Diggin' In The Digits

On Ep.158 of DITD: A retrospective on Talib & Yasiin's duo, Black Star.

Show Notes

With the long-awaited 2nd Black Star album on the horizon, we thought it would be a good opportunity to look back at the first album and how Talib Kweli and then named Mos Def managed to produce one of the crown jewels of Hip-Hop.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:23) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics) 
  • Wet Leg - Wet Leg
  • Swedish House Mafia - Paradise Again
  • Tee Grizzley - Half Tee Half Beast
  • Jas Kayser - Jas 5ive (EP)
  • Mensing & Vacatixn - Thelonious Monks (EP)
  • Halfpenny - Chapter
  • Bas - [BUMP] Pick Me Up (EP)
  • Richard Spaven - Spirit Beats (EP)
  • Polyester the Saint - IN US WE TRUST side B
  • Vic Spencer & Doc Da Mindbenda - Still Here
  • The Miseducation of the Insta Generation
Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:35)
Black Star and its 90s peers - (33:52)
Stats & stories about the album - (44:12)
Thoughts on the album & Lyric game returns (53:19)
How the 2nd album came & what we're expecting - (1:07:07)
Lighter Note - (1:25:40)

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Creators & Guests

Host
Ben Carter
Hip Hop Stats.
Host
Charlie Taylor
Director of The 5th Element

What is 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.

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