21.12.10 20/20 HipHop Awards!

IT'S HERE.

You voted, we counted - and wow, did you guys throw up some surprises. This Top 10 is unlike any other we've had before. Never before have we had an act claim two spots on the roster. Never before have we had the same act do it in the top three. And never have the heavy hitters been beaten at the last minute by a complete surprise entry.

Put it this way: the guy who got to number one is going to knock your socks off.

Thank you for voting. Thank you for listening. We're back in 2011. And by the way, to say thank you in an extra-special way, one of you walked away with some swanky vinyl and CDs. Who was it? Better listen to find out if it was you! 

14.12.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Four words: Brand. New. Dr. Dre. Or rather, one word: Detox. It's coming, we have the first single, and it sounds amazing. You need to hear this. That, along with plenty of other great hip-hop...And did we mention this little thing called the 20/20 Hip-Hop Awards 2010? You have ONE WEEK to vote, and possibly win yourself some seriously cool music from The Foreign Exchange, Shad and Brother Ali. Tell us what your favourite rap album of the year is: just email rob@rechargedradio.com.

Kush f/Snoop Dogg and Akon - Dr Dre 

Still DRE f/Snoop Dogg - Dr. Dre 

Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre and Ice Cube 

Standard Procedure - Dr. Syntax 

Mine for the Taking- Skreintax 

Three Story Building- Copywrite 

All Rise - Prose 

Soobax -K'Naan 

Swordfish (Remix) f/Roc Marciano - Pumpkinhead 

Doing It Right - Last Days Fam 

All Around the A -Proverb 

Raise 'Em Up - Proverb 

Nothin' On Me- Proverb 

Kill 'Em Wit The Flow f/Clph Barker - Skandal 

07.12.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Dr Syntax is about to drop his funky-as-hell new album Benny Huge. We've dropped a couple of joints from it in past episodes, but what we want to play today is something a bit more fun. Synners put out a tune a few years ago called Subcultures, one of the funniest rap tracks you'll ever hear. It just got a sequel, which if anything is even more hysterical. All that and more on this 20/20 - and have you voted in the 20/20 Hip-Hop Awards yet? You should: you could win some ace prizes. Listen to the show for more!

Explicit and Pro Zak - Where The Angels Fly

Dr Syntax - Subcultures

Dr Syntax - Subcultures Part 2

Supar Novar - All The Way

Verb T - Tearing The Sky Down feat. Fliptrix and Kashmere

Celph Titled and Buckwild - Miss Those Days

The Electric - Beautiful feat. Yarah Bravo

Prose - All Rise (Nice Beats Skit)

Method Man And Redman - I Know Sumptn feat. Poo Bear

Method Man And Redman - Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers

Rakaa - Crown Of Thorns feat. Aloe Blacc

Shad - Listen

Mystro - Come Fly (Remix) feat. Daniel Merriweather

Skitz - Struggla feat. Rodney P, Kardinall Offishall and Skibb

30.11.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

As the snow pours down outside, we're taking it back to the classics. No, not old-school classics (what do you think this is? Just Buggin'?) but rather good joints from guys like Mos Def, Outkast and Heiroglyphics. Plus a Slikour triple play, brand new Lyrics Born and some Doc Syntax. In case you catch cold, obviously.

Fear Not Of Man - Mos Def 

Hip Hop - Mos Def 

Ready to Go  - Urthboy 

Coz We Want To - Single pH 

War Is My Destiny - Ill Bill 

Standing In The Shadows - Gangrene 

Communicate - Geology 

Hire Me - Dr. Syntax 

Block Bots - Lyrics Born 

Fallin' - Slikour 

All the Way- Slikour 

Eight -Slikour 

Soweto - Heiroglyphics 

Psychedelic Phlegm (Remix) -Jehst 

Red Velvet - Outkast 

23.11.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

J.Cole's Friday Night Lights has landed. Our take? It's aight. We drop Villematic, plus that mad joint I'm Coming Home (Diddy who?) And if you think that was the only album launch last week, best believe that Alchemist and Oh No want a word. They're known as Gangrene. They rock.

