Diggin' In The Digits

At 60 years old, Slick Rick dropped his 5th Studio Album and his 1st since 1999. He's a master storyteller, respected by everyone. So how TF is he still underrated?!TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)Ben:Lil Tecca - DopamineCharlie - Karl Benjamin - To What End?MRCY - VOLUME 2Jords - Mixtape Jedbl - Archives MixtapeSyf of Talking Knots & Sir Nebula - GravityA-F-R-O - Crimson FuryKamaiyah - Fired UpNubiyan Twist - NT SoundsystemAJ Tracey - Don't Die Before You're DeadTheo Croker - Dream ManifestBrandee Younger - Gadabout Season Juicy J & Logic - Live And In Colour Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell - We Insist 2025!Slick Rick - VictoryTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:19)The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - (23:23)The Ruler's Back - (36:24)Behind Bars - (43:11)The Art of Storytelling - (52:05)Victory - (1:01:12)Lighter Note - (1:15:31)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

G-Funk pioneer one of the most consistent dual artists in Hip-Hop history, it could be said that DJ Quik hasn't gotten the props his peers has, even though his quality of production and bars has (for the most part) been great, just as long as you jump over the mines labelled "Songs with oddly detailed sex bars".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)Ben:Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 6Little Simz - LotusUntilJapan - tromp l'oeilCharlie:Common Saints - EquinoxIan Kelly & DJ D Sharp - Concrete OCEANVic Spencer & Bucky Luger - Interstate PotluckLittle Simz - LotusTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:14)Quik Is the Name - (21:35)Way 2 Fonky - (30:38)Safe + Sound - (33:42)Rhythm-al-ism - (37:37)Balance & Options - (42:20)Under tha Influence - (45:33)Trauma - (52:26)The Book of David - (56:15)The Midnight Life - (59:12)Lighter Note - (1:03:15)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

Whilst MC Shan spends a lot of his recent days lamenting the past in some form, he actually has a leg to stand on! Just not in the ways he thinks...TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:44)Ben:Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams - TrainspottingBruiser Wolf - POTLUCKMasta Killa - BalanceCharlie:Silas Short - LUSHLANDRebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, BecomingOddisee - En RoutePremo Rice - Bad Muf*ckaObongjayar - Paradise NowGrand Puba - The OriginPoldoore - Chroma DreamLady Donli - This Feels Like An InterludeChillHop Music - Chillhop Timezones NigeriaYugen Blakrok - The Illusion of BeingEmma-Jean Thackray - WeirdoXzibit - KingmakerTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:52)Down By Law - (23:40)Born To Be Wild - (33:27)Play It Again, Shan - (41:38)Bars Over Bullshit - (51:18)Lighter Note - (1:02:36)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 legacy of dead prez - for better or worse - has been condensed down to their classic track in "Hip Hop". Zoom out a little and you'll find a classic song on a classic album that is definitely not talked about enough. Zoom out even more and you find... Actually, let's just stay at that first zoom out...TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00)Charlie:Syf of Talking Knots & Moe Town - 2 Sides to Every StoryJay Prince - SHINENādt Orchestra - DualismDon Glori - Paper Can't Wrap FireAaron Taylor - Yours AlwaysLizzie Berchie - Night ShiftScienze & NappyHigh - PRAISESEstelle - Stay Alta Queen Kaltoum - At PizzaExpress Live - In LondonPola & Bryson - OvergrownTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:03)Let's Get Free - (21:46)Revolutionary But Gangsta - (36:11)Information Age - (45:58)Lighter Note - (59:48) 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

