Whilst Prodigy made a genuine attempt to put out solo bodies of work outside of Mobb Deep business, Havoc took until 2007 to drop his first solo record and it wasn't until his third album that he actually put effort into it all.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:35)Ben:Danny Brown - StardustCharlie:Ukweli & Xenia Mannasseh - MAYBE IIREASON - Everything In My Soul_BLUEBLK ODYSSY - MOOD CONTROLKaicrewsade - Joint4u!Flwr Chyld - InsydeOutKhruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You iiDanny Brown - StardustKofi Stone - All The Flowers Have BloomedCHIKA - WISH YOU WERE (T)HEREÂ p-rallel - SELECTAChe Noir & 7xvethegenius - Desired CrownsTOBi & Real Bad Man - The Perfect BlueTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:59)The Kush - (18:53)Hidden Files - (25:06)13 - (32:04)13 Reloaded - (38:54)Lighter Note - (48:09)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence
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Ep.342 - Prodigy
The solo discography of Prodigy is all over the place to put it lightly. A great debut, a surprisingly good sophomore and then a stretch of albums that go from love songs to dark, philosophical work with a healthy dose of illuminati talk throughout.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:20)Charlie:Tara Lilly - Quiet Nights (Early Takes)Treasure Bloom - Garden of HedonAlemeda - But What The Hell Do I Knowrum.gold - Is There Anybody Home? (Part 2)Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (4:58)H.N.I.C. - (8:47)Return of the Mac - (14:39)H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 - (20:30)H.N.I.C. 3 - (25:00)The Bumpy Johnson Album - (31:20)Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation) - (35:36) The Hegelian Dialectic 2: The Book of Heroine - (42:24) Lighter Note - (52:09) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence
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Ep.341 - Mobb Deep
At 21 years old, two rappers from Queens dropped one of the greatest albums in music history. But some forget that "The Infamous" wasn't Mobb Deep's beginning (Literally! It was their sophomore album!) and it certainly wasn't their end. So past the "capital C" Classic, what is Mobb Deep in totality?TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:22)Ben:Big L - Harlem's FinestCharlie:Saba - C0FFEE!Makaya McCraven - The People's MixtapeMakaya McCraven - Hidden Out!Makaya McCraven - PopUp ShopMakaya McCraven - Techno LogicKnucks - A Fine African ManThe Cavemen. - Cavy In The CityNaomi Kimpenu - RepriseThe Doppelgangaz - Bet on Black CloakHalle - love?... or something like itHit-Boy & The Alchemist - GOLDFISHNectar Woode - it's like I never leftDeborah Bond - Naomi's FinestReuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOMETopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:42)Juvenile Hell - (20:29)The Infamous - (26:32)Hell on Earth - (31:42)Murda Muzik - (37:51)Infamy - (42:11)Amerikaz Nightmare - (48:13)Blood Money - (50:49)The Infamous Mobb Deep - (56:51)Infinite - (59:36)Lighter Note - (1:05:50) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence
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Ep.340 - #UKBHM 2025: Tinie Tempah
We finish our UKBHM series for the month of October with an artist of recent memory to see how Hip-Hop and the sheer amount of genre-bleeding in the early 2010s was displayed in spectacular fashion from Tinie Tempah, who went from Underground Grime MC to the most famous UK rapper in the space of a year and kept that title until Stormzy dropped "Vossi Bop".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:05)Ben:Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp Charlie:Nappy Nina - Sweets For CynicsPlanet Giza - The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later, Vol. 3Katori Walker - The War WithinJayaHadADream - Happiness From AgonyNiko Is. & J. Rawls - The Optimist's SonHannah Jadagu - DescribeSister Nancy & Mad Professor - ArmageddonYazmin Lacey - Teal Dreams Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder - WELCOME HOME Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:33) Disc-Overy - (19:52) Demonstration - (34:33) Youth - (47:00) Lighter Note - (1:07:03) Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)HHBTN (Twitter & IG) - @HipHopNumbers5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUKChillHop (Twitter) - @ChillhopdotcomBonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorIn Search of SauceBlack Women Watch...5EPN RadioThe Beauty Of Independence
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