J. Cole - I'm Coming Home
Verb T - Tearing The Sky Down Ft. Fliptrix And Kashmere
Gangrene - Gutter Water Ft. Raekwon
Gangrene - Wassup Wassup Ft. Fashawn And Evidence
Nottz - Never Caught Slippin' Ft. Snoop Dogg And Royce Da 5'
Neg Marrons Ft. Big Ali - Jeux De Jambes [Wegotitfirst]
Ras Kass - Scenario 2012 Ft. Planet Asia, Phil The Agony, Krond
Tumi And The Volume - Never Deny You (Studio Version) Ft. Neo Muyanga
Big Boi - Shine Blockas Ft. Gucci Mane
Bliss N Eso - Late One Night
Shad - Listen
Celph Titled And Buckwild - Miss Those Days
Stig Of The Dump - I Got Game

16.11.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Remember Kashmere? He of the comic-book-filled Recharged interview? His boy Verb T has just dropped the superb Serious Games, of which we have a funky-ass triple play for you on this episode. Plus your usual weekly dose of delicious dopeness...

Brother Ali - Breakin' Dawn

Chali 2na - Lock Shit Down

Rhymefest - Devil's Pie

Don't Feel Right - The Roots

Long Time - The Roots

Different Life - Zubz

Miss Those Days - Celph Titled and Buckwild

Deal Maker - Celph Titled and Buckwild

Sound The Alarm - Verb T

Life Is... - verb T

Close - Verb T

A Son's Cycle - RJD2

THe Problem - Brotherman

Closed CHapter - Black Milk

09.11.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Celph Titled + Buckwild = Good combo. For the former's debut album, he recruited the latter's beats - all made in the mid-90s - and created one of the most surprisingly fresh records of this year. We have one hell of a triple play! And of course, that J Cole is getting a work out. Who cares if it was a 'reference' track for Puff Daddy? Cole rocks.

Duffle Bag Brothers - Termanalogy and Checkmark
The Deal Maker - Celph Titled and Buckwild
I Could Write A Rhyme - Celph Titled and Buckwild
Styles Ain't Raw - Celph Titled and Buckwild
Addicted - Bliss n Eso
The People - Common
I Got Game - Stig Of The Dump
Because Your Music - Archie
I'm Coming Home - J.Cole
Nostalgia - Marco Polo
Goodbye Gravity - M-Phazes
Crown Of Thorns - Rakaa Iriscience

02.11.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Big show tonight. Not only do we have a funky bespoke intro (thanks to Holstar for the namecheck) but we have our candidate for track of the year. No, we're not going to tell you what it is. You just need to listen. To keep you going throughout, expect Dr Syntax, Big Boi (who just smashed a show in London) and some...Nicki Minaj? Yep. It's good stuff though!

Holstar - Jingle Drop
The Holstar - Take Us There Feat. Dope G
Dr Syntax - Standard Procedure
Ras Kass - A.D.I.D.A.S. Feat. Frankie Finch
Immortal Technique - Lick Shots Feat. Crooked I And Chino Xl
Kanye West - Monster Feat. Jayz, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj And Bon Iv
Rakaa - Crown Of Thorns Feat. Aloe Blacc
Chillimane - Uyababa Ngempela
Joell Ortiz - Battle Cry
Big Boi - Daddy Fat Sax
Big Boi - Fo Yo Sorrows Feat. George Clinton, Too Short And Sam
Eminem - Session One Feat. Slaughterhouse
Epic - Losing You
Youraudiofix.Com - I'm Coming Home

26.10.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Not often that 20/20 has not one, but two interviews in one night. The main event is Kashmere, who swung by with his boy Cross. We got to hang out, discuss his new album Galaktus: Power Cosmic and talk about comic books. It was a good jam. That, plus Jimmy Flexx from Ill-Literate Skill, who made an entire album - start to finish - in 24 hours. It's a big show. Best get downloading!

Godessa - Mindz AblazeRakaa - Aces High (Feat. Fashawn, Evid)Copywrite - Three Story Building Feat. Dilated Peoples And Mf GrimRah Digga - You Got ItKashmere - The ArkKashmere - Bang SplatKashmere - The Corporation Feat. Jehst And Micall ParknsunIll Literate Skill - Unbreakable Feat. IamwavesJimmy Flexx - InterviewNottz - Never Caught Slippin' Feat. Snoop Dogg And Royce Da 5'

19.10.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Sadly, over the weekend we lost a great battle MC. Eyedea, of Eyedea and Abilities and Rhymesayers, passed away in unknown circmstances. So in his honour, we're dropping the classic yet oddly titled ...Powdered Water Too (don't ask us). And we have some Rah Digga to keep things bouncing. She's ambitiously titled her album 'Classic' - we think it's pretty ace if not the whole way there yet!