After calling it a day being "The Fresh Prince", Will Smith went under his own name for his solo stint. The results are mixed; proving that Hip-Hop could go Pop, but even then managing to have frequent misfires within his music, creating a frustrating discography that gives more questions than answers...TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10)Ben:Amine - 13 Months of SunshineXzibit - KingmakerRico Nasty - LethalChuck D - Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio ArmageddonCharlie: Deema - 5Junii - JINX!MyCompiledThoughts - Kouri flowerovlove - summerovlove setlistChuck D - Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio ArmageddonTanika Charles - Reasons To StaySavannah Ré - FormedReuben James - Big People MusicTopic Intro/Ben's  Research House - (14:28) Big Willie Style - (20:15) Willenium - (31:28) Born To Reign - (40:56)Lost And Found - (50:32) Based on a True Story - (59:38)Lighter Note - (1:14:32) 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 legendary duo of Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince have been somewhat locked into this singular thought ever since their run ended in '93: That their music is squeaky clean, completely devoid of edge. But when you actually listen to some of the lyrics and subject matter told in the litany of storytelling tracks, they broach some interesting ground.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)Ben:MIKE x Tony Seltzer - Pinball IIKey Glock - Glockaveli: The DonRoc Marciano x Knowledge the Pirate - The Round TableCharlie:Gaidaa - YARNNayla Savannah - Be FreeDARGZ - Friends & FamilyTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:18)Rock the House - (16:00)He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper - (26:26)And in This Corner... - (37:17)Homebase - (49:36)Code Red - (1:01:32)Lighter Note - (1:15:16)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

The discography of Schoolly D is one of the most diverse and lengthy that we've ever covered on DITD. Where he begins providing the seeds of what eventually becomes known as "Gangsta Rap", he then goes through a more pro-Black phase in the 90s and nowadays operates as a relative experimentalist for somebody whose debut came out in 1985.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:15)Ben:Benny the Butcher - ExcelsiorYung Lean - JonatanJPEGMAFIA x Flume - We Live in a SocietyCharlie:Jericho Jackson - I Am HimAntsLive - Carpe Diem1999 WRITE THE FUTURE & The Pharcyde - TimelessRyder - RYDERHOODAlex Isley - WHENKatalyst - SpeakeasyVinocio - TostadosNejma Nefertiti - Jayne Wayne The JuggernautMychelle - Good DayWretch 32 - HOME?Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:40)Schoolly D - (23:50)Saturday Night! – The Album - (30:37)Smoke Some Kill - (33:20)Am I Black Enough for You? - (35:41)How a Black Man Feels - (40:39)Welcome to America - (44:45)Reservoir Dog - (50:22)International Supersport - (53:41)Cause Schoolly D Is Crazy - (57:27) Lighter Note - (1:04:22) 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 what is probably our shortest retrospective in DITD history, we cover another Treacherous Three member in Spoonie Gee who is apparently a precursor to Gangsta Rap but when listening to his work, it seems to paint a different picture...TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)Ben:Wu-Tang - Black SamsonVinnie Paz - God Sent VengeanceCharlie: Bishop Nehru - TrapbapUwade - FlorilegiumCoco Jones - Why Not More?Ray Vaughn - The Good The Bad The Dollar MenuFemi Kuti - Journey Through LifeWu-Tang Clan & Mathematics - Black Samson, the Bastard SwordsmanTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:16)The Godfather of Rap - (13:28)Lighter Note - (25:13)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. As a bonus for this week, I have an interview for you to step to! I - along with "In Search Of Sauce" alum, Music Journalist Miki Hellerbach - talk to Ryder who broke out a few years back with his now iconic #Skeptacore series. Now, he's dropping a new series of EPs named "RYDERHOOD", the first edition dropping this Friday. In this interview which is dropping simultaneously over on the "What's Good?" feed, we talk his beginnings in the North of England, being self-taught on production, his genuine success at the tender age of 20 and of course his Top 5. Hope you enjoy!Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock BerriganInterlude - "Her" By L'IndecisChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence 

After covering Kool Moe Dee last week, it seemed right to go back and look at the pioneering group that he was a member of: The Treacherous Three. With two albums 10 years apart, they serve as great markers in how much evolution happened from '84 to '94.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10)Charlie:namesbliss - Signature SoundBoog Brown - Super Useful ToolsAdrian Younge - Adrian Younge presents Something About April IIIThe Underachievers - HomecomingKool Keith - KarpentersBlu & August Fanon - FortySAULT - 10Alexander Flood - ARTIFACTUAL RHYTHMTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:00)The Treacherous Three - (20:38)Old Skool Flava - (30:25)Lighter Note - (44:54)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

