say their work isn't Hip-Hop. But hey, black= Hip-Hop/R&B/Jazz, right? And let's not even start with "URBAN"...So what is the problem? And more importantly, what are the solutions? Should Hip-Hop plead for better

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85:31

Ep.43 - Mac Miller

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/01/28

A retrospective we didn't want to do at a crucial point in the subject's life & career. But due to his death and the recent posthumous release "Circles", this was the best time to dive into the music career of Mac Miller.For context: Ben has been a fan of Mac for years and parallels his life to Mac's. Charlie, however, only spun "The Divine Feminine" when it initially dropped and spent the week before recording taking a trip through Mac's career from "K.I.D.S" to "Circles".So it made

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Ep.42 - The Death of the 3rd Verse

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/01/21

The third verse. What used to be something that made Hip-Hop special is now on life support. In recent years, entire albums have been dropping that have no third verse to be seen. One could say that this is a concerted effort to make music shorter for the short attention masses. So what is going on? Why are artists omitting third verses? And what are the implications for mainstream Hip-Hop catering to the masses and not to the true essence?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:55)Topic Intro

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Ep.41 - DMX

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/01/14

DMX. Everybody knows DMX off the name alone. Even if you haven't heard a DMX album, you know what DMX sounds like. You may even know his motifs. "Rrrrr" "AR, AR" "WHAT!" "UH HUUUUUH!" "WHERE MY DOGS!". I guarantee you read those and heard him in your head.He's an iconic artist for more reasons than one. The DITD duo explores DMX. From his music, to his lyrical content, to his influence.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:52)Topic Intro - (11:13)Is DMX' realness the key to his cultural

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Ep.40 - Blogger Is King, Gossip Column Is Leading Ya

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2020/01/07

Think for a moment about where you get Hip-Hop news. Now think about where you get quotes from people of note. Unlike the regular News Journalism we all know of, Music Journalism isn't so easy to define. Because a majority of the news we get is either bare-bones information such as 1st Week sales or release dates. Or they simply come from the source and leads outlets to just regurgitate the information (e.g. An artist saying something incendiary on IG Live.)So what is Music Journalism? How

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Ep.39 - 2019 - What A Year, What A Year

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/12/31

Depending on who you are, 2019 was either a good year for Hip-Hop or a bad one. Factually, 2019 was a commercial dud. But look past the numbers and you will find plenty of artists taking centre stage with their work.The DITD duo recaps some of the year and looks forward to potential 2020 releases.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (3:36)Topic Intro & General Thoughts - (16:12)How we treat Music drops compared to other arts - (22:23)IGOR's success: Blip or trend? - (34:21)ROTD3 &

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Ep.38 - 2010s - A Decade Of Hits That'll Live Forever

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/12/24

The 2010s... It's been an interesting one for sure. The music landscape has shifted dramatically in the past 9-10 years. Hip-Hop is now a dominant force in the music world, it's become easier to get into music and to get big, but even harder to stay on top.The world has sped up so fast, but we attempt to slow it all down for an hour and look forward to the new decade as well as take a look back.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)Topic Intro - (15:23)2010 - 14, the years of change -

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Ep.37 - Posthumous Albums

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/12/17

The posthumous album is something that we want and don't want in equal measure. When somebody says "Do you want never-heard-before music from an artist you like?", of course, you're going to say yes! But when that artist isn't alive to have a say, some take pause and ask themselves do they want it?There are many places to look at posthumous albums, there are many examples, good and bad. The DITD duo discusses as many angles as possible.TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:52)Topic Intro -

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Ep.36 - Question. How Many Faking They Streams?

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/12/10

Certifications are confusing. Simple as that. A lot of us claim to know a lot about it but in reality, past platinum plaques, we know nothing.Charlie has been long done with the certifications ever since Nicki Minaj broke a record held by Aretha Franklin. Ben, as the numbers guy, stands on the other side of the fence but the two come together in acknowledging that these numbers, especially in the mainstream, are fugazi. We simply accept it as a mode of conversation and that's it.As you can

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83:49

Ep.35 - Albums of the 2010s, Part 4

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/12/03

Well. Here we are. The number 1 Album of the Decade. Throughout the past few weeks, Ben & Charlie have been going through their individual Top 10 AOTD's. From albums about blackness, concepts, mental health, self-reflection and looks into worlds we haven't experienced before. Both lists are interesting in different ways.But at the end of the day, it all came down to, not just the Hip-Hop Album of the Decade, but one of the greatest albums ever made, regardless of genre.No.1 on both

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Ep.34 - Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2010s Pt. 3

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2019/11/26

It's time for Part 3 of our four-part series covering our personal Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade. On this episode, we cover our list from 4 to 2.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (2:27)Topic Intro/Charlie's No.4 - (23:53)Ben's No.4 - (36:05)Charlie's No.3 - (48:23)Ben's No.3 - (1:00:59)Charlie's No.2 - (1:10:49)Ben's No.2 - (1:22:49)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved. Be sure to let us know that you're supporting us!Music - "Pizza And Video

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