Ep.285 - #UKBHM 2024: MC Duke

It's time for another Contemporary Cool in which Ben makes a YouTube video with his pick of Ab-Soul's "HERBERT" and Charlie gives love to Garage with DJ Spoony-led "Garage Classical".TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Ab-Soul - Soul BurgerASAP Ferg - DAROLDReal Boston Richey - Richey RichNatty - The Divine TrinityCharlie:Common Saints - Cinema 3000Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The WashingNectar Woode - Head Above WaterVibbar - Gyal ThoughtsMark Kavuma & The Banger Factory - Magnum OpusAb-Soul - Soul BurgerHERBERT - (11:39)Garage Classical - (44:26)Lighter Note - (1:06:55)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.And be sure to keep up with Brandon's Journalism.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

With the Young Thug/YSL RICO trial done & dusted, we invited Music Journalist & 5EPN Alum Brandon Hill to come through to talk about the trial, sentencing; the wider ramifications of this trial to Hip-Hop (& more specifically Lil Durk) and the implied silencing of Young Thug through his future musical content.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:17)Brandon:Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nceJoe James - BEAST LIVINGEarthGang - Perfect FantasyBen:Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nceBig Moochie Grape - Eat or Get Ate 2Conductor Williams - Conductor We Have a Problem Pt. 3Westside Gunn - Still PrayingLloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc VLil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake 2Charlie:The Headhunters - The Stunt ManVic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 5Nappy Nina & Swarvy - Nothing Is My Favorite ThingMaassai - DEC0N$tRUCT!0NLin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis - WarriorsKokoroko - Get The MessageBraxton Cook - My EverythingAstrocolor - Stargazing - AstroJazz, Vol. 2Ol' Burger Beats - Welcome To NorwayThe Conversation - (19:28) Lighter Note - (1:04:53)Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.And be sure to keep up with Brandon's Journalism.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

For the final UKBHM retrospective of this year, we look at the career and solo discography of sonic nomad Neneh Cherry who has traversed the UK music landscape from the 80s onwards to now with a penchant for always doing it differently than her peers.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)Ben:Kembe X - it's not that deepNappy Nina - Nothing is my Favourite ThingDeJ Loaf - End of SummerPayroll Giovanni - Hustle MuzikCharlie:Imperial & Awon - On TempoThe Doppelgangaz - G Pack, Vol. 6Ray BLK - A Forest FireSamara Cyn - The Drive HomeMORGAN - Emotional GangsterJoe James - BEAST LIVINGBawo - It Means Hope Where I'm FromChe Noir - The Lotus ChildMegan Thee Stallion - MEGAN: ACT IITopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (16:22)Raw Like Sushi - (26:44)Homebrew - (37:11)Man - (45:59)Blank Project - (51:29)Broken Politics - (57:02)The Versions - (1:03:57)Lighter Note - (1:12:06) 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

Before he was Congo Natty, he was Rebel MC and it is genuinely tough to decide which alter ego of dual threat Michael West is the most influential. As a Hip-Hop Pod, we cover Rebel MC and the three album run under that name, mixing Hip-Hop, House, Dance & Pop with samples from every Jamaican music genre to date.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:51)Ben:Benny The Butcher x 38 Spesh - Stabbed & Shot 2Yeat - Lyfestyleian - Goodbye HorsesDJ Rude One - Upper SpaceCharlie:Protoje - The Jamaican SituationBINA. - Chaos Is Her NameAlfa Mist & Amika Quartet - Recurring (Live At King's Place)Ashley Henry - Who We AreHomeboy Sandman - Turns Out I Can Tell A Few of These After AllRoy Hargrove - Grande-TerreTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:07) Rebel Music - (21:41)Black Meaning Good - (30:29) Word, Sound and Power - (37:51)Lighter Note - (50:04) 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

When UK Hip-Hop zigged, Demon Boyz zagged. Whilst they managed to get two albums out before their split, boy did they make effort to do it differently and incidentally became a key connection between Hip-Hop and Jungle. TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:54)Ben:Rome Streetz - Hatton Garden HoldupXV & Mike Summers - Blog Era Is Dead Iglooghost - Tidal Memory ExoCharlie:Layfullstop - RUGGED (Part 2)Nilla Allin - NILLAWOODCHERISE - ButterDeema - C4LL MY PHONEÄyanna - About Ä BoyMatt Wilde - It's A DelightHak Baker - Nostalgia Death Act 2Curren$y & DJ.Fresh - The EncoreBigXthaPlug - TAKE CAREDua Saleh - I SHOULD CALL THEM Amaria - Free Fallin'Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know YouBnnyhunna - ECHOES OF PRAYER7xvethegenius - Death of DeuceSans Soucis - Circumnavigating GeorgiaSamRecks - BALANCEShocka - Vulnerability is the New CoolXV & Mike Summers - Blog Era Is Dead Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (23:30)Recognition - (30:17)Original Guidance (The Second Chapter) - (44:42)Lighter Note - (58:43) 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