If you were to name a rapper that embodies the word 'confidence', you could probably name at least 10 rappers that fit the word. Is one of them Kool Moe Dee? A case could be made that he's the most confident sounding rapper on wax, all the way from his first album in 1986 to his last in '94.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Ken Carson - More chaosRJ Payne - Leatherface 4Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So LegendaryCharlie: Paris Nights - Up NowΣtella - AdagioJoe Armon-Jones - All The Quiet (Part I)Smoovth & Wun Two - Prussian BlueVarious Artists - Soil SamplesZino Vinci - Late BloomerVerbz & Zar - In TimeLords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So LegendaryAwa Khiwe & Ghanaian Stallion - African Women AriseTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:32)Kool Moe Dee - (20:36)How Ya Like Me Now - (32:21)Knowledge Is King - (40:15)Funke, Funke Wisdom - (46:25)Interlude - (53:07) Lighter Note - (1:01:51) 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 year, another DITD Anniversary! For our 6th anniversary, we look back at some of our favourite moments, with clips for you newer listeners. Episodes covered will be below if you want to get into them proper. And as always, whether you've been listening since Ep. 1 or since last week, we appreciate you listening. Here's to six years!TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)Charlie:Rachel Chinouriri - Little HouseFloFilz - Dim DownJayellz - I JUST FEEL DIFFERENTKemi Ade - The FixAdrian Younge & Hyldon - Hyldon JID023Oscar Jerome - The ForkRuinz Ason & JFlames - Life as We Know ItChance - (19:23)Mac - (26:22)Black Eyed Peas - (31:17)Big Sean - (42:55)Ethan P - (46:57)Dilla - (50:24)Samples - (54:59)Hilltop Hoods - (1:04:17)Jay - (1:11:32)Dr. Wright - (1:15:25)Lighter Note - (1:35:55)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

Jersey-centred trio Lords of the Underground represented a lot of what we now consider the hallmarks of the Golden Age of Hip-Hop: Youthful energy, fast flows and great sample-based production. This led to two great back-to-back projects and two other albums of varying quality.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:41)Ben:Boldy James x Antt Beatz - HommageWill Smith - Based on a True StoryNAV - OMW2 RexdaleCharlie: p-rallel - Can't Be MeJAY MALAKHI - THE GREAT ESCAPEKalisway - Take Me Back (World Of Eras)Godfather Don & Jazz Spastiks - Writer's DelightWill Smith - Based on a True StoryButcher Brown - Letters From The AtlanticSultan Stevenson - El RoiZola Marcelle - HomeDrea Vocalz - Love in BrazilTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:06) Here Come the Lords - (19:31)Keepers of the Funk - (25:45) Resurrection - (32:45)House of Lords - (40:01)Lighter Note - (54:10) 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 WHM celebrations with an artist that is never talked about. Maybe it's due to her not getting traction off her one studio album? Maybe the message fell on deaf ears? We get to the answer of course but regardless of reason, Queen Mother Rage is Hip-Hop history and we take this opportunity - to finish WHM - covering a small piece of the 90s Hip-Hop puzzle.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05)Ben:No I.D. & Saba - From The Private Collection of Saba and No IDCharlie:Che Noir & Superior - Seeds In Babylon (EP)J. Rawls - Nineteen Ninety NineNo I.D. & Saba - From The Private Collection of Saba and No IDGoya Gumbani - Warlord of the WeejunsGreentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNYVanilla - Time Goes By Pt. ITopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:08) Vanglorious Law - (23:00) Lighter Note - (45:22)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

With the recent passing of R&B legend Angie Stone, we thought it was a good time as any - in the midst of our WHM celebrations - to celebrate her pre-solo career with Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook and Gwendolyn "Blondie" Chisholm as the early 80s all-female Hip-Hop trailblazers The Sequence.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:44)Ben:Playboi Carti - MUSICCurrensy x Harry Fraud - Never Catch UsDave East x Ransom - The Final CallBoldy James x Chuck Strangers - Token of AppreciationCharlie:Aaron May - 803Mayjor Vol. 2Jordvn Emanuel - Close EnoughCurren$y & Harry Fraud - Never Catch UsCoast Contra - In Case You Forgot44th Move (Alfa Mist & Richard Spaven) - AnthemOtis Mensah - before the noise my cousinZion I Kings - Live FreeTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:43)Sugarhill Presents the Sequence - (18:24)The Sequence - (27:14) The Sequence Party - (30:42) Lighter Note - (45:19) 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

