Diggin' In The Digits

Ep.363 - Prince Po

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:50:00 +0100

After covering Organized Konfusion last week & Pharoahe Monch the week before, we finish our OK explorations with the other half of the duo: The unsung Prince Po.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Ben:

Action Bronson - Planet Frog
Kneecap - FENIAN
Cookin soul x Estee nack - AL-ANDALUS
Tiga - Hot Life
Little Simz- Sugar Girl
Foo Fighters - Your Favourite Toy

Charlie:

Blue Lab Beats - The Blue Lab Beats Show
Little Simz - Sugar Girl
Mr. Williamz & Reggae Roast (not Toast!) - We Run The Scene
JWords - Sound Therapy
Denzel Himself - Neighbourhood
Action Bronson - Planet Frog
AZ - Doe Or Die III
RADIOHOP - HARD TO HANDLE

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:24)

The Slickness - (19:57)

(Couldn't find Prettyblack online unfortunately)

Saga of the Simian Samurai - (30:13)

Animal Serum - (39:15)

Lighter Note - (47:24)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.362 - Organized Konfusion

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:50:00 +0100

After exploring Pharoahe Monch last week, we now get into his pre-solo life with Prince Po as the duo Organized Konfusion. Three albums with unfaltering production, dexterous lyrics and flows that need to be heard to truly understand how good these two were as a rap duo.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01)
Ben:

Isaiah Rashad - IT'S BEEN AWFUL
Billy Danze - The Answer
NEMS - I Should Boom You

Charlie:

India Shawn - Subject To Change
Tiara Thomas - Make It Make Sense
Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa & Harry Fraud - Roofless Records For Drop Tops: Disc 1
Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa & Harry Fraud - Roofless Records For Drop Tops: Disc 2
Oddisee & Heno. - From Takoma With Love
Opek - TRAFO
Isaiah Rashad - IT'S BEEN AWFUL
Kehlani - Kehlani

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:17)
Organized Konfusion - (20:25)
Stress: The Extinction Agenda - (39:41)
The Equinox - (51:46)
Lighter Note - (1:05:31)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.361 - Pharoahe Monch

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:50:00 +0100

If you're like most people and only familiar with Pharoahe Monch when "Simon Says" is played, you're actually missing one of the clearest paths of evolution from a rapper in terms of subject matter and maturity as an artist.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Ben:

Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything
Kehlani - Kehlani
Akon - BEAUTIFUL DAY
REASON - Moving Towards Love_PINK

Charlie:

Joya Mooi - All The Things
Jordan Rakei - Between Us
Agnes Nunes - Novela
Mary Ann Alexander - Love Or A Lesson
Olivia Escuyos - Yours Truly
Guvna B - This Bed I Made
April + Vista - Traditional Noise
Jai'Len Josey - Serial Romantic
REASON - Moving Towards Love_PINK
Anthony Joseph - The Ark

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:09)
Internal Affairs - (22:10)
Desire - (38:59)
W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) - (51:22)
P.T.S.D: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - (59:43)
Lighter Note - (1:11:46)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.360 - Gravediggaz

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:50:00 +0100

RZA has always been a busy man and it was no different in the 90s where he featured in supergroup Gravediggaz - birthed by at-the-time veteran of the industry Prince Paul - unleashing a Horrorcore group with an essential debut, only for the 2nd & 3rd albums to change up in subject matter and in the end only containing Poetic & Frukwan that kept the group alive.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)
Ben:

NugLife - The Beat Dispensary 4
Red Cafe - Once in a Red Moon
Hus KingPin - THREESOME 6
Flee Lord - Everything I Never Said
BTS - ARIRANG
U2 - Easter Lily EP
M.I.A. - M.I.7
Yaya Bey - Fidelity

Charlie:

Adrian Younge - Younge
Jesirae - Mama It's A Renaissance
S. Fidelity - Guess I'll Never Learn
Hollie Cook - Shy Girl In Dub!
Yaya Bey - Fidelity
Protoje - The Art of Acceptance
Blu & Exile - Time Heals Everything

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:16)

6 Feet Deep - (22:09)

The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel - (32:00)

Nightmare in A-Minor - (43:21)

Lighter Note - (54:17)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
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Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.359 - J. Cole (Pt. 2)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:50:00 +0100

We finally get to Part 2 of our J. Cole retrospective. (Listen to Part 1 here) Whilst the first half of his discography speak for themselves, Cole finishes his stretch of solo albums with a litany of appearances outside of the albums that unfortunately colour his works, culminating in a discography that - whilst unmistakably Cole - is riddled with artistic potholes.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Charlie:

Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick - This Thing Of Ours
Arima Ederra - A Rush To Nowhere
TrueMendous & Bear. - Break Offline, Before I Have a Breakdown Online
Wesley Joseph - Forever Ends Someday
SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY
Raye - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:54)
4 Your Eyez Only - (13:09)
KoD - (26:14)
The Off-Season - (37:39)
The Fall Off - (47:37)
Lighter Note - (1:09:43)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.358 - DITD 7th Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:50:00 +0100

On April 10th, we celebrated our 7th anniversary! To celebrate - emphasising the education we've given ourselves over the years - we picked seven albums that we probably would've never spun if it weren't for the Podcast.

Happy birthday to us! And whether you've been here for this episode, the first or any in between, we appreciate you.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Ben:

underscores - u
Cal Scruby - The Devil You Know
Cal Scruby - The Devil You Don't
Robyn - Sexistential
RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE

Charlie:

Ego Ella May - Good Intentions
Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire
SoulChef - Raw Silk
Thundercat - Distracted
Alex Isley - When The City Sleeps

Ben's 1st Pick - (16:30)
Charlie's 1st Pick - (20:10)
Ben's 2nd Pick - (22:43)
Charlie's 2nd Pick - (26:28)
Ben's 3rd Pick - (29:56)
Charlie's 3rd Pick - (32:23)
Ben's 4th Pick - (36:13)
Charlie's 4th Pick - (39:31)
Ben's 5th Pick - (44:06)
Charlie's 5th Pick - (46:51)
Ben's 6th Pick - (51:00)
Charlie's 6th Pick - (54:36)
Ben's 7th Pick - (59:20)
Charlie's 7th Pick - (1:02:21)
Lighter Note - (1:09:57)

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Ep.357 - Women's History Month '26 - BWP (Bytches With Problems)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:50:00 +0100

Continuing our Women's History Month celebrations (We know it's April, let it ride) with a duo in BWP - Bytches With Problems - that only had one album but with the content so brash, in your face and to the point, it's sad that this isn't a work that is celebrated more.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Ben:

Yeat - ADL
Fetty Wap - Zavier
Chief Keef - Skeletor
Master Peace - Stupid Kids
The Dandy Warhols - Pin Ups
Kim Gordon - PLAY ME

Charlie:

Lava La Rue - Do You Know Everything?
Bnnyhunna - PSALM FUNK
Jah9 - Open Heart Project
Happy Garden - HAPPY GARDEN
rum.gold - Is There Anybody Home?
Elmeine - sounds for someone
Lyriqs - Nobody's Listening
Irreversible Entanglements - Future Present Past
Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows
Tom Misch - Full Circle
Erica Mason - The Return
Alexander IV - Alchemist
Sly Johnson - MISTER JOHNSON
Adrian Quesada - Trio Asesino
Atabasca - Atabasca

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:38)
The Bytches - (23:05)
Lighter Note - (49:11)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.356 - Women's History Month '26 - Oaktown 3.5.7

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Continuing with our Women's History Month, an eventual casualty of a mans brief but beautiful light. Tied on the rocket that was MC Hammer, Oaktown 3.5.7 - comprised of backup singers Sweet L.D. Terrible T & Lil P - was purposefully similar sonically to Salt N Pepa. Whilst they had a couple of hits, one of them departing after their debut led to Oaktown 3.5.7 ending just as quickly as they began.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup: (00:50)
Ben:

Mike Will Made It - R3SET
Your Boy Posca x Boldy James - Hook, Line & Sinker
Ladytron - Paradises
KiLLOWEN - Addicted to Nostalgia
Dappled Cities - The Aquarium

Charlie:

Kid Cudi - HAVE U BN 2 HEAVEN @ NITE?
Master Peace - Stupid Kids
The Lasso - MIDNIGHT CHOPPERS
The Lasso - TEARS OF SOUND
Terrace Martin - PERSPECTIVE
Samara Cyn - Detour
BigXthaPlug, Ro$ama, MurdaGang PB & Yung Hood - 6WA
Lebra Jolie - Better Than Yesterday
Iris Gold - Sugar On My Lips
Kota The Friend - LOCAL ART DEALER, Vol. 1
Selah Sue & The Gallands - Movin'
Hempress Sativa & Paolo Baldini DubFiles - Woman

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:56)
Wild & Loose - (26:26)
Fully Loaded - (39:38)
Lighter Note - (51:25)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.355 - Women's History Month '26 - Apani B. Fly

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Continuing our WHM celebrations, we take a look at 00s Underground talent Apani B. Fly. Where the mainstream was going one way, Apani & her cohorts in the Polyrhythm Addicts shunned the commodification of Hip-Hop, staying sonically in the 90s whilst producing riveting lyrics.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Ben:

Bruiser Wolf - Push & Paint
ELUCID - I Guest U Had to Be There
Jack Harlow - Monica
Ms Banks - SOUTH LDN LOVER GIRL
Cities Aviv - Even Colder Spring

Charlie:

Zion I Kings - Fruits Ripe Riddim
Amy Gadiaga - BabyGoated
Charlotte Colace - No Way But Through
KiLLOWEN - Addicted To Nostalgia
Morenike - Nobody Knows My Name
Sade Olutola - Arrow Heart
Modha - At Your Pace
Marquis Hill - (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender
Peter Somuah - Walking Distance
Olive Jones - For Mary
Ms Banks - SOUTH LDN LOVER GIRL

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:31)

Rhyme Related - (20:51)

Story 2 Tell - (33:30)
Lighter Note - (48:21)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.354 - Women's History Month '26 - Nikki D

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:50:00 +0000

The 1st woman to put out an album under Def Jam, Nikki D seemingly had one of the biggest labels of her time behind her; with an absurd 10 album deal on deck. So why was only one album released?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Ben:

DJ Paul - Goat of all Goats
Gnarls Barkley - Atlanta
Daniel Avery - Tremor
sosocamo - big country
DaBoii - DBoii Ali
SleazyWorld Go - I Want Blood
Yebba - Jean
Nettspend - early life crisis
Flying Lotus - BIG MAMA
Mitski - Nothing's About to Happen To Me

Charlie:

John Wells - I don't wanna die (Pt. 2)
Terrace Martin - PURPOSE
Denzel Curry & The Scythe - Strictly 4 The Scythe
Murkage Dave - Brut Thoughts
Yebba - Jean
Nejma Nefertiti - Method To My Madness M.T.M.M
Joshua Idehen - I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have to try
Resavoir - Themes for Dreams
Gnarls Barkley - Atlanta
Shabaka - Of The Earth

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:11)
Daddy's Little Girl -(26:23)
Lighter Note - (46:57)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.353 - J.Cole (Pt. 1)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:50:00 +0000

With the one and only Jermaine Cole now "retired" (We don't believe in artists retiring) after the release of The Fall Off, we thought we'd contextualise Cole's career as a whole. From the mixtapes to the albums, we take it all in.

(We are aware it's March and we should be doing Women's History Month retrospectives. We'll start next week and go through to the 1st week of April!)

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:13)
Ben:

Thuli P - Avana
Robb Bank$ - Rich Badness
Bruno Mars - The Romantic
Boldy James x Rome Streetz - Manhunt
WILLOW - Petal Rock Black
RJD2 x Supastition - According to...

Charlie:

Vic Santoro - SURFNTURF
Ryder - RYDERHOOD 2
Light Seekers, JamesThe3rd & Akari Sage - FLYNPEA€E
Kiyan Foroughi - inner light. OUTER SPACE
GENA (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins) - The Pleasure Is Yours
Foggieraw - With No Due Respect
Gorillaz - The Mountain
Shocka - CONSCIOUS GRIME
Thuli P - Avana

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:52)
The Come Up - (18:24)
The Warm Up - (25:07)
Friday Night Lights - (29:13)
Cole World: The Sideline Story - (34:02)
Born Sinner - (44:21)
2014 Forest Hills Drive - (53:39)
Lighter Note - (1:06:51)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.352 - Capone

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000

We wrap up the C-N-N coverage we begun all the way back in 2020 to take a look at Capone's solo work: A smattering of authentic storytelling & run-of-the-mill gun talk wrapped in very, very 00s production.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:18)
Ben:

Mumford & Sons - Prizefighter
U2 - Days of Ash

Charlie:

WILLOW - petal rock black
Baby Keem - Ca$ino
MIGHTYHEALTHY and Sankofa - MHK-ULTRA
Moonchild - Waves

Topic intro/Ben's Research House - (11:43)
Pain, Time & Glory - (19:35)
Menace 2 Society - (29:26)
Revenge Is a Promise - (36:21)
Lighter Note - (46:11)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.351 - N.O.R.E.

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Whilst the music of C-N-N was pretty straight forward, N.O.R.E's solo work skews a little different. From mainstream 00s Hip-Hop to Reggaeton, N.O.R.E took his solo work as an opportunity to be more personal.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:15)
Ben:

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern
Charli XCX - wuthering heights
Robbie Williams - BRITPOP
Tiana Major9 - November Scorpio
Ella Mai - do you still love me?
Colin Stetson - Nethering
Baby Keem - Ca$ino
Larry June x Currensy & Alchemist - Spiral Staircase

Charlie:

Marco Polo - The Many Moods of Marco Polo Vol. 1
AntsLive - We Live
Terrace Martin - PEACE
Tiana Major9 - November Scorpio
Ras Kass - LEOPARD EATS FACE
Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:10)

N.O.R.E. - (18:33)

Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler - (28:23)

God's Favorite - (36:28)

N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe - (44:01)

Noreality - (51:01)

Student of the Game - (56:48)

5E - (1:02:05)
Lighter Note - (1:07:30)

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Ep.350 - Onyx

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Onyx were trailblazers in various ways. From their grimey style to the bald heads, Onyx had an iconic aesthetic from the outset, a classic album out the gate and bangers everywhere you look.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10)
Ben:

J. Cole - The Fall Off
RZA - Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew
Kenny Mason - Pup Pack 3rd Shift
Joji - Piss in the Wind
Hunxho - Not One Of Them
Beck - Everybodys gotta learn sometime

Charlie:

RZA - Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew
Charlotte Day Wilson - Patchwork
Jordan Ward - BACKWARD
Joel Ross - Gospel Music
Sasha Keable - ACT II
J. Cole - The Fall Off

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:17)

Bacdafucup - (21:03)

All We Got Iz Us - (27:37)

Shut 'Em Down - (31:28)

Bacdafucup: Part II - (35:30)

Triggernometry - (38:24)

Wakedafucup - (42:53)

Black Rock - (45:30)

Snowmads - (49:41)

Onyx 4 Life - (52:39)

1993 - (55:50)

Onyx Versus Everybody - (58:05)

Blood On Da X - (58:39)

World Take Over - (1:00:03)

Lower East Side - (1:03:45)
Lighter Note - (1:07:23)

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An Interview W/ Producer Kiyan Foroughi

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Hey DITD listeners! Charlie here with another WG interview that I thought you'd enjoy. I talk to producer Kiyan Foroughi as he embarks on the release of his debut concept album "inner light. OUTER SPACE" which drops 27th February. In the meantime, here is my WG interview with him.

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Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan
Interlude - "Break The Beat" By Bassti
ChillHop Music

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Ep.349 - BROCKHAMPTON

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:50:00 +0000

In just five years, BROCKHAMPTON became a Hip-Hop comet, shooting by with seven albums and it could've been more! With those works, they went from free-wheeling Mixtape-sounding albums to more mature works lyrically and sonically. Its obvious that they couldn't have existed in previous eras but could it be done ever again?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:06)
Ben:

Don Toliver - Octane
Lord Jah Monte Ogbon - As of Now
Looking at Birds - Living Room
By Storm x Injury Reserve - My Ghosts go Ghost
Jordan Ward - BACKWARD
Wale the Sage - Hug Me As If We Were To Die Tomorrow
Nafe Smallz - It's Not You It's Me
The Game x DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz EMNT
Zu - Ferrum Sidereum
Skrillex - Kora
Labrinth - COSMIC OPERA ACT I

Charlie:

Terrace Martin - PASSION
PJ - Why Do Feelings Matter Anyway
Labrinth - COSMIC OPERA ACT I
TeeZandos - STILL ODD
Nija - What I Didn't Say
XV & MIKE SUMMERS - The Kid With The Green Backpack

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:00)

Saturation - (20:26)

Saturation II - (26:45)

Saturation III - (36:18)

Iridescence - (46:00)

Ginger - (53:54)

Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine - (1:00:26)

The Family - (1:05:41)

TM - (1:09:48)
Lighter Note - (1:18:34)

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Ep.348 - EPMD

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:50:00 +0000

The duo of Erick Sermon & Parrish Smith make up EPMD, one of the quintessential Hip-Hop acts in history. Iconic production to rival the greats and a discography that doesn't get talked about nearly enough.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:06)
Ben:

IDK - e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk

Charlie:

Curren$y - Everywhere You Look (EP)
Ragz Originale - keepsake
PHABO - Ratchet & Blues
IDK - e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk
Ari Lennox - Vacancy

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:06)

Strictly Business - (16:32)

Unfinished Business - (24:56)

Business as Usual - (33:21)

Business Never Personal - (39:59)

Back in Business - (46:37)

Out of Business - (52:30)

We Mean Business - (58:23)
Lighter Note - (1:05:37)

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Ep.347 - Cam'ron

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:50:00 +0000

KILLA. Whilst he's now in his talking head era - like most rappers it seems - Cam'ron was an ever-present voice in the 00s Hip-Hop scene. One could say his music is the perfect charting of where the 00s sound was at any given year, with his lyrical content staying steady in the good ol' "Money, hoes & drugs" bag.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:14)
Ben:

A$AP ROCKY - Don't Be Dumb

Charlie:

Jada Freeman - THE WAY LOVE GOES
BXKS - FEAR OF ECLIPSE
Samm Henshaw - Could Be Worse
A$AP ROCKY - Don't Be Dumb

Topic Intro/Ben's research House - (8:21)

Confessions of Fire - (14:48)

S.D.E. - (19:55)

Come Home with Me - (25:23)

Purple Haze - (31:30)

Killa Season - (38:30)

Crime Pays - (43:59)

Purple Haze 2 - (49:06)
Lighter Note - (57:35)

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Ep.346 - Craig Mack

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:50:00 +0000

The man who helped start Bad Boy Records, only to take himself out of it and eventually take himself out of music entirely, the life of Craig Mack is a sad one overall. His music left behind after his death in 2018 was serviceable, topped off with an iconic track of the 90s.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01)

SAULT - Chapter 1

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:27)
Project: Funk Da World - (9:00)
Operation: Get Down - (18:50)
The Mack World Sessions - (29:23)
Lighter Note - (37:51)

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Ep.345 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 18

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:50:00 +0000

Happy New Year, DITD listeners! Ben returns from his holiday hiatus and we kick off 2026 by taking one more look back at 2025, talking about our two favourite albums of last year. For once, it's an all Hip-Hop affair!

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00)
Ben:

Nas & DJ Premier - Light Years

Ben's No.2 - (5:32)
Charlie's No.2 - (20:11)
Ben's No.1 - (33:25)
Charlie's No.1 - (44:38)
Lighter Note - (57:52)

Ben's Album list
Charlie's Top 10 Albums

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Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (30th Dec)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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!

D-Ace & K.A.A.N. - Kaancepts
Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 6

Ben's Album list

#5EUK Top EPs Of The Half-Decade (Pt. 1)
#5EUK Top EPs Of The Half-Decade (Pt. 2)
#5EUK 10 Songs Added To The Regular Rotation (2025)
#5EUK Top 25 EPs of 2025

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Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (23rd Dec)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:50:00 +0000

Big L - Harlem's Finest: Return Of The King
Novelist - AUDACITY
Paul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - STILL REMINISCING
Paul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - Protect The Silence
Pozzy - it's all up in the air
Saiming - what's the alternative?

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Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (16th Dec)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:26:46 +0000

J Hus - Half Clip
A-F-R-O - No More Patience
Iman Europe & Kaelin Ellis - Chrysalis
threetwenty - separate from the noise
Nas & DJ Premier - Light Years

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Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (Dec 9th)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:50:00 +0000

Adi Oasis - Silver Lining
Big K.R.I.T. - Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz
Skyzoo - Views Of A Lifetime
redveil - sankofa
Breis - Stranger On Earth

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Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup (Dec 2nd)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:50:00 +0000

Jordyn Simone - REMEMBER WHEN
TrueMendous & Tony Bones The Producer - No Round of Applause
Gabriel Jacoby - gutta child
Vic Santoro - 1000 Burpees
Von Pea & The Other Guys - Putcha Weight On It
DoomCannon - Somewhere in Between
Vic Spencer - Show & Prove, Not Back & Forth
Anti Lilly & Phoniks - All Good Things
Mungo's HiFi - Soundsystem Champions 2
Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory - Back To The Beginning

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Holiday Message

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:05:50 +0000

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.

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Ep.344 - De La Soul

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - SALTY
edbl - nylon
Deshawn Visionz - Skies On Fire Tonight
Dexter in the Newsagent - Time Flies
Celeste - Woman Of Faces

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:25)

3 Feet High and Rising - (13:34)

De La Soul Is Dead - (19:22)

Buhloone Mindstate - (29:37)

Stakes Is High - (32:55)

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump - (39:13)

AOI: Bionix - (42:42)

The Grind Date - (47:07)

And the Anonymous Nobody... - (49:45)

Cabin in the Sky - (57:11)
Lighter Note - (1:06:07)

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Ep.343 - Havoc

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Stardust

Charlie:

Ukweli & Xenia Mannasseh - MAYBE II
REASON - Everything In My Soul_BLUE
BLK ODYSSY - MOOD CONTROL
Kaicrewsade - Joint4u!
Flwr Chyld - InsydeOut
Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You ii
Danny Brown - Stardust
Kofi Stone - All The Flowers Have Bloomed
CHIKA - WISH YOU WERE (T)HERE
p-rallel - SELECTA
Che Noir & 7xvethegenius - Desired Crowns
TOBi & Real Bad Man - The Perfect Blue

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:59)
The Kush - (18:53)
Hidden Files - (25:06)
13 - (32:04)
13 Reloaded - (38:54)
Lighter Note - (48:09)

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Ep.342 - Prodigy

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:58:46 +0000

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 Hedon
Alemeda - But What The Hell Do I Know
rum.gold - Is There Anybody Home? (Part 2)

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:58)

H.N.I.C. - (8:47)

Return of the Mac - (14:39)

H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 - (20:30)

H.N.I.C. 3 - (25:00)

The Bumpy Johnson Album - (31:20)

Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation) - (35:36)
The Hegelian Dialectic 2: The Book of Heroine - (42:24)
Lighter Note - (52:09)

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Ep.341 - Mobb Deep

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 Finest

Charlie:

Saba - C0FFEE!
Makaya McCraven - The People's Mixtape
Makaya McCraven - Hidden Out!
Makaya McCraven - PopUp Shop
Makaya McCraven - Techno Logic
Knucks - A Fine African Man
The Cavemen. - Cavy In The City
Naomi Kimpenu - Reprise
The Doppelgangaz - Bet on Black Cloak
Halle - love?... or something like it
Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - GOLDFISH
Nectar Woode - it's like I never left
Deborah Bond - Naomi's Finest
Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOME

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:42)

Juvenile Hell - (20:29)

The Infamous - (26:32)

Hell on Earth - (31:42)

Murda Muzik - (37:51)

Infamy - (42:11)

Amerikaz Nightmare - (48:13)

Blood Money - (50:49)

The Infamous Mobb Deep - (56:51)

Infinite - (59:36)
Lighter Note - (1:05:50)

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Ep.340 - #UKBHM 2025: Tinie Tempah

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 Cynics
Planet Giza - The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later, Vol. 3
Katori Walker - The War Within
JayaHadADream - Happiness From Agony
Niko Is. & J. Rawls - The Optimist's Son
Hannah Jadagu - Describe
Sister Nancy & Mad Professor - Armageddon
Yazmin Lacey - Teal Dreams
Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp
Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOME

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:33)
Disc-Overy - (19:52)
Demonstration - (34:33)
Youth - (47:00)
Lighter Note - (1:07:03)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Deadbeat

Charlie:

Chronixx - Exile
Charlotte Dos Santos - Neve Azul
Curren$y - 10/15
Adrian Younge & Carlos Dafé - Carlos Dafé JID025
7xvethegenius - Self 7xve 3
Monaleo - Who Did The Body
Tame Impala - Deadbeat

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:17)
Take Dis - (20:52)
Daddy Always Wanted Me to Grow a Pair of Wings - (31:13)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen - (38:11)
Lighter Note - (50:23)

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Ep.338 - #UKBHM 2025: Unique 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Infinite

Charlie -

Jordyn Simone - NO DEMO LEFT UNHEARD VOL. 2
Blue Earth Sounds - Cicero Nights
Summers Sons - Dare To Wonder
Hollie Cook - Shy Girl
Matt Wilde - Find A Way
Negros Tou Moria - MAVRI ELLADA
The Cool Kids - Hi Top Fade
Ruby Rushton - Legacy!
Mobb Deep - Infinite
Robert Glasper - Keys To The City Volume One

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:38)
Jus' Unique - (20:01)
Invasive Signals - (33:10)
Lighter Note - (41:12)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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.

TIMESTAMPS
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52)
Charlie:

She Who Won't Be Named - From She With
nineteen97 - CUDDABEENA*
Barney Artist - They Changed When I Did
Mick Jenkins & EMIL - A MURDER OF CROWS
Jaydonclover - a constant state of blue
Myka 9, Blu & Mono En Stereo - God Takes Care Of Babies & Fools
Sven Wunder - Daybreak
Dizzy Wright & Kxvi - Soul Searching
Anaiis - Devotion & The Black Divine
Say She She - Cut & Rewind
Alfa Mist - Roulette

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:26)
The Beat, The Rhyme, The Noise - (19:33)
Be Aware - (30:28)
Lighter Note - (42:58)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:17:48 +0100

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 Berrigan
Interlude - "Remedy" By Dezaulait
ChillHop Music

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Ep.336 - Stetsasonic

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 LOVE
FloFilz - Hagaki
Ol' Burger Beats - 74: Out of Time (Reimagined)
Vic Spencer - Trees Are Undefeated
Kojey Radical - Don't Look Down
Mega - I Am Enough
Mnelia - COMPLICATED.
A-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 3
Sol ChYld - Rebirth.Theory
Verbz & Mr Slipz - THE WAY FWD
CARRTOONS - Space Cadet
Lady Wray - Cover Girl
Durand Jones & The Indications - Flowers
John Wells - I don't wanna die (Pt. 1)

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:45)
On Fire - (20:51)
In Full Gear - (31:04)
Blood, Sweat & No Tears - (43:47)
Here We Go Again - (55:38)
Lighter Note - (1:07:33)

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Ep.335 - The Diplomats

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Drama
Destroy Lonely -

Charlie:

Meduulla & Ethan Hill - Tabula Rasa
The Last Artful, Dodgr - databreachO01: Mr. I Don't Miss
Monster Florence - PETTY CASH
Curren$y - 9/15
Meron T - Palindrome
Halima - SWEET TOOTH
Reggie Becton - The Last Great American Summer
Joy Crookes - Juniper
Ian Kelly - Becoming
Ria Moran - Cubico
Jamie Leeming - Sequent

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:50)
Diplomatic Immunity - (25:24)
Diplomatic Immunity 2 - (39:12)
Diplomatic Ties - (51:10)
Lighter Note - (1:00:40)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.334 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 17

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Up
Jermaine Dupri - Magic City

Charlie:

Yoni Mayraz - Dogs Bark Babies Cry
Steven Bamidele - THE CRASH!
Venna - MALIK
Steam Down, Ahnansé & Afronaut Zu - I Realised It Was Me
Chance The Rapper - STAR LINE
Marquise Fair - Better World
Kinzoogianna - The Clique of '86
Rapsody & Madlib - MadRaps
Summer Banton - Symptoms of Me
Heather Victoria - I Can't Make This Up
K.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - Anger Management
Kassa Overall - CREAM
Joviale - Mount Crystal
Vanilla - Time Goes By, Pt. II

ESGN - (17:35)
Welcome To: OUR HOUSE - (39:55)
Lighter Note (Every Noise at Once) - (1:00:33)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.333 - P.M. Dawn

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:50:00 +0100

The brothers in Prince Be & DJ Minutemix that make up the duo P.M Dawn have been - in hindsight - a marketing casualty. They forever hold the record of being the first African American Hip-Hop act to get No.1 on Billboard. But whilst that track & their debut album traffic in a Hip-Hop fusion, their works after that lean much more into R&B, creating a discography built on fluidity, deep lyrics and unfortunately, an American audience that probably never understood them.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)
Ben:

Curren$y - 8/30

Charlie:

Yeza & Rorystonelove - Star Of The East
Braxton Cook - Not Everyone Can Go
Amaarae - BLACK STAR
Rich Brian - WHERE IS MY HEAD?
Robert Glasper - Code Derivation
Shing02 - 抒情詩歌/JOJOSHIKA
D Smoke - Wake Up Supa
Ruby Francis - Pages of Philosophy
Rakim - The RE-UP
Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies
Chip Wickham - The Eternal Now
El Michels Affair - 24 Hr Sports
Curren$y - 8/30

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:37)
Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience - (20:18)
The Bliss Album...? - (31:39)
Jesus Wept - (40:34)
Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad - (47:22)
Fucked Music - (55:58)
Lighter Note - (1:11:16)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Ep.332 - Group Home

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 stories
Danni Baylor - Things About The World That Burden Me
NOTORIOUS N.I.Q. - Man Eater
Murs - Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)
KAYTRANADA - AIN'T NO DAMN WAY!
Rudimental - RUDIM3NTAL
Kid Cudi - Free
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 2
Che Noir & The Other Guys - No Validation
The Amours - Girls Will Be Girls
Jesse Royal - No Place Like Home
Smith and The Honey Badgers - Killing Time
Nate Smith - LIVE-ACTION
Joey Bada$$ - Lonely At The Top
Blood Orange - Essex Honey

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:28)
Livin' Proof - (19:57)
A Tear for the Ghetto - (31:19)
Where Back - (37:35)
Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal - (40:45)
Forever - (46:13)
Lighter Note - (51:16)

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An Interview W/ Jazztronica Artist Kinzoogianna

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:21 +0100

Another WG interview for you to step to! For this truly special conversation, we talk to Jazztronica multi-instrumentalist and Hip-Hop fan Anna Stubbs, AKA Kinzoogianna ahead of her album "The Clique Of '86" dropping 12th September.

This nearly 90 minute conversation spans from her beginnings, living in California; being exposed to music early on and never looking back; taking Jazz in University; her career up to this point, all the way to her Top 5 and chatting Hip-Hop long after that.

E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com
Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK
Website: https://the5thelement.co.uk
Photography: https://www.crt.photography

Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan
Interlude - "perenne" By Juan RIOS
ChillHop Music

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Ep.331 - Buckshot

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:50:00 +0100

We finish our Boot Camp Clik exploration with the talisman of the supergroup and co-founder of Duck Down Records: Buckshot. Covering his one and only solo record and the varied collab albums he produced in the 2000s/early 2010s.

TIMESTAMPS:

Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)
Ben:

Offset - Kiari
Ghostface- Supreme Clientele 2
BigXthaPlug - I Hope You're Happy
Earl - Live Laugh Love

Charlie:

The Other Guys - Summer '92
KYE - Kylie's Rant
Lupe Fiasco - Samurai DX
Divine Earth - LAVENDER
Coast Contra - THE FIFTH
Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love
Kadeem Tyrell, P-rallel & Wilfy D - The Missing Part
Zyah Belle - Are You Still Listening?
Shame Gang - Oil Stains & 808s
BigXthaPlug - I Hope You're Happy
Mad Skillz - Words For Days, Vol. 1
Lila Iké - Treasure Self Love

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:35)
The BDI Thug - (25:19)
Chemistry - (32:50)
The Formula - (38:13)
Survival Skills - (42:11)
The Solution - (51:35)
Backpack Travels - (54:39)
Lighter Note - (1:01:00)

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Ep.330 - O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:50:00 +0100

The trio of O.G.C. - Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah and Top Dog - never really had the highs of their Boot Camp Clik counterparts. But just because they never dropped a stone cold classic, doesn't mean they didn't drop quality music.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:09)
Ben:

JID - God Does Like Ugly
Gunna - The Last Wun
DJ Premier & Roc Marciano - The Coldest Profession
Chance the Rapper - STAR LINE

Charlie:

DJ Premier & Roc Marciano - The Coldest Profession
Allexa Nava - No Language
Jenevieve - CRYSALIS
Seba Kaapstad - 4ever
Davie - At Least We Had The Dance Floor
PinkPanthress - Fancy That
Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025)
JID - God Does Like Ugly
Natalie Slade - Molasses
Orbital Ensemble - Orbital
Buddy Guy - Ain't Done With The Blues
Asha Imuno - blksugar
Mahalia - Luvergirl

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:00)
Da Storm - (25:30)
The M-Pire Shrikez Back - (38:10)
Lighter Note - (48:36)

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Ep.329 - An Interview W/ Intercept Music's Jesse Flores

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:50:00 +0100

We have an interview for you to step to! For this one, we talk to long-time Music Industry leader and currently Intercept Music’s Vice President of Artist and Label Partnerships Jesse Flores. We talk about his beginnings in the industry, the state of the industry as a whole; the steady rise of independents; his Lighter Note & his Top 5.

