Diggin' In The Digits

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.

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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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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. 

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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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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)

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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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