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 - ExcelsiorYung Lean - JonatanJPEGMAFIA x Flume - We Live in a SocietyCharlie:Jericho Jackson - I Am HimAntsLive - Carpe Diem1999 WRITE THE FUTURE & The Pharcyde - TimelessRyder - RYDERHOODAlex Isley - WHENKatalyst - SpeakeasyVinocio - TostadosNejma Nefertiti - Jayne Wayne The JuggernautMychelle - Good DayWretch 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) 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.314 - Spoonie Gee
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 SamsonVinnie Paz - God Sent VengeanceCharlie: Bishop Nehru - TrapbapUwade - FlorilegiumCoco Jones - Why Not More?Ray Vaughn - The Good The Bad The Dollar MenuFemi Kuti - Journey Through LifeWu-Tang Clan & Mathematics - Black Samson, the Bastard SwordsmanTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:16)The Godfather of Rap - (13:28)Lighter Note - (25:13)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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An Interview W/ London-Based Producer Ryder
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 BerriganInterlude - "Her" By L'IndecisChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence
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Ep.313 - The Treacherous Three
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 SoundBoog Brown - Super Useful ToolsAdrian Younge - Adrian Younge presents Something About April IIIThe Underachievers - HomecomingKool Keith - KarpentersBlu & August Fanon - FortySAULT - 10Alexander Flood - ARTIFACTUAL RHYTHMTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:00)The Treacherous Three - (20:38)Old Skool Flava - (30:25)Lighter Note - (44:54)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.312 - Kool Moe Dee
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 chaosRJ Payne - Leatherface 4Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So LegendaryCharlie: Paris Nights - Up NowΣtella - AdagioJoe Armon-Jones - All The Quiet (Part I)Smoovth & Wun Two - Prussian BlueVarious Artists - Soil SamplesZino Vinci - Late BloomerVerbz & Zar - In TimeLords of the Underground & Snowgoons - So LegendaryAwa Khiwe & Ghanaian Stallion - African Women AriseTopic 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) 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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