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Ep.328 - Smif-N-Wessun

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:50:00 +0100

With the duo of Smif-N-Wessun, Tek & Steele started off as worthy members of the Boot Camp Clik, delivering a great debut album. And even with roadblocks galore holding them back over the years, they have produced a solid discography, maturing gracefully as a Hip-Hop duo.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:55)
Ben:

Metro Boomin - A Futuristic Summa

Charlie:

Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim - Soli Deo Gloria
Jianbo - Everything For The Family
Curren$y - 7/30
Apollo Brown & Bronze Nazareth - Funeral For A Dream
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2
Mansur Brown - Rihla
bLAck pARty - The Last Dance
McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!
Precious Jewel - Pensive Poetics

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:21)
Dah Shinin' - (18:50)

The Rude Awakening - (28:17)

Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded - (36:59)

Smif-n-Wessun: The Album - (45:28)

Monumental - (50:40)

The All - (54:32)

Infinity - (1:00:26)
Lighter Note - (1:04:42)

Thanks to FeedSpot for the inclusion on their Top 10 Hip-Hop Podcasts!

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Ep.327 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 14

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours where we talk about albums not Hip-Hop, but close to it. For this one, we get into Roots Manuva & Wrongtom's Danchall/Dub remix album "Duppy Writer" & Katy B's debut "On A Mission".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Ben:

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2

Charlie:

Heno. & Mad Keys - Healing Out Loud (EP)
A. Billi Free & The Lasso - Pleasure, Peace & Pain
Omar - Brighter The Days
JONES - In The Moment (EP)
Vel Nine - A Beautiful Day To Die
Samantha Schmütz & Adrian Younge - Samantha & Adrian

Duppy Writer - (13:11)
On A Mission - (33:41)
Lighter Note - (1:00:32)

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Ep.326 - Black Moon

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:50:00 +0100

The group that started it all for the Boot Camp Clik, the trio of Black Moon - led by Buckshot - came in with a quintessential Hip-Hop Golden Age debut and sporadically dropped after that, with not much of a drop in quality compared to a stone-cold classic.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Ben:

Raekwon - The Emperor's New Clothes

Charlie

Ryder & Sengi - LONG RIDE HOME
Farah Audhali & Blue Lab Beats - Time's Up
Sainte - 4L
Anti Lilly & High John - Butterfly Effect
Open Mike Eagle - Neighbourhood Gods Unlimited
Raekwon - The Emperor's New Clothes

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:17)

Enta da Stage - (16:14)

War Zone - (26:37)

Total Eclipse - (35:06)

Rise of da Moon - (44:17)
Lighter Note - (54:33)

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Ep.325 - Heltah Skeltah

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:50:00 +0100

The duo of Rock & Ruck (Sean Price) make Heltah Skeltah, giving us yet another Boot Camp Clik membership that created a consistent quality discography! Not many misses when it comes to one of the best voices in Hip-Hop and a Sean Price that grows into himself as the years go by.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Ben:

Jackboys 2
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Boldy James x Nicholas Craven - Late to my Own Funeral
Larry June x Cardo - Until Night Comes

Charlie:

Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Dom Salvador - Dom Salvador JID024
The Circling Sun - Orbits
TOBi - ELEMENTS Vol. 2
Public Enemy - Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Potatohead People & Slippery Elm - Emerald Tablet
Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos II
Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:32)
Nocturnal - (23:17)
Magnum Force - (33:45)
D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) - (40:56)
Lighter Note - (53:18)

& thanks to Million Podcasts for including us in their new "Hip-Hop Podcasts" list!

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Ep.324 - Boot Camp Clik

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:50:00 +0100

The six-man supergroup Boot Camp Clik has - from day 1 - been a unique blend of talent, culminating in four decent-to-great albums and poses to be in the mind for whenever we cover the groups/individuals that make the group.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)
Ben:

JID - GDLU the Preluxe
Smoke DZA - On My Way to Berlin

Charlie:

SAMSON - UNDERSTOOD!?
Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO
The Doppelgangaz - Still Left
Annie and the Caldwells - Can't Lose My (Soul)
Akil The MC - Taxes
SOUFSIDE KATHLEEN - I PREFER REVENGE
Solene & J. Rawls - Midnight Angel
Kota The Friend - NO RAP ON SUNDAY
Arrested Development - Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:32)

For the People - (19:51)

The Chosen Few - (28:01)

The Last Stand - (34:27)

Casualties of War - (39:07)
Lighter Note - (46:43)

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Ep.323 - Half-Decade Top 5 Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:50:00 +0100

On July 2nd we will be exactly halfway through the 2020s! And whilst it's been an objectively terrible decade in many ways, there are some Hip-Hop gems that have come out. So, we decided to make our individual Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums of the Half-Decade and for once, we have NO overlapping works! So buckle in as we gush over 10 albums in a nearly 2 hour special!

TIMESTAMPS:
Honourable Mentions - (3:54)
Charlie's No. 5 - (15:53)
Ben's No. 5 - (23:54)
Charlie's No. 4 - (34:33)
Ben's No. 4 - (42:31)
Charlie's No. 3 - (51:42)
Ben's No. 3 - (59:08)
Charlie's No. 2 - (1:05:58)
Ben's No. 2 - (1:15:26)
Charlie's No. 1 - (1:27:24)
Ben's No. 1 - (1:37:20)
Lighter Note - (1:46:51)

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Ep.322 - Sean Price

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:50:00 +0100

One of the mainstays of the burgeoning Hip-Hop Underground of the 00s and beyond, Sean Price was a reality rapper with plenty of humour, iconic one-liners and a discography that have aged pretty well.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49)
Ben:

Memphis Bleek - Apt 3D
Che Noir - The Color Chocolate 2
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon - Come As You Are
Dave East & Young Chris - Fine Dining
Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back 2

Charlie:

Ric Wilson - AMERICA RUNS ON DISCO
Janset - Disruptive
kwn - with all due respect
Che Noir - The Color Chocolate 2
Samara Cyn - backroads
Loyle Carner - hopefully !
Nick Grant - I Took It Personal
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon - Come As You Are
Cam Be & Neak - a film called black
Yaya Bey - do it afraid
Marshall Allen - New Dawn
Joe Armon-Jones - All The Quiet (Part II)
Robert Glasper - Let Go

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:13)

Monkey Barz - (26:35)

Jesus Price Supastar - (35:06)

Mic Tyson - (47:48)

Imperius Rex - (55:57)
Lighter Note - (1:06:56)

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Ep.321 - Slick Rick

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Dopamine

Charlie -

Karl Benjamin - To What End?
MRCY - VOLUME 2
Jords - Mixtape J
edbl - Archives Mixtape
Syf of Talking Knots & Sir Nebula - Gravity
A-F-R-O - Crimson Fury
Kamaiyah - Fired Up
Nubiyan Twist - NT Soundsystem
AJ Tracey - Don’t Die Before You're Dead
Theo Croker - Dream Manifest
Brandee Younger - Gadabout Season
Juicy J & Logic - Live And In Colour
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell - We Insist 2025!
Slick Rick - Victory

Topic 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)

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Ep.320 - DJ Quik

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 6
Little Simz - Lotus
UntilJapan - tromp l'oeil

Charlie:

Common Saints - Equinox
Ian Kelly & DJ D Sharp - Concrete OCEAN
Vic Spencer & Bucky Luger - Interstate Potluck
Little Simz - Lotus

Topic 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)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.319 - MC Shan

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Trainspotting
Bruiser Wolf - POTLUCK
Masta Killa - Balance

Charlie:

Silas Short - LUSHLAND
Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming
Oddisee - En Route
Premo Rice - Bad Muf*cka
Obongjayar - Paradise Now
Grand Puba - The Origin
Poldoore - Chroma Dream
Lady Donli - This Feels Like An Interlude
ChillHop Music - Chillhop Timezones Nigeria
Yugen Blakrok - The Illusion of Being
Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
Xzibit - Kingmaker

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.318 - dead prez

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 May 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Story
Jay Prince - SHINE
Nādt Orchestra - Dualism
Don Glori - Paper Can't Wrap Fire
Aaron Taylor - Yours Always
Lizzie Berchie - Night Shift
Scienze & NappyHigh - PRAISES
Estelle - Stay Alta
Queen Kaltoum - At PizzaExpress Live - In London
Pola & Bryson - Overgrown

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.317 - Will Smith

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 May 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Sunshine
Xzibit - Kingmaker
Rico Nasty - Lethal
Chuck D - Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon

Charlie:

Deema - 5
Junii - JINX!
MyCompiledThoughts - Kouri
flowerovlove - summerovlove setlist
Chuck D - Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon
Tanika Charles - Reasons To Stay
Savannah Ré - Formed
Reuben James - Big People Music

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.316 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 II
Key Glock - Glockaveli: The Don
Roc Marciano x Knowledge the Pirate - The Round Table

Charlie:

Gaidaa - YARN
Nayla Savannah - Be Free
DARGZ - Friends & Family

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.315 - Schoolly D

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 May 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Excelsior
Yung Lean - Jonatan
JPEGMAFIA x Flume - We Live in a Society

Charlie:

Jericho Jackson - I Am Him
AntsLive - Carpe Diem
1999 WRITE THE FUTURE & The Pharcyde - Timeless
Ryder - RYDERHOOD
Alex Isley - WHEN
Katalyst - Speakeasy
Vinocio - Tostados
Nejma Nefertiti - Jayne Wayne The Juggernaut
Mychelle - Good Day
Wretch 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.314 - Spoonie Gee

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Samson
Vinnie Paz - God Sent Vengeance

Charlie:

Bishop Nehru - Trapbap
Uwade - Florilegium
Coco Jones - Why Not More?
Ray Vaughn - The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu
Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life
Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics - Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

An Interview W/ London-Based Producer Ryder

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Berrigan
Interlude - "Her" By L'Indecis
ChillHop Music

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
Diggin' In The Digits
5EPN Radio
Black Women Watch...
In Search of Sauce
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.313 - The Treacherous Three

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 Sound
Boog Brown - Super Useful Tools
Adrian Younge - Adrian Younge presents Something About April III
The Underachievers - Homecoming
Kool Keith - Karpenters
Blu & August Fanon - Forty
SAULT - 10
Alexander Flood - ARTIFACTUAL RHYTHM

Topic 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.

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HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.312 - Kool Moe Dee

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 chaos
RJ Payne - Leatherface 4
Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So Legendary

Charlie:

Paris Nights - Up Now
Σtella - Adagio
Joe Armon-Jones - All The Quiet (Part I)
Smoovth & Wun Two - Prussian Blue
Various Artists - Soil Samples
Zino Vinci - Late Bloomer
Verbz & Zar - In Time
Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So Legendary
Awa Khiwe & Ghanaian Stallion - African Women Arise

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.311 - DITD 6th Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 House
FloFilz - Dim Down
Jayellz - I JUST FEEL DIFFERENT
Kemi Ade - The Fix
Adrian Younge & Hyldon - Hyldon JID023
Oscar Jerome - The Fork
Ruinz Ason & JFlames - Life as We Know It

Chance - (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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.310 - Lords of the Underground

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:50:00 +0100

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 - Hommage
Will Smith - Based on a True Story
NAV - OMW2 Rexdale

Charlie:

p-rallel - Can't Be Me
JAY MALAKHI - THE GREAT ESCAPE
Kalisway - Take Me Back (World Of Eras)
Godfather Don & Jazz Spastiks - Writer's Delight
Will Smith - Based on a True Story
Butcher Brown - Letters From The Atlantic
Sultan Stevenson - El Roi
Zola Marcelle - Home
Drea Vocalz - Love in Brazil

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.309 - Women's History Month '25 - Queen Mother Rage

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 ID

Charlie:

Che Noir & Superior - Seeds In Babylon (EP)
J. Rawls - Nineteen Ninety Nine
No I.D. & Saba - From The Private Collection of Saba and No ID
Goya Gumbani - Warlord of the Weejuns
Greentea Peng - TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY
Vanilla - Time Goes By Pt. I

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.308 - Women's History Month '25 - The Sequence

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - MUSIC
Currensy x Harry Fraud - Never Catch Us
Dave East x Ransom - The Final Call
Boldy James x Chuck Strangers - Token of Appreciation

Charlie:

Aaron May - 803Mayjor Vol. 2
Jordvn Emanuel - Close Enough
Curren$y & Harry Fraud - Never Catch Us
Coast Contra - In Case You Forgot
44th Move (Alfa Mist & Richard Spaven) - Anthem
Otis Mensah - before the noise my cousin
Zion I Kings - Live Free

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.307 - Women's History Month '25 - MC Trouble

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 Outcome
YoungBoy NBA - More Leaks

Charlie:

Summer Pearl - THE INTERLUDE
Big Zuu & Capo Lee - Signed & Delivered
Apollo Brown - Elevator Music
Hope 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

An Interview With Dallas/NYC Rapper EB Rebel

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:34:12 +0000

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?"

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Website: https://medium.com/@the5thelement
Photography: https://www.crt.photography

Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan
Interlude - "4:21pm" By Ian Ewing
ChillHop Music

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
Diggin' In The Digits
5EPN Radio
Black Women Watch...
In Search of Sauce
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.306 - Women's History Month '25 - Boss

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 calls
The Doppelgangaz - Dumpster Dive, Vol. 2
REASON - I Love You Again
Andrew Mbaruk & Th' Mole - Purple Dirndl
Dub Syndicate - Obscured By Version
Terrace Martin - Albion Files
K.Keed - Bite the Bullet

Topic 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.305 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 16

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Jupiter
Smif-N-Wessun - Infinity
Kelela - In The Blue Light
Amindi - 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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.304 - Boogie Down Productions

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 U
Westside Gunn - 12

Charlie:

BNMO - The Eleventh Hour
Anthony Joseph - Rowing up River to Get Our Names Back
BexBlu, Renelle 893 - THE BUZZ
chlothegod - I Feel Different Every Day
John Glacier - Like A Ribbon
Mereba - The Breeze Grew a Fire
Rizzle Kicks - Competition is for Losers
Brother Ali & ANT - Satisfied Soul

Topic 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 GoFundMe

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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.303 - Poor Righteous Teachers

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:27:00 +0000

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 Beautiful
JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU

Charlie:

Madvillain - Madvillainy Demos
NAYA ALI - We Did The Damn Thing

Topic 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)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.302 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 13

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 Demos
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
Spectacular Diagnostics - RAW GAME

Charlie:

Logic - Aquarius III
Jeshi - Airbag Woke Me Up
Mac Miller - Balloonerism
Ghais Guevara - Goyard Ibn Said
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Ebo Taylor - Ebo Taylor JID022
Eva Lazarus - Make Your Own Sunshine
Cymande - Renascence

Hybrid Theory - (16:51)
Waltz of a Ghetto Fly - (36:18)
Lighter Note - (50:47)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.301 - Kurtis Blow

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 Ink

Topic 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)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.300 - Run-DMC

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Balloonerism
Busta Rhymes - Dragon Season.. The Awakening
OMB Peezy - Drifting Away

Topic 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)

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Ep.299 - DITD Bites, Vol. 21

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 FOToS

Charlie:

Skiifall - Lovers Till I'm Gone
Diamond D - THE DIAM PIECE 3: DUO
Otis Kane - Violet

(Allegedly) The Conversation - (5:08)
Lighter Note - (1:01:09)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.298 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 15

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:50:00 +0000

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 - WHAM
Consequence - Movies on Demand

Charlie:

Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico
Konkolo Orchestra - Future Pasts

Charlie'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.

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Ep.297 - 2024 Metacritic Album Score Review

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Daydreaming
Sophye Soliveau - INITIATION
SOUFSIDE KATHLEEN - Everything Under My Sun
Kneecap - Fine Art
Liana Flores - Flower of the soul

The Review - (5:38)
Lighter Note - (1:33:53)

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Ep.296 - Coolio

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Deion
Vic Spencer - Being The Bigger Person Sucks
Iman Europe - Moneymorphosis
Barney Artist & Miles Singleton - Strangers All Around
Alici - Souvenir

Topic 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)

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Ep.295 - WC

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 - Missionary
Roc Marciano x The Alchemist - The Skeleton Key

Charlie:

Iotosh - FOR THE PEOPLE
Kota The Friend & Statik Selektah - Once In A Blue Moon
Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - Missionary
Vic Santoro - Clean Shoes Dirty Trainers
Amahla - 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)

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Ep.294 - WC and the Maad Circle

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 Worldwide

Charlie:

Janset & IKHANA - PROBLEMS
Shabaka - Possession

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:47)
Ain't a Damn Thang Changed - (12:39)
Curb Servin - (26:35)
Lighter Note - (36:41)

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Ep.293 - Mack 10

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 - tribe
Ice Cube - Man Down
Pete & Bas - Mugshot
Boldy James - The Bricktionary

Charlie:

Treasure Bloom - Passing Time
Nejma Nefertiti, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata - Animal Barz II
Knucks & K-Trap - Can't Decide 3P
Deema - DOG WITH A £
Jeff Darko - Merry Go Round
Skyzoo - Keep Me Company

Topic 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)

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Ep.292 - Westside Connection

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 Crossroads
Kendrick Lamar - GNX

Charlie:

Eva Gadd - I Don't Talk
Zino Vinci - TFL Blues
Baaba J - In Pursuit Of Happiness
84faces - Wasted Summer
Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien
Adrian Younge - Linear Labs: Sau Paolo
FLO - Access All Areas
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
K.Zia & Sedric Perry - TWIN FLAME
Zenesoul - Is is fun for you?
Poppy Ajudha - Poppy
Dizzy Wright, Demrick & Mike & Keys - Blaze With Us 3
Raquel Rodriguez - Housewife
Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes
Emile Londonien - Inwards
Ice Cube - Man Down

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:03)
Bow Down - (26:08)
Terrorist Threats - (39:47)
Lighter Note - (56:10)

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Ep.291 - Contemporary Cool Vol. 14

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 Burger
ASAP Ferg - DAROLD
Real Boston Richey - Richey Rich
Natty - The Divine Trinity

Charlie:

Common Saints - Cinema 3000
Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing
Nectar Woode - Head Above Water
Vibbar - Gyal Thoughts
Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory - Magnum Opus
Ab-Soul - Soul Burger

HERBERT - (11:39)
Garage Classical - (44:26)
Lighter Note - (1:06:55)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 1nce
Joe James - BEAST LIVING
EarthGang - Perfect Fantasy

Ben:

Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nce
Big Moochie Grape - Eat or Get Ate 2
Conductor Williams - Conductor We Have a Problem Pt. 3
Westside Gunn - Still Praying
Lloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc V
Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake 2

Charlie:

The Headhunters - The Stunt Man
Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 5
Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Nothing Is My Favorite Thing
Maassai - DEC0N$tRUCT!0N
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis - Warriors
Kokoroko - Get The Message
Braxton Cook - My Everything
Astrocolor - Stargazing - AstroJazz, Vol. 2
Ol' Burger Beats - Welcome To Norway

The Conversation - (19:28)
Lighter Note - (1:04:53)

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Ep.289 - #UKBHM 2024: Neneh Cherry

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0000

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 deep
Nappy Nina - Nothing is my Favourite Thing
DeJ Loaf - End of Summer
Payroll Giovanni - Hustle Muzik

Charlie:

Imperial & Awon - On Tempo
The Doppelgangaz - G Pack, Vol. 6
Ray BLK - A Forest Fire
Samara Cyn - The Drive Home
MORGAN - Emotional Gangster
Joe James - BEAST LIVING
Bawo - It Means Hope Where I'm From
Che Noir - The Lotus Child
Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN: ACT II

Topic 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)

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Ep.288 - #UKBHM 2024: Rebel MC

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 2
Yeat - Lyfestyle
ian - Goodbye Horses
DJ Rude One - Upper Space

Charlie:

Protoje - The Jamaican Situation
BINA. - Chaos Is Her Name
Alfa Mist & Amika Quartet - Recurring (Live At King's Place)
Ashley Henry - Who We Are
Homeboy Sandman - Turns Out I Can Tell A Few of These After All
Roy Hargrove - Grande-Terre

Topic 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)

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Ep.287 - #UKBHM 2024: Demon Boyz

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Holdup
XV & Mike Summers - Blog Era Is Dead
Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo

Charlie:

Layfullstop - RUGGED (Part 2)
Nilla Allin - NILLAWOOD
CHERISE - Butter
Deema - C4LL MY PHONE
Äyanna - About Ä Boy
Matt Wilde - It's A Delight
Hak Baker - Nostalgia Death Act 2
Curren$y & DJ.Fresh - The Encore
BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE
Dua Saleh - I SHOULD CALL THEM
Amaria - Free Fallin'
Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know You
Bnnyhunna - ECHOES OF PRAYER
7xvethegenius - Death of Deuce
Sans Soucis - Circumnavigating Georgia
SamRecks - BALANCE
Shocka - Vulnerability is the New Cool
XV & 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)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Traumatic
The Voidz - Like All Before You
Jamie xx - In Waves

Charlie:

Mark Kavuma - The Dandy
Lynda Dawn - 11th Hour
Suni MF - yellow gold
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 021
Master Peace - How To Make A(nuva) Master Peace
Awon & High John - Odyssey Disco
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)
Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story To Tell
Leon Bridges - Leon
Kofi Stone - A Man After God's Own Heart
Filah Lah Lah - ON AIR

Topic 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)

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An Interview W/ The Allergies

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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!

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Ep.285 - #UKBHM 2024: MC Duke

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Dark

Charlie:

Vacatixn - GEMINI FLOW
Kamaiyah - Before We Party
9th Wonder & Give Em Soul - ONE FORTY SEVEN
A-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 2
The Hoodies - NOBODY BIGGER THAN WE
Mysie - CONTROLLA
Monaleo - Throwing Bows
Amahla - Enough: The Collection
Tara Lily - Speak In The Dark
Bilal - Adjust Brightness
Nines - Quit While You're Ahead
TSHA - Sad Girl
Ezra Collective - Dance, No One's Watching

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:55)
Organised Rhyme - (28:47)
Return of the Dread-i - (38:35)
Lighter Note - (51:42)

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Ep.284 - Method Man & Redman

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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:

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:24)
Ben:

MC Lyte - 1 of 1
Future - MIXTAPE PLUTO

Charlie:

Jourden - Straight, No Chase
Lady Blackbird - Slang Spirituals
Adanna Duru - stuck in a record deal
Paris Nights - Full Package: Act 2
Jeryh Luz - Luz
The Alchemist - The Genuine Articulate
Xenia Manasseh - LOVE/HATE Pt. 2
Jaz Karis - SAFE FLIGHT
Sarina - What U Didn't Know
Blu & Exile - Love (the) Ominous World
MC Lyte - 1 of 1
Alemeda - FK IT
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (28:53)
Blackout! - (37:39)
Blackout! 2 - (46:52)
Lighter Note - (1:00:41)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Ep.283 - Naughty By Nature

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Icon

Charlie:

Ian Kelly - A Summer Pack With Love
Amethyst - Daydreaming
LARA' - Luvology
Terrace Martin - Nintindo Soul
Talib Kweli & J. Rawls - The Confidence Of Knowing
RAYE - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Independent 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)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Ep.282 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 13

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 FORCE
Ransom x Conway - Chaos Is My Ladder 2
Sleazyworld Go - More Than a Shooter

Charlie:

Slowly Rolling Camera - Silver Shadow
Marquis Hill - Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox
Will Kobus - the marble n' the sculptor
LL Cool J - THE FORCE
Laila! - GAP YEAR!
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
The Doppelgangaz - G Pack, Vol. 5
Demae - Deliver Me

Tana Talk 3 - (16:02)
'D.I.T.C. - The Remix Project' - (34:41)
Lighter Note - (53:21)

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Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Ep.281 - Guru

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 You
Juicy J - Ravenite Social Club
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Mozzy - Brash Dummies
Ocean Wisdom - Fight Club

Charlie:

Audrey Powne - From the Fire
Juicy J - Ravenite Social Club
Stephon Alexander - Spontaneous Fruit
Joya Mooi - Open Hearts
LESiA - Affirmations To Reality
K.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - In Due Time
K.A.A.N. & DJ Hoppa - Delusions Of Grandeur
Tank and The Bangas - The Heart, The Mind, The Soul
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Curren$y & DJ.Fresh - The Tonite Show The Sequel
Big Sean - Better Me Than You
Ocean Wisdom - Fight Club

Topic 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)

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Ep.280 - Gang Starr

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 II
Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady

Charlie:

Hamzaa - 25!
Rachel Chinouriri - Live From KOKO
JWords - Beauty In Everything
Mad Skillz - The Seven Number Ones
Thee Heart Tones - Forever & Ever

Topic 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)

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Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Ep.279 - Jeru The Damaja

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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. 2
38 Spesh - Mother & Gun

Charlie:

Awon & Phoniks - Golden Era 2
OneDa - Formula OneDa (Drops October 4th)
Enough Cereals - Impulse
Diamond D - THE DIAM PIECE 3: INITIUM
38 Spesh - Mother & Gun
Kalisway - A Kid From Toronto
The Allergies - Freak The Speaker (Drops September 27th)
Essosa - Essie's World

Topic 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)

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Ep.278 - Twista

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:50:00 +0100

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 - shadowbox
Benny the Butcher - Summertime Butch
BIGBABYGUCCI - Baby 5

Charlie:

Phonte - Pacific Time 2
Ambré - i do this sh*t in my sleep
Chelsea Reject & T'nah - Rogue
Wais P & Khrysis - Hoecaine
Kaylan Arnold - If You Say So
Rae Khalil - CRYBABY
Logic - Ultra 85
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - Milton + esperanza

Topic 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)

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Ep.277 - Chino XL

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 YOU
Q Da Fool - King George

Charlie:

Elsy Wameyo - Saint Sinner
Badbadnotgood - Mid Spiral
Samm Henshaw - For Someone Somewhere Who Isn't Us
Moses Sumney - Sophcore
Cecily - Awakening Pt. II
Caoilfhionn Rose - Constellations
Essa & Pitch 92 - Resonance
Cruza - Cruzifed
Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Topic 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)

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Ep.276 - Ja Rule

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Seed
Rakim - G.O.Ds NETWORK - REB7RTH
Ice Spice - Y2k!
Vic Spencer - The Apes That Was Left Behind
DJ Muggs x Raz Fresco - The Eternal Now
Flee Lord - Raised in the Sand
C Stunna x DJ Drama - Still Stuntin

Charlie:

Splurgeboys - LOW MAINTENANCE
Moses Ideka - Working Order
Brandee Younger - Serenity: A Collection Of Mindful Meditations
Jayahadadream & Zoutr - Redemption Songs
Rakim - G.O.Ds NETWORK - REB7RTH
Daniel Casimir - Balance
Vic Spencer - The Apes That Was Left Behind

Topic 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)

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Ep.275 - King Tee

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 Manipulation

Charlie:

Amindi - Luvr
Chenayder - 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 Manipulation
Jerome Thomas & Pitch 92 - Submerge
Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2
Lava La Rue - STARFACE

Topic 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)

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Ep.274 - Tha Alkaholiks

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:50:00 +0100

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 - HEIS
Juicy J x Xavier Wulf - Memphis Zoo
Blu x Evidence - Los Angeles
Zacari - Bliss
Jay Worthy x Dam Funk - Magic Hour
Isaiah Falls - Drugs n Lullabies
Demrick x DJ Hoppa - Stoney Point 4
Common x Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1

Charlie:

Tank and The Bangas - The Heart
Hak Baker - Nostalgia Death Act 1
Nayla Savannah - Savy World
AntsLive - Real Life
J.Rawls - Bump The Floor
Action Bronson - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHLAVA THE DOCTOR
Bashy - Being Poor is Expensive
Berwyn - WHO AM I
edbl - 2010 Mixtape
Blu & Evidence - Los Angeles
Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1

Topic 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)

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Ep.273 - Mid-Year Report '24

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:50:00 +0100

Albeit a bit late, we take stock of 2024 in Hip-Hop so far, trying not to talk about the whale in the room for as long as we possibly can and instead talk about literally anything else.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29)
Ben:

42 Dugg - 4eva Us Neva Them
The Streets - Fabric Presents

Charlie:

Gary Clark Jr. - JPEG RAW
Tyler Daley - Son of Zeus
Stefflon Don - Island 54
Headie One - The Last One
NappyHigh & Maggie Kiing - Enigmatic
Adia - Stubborn Nature
SAULT - ACTS OF FAITH 0.0

Ben's Album monologue - (18:46)
Other topics - (49:38)
Lighter Note - (1:24:24)

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Ep.272 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 12

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We kick back with another edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours, getting into the album that sent Jamiroquai into the stratosphere and a 90s UK Big Beat album from The Wiseguys, using both albums as foundations for a bigger conversations for music that's rooted in Black origin.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:35)
Ben:

Lupe Fiasco - Samurai
Boldy James x Conductor Williams - Across the Tracks
Lil Yachty x James Blake - Bad Cameo

Charlie:

PRICE & Kota The Friend - SANCTIONED VOL. 1
OTG - No Script
Lupe Fiasco - Samurai
Channel Tres - Head Rush
Marsha Ambrosious - CASABLANCO
Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN

Travelling Without Moving - (20:18)
The Antidote - (46:44)
Lighter Note - (1:11:07)

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Ep.271 - 2 Live Crew

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:50:00 +0100

The story of 2 Live Crew is one of response. Response to reactionary pearl-clutching over their work which dared to talk out *checks notes* eating ass, among other things. This lead 2 Live Crew to lean all the way into being the flagbearers of the Miami Bass subgenre whilst getting everybody to free up their sexual inhibitions.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)
Ben:

da beatminerz - Stifled Creativity

Charlie:

John Glacier - Duppy Gun
CJ Fly - baited
CJ Fly & NasteeLuvzYou - thePhaRaOh'S return 2: NUBIA
SuperJazz Club - MONOCHROME RADIO
Maeta - Endless Night
Kaelin Ellis - You Are Here, Start
Lebra Jolie - What Was Said?
Sango - North Vol. 2
Homeboy Sandman - Rich II
Don Glori - Don't Forget to Have Fun

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:44)

The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are - (21:54)

Move Somethin' - (29:51)

As Nasty as They Wanna Be - (39:55)

Banned in the U.S.A. - (51:43)

Sports Weekend: As Nasty as They Wanna Be, Pt. 2 - (1:00:12)

Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4 - (1:05:44)

Lighter Note - (1:21:24)

Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.

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Ep.270 - 9th Wonder, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We finish our five-part miniseries on the Little Brother universe with Part 2 of our 9th Wonder retrospective, looking at a Blog Era Mixtape, a solo album bursting with features, another - albeit odd choice of - Remix album and a Supergroup EP. Capping off a beginner's guide to one of the best "Death, Taxes & (Artist Name) dropping" careers in recent memory.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:12)
Ben:

Moby - Always Centered at Night
$uicideboy$ - New World Depression
Normani - DOPAMINE
LUCKI - Gemini
Jason Martin - Chupacabra
NxWorries - Why Lawd?
u-ziq - Grush

Charlie:

Khrysis & Silent Snipers - Perfect Time
Vanilla Is Black - U.Aint.Never.Lied!
PJ Morton - Cape Town To Cairo
Fana Hues - Moth
Normani - DOPAMINE
Zara McFarlane - Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan
NxWorries - Why Lawd?
Kooley High & Tuamie - All Infinite
Lalah Hathaway - VANTABLACK

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:24)
Back To The Feature - (23:32)
The Wonder Years - (35:53)
Black American Gangster - (54:42)
Dinner Party - (1:04:13)
Lighter Note - (1:26:45)

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Ep.269 - 9th Wonder, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:50:00 +0100

With Little Brother now explored, we can now get into the work of the distant 3rd member: Producer 9th Wonder who has spent a couple decades now letting his music do the talking, with many of collaborators in tow. In the first of two parts, we do something a little different and pick out two projects each that exemplify 9th and his legacy.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29)
Ben:

Yelawolf - War Story
Open Mike Eagle - Sir Rockabye
KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS
Vince Staples - Dark Times

Charlie:

KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS
SHY FX & Mr. Williamz - Rudeboy Design Soundtape
Pip Millett - Tell Jimmy I'm Fine
Celine Love - Colouring In

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:30)
God's Stepson - (23:54)
Black Is Back - (35:06)
Murray's Revenge - (48:08)
Cloud 9: The 3 Day High - (1:01:54)
Lighter Note - (1:12:39)

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Ep.268 - Rapper Big Pooh

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We continue our LB miniseries with an exploration into the solo work of Rapper Big Pooh who - unlike Phonte - has dropped a lot of solo work in the past 20 years.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Ben:

Dave East x Mike & Keys - APT 6E
Big Hit x Hit-Boy & Alchemist - Black & Whites
Crimeapple x Big Ghost LTD - Bazuko

Charlie:

Wretch 32 - Moments of Silence
Ian Kelly - ART
Oddisee - And Yet Still
JONES - Kaleidoscope
Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn
The Deli & Soupmakesitbetter - For Your Ears Not Your Belly
namesbliss - Lived Experience
Potatohead People - Eat Your Heart Out
Nascent - DON'T GROW UP TOO SOON
Bugzy Malone - The Great British Dream
Wolfgang Valbrun - Flawed by Design

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:18)

Sleepers - (23:05)

The Delightful Bars - (26:44)

Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 1: For Members Only - (29:43)

Dirty Pretty Things - (32:33)

"Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 3: Happy Birthday, Thomas" & "Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 3.5" - (34:54)

Everything 4 Sale - (40:46)

RPM - (43:20)

To Dream In Color - (45:02)
Lighter Note - (52:39)

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Ep.267 - Phonte

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 May 2024 12:50:00 +0100

After exploring the music & story of Little Brother, it's time to get into the breakaway works. We begin with Phonte who spends the 2010s sporadically dropping works with a style not too distant from LB and with familiar names in tow.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:52)
Ben:

Juicy J - Mental Trillness 2

Charlie:

Halima - EXU
Vince Staples - Dark Times
Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here
Opek - The Call
Confucius MC & Pitch 92 - Stop Signs
Loyle Carner - hugo: reimagined (live from the Royal Albert Hall)

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:56)
Charity Starts At Home - (24:18)
No News Is Good News - (33:31)
Lighter Note - (48:01)

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Ep.266 - Little Brother

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 May 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We head to North Carolina where a trio blooms out of a larger collective to become one of the biggest "if you know, you know" acts of the 00s: Little Brother with Phonte, Big Pooh and for a time, 9th Wonder.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52)
Ben:

Rapsody - Please Don't Cry
Mach-Hommy - #RICHHAXXHAITIAN
A Boogie - Better off Alone
Rio Da Yung OG - Rio Circa 2020
Cities Aviv - Bernadette Leak
ShooterGang Kony - OPPS CAN'T HAVE FUN
Thom Yorke - Confidenze

Charlie:

Nigel Hall & DJ Harrison - The Burning Bush: A Journey Through the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire
Mumu Fresh - The Healing
Kamaiyah - Figuring Out My Emotions
Rapsody - Please Don't Cry
Hit-Boy & Jay 305 - DON'T WAIT UNTIL I DIE
Vinocio - Horizonte
Blu - abc
Terrace Martin - Grounded

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:37)

The Listening - (24:56)

The Minstrel Show - (33:13)

Getback - (43:15)

Leftback - (51:35)

May the Lord Watch - (57:51)
Lighter Note - (1:06:07)

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Ep.265 - Ras Kass

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 May 2024 12:50:00 +0100

Ras Kass presents a discography that is vast, two iconic albums in the 90s, then a litany of mixtapes in the 00s and then continuing his consistent output in the 10s with a return to studio albums. So with such a gap between his 2nd & 3rd solo albums, does his story provide context?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:42)
Ben:

Conway the Machine - Slant Face Killer
Ghostface Killah - Set the Tone
Gunna - One of Wun

Charlie:

Jorja Smith - falling or flying out (Reimagined)
Jasmine Myra - Rising
Nubiyan Twist - Find Your Flame
A-F-R-O - The Drawing Board
BigXthaPlug, Ro$ama & Yung Hood - MEET THE 6IXERS
Yaya Bey - Ten Fold
Bryony Jarman-Pinto - Below Dawn
Jordan Rakei - The Loop

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:00)
Soul On Ice - (23:30)
Rasassination - (30:16)
Barmaggedon - (41:07)
Intellectual Property - (46:53)
Soul On Ice 2 - (54:12)
Lighter Note - (1:06:51)

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Ep.264 - Ice-T, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 May 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We return for Part 2 of our retrospective of Ice-T, where we left him off the back of his legendary four album run and the "Cop Killer" controversy; where would Ice take his art as he leaned more and more into other forms of media?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:53)
Ben:

LeeV - Shadow Demon
Boldy James - Trapper's Alley
Partynextdoor - 4
Ahmad Anonimis - Mnt. Snug
4Batz - u made me a st4r
Ben Beal x Wun Two - gazebo
Rome Streetz - Buck 50
Spice 1 - Platinum OG 2

Charlie:

amir. - Three Of Swords
Cassie Kinoshi's seed. W/ NikNak & London Contemporary Orchestra - gratitude
Slum Village - F.U.N.
Liv.e - PAST FUTUR.e
Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn of Events

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:04)

Home Invasion - (15:30)

Ice-T VI: Return of the Real - (22:39)

The Seventh Deadly Sin - (30:15)

Gangsta Rap - (35:09)
Lighter Note - (46:04)

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Ep.263 - A Pioneer's Perspective W/ MC Bushkin

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:50:00 +0100

In conjunction with "What's Good?", this is a special DITD episode where Charlie heads to West London to talk with Garage pioneer and co-founder of Heartless Crew: MC Bushkin.

