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Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen Serves Up Hip Hop and Solidarity

Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen brings together women of color educators, students, environmentalists, djs, emcees, b-girls, poets, visual artists, dancers, healers, pastors, organizers and activists, with a mission to come together through a hip hop showcase to express solidarity with women’s rights.

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First Impressions: YC The Cynic – You’re Welcome

The murmuring about YC The Cynic is growing. Young cat, smart lyrics and sharp delivery. How does his rookie mixtape project, “You’re Welcome” hold up to our First Impressions rating system?

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The Origins of Hip Hop Commemorated at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

South Bronx, 1970s: A young man, circular fro, smiling, showing off his graffitied T-shirt.  He’s all at once curious, precocious, hopeful and fearless.  A burgeoning culture surrounds him, full of mixed influences, an environment that will either snuff out his future or propel him to greatness. This is the genesis of hip hop.
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SXSW Hip Hop: New York Is In The House

SXSW (South by Southwest), the gigantic yearly music festival goes down in Austin this March 12-21. Here’s a list of the NY-area contingent that will be tearing up Texas stages.

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DJ Quiz Presents “Quiz Knows A Mixtape”

DJ Quiz, who has been running “Quiz Knows,” a weekly internet video series interviewing various up and coming NY artists and producers, is releasing a mixtape, “Quiz Knows A Mixtape”.

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Lord Have Mercy, This Is New York Hip Hop

Nothing says “underground hip hop” more than the Hip Hop Subway Series. Well, except maybe for the unexpected performance by a 50 year old panhandler in the cipher. Now THIS is New York hip hop!

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A Day In The Bronx – Davey D. Video Series

A four-part series of interviews, highlighting the 40th anniversary of the Black Spades, with a specific focus on how the gang activity of the 1960s and 1970s helped create the conditions from which hip hop emerged.

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Mala Reignz – Hey Love [Video]

Bronx Bombette Mala Reignz drops the Hot Mop Films video for the Kwan Lee produced “Hey Love”

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KRS One, Redman, MIMS – How To Be An Emcee 2010

Rap veterans KRS One and Redman add MIMS to the mix and drop “How To Be An Emcee – 2010″.

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Cory Gunz – The Ultimate ft. Curren$y, Mickey Factz, Smoke DZA & Nakim (Prod. By Precize)

Cory Gunz an ‘nem on the first leak off of Jonny Shipes presents GOODTALK Vol. 9 “No Cosigns Needed” Edition

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Interview with Buda Da Future: Producer for 50 Cent, Fred Da God

Buda Da Future has produced hits for artists such as 50 Cent and up and comers like Fred Da God. N.A.B. finds out more about his past work, future projects, and how he sees himself.

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YC The Cynic Channels Digable Planets With The Return of Slick [He-Style]

The 19-year-old emcee ‘he-styles’ over the Digable Planets classic “Rebirth of Slick”, and we’re happy to report that YC does not desecrate the original.

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Mala Reignz Over The Russian Roulette Track [She-Style]

NY has a good amount of female wordsmiths buzzing around. One of them, is Mala Reignz.

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Chipz Da General – Reppin’ My Block [Mixtape leak]

Chipz has a mixtape dropping 1/17/10, Braggin Rights. Here’s a leak from that project.

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B On The Lookout: Hop Da Great

Manufactured or not, Hop Da Great’s emphatic on-stage and in audience supporters made us take notice

Cory Gunz – Cannon [Video]

Video doesn’t blow us away, but the track is a good showing for the Bronx lyricist

1520 Sedgwick Ave., “Birthplace of Hip-Hop” Honored by NY Art Committee

City Lore, a nonprofit that researches and documents the grass-roots culture of New York City life, recognizes “Birthplace of Hip-Hop”

Celebrity Benefit for World’s First Hip-Hop Museum in NYC, 2/9/10

Fundraiser to benefit the development of the “first ever” true Hip-Hop Museum will take place on Feb 9, 2010

Cory Gunz – Gettin Money

Ok, we’re not always gonna just post stuff we like and nice things about NY artists. We like Cory Gunz. But…

Joell Ortiz – Happy Birthday Pun

A day late, but hopefully not a dollar short, Joell Ortiz spits T.R.O.Y.-style over for Big Punisher

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