Diggin' In The Digits

The brothers in Prince Be & DJ Minutemix that make up the duo P.M Dawn have been - in hindsight - a marketing casualty. They forever hold the record of being the first African American Hip-Hop act to get No.1 on Billboard. But whilst that track & their debut album traffic in a Hip-Hop fusion, their works after that lean much more into R&B, creating a discography built on fluidity, deep lyrics and unfortunately,...

In the Gang Starr/Guru/DJ Premier universe, there are plenty of artists that have made a name for themselves, some that haven't, and then in the middle is Group Home. With a classic debut and iconic tracks on said album, what did they muster up without Preemo on speedial?

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Charlie:

• UMI - people stories
• Danni Baylor - Things About The World That Burden Me
• NOTORIOUS N.I.Q. - Man...

Another WG interview for you to step to! For this truly special conversation, we talk to Jazztronica multi-instrumentalist and Hip-Hop fan Anna Stubbs, AKA Kinzoogianna ahead of her album "The Clique Of '86" dropping 12th September.

This nearly 90 minute conversation spans from her beginnings, living in California; being exposed to music early on and never looking back; taking Jazz in University; her career up to this point...

We finish our Boot Camp Clik exploration with the talisman of the supergroup and co-founder of Duck Down Records: Buckshot. Covering his one and only solo record and the varied collab albums he produced in the 2000s/early 2010s.

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Ben:

• Offset - Kiari
• Ghostface- Supreme Clientele 2
• BigXthaPlug - I Hope You're Happy
• Earl - Live Laugh Love

Charlie:

• The Other Guys - Summer '92
• KYE...

The trio of O.G.C. - Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah and Top Dog - never really had the highs of their Boot Camp Clik counterparts. But just because they never dropped a stone cold classic, doesn't mean they didn't drop quality music.

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Ben:

• JID - God Does Like Ugly
• Gunna - The Last Wun
• DJ Premier & Roc Marciano - The Coldest Profession
• Chance the Rapper - STAR LINE

C...

We have an interview for you to step to! For this one, we talk to long-time Music Industry leader and currently Intercept Music’s Vice President of Artist and Label Partnerships Jesse Flores. We talk about his beginnings in the industry, the state of the industry as a whole; the steady rise of independents; his Lighter Note & his Top 5.

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With the duo of Smif-N-Wessun, Tek & Steele started off as worthy members of the Boot Camp Clik, delivering a great debut album. And even with roadblocks galore holding them back over the years, they have produced a solid discography, maturing gracefully as a Hip-Hop duo.

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Ben:

• Metro Boomin - A Futuristic Summa

Charlie:

• Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim - Soli Deo Gl...

It's time for another edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours where we talk about albums not Hip-Hop, but close to it. For this one, we get into Roots Manuva & Wrongtom's Danchall/Dub remix album "Duppy Writer" & Katy B's debut "On A Mission".

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Ben:

• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2

Charlie:

• Heno. & Mad Keys - Healing Out Loud (EP)
• A. Billi Free & The...

The group that started it all for the Boot Camp Clik, the trio of Black Moon - led by Buckshot - came in with a quintessential Hip-Hop Golden Age debut and sporadically dropped after that, with not much of a drop in quality compared to a stone-cold classic.

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Ben:

• Raekwon - The Emperor's New Clothes

Charlie

• Ryder & Sengi - LONG RIDE HOME
• Farah Audhali & Blue Lab...

The duo of Rock & Ruck (Sean Price) make Heltah Skeltah, giving us yet another Boot Camp Clik membership that created a consistent quality discography! Not many misses when it comes to one of the best voices in Hip-Hop and a Sean Price that grows into himself as the years go by.

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Ben:

• Jackboys 2
• Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
• Boldy James x Nicholas Craven - Late to my Own Fu...

The six-man supergroup Boot Camp Clik has - from day 1 - been a unique blend of talent, culminating in four decent-to-great albums and poses to be in the mind for whenever we cover the groups/individuals that make the group.

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Ben:

• JID - GDLU the Preluxe
• Smoke DZA - On My Way to Berlin

Charlie:

• SAMSON - UNDERSTOOD!?
• Madison McFerrin - SCORPIO
• The Doppelgangaz - Still Left
• ...

On July 2nd we will be exactly halfway through the 2020s! And whilst it's been an objectively terrible decade in many ways, there are some Hip-Hop gems that have come out. So, we decided to make our individual Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums of the Half-Decade and for once, we have NO overlapping works! So buckle in as we gush over 10 albums in a nearly 2 hour special!

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One of the mainstays of the burgeoning Hip-Hop Underground of the 00s and beyond, Sean Price was a reality rapper with plenty of humour, iconic one-liners and a discography that have aged pretty well.

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Ben:

• Memphis Bleek - Apt 3D
• Che Noir - The Color Chocolate 2
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon - Come As You Are
• Dave East & Young Chris - Fine Dining
• Daz Dillinger - Retaliat...

At 60 years old, Slick Rick dropped his 5th Studio Album and his 1st since 1999. He's a master storyteller, respected by everyone. So how TF is he still underrated?!

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Ben:

• Lil Tecca - Dopamine

Charlie - 

• Karl Benjamin - To What End?
• MRCY - VOLUME 2
• Jords - Mixtape J
• edbl - Archives Mixtape
• Syf of Talking Knots & Sir Nebula - Gravity
• A-F-R-O - Crimson Fury
• Kamaiyah - Fir...

G-Funk pioneer one of the most consistent dual artists in Hip-Hop history, it could be said that DJ Quik hasn't gotten the props his peers has, even though his quality of production and bars has (for the most part) been great, just as long as you jump over the mines labelled "Songs with oddly detailed sex bars".

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Ben:

• Lil Wayne - Tha Carter 6
• Little Simz - Lotus
• UntilJapan - t...

Whilst MC Shan spends a lot of his recent days lamenting the past in some form, he actually has a leg to stand on! Just not in the ways he thinks...

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Ben:

• Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams - Trainspotting
• Bruiser Wolf - POTLUCK
• Masta Killa - Balance

Charlie:

• Silas Short - LUSHLAND
• Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming
• Oddisee - En Route
• Premo Rice - Bad Muf*cka
• Obongja...

The legacy of dead prez - for better or worse - has been condensed down to their classic track in "Hip Hop". Zoom out a little and you'll find a classic song on a classic album that is definitely not talked about enough. Zoom out even more and you find... Actually, let's just stay at that first zoom out...

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Charlie:

• Syf of Talking Knots & Moe Town - 2 Sides to Every Stor...

After calling it a day being "The Fresh Prince", Will Smith went under his own name for his solo stint. The results are mixed; proving that Hip-Hop could go Pop, but even then managing to have frequent misfires within his music, creating a frustrating discography that gives more questions than answers...

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Ben:

• Amine - 13 Months of Sunshine
• Xzibit - Kingmaker
• Rico Nasty - Letha...

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.

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Ben:

• MIKE x Tony Selt...