In anticipation of his film "The Story So Far" premiering @ Genesis Cinema the same day this episode drops, Bushkin talks his beginnings, notable moments in his Heartless Crew years but more broadly, get into the connections between Garage, Grime and beyond; also tracing the absurd rate of evolution Black British Music had in the 90s/00s, with Bushkin right there through all of it.

if you recently spun Narduwar's interview with Skepta, this'll be a great opportunity for you to go deeper into the history that made the likes of Skepta and his contemporaries.

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Ep.262 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 11

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:50:00 +0100

For this Hip-Hop Neighbours - linked to our Ice-T exploration - we cover the self-titled album Body Count and we also get into the first album from the UK based collective SAULT: "5".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)
Ben:

Backwood Sweetie - Burn One
Berner - The Farmer's Market
Gangrene - Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Hus KingPin - In a State of Nirvana
Baby Rose x BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn
Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Deptartment

Charlie:

Oscar #Worldpeace - Mum, Pray for Your Son
Swank & King Draft - Vice City
Blue Lab Beats - Blue Eclipse

Body Count - (9:29)
5 - (31:42)
Lighter Note - (44:17)

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Ep.261 - Ice-T, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:50:00 +0100

We stay in the West Coast AND the late 80s/early 90s to do a two-parter on one of the most authentic voices to ever represent Hip-Hop: Ice-T.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:55)
Ben:

NappyHigh - Burgundy
Future x Metro Boomin - We Still Don't Trust You

Charlie:

DRAGG - Mixed Feelings
NappyHigh - Burgundy
Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud
Terri Walker & Zed Bias - My Love Story (Zed Bias Remixes)
Summers Sons - Still Nothing Still
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:05)

Rhyme Pays - (26:00)

Power - (35:20)

The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say - (45:15)

O.G. Original Gangster - (54:47)
Lighter Note - (1:08:45)

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Ep.260 - DITD 5th Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:50:00 +0100

This week, we celebrate DITD's 5th birthday with a pop quiz from Ben, thoughts on the Pod in general and yes, we talk about the Cole response to Kendrick.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:46)
Ben:

J.Cole - Might Delete Later
GloRilla - Ehhthang Ehhthang
Chris Patrick - The Calm
Doja Cat - Scarlet 2 Claude

Charlie:

Dizzy Wright - Harsh Reality
Khruangbin - A LA SALA
Keen - Feel Good. Do Better.
Louis Culture - I Can't Wait To See U Again
Amy Gadiaga - All Black Everything
Reuben Vincent - General Admission
SAMSON - UNDERSTAND.
Marv Won - I'm Fine, Thanks For Asking
IYAMAH - In Two Worlds
José James - 1978
Bryson Tiller - Bryson Tiller
Nectar Woode - Nothing To Lose
Akua Naru - All About Love: New Visions

Lighter Note: (1:21:00)

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Ep.259 - Paris

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:50:00 +0100

After exploring The Conscious Daughters last week, it seemed fitting to explore the career of their biggest advocate and one of the most controversial voices in 90s Hip-Hop: Paris.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01)
Ben:

Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
Bfb Da Packman - Forget Me Not
Rico Nasty - HARCORE DR3AMZ
Roc Marciano - Marciology

Charlie

Paolo Baldini DubFiles - In The Shell
Super Helpful Kwame - Greetings From Tatooine
Reggie Becton - Sadboy, Vol. 2
Jordy - SNM
Fifidiny - Better Man
Katori Walker - Mezzanine
Sainte - Still Local
Buddy - Don't Forget To Breathe
In These Trees & Tartie - The Quiver
Blu & Shafiq Husayn - Out Of The Blue
Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (22:30)

The Devil Made Me Do It - (30:43)

Sleeping with the Enemy - (42:53)

Guerrilla Funk - (57:44)

Unleashed - (1:06:23)

Sonic Jihad - (1:14:39)

Acid Reflex - (1:21:18)

Pistol Politics - (1:24:31)

Safe Space Invader - (1:27:16)
Lighter Note - (1:31:56)

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Ep.258 - Women's History Month '24 - The Conscious Daughters

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:50:00 +0000

To finish our Women's History Month celebrations, we stay in the West Coast to talk about a duo that oozed chemistry and confidence, only to be washed out by the industry changing direction. We talk The Conscious Daughters.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48)
Ben:

Future x Metro Boomin - WE DON'T TRUST YOU
SiR - HEAVY
Elbow - Audio Vertigo
Joyner Lucas - Not Now I'm Busy

Charlie:

Summers Sons - Epiletric
King Isis - shed
MyCompiledThoughts - Soul Brother Chapter 1
SiR - HEAVY
Jrose - Pieces of My Crumbled Thoughts
Backwood Sweetie - Burn One

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:58)
Ears To The Streets - (20:15)
Gamers - (28:39)
Lighter Note - (46:12)

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Ep.257 - Women's History Month '24 - Marvaless

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:50:00 +0000

We continue our WHM celebrations with a trip to the West Coast, but not Oakland or Los Angeles. For the first time, we head to Sacramento for the story of Marvaless and the litany of Sac Town representers that come with her through her discography.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)
Ben:

yeat - 2093
Kembe x Hippie Sabotage - Sleep Paralysis
Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
Four Tet - Three
Kenny Mason - 9
Yung Lean x Bladee - Psykos
Nejma - Animal Barz
24kGoldn - Growing pains

Charlie:

An Alien Called Harmony - An Alien Called Harmony
Terrace Martin - Two Drink Minimum
Nejma Nefertiti, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata - Animal Barz
Raedio - Black & Unlimited
Flo Milli - Fine Ho, Stay
Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
CHUCK STRANGERS - A Forsaken Lover's Plea

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:16)
Ghetto Blues - (25:19)
Wiccked - (32:20)
Fearless - (39:25)
Ghetto Blues 2001 - (44:06)
Ready Made - (52:12)
Lighter Note - (1:02:11)

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Ep.256 - Women's History Month '24 - Hurricane G

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:50:00 +0000

Continuing our WHM celebrations during the month of March, we get into another artist with one solo album, no longer with us after her passing in 2022: Hurricane G

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup: (1:17)
Ben:

MIKE - Pinball
ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips
Cookin Soul x Raz Fresco - Bakin' Soul
Kaiser Chiefs - Easy Eighth Album
MGMT - Loss of Life
KYLE - Smyle Again
Skyzoo & The Other Guys - Mind of a Saint (Deluxe)
Jean Dawson - Boohoo

Charlie:

speedrun - Love's Latest News
BXKS - One Time
Zada - WATER IN THE DESERT
Jynx716 & Che Noir - ANDY
Dayme Arocena - Alkemi
Liam Bailey - Zero Grace
Erick The Architect - I've Never Been Here Before
ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS
Ghetts - On Purpose, With Purpose
Master Peace - How To Make A Master Peace
Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Colour War
J.PERIOD - J.PERIOD Presents... Story To Tell (Chapter Two)
Bishop Nehru - Kult Life Chapter 1: From Pain To Paintings

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:43)
All Woman - (24:31)
Lighter Note - (53:37)

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Ep.255 - Women's History Month '24 - Sister Souljah

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:50:00 +0000

Happy March one & all! You know what that means... Women's History Month on DITD is back and to kick off this year's set, we begin with the one & done Sister Souljah who took the political climate of her time to produce one of the most honest & politically scathing records in Hip-Hop history.

No timestamps for this episode as we don't have a WMR or a substantial Lighter Note, reason being that we recorded this on the same day as the previous episode.

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Ep.254 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 10 (Live From London)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:50:00 +0000

LIVE FROM LONDON, we get into one special work from a true "If you know, you know" group: Cymande. We also get the low down on Ben's 1st week in London.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:39)
Charlie:

Jordan Mackampa - WELCOME HOME, KID!
dreamcastmoe - MOLLY'S SON
The Silhouettes Project - The Silhouettes Project, Vol. 2
Joel Ross - nublues
Kelela - RAVE:N, The Remixes
John Glacier - Like A Ribbon
Bishop Nehru - 4 The NONERS
LaRussell & Hit-Boy - RENT DUE

Cymande - (7:28)
Ben's Lighter Note - (41:50)

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Ep.253 - Public Enemy (#3)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:50:00 +0000

We finish our Public Enemy three-parter with their most recent output with more friction from the inside and the outside but somehow, Public Enemy still continue to drop and tour the world; never dead, never deterred.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00)
Ben:

Yeat - 2093
Conway x Big Ghost - Speshal Machinery the Chronic Edition
2nd Generation Wu x Dom Archey - This May Sting!

Charlie:

Fatima - Love On Acid (EP)
Ol' Burger Beats - 74: Out of Time
Shae Universe - Love's Letter

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (6:18)

How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? - (9:56)

Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp & The Evil Empire of Everything - (17:09)

Man Plans God Laughs - (25:30)

Nothing Is Quick in the Desert - (30:04)

Loud Is Not Enough - (34:14)

What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? - (38:54)
Lighter Note - (49:45)

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Ep.252 - Public Enemy (#2)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:50:00 +0000

In our 2nd part of the Public Enemy retrospective, we see how PE should have imploded and become one of the many groups in the 90s to break up; but not only did they not break up, they kept dropping (to mixed results) and predicting the future of the music industry still to come to fruition.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:09)
Ben:

Little Simz - Drop 7
Fivio Foreign - Pain & Love 2
Dizzee Rascal - Don't Take It Personal
Blu & Roy Royal - Royal Blu

Charlie:

Little Simz - Drop 7
Adanna Duru - NAPPY HOUR II
Blu & Roy Royal - Royal Blu
Terrace Martin - Her Thoughts
DJ Harrison - Shades of Yesterday
Dizzee Rascal - Don't Take It Personal
Awon & Parental - Sublime
Brittany Howard - What Now

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:17)

Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black - (20:27)

Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age - (31:20)
He Got Game - (33:24)

There's a Poison Goin' On - (50:46)

Revolverlution - (1:01:51)

New Whirl Odor - (1:08:48)
Lighter Note - (1:22:58)

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Ep.251 - Public Enemy (#1)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:50:00 +0000

In part one of three, we get into the beginnings of Public Enemy and their first three albums, two of which considered to be consensus classics and some of the most authentically Hip-Hop albums ever made.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)
Ben:

Skelbeats - What goes on in the Dark
Lee "Scratch" Perry - King Perry
Icewear Vezzo - Live from the 6
Hit-Boy x Alchemist - THEODORE & ANDRE
The Musalini x 38 Spesh - In God We Trust
Che Noir - The Color Chocolate, Vol. 1
Kevin Gates - The Ceremony
Lyrical Lemonade - All is Yellow
Benny the Butcher - Everybody Can't Go
Marco Polo x Masta Ace - Richmond Hill
Groundwork - The G Tape: Volume 3
Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore

Charlie:

Che Noir - The Color Chocolate, Vol. 1
Highlyy - +243
MiLES. - Life Thru New Lens
Kota The Friend - Lyrics To GO, Vol. 5
Vic Spencer & Original Super Legend - Be Double Clip Tight
Masta Ace & Marco Polo - Richmond Hill

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:44)

Yo! Bum Rush the Show - (29:01)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - (37:17)

Fear of a Black Planet - (49:37)
Lighter Note - (1:05:22)

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Ep.250 - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:50:00 +0000

TW: Lyrics/talk referencing Sexual Assault.

After last episode's foray into the solo career of Kool G Rap, we now look into the work that he did before with DJ Polo: Three albums of ground-breaking work for KGR and his peers.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:31)
Ben:

Zaddytc - A LOT
Fredo Bang - Yes, I'm Sad
Elcamino - Here You Go
Eldorado Red - 48 Hours in San Francisco
Hus KingPin x 9th Wonder - The Supergoat

Charlie:

Da Flyy Hooligan & Wun Two - Nocturnal Hooli Vol. 1
Deshawn Visionz - Thank God For The Homies
Hus Kingpin & 9th Wonder - The Supergoat
Arrested Development - Bullets In The Chamber
Kid Cudi - INSANO
UMI - talking to the wind
Not The Singer - Knew I Could
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:09)

Road to the Riches - (15:27)

Wanted: Dead or Alive - (24:27)

Live and Let Die - (38:29)
Lighter Note - (48:29)

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Ep.249 - Kool G Rap

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:50:00 +0000

Kool G Rap: The ultimate "If you know KGR, you know ball". Whilst KGR never got the commercial success, his legacy as a lyrical pioneer is rooted deeply in your favourites and your favourites' favourite.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)

Ben:

Kid Cudi - INSANO
C-Scripture - Penalty of Leadership
Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night Deluxe
Unknown T - Blood Diamond
DJ Booker x NLE Choppa - The Chosen Ones
D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone
21 Savage - american dream
Bruiser Wolf - My Story Got Stories

Charlie

Say She She - Silver

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:52)

4,5,6 - (22:24)

Roots of Evil - (32:13)

The Giancana Story - (43:20)

Half a Klip - (56:27)

Riches, Royalty, Respect - (1:00:12)

Return of the Don - (1:02:23)

Last of a Dying Breed - (1:05:22)
Lighter Note - (1:10:25)

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Ep.248 - Big Daddy Kane

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:50:00 +0000

The King Asiatic Nobody's Equal. Brooklynite Big Daddy Kane came through the 80s as one of the best freestylers in the Five Boroughs and once he got with Cold Chillin' and the Juice Crew, Kane would prove that he is one of the most complete rappers of all time.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)
Ben:

Westside Gunn, Conway, Alchemist - Hall & Nash 2
The Game x Big Hit - Paisley Dreams
Ufo361 - SONY

Charlie: (All released in '23)

Butcher Brown - Solar Music
Bloody Civilian - Anger Management
The Ironsides - Changing Light
MMYYKK - The Midst of Things

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:37)

Long Live the Kane - (18:56)

It's a Big Daddy Thing - (29:10)

Taste of Chocolate - (39:43)

Prince of Darkness - (49:24)

Looks Like a Job For... - (58:23)

Daddy's Home - (1:06:52)

Veteranz' Day - (1:16:14)
Lighter Note - (1:31:25)

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Ep.247 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 12

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:50:00 +0000

Happy New Year one and all! We hope that your year is full of progression, growth and 52 episodes of DITD! But before we go forward, we look back one more time to 2023, talking about our Top 2 albums of 2023.

Ben's No.2 - (3:25)
Charlie's No. 2 - (26:20)
Ben's No. 1 - (39:08)
Charlie's No. 1 - (1:00:11)
Lighter Note - (1:11:27)

Charlie's Top 10 Albums of 2023

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Ep.246 - 2023 Metacritic Album Score Review

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:50:00 +0000

Happy holidays one & all! To celebrate, we keep it simple and review the Metacritic Hip-Hop album scores for the year of 2023.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47)
Ben:

Conway x Wun Two - Palermo
Wizkid - S2
Layzie Bone - Hypnotic Rhythms

Charlie:

Ruinz Ason - Airplane Mode (Deluxe)
Morena Santi - Santi Sounds

List Review - (4:55)
Last minute recommendations of the year - (1:15:47)
Lighter Note - (1:23:38)

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Ep.245 - J-Live

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:50:00 +0000

The first two albums by J-Live are some of the most consistent works in Hip-Hop history. What's even more impressive is that they're both over 70 minutes. But what about the rest of his work as he walked through the desert that was the 00s Hip-Hop scene.

Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)
Ben:

Bas - We Only Talk About...
Curren$y x Trauma Tone - Highway 600
ASAP Twelvvy - Kids Gotta Eat Da Deluxe
BigWalkDog - Playoff
Gucci Mane x B.G. - Choppers & Bricks
Peter Gabriel - i/o
Kylie Minogue - Tension

Charlie:

Big K.R.I.T. - Regardless It's Still Timeless
Coast Contra - The Old Way

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (7:43)
The Best Part - (21:06)

All of the Above - (30:47)

The Hear After - (38:25)

Then What Happened? - (44:48)

S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability) - (51:56)

Around the Sun / His Own Self / How Much Is Water? - (56:11)
Lighter Note - (1:00:52)

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Ep.244 - A Referendum On Celebrity

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:50:00 +0000

With the genocide/ethnic cleansing of Gaza/Palestinians ongoing, we have a conversation that we previously had in the heat of the protests in 2020 (You can listen here) and felt that we needed to have again: What is the place of our favourite entertainers/celebrities when it comes to issues as large as the ones happening in 2023? The answer ironically involves all of us.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56)

Ben:

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2

Charlie:

Ayanna - In A Perfect World
Yoni Mayraz - Dybbuk Tse!
Blu & Nottz - Afrika

The Conversation: (07:36)
Lighter Note: (1:06:17)

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Ep.243 - Large Professor

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:50:00 +0000

Large Professor is an interesting solo case in Hip-Hop history; an artist with a solid solo discography but his legacy is instead tied into being of service to a litany of legends. Where do you place someone like that in the annals of Hip-Hop history?

(Check our Main Source episode for more LargePro)

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00)
Ben

Conway x Conductor - Conductor Machine
Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess Deluxe
Dave East x Cruch Calhoun - 30 for 30

Charlie

BigXthaPlug - The Biggest
Zino Vinci - Filthy & Disgusting
Amaria - All For You
Destiny Briona - Girls From Atlanta
AZ - Truth Be Told
Elzhi & Oh No - Heavy Vibrato

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:37)
The LP - (19:34)
1st Class - (26:26)
Main Source - (32:14)
Professor @ Large - (37:17)
Re: Living - (40:19)
Lighter Note - (48:40)

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Ep.242 - Deltron 3030

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:50:00 +0000

It's time to take a trip into the future - to the year 3030 - through the sonic landscape painted by a trio that combine to make Deltron 3030: Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator & DJ Kid Koala.

Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Charlie:

FloFilz & Bokoya - Soft Encounter
Gianni Brezzo & Bokoya - Minari
Backwood Sweetie & K!NG jvmes - Syzygy
Layfullstop - RUGGED
Karl Benjamin - There In 5
Astrocolor - Moonlighting - AstroJazz Vol. 1
Tapioca - Samba em Kigali
Nicholson. - September Sky
Jose James - On & On
The Circling Sun - Spirits

Ben:

Kamaiyah - Another Summer Night
Buck 65 x Doseone & Jel - North American Adonis
Boobie Lootavelli - FUMBLE!
Busta Rhymes - BLOCKBUSTA
BlaQ Chidori x Barto100 - At Ya Neck
Big Moochie Grape - East Haiti Baby: Incarcerated

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:10)
Deltron 3030 - (15:33)
Event 2 - (32:14)
Lighter Note - (45:23)

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Ep.241 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 11

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:50:00 +0000

For the 11th Contemporary Cool, we get into Bey & Jay's "EVERYTHING IS LOVE" & Hempress Sativa's debut album "Unconquerebels.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:20) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

J57 - If I Should Wake Before I Die
André 3000 - New Blue Sun
Drake - Scary Hours 3
Protoje & Zion I Kings - In Search Of Zion
Skipp - Summer Of Love: An Audio Experience Of A Hip-Hop Sort
Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond
Ego Ella May - FIELDNOTES PT III
BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy
K.A.A.N & MIKE SUMMERS - The Nightly News
Journey Montana - Stargirl
H31R (JWords & maassai) - HeadSpace
douniah - A Lot, Not Too Much
Summer-Pearl - outmysystem
Danny Brown - Quaranta
Samory I - Strength
Sirens Of Lesbos - Peace
Terrace Martin & Gallant - sneek
Terrace Martin & Calvin Keys - The Near North Side
Emeli Sandé - How Were We To Know
Thandi Ntuli & Carlos Niño - Rainbow Revisited

EVERYTHING IS LOVE - (21:32)
Unconquerebels - (45:18)
"Lighter" Note - (1:00:47)

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Ep.240 - Nujabes

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:50:00 +0000

The legacy of Nujabes is one of how music should feel. That essence of when you listen to it, it instantly feeds your soul; whilst dubbing Nujabes as "The Godfather of Lo-Fi" is fine, he should be recognised as something, higher. A person that linked Hip-Hop and Jazz as good as anyone, providing the perfect example of why knowing the roots always produces better work.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Tee Grizzley - Tee's Coney Island (Deluxe)
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
Wiki x Tony Seltzer - 14K Figaro
Lord Apex - The Good Fight
Larry June x Cardo - The Night Shift
Coops - Home Grown
Joel Culpepper - Happiness Is Only A Few Miles Away
Mega - Honour and Glory
A-F-R-O, Ikom & Camee - Ain't Nothin!
Chase & Status - Too Ruff, Vol. 1
Kokoroko - Could We Be More Remixes
Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway
Khalia - Stay True

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:51)
Metaphorical Music - (27:07)
Modal Soul - (37:50)
Spiritual State - (58:56)
Lighter Note - (1:10:38)

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Ep.239 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 9

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:50:00 +0000

On the 9th edition of Neighbours, we get into two works wildly different in sound but share the fact of their sounds being reminiscent of their time, for better or worse... Post Malone's "Stoney" and Groove Theory's self-titled "one & done" gem.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Suni MF - Hollywood
The Alchemist - Flying High, Part 2
All Day Breakfast Café - Have You Seen This Queen
Resavoir - Resavoir
Arlissa - The OPEN-HEARTED
TOBi - PANIC
Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice
Mac Ayers - Comfortable Enough
Jeezy - I Might Forgive but I Don't Forget
Lloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc IV
T H R O N E - Strange Meat
JasonMartin - A Compton Story Pt. 1
Tee Grizzley - Tee's Coney Island
Sonny Digital - Dolores Son

Stoney - (16:10)
Groove Theory - (43:20)
Lighter Note - (57:19)

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Ep.238 - #UKBHM 2023: Hijack

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0000

For our final UKBHM retrospective of the month of October, we cover late 80s UK group Hijack who were - like many of our subjects for this edition of UKBHM retrospectives - were ready to hit the US and make something of themselves but were stymied by the powers that be.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Chlothegod - Nearly Straight
Lilblackkids (Georgia Anne Muldrow & Keith Rice) - Planet Of The Blues: Part Two
Dirty Needles - Happy Accident
Junkheart - In Gloom
2nd Exit & Imaginary Friend - All Out
KiLLOWEN - Pub Therapy
JGRREY - If Not Now?
Andrew Mbaruk - Black Squirrel: A Memoir
p-rallel - Movement
V Knuckles & Phoniks - The Next Chapter
Beneficence & Jazz Spastiks - Summer Night Sessions
Joy Oladokun - Proof Of Life
Naomi Sharon - Obsidian
CASISDEAD - Famous Last Words
V V Brown - Am I British Yet?
DJ Hoppa - Hoppa & Friends 3
Ace Hood - BODY
Nappyhigh - MENACE

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (25:15)
The Horns of Jericho - (32:25)
Lighter Note - (54:23)

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Ep.237 - #UKBHM 2023: Blak Twang

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0100

As Hip-Hop in the US was booming in the 90s, Hip-Hop in the UK were searching for a new voice after a good class in the late 80s/early 90s. Enter Blak Twang who was not just winning awards before his 1st album dropped, but his 1st album took nearly 20 years to actually drop! In the time between, Blak Twang crafter a solid solo discography that shows personal growth the deeper it goes.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:53) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

YawnyBlew & AMIR. - DREAMBIIG
CARRTOONS - Saturday Night
Infinity Song - Metamorphosis
Berhana - Amen (The Nomad's Dream)
Shay Lia - FACETS
Terrace Martin & Alex Isley - I Left My Heart In Ladera
Sampha - Lahai
Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 4

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:27)
Dettwork SouthEast - (19:18)

19 Longtime - (31:45)

Kik Off - (35:32)

"The Rotton Club" & "Speaking from Xperience" - (39:25)
Lighter Note - (49:22)

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Ep.236 - #UKBHM 2023: Lisa Maffia

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Lisa Maffia - The First Lady of So Solid Crew - made a genuine attempt to go it solo. Her one and only album was clearly meant to provide a runway for more but media perception of her and chiefly her affiliation with So Solid, kept her career consistently in a state of friction.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:41) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

BIGBABYGUCCI - When You Wake Up
Westside Gunn - And Then You Pray For Me
Offset - Set it Off
Ken Carson - A Great Chaos
Bad Bunny - nadie sabe lo que va a pasar manana
The Streets - The Darker The Shader The Brighter The Light
TOBi - Panic
Buck 65 - Super Dope
Bea Anderson - The Classroom Of Silence
Rosewood Swing & Tavaras Jordan - Time Don't Stop For No Man
Jay Worthy, Kamaiyah & Harry Fraud - THE AM3RICAN DREAM
Jaydonclover - room service? volume two
Sola - Warped Soul
Khrysis & Kel - Destined 4 Greatness
The Hoodies & Kid Capri - Hidden Gems
Gotts Street Park - On The Inside
Jamila Woods - Water Made Us

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:27)
First Lady - (30:46)
Lighter Note - (1:01:50)

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Ep.235 - #UKBHM 2023: So Solid Crew

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0100

UK Garage had a special moment from 99-02, it seemed that every notable Garage track was hitting the charts. But only one track hit no.1 and that was "21 Seconds" by So Solid Crew. They could've easily been a one-hit wonder but with their sheer numbers as a group, two albums and a whole lot of retrospective influence, So Solid will forever be noted in the history of Black British Music.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:09) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Earl x Alchemist - VOIR DIRE (Streaming Version)
Nines - Crop Circle 3
Babyfxce E - The X Tape
RJ Mr LA x DJ Drama - OMMIO Grillz
Elcamino x BSF - They Spit On Jesus
Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
Drake - For All The Dogs
Swank & 9th Wonder - Random as Fuck, Part 2
King Draft & 9th Wonder - West End Rose
A-F-R-O - '97 Machine
femdot. - Free Samples, Vol. 1
femdot. - Free Samples, Vol. 2
Otis Mensah - WINTERSKIN
Bishop Nehru - Mysteries of Initiation
Daniel Villarreal - Lados B
P Money & Whiney - Streets, Love & Other Stuff

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:54)
They Don't Know - (45:41)
2nd Verse - (56:41)
Lighter Note - (1:08:15)

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Ep.234 - #UKBHM 2023: Derek B

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0100

In our first UK Black History Month retrospective of 2023, we get into the artist that attempted to put UK Hip-Hop on his back and carry it into the mainstream. Whilst in many ways he succeeded both personally and for the genre, it was short-lived.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lil Wayne - Before Tha Fix
Tyga x YG - Hit Me When U Leave the Klub
SANITY - Bruises to Blossoms
Armand hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Rome Streetz - Noise Kandy 5
Ian Kelly & Drew Banga - Soulful of it
Lady Donli - Pan African Rockstar
muva of Earth - align with Nature's Intelligence
Jaszy Shavers - Voyage To Surrender
John Alone - no one is going to save you
Oren Major - Mama Only Son
Beverley Knight - The Fifth Chapter
Jorja Smith - falling or flying
Cleo Sol - Gold
Nick Grant - SUNDAY DINNER
Junii - What Happened To You?
Kamaal Williams - Stings

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:55)
Bullet From A Gun - (35:57)
Lighter Note - (1:03:09)

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Ep.233 - Del The Funky Homosapien

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Del The Funky Homosapien (Or Del Tha Funkee Homosapien; pick a lane) is a mainstay in the "Alternative" and Independent Hip-Hop scene. His voice is one of the most unique and always delivers when the word "Feat." is next to his name. But does his solo discography tell us anything new about his artistry?

Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lizzie Berchie - Am I An Adult Yet?
Indigo Phoenyx & PA. Dre - The Conjuring : REVAMPED
OTG - MAN OF A FEW
Guvna B - The Village Is On Fire
Little Dragon & April + VISTA - Slipping Into Color
Safiyyah - Motions
L'Orange - Old Soul
DJ Premier - Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3
Amindi - Take What You Need
Doja Cat - Scarlet
Lil Tecca - TEC
Headie One x K Trap - STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
EARTHGANG - RIP Human Art
MIKE x Wiki x Alchemist - Faith is a Rock

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:37)

I Wish My Brother George Was Here - (23:58)

No Need for Alarm - (28:22)

Future Development - (33:39)

Both Sides of the Brain - (36:54)

Eleventh Hour - (42:33)

Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) - (46:49)

Automatik Statik - (49:28)

It Ain't Illegal Yet - (52:17)

Golden Era - (57:32)

Root Stimulation - (1:00:33)

Iller Than Most - (1:07:21)
Lighter Note - (1:09:32)

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Ep.232 - DITD Bites, Vol. 20

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:50:00 +0100

For the 20th Bites, we switch it up a little and talk about a TV show! After nearly 12 years, a hiatus and two versions, Top Boy is done after five seasons. We talk about the show in as many angles as possible.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Ehua - Clouds
Heather Victoria - I Can't Make This Up
Khazali - Born For This
Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me
Cleo Sol - Heaven
Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
E. Jones - Deadstock - Shock Drop
L E M F R E C K - BLOOD, SWEAT & FEARS
Nas - Magic 3
Ama Lou - I Came Home Late
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
VIC MENSA - Victor
Diddy - The Love Album
KILLY - K3
City Morgue - My Bloody America
ZelooperZ - Quazel
Slowdive - everything is alive

The Conversation - (18:22)
Lighter Note - (1:29:54)

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Ep.231 - Hieroglyphics

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Hieroglyphics hold a very interesting spot in Hip-Hop history. A collective that has been around for a couple decades now but still have a "if you know, you know" essence to them. From their merch to the music, Hiero stay ever-present but still hold some mysticism to the average Hip-Hop fan.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

A-F-R-O - AFRODEEZIAK (EP)
38 Spesh & Conway The Machine - Speshal Machinery
The Good People - A Good Year
Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light
Jaime Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Real Boston Richey - Welcome To Bubba Land
M Huncho - my neighbours don't know.
Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night?
Buju Banton - Born for Greatness

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:45)
3rd Eye Vision - (25:05)
Full Circle - (35:24)
The Kitchen - (43:07)
Lighter Note - (51:37)

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Ep.230 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 8

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:50:00 +0100

For this edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours, we get into two 00s classics in Craig David's "Born to Do It" and Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Smoke DZA & Flying Lotus - Flying Objects
Blu & Real Bad Man - Bad News
Xenia Manasseh - LOVE / HATE Pt. 1
9th Wonder - Zion IX
Fay Victor - Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful
ILLA J & Harleighblu - Second Record
ILLA J - No Traffic
Beenie Man - Simma
Blac Youngsta - Blac Sheep 2
Snowgoons - 1st of da month vol. 2
RJ Payne - My Life Iz A Movie 2

Born to Do It - (13:34)
St. Elsewhere - (31:53)
Lighter Note - (56:28)

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Ep.229 - Souls of Mischief

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Souls of Mischief are the rare group that - after 30 years - are still together and going strong. Along with a seminal Hip-Hop track and a relatively consistent discography overall, it's no wonder why Souls have kept a really dedicated fanbase.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

D2x - Hotel 1105
Digga D - Back to Square One
Burna Boy - I Told Them…
DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins 3
Nyck Caution - NYCKSTAPE
Open Mike Eagle - another triumph of ghetto engineering
Danger Mouse x Jemini - Born Again
Jaboukie - all who can’t hear must feel
John Glacier & SURF GANG - JGSG
Terrace Martin & James Fauntleroy - Nova
Chip Wickham - Love & Life
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - VOIR DIRE
NappyHigh - MENACE

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:15)
93 'til Infinity - (29:17)
No Man's Land - (43:11)
Focus - (48:28)
Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution - (55:18)
Montezuma's Revenge - (1:01:46)
There Is Only Now - (1:08:52)
Lighter Note - (1:20:07)

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Ep.228 - Immortal technique

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Immortal Technique is an essential artist to listen to. He stays ever-present with constant touring and putting his Leftist lyrics to the sword, genuinely doing work for people in the world that need it. And that's not even getting into some of the most vivid storytelling you'll ever hear.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (00:50) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Quavo - Rocket Power
Giggs - Zero Tolerance
Unknown T - Before the Smoke
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER
EST Gee - El Toro 2
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
C.S. Armstrong - Come As You Are
BlaQ Chidori - OffTop 4
KEY! - Marquis
Peter $un - 3PIECE
Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760
Khrysis - Follow The Music
Kash - Kash Don't Make Beats
AMAKA - OASIS (EP)
Dame D.O.L.L.A. - Don D.O.L.L.A.