I Do It For Yawl - Nottz 

Losing You - Epic 

...Powdered Water Too - Eyedea and Abilities 

Star - Modenine and Alias 

This Ain't No Lil' Kid Rap - Rah Digga 

Classic - Rah Digga 

Feel Good - Rah Digga 

Tell Me When To Go- E-40 

Rise f/Dr Syntax -s Stig Of The Dump 

Ballad Of The Black Gold - Reflection Eternal 

The Express- Reflection Eternal 

Questions - Strong Arm Steady 

Maybe She'll Dream Of Me-The Foreign Exchange 

12.10.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

It's time for a famous triple-double - that is, two triple plays in one go. This time, 20/20 is giving spins to Alias and Modenine, who have just released the excellent Pay At-10-Shun, and Nottz, a grammy-winning producer who is finally getting some shine with his own project. You Need This Music, it's called. He ain't kidding!

Star -n Modenine and Alias 

Pay Attention - Modenine and Alias 

Lose You - Modenine and Alias 

Intro f/Travis Barker - Nottz 

I Do It For Yawl - Nottz 

Never Caught Slippin'- Nottz 

So Please - Jam Baxter 

Exhibit C -Jay Electronica 

Addicted - Bliss N Eso 

Connect 4 - Sean Price 

Give 'Em Hell - Talib Kweli 

Room With A View - Brother Ali 

Enter The Dojo - Tumi And The Volume 

Cherchez LaGhost - Ghostface Killah 

05.10.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

With very few hot singles that are 20/20 worthy popping up this week, it falls to Kids In The Hall and Method Man/Redman to keep the heat on. Triple play from both, making it one of our famous Triple Doubles. Plus, we have an excellent new Ill Literate Skill track called Unbreakable, some Wax Tailor, and is that EMC kicking things off? Yowza!

Who We Be - EMC 

Addicted - Bliss N Eso 

So Wrong - Joell Ortiz 

Ritalin - Kids In The Hall 

Wheelz Fall Off ('06 Til) - Kids In The Hall 

Drivin' Down The Block (Remix) - Kids In The Hall 

Hellz Wind Staff f/Street Life - Wu Tang Clan 

B-Boy On Wax f/Speech Defect -Wax Tailor 

Hey Zulu - Method Man And Redman 

City Lights f/Bun B -Method Man And Redman 

Unbreakable f/Iamwaves - Ill-Literate-Skill 

Number Three - Tumi And The Volume 

Lose You - Modenine and Alias 

28.09.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

There's a truly staggering amount of UK hip-hop on this episode, including new tracks fro Dr Syntax, Unusual Suspects, Kashmere and Prose. Expect plenty of tricksy metaphors, big beats and slightly odd concepts - perfect hip-hop, in other words. Oh, and did we mention we have a Ras Kass triple play? The boy still got it!

It Can Wait - Illy 

Addicted - Bliss N Eso 

A.D.I.D.A.S. F/Frankie Finch - Ras Kass 

Scenario 2012 - Ras Kass 

Where Did She Go? - Ras Kass 

Hire Me - Dr. Syntax 

Seance - Unusual Suspects 

The Corporation - Kashmere 

Life Times -Prose 

Midnight Oil - Notes To Self 

Celestial Sunshine - Tiff 

51 Areas - Muz 

Take Me Home - Brother Ali 

21.09.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Underground Airplay passed a lot of people over. A compilation curated by DJ Spinbad, it was a super-dope mix of cuts that nevertheless lived up to its name by being almost impossible to find. Well, we've found it, and we've got a cracking triple play for ya. That, alongside new jacks Commoners and Kings and Chillimane, old jacks Big Boi and Nas and...French dancehall? Believe it.

Neg Marrons Ft. Big Ali - Jeux De Jambes [Wegotitfirst]

Sheek Louch - This Is Hip_Hop Ft. Termanology And Joell Ortiz

Joell Ortiz - Battle Cry

Commoners And Kings - Three

Zion I - Boom Bip

Jane Doe - Bisexual

Bahamadia - Special Forces Ft. Planet Asia And Rasco

Big Boi - Fo Yo Sorrows Ft. George Clinton, Too Short And Sam 

Blu & Exile - Simply Amazin'

Chillimane - Uyababaxngempela

Nas - Purple

Pharoahe Monch - Desire Ft. Showtime

Jean Grae - Swing Blades Ft. Cannibal Ox

Black Milk - Closed Chapter Ft. Mr Porter

Matt And Kim - Daylight Ft. De La Soul

14.09.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Lyrics Born is one of the best live performers on earth - his show at Dingwalls last year was a masterclass in on-stage ass-kickery. His live album Overnight Encore, recorded in Sydney, is just as fresh, and we have a triple play from it here. Alongside a double-play of Fat Joe, a new Joell Ortiz (Yaowa!) and a replay of that Modenine single that's got everyone talking...

