One of New York's many voices of the streets, Cormega's jail stint and on/off professional relationship with Nas stunted his 90s but in the 00s he went independent, came out swinging and is still swinging to this day.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:19)
Ben:

• Arca - XXXXX
• Editors - Surface, Echo & Sound
• Kasabian - ACT III

Charlie:

• H31R (JWords & Maassai) - AIR FLOW
• JONES - Come Up For Air
• Treasure Bloom - LOVESICK
• Goya Gumbani - Bean Pie
• K.Zia - HOMEFREEQUENCIES - ACT I
• The Midnight Hour (Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad) - The Midnight Hour: Lost Tapes JID028
• Cordae & Anderson .Paak - Heavy Is The Crown
• Shocka - CONSCIOUS GRIME 2

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:04)

The Realness - (21:32)

The True Meaning - (33:47)

The Testament - (42:41)

Born and Raised - (50:23)

Mega Philosophy - (54:06)

The Realness II - (56:20)

Lighter Note - (1:03:32)

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Music - "Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points (Thanks to Chillhop Music for the right to use)

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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
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The Beauty Of Independence

In a new yearly series, we take a look back to 2016 and give our Top 10 albums of 2016 (in different ways) and talk about 2016 as a whole from the sounds to the releases.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:24)
Ben:

• Che Noir - It Takes A Village

Charlie:

• Leon The God - Water, To Grow
• KenTheMan - I Love 304s
• TSHA - Mi Casa
• JHart - The Full Fantasy
• NAO - Autumn
• Gotts Street Park - Somewhere Between
• Grace Carter - When Saturn Returns
• The Allergies - Beneath This Sun
• Rachel Chinouriri - I think I spoke too soon
• Joyce Wrice - MACHIKO

The Top 10s - (12:20)
2016 Reflections - (1:05:16)

Charlie's Top 10

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

We finish our #UKBHM celebrations with Krispy 3, a Lancashire trio that actually took their work past the early 90s and became a bridge of sorts between the 1st generation of UK Hip-Hop artists and the 2nd.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (0:58)
Ben:

• The Avalanches - No Bad Memories

Charlie:

• Oscar #WorldPeace - TELL ME SORRY
• Strange Fruit Project - Beautiful Rage
• Sunset Tim & Heather Grey - Earl Grey
• Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin - WA SANGI
• Tamera - Undeniable
• ALA.NI & Adrian Younge - Proud of Me
• ovrkast. - STRIKING
• Dani Offline - Lover's Discourse
• Nyota Parker - WHAT IS A TIMELINE?

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (10:29)
Krispy 3 (Self-titled) - (17:09)
Can't Melt The Wax - (27:20)
From The Country - (35:42)
Lighter Note - (51:23)

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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