Continuing our WHM celebrations, we get into MC Trouble who tragically died aged 21, leaving us with her 1990 debut studio album that featured her name on the production credits - a rarity for female rappers at the time - and provided a great thematic mixture of womanhood and Black solidarity.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:50)Ben:Black Soprano Family - The OutcomeYoungBoy NBA - More LeaksCharlie:Summer Pearl - THE INTERLUDEBig Zuu & Capo Lee - Signed & Delivered Apollo Brown - Elevator MusicHope Tala - Hope Handwritten Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (7:05) Gotta Get A Grip - (11:45) Lighter Note - (31:00) 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

Hello DITD listeners! I have a bonus episode for you, coming via my Podcast "What's Good?". I talk to Dallas born & raised EB Rebel now sharpening their craft in New York City. We get into their beginnings, talented & gifted programs; their queerness, being 'genre-less' and of course their Top 5.Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter & IG: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://medium.com/@the5thelementPhotography: https://www.crt.photographyIntro Music - "Baxter" By Brock BerriganInterlude - "4:21pm" By Ian EwingChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence 

The story of Boss is one of subversion, devastatingly low levels of luck and an astronomical talent. How we only have one album and some hard-to-find mixtapes from such a skilled MC?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:19)Ben:KiLLOWEN - six missed calls Charlie:1,000 UK Artists - Is This What We Want?KiLLOWEN - six missed callsThe Doppelgangaz - Dumpster Dive, Vol. 2REASON - I Love You AgainAndrew Mbaruk & Th' Mole - Purple DirndlDub Syndicate - Obscured By Version Terrace Martin - Albion FilesK.Keed - Bite the BulletTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:55) Born Gangstaz - (22:41) Lighter Note - (48:36) 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

For the 16th Contemporary Cool, we get into what many consider to be Lupe Fiasco's best album and a J.PERIOD remix of Kendrick's "GNX".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)Charlie:NAO - JupiterSmif-N-Wessun - Infinity Kelela - In The Blue LightAmindi - Luvr-but it's on guitar (live)Tetsuo & Youth - (8:00) "J.PERIOD Presents - REINCARNATED" - (39:34) Lighter Note - (52:36)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

Boogie Down Productions - led by KRS-One - was an inventive group of the time, taking KRS' superior lyrical ability and combining it with production that was initially highly dynamic at first. With five albums, the death of Scott La Rock marring the history and plenty of lore, it makes for an iconic story in Hip-Hop history.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Drake x PARTYNEXTDOOR - $ome $exy $ongs 4 UWestside Gunn - 12Charlie: BNMO - The Eleventh HourAnthony Joseph - Rowing up River to Get Our Names BackBexBlu, Renelle 893 - THE BUZZchlothegod - I Feel Different Every DayJohn Glacier - Like A RibbonMereba - The Breeze Grew a FireRizzle Kicks - Competition is for LosersBrother Ali & ANT - Satisfied SoulTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:04)Criminal Minded - (16:58)By All Means Necessary - (27:35)Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (Charlie accidentally skips this one and talks about Edutainment, we get there eventually) - (36:25)Edutainment - (44:49)Sex and Violence - (46:33)Lighter Note - (54:35)Chelsea Reject's Funeral GoFundMeThanks 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 story of Poor Righteous Teachers isn't a well documented one, but the music speaks volumes with great production throughout, thought and dexterous lyrics soaked in 5% teachings and an embracing of Toasting that really sets them apart from their more popular peers.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:Larry June x 2 Chainz x The Alchemist - Life is BeautifulJPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOUCharlie:Madvillain - Madvillainy DemosNAYA ALI - We Did The Damn ThingTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (7:07) Holy Intellect - (12:06)Pure Poverty - (20:22)Black Business - (27:25)The New World Order - (35:02) Lighter Note - (45:05) 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

