Happy New Year, DITD listeners! Ben returns from his holiday hiatus and we kick off 2026 by taking one more look back at 2025, talking about our two favourite albums of last year. For once, it's an all Hip-Hop affair!

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

• Nas & DJ Premier - Light Years

Ben's No.2 - (5:32)
Charlie's No.2 - (20:11)
Ben's No.1 - (33:25)
Charlie's No.1 - (44:38)
Lighter Note - (57:52)

Ben's Album list
Charlie's Top 10 Albums

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

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!

• D-Ace & K.A.A.N. - Kaancepts
• Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 6

Ben's Album list

#5EUK Top EPs Of The Half-Decade (Pt. 1)
#5EUK Top EPs Of The Half-Decade (Pt. 2)
#5EUK 10 Songs Added To The Regular Rotation (2025)
#5EUK Top 25 EPs of 2025

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

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!

• Big L - Harlem's Finest: Return Of The King
• Novelist - AUDACITY
• Paul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - STILL REMINISCING
• Paul Stephan, BexBlu, Awaiting Kvng - Protect The Silence
• Pozzy - it's all up in the air
• Saiming - what's the alternative?

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ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom
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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
In Search of Sauce
Black Women Watch...
5EPN Radio
The Beauty Of Independence

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!

• J Hus - Half Clip
• A-F-R-O - No More Patience
• Iman Europe & Kaelin Ellis - Chrysalis
• threetwenty - separate from the noise
• Nas & DJ Premier - Light Years

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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

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!

• Adi Oasis - Silver Lining
• Big K.R.I.T. - Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz
• Skyzoo - Views Of A Lifetime
• redveil - sankofa
• Breis - Stranger On Earth

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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

Welcome to Charlie's Weekly Music Roundup to hold you down where I talk about my spins in the past week with a little more detail than I do typically! As per usual, all works talked about are below. Enjoy!

• Jordyn Simone - REMEMBER WHEN
• TrueMendous & Tony Bones The Producer - No Round of Applause
• Gabriel Jacoby - gutta child
• Vic Santoro - 1000 Burpees
• Von Pea & The Other Guys - Putcha Weight On It
• DoomCannon - Somewhere in Between
• Vic Spencer - Show & Prove, Not Back & Forth
• Anti Lilly & Phoniks - All Good Things
• Mungo's HiFi - Soundsystem Champions 2
• Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory - Back To The Beginning

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

Hello DITD listeners! Every year, I offer Ben the opportunity to take the month off in the same way I take time off my show and after all these years, he finally took it!

So there'll be no new DITD episodes for the remainder of the year, however I'll try to provide you with something else to hold you down.

Thanks to Ben and you the listener, have a great holiday season and we will be back in January '26!

Blessings,

Charlie.

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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

From their inventive D.A.I.S.Y. Age run to their new (& probably last) opus dropped last week, the career of De La Soul is unlike any other in Hip-Hop history. With label issues being the only thing that held them back, they always put out Art Official Intelligence when the time was right.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)
Charlie:

• Mysie - SALTY
• edbl - nylon
• Deshawn Visionz - Skies On Fire Tonight
• Dexter in the Newsagent - Time Flies
• Celeste - Woman Of Faces

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (8:25)

3 Feet High and Rising - (13:34)

De La Soul Is Dead - (19:22)

Buhloone Mindstate - (29:37)

Stakes Is High - (32:55)

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump - (39:13)

AOI: Bionix - (42:42)

The Grind Date - (47:07)

And the Anonymous Nobody... - (49:45)

Cabin in the Sky - (57:11)
Lighter Note - (1:06:07)

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