All Episodes
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Ep.222 - The Roots
In this chunky episode, we get into the work of The Roots where whilst we would make an effort to bomb through discographies for the sake of time, we simply couldn't f...
Ep.221 - Tambo & Bones Interview
In a change of pace from usual DITD proceedings, Charlie was invited to see a play in Theatre Royal Stratford East called "Tambo & Bones", written by West Philly's own...
Ep.220 - Canibus
The story of Canibus is probably the best suited for a podcast built on retrospectives such as this. Whilst his music can easily be passed off as "rapper has verbal di...
Ep.219 - DITD Bites, Vol. 18
On the 18th edition of DITD Bites: Tyler, The Creator hopped on Rap Radar recently and made some interesting quotes that we wanted to unpack. So we do that, getting in...
Ep.218 - Wu-Tang Clan: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 11
After 10 chapters, we've finally reached the conclusion of our "Book Of Wu" series. If you haven't spun the series, feel free to spin all 12 episodes here. For the fin...
Ep.217 - Mid-Year Report '23
Happy June! We're nearly halfway through the year, which means it's time for our Mid-Year Report! How the 50th Year of Hip-Hop has been faring, what albums we rate so ...
Ep.216 - Chamillionaire
Houston's Chamillionaire was a child of 8 Ball & MJG, UGK and Geto Boys. His single "Ridin" was one of the most ubiquitous songs of the 00s. But after a couple of albu...
Ep.215 - Wyclef Jean
After covering Pras last week, we thought it was a good a time as any to look into the Fugees member that seems to have no issue in dropping music on a consistent basi...
Ep.214 - Pras
Pras has been in the news in recent years, but not for anything music related. So since he was formally found guilty in a foreign influence case, now seems a good a ti...
Ep.213 - Is Hip-Hop Right Wing?
All answers begin with a question and sometimes that question needs to be blunt. But never fear, we try and break the question down as only we can. It's not a question...
Ep.212 - DITD Bites, Vol. 17
For the 17th edition of DITD Bites we get into the AI Music debate and the concept of Video Essays/Documentaries, asking WHY do people like Trap Lore Ross make the vid...
Ep.211 - Jim Jones
When you look at Jim Jones' career, it's one of hard work and dedication to squeezing every benefit out of a deal. But hard work only gets you so far... Hard work can'...
Ep.210 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 10
For the 10th edition of Contemporary Cool: We get into the works of Tink's 2013 tape "Winter's Diary 2: Forever Yours" and August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper & Karr...
Ep.209 - DITD 4th Anniversary Special
Four years ago on April 10th, Diggin' In The Digits began. Since that Tuesday, we have dropped an episode every Tuesday. We've never missed a drop and have learnt so m...
Ep.208 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 6
For this edition of "the real HHN" where we explore projects just outside of the Hip-Hop purview, we get into the works of Bryson Tiller's "T R A P S O U L" and Gorill...
Ep.207 - Women's History Month '23 - Rah Digga
We finish off our Women's History Month celebrations with an artist that was so close to blowing up - but with a shelved 2nd album - lost steam. It seems that whenever...
Ep.206 - Women's History Month '23 - Sweet Tee
For our third WHM retrospective, we look at another one-and-done artist in Sweet Tee; with an additional conversation on the unique place 80s Hip-Hop artists are histo...
Ep.205 - Women's History Month '23 - Ms. Melodie
We continue our Women's History Month celebrations with a look at the one & done work of Ms. Melodie: The first lady of BDP and an essential cog in the lives of many, ...
Ep.204 - Women's History Month '23 - Mia X
We begin our Women's History Month celebrations with the First Lady of No Limit: Mia X. Her music was unmistakably 'No Limit' but when looking past the hits, came some...
Ep.203 - Contemporary Cool, Vol. 9
We boot up Contemporary Cool once again and for Volume 9 we look at the barely talked about work "7 Days Of Funk" and the blueprint for collective collaboration in The...
Ep.202 - RZA: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 10 (Pt.2)
We continue with Part 2 of our RZA retrospective with a look at his solo work which - whilst it may deliver less than desired - is an interesting creative wrinkle to o...
Ep.201 - RZA: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 10 (Pt.1)
We reach the last solo retrospective of Wu-Tang Clan members, finishing with the leader of it all: RZA. In the first of a two-parter, we talk about RZAs leadership as ...
Ep.200 - "Rapper" or "Artist"
On Ep.200 of DITD: Lil Yachty's comments on being taken seriously, reignited a decades old dialogue.
Ep.199 - Capital STEEZ
On Ep.199 of DITD: A retrospective on the brief career of Capital STEEZ.
Ep.198 - Inspectah Deck: The Book Of Wu - Chapter 9
On Ep.198 of DITD: Continuing our Book Of Wu series with the solo work of Inspectah Deck.
Ep.197 - Three 6 Mafia
On Ep.197 of DITD: A retrospective on the Memphis pioneers: Three 6 Mafia.
Ep.196 - Gangsta Boo
On Ep.196 of DITD: A retrospective on the late Gangsta Boo.
Ep.195 - DITD Bites, Vol. 16
On Ep.195 of DITD: Our 16th edition of DITD Bites; taking stock of 2022.
Ep.194 - Hip-Hop Neighbours, Vol. 5
On Ep.194 of DITD: Volume Five of Hip-Hop Neighbours. Covering Soul II Soul & Blondie.
Ep.193 - 2022 Metacritic Album Score Review
On Ep.193 of DITD: We go through the '22 Metacritic Hip-Hop album scores.