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:18)
Revolutionary Vol. 1 - (34:04)
Revolutionary Vol.2 - (46:21)
The 3rd World - (57:43)
Lighter Note - (1:12:24)

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Ep.227 - DITD Bites, Vol. 19

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0100

In a very special DITD Bites, we get into Lizzo, Tory Lanez getting 10 years; REASON & Moosa's debate on wax and Hip-Hop turning 50.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:24) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

REASON - Porches
Backwood Sweetie - Ancestral Aspect
Noname - Sundial
Fredo - Unfinished Business
CLIP - APPETIZER
PGF GlizzyMoe - Rapping & Drilling
YTB Fatt - Who is Fatt
Gloss Up - Shades of Gloss
Humble Soles - Humble Soles
Trippie Redd - ALLYT5
Joell Ortiz L'Orange - Signature
Killah Priest - Mystery Channel
G Perico - 7 Figures Later
Swans - The Beggar
Blur - The Ballad of Barren
Kilamanzego - Black Weirdo
Donno Jay - GROWIN.PAINZ
Barney Artist - Just, My Demos...
Jastin Martin - Miss Me Yet?
K.A.A.N & MIKE SUMMERS - The Death Of A Rapper
Marcus Machado - Blue Diamonds
Jungle - Volcano

Lizzo/Tory & power - (22:53)
REASON/Moosa Debate - (36:29)
Hip-Hop 50 - (57:05)
(Kind of) Lighter Note - (1:34:29)

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Ep.226 - MC Ren

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Whilst the stories of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and - for different reasons - Eazy-E are thoroughly documented, the story of MC Ren is something different from the others. From his embrace of Islam & the Nation of Islam, to his content that presents a conflicting and kind of gross persona; Ren is a voice that is unmistakable and truly earns him the "Villain" moniker, for better or worse.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

CHIKA - SAMSON: THE ALBUM
Ramya Pothuri - hazy
aja monet - when the poems do what they do
Marla Brown - Remedy
Backwood Sweetie - Ancestral Aspect
She Who Wont Be Named - Time To Change
Yo Gotti x DJ Drama - I Showed U So
BLP Kosher - Bars Mitzvah
Rick Hyde - LUPARA
Hus KingPin - Threesome 4

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:32)

Shock of the Hour - (21:56)

The Villain in Black - (34:26)

Ruthless for Life - (49:10)

Renincarnated - (56:40)
Lighter Note - (1:06:43)

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Ep.225 - N.W.A

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0100

The legacy of N.W.A runs so deep in Hip-Hop that it's hard to say something fresh about it; but their music still connects Ren, Cube, Eazy, Dre, Yella & Arabian Prince together into a fascinating tapestry of collaborations, collective vision; beef and now acknowledgement that N.W.A was one of the most talented groups in Hip-Hop history.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:27) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Hamzaa & 1SRAEL - RUSH
Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek - New Future City Radio
Verbz, Nelson Dialect & Mr Slipz - Sight Beyond Sight
Terrace Martin - Curly
ICYTWAT - Final Boss
Nicholas Craven x Ransom - Deleted Scenes 2
KenTheMan - Back to 304'n
CHIKA - SAMSON: THE ALBUM
Travis Scott - Utopia

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:37)
"N.W.A and the Posse" & "Straight Outta Compton" - (30:26)
"100 Miles and Runnin'" & "Efil4zaggin" - (56:33)
Lighter Note - (1:21:12)

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Ep.224 - Masta Ace

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:50:00 +0100

It can be said that Masta Ace is underrated in many facets of the music but one that needs to be hailed forever is his unique long-form storytelling. Since "The Symphony", Masta Ace has continued to put his life on wax in a way nobody else in Hip-Hop has done: With detail and heart.

Weekly Music Roundup - (2:13) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Cherise - Calling
Mahalia - IRL
Nas & Hit-Boy - Magic 2
J Hus - Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Big Boss Vette - Resilience
Ice Spice - Like...?
Valee x Harry Fraud - Virtuoso
Smiley - I Did What I Did

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:46)
Take a Look Around - (26:47)
SlaughtaHouse - (43:56)
Sittin' On Chrome - (56:04)

Disposable Arts - (1:05:10)

A Long Hot Summer - (1:19:38)

MA Doom: Son of Yvonne - (1:30:51)

The Falling Season - (1:37:57)
Lighter Note - (1:47:35)

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Ep.223 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 7

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another Hip-Hop Neighbours, highlighting non-Hip-Hop albums that Hip-Hop fans can get into. For this one, we get into the work of Gil Scott-Heron and Chase & Status.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:46) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Adrian Younge & Tony Allen - Tony Allen JID018
Cookin Soul - Whateva, Vol. 5
Kota The Friend - Protea
Melonyx - Soul Glow
P Money - Money Over Everyone 4
Lo Village - Yellow Brick Road
rum.gold - U Street Anthology
King Von - Grandson
Dave East - fortune Favors the Bold
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Local Natives - Time Will Wait for No One

I'm New Here - (17:10)
No More Idols - (42:13)
Lighter Note - (1:04:54)

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Ep.222 - The Roots

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:50:00 +0100

In this chunky episode, we get into the work of The Roots where whilst we would make an effort to bomb through discographies for the sake of time, we simply couldn't for The Roots because they seemed to depart from their past album nearly every time. The subtle switches in their music over time would end up creating a wide reach. From "Jam Session" Hip-Hop to dense concept albums, it was certainly worth taking the time.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lil Uzi Vert - Pink Tape
The Alchemist - Fly High
Curren$y & Harry Fraud - Vices
LUCKI - s*x m*ney dr*gs
Conway - Drumwork
Stu Bangas x Chino XL - God's Carpenter
D-Block Europe - DBE World
Itee - PAPERS
Maeta - When I Hear Your Name
Speech Debelle - Sunday Dinner On a Monday
Elmiene - EL-MEAN
Splurgeboys - Jet Pack Flows
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Terrace Martin - Fine Tune

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:56)
Organix - (27:12)

Do You Want More?!!!??! - (35:17)

Illadelph Halflife - (44:37)

Things Fall Apart - (57:27)

Phrenology - (1:12:59)

The Tipping Point - (1:23:04)

Game Theory - (1:34:15)

Rising Down - (1:40:59)

How I Got Over - (1:46:37)

"Undun" & "...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin" - (1:50:55)
Ranking The Roots - (2:05:31)
Lighter Note - (2:08:57)

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Ep.221 - Tambo & Bones Interview

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:50:00 +0100

In a change of pace from usual DITD proceedings, Charlie was invited to see a play in Theatre Royal Stratford East called "Tambo & Bones", written by West Philly's own Dave Harris.

And as you can imagine from the episode title, Charlie was also given the opportunity to interview the director and lead actors of the show. In an episode that's split into two: the 1st half is a one-on-one with director Matthew Xia and the 2nd half involving Xia; actors Rhashan Stone and Daniel Ward.

On top of this, if you'd like to see "Tambo & Bones" for yourself, the wonderful people @ Stratford East have given us 25% off Band A, B & C for all remaining performances of T&B! (Limited to 2 per customer. Subject to availability. Offer cannot be applied to any pre-existing bookings.)

Hit up this link, use code "CHARLIE25" and let us know what you think of the show!

Regular scheduled programming next week.

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Ep.220 - Canibus

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:50:00 +0100

The story of Canibus is probably the best suited for a podcast built on retrospectives such as this. Whilst his music can easily be passed off as "rapper has verbal diarrhoea", the storyline combined with selected songs really highlight how misunderstood Canibus is as a rapper, entrepreneur and person.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:27) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Miles. - Everywhere and Nowhere At All (EP)
PRICE - NO SLEEP IN THE CITY
PRICE - GOSPEL IN THE GHETTO
Reuben James - Champagne Kisses
Young Thug - Business is business
Big Freedia - Central City
Key Glock - Glockoma 2 deluxe
Hus KingPin x SmooVth - PAID IN FULL
Coi Leray - COI
Sigur Ros - ATTA

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:15)
Can-I-Bus - (30:24)

2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) - (49:06)

C! True Hollywood Stories - (56:44)

Rip the Jacker - (1:09:35)

Remainder of story/Notable Tracks - (1:21:29)

Lighter Note - (1:35:59)

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Ep.219 - DITD Bites, Vol. 18

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:50:00 +0100

On the 18th edition of DITD Bites: Tyler, The Creator hopped on Rap Radar recently and made some interesting quotes that we wanted to unpack. So we do that, getting into his beef with playlists, "Rap Twitter" and his past work.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Marquis Hill - Rituals + Routines
Charlie Smarts & DJ Ill Digitz - Charlietape
Hit-Boy & Big Hit - SURF OR DROWN 2
Statik Selektah - Round Trip
Jamal Gasol & Vic Spencer - The Right Way For Dummies
Killer Mike - MICHAEL
Hannah Jadagu - Aperture
Hempress Sativa - CHARKA
PHABO - Don't Get Too Cozy
Tainted Tazz - The Commencement
Hak Baker - Worlds End FM
Chingy - Chinglish
Gunna - A Gift & A Curse
Mike Dimes - Texas Boy
Zaytoven Streetz Got No Heart 2
Wiz Khalifa - See Ya

Lighter Note - 1:10:31

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Ep.218 - Wu-Tang Clan: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 11

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:50:00 +0100

After 10 chapters, we've finally reached the conclusion of our "Book Of Wu" series. If you haven't spun the series, feel free to spin all 12 episodes here.

For the final chapter, we look at the Wu albums and the group as a unit.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

WIINSTON - THE LAST DAYTONA
7xvethegenius & DJ Green Lantern - The Genius Tape
Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure
Mungo's HiFi - Past and Present
Amaarae - Fountain Baby
BLK ODYSSY - DIAMONDS & FREAKS
Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin - Archetype
Boldy James - Prisoner of Circumstance
Statik Selektah - Round Trip
Daughter - Stereo Mind Game

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:52)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - (29:42)

Wu-Tang Forever - (40:26)

The W - (52:51)

Iron Flag - (1:02:48)

8 Diagrams - (1:11:08)

A Better Tomorrow - (1:19:31)
Lighter Note - (1:45:58)

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Ep.217 - Mid-Year Report '23

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Happy June! We're nearly halfway through the year, which means it's time for our Mid-Year Report! How the 50th Year of Hip-Hop has been faring, what albums we rate so far an other general discussion.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:17) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

ECKOES - Fractals
Mnelia - Closure Tapes
K.Zia - Kintsugi Heart
McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Green Kanine - Two
Jords - DIRT IN THE DIAMOND
Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine
CJ Fly - Healing From Our Wounds
Goyard Ibn Said x Ghais Guevera - Goyard Comin
Trapland Pat - Professor Trap
Moneybagg Yo - Hard to Love
Cuban Doll - All or Nothing
Metro Boomin - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Soundtrack

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Ep.216 - Chamillionaire

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Houston's Chamillionaire was a child of 8 Ball & MJG, UGK and Geto Boys. His single "Ridin" was one of the most ubiquitous songs of the 00s. But after a couple of albums and a bevvy of mixtapes, Chamillionaire's story gets much more interesting when you look at his entrepreneurial track record.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:37) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

KYE - Ribena
Monaleo - Where The Flowers Don't Die
Tayah - Still Wonders
Kassa Overall - ANIMALS
Lil Durk - Almost Healed
FMB DZ - P-Rock Baby
Cash Trill - Cash Only 4 Deluxe
Jay Worthy x Roc Marciano - Nothing Bigger Than The Program
Rakeem Shabazz - Wise the Dome
KayCyy x Gesaffelstein - TW2052

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:12)
The Sound of Revenge - (32:28)
Ultimate Victory - (49:52)
Lighter Note - (1:07:27)

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Ep.215 - Wyclef Jean

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:50:00 +0100

After covering Pras last week, we thought it was a good a time as any to look into the Fugees member that seems to have no issue in dropping music on a consistent basis. With nine studio albums, Wyclef Jean has used his many tastes to create a fascinating musical tapestry of himself, to varying degrees of success.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:42) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Tora-i - & what else?
Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me
Apex Zero - Drummer Warrior Storyteller Pt. 2
Raelle - Bloodlines
Ashley Henry - My Voice
K.A.A.N & D-Ace - Ignorance Is Bliss
KAYTRAMINÉ - KAYTRAMINÉ
Summer Walker - CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE
Belly - Mumble Rap 2

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:55)
The Carnival - (25:28)

The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book - (34:26)

Masquerade - (39:15)

The Preacher's Son - (46:00)

Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 - (48:24)

Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant - (53:42)

From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion - (1:03:10)

Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee - (1:07:15)

Yéle Haiti & Wyclef Goes Back to School Volume 1 - (1:09:23)
Lighter Note - (1:21:37)

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Ep.214 - Pras

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 May 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Pras has been in the news in recent years, but not for anything music related. So since he was formally found guilty in a foreign influence case, now seems a good a time as any to listen to the music and wonder how in the hell did Pras go from Fugees to illegal bankrolling?!

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:22) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Kuzco - I Vibe, She Vibes
Amadeus360 - The MPC Jedi
Klwn cat x unruly - Don’t Go Outside
Deante’ Hitchcock - Once Upon A Time
Vado - A Good Friend
Beach House - Become
The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Fred Again... & Brian Eno - Secret Life

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:53)
Ghetto Supastar - (18:21)
Win Lose or Draw - (34:21)
Post-Music - (45:30)
Lighter Note - (1:01:15)

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Ep.213 - Is Hip-Hop Right Wing?

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 May 2023 12:50:00 +0100

All answers begin with a question and sometimes that question needs to be blunt. But never fear, we try and break the question down as only we can. It's not a question that caters for a straight "yes" or "no", but a conversation starter for what is probably the least music-based episode yet.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:16) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

siegfried komidashi - the mundane, surreal !
DEACON - What's The Music Ting Saying
JONES - Magic In My Hand
JFlames - Made in London
Tavaras Jordan - In My Own World
Kid Abstrakt & Leo Low Pass - Still Dreaming
Reggie Becton - Sadboy Vol. 1
Super Helpful Kwame - Puzzles
MC Eiht - Lessons 2
IDK - F65
Onyx - Blood On Da X
Conway the Machine - WON’T HE DO IT
BlaQ Chidori - OffTop 3
BUSDRIVER - MADE IN LOVE
Berner - Arrogance is Ignorance

The Conversation - (22:00)
Lighter Note - (1:21:18)

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Ep.212 - DITD Bites, Vol. 17

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 May 2023 12:50:00 +0100

For the 17th edition of DITD Bites we get into the AI Music debate and the concept of Video Essays/Documentaries, asking WHY do people like Trap Lore Ross make the videos they make.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:35) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Aaron Taylor - HAVE A NICE DAY!
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Lonnie Liston Smith - Lonnie Liston Smith JID017
Nines - Crop Circle 2
G Herbo - Strictly 4 My fans 2
Tee Grizzley x Skilla Baby - Controversy
Dave East - Book of David Deluxe
Flee Lord x Crisis - 2-3 Zone
R-Mean x Scott Storch - MEAN
Ill Bill - Cocaine County
Tim Hecker - No Highs

AI Music - (13:58)
TLR - (39:48)
Lighter Note - (1:12:25)

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Ep.211 - Jim Jones

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:50:00 +0100

When you look at Jim Jones' career, it's one of hard work and dedication to squeezing every benefit out of a deal. But hard work only gets you so far... Hard work can't get you a good solo discography and Jim Jones is an outstanding example of that.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (01:14) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

redveil - playing w/ fire
Kid Abstrakt & Leo Low Pass - Believe
Dell Nellson - Charlotte's Unfortunate Death
Alfa Mist - Variables
YoungBoy - Don’t Try This At Home
Peezy - GHETTO
Krayzie Bone - QuickFix Level 3
Domo Genesis x The Alchemist - No Idols
Lloyd Banks - The Course of the Inevitable 3

Topic Intro/ Ben's Research House - (20:06)

On My Way to Church - (32:35)

Harlem: Diary of a Summer - (42:33)

Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) - (50:09)

Pray IV Reign - (1:00:11)

Capo - (1:11:31)

Wasted Talent - (1:16:36)

El Capo - (1:20:00)
Lighter Note - (1:34:18)

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Ep.210 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 10

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:50:00 +0100

For the 10th edition of Contemporary Cool: We get into the works of Tink's 2013 tape "Winter's Diary 2: Forever Yours" and August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper & Karriem Riggins)

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Kay Young - We Meet At Last
ENNY - We Go Again
Venna - EQUINOX
Terri Walker - MY LOVE STORY
Dinner Party - Enigmatic Society
Joby Jay - LOVE LEVELS
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
Avelino - GOD SAVE THE STREETS
Total Refreshment Centre - Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre
Grafh x 38 Spesh - Art of Words
Nicholas Craven x Mike Shabb - Shadow Moses
NLE Choppa - Cottonwood 2

Winter's Diary 2: Forever Yours - (19:10)
August Greene - (38:15)
Lighter Note - (53:53)

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Ep.209 - DITD 4th Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:50:00 +0100

Four years ago on April 10th, Diggin' In The Digits began. Since that Tuesday, we have dropped an episode every Tuesday. We've never missed a drop and have learnt so much over those four years. We celebrate with a reflection, our favourite episodes in the past year; an existential question linked to Hip-Hop's upcoming 50th birthday and we bring back Deadpan Recitals.

Thanks for spinning as we continue our journey.

TIMESTAMPS:

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:43) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

GQ - For Good Measure
C.S. Armstrong - THE SOUTHWESTERN EP
Chelsea Reject - Bubble Grl
Che Lingo - Coming Up For Air
Shame Gang - Better Late Than Never
Vic Spencer - If George Bush Was Cool
Brandee Younger - Brand New Life
Planet Giza - Ready When You Are
Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 4
NF - HOPE
Rittz - MellowLOvation Music
Curren$y x Jermaine Dupri - For Motivational Use Only Vol. 1
Meyhem Lauren x Madlib & DJ Muggs - Champagne for Breakfast

Anniversary reflections & favourite episodes - (19:34)
Has Hip-Hop evolved? - (49:17)
Deadpan Recitals - (1:26:41)

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Ep.208 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 6

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:50:00 +0100

For this edition of "the real HHN" where we explore projects just outside of the Hip-Hop purview, we get into the works of Bryson Tiller's "T R A P S O U L" and Gorillaz' "Plastic Beach".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:41) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Royce Da 5'9" - The Heaven Experience
38 Spesh - Gunsmoke
Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak - CLUSTERFUNK
Dizzy Wright - Live at Daddy Macs
Chloe - In Pieces
B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd.
Mistah F.A.B. - EYE AM
Juicy J - Mental Trillness
DJ Drama - I’m Really Like That
Tyler, The Creator - CMIYGL Estate Sale
Matt Ox - Alox
Larry June x Alchemist - The Great Escape
Lakecia Benjamin (Live)
ECKOES & Erika (Live)

Plastic Beach - (21:10)
T R A P S O U L - (38:03)
Lighter Note - (56:00)

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Ep.207 - Women's History Month '23 - Rah Digga

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:50:00 +0100

We finish off our Women's History Month celebrations with an artist that was so close to blowing up - but with a shelved 2nd album - lost steam. It seems that whenever a female shows talent with a solid first album, it still doesn't solidify their foundations. But through it all, Rah Digga continues to shine regardless of the industry pulling the rug from under her.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:14) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Depeche Mode - Memento Mori
ICECOLDBISHOP - Generational Curse
BIGBABYGUCCI - Colors
6LACK - Since I Have a Lover
Hit-Boy - SURF OR DROWN
Kool Keith - Serpent
JPEGMAFIA X DANNY BROWN - SCARING THE HOES
Yaya Bey - Exodus the North Star
Adanna Duru - NAPPY HOUR
Lady Shocker - The General
Aza Lineage - Kingston To Cali
Kota The Friend & Statik Selektah - To See A Sunset
Arrested Development - On The Cutting Room Floor

Topic intro/Ben's Research House - (24:59)
Dirty Harriet - (38:02)
Everything Is a Story: The Missing Link? - (50:47)
Classic - (55:38)
WHM Debrief/Lighter Note - (1:07:19)

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Ep.206 - Women's History Month '23 - Sweet Tee

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:50:00 +0000

For our third WHM retrospective, we look at another one-and-done artist in Sweet Tee; with an additional conversation on the unique place 80s Hip-Hop artists are historically.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:49) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Nix Northwest - Xin's Disappearance
M83 - Fantasy
U2 - Song’s of Surrender
100 Gecs - 10,000 Gecs
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
EST Gee - Mad
Lil Pump - Lil Pump 2
Princess Nokia - I Love You But This Is Goodbye

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:29)
It's Tee Time - (18:33)
Lighter Note - (47:03)

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Ep.205 - Women's History Month '23 - Ms. Melodie

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:50:00 +0000

We continue our Women's History Month celebrations with a look at the one & done work of Ms. Melodie: The first lady of BDP and an essential cog in the lives of many, including KRS-ONE & Big Daddy Kane.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:09) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Nathan Kawanishi - Splashes Of Ink (Antithesis)
Tank and The Bangas - Pretty Poems
The Hoodies - What Pressure Makes
Nia Archives - Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
Murs - speak n spell
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy - Victims & Villains
NappyHigh & Memnoc - 93Gold
Fever Ray - Radical Romantics
Puff 100 x E Mozzy - Clockwork
Bones - The Witch & The Wizard
Zaytoven - Street Credentials
Malik Montana - Adwokat Diabla
Iayze - Reverence
eBK Young Joc - Hotboiiz 4
G Perico - Hot Shot
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
August Alsina - Myself
Conway - Pain Provided Profit
Jim Jones - Back in my Prime

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:47)
Diva - (33:04)
Tangential convo about language - (50:00)
Lighter Note - (1:00:08)

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Ep.204 - Women's History Month '23 - Mia X

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:50:00 +0000

We begin our Women's History Month celebrations with the First Lady of No Limit: Mia X. Her music was unmistakably 'No Limit' but when looking past the hits, came some of the best creative cuts of the 90s.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

9th Wonder - ZION VIII
slowthai - UGLY
Neak - Die Wurzel
Female All-Stars - Fa To The World
Che Noir & Big Ghost Ltd - Noir Or Never
Masego - Masego
Verbz, CAPRIISUN & Mr Slipz - Shore Connects
Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow
Yazmin Lacey - Voice Notes
Creed III: The Soundtrack
Kenny Mason - 3
Zaybang - Better Off Alone
Young Nudy - Gumbo
Mach-Hommy x Tha God Fahim - Notorious Dump Legends 2
Don Toliver - Love Sick
Foolio - Final Destination
The Weeknd - Live at SoFi Stadium
Macklemore - BEN
Nyokabi Kariuki - Feeling Body

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (25:43)
Good Girl Gone Bad - (34:53)
Unlady Like - (44:20)
Mama Drama - (52:48)
Lighter Note - (1:04:52)

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Ep.203 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 9

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:50:00 +0000

We boot up Contemporary Cool once again and for Volume 9 we look at the barely talked about work "7 Days Of Funk" and the blueprint for collective collaboration in The Silhouettes Project.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:42) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

New Sector Movements - These Times
Vic Spencer & 38 Spesh - Greenthumbs Meets Trigger Fingers
Gorillaz - Cracker Island
Braxton Cook - Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
Logic - College Park
Yeat - AfterLyfe
Suicideboys x Shakewell - Shameless Suicide
Key Glock - Glaucoma 2
Blac Youngsta - Bank Appointment
Sada Baby - SHONUFF
Payroll Giovanni - Ghost Mode

7 Days Of Funk - (15:38)
The Silhouettes Project - (34:59)
Lighter Note - (1:02:49)

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Ep.202 - RZA: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 10 (Pt.2)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:50:00 +0000

We continue with Part 2 of our RZA retrospective with a look at his solo work which - whilst it may deliver less than desired - is an interesting creative wrinkle to one of the most versatile artists of his generation.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Hi-Tek - Panorama Apartments (1994 Mpc 60ii)
Wesley Joseph - GLOW
Nappy Nina - Mourning Due
Kelela - Raven
Bktherula - LVL5 P1
Abra Cadabra - Where The Shooters Be 2
Tony Yayo - The Loyal
Mistah FAB - The Hyphy Era

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:43)
Bobby Digital in Stereo - (13:12)

Digital Bullet - (28:40)

Birth of a Prince - (42:00)

Digi Snacks - (51:23)

'Bobby Digital And The Pit Of Snakes' & 'Digital Potions' - (58:41)
Lighter Note - (1:13:32)

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Ep.201 - RZA: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 10 (Pt.1)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:50:00 +0000

We reach the last solo retrospective of Wu-Tang Clan members, finishing with the leader of it all: RZA. In the first of a two-parter, we talk about RZAs leadership as the head of the Wu dragon and his unprecedented production run.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:49) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Coldxman - Amor Fati
Nejma Nefertiti & Zenati - Rapoeira (EP)
Backwood Sweetie - Sweetie Skrewed By DJ 3AM
BigXthaPlug - AMAR
The Vitamin Cea - What A Day
Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl
Lance Skiiwalker - Autodidactic
Bawo - Legitimate Cause (EP)
Monster Florence - Master System
Horseshoe GANG
Shy Glizzy - Flowers
Sierra Kid - keep it to yourself
Shady Blu - Topic of Discussion
Hus KingPin - A Poem in Ten Books
Baby Stone Gorillas - The Military
Kash Doll - Back on Dexter

The Conversation - (26:51)
Lighter Note - (1:18:38)

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Ep.200 - "Rapper" or "Artist"

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:50:00 +0000

Off the back of Lil Yachty's new album, he made a comment about "wanting to be seen as an artist". This led to responses like this. We broke down the multi-layered conversation that is decades old and spans genres: Labels, eras, the leaders of said eras and what happens when they do something different.

200 episodes without missing a drop, thanks for being on this journey with us.

Charlie's 2018 piece on the subject.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:16) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

K.Keed - Tx3 II (EP)
Evil Needle & Misha - ChillHop Beat Tapes:
Bishop Nehru - Nehruvian Tuesdays: Volume 3
Onoe Caponoe - Concrete Fantasia
Jehst - Mork Calling Orson
2KBABY - Scared 2 Love
Young Jr - Thug Child
Wale the Sage - Running From Time
jonatan leandoer96 - Sugar World
Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story A Decade Of Brasi
30 Deep Grimeyy - Let Me In
Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

The Conversation - (10:36)
Lighter Note - (1:08:06)

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Ep.199 - Capital STEEZ

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:50:00 +0000

The brief but beautiful life and career of Capital STEEZ is one of incompletion. Seeing someone so young, with deeply rooted ethics and beliefs, end his life just as the career was about to go somewhere - whether it be up or down - will forever leave more questions than answers.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Hi-Tek - Glen Orchard Drive (1993 Mpc 60)
Brody Brown - The Kickback
Reuben Vincent - Love Is War
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here
BiC Fizzle - Clark Street Baby
Styles P - Penultimate
Tha God Fahim x Camoflauge Monk - Dark Shogunn Assassin

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:55)
Amerikkkan Corruption - (33:26)
Post A.C. - (43:00)
Lighter Note - (1:07:57)

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Ep.198 - Inspectah Deck: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 9

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:50:00 +0000

The Wu Lead-off Hitter. INS - Inspectah Deck - has some of the most iconic bars in the Wu-Tang discography, but as much as we all love to "bomb atomically", Deck's solo work contains the least amount of Wu involvement out of all solo Wu discographies. And like Masta Killa, U-God & Cappadonna, it's not as talked about.

Weekly Music Roundup - (00:41) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

El Train - ChillHop Beat Tapes: El Train
Kota The Friend - Lyrics To GO, Vol. 4
JANE HANDCOCK - World Of Women
Oddisee - To What End
BALANCE - CONJURE
Trippie Redd - Mansion Musik
BIGBABYGUCCI - Homesick
JANE HANDCOCK - World of Women
Boldy James x RichGains - Indiana Jones
Gloss Up - Before the Gloss Up

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:26)

Uncontrolled Substance - (32:39)

The Movement - (42:31)

The Resident Patient - (53:31)

Manifesto - (59:53)

Chamber No. 9 - (1:05:10)
Lighter Note - (1:19:05)

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Ep.197 - Three 6 Mafia

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:50:00 +0000

We cover one of the most influential Hip-Hop groups of All-Time in Three 6 Mafia; rulers of Memphis, led by DJ Paul & Juicy J's legendary production.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup (0:52) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Skyzoo & The Other Guys - The Mind Of A Saint
AntsLive - Just A Matter Of Time (EP)
21 Lil Harold - After the Curse
03 Greedo - Free 03
BabyTron - Bin Reaper 3 - New Testament
Obijuan x dylantheinfamous - GUANAHANI

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:42)
Mystic Stylez - (23:54)
Chapter 1: The End - (27:29)
Chapter 2: World Domination - (29:16)
When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 - (34:14)
Choices - (36:27)
Da Unbreakable - (39:47)
Choices II: The Setup - (43:18)
Most Known Unknown - (47:02)
Last 2 Walk - (49:35)
Lighter Note - (1:05:23)

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Ep.196 - Gangsta Boo

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:50:00 +0000

The Hip-Hop world bowed their heads on New Year's Day to commemorate the life of Memphis legend Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, better known as Gangsta Boo. Along with her membership in Three Six Mafia, The Queen of Memphis had her own career and her own legacy. We unpack that with this episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Nejma Nefertiti - Letters From The Akashic
Eva Lazarus - Brandy Kisses
Youngboy - I Rest My Case
DUSTY LOCANE - -95 Degrees
Real Boston Richey - Public Housing Pt. 2
E Mozzy - Middle East
French Montana x DJ Drama - Coke Boys 6
Westside Webb - Player Games Pt. 2
Icy Twat - Siddhi World Deluxe

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:41)
Enquiring Minds - (26:06)
Both Worlds *69 - (38:31)
Enquiring Minds 2: The Soap Opera - (43:53)
Lighter Note - (1:05:20)

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Ep.195 - DITD Bites, Vol. 16

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:50:00 +0000

For the 16th edition of DITD Bites, we take stock of 2022 as a year. Mainly from a music perspective but we broach other topics.

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Ep.194 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 5

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:50:00 +0000

For this Hip-Hop Neighbours, we cover the work of British group Soul II Soul and their classic "Club Classics, Vol. 1"; and Blondie's seminal track that was a flashpoint for Hip-Hop, "Rapture".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Little Simz - NO, THANK YOU
IYAMAH - Sometimes, I'm Speechless (EP)
Lyric Michelle - MUSE (EP)
Lizzie Berchie - Under The Sun (EP)
Vinocio - Awah
Ab-Soul - HERBERT

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Ep.193 - 2022 Metacritic Album Score Review

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 12:50:00 +0000

As the year winds down, we decided to go through the Metacritic rankings for Hip-Hop album scores this year. Some make sense, some don't; some even warrant a conspiracy toward how Metacritic favour certain types of work over another.

This was right before Simz dropped "NO, THANK YOU" so she doesn't appear, same with Ab-Soul.

We also dropped a visual version of this which you can spin here.

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Ep.192 - Raekwon: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 8

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:50:00 +0000

We get to "The Chef" Raekwon, whose solo work gives Raekwon a stage to really shine as a lyricist with layers and storytelling chops that rival the best.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

SAULT - 11
SAULT - Untitled (God)
Dezron Douglas - ATALAYA
Lyriqs - Hillman
Jay Prince & Tiny Spys - Adventures Of You (EP)
Kamaiyah - Keep It Lit (EP)
Kool G Rap - Last Of A Dying Breed
SZA - SOS
Mount Westmore - SNOOP CUBE 40 $HORT

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:13)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - (22:21)
Immobilarity - (31:31)
The Lex Diamond Story - (38:26)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II - (44:24)
Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang - (55:18)
Fly International Luxurious Art - (1:01:31)
The Wild - (1:09:21)
Lighter Note - (1:19:10)

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Ep.191 - Ghostface Killah: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 7

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:50:00 +0000

There aren't many artists that came of age in the 90s that continue producing high quality bodies of work. Ghostface Killah is rarely credited with a consistent discography, but that is exactly what he has.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

BlaQ Chidori - White Melodies Side B
Cal Scruby - Casino
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Reuben James - Piano Love 1
Tiggs Da Author - MOREFIRE 2
TrueMendous - Great. On Purpose
The JuJu Exchange - JazzRx: Hope Dose
The JuJu Exchange - JazzRx Introduction

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:30)
Ironman - (26:02)

Supreme Clientele - (32:42)

Bulletproof Wallets - (39:55)

The Pretty Toney Album - (44:48)

Fishscale - (48:05)

More Fish - (52:37)

The Big Doe Rehab - (54:50)

Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City - (1:01:19)

Apollo Kids - (1:04:48)

Twelve Reasons to Die - (1:07:20)

36 Seasons - (1:10:39)

Twelve Reasons to Die II - (1:13:28)

Ghostface Killahs - (1:15:51)
Lighter Note - (1:23:29)

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AUDACITY DID ME DIRTY. - CT

Ep.190 - Our Dream Festivals

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:50:00 +0000

We all have our dream festival line-up. We took it a little further and devised our own festivals. From how many days, to the locale, to the line-ups themselves; our festivals were so eclectic that we only had one artist on both line-ups. Let us know which one you'd rather hit and how much you'd pay. Because in our world, this is all for free.99!

