What began as a Grammy Award-winning group out of the gate, Arrested Development - led by rapper/producer Speech - are still the same in their ethos even though many members have come & gone and the mainstream binned them after their sophomore album. Nearly 40 years later, they're still creating accessible Hip-Hop with positive and incisive commentary.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:33)
Ben:

• Death Cab for Cutie - I Built You a Tower

Charlie:

• Awon & The Other Guys - Solidified
• Will Kobus & Mettaworldzeke - it's only as deep as you make it
• Seu Jorge - The Other Side
• Khrysis - Khrysis On The Boards v.3
• aja Monet - the color of rain

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:05)
3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... - (11:06)
Zingalamaduni - (18:02)
Heroes of the Harvest - (22:23)
Among the Trees - (24:52)
Since the Last Time - (28:13)
Strong - (31:00)
Standing at the Crossroads - (34:08)
Changing the Narrative - (36:06)
This Was Never Home - (39:29)
Craft & Optics - (42:36)
Don't Fight Your Demons - (46:58)
For the Fkn Love - (49:09)
Bullets In The Chamber - (53:57)
Adult Contemporary Hip Hop - (56:39)
Lighter Note - (1:02:38)

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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Goodie Mob is one of those interesting entities that make you ask yourself: Do I like [artist] evolving their sound & style? When it comes to Goodie Mob, for Ben it's yes, for Charlie, it's no. Who's right?*

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:57)
Ben:

• Vince Staples - Cry Baby
• Genesis Owusu - RESDTAR WU
• Broken Social Scene - Remember the Humans
• Modest Mouse - An Eraser and a Maze
• Skrillex - SOMA

Charlie:

• Konyikeh - Cinere
• Latanya Alberto - Seen
• Charlie Hunter, Corey Fonville, Andrew Randazzo & DJ Harrison - Space Bomb
• Lakecia Benjamin - We Dream
• Sparklmami - in this body

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (9:22)

Soul Food - (12:44)

Still Standing - (23:02)

World Party - (32:34)

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - (38:29)

Age Against the Machine - (45:26)

Survival Kit - (54:00)

Lighter Note - (1:02:50)

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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

*We both are.

The duo of Blu & Exile came together out of orbiting similar circles in an 00s Underground that didn't have a 1 MC, 1 Producer duo of note. They in turn created a cult classic out the gates. Now - after an eight year hiatus in the middle - they're creating what could be considered their best work.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:00)
Ben:

• JPEGMAFIA - Experimental Rap
• Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World
• Digitalism - Optimism
• Boards of Canada - Inferno

Charlie:

• Evidence & Monday Night - Football
• Sylvan LaCue - Hoarding: A Memoir by Sylvan LaCue
• 38 Spesh - 8 Shots
• Harvs Le Toad - Between Lilypads
• heavensouls - westside trapped
• Jada & S14H - THE ZENITH
• Jon Onabowu - Now's The Time
• IYAMAH - chapter five
• Jalen N'Gonda - Doctrine of Love
• Vince Staples - Cry Baby
• Labrinth - COSMIC OPERA ACT II

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:54)

Below the Heavens - (26:03)

Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them - (43:28)

Miles: From an Interlude Called Life - (52:25)

Love (the) Ominous World - (1:04:50)

Time Heals Everything - (1:10:07)

Lighter Note - (1:17:02)

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) - @HipHopNumbers
5E (Twitter & IG) - @The5thElementUK
ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92

Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence