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Diggin' In The Digits - Podcast

Diggin' In The Digits

Welcome to "Diggin' In The Digits", where Creator of 'Hip-Hop By The Numbers' Ben Carter and Director of 'The 5th Element' Charlie Taylor deliver entirely unique retrospectives behind Hip-Hop's biggest artists, stories & its roots, discussing them in detail.

From Australia to the UK and beyond.

A 5EPN Original.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
82 minutes
Episodes
339
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Ep.332 - Group Home

Ep.332 - Group Home

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 …

01:03:53  |   Tue 02 Sep 2025
An Interview W/ Jazztronica Artist Kinzoogianna

An Interview W/ Jazztronica Artist Kinzoogianna

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…

01:36:08  |   Wed 27 Aug 2025
Ep.331 - Buckshot

Ep.331 - Buckshot

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 produ…

01:10:53  |   Tue 26 Aug 2025
Ep.330 - O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz)

Ep.330 - O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz)

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'…

00:59:46  |   Tue 19 Aug 2025
Ep.329 - An Interview W/ Intercept Music's Jesse Flores

Ep.329 - An Interview W/ Intercept Music's Jesse Flores

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…

00:57:35  |   Tue 12 Aug 2025
Ep.328 - Smif-N-Wessun

Ep.328 - Smif-N-Wessun

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…

01:16:02  |   Tue 05 Aug 2025
Ep.327 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 14

Ep.327 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 14

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…

01:09:30  |   Tue 29 Jul 2025
Ep.326 - Black Moon

Ep.326 - Black Moon

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 m…

01:07:19  |   Tue 22 Jul 2025
Ep.325 - Heltah Skeltah

Ep.325 - Heltah Skeltah

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 bes…

01:11:32  |   Tue 15 Jul 2025
Ep.324 - Boot Camp Clik

Ep.324 - Boot Camp Clik

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/individ…

01:02:35  |   Tue 08 Jul 2025
Ep.323 - Half-Decade Top 5 Special

Ep.323 - Half-Decade Top 5 Special

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 …

01:55:48  |   Tue 01 Jul 2025
Ep.322 - Sean Price

Ep.322 - Sean Price

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…

01:21:29  |   Tue 24 Jun 2025
Ep.321 - Slick Rick

Ep.321 - Slick Rick

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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01:26:18  |   Tue 17 Jun 2025
Ep.320 - DJ Quik

Ep.320 - DJ Quik

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…

01:13:22  |   Tue 10 Jun 2025
Ep.319 - MC Shan

Ep.319 - MC Shan

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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01:11:34  |   Tue 03 Jun 2025
Ep.318 - dead prez

Ep.318 - dead prez

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…

01:12:58  |   Tue 27 May 2025
Ep.317 - Will Smith

Ep.317 - Will Smith

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 freque…

01:19:36  |   Tue 20 May 2025
Ep.316 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Ep.316 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

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…

01:30:11  |   Tue 13 May 2025
Ep.315 - Schoolly D

Ep.315 - Schoolly D

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 go…

01:20:26  |   Tue 06 May 2025
Ep.314 - Spoonie Gee

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, i…

00:32:47  |   Tue 29 Apr 2025
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