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:11) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Stormzy - This Is What I Mean
Quando Rondo & YoungBoy - 3860
klwn cat & Rae Luna - Where'd It All Go?
$ilkMoney - I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore
Numbz - Soul Food
Saba The Godis - MAC-TYN
Agnes Nunes - Menina Mulher
Avantdale Bowling Club - TREES
Jaz Karis - DEAR JAZ
Rae Luna - Like I'll Die Tomorrow
Cruz Patterson - Dogs In The Office

Main Topic - (22:47)
Lighter Note - (1:12:05)

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Weekly Music Roundup (15th-22nd Nov '22)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:51:00 +0000

Along with our new episode with Dr. Joshua Wright, we wanted to still do our Weekly Music Roundup; so we did! And slapped it in as a bonus ep. Enjoy.

Projects spun: (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

38 Spesh - Beyond Belief
Dave East x DJ Drama - Book of David
Hus KingPin - My Beautiful Dark Wave Fantasy
Vado - Long Run 3
Busta Rhymes - The Fuse Is Lit
Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene - Cost of Living
Onelight - Moreover
Kai Kwasi - jalilah
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Garrett Saracho JID015
Blue Lab Beats - Jazztronica - Live At Late Night Jazz Royal Albert Hall
Suzi Analogue - Infinite Zonez
Phony Ppl - Euphonyus

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Ep.189 - Kanye & Black Celebrity W/ Dr. Joshua Wright

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:50:00 +0000

In a special episode of DITD, we have our first guest host joining! Dr. Joshua Wright is a professor at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC, a graduate of Howard University; host of "Woke History", a new podcast series on NPR One and a two-time author. (Wake Up, Mr. West: Kanye West and the Double Consciousness of Black Celebrity, 2022 & Empire and Black Images in Pop Culture, 2018)

He joins us to talk about Black Celebrity in the US, Kanye's unique status as "the ultimate contrarian" and where he stands after the month of craziness.

If you haven't spun Episode 186, we encourage you to do so as we broach on those topics once more here. Also, Dr. Wright mentions The Journal of Hip-Hop Studies, I have linked his issue on Kanye & Christianity here, we highly recommend you dive into some true Hip-Hop academia.

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Ep.188 - Artifacts

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:50:00 +0000

Originally starting out as Graffiti artists, the group to be known as Artifacts kept the elements of Hip-Hop close to their chest. With three high-quality albums, including a Golden Age classic debut, the New Jersey natives leave a legacy embodied by other NJ legends after them.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Nas - King's Disease III
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack
GloRilla - Anyways, Life's Great
Black Eyed Peas - ELEVATION
Hector Roots Lewis - D' Rootsman
Sélène Saint-Aimé - Potomitan
Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant To Be
OSHUN - vol. ii
Headie One - No Borders: European Compilation Project
Vic Spencer - IMPACT (I Must Punch A Car Today)
Thees Handz (Murs, The Grouch & Reverie) - Three's Company
DoomCannon - Renaissance
tyroneisaacstuart - S!CK

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (25:55)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place - (34:47)
That's Them - (45:08)
No Expiration Date - (57:46)
Lighter Note - (1:05:00)

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Ep.187 - Kid Cudi

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:50:00 +0000

The Kid Cudi influence is often stated softly - but in just over a decade - Kid Cudi has changed the game when it comes to subject matter and sound.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

LeeV - LEAVE ME BE
DUSTY LOCANE - NIGHTMARE ON DA FIFTH
Lecrae - Church Clothes 4
Boldy James x Futurewave - Mr. Ten08
Backwood Sweetie x Furious Stylez - Sweetie Got Stylez
Skelbeats - That's not my Skeleton
Killah Priest x Jordan River Banks - Mr. Universe
SAULT - AIIR
Apex Zero - Drummer Warrior Storyteller (Part 1)
9th Wonder - ZION VII
SAMSON - Green Roses (EP)
Pip Millett - When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:37)
Man on the Moon - (32:52)
Man on the Moon 2 - (42:39)
Indicud - (49:56)
Satellite Flight - (59:44)
Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven - (1:03:50)
PP&DS - (1:14:18)
Man on the Moon 3 - (1:22:11)
Entergalactic & Final thoughts - (1:31:01)
Lighter Note - (1:38:57)

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Ep.186 - Yucking Ye's Yum

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:50:00 +0000

So now that we're seemingly out of the "Ye" storm, it's a good a time as any to take in maybe the most self-destructive month any public figure has done. This conversations covers a lot of ground and zooms in and out frequently so buckle in.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue Deluxe
Duke Deuce - Memphis Massacre 3
Westside Gunn - 10
Che Noir - The Last Remnants
Smino - Luv 4 Rent
Msanii & The Other Guys - Seasonal Veggies, Vol. 1
Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
Aaron May - Outside Lookin In
Marlowe - Marlowe 3
The Brother Moves On - $/He Who Feeds You... Owns You

The Conversation - (19:14)
Lighter Note - (1:27:21)

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Ep.185 - #UKBHM 2022: Estelle

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:50:00 +0100

To finish our #UKBHM miniseries for another year, we look at an artist in Estelle with realised talent early on, a truly timeless song in her discography - but looking past that - has a truly fascinating discography and career arc that, at this moment in time, feels like a satisfying full circle.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Snoop Dogg & DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It
YoungBoy & DJ Drama - Ma I Got a Family
Jeezy & DJ Drama - Snofall
Taylor Swift - Midnights
Awon & Soul.Dope.95 - Infinite Wisdom
Photay & Carlos Nino - An Offering
Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart
Nova Twins - Supernova
Yard Act - The Overload
BigXthaPlug - Big Stepper
Sainte - Vacation
Loyle Carner - Hugo
Snoop Dogg & DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It
K.A.A.N - The High Before You Fall
Vic Santoro - Voice of the Village Mixtape

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:48)
The 18th Day - (31:12)
Shine - (41:04)
All of Me - (1:04:15)
True Romance - (1:07:39)
Lover's Rock - (1:15:17)
Lighter Note - (1:26:04)

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Ep.184 - #UKBHM 2022: Ghetts

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Continuing our UKBHM celebrations with a retrospective on one of the most visceral storytellers and lyrical visualisers of the modern era. It took Ghetts 15 years of ups and downs to create his magnum opus but it wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the unique road he travelled.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:55) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lil Baby - Only Me
G Herbo - Survivor's Remorse Side B
Central Cee - No More Leaks
Tee Grizzley - Chapters of the Trenches
MAVI - Laughing So Hard, It Hurts
Mach-Hommy x Tha God Fahim - Duck CZN: Tiger Style
Knowitall x Skip the Kid - Music Saved Me 2
Reggie B - Tinky's Jam
FLOHIO - Out of Heart
TSHA - Capricorn Sun
Jabee & Blu - I
Ojerime - Bad Influence
Jaydonclover - room service? volume one
Rosewood 2055 - When The Night Calls
Kabaka Pyramid - The Kalling
Charlotte Dos Santos - Morfo

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:52)
Rebel With A Cause - (42:29)
Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament - (59:01)
Conflict of Interest - (1:07:26)
Lighter Note - (1:27:22)

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Ep.183 - #UKBHM 2022: JME

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:50:00 +0100

We continue our UKBHM celebrations with a retrospective on one of the most authentic voices in music: JME. Along with his brother Skepta, (who we covered last year) JME has become a blueprint for any independent artists that want to do it all with their own imprint.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:02)

YoungBoy NBA - 3800 Degrees
G Herbo - Survivor's Remorse Side A
Quavo & Takeoff - Only Built for Infinity Links
Cormega - Realness II
Rich Homie Quan - Family & Mula
GRIP - 5 & A Fuck You
Suff Daddy - Basically Sober
Zyah Belle - Yam Grier
Sol Messiah - GOD CMPLX
Blue Note Re:imagined II
Joyce Wrice - Motive (EP)
JFlames - JFlames Makes House

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:29)
Famous? - (27:11)
Blam! - (33:58)
Integrity> - (43:04)
Grime MC -(55:18)
Lighter Note - (1:13:51)

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Ep.182 - #UKBHM 2022: Cookie Crew

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Happy October and happy UK Black History Month one & all! This is the third time we're doing this but for those not in the know. To celebrate UKBHM, we do retrospectives of four black UK artists. To kick it off, we go to one of the first female duos, Cookie Crew. A duo that clearly had talent along with pretty good rolodex, but questionable decisions seemed to sour their outlook and make their career short lived.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:57) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Freddie Gibbs - Soul Sold Separately
Rome Streetz - KISS THE RING
Nicholas Craven x Boldy James - Fair Exchange No Robbery
Prodigy - The Hegelian Dialectic 2
Baby Tate - Mani / Pedi
Kid Cudi - Entergalactic
SoulChef - Moving Forward
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (The Extended Edition)
UMI - Forest in the City
Joya Mooi - What's Around The Corner (Side A)
Rudi Creswick - Different Forms
Camilla George - Ibio-Ibio

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:41)
Born This Way - (37:17)
2nd Album & Final Thoughts - (46:33)
Lighter Note - (1:05:49)

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Ep.181 - Prompts, Vol. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:50:00 +0100

This episode is a special one for a couple of reasons: 1st, it's our first live recording via Twitter Spaces. 2nd, it was to kick-start our new off-shoot: Prompts. Me, Ben and you guys talking around two specific prompts and letting the conversation go where it goes.

The two Prompts: "What artist with a classic album, has the worst debut album?" and "Who is the best one-album artist?"

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (00:57) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Ransom - This Life Made Me
LUCKI - FLAWLESS LIKE ME
Cam'Ron x A Trak - U Wasn't There
Wifisfuneral - 4 Month Binge Before Revenge
DaBaby - Baby on Baby 2
Dess Dior - RAW
Isatta Sheriff & Koralle - Eat The Kiwi Skin
Yussuf Dayes - The Yussuf Dayes Experience Live At Joshua Tree
siegfried komidashi - ACTS I + II
Protoje - Third Time's The Charm
Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Toure - Ali
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Chip Wickham - Cloud 10
The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Oscar Jerome - The Spoon
Coops - Lost Soul 2

Prompts - (16:24)
Lighter Note - (1:10:53)

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Ep.180 - Main Source

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Even though Main Source only lasted officially for five years - with two albums dropped - they certainly made their imprint in Hip-Hop history within that half decade; most notably, the album "Breaking Atoms" & the track "Live At The Barbecue".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Vic Spencer x August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 3
Nasty C - Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape
Ghais Guevara - Good Eats! (Beat Tape)
DJ Drama x Symba - Results Take Time
Jenevieve - Rendezvous
Blood Orange - Four Songs
Devin Morrison - Dream Lobby Vol. 1
Braxton Cook - Black Mona Lisa
JWords - brainecho
Mura Masa - demon time
ShaSimone - SIMMA DOWN
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Henry Franklin - Henry Franklin JID014
Terri Lyne Carrington - New Standards Vol. 1

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:35)
Breaking Atoms - (31:46)
Fuck What You Think - (41:50)
Lighter Note - (56:58)

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Ep.179 - DITD Bites, Vol. 15

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:50:00 +0100

On the 15th edition of DITD Bites, we get into the world of morals & ethics in Journalism and a special conversation of wider media and the response to the death of The Queen.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:55) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Yeat - Lyfe
NAV - Demons protected by Angels
YoungBoy - Realer 2
38 Spesh - 7 Shots
Black Soprano Family - Long Live DJ Shay
Cappadonna x Stu Bangas - 3rd Chamber Grail Bars
Semiratruth & JWords - loading...
A-F-R-O - Beatz From Da FRO Vault (Vol. II)
C.S. Armstrong - THE DAMASCUS LP
Ari Lennox - Away Message
Ari Lennox - age/sex/location
Sampa The Great - As Above, So Below

Exploitative Journalism - (20:34)
The Queen - (43:43)
Lighter Note - (1:13:53)

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Ep.178 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 4

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours where we talk about non-Hip-Hop works that Hip-Hop fans love regardless. For this volume, we talk about the works of Tame Impala & KAYTRANADA.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Pi’erre Bourne - Good Movie
Francesca Wexler - Cherry Fields Forever
Yah-Rah - The Queen’s Gambit
BIGBABYGUCCI - SUMMER OF REVENGE
Madlib, MED, LMD - Flying High
Kenny Beats - Louie
klwn cat - Panther vol. 2
Nejma Nefertiti - Tongue FU
Snoop Dogg - Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 2
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding - Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival

99.9% - (11:51)
Currents - (31:07)
Lighter Note - (50:38)

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Ep.177 - Hilltop Hoods

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:50:00 +0100

It's time to explore the world of Hip-Hop in Australia and there's no better place to look than the most popular Hip-Hop act in Australia. Hilltop Hoods, a trio that needed a bank loan to fund their first album, to sold out tours and platinum plaques aplenty. But there's much more to see under the surface. Or... Maybe not.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:22) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

JID - The Forever Story
DJ KHALED - GOD DID
Roc Marciano x Alchemist - Elephant Man's Bones
Rapper Big Pooh - To Dream In Colour
Mystic - Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers
Meechy Darko - Gothic Luxury
Verbz & Mr Slipz - Where It Started
Bishop Nehru - Heroin Addiction
Bishop Nehru - Nehruvian Tuesdays Volume: 2

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (22:14)
A Matter of Time - (26:45)

Left Foot, Right Foot - (35:02)

The Calling - (38:12)

The Hard Road - (47:41)

State of the Art - (50:30)

Walking Under Stars - (1:02:10)

The Great Expanse - (1:15:20)
Lighter Note - (1:19:30)

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Ep.176 - Shabazz Palaces

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:50:00 +0100

If you were on a desert island and you had one artist's discography to spin, who would you pick? If you said your favourite artist, then sure. But think about a Shabazz Palaces where the music is so layered & diverse, you will be guaranteed to hear something different every time you spin.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:13) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Hot Chip - Freakout / Release
Royksoppp - Profound Mysteries
Monday Mix Vol. 1
Vacatixn - East River Drive
India Shawn - BEFORE WE GO (DEEPER)
Larry June - Spaceships on the Blade

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:26)
Black Up - (17:47)
Lese Majesty - (28:50)
The Quazarz - (40:07)
The Don of Diamond Dreams - (49:00)
Final Thoughts - (57:19)
Lighter Note - (1:05:24)

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Ep.175 - Camp Lo

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:50:00 +0100

If you ever need a story of resilience, look no further than the career arc of Camp Lo; who began with a classic debut, chose to go independent, have their work suffer because of it and at their lowest point, rise again with their best work since their debut. All in a space of 25+ years.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Megan Thee Stallion - Traumazine
Your Old Droog - Yodney Dangerfield
Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
The Game - Drillmatic
Rod Wave - Beautiful Mind
JFlames - The Beats With No Genre Album

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:00)
Uptown Saturday Night - (29:13)
Let's Do It Again - (36:09)
Black Hollywood - (46:13)
Stone and Rob: Caught On Tape - (53:49)
Another Heist - (56:51)
80 Blocks from Tiffany's 1 & 2 - (1:02:24)
Ragtime Hightimes & On The Way Uptown - (1:10:25)
Lighter Note - (1:21:00)

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Ep.174 - DITD Bites, Vol. 14

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:50:00 +0100

We get into another Bites where we talk about goings on in the Hip-Hop/music world. For this one we get into the Beyonce/Kelis/Neptunes sample controversy and looking into The Notorious B1, an artist from back in the day that claims The Notorious B.I.G. stole his iconic hit "Juicy".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Nezi Momodu - The Pound
Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2
Bobby Shmurda - BodBoy
LeeV & Bobby Oh’Killum - The Grim Adventures of Leev
Low End Activist - Hostile Utopia
Karlae - ENTER
Murs - Murs & Rob Viktum's Cavalcade of Cosmic Crips and Interplanetary Pirus
Kokoroko - Could We Be More
DOMi & JD BECK - NOT TiGHT
Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy

Bey/Kelis/Neptunes - (21:52)
Notorious B1 - (49:14)
Lighter Note - (1:09:08)

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Ep.173 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 8

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:50:00 +0100

In Volume 8 of Contemporary Cool: We look at the works of Rico Nasty, Megan Thee Stallion, Curren$y & The Alchemist and Kojey Radical.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:53) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE
Wiz Khalifa - Multiverse
Lava La Rue - Hi-Fidelity
Joe Armon-Jones & Mala - A Way Back
Jazz Spastiks - Intomental

Nasty - (12:22)
Tina Snow - (30:58)
Covert Coup - (41:46)
Reason to Smile - (55:14)
Lighter Note - (1:10:30)

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Ep.172 - NER*D

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:50:00 +0100

It is a tale as old as time. When you're as experimental as an N*E*R*D that simply refused to be labelled and went out of their way to be different; sometimes, it just doesn't hit. But when it hits... It HITS.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Joey Bada$$ - 2000
RZA - Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes
Rico Nasty - Las Ruinas
Asian Doll - Let’s Do a Drill
Flo Milli - You Still Here, Ho?
Shae Universe - Unorthodox

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:17)
In Search Of... - (20:29)
Fly Or Die - (30:00)
Seeing Sounds - (44:07)
Nothing - (54:23)
NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES - (59:35)
Lighter Note - (1:16:05)

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Ep.171 - The Neptunes

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:50:00 +0100

One of the most prolific names in Hip-Hop production, The Neptunes: Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo, could work with anybody in the mainstream and somehow make it a bop. They are responsible for birthing careers, revitalising careers and epitomise why the 00s were fucking weird.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:18) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lizzo - Special
Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
Lloyd banks - The Course of the Inevitable 2
Rowdy rebel - Rowdy Vs Rebel
DJ Premier - Hip Hop 50, Vol. 1
Che Noir - Poetic Sounds (Live)
Jaszy Shavers & Tavaras Jordan - Carolina Soul
Vic Spencer & Small Professor - Mudslide
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 011
Jean Carn, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jean Carn JID012
Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Katalyst JID013

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:13)
Clones - (31:26)
Post-Clones - (41:54)
Gushing over Neptunes' production - (52:05)
Lighter Note - (1:07:18)

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Ep.170 - Mid Year Report '22

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Half the year has gone by. Time flies when you're having fun, but then we start thinking about social media and then get sad. But whilst we admittedly get bogged down on that, we do recap the year so far with our favourite songs, albums we're looking forward to and why Griselda doesn't feel like Griselda anymore.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:25) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Zola Jesus - Arkhon
Burna Boy - Love, Damini
Regina Spektor - Home, before and after
Brent Faiyaz - Wasteland
Westside Gunn - PEACE “FLY” GOD
FLO - The Lead
Cristale - What It's Like To Be Young
Murkage Dave - The City Needs A Her
Shabaka - Afrikan Culture
Wu-Lu - LOGGERHEAD
Kota The Friend - MEMO
Apollo Brown - This Must Be the Place

Songs of the Year so far - (21:11)
How is this music year trash? - (29:53)
Personal thoughts on the half-year - (46:42)
Has Griselda fallen off? - (53:40)
Producer MVP so far? - (58:54)
The artists constantly talked about (but it's never about the music) - (1:06:55)
Albums we're looking forward to - (1:20:31)
Lighter Note - (1:26:40)

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Ep.169 - Evidence

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Since the 90s, Evidence has been steadily building one of the most consistent careers in Hip-Hop history. Whether it's in a group, duo or solo, Evidence always manages to produce solid work, with his production chops gradually getting better & better.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
Page Kennedy - Front Page
Crimeapple x DJ Skizz - Breakfast
Planet Asia - Medallions Monarchy
LaLion - Berries Vol. 1
Sad Frosty - sandbox
Lil B - Frozen
Mwanje - Seasons
King Yanz - Out of Order
Big Ghost Ltd & Conway The Machine - What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:35)
The Weatherman LP - (23:03)
Cats & Dogs - (29:59)
Lord Steppington - (36:25)
Weather Or Not - (44:40)
Unlearning, Vol. 1 - (55:28)
Lighter Note - (1:07:41)

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Ep.168 - Dilated Peoples

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:50:00 +0100

One of the more satisfying retrospectives, Dilated Peoples - consisting of DJ Babu, Evidence & Rakaa Iriscience - have one of the most consistent discographies in Hip-Hop history. Along with a strong foundation in artistic principles, it makes DP not just an essential listen for Hip-Hop fans, but an enjoyable one.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
Anonymuz - ANAGO
Roddy Ricch - The Big 3
Money Man - Money Man
JI the Prince of NY - Young & Restless Vol. 1
French Montana x Harry Fraud - Montega
Patty Honcho x Numbz - Life
Lil Durk - 7220 deluxe
Elcamino - ElCamino 3
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
Mungo's Hi Fi & Kiko Bun - Riddim General
NCognita - The Playbook
Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
Aaron May - No Recognition
Santana Fox - Girl Next Door
E-Conomy - I Wish It Would Rain Today

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:43)

The Platform - (33:39)
Expansion Team - (41:58)
Neighbourhood Watch - (48:58)
20/20 - (57:48)
Directors of Photography - (1:07:34)
Lighter Note - (1:19:10)

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Ep.167 - Cappadonna: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 6

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:50:00 +0100

We continue our "Book Of Wu" series with the large solo discography of the 10th member of the Clan, Cappadonna, whose story and place within the Clan gives a lot more for conversation than his discography does.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:33) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Drake - Honestly, Nevermind
Logic - Vinyl Days
JWords - DancePackVol.3
Yaya Bey - Remember Your North Star
WESTSIDE BOOGIE - MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES
Snoop Dogg Presents Death Row Summer 2022

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:40)
The Pillage - (37:06)
The Yin and the Yang - (41:01)
The Struggle & The Cappatilize Project - (44:15)
Slang Prostitution - (50:08)
The Pilgrimage (& quick chat about Wu overall) - (53:31)
Eyrth, Wynd and Fyre - (1:05:13)
Hook Off, Ear Candy & Show Me The Money - (1:06:31)
The Pillage 2, Black Is Beautiful & Black Tarrzann - (1:08:21)
Lighter Note - (1:17:46)

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Ep.166 - Internet Anonymity

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Anonymity in Hip-Hop Twitter, like everywhere on the Internet, is something worth putting thought over. Is it an issue to have anonymity for accounts that have genuine sway over Internet discourse? Is there any point in caring about the negatives of anonymity when we all do it in some form?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:10)
The Conversation - (6:29)
Lighter Note - (1:13:25)

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Ep.165 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:50:00 +0100

For this edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours, we explore two bands with connective tissue to Hip-Hop in one way or another: Rage Against The Machine & Red Hot Chili Peppers.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Post Malone - 12 Carat Toothache
070 Shake - You Can't Kill Me
CyHi - EGOT
Ogi - Monologues (EP)
MC Ren - Osiri
Alex Isley & Jack Dine - Marigold
Samm Henshaw - Untidy Soul
Moonchild - Starfruit
Jazz Playaz - Nostalgic Vacation
Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
Jeshi - Universal Credit

Blood Sugar Sex Magic - (22:06)
Rage Against The Machine - (40:54)
Lighter Note - (1:01:06)

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Ep.164 - Kendrick Lamar, Part. 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 May 2022 12:50:00 +0100

We finish our three-part retrospective of Kendrick Lamar with a dialogue on his latest album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers", looking at the body of work from multiple angles and detailing it's unique place in music history.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Jim Jones & Maino - The Lobby Boyz
Rick Hyde - Stima
Kamaiyah - Divine Timing
J Rawls - #jazzhop

The conversation - (7:04)
Lighter Note - (1:20:44)

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Ep.163 - Kendrick Lamar, Part. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 May 2022 12:50:00 +0100

We continue our retrospective on Kendrick Lamar, talking about his album run from "Section. 80" to "DAMN." with a challenge to say things about the albums that we haven't already.

TIMESTMAPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:21) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Flume - Palaces
Marlon Craft - While We’re Here
Blaq Chidori x Numbz - Entertainment
Boldy James - Kill Nothing
Latanya Alberto - Home (EP)
Asher D - Test The Walters (EP)
Rachel Chinouriri - Better Off Without (EP)
Cat Burns - Emotionally Unavailable (EP)
Dreezy & Hit-Boy - HITGIRL
Daniel Villarreal - Panama 77
Wais P & Pete Twist - Hans Gruber (EP)
Snoop Dogg - Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 1

Section. 80 - (19:35)
GKMC - (40:55)
TPAB - (54:25)
DAMN. - (1:14:21)
Lighter Note - (1:36:34)

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Ep.162 - Kendrick Lamar, Part. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 May 2022 12:50:00 +0100

With the landmark release of his last album under the label that helped take him to the highest of music heights and his future looking fascinatingly uncertain, we begin a three-part retrospective on Kendrick Lamar. Beginning, at the beginning and looking at the music he made before he even became "Kendrick Lamar".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Yasin Toure - PUMA
Blac Youngsta - 4Life
Leikeli47 - Shape Up
Onyx - Onyx Versus Everybody
Mysie - joyride (EP)
Tank And The Bangas - Red Balloon
Ricki Monique - GOOD SEEDS (EP)
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream of Doors
Quelle Chris - Deathfame
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Aland Islands

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:08)
Hub City Threat - (37:46)
Training Day & No Sleep Til NYC - (49:00)
C4 - (1:00:19)
Kendrick Lamar EP & Overly Dedicated - (1:09:43)
Lighter Note - (1:28:50)

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Ep.161 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 7

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 May 2022 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another Contemporary Cool and for this one, we get into projects by Add-2, Noname, A$AP Ferg & K.A.A.N.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Jack Harlow - Come Home the Kids Miss You
Bloc Party - Alpha Games
Arcade Fire - We
IDK - Simple
Chyna Streetz - Hourglass
Ashs The Best - 1995 (EP)
Otis Mensah - things I should have said a year ago (EP)
Black Star - No Fear of Time
siegfried komidashi - MOONWALKER AQUARIUS (EP)
siegfried komidashi - three alpha yankee ! (EP)
Nejma Nefertiti - Jayne Wayne The Thriller
Knucks - ALPHA PLACE
Emeli Sande - Let's Say For Instance
Lady London - Lady Like: The Boss Tape

1/12/199? - (24:04)
Trap Lord - (33:19)
Jim Crow: The Musical - (48:34)
Telefone - (1:02:25)
Lighter Note - (1:19:26)

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Ep.160 - Masta Killa: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 5

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 May 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Masta Killa is the most mysterious member of the legendary group. Whilst most of the group went to major labels, MK went independent, took the longest to drop his debut solo album and hasn't got a bad album in his discography! So what's the deal with the man whose first ever raps might be the greatest "first raps" ever heard on wax?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:19) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
Ransom - No Rest For The Wicked
Action Bronson - COCODRILLO TURBO
Future - I NEVER LIKED YOU
Canibus & Pete Rock - C (EP)
MC Eiht - Revolution in Progress
Fatlip & Blu - Live From The End of The World, Vol. 1
Gratitude Riddim (EP)
CZARFACE - Czarmageddon!
PJ Morton - Watch The Sun
Tony Bones The Producer - Challenges

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:49)
No Said Date - (40:57)
Made In Brooklyn - (49:49)
Selling My Soul - (58:45)
Loyalty Is Royalty - (1:07:50)
Lighter Note - (1:18:49)

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Ep.159 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:50:00 +0100

In a low-key iconic* episode of DITD, we do another Volume of Hip-Hop Neighbours, (which is mistakenly called by a former name throughout the episode) going off our mini-convo about Calvin Harris last week. This pretty much goes off the rails immediately, turning into a heated debate about Harris' discography. So for those that love the rare moments we debate, here you go.

*This episode officially costs $100AUD. Tune in to find out why.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:48) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Fredo Bang - Two Face Bang 2
7xvethegenius - Self7xve 2
redveil - Learn 2 swim
LeeV - DEMON EGG HUNT
Joel Ross - The Parable Of The Poet
SAULT - AIR
Dizzy Wright & DJ Hoppa - Dizzyland
Digga D - Noughty By Nature
NappyHigh - Green (EP)
Pusha T - It's Almost Dry
Poppy Ajudha - THE POWER IN US

The Argument - (29:18)
Lighter Note - (1:17:26)

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Ep.158 - Black Star

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:50:00 +0100

With the long-awaited 2nd Black Star album on the horizon, we thought it would be a good opportunity to look back at the first album and how Talib Kweli and then named Mos Def managed to produce one of the crown jewels of Hip-Hop.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Swedish House Mafia - Paradise Again
Tee Grizzley - Half Tee Half Beast
Jas Kayser - Jas 5ive (EP)
Mensing & Vacatixn - Thelonious Monks (EP)
Halfpenny - Chapter
Bas - [BUMP] Pick Me Up (EP)
Richard Spaven - Spirit Beats (EP)
Polyester the Saint - IN US WE TRUST side B
Vic Spencer & Doc Da Mindbenda - Still Here
The Miseducation of the Insta Generation

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:35)
Black Star and its 90s peers - (33:52)
Stats & stories about the album - (44:12)
Thoughts on the album & Lyric game returns (53:19)
How the 2nd album came & what we're expecting - (1:07:07)
Lighter Note - (1:25:40)

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Ep.157 - DITD 3rd Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:50:00 +0100

On the 11th of April 2019, we began this little Hip-Hop centred Podcast. And whilst we have evolved from what we initially sought it to be, we have not missed a week since. For this anniversary special, we reflect on the three years, the past year, participate in a questionnaire so you guys can get to know us on a more personal level and we finish with a game we tried out last year with a great result: Deadpan Recital.

