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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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13:17

Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (23rd Dec)

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/12/23

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!Big L - Harlem's Finest: Return Of The KingNovelist - AUDACITYPaul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - STILL REMINISCINGPaul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - Protect The SilencePozzy - it's all up in the airSaiming - what's the alternative?Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts

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12:19

Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (16th Dec)

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/12/16

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!J Hus - Half ClipA-F-R-O - No More PatienceIman Europe & Kaelin Ellis - Chrysalisthreetwenty - separate from the noiseNas & DJ Premier - Light YearsThanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks

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14:44

Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (Dec 9th)

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/12/09

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!Adi Oasis - Silver Lining Big K.R.I.T. - Dedicated to Cadalee BiarritzSkyzoo - Views Of A Lifetime redveil - sankofaBreis - Stranger On EarthThanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop

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23:45

Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (Dec 2nd)

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/12/02

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!Jordyn Simone - REMEMBER WHENTrueMendous & Tony Bones The Producer - No Round of ApplauseGabriel Jacoby - gutta childVic Santoro - 1000 BurpeesVon Pea & The Other Guys - Putcha Weight On ItDoomCannon - Somewhere in Between Vic Spencer - Show & Prove, Not Back & ForthAnti

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2:01

Holiday Message

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/11/30

Hello DITD listeners! Every year, I offer Ben the opportunity to take the month off in the same way I take time off my show and after all these years, he finally took it!So there'll be no new DITD episodes for the remainder of the year, however I'll try to provide you with something else to hold you down.Thanks to Ben and you the listener, have a great holiday season and we will be back in January '26!Blessings,Charlie.Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties

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80:30

Ep.344 - De La Soul

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/11/25

From their inventive D.A.I.S.Y. Age run to their new (& probably last) opus dropped last week, the career of De La Soul is unlike any other in Hip-Hop history. With label issues being the only thing that held them back, they always put out Art Official Intelligence when the time was right.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)Charlie:Mysie - SALTYedbl - nylonDeshawn Visionz - Skies On Fire TonightDexter in the Newsagent - Time FliesCeleste - Woman Of FacesTopic Intro/Ben's Research

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58:44

Ep.343 - Havoc

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/11/18

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

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56:56

Ep.342 - Prodigy

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/11/11

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 -

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74:29

Ep.341 - Mobb Deep

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/11/04

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

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72:17

Ep.340 - #UKBHM 2025: Tinie Tempah

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/10/28

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

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62:06

Ep.339 - #UKBHM 2025: Credit to the Nation

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/10/21

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 -

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57:36

Ep.338 - #UKBHM 2025: Unique 3

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/10/14

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

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58:18

Ep.337 - #UKBHM 2025: Wee Papa Girl Rappers

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/10/07

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 -

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64:15

An Interview W/ Alt-R&B Talent Kairos The Writer

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/10/03

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

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82:36

Ep.336 - Stetsasonic

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/09/30

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

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73:03

Ep.335 - The Diplomats

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/09/23

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

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72:33

Ep.334 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 17

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/09/16

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

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82:19

Ep.333 - P.M. Dawn

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/09/09

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

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63:53

Ep.332 - Group Home

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/09/02

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

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96:08

An Interview W/ Jazztronica Artist Kinzoogianna

Diggin" In The Digits ·

2025/08/27

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

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