We continue our LB miniseries with an exploration into the solo work of Rapper Big Pooh who - unlike Phonte - has dropped a lot of solo work in the past 20 years. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20) Ben: Dave East x Mike & Keys - APT 6E Big Hit x Hit-Boy & Alchemist - Black & Whites Crimeapple x Big Ghost LTD - Bazuko Charlie: Wretch 32 - Moments of Silence Ian Kelly - ART Oddisee - And Yet Still JONES - Kaleidoscope Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn The Deli & Soup...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
After exploring the music & story of Little Brother, it's time to get into the breakaway works. We begin with Phonte who spends the 2010s sporadically dropping works with a style not too distant from LB and with familiar names in tow. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:52) Ben: Juicy J - Mental Trillness 2 Charlie: Halima - EXU Vince Staples - Dark Times Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here Opek - The Call Confucius MC & Pitch 92 - Stop Signs Loyle Carner - hugo: reimagined (live from the ...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min
We head to North Carolina where a trio blooms out of a larger collective to become one of the biggest "if you know, you know" acts of the 00s: Little Brother with Phonte, Big Pooh and for a time, 9th Wonder. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52) Ben: Rapsody - Please Don't Cry Mach-Hommy - #RICHHAXXHAITIAN A Boogie - Better off Alone Rio Da Yung OG - Rio Circa 2020 Cities Aviv - Bernadette Leak ShooterGang Kony - OPPS CAN'T HAVE FUN Thom Yorke - Confidenze Charlie: Nigel Hall & DJ Harris...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Ras Kass presents a discography that is vast, two iconic albums in the 90s, then a litany of mixtapes in the 00s and then continuing his consistent output in the 10s with a return to studio albums. So with such a gap between his 2nd & 3rd solo albums, does his story provide context? TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:42) Ben: Conway the Machine - Slant Face Killer Ghostface Killah - Set the Tone Gunna - One of Wun Charlie: Jorja Smith - falling or flying out (Reimagined) Jasmine Myra - Ri...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 17 min
We return for Part 2 of our retrospective of Ice-T, where we left him off the back of his legendary four album run and the "Cop Killer" controversy; where would Ice take his art as he leaned more and more into other forms of media? TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:53) Ben: LeeV - Shadow Demon Boldy James - Trapper's Alley Partynextdoor - 4 Ahmad Anonimis - Mnt. Snug 4Batz - u made me a st4r Ben Beal x Wun Two - gazebo Rome Streetz - Buck 50 Spice 1 - Platinum OG 2 Charlie: amir. - Three Of ...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min
In conjunction with "What's Good?", this is a special DITD episode where Charlie heads to West London to talk with Garage pioneer and co-founder of Heartless Crew: MC Bushkin. In anticipation of his film "The Story So Far" premiering @ Genesis Cinema the same day this episode drops, Bushkin talks his beginnings, notable moments in his Heartless Crew years but more broadly, get into the connections between Garage, Grime and beyond; also tracing the absurd rate of evolution Black British Music had...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 21 min
For this Hip-Hop Neighbours - linked to our Ice-T exploration - we cover the self-titled album Body Count and we also get into the first album from the UK based collective SAULT: "5". TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57) Ben: Backwood Sweetie - Burn One Berner - The Farmer's Market Gangrene - Heads I Win, Tails You Lose Hus KingPin - In a State of Nirvana Baby Rose x BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Deptartment Charlie: Oscar #Worldpeace - Mum, Pray for Your Son Swank...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min
We stay in the West Coast AND the late 80s/early 90s to do a two-parter on one of the most authentic voices to ever represent Hip-Hop: Ice-T. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:55) Ben: NappyHigh - Burgundy Future x Metro Boomin - We Still Don't Trust You Charlie: DRAGG - Mixed Feelings NappyHigh - Burgundy Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud Terri Walker & Zed Bias - My Love Story (Zed Bias Remixes) Summers Sons - Still Nothing Still Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Topic ...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 31 min
This week, we celebrate DITD's 5th birthday with a pop quiz from Ben, thoughts on the Pod in general and yes, we talk about the Cole response to Kendrick. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:46) Ben: J.Cole - Might Delete Later GloRilla - Ehhthang Ehhthang Chris Patrick - The Calm Doja Cat - Scarlet 2 Claude Charlie: Dizzy Wright - Harsh Reality Khruangbin - A LA SALA Keen - Feel Good. Do Better. Louis Culture - I Can't Wait To See U Again Amy Gadiaga - All Black Everything Reuben Vincent - Ge...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 40 min
