Diggin' In The Digits

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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• Sean Monohan's piece.
• "What's Good?" episode responding to Monohan's piece.
• Article in response to Monohan's piece. 

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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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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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