Diggin' In The Digits

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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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