In our 2nd UKBHM retrospective for the '24 crop, we get into the group Hardnoise, (Now known as Son Of Noise) who - along with temporary label mates Hijack - brought an antagonistic edge to UK Hip-Hop.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47)Ben:Tee Grizzley - Post TraumaticThe Voidz - Like All Before YouJamie xx - In WavesCharlie:Mark Kavuma - The DandyLynda Dawn - 11th HourSuni MF - yellow goldAdrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 021Master Peace - How To Make A(nuva) Master PeaceAwon & High John - Odyssey DiscoSeun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) Thee Sacred Souls - Got a Story To TellLeon Bridges - LeonKofi Stone - A Man After God's Own Heart Filah Lah Lah - ON AIRTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:37)The Mighty Son of Noise - (25:57)Access Denied: Bullshit and Politics Pt 1 - (32:55)Lighter Note - (44:47) 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

For a bonus episode, an interview for you to step to! Charlie talks to UK DJ/Production duo The Allergies, talking their beginnings, how they gained/cultivated their taste; their new album "Freak The Speaker" and their Top 5. If you haven't spun a WG interview, here's a good gateway for you!Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.Music - "Hold Please" & "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

We begin our 2024 edition of our UK Black History Month series with one of UK Hip-Hop's earliest success stories in MC Duke who was the guy in the late 80s, culminating in two albums of varying quality and the American vocal inflections that was plaguing the early years of UK Hip-Hop.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:47)Ben:Tara Lily - Speak In The DarkCharlie:Vacatixn - GEMINI FLOWKamaiyah - Before We Party9th Wonder & Give Em Soul - ONE FORTY SEVENA-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 2The Hoodies - NOBODY BIGGER THAN WEMysie - CONTROLLAMonaleo - Throwing BowsAmahla - Enough: The CollectionTara Lily - Speak In The DarkBilal - Adjust BrightnessNines - Quit While You're AheadTSHA - Sad GirlEzra Collective - Dance, No One's WatchingTopic Intro/Ben's Research House - (18:55)Organised Rhyme - (28:47)Return of the Dread-i - (38:35)Lighter Note - (51:42)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

The duo of Method Man & Redman seemed like an unofficial duo. They did a lot together in the late 90s/early 00s including "How High", two TV shows that got prematurely cancelled and of course the two "Blackout!" albums. But even with all that, it seemed like their partnership was more an "in the moment between friends" thing than genuinely building a musical legacy as a duo.Catch Up:Ep.128 - RedmanEp.149 - Method Man: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 4TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (1:24)Ben:MC Lyte - 1 of 1Future - MIXTAPE PLUTOCharlie:Jourden - Straight, No ChaseLady Blackbird - Slang SpiritualsAdanna Duru - stuck in a record dealParis Nights - Full Package: Act 2Jeryh Luz - LuzThe Alchemist - The Genuine ArticulateXenia Manasseh - LOVE/HATE Pt. 2Jaz Karis - SAFE FLIGHTSarina - What U Didn't KnowBlu & Exile - Love (the) Ominous WorldMC Lyte - 1 of 1Alemeda - FK ITNubya Garcia - Odyssey Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (28:53)Blackout! - (37:39) Blackout! 2 - (46:52) Lighter Note - (1:00:41) 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

The trio of Naughty By Nature walked the tightrope better than anybody... Mainstream appeal but still Hip-Hop to the core; everybody and their grandmother has swayed to "Hip-Hop Hooray" and Naughty By Nature had the recipe for a few albums. But the tightrope walk didn't last forever.TIMESTAMPS:Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)Ben:Paris Hilton - Infinite IconCharlie:Ian Kelly - A Summer Pack With LoveAmethyst - DaydreamingLARA' - LuvologyTerrace Martin - Nintindo SoulTalib Kweli & J. Rawls - The Confidence Of KnowingRAYE - Live at Montreux Jazz FestivalIndependent Leaders - (14:21)Naughty by Nature - (22:16)19 Naughty III - (31:42)Poverty's Paradise - (40:13)Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury - (47:15)IIcons - (54:22)Anthem Inc. - (1:01:45)Lighter Note - (1:10:14) 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