Whether this is your first spin or 157th, we thank you. - Charlie.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:06) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Coi Leray - Trendsetter
Kae Tempest - The Line Is A Curve
Fivio Foreign - B.I.B.L.E.
Nejma Nefertiti & Blonju - Kumari Kandam
Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA, Big K.R.I.T. & Girl Talk - Full Court Press
Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
Syd - Broken Hearts Club

Reflection & Favourite Eps - (19:38)
Questionnaire - (43:31)
Deadpan Recital - (1:57:13)

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Ep.156 - DITD Bites, Vol. 13

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:50:00 +0100

On this episode of DITD: Our 13th edition of DITD Bites. Talking about the future of Hip-Hop, why DJ Drama is a legend & DJ Khaled is, DJ Khaled. And our three favourite music scenes going on right now.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:16) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - who cares
Dreavmille - D-Day
Blaq Chidori & Ayo Shamir - Journey into Mystery
C-Scripture - 'kɒŋkwɛst II
Sunni Colón - JúJú & The Flowerbug
Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 4
Murs - Murs In Miami (EP)
Ol' Burger Beats - Loft

Age and the future of Hip-Hop - (20:16)
The D(J)ichotomy of Drama & Khaled - (39:23)
Three music scenes - (59:21)
Lighter Note - (1:17:11)

Charlie's Article on Age in Hip-Hop

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Ep.155 - Women's History Month '22 - Foxy Brown

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0100

Foxy Brown was one the rawest talents ever seen in Hip-Hop. Who else could do Mafioso bars, luxury bars & sexual bars? Her three official albums deserve praise but it can't be overlooked how short her peak actually was when it could've been so much more.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:27) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Latto - 777
Sonic Youth - In Out In
Koffee - Gifted
Nigo - I Know Nigo!
Treasure Bloom - Nostalgia (EP)
Phife Dawg - Forever
Coast Contra - Apt. 505
p-rallel - Forward (EP)
Fana Hues - flora + fana
Buddy - Superghetto
fat jon - Plaything: Cipher
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyes See Your Future

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:02)
Ill Na Na - (28:53)
Chyna Doll - (36:43)
Broken Silence - (50:08)
Career Fallout & Unreleased Work - (58:58)
Lighter Note - (1:16:42)

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Ep.154 - Women's History Month '22 - Yo-Yo

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0000

In a modern context, it's hard to find the entirety of Yo-Yo's music. You won't even find her name in the Wikipedia "list of people from Compton, California" even though she was one of the first females from the West Coast to be a rapper of note, pushing lyrics rooted in Womanism. And it's because of these facts and more that we cover the likes of Yo-Yo.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:11) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Bladee x Ecco2k - Crest
Austin Skinner - Whereimat
Sy Ari Da Kid - Shadow in the Shade
BIGBABYGUCCI - Iridescence
Ego Ella May - FIELDNOTES PT II
Tiana Major9 - Fool Me Once
Slim Papi - Châteauneuf-du-Papi
April + VISTA - Live From The Pit
Cypress Hill - Back In Black

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:30)
Make Way For The Motherlode - (21:14)
Black Pearl - (29:13)
You Better Ask Somebody - (39:10)
Total Control - (46:23)
Ebony - (54:49)
Lighter Note - (1:09:45)

TheKEEPERS

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Ep.153 - Women's History Month '22 - Lil' Kim

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0000

The story of Lil' Kim is one of the most rinsed in Hip-Hop history. But somehow, there is always something to discover when it comes to the story of Kim and especially when it comes to her music.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:46) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

Dave East - HDIGH
Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 4
Kid Abstrakt - Higher Vibration (EP)
The Other Guys - Winter In Analog: Season 3
Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow - Zhigeist
A. Billi Free & The Lasso - Holy Body Roll
K.A.A.N. & Dem Jointz - Mission Hillz
Lucky Daye - Candydrip

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:04)
Hard Core - (36:28)
The Notorious K.I.M - (47:42)
La Bella Mafia - (59:43)
The Naked Truth - (1:09:05)
9 - (1:14:40)
Lighter Note - (1:25:21)

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Ep.152 - Women's History Month '22 - The Real Roxanne

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0000

The story of The Real Roxanne is forever attached to the subject of the last episode, but for someone that was brought into a beef of somebody's design, we got two very good albums out of it. And that alone deserves it's own dive.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:21) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

King Von - What it Means to be King
DaBaby & YoungBoy - BETTER THAN YOU
BlaQ Chidori - White Melodies
XV & Mike Summers - WINTER WOLVES
Jordan Rakei - Bruises
RZA & DJ Scratch - Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:58)
The Real Roxanne - (43:17)
Go Down (But Don't Bite It) - (49:54)
Lighter Note - (1:02:17)

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Ep.151 - Women's History Month '22 - Roxanne Shanté

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:50:00 +0000

The career and life of Roxanne Shanté is a microcosm of being a female. You're talented, you're confident and you get punished for it every step of the way. For the first of five retrospectives on females in Hip-Hop during Women's History Month, we look at Shanté, the first woman in Hip-Hop to pop off.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:56) (Italics = Ben / Bold = Charlie / Bold & Italics = Both)

EARTHGANG - GHETTO GODS
KRS-ONE - I M A M C R U 1 2
Jynx716 & Che Noir - Careful What You Wish For
Yard Act - The Overload
CJ Fly - the PhaRaOh'S return
JWords - Self-Connection
Conway The Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes
Homeboy Sandman - There in Spirit
Robert Glasper - Black Radio III
Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:00)
Bad Sister - (49:53)
The Bitch Is Back - (1:01:11)
Lighter Note - (1:19:53)

Charlie's review of "Roxanne Roxanne"

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Ep.150 - Clipse

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:50:00 +0000

Virginia Beach-based brother duo Clipse, No Malice & Pusha T were a significant piece of the small-but-influential alumni of Hip-Hop artists based in the state of Virginia. Tying themselves to The Neptunes, Clipse became a 2000s essential to look out for.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:18)

Big K.R.I.T. - Digital Roses Don’t Die
Yeat - 2 Alive
Curren$y & The Alchemist - Continuance
Alt-J - The Dream
Katori Walker & Real Consistency - Colour 56
AMARIA BB - What's Done In The Dark
Super Helpful Kwame - Letters To Fatima
Clyde Guevara & DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz... 486 Columbia Street
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:24)
Exclusive Audio Footage - (31:00)
Lord Willin' - (36:30)
Hell Hath No Fury - (49:11)
Til The Casket Drops - (1:01:51)
Lighter Note - (1:20:35)

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Ep.149 - Method Man: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 4

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:50:00 +0000

Method Man is a unique being. Where people zigged, Method Man zagged. He did things differently and made the most out of every opportunity given. And while his music isn't consistently on the level Method Man is as a lyricist and person, it's an interesting cog in the overall watch that is Wu-Tang history.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:54)
Tical - (31:26)
Tical 2000: Judgement Day - (46:01)
Tical 0: The Prequel - (56:01)
4.21... The Day After - (1:03:16)
The Meth Lab & The Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium - (1:07:32)
Lighter Note - (1:20:44)

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Ep.148 - DITD Bites, Vol. 12

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 12:50:00 +0000

We're back with Vol. 12 of DITD Bites. Two topics today that are close to each other. Firstly, off the back of our Lighter Note on Joe Rogan, Ben tackles the Spotify side of the story. And Charlie asks the question "is old music killing new music?".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:19)
Rogan/Spotify - (18:03)
Old Vs New Music - (49:12)
Lighter Note - (1:20:13)

Articles featured in the episode:
"Spotify vs Musicians: 10 things to read to better understand the debate" By Stuart Dredge
MRC/Billboard End Of Year Report (PDF)
"Is Old Music Killing New Music?" By Ted Gioia
"6 reasons why old music is endangering the music of today and the future" By Alan Cross
"Old Music Isn’t Killing New Music" By Zack O'Malley Greenberg

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Ep.147 - Eazy-E

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:50:00 +0000

Eric "Eazy-E" Wright was a shrewd operator in everything he did. And though we may not think of him as an early leader in the inevitable evolution of business in Hip-Hop, maybe it's worth seeing Eazy in that lens, although it's very enticing to see his iconic persona and stop there.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:48)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:33)
Eazy-Duz-It - (36:13)
It's On (D̵r̵.̵ ̵D̵r̵e̵) 187um Killa - (52:58)
Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton - (1:07:30)
Lighter Note - (1:18:26)

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Ep.146 - Xzibit

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000

It is very easy to see Xzibit as the "Pimp My Ride" guy. But look past the glorious relic of 00s America and you find a rapper that could hang with the best of them, tooled up with top tier lyrics and an unmistakable voice.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:29)
At the Speed of Life - (30:49)
40 Dayz & 40 Nightz - (37:26)
Restless - (43:32)
Man vs. Machine - (53:11)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (& Pimp My Ride) - (1:00:34)
Full Circle - (1:11:20)
Napalm - (1:16:29)
Lighter Note - (1:23:55)

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Ep.145 - U-God: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000

We continue of "Book Of Wu" series with one of the objectively lesser consumed of the group but with one of the most fascinating stories. Join us as we dig into the man that puts the "U" in "Wu": U-God.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundups - (2:14)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (24:23)
Golden Arms Redemption - (38:19)
Mr. Xcitement - (47:09)
Dopium - (52:49)
The Keynote Speech - (59:07)
Venom - (1:06:27)
Lighter Note - (1:12:47)

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Ep.144 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000

Welcome to a brand new DITD miniseries, Hip-Hop Neighbours. Similar to "Contemporary Cool", we pick an album each to talk about but what's unique about "Hip-Hop Neighbours" is that we pick albums from non-Hip-Hop genres that have some form of connective tissue to Hip-Hop. And in an effort to provide openings for you to explore past your regular tastes, it'll also tell you about how, in some way, all music is connected.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:19)
Series Intro - (11:37)
Welcome To Jamrock - (14:55)
Ventura - (27:41)
Lighter Note - (50:12)

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Ep.143 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 6

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000

Happy New Year one and all! We kick off the New Year by taking one more quick look back at 2021 and talking about our two favourite albums of '21.

TIMESTAMPS:
Planet Her - (10:21)
Pink Noise - (25:45)
We're All Alone In This Together - (37:59)
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - (1:00:53)
Lighter Note - (1:18:56)

Additional reading - Charlie's Top 10 Albums of 2021

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The 5EPN Special 2021

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:50:00 +0000

To end the year, hosts of the various 5EPN podcasts come together to reflect on the year that has been 2021, the podcasts themselves and finish with a fun team exercise.

To everyone that has listened to a 5EPN Podcast this year, on behalf of everyone in the 5EPN, we thank you for your listenership, your time and we hope we can join you as you begin your journey through 2022.

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Ep.142 - ODB: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:50:00 +0000

We finish 2021 with our 2nd chapter of "The Book Of Wu" (which hasn't been used as a name before so... Trademark pending.) which is all about the enigma, Ason Unique, the Ol' Dirty Bastard.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:14)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:22)
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - (30:19)
N☆☆★a Please - (41:54)
Further storyline - (49:37)
Lighter Note - (1:09:51)

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Ep.141 - GZA: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:50:00 +0000

We finally begin what we are calling "The Book Of Wu". Basically, retrospectives on the original members of the Wu-Tang Clan, starting with the eldest and the only one to have some form of a career before Wu. GZA, The Genius.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:30)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:25)
Words from the Genius - (27:15)
Liquid Swords - (37:55)
Beneath the Surface - (49:06)
Legend of the Liquid Sword - (57:36)
GrandMasters - (1:09:42)
Pro Tools - (1:19:50)
Lighter Note - (1:34:09)

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Ep.140 - DITD Bites, Vol. 11

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:50:00 +0000

We get into one of our most debated & enlightening DITD Bites yet. Talking end of year lists before the year even ends, Adele allegedly jacking from an independent artist and what constitutes a 'rapper'.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:16)
End of year lists - (21:50)
Adele jacking? - (40:10)
What is a 'rapper' - (54:43)
Lighter Note - (1:26:58)

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Ep.139 - Dr. Dre & The Aftermath Album

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:50:00 +0000

One conversation that is considered consensus is that Dr. Dre's "The Aftermath" is, to put it lightly, not good. It's gotten to the point that you hear the negative thought about it and will most likely never spin it. So, we did the opposite, went ahead and listened to it. So is it really as bad as people say?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:25)
Track-by-track Breakdown - (40:43)
Lighter Note - (1:15:45)

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Ep.138 - Elzhi

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:50:00 +0000

After doing Slum Village last week, it was easy to be like Ben and go into this episode on eLZhi thinking that you would get the same stuff you heard on SV records, for better or worse.

But this is why solo careers are exclusive from group endeavours. Especially so in this case because solo eLZhi is a whole different kettle of fish.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:15)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:48)
The Preface - (28:42)
Elmatic - (38:45)
Lead Poison - (52:10)
Seven Times Down Eight Times Up - (1:07:02)
Lighter Note - (1:26:42)

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Ep.137 - Slum Village

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:50:00 +0000

Slum Village is a group that has gone through many many lineups to the point where it's frankly surprising that so much change didn't dramatically affect the end product. So what can we owe the consistency to? And are there actual Slum Village fans or fans of J Dilla that just listen to SV as part of Dilla's universe?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:32)
Topic Intro - (17:45)
Dilla Era - (27:00)
Elzhi Era - (43:55)
Post-Villa Manifesto - (58:23)
Lighter Note - (1:15:13)

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Ep.136 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 5

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:50:00 +0000

It's time for another Contemporary Cool where we highlight albums from the past 10 years that deserve some shine. For this edition we get into the works of Janelle Monáe, Yugen Blakrok, CyHi Da Prynce & Blue Lab Beats.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07)
The ArchAndroid - (13:50)
Return of the Astro-Goth - (37:45)
Black Hystori Project - (54:19)
Xover - (1:08:41)

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Ep.135 - AZ

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:50:00 +0000

It's practically consensus that AZ is one of the most overlooked lyricists in Hip-Hop history. But why is that? Is it for cynical reasons or is it simply because his best stuff is just that damn good? We go through his album discography and find an answer.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundups - (1:16)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:04)
Doe Or Die - (29:48)
Pieces of A Man - (39:47)
9 Lives & Aziatic - (42:55)
A.W.O.L - (54:24)
The Format - (1:02:44)
Undeniable - (1:09:43)
Legendary - (1:15:30)
Doe Or Die II & Final Thoughts - (1:18:39)
Lighter Note - (1:29:15)

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Ep.134 - DITD Bites, Vol. 10

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:50:00 +0000

On the 10th DITD Bites, we talk about dudes going out of their way to say they don't listen to female artists; asking whether TikTok is ushering in a new version of Ringtone Rap and asking whether cover art has gotten worse or not.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29)
Females Vs The "keep it lol" dudes - (24:25)
Ringtone Rap 2.0 - (39:11)
Cover Art - (57:25)
Lighter Note - (1:25:19)

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Ep.133 - #UKBHM 2021: Wiley

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:50:00 +0100

For the final instalment of our '21 UKBHM celebrations, we peep every album from the Godfather of Grime, Wiley. (With one omission that will be made clear at the end.)

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:55)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:54)
Treddin' on Thin Ice - (28:57)

Da 2nd Phaze - (36:38)

Playtime Is Over - (40:00)

Grime Wave - (44:28)

See Clear Now - (47:15)

Race Against Time - (50:36)

100% Publishing - (54:35)

Evolve or Be Extinct - (58:30)

The Ascent - (1:01:52)

Snakes & Ladders - (1:05:33)

Godfather - (1:09:08)

Godfather II - (1:12:33)

The Godfather III - (1:17:06)

Boasty Gang – The Album - (1:18:25)

Anti-Systemic - (1:21:01)
Final Thoughts/Lighter Note - (1:23:26)

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Ep.132 - #UKBHM 2021: Akala

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Akala is arguably one of the most intelligent people in this world we call Hip-Hop. From the lyrics to the concepts, to the lectures & books outside of the music. It's hard to even encapsulate how deep his philosophical brain goes in the music, but we give it a damn good go.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:50)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:18)
It's Not A Rumour - (30:17)
Freedom Lasso - (41:27)
DoubleThink - (50:52)
The Thieves Banquet - (1:00:15)
Knowledge Is Power II - (1:09:50)
Lighter Note - (1:24:45)

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Ep.131 - #UKBHM 2021: Skepta

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:06:36 +0100

There are those artists that are right on the frontlines of cultural phenomena. But there aren't many that have been in several like Skepta. From the growth of Grime, to the gold rush of the late 00s/early 10s, to the complete cultural reset of Black British music. Skepta was there for all of it.

Weekly Music Roundup - (1:40)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:11)
Greatest Hits - (23:09)
Microphone Champion - (32:52)
Doin' It Again - (41:39)
Konnichiwa (More thoughts on the album on "Contemporary Cool Vol.1") - (1:00:31)
"Ignorance Is Bliss" & Final Thoughts - (1:13:01)
Lighter Note - (1:29:46)

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Ep.130 - #UKBHM 2021: Monie Love

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Happy UK Black History Month dear listener! If you weren't about last October, we will spend this month doing retrospectives on black UK artists only and for this episode, we cover a UK artist that went to the US and managed to blend Hip-Hop of the time with the soulful dance Black Brits like Soul II Soul were known for. We cover the career of Monie Love.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:19)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:14)
Down To Earth - (36:34)
In a Word or 2 - (55:46)
Final Thoughts & Post-career - (1:14:15)
Lighter Note - (1:21:42)

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Ep.129 - Brand Nubian Rock The Set

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:50:00 +0100

It's rare you have a group that doesn't just stick to their morals but go deeper into them as they go. But here's Brand Nubian, dropping critically loved albums throughout the 90s and half of the time without a key founding member. Mix that with the 5 percenter elements & their production chops as a collective and you have a very interesting group.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:11)
One For All - (29:19)
In God We Trust - (40:38)
Everything Is Everything - (50:50)
Foundation - (57:33)
Fire In The Hole - (1:04:07)
Time's Runnin' Out - (1:07:43)
Lighter Note - (1:13:46)

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Ep.128 - Redman

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:50:00 +0100

This is one of those retrospectives where we thought we were just going to big up one of the least talked about legends in Hip-Hop. But once we got into that discography, we found much more than a great MC. Give more flowers to Redman.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:10)
Whut? Thee Album - (25:31)
Dare Iz A Darkside - (37:46)
Muddy Waters - (46:34)
Doc's Da Name 2000 - (55:44)
Malpractice - (1:01:41)
Red Gone Wild: Thee Album - (1:06:27)
Reggie - (1:11:33)
Mudface - (1:13:41)
Lighter Note - (1:18:44)

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Ep.127 - Entroducing.... DJ Shadow

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:50:00 +0100

This is probably our first retrospective where the artist in question is on the fringe of what is considered "Hip-Hop". But as with all elements of art, it is always worth getting out of our comfort zone now and again. And DJ Shadow is a perfect subject to do so. And his creative narrative isn't too shabby either.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:41)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:31)
Entroducing..... - (28:18)
The Private Press - (41:51)
The Outsider - (47:08)
The Less You Know, The Better - (55:00)
The Mountain Will Fall - (1:02:02)
Our Pathetic Age - (1:07:25)
Lighter Note - (1:20:37)

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Ep.126 - Mach-Hommy & YOD Remove Lyrics?

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:50:00 +0100

In the light of Your Old Droog & Mach-Hommy having words with the likes of lyric hub Genius, Ben has been mulling over how protective (or unprotective) artists are with their work. Potentially causing a slippery slope where the extreme is something like a Yasiin Bey putting out an album in a museum for a limited time, never to be heard again after that.

In a world where everyone can make a meme out of the "Certified Lover Boy" artwork, can you be an artist AND not want your stuff out there without your say so?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Topic Intro - (21:31)
Lighter Note - (1:03:40)

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Ep.125 - Bad Boy Records, Part. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:50:00 +0100

We get into Part 2 of our Bad Boy retrospective, getting more testimony from more notable names, and some lesser-known names you may have never heard of before.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08)
Ma$e - (11:43)
Faith Evans - (24:16)
Dawn Richard & Danity Kane (30:11)
'Lightning Rounds' - (35:18)
Sauce Money - (50:20)
Final Thoughts - (1:04:35)

EDITOR NOTE: We had Lighter Note on Kanye but he dropped the day after we recorded, so it felt a bit pointless to have.

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Ep.124 - Bad Boy Records, Part. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Bad Boy Records was a key cog in making Hip-Hop what it is today, for better or worse. But what about the many artists that were under Bad Boy? And how did they fare under it? Was it *really* a family? Or just another label being a label.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:40)
Craig Mack - (25:20)
B.I.G. - (31:40)
Total & 112 - (39:15)
LOX & Black Rob - (50:56)
Carl Thomas & Shyne - (56:01)
Dream & G. Dep (1:05:03)
Lighter Note - (1:15:35)

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Ep.123 - The LOX

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:50:00 +0100

The LOX are one of the strongest groups in Hip-Hop history. Their bond is unbreakable, their chemistry is top-tier and their bars throughout their album discography illuminate all of that, even through all the beefs & disputes.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:43)
Money, Power & Respect - (24:45)
We Are The Streets - (33:45)
Filthy America... It's Beautiful - (48:49)
Living Off Xperience - (55:54)
Lighter Note - (1:06:07)

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Ep.122 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 4

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for Vol. 4 of "Contemporary Cool". A wide range for this one. Ben picks two albums that go over an hour, whilst Charlie picks two projects that are 20 minutes combined. But there's more to these projects than just how long they are...

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:15)
Whack World - (18:15)
Dirty Gold - (32:17)
1 Minute Of Your Time - (50:51)
Top 5 Dead Or Alive - (1:00:34)
Lighter Note - (1:18:02)

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Ep.121 - Biz Markie

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Biz Markie was not the "Just A Friend" rapper. And he should not be known simply for the sample case. Because Biz Markie was so much more. A multi-talented artist that made music. Funny, inviting, energetic and vulnerable music with great storytelling and underrated sample chops. We do our best in highlighting the unique nature of Biz.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (20:32)
Goin' Off - (30:12)
The Biz Never Sleeps - (39:58)
I Need A Haircut - (50:00)
All Samples Cleared! - (1:00:00)
Weekend Warrior - (1:08:34)
Final Thoughts - (1:15:13)
Lighter Note - (1:23:09)

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Ep.120 - DITD Bites, Vol. 9

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another DITD Bites and for this one we get into the recent Kanye "DONDA" announcement and predictable non-drop. And then we get into how we individually listen to music.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:01)
Kanye, process & self-editing - (22:24)
How we listen to music - (47:02)
Lighter Note - (1:12:12)

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Ep.119 - It's Halftime (Mid-Year Report)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:50:00 +0100

On this episode of DITD: Half the year has been & gone and we thought it was worth taking stock of the releases, overriding stories on our minds and what we're looking forward to for the rest of the year.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (6:29)
Death of legends - (19:59)
"A good, not great year" - (32:44)
What to look forward to - (56:40)
Lighter Note - (1:04:17)

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Ep.118 - LL Cool J, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:50:00 +0100

We continue our two-part series on LL Cool J, going through the rest of his discography from Mr Smith all the way to Authentic.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:55)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (11:16)
Mr Smith - (16:44)
Phenomenon - (23:04)
G.O.A.T - (30:27)
10 - (36:23)
The DEFinition - (43:18)
Todd Smith - (52:01)
Exit 13 - (56:54)
Authentic & Final Thoughts - (1:04:47)
Lighter Note - (1:17:14)

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Ep.117 - LL Cool J, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:29:51 +0100

LL Cool J is more known for his acting and hosting duties these days. But LL has a catalogue that spans decades and that shouldn't be overlooked in the career of Mr Smith.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:44)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:57)
Radio - (25:28)
Bigger And Deffer - (38:22)
Walking With A Panther - (48:29)
Mama Said Knock You Out - (57:04)
14 Shots To The Dome - (1:05:00)
Lighter Note - (1:17:18)

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Ep.116 - Jurassic 5

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Sometimes your audience is not explicitly in your backyard. Sometimes, it's across the pond and on the other side of the world. That's what happened for a Jurassic 5 that were gaining popularity in the UK & Japan before they even dropped an album. After that hot promise, Jurassic 5 put together a solid body of work that shows outstanding group chemistry, great bars and top tier DJ-oriented production.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:59)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:33)
J5 (EP & Album) - (32:52)
Quality Control - (37:20)
Power In Numbers - (44:29)
Feedback - (51:18)
Breakup & Final Thoughts - (57:33)
Lighter Note - (1:02:13)

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Ep.115 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for another volume of "Contemporary Cool" and for this one, we get into two debut albums, an underrated gem & an album from a clear-headed vet.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:47)
Based on a T.R.U. Story - (19:51)
Mega Philosophy - (38:05)
Mr Wonderful - (50:34)
A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons - (1:02:25)
Lighter Note - (1:17:20)

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Ep.114 - Das EFX

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:50:00 +0100

The placement of DAS EFX in Hip-Hop history is an interesting one. They started off being inspired by Hip-Hop itself and after just one album, inspired several of their peers in the years after. So much so, that it could be said that while DAS EFX has a place in Hip-Hop history, they maybe deserve a larger pedestal and more recognition as a highly lyrical duo.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:28)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:05)
Dead Serious - (23:51)
Straight Up Sewaside - (33:25)
Hold It Down - (44:12)
Generation EFX - (50:47)
How We Do - (58:10)
Lighter Note - (1:13:33)

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Ep.113 - Digable Planets

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Digable Planets weren't the first Hip-Hop group to use Jazz as a foundation for their Hip-Hop musical explorations, but there aren't many artists that took the essence of Jazz as seriously as Butterfly, Doodlebug & Ladybug Mecca did in their brief but beautiful two album stretch. We get into their story and the music that offers so much, the more you listen to it.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:27)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:48)
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) - (37:15)
Blowout Comb - (47:24)
Lighter Note - (1:04:59)

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Ep.112 - The Pharcyde

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:50:00 +0100

The Pharcyde was another significant member of the "Alternative" Hip-Hop scene of the early/mid-90s, with back-to-back classics right out of the gate. But behind the scenes, the group bond wasn't the tightest. And once that thin ice broke, it immediately messed up the very acute alchemy they had in the beginning.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (4:13)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:36)
Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde - (30:16)
Labcabincalifornia - (40:42)
Plain Rap - (51:24)
Humboldt Beginnings - (1:02:03)
Lighter Note - (1:14:11)

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Ep.111 - Drake & Kanye - Stimulus Packages

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:50:00 +0100

The term "Stimulus Package" has been implemented in two ways in recent years. The first, the money people have received during the pandemic.

The second? When mainstream artists hop on lesser-known artists' songs, giving the lesser-known artist a listenership they have never gotten before, and sometimes, may never get again. We discuss the second definition, getting a light-bulb moment right at the end.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:08)
Topic Intro - (14:07)
Lighter Note - (1:05:41)

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Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio

Ep.110 - DITD Bites, Vol. 8

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 May 2021 12:51:52 +0100

It's time for another Bites session! In this edition, we talk about Politics in Hip-Hop, the death of DatPiff & whether Streaming is the sole culprit for the dilution of modern music.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:38)
Political Hip-Hop - (17:56)
The Death of DatPiff - (35:11)
Streaming & The Dilution of Music - (55:02)
Lighter Note - (1:20:35)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.109 - Fugees

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 May 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Wyclef, Pras & Lauryn. Fugees were a trio bursting with youthful energy and creative flavour. Their first album was boastful and raw, their second album showed all three at their creative peaks. But behind the scenes, a mixture of label issues and personal back & forth (to put it lightly) put a timer on their lifespan as a trio.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:03)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:44)
Blunted On Reality - (18:56)
The Score - (33:50)
Breakup & Final Thoughts - (50:57)
Lighter Note - (1:03:18)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.108 - Digital Underground

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 May 2021 12:50:00 +0100

With the unfortunate passing of Shock G, we thought this was a good time as any to collectively get into his brainchild, Digital Underground and gain a new understanding of why Shock G was one of the most unique personalities in music history.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup: (1:44)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House: (17:22)
Sex Packets: (26:23)
Sons of the P: (37:03)
The Body-Hat Syndrome: (46:20)
Future Rhythm: (58:13)
Who Got The Gravy?: (1:03:43)
.. Cuz A D.U. Party Don't Stop!: (1:10:25)
Lighter Note - (1:21:26)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.107 - Death & Hip Hop

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:50:41 +0100

Death is inevitable, but it is always something that warrants a bigger conversation when we see a Hip-Hop artist die in their 20s. There's a systemic issue here and a broader issue with how society treats certain people. We try to dig into these issues in the only way we can: Existentially.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:18)
Topic Intro - (18:49)
Lighter Note - (1:15:07)

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Ep.106 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:50:00 +0100

It's time for some more "Contemporary Cool" and for this one, we went far and wide with our picks. Nas & Damian Marley's "Distant Relatives", Azealia Banks' "Fantasea", Apollo Brown & Boog Brown's "Brown Study" & Jay Rock's "90059".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:40)
Distant Relatives - (19:27)
Fantasea - (32:52)
Brown Study - (46:00)
90059 - (57:33)
Lighter Note - (1:20:19)

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Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.105 - 2 Years Later, That Shit Worth 2 Million

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:50:00 +0100

Ladies & Gentlemen, DITD is two years old! We started this podcast two years ago as of the 11th and 105 episodes later, with NO OFF WEEK, we're still going and getting better. For this episode we reflect on the passing of DMX, reflect on ourselves, why we do what we do, compare work ethics and finish off with a couple of games that we hope you'll enjoy.

Thanks for kicking it with us, whenever and however you jumped in. We appreciate your time.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (7:31)
Reflection - (22:12)
Games - (1:06:42)

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Ep.104 - Women in Hip Hop Discussion

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:50:00 +0100

After a month of celebrating women, we had to take some time to recognise women in the hurdles they face. Prepare for some necessary existential conversations that all come down to a lack of attention to the overall problems that we collectively have allowed to snowball so big that we don't even see the issue as abnormal.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26)
The Conversation - (18:47)
Lighter Note - (1:22:37)

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Ep.103 - Women's History Month '21 - Nicki Minaj

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:50:00 +0100

We usually don't do artists this early but Ben thinks she's actually retired so here we are. But with that aside, Nicki Minaj, as the most commercially successful female Hip-Hop artist is a fascinating case study. Along with her pre-album history that is rarely harped on, Nicki has shown a genuine elevation in her artistry whilst also being one of the most bankable artists of the Century. So, since she's "retired", let's see what her albums say.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:22)
Pink Friday - (34:33)
Roman Reloaded - (42:51)
The Pinkprint - (57:00)
Queen - (1:06:41)
Lighter Note - (1:25:39)

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Ep.102 - Women's History Month '21 - Eve's That Girl (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:50:00 +0000

Eve is an interesting career to look at retrospectively. Unlike some of the other women we've covered so far, she didn't really pioneer in everything. But in her own way, she had a solid career, with a classic album and is a great rapper that have hanged with the best. And in something we'll talk about after March ends, that should be enough for people to focus on that. Luckily, we're not like everybody else. So, Let us Blow Your Mind.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:29)
Let There Be Eve... Ruff Ryders' First Lady - (27:06)
Scorpion - (34:46)
Eve-Olution - (47:51)
Lip Lock - (59:18)
Final Thoughts - (1:12:22)
Lighter Note (Be sure to peep 5EPN Radio) - (1:23:52)

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Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.101 - Women's History Month '21 - MC Lyte As A Rock

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:50:00 +0000

MC Lyte is undeniably one of the most influential artists in Hip-Hop history. Your favourite female's favourite female. From Ms Lauryn Hill to Missy, to Kim. MC Lyte dabbled in many subjects and explored them with textbook confidence, an unmistakable voice and a matter-of-fact attitude. It's easy to say that her steadfast ways jeopardised her career in a changing Hip-Hop landscape but before she got lost in the business of it all, she already carved out a legendary catalogue that birthed artistic children in record time.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:28)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:06)
Lyte As A Rock - (28:30)
Eyes on This - (37:14)

Act Like You Know - (41:51)

Ain't No Other - (51:29)

Bad as I Wanna B - (1:00:03)

Seven & Seven - (1:11:30)

Legend - (1:20:22)
Lighter Note - (1:35:55)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.100 - Women's History Month '21 - Mary J. Blige

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:50:00 +0000

Mary J Blige is one of the most influential artists of the past 30 years. Her catalogue is one of the most consistent and has nearly no dip in quality. We go through eleven of her albums and how they form one of the tightest "full circles" for an artist we have done so far. Strap in, foot is firmly on the gas for this one.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:11)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:35)
What's The 411? - (22:31)
My Life - (26:22)
Share My World - (31:18)
Mary - (35:16)
No More Drama - (42:05)
Love & Life - (45:23)
The Breakthrough - (51:10)
Growing Pains - (57:16)
Stronger with Each Tear - (1:03:23)
My Life II... The Journey Continues - (1:08:56)
"Strength Of A Woman" & Final Thoughts - (1:14:15)
Lighter Note - (1:25:39)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.99 - Women's History Month '21 - Da Brat

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:50:00 +0000

Happy Women's History month one and all! If you have been a listener since last year, you know that since then we decided to dedicate the month of March to the women and this year we are doing it again. Up first, the first woman in Hip-Hop to go platinum, Da Brat.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:27)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:00)
Funkdafied - (37:36)
Anuthatantrum - (45:03)
Unrestricted - (52:52)
Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz - (1:01:54)
Final Thoughts - (1:11:17)
Lighter Note - (1:26:27)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.98 - Sampling & Hip Hop

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:50:00 +0000

The rare DITD episode that sticks to the reason we started the podcast in the first place. Around the time of our ATCQ retrospective late last year, we had a conversation off wax about sampling and how it took a dip after the landmark Biz Markie case. Ben got inspired and got some numbers on sampling and how much the frequency of artists getting samples has dipped due to all of the red tape. By the end of this episode, the argument could be made that labels putting such a high price on sample clearances, fundamentally changed Hip-Hop music more than anything else.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)
Topic Intro - (22:37)
The Stats - (47:18)
Sample Snitching - (1:04:53)
Final Thoughts (1:23:09)
Lighter Note - (1:26:43)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.96 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:50:00 +0000

Welcome to "Contemporary Cool", a new DITD series where we pick two contemporary albums each and talk about them in any way the albums warrant. In Vol. 1, we talk about the historically hated "Lasers" by Lupe Fiasco, the cultural reset that Skepta's "Konnichiwa" had on UK Rap/Grime, was Rocky's "TESTING" underrated? And Joey Bada$$' "ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ which didn't get enough love when it dropped.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:21)
Lasers - (27:44)
Konnichiwa - (42:23)
TESTING - (54:50)
AABA - (1:10:10)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.96 - MF DOOM, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:50:00 +0000

It's time for part 2 of our MF DOOM retrospective. This time, we look into his many collaboration projects. Some feature him heavily, some have him completely in the background but somehow, someway, the DOOM essence is always prevalent.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:24)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:30)
Mf EP - (30:04)
Madvillainy - (34:47)
THE MOUSE & THE MASK - (45:19)
Unicron - (53:22)
Key To The Kuffs - (57:10)
NEHRUVIANDOOM - (1:03:58)
Czarface Meets Metal Face - (1:11:03)
Lighter Note - (1:24:49)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.95 - MF DOOM, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:51:24 +0000

For this retrospective, we're doing something a little different from the usual. We're going to look at five solo projects from MF DOOM but instead of looking at the albums from our usual angles, we're going to look at it from the perspective of his aliases and the world he built using those aliases. If you're a DOOM noob like Charlie is in this episode, then it's definitely worth a spin.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:30)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:55)
Operation Doomsday - (33:44)
MM... FOOD - (40:37)
Born Like This - (50:18)
Vaudeville Villain - (57:21)
Take Me To Your Leader (1:09:05)
Lighter Note - (1:22:57)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.94 - DITD Bites, Vol. 7

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0000

On Volume 7 of DITD Bites: Why do people not do their due diligence when they claim to love something? Are Video Games more influential on the youth compared to music? And why are hot takes so prevalent in day-to-day Hip-Hop conversation?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:35)
Due Diligence - (19:29)
Video Games & Youth Culture - (41:40)
Hot Takes - (57:38)
Lighter Note - (1:13:18)

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Ep.93 - J Dilla

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0000

J Dilla is the patron saint of Hip-Hop production. The man that took a simple MPC and unlocked its true potential, making some of the greatest beats of All-Time, a seemingly endless vault and two classic albums in is last days. We go through five Dilla albums, varying in quality and shines a light on a little talked about the duality that Dilla holds from being a producer and an MC.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:35)
Welcome 2 Detroit - (25:23)
Champion Sound - (35:31)
Donuts - (47:38)
The Shining - (1:02:30)
The Diary - (1:12:36)
Lighter Note - (1:28:09)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.92 - A Tribe Called Quest, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0000

It's time for part 2 of our retrospective on A Tribe Called Quest. Going through their albums "Beats, Rhymes & Life, "The Love Movement" & We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service". We also get a little into their backstory mid-career & their legacy.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:47)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:33)
Beats, Rhymes & Life - (22:41)
The Love Movement - (35:21)
WGIFH...TY4YS - (51:20)
Legacy - (1:04:35)
Lighter Note - (1:18:14)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.91 - A Tribe Called Quest, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0000

On the first DITD episode of 2021: A retrospective on objectively a Top 2 Hip-Hop group of All-Time, A Tribe Called Quest. This is part 1 where we get into their first three albums. All classics in their own unique way.

TIMESTAMPS:
Music Roundup - (1:40)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:03)
PIT&TPOR - (30:59)
The Low End Theory - (44:20)
Midnight Marauders - (58:14)
Lighter Note - (1:18:22)

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The 5EPN Special 2020

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:50:00 +0000

It's the end of the year, so it's time to get reflective. Ben, Charlie and the rest of the 5EPN come through for this two-hour special, reviewing their 2020. Be sure to give the other shows under the network a spin. Thanks for rocking with us this year and we'll see you on the other side.