For this Hip-Hop Neighbours we get into two 00s debut albums. One from Linkin Park, the band that successfully balanced the Hip-Hop infused Rock of the time and Amp Fiddler who quietly took all his experience (experience that made J Dilla into J Dilla) to make a solo debut decades after he started his music career.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)Ben:Madlib x MF DOOM - Madvillainy DemosThe Weeknd - Hurry Up TomorrowSpectacular Diagnostics - RAW GAMECharlie:Logic - Aquarius IIIJeshi - Airbag Woke Me Up Mac Miller - BalloonerismGhais Guevara - Goyard Ibn SaidAdrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Ebo Taylor - Ebo Taylor JID022Eva Lazarus - Make Your Own SunshineCymande - RenascenceHybrid Theory - (16:51)Waltz of a Ghetto Fly - (36:18)Lighter Note - (50:47)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

You ever wondered what Kurtis Blow's music - that is not named "The Breaks" - is like? Well, it can be done by looking at Hip-Hop through the lens of Disco and not R&B or Soul. Music aside, the story of Hip-Hop cannot be told without naming Kurtis Blow.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:43)Ben:Boldy James - Permanent InkTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (3:02)Kurtis Blow - (14:36)Deuce - (27:04)Tough - (32:22)Ego Trip - (37:15)America - (44:27)Kingdom Blow - (50:23)Back by Popular Demand - (56:21)Lighter Note - (1:05:39) 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

For our 300th episode, we wanted to do a retrospective that was fitting for our 300th. So we landed on one of the most significant groups in Hip-Hop history. Possibly THE most significant. RUN-DMC - in no uncertain terms - brought Hip-Hop to a new stratosphere in popularity and dedication to creating full bodies of work. Combine that with their unmistakable style and you have one of the most iconic trios in music history.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)Ben:Mac Miller - BalloonerismBusta Rhymes - Dragon Season.. The AwakeningOMB Peezy - Drifting AwayTopic Intro/WHO'S HOUSE? BEN'S RESEARCH HOUSE - (8:04)Run-D.M.C. - (19:55)King of Rock - (28:44)Raising Hell - (37:01)Tougher Than Leather - (46:17)Back from Hell - (51:19)Down with the King - (58:20)Crown Royal - (1:03:18)Lighter Note - (1:14:23) 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

Allegedly - for our 21st edition of DITD Bites - we get into a reckoning that is long overdue for the music industry, off the back of Charlie's State of The Hip-Hop Union article: (Allegedly) Acknowledging that Sean Combs (allegedly) did some bad shit and we should endeavour to not prop up people like him. We also go on tangents (Allegedly) related to other people, Streaming, Social Media and Major Labels. (Allegedly)Our Bad Boy Episode (Pt. 1)Our Bad Boy Episode (Pt. 2)TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)Ben:Bad Bunny -  DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToSCharlie:Skiifall - Lovers Till I'm GoneDiamond D - THE DIAM PIECE 3: DUO Otis Kane - Violet(Allegedly) The Conversation - (5:08) Lighter Note - (1:01:09) Thanks for listening. (Allegedly)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) - @HipHopNumbers(Allegedly) 5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts (Allegedly) Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence

Happy New Year! We kick-off 2025 as we like to do, by talking about our favourite albums from the year that passed. Our Top 2 Albums of 2024.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:17)Ben:Lil Baby - WHAMConsequence - Movies on DemandCharlie:Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido CósmicoKonkolo Orchestra - Future PastsCharlie's No. 2 - (5:26)Ben's No. 2 - (28:03)Charlie's No. 1 - (51:58)Ben's No. 1 - (1:04:27) Lighter Note - (1:20:32)Spin Charlie's Top 10 of his Top 30 Albums of 2024. 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