After exploring The Conscious Daughters last week, it seemed fitting to explore the career of their biggest advocate and one of the most controversial voices in 90s Hip-Hop: Paris. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:01) Ben: Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER Bfb Da Packman - Forget Me Not Rico Nasty - HARCORE DR3AMZ Roc Marciano - Marciology Charlie Paolo Baldini DubFiles - In The Shell Super Helpful Kwame - Greetings From Tatooine Reggie Becton - Sadboy, Vol. 2 Jordy - SNM Fifidiny - Better Man Katori...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 36 min
To finish our Women's History Month celebrations, we stay in the West Coast to talk about a duo that oozed chemistry and confidence, only to be washed out by the industry changing direction. We talk The Conscious Daughters. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:48) Ben: Future x Metro Boomin - WE DON'T TRUST YOU SiR - HEAVY Elbow - Audio Vertigo Joyner Lucas - Not Now I'm Busy Charlie: Summers Sons - Epiletric King Isis - shed MyCompiledThoughts - Soul Brother Chapter 1 SiR - HEAVY Jrose - Piece...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
We continue our WHM celebrations with a trip to the West Coast, but not Oakland or Los Angeles. For the first time, we head to Sacramento for the story of Marvaless and the litany of Sac Town representers that come with her through her discography. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56) Ben: yeat - 2093 Kembe x Hippie Sabotage - Sleep Paralysis Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK Four Tet - Three Kenny Mason - 9 Yung Lean x Bladee - Psykos Nejma - Animal Barz 24kGoldn - Growing pains Charlie: An ...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Continuing our WHM celebrations during the month of March, we get into another artist with one solo album, no longer with us after her passing in 2022: Hurricane G TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup: (1:17) Ben: MIKE - Pinball ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips Cookin Soul x Raz Fresco - Bakin' Soul Kaiser Chiefs - Easy Eighth Album MGMT - Loss of Life KYLE - Smyle Again Skyzoo & The Other Guys - Mind of a Saint (Deluxe) Jean Dawson - Boohoo Charlie: speedrun - Love's Latest News BXKS - One Time Zada - W...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Happy March one & all! You know what that means... Women's History Month on DITD is back and to kick off this year's set, we begin with the one & done Sister Souljah who took the political climate of her time to produce one of the most honest & politically scathing records in Hip-Hop history. No timestamps for this episode as we don't have a WMR or a substantial Lighter Note, reason being that we recorded this on the same day as the previous episode. Thanks for listening. Below are t...
Mar 05, 2024•58 min
LIVE FROM LONDON, we get into one special work from a true "If you know, you know" group: Cymande. We also get the low down on Ben's 1st week in London. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:39) Charlie: Jordan Mackampa - WELCOME HOME, KID! dreamcastmoe - MOLLY'S SON The Silhouettes Project - The Silhouettes Project, Vol. 2 Joel Ross - nublues Kelela - RAVE:N, The Remixes John Glacier - Like A Ribbon Bishop Nehru - 4 The NONERS LaRussell & Hit-Boy - RENT DUE Cymande - (7:28) Ben's Lighter No...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min
We finish our Public Enemy three-parter with their most recent output with more friction from the inside and the outside but somehow, Public Enemy still continue to drop and tour the world; never dead, never deterred. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00) Ben: Yeat - 2093 Conway x Big Ghost - Speshal Machinery the Chronic Edition 2nd Generation Wu x Dom Archey - This May Sting! Charlie: Fatima - Love On Acid (EP) Ol' Burger Beats - 74: Out of Time Shae Universe - Love's Letter Topic Intro/Be...
Feb 20, 2024•58 min
In our 2nd part of the Public Enemy retrospective, we see how PE should have imploded and become one of the many groups in the 90s to break up; but not only did they not break up, they kept dropping (to mixed results) and predicting the future of the music industry still to come to fruition. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:09) Ben: Little Simz - Drop 7 Fivio Foreign - Pain & Love 2 Dizzee Rascal - Don't Take It Personal Blu & Roy Royal - Royal Blu Charlie: Little Simz - Drop 7 Adan...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 35 min
In part one of three, we get into the beginnings of Public Enemy and their first three albums, two of which considered to be consensus classics and some of the most authentically Hip-Hop albums ever made. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39) Ben: Skelbeats - What goes on in the Dark Lee "Scratch" Perry - King Perry Icewear Vezzo - Live from the 6 Hit-Boy x Alchemist - THEODORE & ANDRE The Musalini x 38 Spesh - In God We Trust Che Noir - The Color Chocolate, Vol. 1 Kevin Gates - The Cere...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 21 min
TW: Lyrics/talk referencing Sexual Assault. After last episode's foray into the solo career of Kool G Rap, we now look into the work that he did before with DJ Polo: Three albums of ground-breaking work for KGR and his peers. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:31) Ben: Zaddytc - A LOT Fredo Bang - Yes, I'm Sad Elcamino - Here You Go Eldorado Red - 48 Hours in San Francisco Hus KingPin x 9th Wonder - The Supergoat Charlie: Da Flyy Hooligan & Wun Two - Nocturnal Hooli Vol. 1 Deshawn Visionz...
