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?
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Ben:
Charlie:
Topic 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)
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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".
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Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:33)
Disc-Overy - (19:52)
Demonstration - (34:33)
Youth - (47:00)
Lighter Note - (1:07:03)
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Credit to the Nation - led by West Midlands native MC Fusion - was a clear-cut child of Public Enemy but compared to another PE child in Hijack, CTTN was probably more blunt in leftist messaging (akin to Sistah Souljah) along with Brummie & Patios accents to add texture to the unique nature of Fusion and his crew.
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Ben:
Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:17)
Take Dis - (20:52)
Daddy Always Wanted Me to Grow a Pair of Wings - (31:13)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen - (38:11)
Lighter Note - (50:23)
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Yorkshire outfit Unique 3 made waves in the dawn of the 90s with a new subgenre "Bleep Techno", the first homegrown EDM subgenre in the UK. Their subsequent debut album blended not just their pioneering sound but also blended Hip-Hop to create a sound that was... Well... Unique for the time.
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Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:38)
Jus' Unique - (20:01)
Invasive Signals - (33:10)
Lighter Note - (41:12)
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Happy October and happy UK Black History Month! Our first of four retrospectives this month is dedicated to two sisters that fused Hip-Hop with the burgeoning UK House/Acid House movement of the late 80s/early 90s whilst also paying homage to their Caribbean roots through the music and most notably their memorable name.
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Charlie:
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The Beat, The Rhyme, The Noise - (19:33)
Be Aware - (30:28)
Lighter Note - (42:58)
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Hello DITD listeners! Charlie here. Just wanted to drop you my latest interview with upcoming Alt-R&B artist Kairos The Writer off the back of his recent EP release "AND STILL I LOVE". Enjoy!
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Interlude - "Remedy" By Dezaulait
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The Brooklyn-based Hip-Hop group Stetsasonic were one of the premier innovators of the 80s. At any given moment you could hear live instrumentation, sampling and beat-boxing. You could also hear elements of Jazz, R&B, Reggae & Rock. Considering their era, the creative foundations they laid is undeniable.
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Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (13:45)
On Fire - (20:51)
In Full Gear - (31:04)
Blood, Sweat & No Tears - (43:47)
Here We Go Again - (55:38)
Lighter Note - (1:07:33)
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The 00s was a unique moment in Hip-Hop history and American culture at large. A lot of the hallmarks of 00s Hip-Hop could be seen through Harlem's own DIPSET, led by Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana & Freekey Zekey.
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Ben:
Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:50)
Diplomatic Immunity - (25:24)
Diplomatic Immunity 2 - (39:12)
Diplomatic Ties - (51:10)
Lighter Note - (1:00:40)
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On this edition of Contemporary Cool: Charlie gets to the bottom of why he's not that into Freddie Gibbs by spinning his debut album and Ben invites torture by having us talk about supergroup Slaughterhouse's poorly aged sophomore effort.
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ESGN - (17:35)
Welcome To: OUR HOUSE - (39:55)
Lighter Note (Every Noise at Once) - (1:00:33)
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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, an American audience that probably never understood them.
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Ben:
Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:37)
Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience - (20:18)
The Bliss Album...? - (31:39)
Jesus Wept - (40:34)
Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad - (47:22)
Fucked Music - (55:58)
Lighter Note - (1:11:16)
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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:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (17:28)
Livin' Proof - (19:57)
A Tear for the Ghetto - (31:19)
Where Back - (37:35)
Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal - (40:45)
Forever - (46:13)
Lighter Note - (51:16)
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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, all the way to her Top 5 and chatting Hip-Hop long after that.
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Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan
Interlude - "perenne" By Juan RIOS
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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:
Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:35)
The BDI Thug - (25:19)
Chemistry - (32:50)
The Formula - (38:13)
Survival Skills - (42:11)
The Solution - (51:35)
Backpack Travels - (54:39)
Lighter Note - (1:01:00)
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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:
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Da Storm - (25:30)
The M-Pire Shrikez Back - (38:10)
Lighter Note - (48:36)
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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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Charlie:
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:21)
Dah Shinin' - (18:50)
The Rude Awakening - (28:17)
Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded - (36:59)
Smif-n-Wessun: The Album - (45:28)
Monumental - (50:40)
The All - (54:32)
Infinity - (1:00:26)
Lighter Note - (1:04:42)
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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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Duppy Writer - (13:11)
On A Mission - (33:41)
Lighter Note - (1:00:32)
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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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Charlie
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:17)
Enta da Stage - (16:14)
War Zone - (26:37)
Total Eclipse - (35:06)
Rise of da Moon - (44:17)
Lighter Note - (54:33)
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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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Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (15:32)
Nocturnal - (23:17)
Magnum Force - (33:45)
D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) - (40:56)
Lighter Note - (53:18)
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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:
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Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (12:32)
For the People - (19:51)
The Chosen Few - (28:01)
The Last Stand - (34:27)
Casualties of War - (39:07)
Lighter Note - (46:43)
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