With it being the last episode of the year, we do our customary look through the Metacritic Album Score Review, looking at the works that were highly acclaimed and the works that were roasted into oblivion.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02)Charlie:Novine - DaydreamingSophye Soliveau - INITIATIONSOUFSIDE KATHLEEN - Everything Under My SunKneecap - Fine ArtLiana Flores - Flower of the soulThe Review - (5:38)Lighter Note - (1:33:53)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 story of Coolio is... a lot. But you know what isn't a lot? The variety in his discography once the 00s came around! Tracks appearing in more than one body of work and derivative tropes plaguing that weird decade would severely taint his first three albums that were bursting with personality and obviously "Gangster's Paradise". Lucky for him, it didn't.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (2:02)Ben:Charlie:Diani - DeionVic Spencer - Being The Bigger Person Sucks Iman Europe - MoneymorphosisBarney Artist & Miles Singleton - Strangers All AroundAlici - SouvenirTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (7:38)It Takes a Thief - (13:43)Gangsta's Paradise - (21:58)My Soul - (31:22)Coolio.com - (38:32)El Cool Magnifico - (42:23)The Return of the Gangsta - (45:35)Steal Hear - (50:12)Lighter Note - (1:00:42)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 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 Honey!Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:40)The Shadiest One - (20:57)Ghetto Heisman - (28:01)Guilty by Affiliation - (35:15)Revenge of the Barracuda - (41:14)Lighter Note - (48:32) 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

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 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

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 & K-Trap - Can't Decide 3PDeema - DOG WITH A £Jeff Darko - Merry Go RoundSkyzoo - Keep Me CompanyTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:41)Mack 10 - (17:28)Based on a True Story - (24:29)The Recipe - (29:21)The Paper Route - (39:56)Bang or Ball - (45:00)Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta - (52:13)Hustla's Handbook - (55:54)Soft White - (1:01:59)Lighter Note - (1:09:47)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 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 - TFL BluesBaaba J - In Pursuit Of Happiness84faces - Wasted SummerPa Salieu - Afrikan AlienAdrian Younge - Linear Labs: Sau PaoloFLO - Access All AreasKendrick Lamar - GNXK.Zia & Sedric Perry - TWIN FLAMEZenesoul - Is is fun for you?Poppy Ajudha - PoppyDizzy Wright, Demrick & Mike & Keys - Blaze With Us 3Raquel Rodriguez - HousewifeMichael Kiwanuka - Small ChangesEmile Londonien - InwardsIce Cube - Man Down Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:03)Bow Down - (26:08)Terrorist Threats - (39:47)Lighter Note - (56:10)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

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 OpusAb-Soul - Soul BurgerHERBERT - (11:39)Garage Classical - (44:26)Lighter Note - (1:06:55)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

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 Moochie Grape - Eat or Get Ate 2Conductor Williams - Conductor We Have a Problem Pt. 3Westside Gunn - Still PrayingLloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc VLil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake 2Charlie:The Headhunters - The Stunt ManVic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 5Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Nothing Is My Favorite ThingMaassai - DEC0N$tRUCT!0NLin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis - WarriorsKokoroko - Get The MessageBraxton Cook - My EverythingAstrocolor - Stargazing - AstroJazz, Vol. 2Ol' Burger Beats - Welcome To NorwayThe Conversation - (19:28) Lighter Note - (1:04:53)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.And be sure to keep up with Brandon's Journalism.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

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 BLK - A Forest FireSamara Cyn - The Drive HomeMORGAN - Emotional GangsterJoe James - BEAST LIVINGBawo - It Means Hope Where I'm FromChe Noir - The Lotus ChildMegan Thee Stallion - MEGAN: ACT IITopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:22)Raw Like Sushi - (26:44)Homebrew - (37:11)Man - (45:59)Blank Project - (51:29)Broken Politics - (57:02)The Versions - (1:03:57)Lighter Note - (1:12:06) 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

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 Jamaican SituationBINA. - Chaos Is Her NameAlfa Mist & Amika Quartet - Recurring (Live At King's Place)Ashley Henry - Who We AreHomeboy Sandman - Turns Out I Can Tell A Few of These After AllRoy Hargrove - Grande-TerreTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:07) Rebel Music - (21:41)Black Meaning Good - (30:29) Word, Sound and Power - (37:51)Lighter Note - (50:04) 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