TIMESTAMPS:
Same 12 Notes - (4:12)
"What's Good?" - (42:00)
In Search Of Sauce - (1:12:08)
Diggin' In The Digits - (1:35:05)

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In Search of Sauce
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep. 90 - DITD Bites, Vol. 6

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:50:00 +0000

It's time for another edition of "DITD Bites" to end 2020 on! In this one, we talk about disrespecting Kid Cudi, the relationship between Journalism & "Hip-Hop Twitter" and since it's our last recording of the year, (5EPN Special dropping 31st Dec) we give our Top 5 DITD episodes of this year & guess each other's Top 5.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:22)
Topic Intro - (15:33)
Kid Cudi & Travis Scotts - (16:45)
Journalism & HHT - (35:35)
Top 5 DITD eps of 2020 - (56:39)
Lighter Note - (1:18:16)

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Ep.89 - Jay-Z, Part 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:50:00 +0000

After three weeks of consuming all of Jay-Z's (solo) catalogue, we finally reach the last third of our Jay-Z retrospective and this is the most fun, the most confusing and the most enlightening stretch, all at the same time. We get into the masterpiece* that is "Kingdom Come", all the way to the future classic "4:44".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:04)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:18)
Kingdom Come - (24:32)
American Gangster - (31:47)
The Blueprint 3 - (44:11)
Magna Carta, Holy Grail - (58:27)
4:44 - (1:11:32)
Lighter Note - (1:35:06)

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* - It's not a masterpiece in the slightest, I'm being sarcastic.

Ep.88 - Jay-Z, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:50:00 +0000

The Jay-Z retrospective continues with part 2. In this ep, we go from "The Dynasty" to "The Black Album" and it's from here that we start to notice patterns in Jay's methods, how he attempts to break those patterns (with varying results) and how if his career truly ended, it would've been a solid catalog.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:25)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:06)
The Dynasty - (24:01)
The Blueprint - (36:10)
Blueprint 2 - (52:55)
The Black Album - (1:11:12)
Lighter Note - (1:26:02)

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Ep.87 - Jay-Z, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:50:00 +0000

It is finally here. Noted Jay-Z scholar, Ben. And Charlie, just along for the ride, finally get into the (just music) retrospective of Jay-Z.

In the first of three parts, we tackle his late 90s output, from "Reasonable Doubt" to "Vol. 3", discussing how a weak commercial result for his debut set a tone for what came after it.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:36)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (22:58)
Reasonable Doubt - (36:12)
In My Lifetime Vol. 1 - (47:50)
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - (1:00:15)
Volume. 3... Life & Times of S. Carter - (1:11:01)
Lighter Note - (1:33:47)

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Ep.86 - Can you Fall Off in the Social Media Era?

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:50:00 +0000

This is probably the most free-flowing episode we have ever done. What began as a simple episode about artists falling off became a wide ranging conversation about falling off in the Social Media age where it's... Kind of, impossible to fall off??? It's so free-flowing we're not even going to add super-specific timestamps because why perform such a futile task?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:13)
Topic intro (& everything else) - (22:01)
Lighter Note - (1:13:18)

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Ep.85 - Pete Rock

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:50:00 +0000

The list of people that Pete Rock has worked with over the decades is astonishing. The list gets even crazier when you peep the artists he's remixed! But when you get into his solo work, you not only get a glimpse at how many fire rappers he can get to go over his beats, but you also see Pete Rock dipping into his often forgotten rapping ability!

Pete Rock has an outstanding career that embodies the cultural elements of Hip-Hop, doing it just for the art and creating heat with other people. An ultimate collaborator.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:58)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (21:37)
Soul Survivor - (38:46)
Soul Survivor 2 - (45:48)
NY's Finest - (51:02)
Favourite Collab/Instrumental Album - (1:05:49)
Lighter Note - (1:17:00)

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Ep.84 - DITD Bites, Vol. 5

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:50:00 +0000

It's time for another Volume of DITD Bites! This time we talk about the place Hip-Hop has in a "Post-Truth" world, how to go about removing an artist from your listening habits and jumping at the chance to shit on The Grammys once again.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:28)
Hip-Hop & "Post-Truth" - (19:06)
How to 'cancel' - (44:10)
Grammys continue bullshitting - (1:01:22)
Lighter Note - (1:21:35)

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Ep.83 - #UKBHM 2020: Kano

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:13:58 +0000

Kano was a lyrical prodigy from day 1. Everyone knew he had the talent and he could've easily cashed in and spat all the bars known to man. But he decided very early in his career that he wanted to be an album artist. This gave him the room to experiment and while the results vary in quality, it is now clear that he's put in the work to become a better artist than his talent initially showed.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:13)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (26:39)
Home Sweet Home - (36:48)
London Town - (47:26)
140 Grime St - (55:50)
Method To The Madness - (1:00:37)
Made In The Manor - (1:10:38)
Hoodies All Summer/Top Boy - (1:24:57)
Final Thoughts/Reflection on the Miniseries - (1:40:24)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.82 - #UKBHM 2020: Roots Manuva

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:50:00 +0000

Continuing our #UKBHM miniseries, we go to an artist that has been doing it for over 20 years, evolving every facet of his artistry, even though his style was unique from day 1.

Roots Manuva takes his earthy London voice, laces it with patios, writes dense, poetic bars and drops it all on Hip-Hop/Dub Reggae beats with electronic elements. Wacky right? We go through his discography, explaining how 1 of 1 Roots Manuva truly is.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (4:10)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:50)
Brand New Second Hand - (27:25)
Run Come Save Me - (36:34)
Awfully Deep/Slime & Reason - (50:14)
4everevolution/Bleeds - (1:03:56)
Final Thoughts - (1:19:12)
Lighter Note - (1:25:18)

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Ep.81 - #UKBHM 2020: Ms Dynamite

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:50:00 +0100

"I'm that same little girl that grew up next door to you / Went through all the things a teenage girl goes through"

Ms Dyamite's debut album "A Little Deeper" made two waves. The first was immediate: The critical & commercial praise, making her a unique voice in UK music. Just from the first lyrics on her breakout song "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee", you knew she was keeping it real from the beginning.

The second wave was delayed but is now crystal clear. It's undoubted that the female artists of the UK doing right now takes from the blueprint that Ms Dyamite laid out in the early 00s. Authentic messaging, songwriting over any beat, whether its R&B, Rap, or Drum & Bass, Ms Dynamite made it possible.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:13)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (28:50)
A Little Deeper - (39:24)
Judgement Days - (57:47)
What would/will her 3rd album sound like? - (1:09:33)
Final Thoughts - (1:18:28)
Lighter Note - (1:22:33)

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Ep.80 - #UKBHM 2020: Dizzee Rascal

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Dizzee Rascal was a trailblazer & early champion of UK Rap and the genre that would eventually be known as Grime. But Dizzee didn't just stop with what Charlie calls the "Illmatic of Grime/UK Rap", he sought to push boundaries, help sow the seeds of making rapping mainstream and even collab with US Hip-Hop legends YEARS before it became common practice. We explore Dizzee's music ahead of his new album "E3 AF" coming October 30th.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (26:13)
Boy In Da Corner - (35:35)
Showtime & Maths + English - (48:03)
Tongue N Cheek & The Fifth - (59:08)
Raskit - (1:12:02)
Lighter Note - (1:22:08)

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Ep.79 - #UKBHM 2020: Rodney P

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:50:00 +0100

It's October, which means it's UK Black History Month! We decided to celebrate with five retrospectives on five legends of UK Black Music. We begin in the true roots of UK Hip-Hop, a bridge between the Windrush Generation, their children and their children's children, all through the prism of music. We begin our celebration with the Godfather of UK Hip-Hop, Rodney P and chart the links between the genres you know of and may not know of.

Extra Credit: Tim Westwood's 1987 BBC Documentary "Bad Meaning Good"

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:30)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:17)
The UK Hip-Hop landscape in the 80s - (32:53)
London Posse's "Gangster Chronicles" - (42:37)
Rodney P: The 'P' stands for "Pioneer" - (51:00)
All Black British Music had to be together to survive - (57:00)
Final Thoughts - (1:12:14)
Lighter Note - (1:16:12)

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Ep.78 - Big Sean

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Big Sean has been one of the biggest rap stars in the past decade. Regardless if you think his bars are corny or whatever. Sean's status is solidified. But listening back to his work; from the objectively cringe but subjectively funny "Finally Famous" & "Hall of Fame", to the more mature "I Decided" & "Detroit 2". A lot of opinions change, a lot of opinions are solidified, and our technology gets weird. It's all happening this episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:17)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (24:00)
Finally Famous & Hall Of Fame - (30:38)
Dark Sky Paradise - (47:28)
TWENTY88 & Double Or Nothing - (55:17)
I Decided - (1:04:23)
Has Sean reached critical mass? - (1:12:40)
Lighter Note - (1:29:17)

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Ep.77 - DITD Bites, Vol. 4

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Another Bites session is in full effect ladies & gentlemen! Three topics on deck for this one. First: Mashups. Why they're so cool as a concept but also why they're not seen as events more. Second, TDE. As of recording, TDE is seemingly holding some of their artists back when their new albums are ready to go. Let's ponder why. And lastly. Past Kanye pissing on his Grammy, there's another reason for us to talk about Major Labels.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:41)
Mashups - (22:57)
TDE's (lack of) release schedule - (38:03)
Kanye's epiphany - (53:56)
Lighter Note - (1:21:24)

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Ep.76 - Capone-N-Noreaga

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Capone-N-Noreaga is that duo that you've heard of but rare that you've listened to their work post-War Report. (Depends on your age, of course.)

But the story behind the duo is one of loyalty, keeping each other in the loop no matter what and doing a decent job at evolving as artists whilst keeping their unique style & motifs. We get into their albums and ask a question that could've been a game-changer for them.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:08)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:14)
The War Report - (28:04)
The Reunion - (42:53)
Channel 10 - (52:43)
The War Report 2 - (55:58)
Lessons - (1:03:39)
Would've C-N-N been more successful if Tragedy was more prevalent post "War Report"? - (1:14:15)
Lighter Note - (1:22:05)

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Ep.75 - Nas - King's Disease, I Cure This Shit With My Art

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:53:09 +0100

Nas' new album "King's Disease" is an interesting piece of work from someone that has nothing really to prove. The themes, whilst widespread, are very surface level. Black excellence, money, cars, all wrapped up in his new package the 'King's Disease' and 'The Cure' to said disease. (And he still finds time to shit on black women whilst also calling them 'Queens'...)

We break down the themes of the album and how he manages to keep his bars box-fresh after all these years.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:46)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (24:39)
Nas' surface level depth & simplicity - (31:47)
The "King's Disease" and how we can all get it - (37:19)
The Cure to the disease - (53:25)
Nas' ability to keep things fresh - (1:05:27)
Nas & women - (1:10:47)
Lighter Note - (1:26:46)

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Ep.74 - I Don't Rust Like Def Jam

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Def Jam WAS Hip-Hop for nearly 2 decades. Starting off with Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin, nobody could've predicted the heights Def Jam were going to reach. They were in lockstep with the growth of Hip-Hop itself.

But once the new millennium came through, Def Jam started to lose grip of the rocket that was Hip-Hop, they started to miss out and eventually get left behind. Now Def Jam is just another sub-label with SUB-sub-labels under them. Where did it all go wrong? We try to find out.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:15)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:16)
Def Jam is too big to fail - (23:39)
What is their identity now? - (29:16)
Their unique approach - (32:11)
The Universal Buyout - (36:04)
Was it their unique approach that kneecapped them? - (38:21)
Was it their size that kneecapped them? - (44:06)
Stats on charting Def Jam albums by President - (47:47)
If you could pick one major issue, which one would you pick? - (58:44)
Lighter Note - (1:11:11)

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Ep.73 - Jay-Z vs. Nas - You Traded Your Soul For Riches

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:50:00 +0100

The Nas/Jay-Z beef is one of the most notable beefs in Hip-Hop history. But for some reason, nobody talks about how *deep* the beef actually goes, and how, depending on who you are, it is technically still going! On one side at least. It's a popular beef but below the surface, its certainly an odd and at times, grim one.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:30)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House (He's upgraded!) - (19:04)
Memphis Bleek enters the ring - (30:28)
The R-O-C clique up - (41:39)
Ether & Takeover - (45:17)
Post-Ether response (& Jay's downfall) - (53:00)
The Summer Jam effigy - (1:00:30)
Why does Jay drop when Nas drops? - (1:05:08)
Lighter Note (1:17:00)

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Ep.72 - Watch The Throne: The Gift & The Curse

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:50:00 +0100

It has been nine years since Jay-Z & Kanye West did the collab album we could only dream of in years prior. Whilst some consider it a classic and some don't, it's undeniable that this is an important album for both artists. A fork in the road for both artists. We dive into the album, track by track, with WORLD EXCLUSIVE statistics from Ben.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:40)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research Corner - (21:44)
No Church In The Wild - (35:36)
Lift Off - (40:44)
Paris - (42:55)
Otis - (46:07)
Gotta Have It -(48:24)
New Day - (52:38)
That's My Bitch - (55:41)
Welcome To The Jungle - (1:00:54)
Who Gon Stop Me - (1:08:07)
Murder To Excellence - (1:11:46)
Made In America - (1:17:49)
Why I Love You - (1:20:42)
Final Thoughts - (1:25:05)
Lighter Note - (1:33:01)

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Ep.71 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Mount Vernon, NY was never a hotbed when it came to Hip-Hop talent. If you were about Hip-Hop, you were usually born & bred in the Five Boroughs. But Pete Rock & CL Smooth were an anomaly. Their work, while slim pickings next to other duos such as OutKast & GangStarr are some of the highest quality works you can ask for. Two albums & one EP of wonderful Hip-Hop that epitomises the Golden Age.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:25)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research Corner - (18:12)
Mecca & The Soul Brother - (27:46)
The Main Ingredient - (42:34)
Breakup & Final Thoughts - (59:37)
Lighter Note - (1:12:47)

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Ep.70 - DITD Bites, Vol. 3

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:50:00 +0100

For this DITD Bites, we conversate on some recent phenomena. This year, labels have been implementing Deluxe Editions weeks, sometimes days after the initial album release, why are they doing this and why is it working?

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has commented on wax his opinions on the lack of streaming pay for artists and his answer, whilst unsurprising, are really worrying coming from him.

Lastly, how much weight do we put on a rapper being "quotable"?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26)
Deluxe Editions - (20:38)
Ek Vs Artists - (39:51)
Being "Quotable" - (1:04:16)
Lighter Note - (1:18:25)

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Ep.69 - The Streets

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:50:00 +0100

The Streets, headed by Mike Skinner, is a British institution. Never has a musical concept gone so far as a poetically blunt force in commentary about regular life. Over the past nearly two decades, Mike Skinner has built a discography that covers all facets of life. From the colourful moments to the greyest monotony. From going clubbing and doing drugs to watching telly with the wife & kids. The Streets covers everything with wide-spanning production influences and endless Quotables through a no-nonsense voice that only Mike Skinner can do.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:25)
Topic Intro - (19:28)
Selling The Streets, to someone who hasn't spun The Streets - (22:15)
Original Pirate Material - (45:05)
A Grand Don't Come For Free - (53:00)
The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living - (59:11)
"Everything Is Borrowed" & "Computers & Blues" - (1:05:23)
"None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive" & Final Thoughts - (1:14:17)
Lighter Note - (1:25:18)

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Ep.68 - 50 Cent

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Is 50 Cent a sociopath? A genius? An asshole? A troll? A trailblazer? Someone who changed the game as we know it? Let's just say that by the end of this episode, you'll say 'All of the above' and then some. Strap in, it's a wild one.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26)
Topic Intro - (11:21)
Ben's Research Corner - (13:28)
50's Beginnings in Music - (23:11)
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - (40:06)
The Massacre - (49:13)
Curtis - (59:09)
Before I Self Destruct - (1:05:14)
Animal Ambition - (1:11:11)
Final Thoughts - (1:20:17)
Lighter Note - (1:23:10)

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Ep.67 - Mos Def

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Yasiin Bey/Mos Def is an enigma in every sense of the word. Who else chooses jail in a foreign country instead of just flying out? Who else pushes to talk about the current issue of the day instead of his career history? He's so principled, it's a surprise that he has four Studio Albums! Yasiin's career is a lightning rod for everything that's wrong with the music industry and through all the BS, has stuck with being a true artiste. For better or worse.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:28)
Topic Intro/Ben's Research Corner - (18:23)
Black On Both Sides - (28:25)
The New Danger - (36:59)
True Magic - (47:58)
The Ecstatic - (52:39)
Final Thoughts - (58:29)
Lighter Note - (1:12:07)

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Ep.66 - DITD Bites, Vol. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:30:00 +0100

In our 2nd edition of "DITD Bites", we only get into two topics out of the four we had and you'll understand why we only got to two, considering how bulky the topics are. The Five Elements of Hip-Hop (& their prevalence in the current landscape) and the good ol' conversation about misogynoir in Hip-Hop, after Janelle Monae tweets about it in depth.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:03)
The Five Elements - (17:43)
Janelle vs the "Not ALL men" crowd - (47:54)
Lighter Note - (1:20:38)

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Ep.65 - The Black Eyed Peas

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0100

Please, just listen to this one and make our pain worthwhile...

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23)
Topic Intro - (14:32)
BEP's beginnings, "Behind The Front" & "Bridging The Gap" - (18:54)
"Elephunk" & "Monkey Business" - (32:22)
"THE E.N.D", Charlie's meltdown & no acknowledgement of the other one - (48:06)
The slap in the face that is "MASTERS OF THE SUN VOL. 1" - 1:01:04
Lighter Note - (1:11:35)

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Ep.64 - Put It On, Big L, Put It On

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0100

Lamont "Big L" Coleman could have been one of the greatest MCs in Hip-Hop history, he had the potential to be. That's a word you're going to hear a lot from the DITD duo as they look at what could've been for the Harlem born & raised spitter. He didn't just have the potential to have one of the greatest careers we've seen, he showed signs early that he could've been a top tier Hip-Hop businessman, dedicated to putting his people on and not just being about the bars.

Unfortunately, all we have is the bars and testimonials from the likes of Cam'Ron & Lord Finesse, but the least we can do is appreciate how COLD Big L was.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)
Topic Intro - (24:49)
Ben's Research Corner - (26:20)
Big L's hand in the rise of "Horrorcore" - (37:25)
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous - (43:35)
Big L, the feared Freestyler with sharp lyrical ability - (48:41)
The Big Picture - (56:27)
The importance of "Ebonics" - (1:03:39)
Final Thoughts - (1:09:09)
Lighter Note - (1:15:30)

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Ep.63 - Warren G

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0100

Warren G. We all know him for that one song, that one, amazing song. But when you look deeper than "Regulate", you start to notice that Warren G is one of the most underappreciated pioneers in Hip-Hop history and his story is worthy of its own film.

Despite being one of the biggest architects in the moulding of celebrated West Coast subgenre "G-Funk", his calm persona along with a preference in being behind the scenes made him look smaller compared to the Gods around him; most notably, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg.

Add time to all of that and you got yourself a legacy that, whilst solidified in terms of credit, is very small culturally. Warren G is a legend of the game and we attempt to give him his flowers and etch his name in the Mount Rushmore of G-Funk pioneers.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:07)
Topic Intro - (17:45)
Warren's heartbreaking beginnings - (21:05)
Regulate... G-Funk Era - (35:32)
Take A Look Over Your Shoulder - (43:07)
I Want It All - (50:38)
The Return Of The Regulator (54:41)
213 & Warren's shadowed legacy - (59:30)
Lighter Note - (1:09:40)

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Ep.62 - Eric B. & Rakim

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0100

Eric B & Rakim were the gold standards of Hip-Hop for a good chunk of Hip-Hop's early years. They struck the first $1M deal for any Hip-Hop act. They got the first "5 Mics" rating from The Source and that's without getting into the actual music itself. We get into their beginnings, their incredible four albums that broke ground in their own unique ways, their breakup & temporary reunion and the controversy that spans their entire career as it pertains to production credits.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:58)
Topic Intro - (12:40)
Would Rakim be Rakim without Eric B? - (18:14)
Paid In Full - (26:24)
Follow The Leader - (35:39)
Let The Rhythm Hit Em - (46:16)
Don't Sweat The Technique - (51:15)
Where are Eric B & Rakim on the Hip-Hop duo pantheon - (56:05)
The breakup & Production credit controversy - (59:58)
Lighter Note - (1:17:14)

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Ep.61 - After Destruction, Became Creation

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:30:00 +0100

The murder of George Floyd is not the first of its kind and if we're being realistic, it won't be the last. The events that have transpired this past week have been, to some, shocking. But to some others, unsurprising. Hip-Hop artists and people in the music industry have responded in different ways.

We give our thoughts on the events of the past, what we feel the duty of people of note in the music industry (and "celebrities" at large) should do in these times and primarily, thinking ahead at what needs to happen in order for us to progress.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:25)
The conversation - (23:26)
Lighter Note - (1:16:21)

Read Tianna Bartoletta's "House Rules"

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Ep.60 - DITD Bites, Vol. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 May 2020 12:30:00 +0100

For this episode of DITD, we're doing something a little different. We think about a lot of ideas as you can imagine but some of those ideas we think about aren't really worth the full episode.

But that shouldn't stop us from talking about them, right? That's why we're doing what we like to call "DITD Bites". A large topic, condensed into little chunks. Hope you enjoy and as always, if you have something to put forward to the conversation, hit us up like one listener did and we responded to in one of the topics for this episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:28)
Topic 1 - "Backpack Rap" - (23:15)
Topic 2 - Struggles of being Underground - (36:41)
Topic 3 - Cult Followings - (47:51)
Topic 4 - Misoginy in Hip-Hop (57:56)
Lighter Note - (1:15:17)

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Ep.59 - Ice Cube

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 May 2020 12:30:00 +0100

This is one of those episodes where we knew that we'd have plenty of things to talk about but once we both started listening to Cube's discography and just the solo discography, not even getting into Da Lench Mob or Westside Connection... Ice Cube should be talked about more. Four classics in four years and several more solid projects in the remainder. Ice Cube has consistently been top tier for over 30 years now. We try to do him justice as we gush over "The Classic Four" and due to time constraints, talk about a couple more of his albums.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:12)
Topic Intro - (23:33)
Amerikkka's Most Wanted - (31:34)
Death Certificate - (38:11)
Kill At Will - (47:22)
The Predator & Lethal Injection - (48:08)
Our least favourite & favourite Cube album Post-Classic Four - (56:09)
Overall Thoughts - (1:05:40)
Lighter Note - (1:12:55)

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Ep.58 - The Notorious B.I.G.

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:50:00 +0100

The Notorious B.I.G. Is there a more ubiquitous name to come out of Hip-Hop? Whilst you can throw out a few names for the sake of it, we can all agree any self-respecting Hip-Hop fan knows Biggie and what he was all about. One of the most naturally gifted rappers we've ever seen with an unmatched charisma & presence on the mic. The DITD duo gets into Biggie, from his beginnings, his glorious three-year stretch and his work after his untimely death.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:48)
Topic Intro - (24:26)
Ready To Die - (37:54)
Pac & Biggie - (44:30)
Life After Death - (50:21)
Posthumous work - (1:01:21)
Overall Thoughts - (1:04:28)
Lighter Note - (1:10:05)

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Ep.57 - Big Pun

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 May 2020 12:50:00 +0100

On Ep.57 of DITD: Big Pun is never talked about unless Fat Joe is in the room and that's a travesty because Big Pun deserves a conversation. In more ways than one...

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:31)
Topic Intro - (17:36)
Capital Punishment - (31:22)
Yeeeah Baby - (41:23)
Other albums involving Big Pun - (51:26)
Pun & domestic violence - (54:00)
Lighter Note - (1:04:45)

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Ep.56 - Outkast, Part 3 - André 3000

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:50:00 +0100

Andre 3000 is objectively one of the greatest lyricists of all-time. For some people, he's Top 5 forever. Whilst all that superficial stuff goes on in Hip-Hop circles every day, Andre seemingly goes through a mental quest. One where it's very easy to speculate. We do that in some fashion for this episode, because when you have a nearly 15-year stretch and only a few features sprinkled throughout, it's worth asking why. And that's what we do for this episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:08)
Topic Intro - (24:00)
Why the hiatus? - (27:02)
Does Andre have a form of "The Yips"? - (35:34)
Is there something here that we can't grasp? - (44:13)
The Rick Rubin interview - (45:55)
Lighter Note - (1:00:03)

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Ep.55 - Outkast, Part 2 - The Name Is Big Boi, Daddy Fat Sax

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:50:00 +0100

In Part 2 of our OutKast retrospective, we get into the solo career of Big Boi.

If you're one of those people that don't see Big Boi as a top tier rapper, this isn't the episode for you. We're not going to waste time on this one making a case for Big Boi, his work speaks for itself.

Instead, we take a look at his solo work. While they don't quite stack up to "Speakerboxxx", they're interesting works from an artist that has a really underappreciated flair for experimentation.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup: (1:46)
Topic Intro - (27:29)
"Sir Lucious Left Foot" - (36:59)
"Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors" - (42:02)
"Big Grams" - (49:06)
"BOOMIVERSE" - (53:32)
Final Thoughts - (58:03)
Lighter Note - (1:09:18)

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Ep.54 - Outkast, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:50:00 +0100

OutKast is one of the most revered duos in Hip-Hop. Their music is timeless, effortlessly dips into other genre elements and lyrically stands the test of time.

In Part 1 of a 3-part miniseries, the DITD duo discusses every OutKast album and rank them from best to... Not the best.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:40)
Topic Intro - (17:59)
A shoutout for Organized Noize -(20:40)
"The South Got Somethin' To Say" - (27:19)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - (33:49)
ATLiens - (38:33)
Aquemini -(43:50)
Stankonia - (49:04)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - (55:27)
Idlewild - (1:05:25)
Our Rankings - (1:10:36)
Lighter Note - (1:19:04)

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Ep.53 - DITD 1st Anniversary Special

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:50:00 +0100

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 life experience thrown in.

I speak on behalf of both of us when I say thank you for listening, whether this is the first episode you've spun or you have been listening since day one, you are all appreciated. In this episode, we keep it loose and respond to takes/answer questions from you guys and I pour one out in the beginning. If it's 5 O'Clock where you are, join me!

Thanks again and here's to another year!

Charlie.

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:50:00 +0100

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 your own path. The DITD duo touch on all of Lauryn's era from Fugees to now.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:44)
Topic Intro & Fugees - (20:49)
Miseducation - (36:02)
MTV Unplugged - (49:53)
The Hiatus - (56:38)
The credit disputes - (1:05:36)
Final thoughts - (1:12:12)
Lighter Note - (1:16:44)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 their time - (33:48)
Herby "Luv Bug" Azor - (42:48)
A Look into their music - (45:34)
Their legacy - (50:47)
Lighter Note - (1:00:26)

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5E Community Discord
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 Roundup - (1:41)
Topic Intro - (22:22)
Latifah at the rise of misogyny in Hip-Hop - (25:38)
Latifah as a feminist icon - (30:11)
The significance of "All Hail The Queen", "Nature of a Sista'" & "Black Reign" - (44:07)
Her Film & TV career - (55:45)
Lighter Note - (1:01:46)

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ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 original.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:26)
Topic Intro - (23:08)
Has any female not named Missy Elliott got an independent label? - (26:49)
Missy, Timbaland & male co-signs - (39:38)
Missy's music - (54:34)
Lighter Note - (1:14:40)

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5E Community Discord
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.48 - The 2.4k Series (Pt.3 - Groups, Producers, Artists & Rappers)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 (& duos...) - (21:22)
Producers - (38:52)
Artists - (50:08)
Rappers - (1:06:42)
Final Thoughts - (1:19:07)
Lighter Note - (1:25:23)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.47 - The 2.4k Series (Pt.2 - Over/Underrated, Consistent & Year)

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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)

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ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 - (18:24)
Mixtapes - (22:18)
Songs - (34:27)
Albums - (55:03)
Lighter Note - (1:17:28)

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In Search of Sauce
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.45 - The Billie Eilish Debate

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 this and introduces a new angle to the overall dialogue.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:28)
Topic Intro - (23:15)
Breakdown of Eilish's comments - (25:23)
The conversations behind Hip-Hop - (27:21)
Broadening the scope: Storytelling & Realism - (34:39)
Miley Cyrus & Post Malone: Why are contemporary artists getting chesty? - (42:46)
Age & Race, the two roadblocks for new genres/sounds - (54:21)
Lighter Note - (1:08:59)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:50:00 +0000

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 representation & categorisation? Or should they all band together, say "Fuck The Grammys" and not submit their work?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:32)
Topic Intro - (17:50)
The statistical relationship between Hip-Hop & The Grammys - (21:01)
Why does Hip-Hop still attach itself to The Grammys? - (27:41)
Charlie rant - (36:11)
Ben contextualises - (42:19)
Potential solutions - (50:20)
Ben's morality question - (1:05:31)
Lighter Note - (1:11:30)

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5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.43 - Mac Miller

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:30:00 +0000

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 for good discussion as we went through Mac's discography and getting the thoughts from one person with a deep connection to Mac and the other listening to the majority of Mac's discography for the first time. This was a tough episode to record for reasons you'll find out by listening, but it's a great episode because of it. RIP Mac.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:58)
Topic Intro - (17:30)
Mac's early tapes (Pre-BSP) (28:39)
Blue Slide Park - (34:16)
Macadelic - (40:14)
WMWTSO, Delusional Thomas & Faces - (45:20)
GO:OD AM & The Divine Feminine - (57:34)
Swimming & Circles - (1:05:35)
Lighter Note - (1:15:35)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.42 - The Death of the 3rd Verse

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:30:00 +0000

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 - (11:38)
Statistics on the 3rd Verse - (17:42)
Is it just "evolution" or is there more to it? - (20:22)
Is Pop & Hip-Hop blending together? - (29:47)
What are the long-term ramifications? (40:05)
Does K-Pop show a glimpse of mainstream blending? - (53:39)
Lighter Note - (55:38)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.41 - DMX

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:30:00 +0000

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 longevity? - (17:56)
DMX from a lyrical perspective - (23:14)
DMX & Religion - (34:26)
It's nearly impossible to break down DMX as a person - (46:54)
Lighter Note - (57:34)

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The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:30:00 +0000

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 has the way we get news changed everything and who are the Music Journalists of note?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:00)
Topic Intro - (11:09)
The divide between "Personalities" & writers - (16:20)
Our definitions of Music Journalism - (22:43)
Let's talk DJVlad - (30:43)
Negativity (& lack of morality) sells - (33:21)
The concept of "Critical Mass" - (39:50)
The Overton Window of Hip-Hop Journalism - (47:40)
Is Hip-Hop Numbers Journalism? - (56:08)
Lighter Note - (1:01:47)

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The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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 & "Sincerely, Detroit" proving that collaboration is hard - (40:33)
What drops are we looking forward to in 2020? - (48:05)
Artist, Producer & Rapper of the Year - (1:01:27)
Lighter Note - (1:08:40)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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 - (16:46)
Has Rihanna created the ideal blueprint for the future? - (26:25)
Will Trap's reign continue into the new decade? - (35:18)
What will be the dominant wave for 2020? - (45:05)
Final Thoughts on the decade - (1:06:39)
Lighter Note - (1:09:30)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.37 - Posthumous Albums

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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 - (18:47)
Ben's general thoughts - (20:11)
Charlie's general thoughts - (25:25)
The dichotomy of the fan & posthumous albums - (32:04)
We don't add these posthumous albums to their legacy, so what's the harm?- (40:00)
J Dilla, the GOAT vault? - (41:54)
Features are a dead giveaway to whether the album is "true" or not - (46:34)
Final Thoughts - (52:50)
Lighter Note - (56:33)

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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 imagine, this is one of those "Charlie hates, Ben explains" episodes. but there's the customary shade & knowledge drops aplenty.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)
Topic Intro - (18:22)
The catalyst for this topic - (20:57)
Ben drops knowledge - (28:11)
Can this all be simplified? - (36:48)
It's all content fodder - (45:11)
Lighter Note - (55:25)

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The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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 lists, "Diggin' In The Digits" official Album of the 2010s, Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:17)
Opening thoughts on TPAB - (16:34)
What was Kendrick's main role in the making? - (27:04)
What sets the album (& Kendrick) apart from the rest - (24:04)
Describing the first time we heard the 2Pac "interview" - (43:45)
Extra thoughts on the album & the TPAB era - (52:48)
Top 5 Albums of All-Time (All genre) - (1:04:13)
Lighter Note - (1:06:25)

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The Beauty Of Independence

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

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000

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)

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Ep.33 - Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2010s Pt. 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000

Our Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade continues! On this episode, we cover albums that are ranked 7 to 5 on our lists.

This episode went so long that we had to, for the first time ever, cut our runtime. So our Lighter Note had to be snipped a little. But don't fear, if you want to catch the omitted section, tune into Episode 52 of "What's Good?" W/Charlie Taylor. You can find the show in the same places you listen to DITD or just hit up The 5th Element Podcast Network.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:47)
Topic Intro - (14:14)
Ben's No.7 - (20:20)
Charlie's No.7 - (31:21)
Ben's No.6 - (44:40)
Charlie's No.6 - (55:20)
Ben's No.5 - (1:01:09)
Charlie's No.5 - (1:11:59)
Lighter Note - (1:26:29)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.32 - Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2010s Pt. 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000

As 2019 and the 2010s winds down, the DITD duo begins a four-part series, counting down their Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the decade.

This episode covers numbers 10 to 8. These lists are 100% Subjective, this isn't about what album hits the hardest or the albums that sold the most or what was the most critically acclaimed. These are the albums that the duo loves the most, the albums that stuck to them in a way no other albums did. It's all subjective.

