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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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Ep.295 - WC

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/12/17

We finish our Westside Connection miniseries with WC who is definitely the more humorous of the three and is an underrated influence on where the West Coast went in the 00s and beyond.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:45)Ben:Snoop Dogg x Dr. Dre - MissionaryRoc Marciano x The Alchemist - The Skeleton KeyCharlie:Iotosh - FOR THE PEOPLEKota The Friend & Statik Selektah - Once In A Blue MoonSnoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - MissionaryVic Santoro - Clean Shoes Dirty TrainersAmahla - Ooooh

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74:24

Ep.294 - WC and the Maad Circle

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/12/10

Before WC went solo and became one third of the Westside Connection, he was head of WC and the Maad Circle which featured a pre-solo Coolio, Big Gee and DJ/Producer Crazy Toones.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:Rossy - Milwaukee Made Me / Wisconsin WorldwideCharlie:Janset & IKHANA - PROBLEMSShabaka - PossessionTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:47) Ain't a Damn Thang Changed - (12:39) Curb Servin - (26:35)Lighter Note - (36:41) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social

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86:39

Ep.293 - Mack 10

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/12/03

After covering Westside Connection last week, it was only right to get into the two artists not named Ice Cube. This week: Mack 10 whose easy style was good enough to make a pretty decent discography considering half the output was during the dreaded 00s.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52)Ben:duke deuce - tribeIce Cube - Man DownPete & Bas - MugshotBoldy James - The BricktionaryCharlie:Treasure Bloom - Passing TimeNejma Nefertiti, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata - Animal Barz IIKnucks

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69:38

Ep.292 - Westside Connection

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/11/26

The trio of Ice Cube, WC & Mack 10 comprised the group Westside Connection that dropped two albums filled with aggressiveness, anyone-can-get-it dissing and mentioned "Mount Westmore" before Cube, Snoop, Too $hort & E-40 got around to finally make that a reality. Whilst production was okay, their chemistry and lyrical ability raised the tide immensely.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:55)Ben:Cordae - The CrossroadsKendrick Lamar - GNXCharlie:Eva Gadd - I Don't TalkZino Vinci -

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Ep.291 - Contemporary Cool Vol. 14

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/11/12

It's time for another Contemporary Cool in which Ben makes a YouTube video with his pick of Ab-Soul's "HERBERT" and Charlie gives love to Garage with DJ Spoony-led "Garage Classical".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Ab-Soul - Soul BurgerASAP Ferg - DAROLDReal Boston Richey - Richey RichNatty - The Divine TrinityCharlie:Common Saints - Cinema 3000Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The WashingNectar Woode - Head Above WaterVibbar - Gyal ThoughtsMark Kavuma & The Banger Factory - Magnum

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Ep.290 - Young Thug: The Trial, Sentencing & Beyond

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/11/05

With the Young Thug/YSL RICO trial done & dusted, we invited Music Journalist & 5EPN Alum Brandon Hill to come through to talk about the trial, sentencing; the wider ramifications of this trial to Hip-Hop (& more specifically Lil Durk) and the implied silencing of Young Thug through his future musical content.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:17)Brandon:Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nceJoe James - BEAST LIVINGEarthGang - Perfect FantasyBen:Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nceBig

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Ep.289 - #UKBHM 2024: Neneh Cherry

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/29

For the final UKBHM retrospective of this year, we look at the career and solo discography of sonic nomad Neneh Cherry who has traversed the UK music landscape from the 80s onwards to now with a penchant for always doing it differently than her peers.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)Ben:Kembe X - it's not that deepNappy Nina - Nothing is my Favourite ThingDeJ Loaf - End of SummerPayroll Giovanni - Hustle MuzikCharlie:Imperial & Awon - On TempoThe Doppelgangaz - G Pack, Vol. 6Ray

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73:30

Ep.288 - #UKBHM 2024: Rebel MC

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/22

Before he was Congo Natty, he was Rebel MC and it is genuinely tough to decide which alter ego of dual threat Michael West is the most influential. As a Hip-Hop Pod, we cover Rebel MC and the three album run under that name, mixing Hip-Hop, House, Dance & Pop with samples from every Jamaican music genre to date.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:51)Ben:Benny The Butcher x 38 Spesh - Stabbed & Shot 2Yeat - Lyfestyleian - Goodbye HorsesDJ Rude One - Upper SpaceCharlie:Protoje - The

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Ep.287 - #UKBHM 2024: Demon Boyz

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/15

When UK Hip-Hop zigged, Demon Boyz zagged. Whilst they managed to get two albums out before their split, boy did they make effort to do it differently and incidentally became a key connection between Hip-Hop and Jungle. TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:Rome Streetz - Hatton Garden HoldupXV & Mike Summers - Blog Era Is Dead Iglooghost - Tidal Memory ExoCharlie:Layfullstop - RUGGED (Part 2)Nilla Allin - NILLAWOODCHERISE - ButterDeema - C4LL MY PHONEÄyanna - About Ä BoyMatt

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66:44

Ep.286 - #UKBHM 2024: Hardnoise / Son Of Noise

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/08

In our 2nd UKBHM retrospective for the '24 crop, we get into the group Hardnoise, (Now known as Son Of Noise) who - along with temporary label mates Hijack - brought an antagonistic edge to UK Hip-Hop.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47)Ben:Tee Grizzley - Post TraumaticThe Voidz - Like All Before YouJamie xx - In WavesCharlie:Mark Kavuma - The DandyLynda Dawn - 11th HourSuni MF - yellow goldAdrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 021Master Peace - How To Make A(nuva)