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 Wilde - It's A DelightHak Baker - Nostalgia Death Act 2Curren$y & DJ.Fresh - The EncoreBigXthaPlug - TAKE CAREDua Saleh - I SHOULD CALL THEM Amaria - Free Fallin'Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know YouBnnyhunna - ECHOES OF PRAYER7xvethegenius - Death of DeuceSans Soucis - Circumnavigating GeorgiaSamRecks - BALANCEShocka - Vulnerability is the New CoolXV & Mike Summers - Blog Era Is Dead Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:30)Recognition - (30:17)Original Guidance (The Second Chapter) - (44:42)Lighter Note - (58:43) 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 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) Master PeaceAwon & High John - Odyssey DiscoSeun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story To TellLeon Bridges - LeonKofi Stone - A Man After God's Own Heart Filah Lah Lah - ON AIRTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:37)The Mighty Son of Noise - (25:57)Access Denied: Bullshit and Politics Pt 1 - (32:55)Lighter Note - (44:47) 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

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 (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 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 - NOBODY BIGGER THAN WEMysie - CONTROLLAMonaleo - Throwing BowsAmahla - Enough: The CollectionTara Lily - Speak In The DarkBilal - Adjust BrightnessNines - Quit While You're AheadTSHA - Sad GirlEzra Collective - Dance, No One's WatchingTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:55)Organised Rhyme - (28:47)Return of the Dread-i - (38:35)Lighter Note - (51:42)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 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 - (1:24)Ben:MC Lyte - 1 of 1Future - MIXTAPE PLUTOCharlie:Jourden - Straight, No ChaseLady Blackbird - Slang SpiritualsAdanna Duru - stuck in a record dealParis Nights - Full Package: Act 2Jeryh Luz - LuzThe Alchemist - The Genuine ArticulateXenia Manasseh - LOVE/HATE Pt. 2Jaz Karis - SAFE FLIGHTSarina - What U Didn't KnowBlu & Exile - Love (the) Ominous WorldMC Lyte - 1 of 1Alemeda - FK ITNubya Garcia - Odyssey Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (28:53)Blackout! - (37:39) Blackout! 2 - (46:52) Lighter Note - (1:00:41) 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 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 - The Confidence Of KnowingRAYE - Live at Montreux Jazz FestivalIndependent Leaders - (14:21)Naughty by Nature - (22:16)19 Naughty III - (31:42)Poverty's Paradise - (40:13)Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury - (47:15)IIcons - (54:22)Anthem Inc. - (1:01:45)Lighter Note - (1:10:14) 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

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' the sculptorLL Cool J - THE FORCELaila! - GAP YEAR!Nala Sinephro - EndlessnessThe Doppelgangaz - G Pack, Vol. 5Demae - Deliver MeTana Talk 3 - (16:02)'D.I.T.C. - The Remix Project' - (34:41)Lighter Note - (53:21) 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

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 the FireJuicy J - Ravenite Social ClubStephon Alexander - Spontaneous FruitJoya Mooi - Open HeartsLESiA - Affirmations To RealityK.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - In Due TimeK.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - Delusions Of GrandeurTank and The Bangas - The Heart, The Mind, The SoulDoechii - Alligator Bites Never HealCurren$y & DJ.Fresh - The Tonite Show The Sequel Big Sean - Better Me Than You Ocean Wisdom - Fight ClubTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:17)Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 - (32:31)Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality - (43:35)Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul - (52:29)Baldhead Slick & da Click - (58:19)Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures - (1:02:21)Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future - (1:05:23)Guru 8.0: Lost and Found - (1:07:51)Lighter Note - (1:19:48)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 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 ShadyCharlie:Hamzaa - 25!Rachel Chinouriri - Live From KOKOJWords - Beauty In EverythingMad Skillz - The Seven Number OnesThee Heart Tones - Forever & EverTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:48)No More Mr. Nice Guy - (18:15)Step in the Arena - (27:12)Daily Operation - (36:15)Hard to Earn - (44:47)Moment of Truth - (51:56)The Ownerz - (1:01:41)One of the Best Yet - (1:08:18)Lighter Note - (1:19:29)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

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 - Formula OneDa (Drops October 4th)Enough Cereals - ImpulseDiamond D - THE DIAM PIECE 3: INITIUM 38 Spesh - Mother & GunKalisway - A Kid From TorontoThe Allergies - Freak The Speaker (Drops September 27th)Essosa - Essie's WorldTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:41)The Sun Rises in the East - (18:18)Wrath of the Math - (25:32)Heroz4Hire - (34:39)Divine Design - (42:54)Still Rising - (48:17)Lighter Note - (57:20) 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