This is the longest episode of DITD yet but it's all worth it in our humble & completely unbiased opinion. We hope you enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:22)
Topic Intro - (22:11)
Charlie's No.10 - (27:46)
Ben's No.10 - (35:18)
Charlie's No.9 - (46:05)
Ben's No.9 -(53:17)
Charlie's No.8 - (1:02:06)
Ben's No.8 - (1:14:51)
Lighter Note - (1:30:05)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.31 - You Don't Want To Test The Duo

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000

The concept of a duo is an interesting one. You have one-time duos that catch a vibe and decide to make a project together. (The Throne, Drake & Future) You have homegrown duos that grow together (Eric B & Rakim, Mobb Deep, OutKast) and you have anomalies like Run The Jewels that just find the rare camaraderie that is as if they were homegrown.

You also have the duos that rely on expertise. That's where the 1 MC, 1 Producer collabs come in. The DITD duo explores duos from all angles and also give their Top 5 Duos.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:32)
Topic Intro - (19:30)
The rare commercial success of Duos - (23:30)
Creative outlooks are always a factor - (31:38)
Why 1 Rapper/1 Producer collabs work more often than not (38:16)
Why 1 Rapper/1 Producer collabs get us excited - (49:06)
Top 5 Duos - (53:35)
Lighter Note - (59:05)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
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5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.30 - Ayo Peep This New DITD Mixtape

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0000

Mixtapes, in the classic definition, is a thing of the past. But since the turn of the Millenium, Mixtapes have evolved to become more and more about the artist and nothing to do with the DJ/Producer anymore.

So how did this happen? Did the DJ's fumble the bag? Has a fun essence of Hip-Hop gone away with the commercialisation of Mixtapes? Why does Charlie get so irked about Mixtapes sounding just like albums!? All will be answered in Episode 30 of DITD.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:58)
Topic Intro - (13:36)
History of Mixtapes - (18:33)
The low-key dodginess of Mixtape DJ's (27:55)
The short-term evolution is just as depressing as the long-term - (35:30)
Mixtape Marketing - (40:05)
Have we lost a piece of Hip-Hop with these DJ-less Mixtapes? (44:35)
Was it the Major Labels that created this "Mixtape/Album" evolution? (53:51)
A (con of a) Lighter Note - (1:03:27)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.29 - What is Hip Hop?

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0100

Hip-Hop as a genre of music is always evolving, constantly changing, year by year. But what about those artists or those albums that kind of straddle the Hip-Hop sound but takes significant inspirations from other genres?

The DITD duo talk about labels, (The things you stick on your chest, not the music ones...) genres and the foundations that Hip-Hop are built on. Is labelling something "Hip-Hop" too broad a term? Should services cater to sub-genres more? If so, how deep is too deep? And does this all matter when Hip-Hop is simply the perfect amalgamation of the Afro-American genres born before it?

Ben tries to find an opinion, Charlie gives his informed opinion, let us know what you think. This is a very broad & subjective topic and is worth nailing down.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup (5:00)
Topic Intro (19:44)
What is Hip-Hop? (26:14)
The positives, negatives & essentiality of categorising (30:05)
Is rapping essential to Hip-Hop? Even though it's one of the Five Elements? (41:14)
Examples of Hip-Hop albums that could easily be categorised as something else (49:35)
Lighter Note (59:55)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.28 - Ice Cube vs. NWA & Pusha T vs. Drake

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0100

Beefs are some of the greatest things about Hip-Hop culture, watching two (or more) artists go at each other on wax. It's a win-win for every Hip-Hop fan. Even more so if the tracks are genuinely fire.

So the DITD duo looks at a couple of tasty rivalries that have produced some of the most ruthless tracks in music. We take a look at Ice Cube vs NWA (& Eazy vs Dre) and the recent beef that we still love to talk about to this day. Pusha T vs Drake.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:33)
Topic Intro/Cube-NWA Backstory - (16:33)
"No Vaseline" aside, Cube made a great career move - (23:26)
Eazy's shortsightedness - (26:18)
The All-Rounder Diss track, "Dre Day" - (30:04)
The grimey "Real Muthaphuckkin' G's" - (34:53)
Pusha vs Drake - (42:24)
The backstory way before "Infrared" - (44:53)
Drake does not have a "Career Ender" for Pusha T - (59:00)
Lighter Note - (1:03:35)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.27 - The Drugs Keep On Callin'

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0100

Hip-Hop indulges in plenty of things we can consider negative. Money, sex, guns, gangs to name a few. But none of those has been as contentious as the conversation around drugs.

Back in the day, Hip-Hop were the sellers of them because that's what Uncle Sam forced them to do. Some outright denounced it, some made positives out of the negative. Now, Hip-Hop are the buyers, the users, and people have died due to this tectonic shift.

The DITD duo ask when did this shift happen? Why did it happen? And why are artists so "on the fence" about drugs compared to the pioneers who made it clear that it was a stain on American society?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:01)
Topic Intro - (18:55)
A quick history of Drugs in Hip-Hop - (28:01)
Let's talk about Future - (30:47)
Ben's personal experiences w/Drugs (38:12)
How do you judge authenticity? - (46:45)
Final Thoughts - (53:27)
Lighter Note - (1:02:04)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.26 - Dual Artists, Part 2

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0100

In Part 2 of the DITD Mini-Series on "Dual-Disciplined Artists", the duo take a look at some notable D-DA's that have made the method their own.

We create three designations:

Producers who rap.
Rappers who produce.
"True Dual" Artists.

This is a very fast-paced episode that tries to get through a lot of artists and we chop & change a few when we get to them so strap in and cover your ears when Ben gets on J.Cole...

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:03)
Topic Intro & Criteria - (13:24)
Producers who Rap (Dre, Pharrell Q-Tip & RZA) - (15:47)
Rappers who Produce (Eminem, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt & J.Cole) - (32:40)
"True Dual" Artists (Kanye, MF DOOM, Tyle, The Creator & Big K.R.I.T) (52:29)
Quick shouts - (1:02:13)
Lighter Note - (1:04:32)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.25 - Dual Artists, Part 1

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:30:00 +0100

In a 2-Part Mini-series of DITD. The duo explores the concept of the "Dual-Disciplined Artist". (D-DA) An artist that produces as well as raps.

We all know that these days there are a plethora of artists that like to have a hand in the two most prominent stages of creating music. But what you might not know is that the late 80s/early 90s was stacked with D-DAs!

Ben & Charlie take a little trip back to see how being a D-DA was a necessity for some, a huge success for a few then started to die out & now has made a resurgence. As Part 1 explores the overall history, Part 2 will explore specific case studies. Be sure to check-in for the next episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:17)
Topic Intro - (15:03)
History of D-DAs - (15:59)
The first successes - (22:13)
Why isn't early D-DA success common knowledge? - (25:51)
The mass audience maybe aren't as invested into specifics? - (32:33)
Did Major Labels have a hand in the near extinction of D-DAs? - (40:10)
The resurgence of D-DAs - (49:33)
Lighter Note - (56:02)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.24 - 50 Cent vs. Kanye West

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:30:00 +0100

It's been over a decade now when in 2007, two of the biggest names in Hip-Hop literally went head-to-head, to see who was the commercial King.

50 Cent dropped "Curtis" and Kanye West dropped "Graduation". Kanye won in a landslide and at that moment, changed Hip-Hop.

The DITD duo discuss the event in detail, looking at the albums themselves, the artists careers before and after the event and, of course, the statistics behind it all.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)
Topic Intro - (14:06)
Looking back at the event - (22:36)
Ben's thoughts on the albums - (28:49)
50 was in a dying vessel and didn't know it - (31:59)
The death of 'Gangster Rap' - (38:03)
How dominant 'Gangster Rap' was - (44:44)
The context of 'Gangster Rap' has changed - (49:27)
Final Thoughts - (50:15)
Lighter Note - (57:11)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.23 - Come Talking That Trash, We'll Pull Your Card

The 5th Element Podcast Network/Hip-Hop By The Numbers — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:30:00 +0100

"Trash" - Something that is of low quality.

There's a lot of words in the Hip-Hop lexicon that are used freely & frequently. "Classic" & "GOAT" have been think-pieced to death in recent years, but what about "trash"? Whenever an album, EP or song drops, there is always somebody to label it "trash". But what do we really mean when we say "trash"? Do we mean it's the worst thing ever? The worst thing by that artist?

The DITD duo dives into "trash" figuratively and literally. You're going to hear some names that'll make your face scrunch and, as always, find some good wholesome context to the word that everybody loves to use. (The word "Garbage" is also relevant if you live in a place that uses "garbage")

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:24)
Topic Intro - (14:42)
What is "Trash"? - (15:56)
"Tinfoil Hat Ben" RETURNS - (25:28)
"Trash" albums from legends of the game - (35:59)
People see "Trash" in different scopes - (38:02)
A final thought on "trash" - (51:08)
Lighter Note - (59:24)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.22 - Common

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0100

The DITD "Retrospective" series continues with Chicago's own Common. On the back of his latest Studio Album "Let Love", Common has long solidified his place in Hip-Hop history. Multiple classics, iconic songs and a model of consistency.

Now, in recent years, he's evolved to become the signature lyricist to *sound* like he's pushing 50. Themes of Love, introspection & life experience has always been in Common's wheelhouse but being an "elder statesman" in Hip-Hop has only made him better, or at least helped keep his high level with no creative slip-ups.

The DITD duo gives their thoughts on his latest album, rank his many projects and take account of how unprecedented Common's career really is.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly music Roundup - (2:05)
Topic Intro - (15:35)
Thoughts on "Let Love" - (17:23)
Comments on Common's artistry - (22:45)
Ranking Common's albums - (25:49)
What do you look for in a Common album? - (36:33)
Statistics on Common - (45:18)
Don't forget, Common isn't a pushover - (51:53)
How many "Classic Albums" does Common have? - (54:54)
Final thoughts - (57:55)
Lighter Note - (1:08:00)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.21 - Storytelling

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0100

Storytelling is a foundation in how we communicate. It gives us the ability to inform others of the past. But past that very basic understanding, we can use Storytelling to however we see fit. We can tell the outright truth, we can give a completely fabricated recount. We can make it funny, make it sad. It's all up to the storyteller.

So imagine that ability to mould a story and then throw some beats on it. Maybe stretch the story over an album? Maybe over several? The possibilities are endless. Ben & Charlie explore storytelling in Hip-Hop and more specifically, how it's changed over the decades.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (2:25)
Topic Intro - (12:21)
Hip-Hop's ability to tell stories better - (17:02)
Rap names as defacto author pseudonyms (20:19)
Storytelling as a pillar of Hip-Hop music - (22:42)
How has Hip-Hop Storytelling evolved? - (25:44)
A slight tangent into the "Golden Era" conversations - (29:25)
We relied on stories more back in the day - (39:35)
The similarities & differences between Storytelling & "Concept" - (44:57)
Storytelling in the 00s - (46:18)
Storytelling in the 10s - (48:22)
Is "Vibe" enough to tell a story? - (50:40)
Lighter Note - (1:05:55)

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Ep.20 - Snoop Dogg

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0100

The DITD duo continues their "Retrospective" series with one of the most visible figures in Hip-Hop history. Snoop Dogg.

There's plenty of ways to hail Snoop Dogg, from his music to his cultural ubiquity, to his business acumen, to his activism. Ben & Charlie cover all of these (In a "We are not worthy" fashion) and more as they figure out why Hip-Hop fans don't rate him as heavy in today's landscape. Is it because he's constantly evolved his persona? Is it because of his diverse portfolio?

All of that & some words on his latest release "I Wanna Thank Me". With one of one statistics & an oxymoronic "Lighter Note", both from Ben. Enjoy.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:43)
Topic Intro - (11:41)
Thoughts on "I Wanna Thank Me" - (12:59)
A look at Snoop's discography - (21:39)
Why are people throwing stones @ Snoop's music? - (26:26)
Statistics from Ben on Snoop's success - (35:48)
Snoop's 00's run - (40:17)
Snoop's diverse portfolio - (44:45)
Snoop's activism - (48:13)
Final thoughts - (52:16)
"Lighter" Note - (57:32)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.19 - Dr. Dre

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0100

Dr Dre is a consensus Top 5 Producer in Hip-Hop history. Where some try to cement their legacy by either being business geniuses or creative geniuses, Dr Dre has done both. A residency on Forbes' Hip-Hop cash kings and countless artists that have Dre to thank for their careers are testaments to that.

Ben & Charlie continue their retrospective series with a breakdown of Dr Dre's accomplishments and trying to quantify how influential he is, how he's done what he's done and how is he still a creative force after all these decades?

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly music roundup - (1:02)
Topic Intro - (11:59)
Where is Dre ranked in the All-Time Producers list? - (14:05)
Ben's stats on Dre's commercial & creative success - (16:34)
What we hail Dre for... And the things we don't but should - (21:10)
What were the ingredients for Dre's rise? - (27:24)
Dre's ability to stay on the pulse without "Wave riding" - (34:33)
The Ghostwriter conversation (& the difference between ghost & Co-Writing) - (40:53)
Ben's story about Dre's creative skeletons - (51:35)
Lighter Notes - (59:35)

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Ep.18 - Chance's "The Big Day"

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0100

It's been a week since the release of Chance The Rapper's much-anticipated debut Studio Album "The Big Day".

But the responses towards the album have been... Mixed, to say the least. There are people saying it's trash, (Ben) there are people that don't like it but can find positives in it (Charlie) and there are people that are ready to put on the capes to fight for their boy Chance. It's been a while since an album this highly touted has seen all sides of the opinion spectrum.

So Ben & Charlie decided to investigate. WHY is it so polarising? Why doesn't it work? How do other albums that focus on one broad topic fare? Are we all haters of happiness? Or is it like stand-up comedy where it's hard to make people feel consistently positive for an hour?

The duo comes to an interesting conclusion by dipping into character development terminology, typically used in the storytelling arts.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly music round-up - (1:23)
Topic Intro - (7:52)
Thoughts on Chance's "The Big Day" - (10:07)
The lack of tonal variety is a big problem - (22:03)
We need conflict as consumers - (24:35)
Statistics on "The Big Day" - (29:06)
Comparing "The Big Day" to "EVERYTHING IS LOVE" - (30:30)
Charlie's 2nd Tier of "Classics" - (33:56)
These albums demand indulgence - (35:36)
Ben's "Love Doctor" seminar - (38:53)
Why Faith Evans' & Biggie's "King & I" didn't work - (42:17)
Why Jhene Aiko & Big Sean's "TWENTY88" worked - (46:02)
Flat character arcs work... Flat STORY arcs don't - (47:31)
Has Chance accidentally created a new sub-genre? - (52:28)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.17 - I Was At XXL Just Trying To Excel

The 5th Element Podcast Network/Hip-Hop By The Numbers — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0100

If you're into Hip-Hop in any format, whether you follow certain artists, writers, YouTubers or even just your mate that's really into Hip-Hop, you know about the yearly content dump that is the XXL Freshman List.

10 artists who are on the come up get the opportunity to say "Hey World, I'm here!" They drop a quick freestyle, attend the Freshman Cyphers and of course, join together for a cover shoot.

But why is this still a thing? Is the List simply moonlighting as something for Hip-Hop fans to talk about in the Summer months? Goaded by the virality that Social Media has? Or is it a genuine attempt to try and hail 10 artists that are responsible for pushing the art forward?

This is a rare episode where Ben & Charlie start off on different sides of the fence, but they find a middle ground by the end... And then Ben tries to put Charlie's business out on the street. Big mistake.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Round-up - (1:11)
Oh yea! The ACTUAL topic of the show! - (19:28)
Ben gives numbers on the importance of The XXL FL - (21:15)
Charlie's contention with the List - (24:36)
What is the criterion of the List? - (26:45)
Does the fact that artists have rejected the invitation make it less 'definitive'? - (30:52)
The *possible* negative Ben has - (34:52)
More numbers explaining XXL's possible change in motive - (45:31)
Is it simply just something to talk about & nothing more? - (55:08)
Lighter Note - (1:01:33)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.16 - Nas' Raps Should Be Locked In A Cell

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0100

Nas has recently dropped "The Lost Tapes 2", which is considered a breath of fresh air, especially after the terrible project that was "NASIR".

So, in celebration of this, the DITD duo explores Nas' music that's not named "Illmatic". What are the best ones? Why doesn't Nas get respect from the "Genius Generation"? Is the tired "Nas picks terrible beats" comment the real reason why people don't put Nas in their Top 5? Ben & Charlie give a retrospective of Nasty Nas, Esco, Nastradamus, one of the best pens in music history.

TIMESTAMPS:
Music listened to in the past week. - (1:08)
Topic intro - (12:32)
Charlie issues a challenge to Ben - (15:12)
Thoughts on "LT2" - (18:31)
Should we be expecting less "Solid" projects from Nas? - (20:20)
Stats on "LT2" & other Nas projects - (24:11)
Nas Album Tier List - (28:47)
*That* Production conversation - (41:28)
Is Nas' high-quality lyricism & persona a gift & a curse? - (52:26)
Lighter Notes - (1:00:28)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.15 - Some Make Millions, Others Make Memes

The 5th Element Podcast Network/Hip-Hop By The Numbers — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 01:00:00 +0100

It's been a few months since Lil Nas X's explosion onto the mainstream. Since then, "Old Town Road" is now the longest-running No.1 Hip-Hop track on the Billboard Hot 100 and is quickly closing in on the All Genre record.

Memes are the most fluid element of Social Media, which in itself is the most fluid form of communication. So what happens when that meme is based around an artist we've never heard of? Like a Lil Nas X or Blueface?

Ben & Charlie explore Meme culture in Hip-Hop. How the viral nature of Memes may seem harmless on the face, but maybe they're influencing how we think? And stifles exploration, discovery & individual tastes... Yep, it's one of *those* episodes!

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly round-up - (1:52)
Topic Introduction - (11:00)
Charlie's general thoughts - (14:33)
Ben on "Old Town Road" & what people want - (18:25)
Do Memes affect our decisions? - (23:46)
What's the difference between "Viral" & "Memes"? - (31:37)
Do Memes affect established artists? - (39:42)
Tekashi69, The bright but brief flame - (44:43)
"DJ" Akedemics & focusing on negatives (46:09)
Lighter Note - (1:04:31)

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Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.14 - Label Albums

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:30:00 +0100

One of the most anticipated releases of 2019 has come & gone. "Revenge of The Dreamers 3", led by J.Cole, has been received very well.

So well in fact, that it got Ben & Charlie thinking about the concept of "Label Albums" or "Collaborative Albums" to word it differently. If we look back at albums such as ROTD3, they're rarely remembered as being high-quality projects. They're more remembered as moments in time, moments in an artist's career, not as a great album that people will listen to as they do with regular albums.

So what are "Label/Collab Albums"? And what purpose do they serve? That is what Ben & Charlie explore whilst also trying to gauge what they liked & didn't like about the album and the overall concept it's housed in.

TIMESTAMPS:
Charlie vs Procrastination - (1:18)
Weekly round-up - (5:30)
General thoughts on ROTD3 - (12:54)
What is a "Label Album"? - (22:33)
What is the purpose of them? - (30:52)
Do people even want these albums from notable labels? - (44:56)
Charlie's main problem w/the concept - (49:05)
The "Analogy Assassin" is born - (54:33)
Lighter Note - (57:58)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.13 - Nelly vs. Drake? Ride Wit Me, Through The 2010s & The Noughties

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:30:00 +0100

With the 2010s edging closer and closer to its end, it is a consensus thought to say that Drake has owned this decade from a commercial standpoint. He came around just before the start of the decade and the (commercial) rise has been at a steady upward trend.

But you know the deal, commercial success isn't everything. But unfortunately, the commercial success, for some reason, has gotten people comparing Drake to Jay-Z. This prompted a collective shaking of heads from many people (Ben) but Co-Host Charlie wanted to think about it differently.

The theory is this: Obviously, Drake blows Jay out of the water commercially, but artistically, its the exact opposite. But what if there was an artist that has had a near identical stretch of success that Drake has had in this decade.

Enter Nelly, who, like Drake, owned the decade he was relevant in. Both commercial beasts with a plethora of bangers but you're not listening to their albums front-to-back in the decades to come. Nelly's 00s vs Drake's 2010s, who had the stronger decade? This is what Ben & Charlie explore, plus some deeper context on the artists and what makes them so similar. (& dissimilar)

TIMESTAMPS:
Music blasted in the past week - (1:48)
Topic setup - (12:09)
Nelly vs his peers - (18:10)
Drake vs everyone - (19:24)
Will Drake fall off as Nelly did? - (28:50)
Quantifying why Nelly fell off - (31:43)
How weird the 00s were - (34:59)
Ben's "Fanboy" shows - (45:40)
Lighter Note - (55:40)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.12 - Independence

The 5th Element Podcast Network/Hip-Hop By The Numbers — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +0100

In Part 2 of DITD's mini-series "Major vs Independent", we finally get to talking about the side that we cherish so much. The Independents.

As independent writers and Podcasters, we value the fact that we don't have anybody to tell us what we should do because it helps the bottom line. The thing that we forget is that Hip-Hop is, was and forever will be a culture & lifestyle. NOT a business.

With that in mind, we begin with defining "Independent". What is an Independent artist exactly? The differences between Majors & Independents. Why it may be beneficial for you to go with a Major in the long-run, you risk having your art pimped out to marketing ploys, advertisements & put plainly, put on things you don't give the time of day.

There are a lot of long-winded answers on this one, it'll be the last big topic we'll do for a while, so strap in and enjoy. And don't hesitate to let us know where you stand on the monolithic Majors against the DIY Independents.

TIMESTAMPS:
Topic Intro - (7:25)
Define "Independent Artist" - (12:13)
Even Kanye feels the thumb of Major Labels - (17:07)
Statistics on how rare charting Independents are - (20:45)
What can a Major Label do for YOU? - (26:05)
What it took "back in the day" to get your name up - (32:06)
Independents are the tastemakers - (35:57)
Charlie's final say on the value of Independence - (49:58)
Ben's final say & what he wanted from this mini-series - (57:58)
Lighter Notes - (1:04:30)

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In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.11 - The Wyoming Sessions

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0100

Last year, Kanye West unloaded the clip. We knew that he was working on something, the hype train was picking up speed. He then announced three "albums" that we now know as "DAYTONA", "ye" & "KIDS SEE GHOSTS".

A couple of weeks later, he announced two more! Nas' "Project That Shall Not Be Named" & Teyana Taylor's "KTSE".

So since we're in the space of a year anniversary of the whole thing, Ben & Charlie decide to go through every project, give thoughts (& statistics) on them and with a reminiscent mindset, ask ourselves... Was it all worth it?

Was it worth the clear rushing of it all on Kanye's side, was it worth handing Nas another stain on his discography? Was it worth shafting Teyana Taylor when this could've been her break-out project? All to maybe flex on Drake and force him to push back his album?

TIMESTAMPS:
General thoughts on the "Wyoming Sessions" - (11:19)
DAYTONA - (20:17)
ye - (27:20)
KSG - (31:38)
"Project That Shall Not Be Named" - (38:45)
KTSE - (49:15)
Was it all worth it? - (57:13)
Guys... Desiigner was part of this... - (1:05:55)
Lighter Note - (1:06:49)

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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.10 - Major Labels

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0100

In a 2-part series, DITD tackles the one topic that has been clouding over every other topic Ben & Charlie has talked about so far on DITD.

Major Labels.

In the 90s, the US "Big Three", Universal Music Group, Warner & Sony consumed Hip-Hop as soon as it became a cultural force. From '86 to '96, there were 17 No.1 Hip-Hop albums, 11 of them were under Major Labels. It's even more clear looking at singles. Moving onto now, the numbers of Major Labels owning charting artists are in the high 90%. Artists may be able to start their own labels & host their own festivals, but they're still a cloud in the blue atmosphere that is the faceless Major Labels.

Hip-Hop, as it is now, is more business-oriented. For some people, the soul of Hip-Hop has been sucked out due to how dominant the 'White Collars' have become over Hip-Hop. In the day-to-day, their influence is invisible, but if we broaden the scope, it's clear that Major Labels have made Hip-Hop into any other genre, a money machine.

Ben & Charlie tackle Major Labels - (7:57)
Trying to grasp the dominance - (21:56)
Judging whether the positive growth of Hip-Hop is even positive - (43:05)
Is the risk worth the reward? - (49:11)

Next episode, we'll look at the other side of the coin, Independent artists & labels.

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Ep.9 - Revolution Means Change, Don't Look At Me Strange

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0100

In the times we live in right now, it could be said that we're in a golden age of protest. All around the world, there are protests of large numbers being held. They're so prevalent now, you could probably name a few of them.

When it comes to Hip-Hop, it too is on the frontline. From Kendrick's Grammy performances to Stormzy's BRIT Awards performance. Music has always been a place to protest and Hip-Hop is definitely no different.

Ben & Charlie (The main subject starts @ 5:23) take a look into protest in Hip-Hop. How the 80s birthed groups such as Public Enemy & NWA to a rousing commercial as well as conscious success and looking at the constant stream of protesting that Hip-Hop has done.

They also look at now and wondering whether the political messaging in Hip-Hop is more subtle than the explicit political messaging of the 80s,(19:26) why Hip-Hop statistically is less political once 45 got into office (26:57) and how MC Hammer, MARKY MARK & THE FUNKY BUNCH and Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" were the pioneers of political bars in commercial Hip-Hop. (48:59)

And for "A Lighter Note" (59:25) Charlie talks about the "death" of iTunes and a quick salute to people that buy vinyl.

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Ep.8 - The Women Got Something To Say

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 28 May 2019 22:00:00 +0100

Episode 8 of DITD is all about the women. In the '90s, there was a healthy contingent of women getting the job done in the Hip-Hop space. There were many female Hip-Hop artists to name, some of them got to the point where they had genuine, landmark chart success.

But in the two decades since, the numbers have been cut by more than half. If we look at it from the broadest scope, there's only been six No.1 Albums from female Hip-Hop artists, it's even worse on the production side.

Ben & Charlie get into the weeds of just how under-represented female Hip-Hop artists are, especially when it comes to chart success. Slicing the blame pie between the audience. Maybe the audience subconsciously doesn't want to hear females rap? And because of that, maybe the major labels don't sign too many of them for that subconscious reasoning? Why do we perpetuate the Highlander Theory that "There can be only one."

Is it right to put some of the blame on the female artists that have household names? Should they have an obligation to further the culture and create opportunities for up & coming female Hip-Hop artists?

We cover a lot of ground like we always try to do. It's a necessary conversation and something that we should always be cognisant of.

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Ep.7 - Mental Health - One Time 4 Your Mind

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 21 May 2019 22:00:00 +0100

The subject of Mental Health is a conversation that has been increasing in volume in the past decade. Not just in society, but in Politics as well. (Although most National Jurisdictions are way behind...)

But it's not just in day-to-day life, it's also becoming more and more prevalent in the music we love dearly. Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop is historically been iffy when it comes to Mental Health, coinciding with African American culture & society not really knowing how to deal with such complexities.

But the more black men & women in America learn more about Mental Health, so are the musicians coming out of those communities.

Ben & Charlie take a deep dive into the very recent surge in Mental Health content, headed by the likes of Kid Cudi & Kanye West. Taking personal segues into why they gravitate to Hip-Hop and how it has gotten them through tough moments in their life.

The duo also compares the recent embracing of Mental Health conversating to the lack thereof in the era's like "The Golden Age" and wondering why it has taken so long for artists to make the jump. The duo finishes by giving statistics in their native homes, justifying why music that reference Mental Health will always have a place in the culture.

And on "A Lighter Note". Charlie goes off, wondering how we allowed DJ Khaled to become a force for being a glorified boxing promoter, doing the BARE MINIMUM artistically. (Can you tell Charlie is writing this description?)

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Ep.6 - Andre 3000 & Lauryn Hill - And Here You Are, A Rap Unicorn

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 14 May 2019 21:30:00 +0100

"Rap Unicorn" - Phrase - A Hip-Hop artist that rarely drops music, but when they do, everybody listens.

E.g. Andre 3000 & Ms Lauryn Hill.

Ben & Charlie explore another angle in the relationship between the artist and the fanbase. More specifically, is it right for the fan to demand an artist to drop music simply because they haven't dropped in a while?

Ben gives statistics on the "Rap Unicorns" Andre 3000 & Ms Lauryn Hill and for context, gives numbers on artists on the other side of the spectrum, the artists that drop music frequently.

This evolves into a conversation about art and wondering if the artists that drop frequently consider their work as art? Or as Charlie estimates, just a "factory" that they own in their own head?

The duo also talks about fanbases getting out the pitchforks for artists (& labels) that take their time. Do they have the right to rush & berate an artist just because they want something new?

This is an interesting talk about autonomy, service & how artists, at the end of the day, do what they feel.

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Ep.5 - It's Hard Out Here For A Producer

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 07 May 2019 21:30:00 +0100

Out of the Five Elements of Hip-Hop, two of them are based on music.

MC & DJ. Rapper & Producer. Both are important in equal measure.

So why is it that in this age, where the Hip-Hop sound is bigger than ever and one could say that Hip-Hop production quality is as high at it has ever been... Why has the producer has taken the back seat in every facet of the game?

Why do they get less money for producing in the Streaming age? Why does the consumer not tout Producers more, when (In an age where lyricism has dipped in quality) some songs are popular strictly because of the sound?

Ben & Charlie explore the Producers' place in Hip-Hop. Their place in the Culture, the money lists & on Social Media. It's gone as far as Producers selling their stems & beats in the form of production kits. That was a Cardinal sin 10 Years Ago...

It's clear that it's hard for Producers to get their credit, DITD tries to find solutions for it all.

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Ep.4 - Love Thy Religious Bars

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:00:00 +0100

Religion and religious content is a staple in music. And when it comes to Hip-Hop, it's no different.

Since it's inception, there has always been a section of Hip-Hop culture that is dedicated to looking for meaning and purpose. And in some walks of life, Religion has been the key.

For Episode 4 of DITD, Charlie & Ben take a dive into Religion & Hip-Hop. Specifically, Christianity and Kanye West's relationship with it. We get into the numbers for Kanye's mentions of religion, which may underwhelm you considering how synonymous Kanye & Christianity has been over his career. Especially recently with his "Sunday Services".

The guys also cover some Hip-Hop History, talking about the "5 Percenters" of the Golden Age and, more recently, Hebrew Israelites in which Kendrick Lamar dedicated some of "DAMN." to actually mention the offset belief.

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Ep.3 - Youth Is A Gift, Age Is A Work Of Art

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:00:00 +0100

In recent Hip-Hop news, Dave East hopped on Instagram to call the viral Country/Hip-Hop track "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X "wack". Hip-Hop social media proceeded to swell up with defensive shots at Dave East.

Shots like "NAME ONE DAVE EAST TRACK", "DAVE JUST SALTY HE DOESN'T CHART", you get the idea. People missed the chance to look at the context and the deeper conversation about inorganic fanbases.

This is the catalyst for Ben & Charlie to dive into multiple topics, the main of which, Ageism in Hip-Hop. Why do we as Hip-Hop fans throw great artists with fuel still in the tank by the wayside because they're past the age of 35-40?

This bleeds into many other avenues, such as seeing elements of "Stan Culture" laced into the defence of this one viral song by an artist we never heard of a month ago. How the major labels have "put stock" into Hip-Hop and the unique position Hip-Hop as THE genre of recent times has in this musical atmosphere.

Compared to Jazz, Rock, Disco etc. that had their days in the previous Century, none had social media influencing the mainstream. Because of this, maybe the legacies Charlie, Ben and other true Hip-Hop fans hail will die out quicker? Has it already begun? Are we already too late to correct this?

A lot of ground is covered and subject matter gets very impassioned but we always try to end it on a fun note. The first episode to crack an hour, and it's worth it.

Be sure to peep Ben's blog post containing all of his statistics on Ageism.

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Ep.2 - Everyone's A Critic

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:00:00 +0100

For Episode 2 of "Diggin' In The Digits", we talk about music reviewing and music criticism.

In a perfect world, the average music consumer and the professional music critic would always be on the same page and could even see each other's viewpoint clearly when both looking at a body of work. But obviously, that's a rare thing.

We dive into several angles for this one. Starting with Ben's statistics on average review scores for a handful of artists and the disparities between professional critics and the casual person that hops on Metacritic.

We then get into biases, can professional critics be truly objective? Should they be 100% objective? Or should they make more effort in putting their own individual flavour on their reviews as YouTube music critics do? How has Hip-Hop music criticism changed since the days of the "5 Mic Reviews"? And how do we ourselves review music? Charlie presents his "10 Into 2's" system and Ben takes a trip down memory lane where he actually dabbled in being a professional critic.

We go down a lot of avenues in this one, so strap in for this 55 minutes deep dive into music criticism and the "dah-ta" surrounding it.

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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The Beauty Of Independence

Ep.1 - Nipsey Hussle - All Money In

The 5th Element Podcast Network — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100

For the first episode of DITD, we wanted to take a deep dive into the numbers for Nipsey Hussle, who was recently taken from us.

Ben delivers three sets of statistics to highlight how great Nipsey was, not from a music standpoint, but from a marketing and a business standpoint.

Topics in the episode include Nipsey's selling practices early in his career, the percentage of conscious bars he laid down on his debut Studio Album "Victory Lap" and also how many motivational bars he dropped on the same album.

We also link the statistics to other notable albums that are hailed for their conscious message, categorising "flexing" and how hard it is to have the grassroots business practices that Nipsey has now popularised in his untimely passing.

CORRECTION: In the section about Nipsey's "Crenshaw" mixtape making $100k in 1 day, it was said an artist would need to sell 95k albums first week, the equivalent of 144 million streams, to make $100k. These numbers are under the assumption an artist makes about 10% of each album sale under a label contract. If an artist is independent and earns every dollar from an album sale, they would need 9.5k sales in 1 day, equivalent to 14.2 million streams.

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 Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Records for the right to use)

HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @5thElement_UK
5E Community Discord
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence