Diggin' In The Digits

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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