Dj Wich - Dreaming

Lyrics Born - Ydney Intro

Lyrics Born - Shake It Off

Lyrics Born - Pack Up

Joell Ortiz - So Wrong Feat.Talib Kweli, Brother Ali And Jean Grae

Foreign Beggars - Contact Feat.Noisia

Fat Joe - Kilo Feat.Clipse And Cam'ron

Fat Joe - At Last Supremacy Feat.Busta Rhymes

Rattex - Kuse Khaltsha La

Canibus - Merchant Of Metaphors

Reef - O

The Federation - Writer's Block 

Xzibit - Scandalous Bitches

Zion I - Bird's Eye View

Cnn - The Corner Feat.Avery Storm

Modenine - Lose U

07.09.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

20/20 went single-crazy this week. We have new songs so fresh they're still glistening. Black Milk, Rah Digga, Sheek Louch and these guys called The Foreign Exchange (you might have heard of 'em once or twice) are all in the mix, making this another huge night for the best hip-hop show on earth.

Last Days Fam - Doing It Right

Gift Of Gab - In Las Vegas

DJ Honda - Magnetic Arts feat.Mos Def

Black Milk - Deadly Medley feat.Royce Da and Elzhi

Sheek Louch - This Is Hip-Hop feat.Termanology and Joell Ortiz

Rah Digga - This Ain't No Lil Kid Rap (Remix) feat.Redman

Pete Philly and Perquisite - Eager

The Foreign Exchange - Maybe She'll Dream Of Me

Strong Arm Steady - Best of Times feat.Phonte

Proverb - Rise of the Underdog

Fort Minor - Remember The Name feat.Styles of Beyond

Fort Minor - In Stereo

Modenine - Lose U

Cassidy -  Minutes feat.Fabolous and Lil Wayne

31.08.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Capone n Noreaga - otherwise known as CNN - are among the most hardcore groups out there, consistently putting out heat even as Cap lay languishing in prison. Now he's out, and the duo have an outstanding new record out. It does however have one of the worst titles ever. The War Report 2: Report The War. Bit like saying Scream 2: Loud Wailing Noises. Or White Men Can't Jump 2: Earth-bound caucasians. Anyway, we've got two tracks, and you're gonna love 'em. Plus the Power Remix from Kanye. Come on, you knew it was coming!

Power (Remix) - Kanye West f/Jay-Z and Swizz Beats

Non Stop - Partysquad f/Brainpower and TLM

Give It Up - Stig Of The Dump f/Dubbledge and Dr Syntax

Follow Us - Big Boi f/Vonnegut

Smooth Sailing - MethGhostRae

Hood Pride - CNN f/Faith Evans

Brother From Another - CNN

The Corner - CNN

Breathe (Higher) - M-Phazes

Ambassador Slang - Rakaa f/Tasha, Tiger JK, Roscoe Umali, Bigrynz, Moshpit, Dumbfoundead, Tassho Pearce, Tablo, Mithra Jin, Jay Jaballas and King Kapisi

Listen - Shad

Late One Night - Bliss n Eso

Take a Minute - K'Naan

Mukarawa - Nio Zero Plastica

Capital O (Soul Funk Remix) - Optical Ill

24.08.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

It's classic after classic for this episode of 20/20 - plus some returning favourites, like that Raekwon you couldn't get enough of. It's cross-continental as well, shooting from Canada to South Africa to Australia to the UK to the US. Expect the freshest rap music, the craziest verses, the sickest beats, all mashed together in one edible, yummy lump by Rob One.

Brainpower - Mijn Manier

Skitz - Struggla f. Rodney P, Kardinall Offishall and Skibb

Skandal - Everyday f. Black The Ripper

Tumi - Usain Bolt f. Zubz

1982 - Goin' Back f/Cassidy and Xzibit

Stig Of The Dump - I Got Game

Bliss n Eso Flying Through The City - Bliss n Eso Flying Through The City

Eternia - It's Funny f. Joell Ortiz

Godessa - Mindz Ablaze

The Roots - How I Got Over

Illy - My Way

Rakaa - Mean Streak f. Chali 2na

Raekwon - Travel Places

Reflection Eternal - Ballad Of The Black Gold

17.08.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

This edition of 20/20 takes in the stylings of the astounding DJ Wich - Czech Republic stand up! Plus, we have a joint from the rocking new Bliss n Eso album, and a Raekwon joint that you will have never heard before. 20/20 is going global on this episode, and if you missed it this week, then rechargedradio.com is the perfect place to catch up.