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 this sh*t in my sleepChelsea Reject & T'nah - RogueWais P & Khrysis - HoecaineKaylan Arnold - If You Say SoRae Khalil - CRYBABYLogic - Ultra 85Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - Milton + esperanzaTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:53)Runnin' Off at da Mouth - (19:55)Resurrection - (27:04)Adrenaline Rush - (34:42)Kamikaze - (39:13)The Day After - (51:34)Adrenaline Rush 2007 - (58:28)Category F5 - (1:00:32)The Perfect Storm - (1:02:44)Dark Horse - (1:04:05)Crook County - (1:05:38)Summer 96 - (1:06:39)Lighter Note - (1:13:52)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

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 - ResonanceCruza - CruzifedMeshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James BaldwinTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:01)Here to Save You All - (20:31)I Told You So - (33:17)Poison Pen - (40:15)Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary - (47:18)Lighter Note - (1:06:23) 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

The story of Ja Rule is one that can only be described as a contextual nightmare. Whilst we can boil it down to "He had hits then 50 took his soul" and call it a day, there's so much under that surface that deserves a look, including music that perfectly exemplifies how fucking weird the 00s were.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)Ben:Mustard - Faith of a Mustard SeedRakim - G.O.Ds NETWORK - REB7RTHIce Spice - Y2k!Vic Spencer - The Apes That Was Left BehindDJ Muggs x Raz Fresco - The Eternal NowFlee Lord - Raised in the SandC Stunna x DJ Drama - Still StuntinCharlie:Splurgeboys - LOW MAINTENANCEMoses Ideka - Working OrderBrandee Younger - Serenity: A Collection Of Mindful MeditationsJayahadadream & Zoutr - Redemption SongsRakim - G.O.Ds NETWORK - REB7RTHDaniel Casimir - BalanceVic Spencer - The Apes That Was Left BehindTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:12)Venni Vetti Vecci - (22:27)Rule 3:36 - (32:15)Pain Is Love - (44:07)The Last Temptation - (57:00)Blood in My Eye - (1:02:54)R.U.L.E. - (1:09:55)Pain Is Love 2 - (1:17:25)Lighter Note - (1:28:28)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

King Tee's legacy is an underrated one. A West Coast darling, respected by his peers that put on a fair share of artists; you'd think his music would be more known? Especially when it's great for the most part! So was it a case of his peers just making better music or something deeper?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)Ben:L'Orange - The ManipulationCharlie:Amindi - LuvrChenayder - Maybe In Another Life (EP)Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)Tha Dogg Pound - W.A.W.G. (We All We Got)Dizzy Wright - Emotional Discipline (EP) BLK ODYSSEY - 1-800 FANTASY L'Orange - The ManipulationJerome Thomas & Pitch 92 - Submerge Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2Lava La Rue - STARFACETopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:54)Act a Fool - (22:32)At Your Own Risk - (30:20)Tha Triflin' Album - (39:04)IV Life - (45:28)Thy Kingdom Come - (51:18)Lighter Note - (1:12:03)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

We head to the West Coast to cover the story of Tha Alkaholiks, a fun, don't-take-too-serious group that produced some of the most underrated gems of the 90s and managed to drop albums well into the 00s.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:18)Ben:Rema - HEISJuicy J x Xavier Wulf - Memphis ZooBlu x Evidence - Los AngelesZacari - BlissJay Worthy x Dam Funk - Magic HourIsaiah Falls - Drugs n LullabiesDemrick x DJ Hoppa - Stoney Point 4Common x Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1Charlie:Tank and The Bangas - The HeartHak Baker - Nostalgia Death Act 1Nayla Savannah - Savy WorldAntsLive - Real LifeJ.Rawls - Bump The FloorAction Bronson - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHLAVA THE DOCTORBashy - Being Poor is Expensive Berwyn - WHO AM Iedbl - 2010 MixtapeBlu & Evidence - Los AngelesCommon & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (25:10)21 & Over - (33:49)Coast II Coast - (44:38)Likwidation - (49:34)X.O. Experience - (54:55)Firewater - (1:02:30)Lighter Note - (1:08:24) 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