Diggin' In The Digits

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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