Flying Through The City - Bliss N Eso 

Travel Places - Raekwon 

Who Dat - J. Cole 

The Man With The Golden Touch - DJ Wich 

Get Live f/Slum Village -DJ Wich 

Give Up Your Guns -  DJ Wich 

Do My Thing f/Nironic - DJ Wich 

Limpopo - Tumi And The Volume 

Any Riddim - Dynamite MC 

What Happened to the Game - Rasco 

All A Game f/Jean Grae - Block McCloud Of Brooklyn Academy 

Best Kept Secret f/Legacy and RJD2 - Little Brother and Mick Boogie 

To Be Determined-Evidence 

Radio (Remix) f/Exile, Torae and Ruste Juzz - Marco Polo

Raise 'Em Up - Proverb 

10.08.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

Stig. Of. The. Dump. The sexiest fatman in showbiz (well, in rap anyway) is preparing to drop his debut album Mood Swings on Lewis Recordings. We've already played the monster single I Got Game (which opens this episode), but how about some equally fresh album cuts for ya? Absolutely exclusive to 20/20, this one. Oh, and Canibus has hooked up with DJ Premier - as if this episode wasn't already full to bursting! 

I Got Game -  Stig Of The Dump 

Give It Up f/Dr Syntax and Dubbledge - Stig Of The Dump 

Hater - Stig Of The Dump 

A Dose of Godzilla Slang f/Stig of t… - Dr. Syntax 

Don't Worry f/Baby Sol -. Mystro 

Around My Way -d E.P. Mystro 

The Evil 4:25 - Delusionists 

Supa Lyrical Excursion Pt.2 (Tom C… - Delusionists 

Einstein Do It - Ugly Duckling 

Delilah -Rakaa Iriscience 

Golden Terra Of Rap - Canibus 

Kill 'Em Wit The Flow f/Clph Barker -k Skandal 

Godzilla Stomp - Esoteric 

03.08.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

All new music on this cracking edition of 20/20. Four triple plays from four brand new albums: classic NY boom-bap from Marco Polo, a brand new Outkast album (sort of) from Big Boi, a highly experimental joint from Rakaa and some heat from Rhyme Asylum. Bookended by that 1982 and Stig heat. All in all, 20/20 keep the fire stoked.

Goin' Back f/Cassidy and Xzibit- 1982 

The Bridge f/Promise - Marco Polo 

Best To Do It (Marco Polo Remix) - Marco Polo 

Radio (Marco Polo Remix) - Marco Polo 

Daddy Fat Sax - Big Boi 

Fo Yo Sorrows - Big Boi 

Tangerine f/T.I. and Khujo Goodie 4:15 Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of C… Big Boi 

Crown of Thorns f/Aloe Blacc- Rakaa Iriscience 

C.T.D. - Rakaa Iriscience 

Mean Streak f/Chali 2na - Rakaa Iriscience 

Event Horizon f/Crooked I - Rhyme Asylum 

Returmination -Rhyme Asylum 

Open Mic Surgery - Rhyme Asylum 

I Got Game -Stig Of The Dump 

27.07.10 20/20 HipHop Live!

We got some heaters on this one...Plantlife kicking things off with one of the best intros you've ever heard in your life, closely followed by some new cats (DJ IQ, J.Cole) and some old legends (The Creators, Dilated Peoples). It's another jam-packed 20/20, and to keep things interesting we've got a triple-play from the best MC you've never heard of: Mr J Medeiros. It's too fresh. Don't forget to bump the weekly 20-minute podcast at www.2020.mypodcast.com

Time Traveller - Plantlife 

Divine Right Of Kings f/Rhyme Asylum - Crate Creeps 

The Hard Margin f/Mos Def and Talib Kweli - The Creators 

The Platform (Remix) f/Erick Sermon - Dilated Peoples 

8 Bars of Fire - DJ IQ 

Lights Please - J.Cole 

The Essence - Lowkey 

Thoughts (9th July with Vocals) - Mandrackx 

Keep Pace - Mr. J. Medeiros 

Constance - Mr. J. Medeiros 

King Of Rock Bottom f/DJ Vajra - Mr. J. Medeiros 

For Your Consideration - P-Casso