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Here comes Strong Island/NYC-based Syler, sexy spitress Nitty Scott, MC and one of our fave DJs in the game, JS-1, with a solid, bouncing track, "Dusk Till Dawn"
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Red Bull Music Academy: Rakim Interview (Video)
For the Red Bull Music Academy's NY stint, journalist Jeff "Chairman" Mao conducts an in-depth interview with Rakim, the Long Island lyricist heralded by many as hip hop's holy "God MC."
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Skyzoo – Range Rover Rhythm (Video)
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Kalae Nouveau – Word Theft (Video)
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Innocent? ‘Time For Change’ ft. Roc Marciano & DJ Modesty (Video)
Event Previews/Reviews
Opinion
A Rock The Bells Fail: Grassroots Hip Hop Must Support Local Hip Hop Media (EDITORIAL)
How Rock The Bells showed us they no longer represent the ideals and mindset it once did, of an independent-minded organization with a dedication to the advancement of hip hop music and culture.
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Mister Cee and Hip Hop as its Own Worst Enemy
Spent all morning trying to ignore the onslaught of negativity that's been circulating due to the circus-like circumstances and childlike rivalry between NY's hip hop radio stations. Ranted about it.
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Best New York Hip Hop List is a Bad New York Hip Hop List (Editorial)
Time Out New York's "50 Greatest NYC Hip Hop Artists" kinda is, but kind isn't. We'd rather hip hop journalism, especially New York hip hop, be taken a bit more seriously. BirthplaceMag.com EIC Manny Faces has a few things to say about it.
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Meyhem Lauren, Pitchfork, Hip Hop and Hipster Media
Meyhem Lauren joins the growing backlash against hip hop journalism by non-hip hop journalists with a track aimed at music site Pitchfork.
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Hip Hop In The Park – SummerStage Concert Series Preview
Fans of hip hop could rejoice after New York’s City Parks Foundation announced its hip ...
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Smithsonian to Honor The Bronx as Hip Hop’s “Place of Invention”
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All Hail The Queen: A Tribute to the Women in Hip Hop at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
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Frank Ramz – ‘Icons’ (Video) – Produced by Charlie Hilton
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Fred The Godson Video: ‘The City’
Brooklyn Hip Hop
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Syler (feat. DJ JS-1 & Nitty Scott, MC) – ‘Dusk Till Dawn’
Here comes Strong Island/NYC-based Syler, sexy spitress Nitty Scott, MC and one of our fave DJs in the game, JS-1, with a solid, bouncing track, "Dusk Till Dawn"
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Skyzoo – Range Rover Rhythm (Video)
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Hip Hop In The Park – SummerStage Concert Series Preview
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Marco Polo Ft. Talib Kweli & DJ Premier – ‘G.U.R.U.’
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![Red Bull Sound Select New York Showcase – Curated by Brooklyn Bodega [TICKET GIVEAWAY]](http://www.birthplacemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/red-bull-sound-select-new-york-feat-150x150.jpg "Red Bull Sound Select New York Showcase – Curated by Brooklyn Bodega [TICKET GIVEAWAY]")
Red Bull Sound Select New York Showcase – Curated by Brooklyn Bodega [TICKET GIVEAWAY]
Queens Hip Hop
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Hip Hop In The Park – SummerStage Concert Series Preview
Fans of hip hop could rejoice after New York’s City Parks Foundation announced its hip ...
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Nutso ’4 Tha Streetz’ Video ft. AG da Coroner, Camiliano, Shaze
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Homeboy Sandman – Not For Women (Prod. by 6th Sense)
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Action Bronson – Strictly 4 My Jeeps – Prod. Harry Fraud
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Nas Featured on CNN: “…the greatest lyricist of all time”
Manhattan Hip Hop, Harlem Hip Hop
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Kalae Nouveau – Word Theft (Video)
A long time favorite NYC artist of mine, Kalae Nouveau (formerly Kalae AllDay) is re-emerging on the scene with a new take on her old appeal.
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Hip Hop In The Park – SummerStage Concert Series Preview
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WIN TICKETS: Too $hort Concert at Stage 48, NYC – 5/2/13
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![End The Violence 24-Hour Rapathon at Kennedy Center [April 6, 2013]](http://www.birthplacemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/rapathon-150x150.jpg "End The Violence 24-Hour Rapathon at Kennedy Center [April 6, 2013]")
End The Violence 24-Hour Rapathon at Kennedy Center [April 6, 2013]
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Stretch and Bobbito 2013 Reunion Show (Audio)
Staten Island Hip Hop
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WIN TICKETS: Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge: Twelve Reasons To Die Tour at Gramercy Theatre, NYC
Win tickets to 'Adrian Younge Presents 12 Reasons to Die Tour, starring Ghostface Killah,' as it makes its stop at NYC's Gramercy Theatre
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Hip Hop In The Park – SummerStage Concert Series Preview
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Method Man in Some Comedy Skit Thing (Video)
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Raekwon Hosts Staten Island Benefit Concert in Brooklyn (Recap, Photos)
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![[POSTPONED] Rakim, Raekwon at Stage 48, Mar. 21: Ticket Giveaway](http://www.birthplacemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stage-48-rakim-raekwon-contest-150x150.jpg "[POSTPONED] Rakim, Raekwon at Stage 48, Mar. 21: Ticket Giveaway")
[POSTPONED] Rakim, Raekwon at Stage 48, Mar. 21: Ticket Giveaway
Long Island Hip Hop
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Syler (feat. DJ JS-1 & Nitty Scott, MC) – ‘Dusk Till Dawn’
Here comes Strong Island/NYC-based Syler, sexy spitress Nitty Scott, MC and one of our fave DJs in the game, JS-1, with a solid, bouncing track, "Dusk Till Dawn"
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Red Bull Music Academy: Rakim Interview (Video)
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Innocent? ‘Time For Change’ ft. Roc Marciano & DJ Modesty (Video)
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Roc Marciano – Bruh Man
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Public Enemy – Everything (Video)
Upstate NY Hip Hop, New Jersey Hip Hop, Connecticut Hip Hop
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Lauryn Hill Blogs Re: New Record Deal, New Music, Old Business, ‘Parasitic Dynamic’ of Her Youth
Hip hop and R&B icon Lauryn Hill, for years the center of hushed murmuring until a long-anticipated return to performing a couple of years ago, published a blog posting explaining that she had entered into a new record deal and plans to release new music.
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Bishop Nehru: From High School to High Expectations
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I-Dub – Drug Rap
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Hayze – ‘Life Is Hell’ (ft. Apathy)
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Hip Hop Karaoke NJ Featured on News 12 New Jersey