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39:21

An Interview W/ The Allergies

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/02

For a bonus episode, an interview for you to step to! Charlie talks to UK DJ/Production duo The Allergies, talking their beginnings, how they gained/cultivated their taste; their new album "Freak The Speaker" and their Top 5. If you haven't spun a WG interview, here's a good gateway for you!Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Hold Please" & "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN

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61:40

Ep.285 - #UKBHM 2024: MC Duke

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/10/01

We begin our 2024 edition of our UK Black History Month series with one of UK Hip-Hop's earliest success stories in MC Duke who was the guy in the late 80s, culminating in two albums of varying quality and the American vocal inflections that was plaguing the early years of UK Hip-Hop.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47)Ben:Tara Lily - Speak In The DarkCharlie:Vacatixn - GEMINI FLOWKamaiyah - Before We Party9th Wonder & Give Em Soul - ONE FORTY SEVENA-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 2The Hoodies

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Ep.284 - Method Man & Redman

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/09/24

The duo of Method Man & Redman seemed like an unofficial duo. They did a lot together in the late 90s/early 00s including "How High", two TV shows that got prematurely cancelled and of course the two "Blackout!" albums. But even with all that, it seemed like their partnership was more an "in the moment between friends" thing than genuinely building a musical legacy as a duo.Catch Up:Ep.128 - RedmanEp.149 - Method Man: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 4TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup -

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Ep.283 - Naughty By Nature

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/09/17

The trio of Naughty By Nature walked the tightrope better than anybody... Mainstream appeal but still Hip-Hop to the core; everybody and their grandmother has swayed to "Hip-Hop Hooray" and Naughty By Nature had the recipe for a few albums. But the tightrope walk didn't last forever.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Paris Hilton - Infinite IconCharlie:Ian Kelly - A Summer Pack With LoveAmethyst - DaydreamingLARA' - LuvologyTerrace Martin - Nintindo SoulTalib Kweli & J. Rawls -

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76:54

Ep.282 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 13

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/09/10

It's time for another edition of Contemporary Cool! For this one, we get into the Griselda project that arguably put them on the map in Benny The Butcher's "Tana Talk 3" & the absurdly stacked "D.I.T.C. - The Remix Project".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52)Ben:LL Cool J - THE FORCERansom x Conway - Chaos Is My Ladder 2Sleazyworld Go - More Than a ShooterCharlie:Slowly Rolling Camera - Silver Shadow Marquis Hill - Composers Collective: Beyond The JukeboxWill Kobus - the marble n'

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Ep.281 - Guru

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/09/03

For the solo career of Guru, it is one that is - compared to Gang Starr - everything but consistent; mix it in with debates about how his relationship with Solar was in truth and you have a bit of a sad end to the life & career of one of the most distinctive voices in Hip-Hop.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:40)Ben:Big Sean - Better Me Than YouJuicy J - Ravenite Social ClubDoechii - Alligator Bites Never HealMozzy - Brash DummiesOcean Wisdom - Fight ClubCharlie:Audrey Powne - From

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86:15

Ep.280 - Gang Starr

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/08/27

The phrase "One of the Best Yet" has never been so apt. Maybe THE quintessential Golden Age Hip-Hop duo, Gang Starr started off with multiple iterations but once it was just the twosome of DJ Premier & Guru, it was over and it all culminated in projects from the late 80s to the late 2010s with the 90s work providing a shining example of what Hip-Hop was in the Golden Era.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23)Ben:Planet Asia - Trust the Chain IIEminem - The Death of Slim

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Ep.279 - Jeru The Damaja

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/08/20

Brooklynite Jeru The Damaja is a rapper that practiced what he preached. Whilst dropping two iconic "All Killer, No Filler" albums of the 90s, he watched Hip-Hop go commercial and made a point to not get swayed. Instead, he continued as an independent voice and cultivate a dedicated fanbase that love him to this day.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)Ben:Denzel Curry - King of the Mischievous South Vol. 238 Spesh - Mother & GunCharlie:Awon & Phoniks - Golden Era 2OneDa -

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85:47

Ep.278 - Twista

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/08/12

Twista is a fascinating case study. With his first four albums that drastically aim in different directions - only to settle on riding the wave of the 00s Hip-Hop sound - (for better or worse) it creates a frustrating picture of one of the most talented deliverer of words that instead made a full-throated push for the mainstream.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:MAVI - shadowboxBenny the Butcher - Summertime ButchBIGBABYGUCCI - Baby 5Charlie:Phonte - Pacific Time 2Ambré - i do

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Ep.277 - Chino XL

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2024/08/06

Chino XL passed away at the age of 50 last week. So we pushed back the others to celebrate the career and artistry of one of the most respected names in the New York underground.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)Ben:JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOUQ Da Fool - King GeorgeCharlie:Elsy Wameyo - Saint SinnerBadbadnotgood - Mid SpiralSamm Henshaw - For Someone Somewhere Who Isn't UsMoses Sumney - SophcoreCecily - Awakening Pt. IICaoilfhionn Rose - ConstellationsEssa & Pitch 92 -

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