Jan 23, 2024•58 min
Kool G Rap: The ultimate "If you know KGR, you know ball". Whilst KGR never got the commercial success, his legacy as a lyrical pioneer is rooted deeply in your favourites and your favourites' favourite. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:07) Ben: Kid Cudi - INSANO C-Scripture - Penalty of Leadership Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night Deluxe Unknown T - Blood Diamond DJ Booker x NLE Choppa - The Chosen Ones D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone 21 Savage - american dream Bruiser Wolf - My S...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 28 min
The King Asiatic Nobody's Equal. Brooklynite Big Daddy Kane came through the 80s as one of the best freestylers in the Five Boroughs and once he got with Cold Chillin' and the Juice Crew, Kane would prove that he is one of the most complete rappers of all time. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56) Ben: Westside Gunn, Conway, Alchemist - Hall & Nash 2 The Game x Big Hit - Paisley Dreams Ufo361 - SONY Charlie: (All released in '23) Butcher Brown - Solar Music Bloody Civilian - Anger Manag...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Happy New Year one and all! We hope that your year is full of progression, growth and 52 episodes of DITD! But before we go forward, we look back one more time to 2023, talking about our Top 2 albums of 2023. Ben's No.2 - (3:25) Charlie's No. 2 - (26:20) Ben's No. 1 - (39:08) Charlie's No. 1 - (1:00:11) Lighter Note - (1:11:27) Charlie's Top 10 Albums of 2023 Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved. Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to C...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Happy holidays one & all! To celebrate, we keep it simple and review the Metacritic Hip-Hop album scores for the year of 2023. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47) Ben: Conway x Wun Two - Palermo Wizkid - S2 Layzie Bone - Hypnotic Rhythms Charlie: Ruinz Ason - Airplane Mode (Deluxe) Morena Santi - Santi Sounds List Review - (4:55) Last minute recommendations of the year - (1:15:47) Lighter Note - (1:23:38) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved. Mus...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 29 min
The first two albums by J-Live are some of the most consistent works in Hip-Hop history. What's even more impressive is that they're both over 70 minutes. But what about the rest of his work as he walked through the desert that was the 00s Hip-Hop scene. Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57) Ben: Bas - We Only Talk About... Curren$y x Trauma Tone - Highway 600 ASAP Twelvvy - Kids Gotta Eat Da Deluxe BigWalkDog - Playoff Gucci Mane x B.G. - Choppers & Bricks Peter Gabriel - i/o Kylie Minogue - Tensio...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
With the genocide/ethnic cleansing of Gaza/Palestinians ongoing, we have a conversation that we previously had in the heat of the protests in 2020 (You can listen here) and felt that we needed to have again: What is the place of our favourite entertainers/celebrities when it comes to issues as large as the ones happening in 2023? The answer ironically involves all of us. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:56) Ben: Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 Charlie: Ayanna - In A Perfect World Yoni Mayraz - ...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Large Professor is an interesting solo case in Hip-Hop history; an artist with a solid solo discography but his legacy is instead tied into being of service to a litany of legends. Where do you place someone like that in the annals of Hip-Hop history? ( Check our Main Source episode for more LargePro ) TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00) Ben Conway x Conductor - Conductor Machine Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess Deluxe Dave East x Cruch Calhoun - 30 for 30 Charlie BigXthaPlug - The Bigges...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min
It's time to take a trip into the future - to the year 3030 - through the sonic landscape painted by a trio that combine to make Deltron 3030: Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator & DJ Kid Koala. Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58) Charlie: FloFilz & Bokoya - Soft Encounter Gianni Brezzo & Bokoya - Minari Backwood Sweetie & K!NG jvmes - Syzygy Layfullstop - RUGGED Karl Benjamin - There In 5 Astrocolor - Moonlighting - AstroJazz Vol. 1 Tapioca - Samba em Kigali Nicholson. - Septe...
Nov 28, 2023•58 min
For the 11th Contemporary Cool, we get into Bey & Jay's "EVERYTHING IS LOVE" & Hempress Sativa's debut album "Unconquerebels. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (2:20) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics) J57 - If I Should Wake Before I Die André 3000 - New Blue Sun Drake - Scary Hours 3 Protoje & Zion I Kings - In Search Of Zion Skipp - Summer Of Love: An Audio Experience Of A Hip-Hop Sort Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond Ego Ella May - FIELDNOTES PT III BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy ...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 23 min
The legacy of Nujabes is one of how music should feel. That essence of when you listen to it, it instantly feeds your soul; whilst dubbing Nujabes as "The Godfather of Lo-Fi" is fine, he should be recognised as something, higher. A person that linked Hip-Hop and Jazz as good as anyone, providing the perfect example of why knowing the roots always produces better work. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics) Tee Grizzley - Tee's Coney Island (Deluxe) Aesop Rock ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min
On the 9th edition of Neighbours, we get into two works wildly different in sound but share the fact of their sounds being reminiscent of their time, for better or worse... Post Malone's "Stoney" and Groove Theory's self-titled "one & done" gem. TIMESTAMPS: Weekly Music Roundup - (0:52) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics) Suni MF - Hollywood The Alchemist - Flying High, Part 2 All Day Breakfast Café - Have You Seen This Queen Resavoir - Resavoir Arlissa - The OPEN-HEARTED TOBi - PANIC Tkay Maid...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 12 min
