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Sha Stimuli ft. The Astronomical Kid – Hang On (Remix)

On Sha Stimuli’s latest drop from his Overtime project, a revisitation of beats from his album, My Soul To Keep, we are treated to a young MC, The Astronomical Kid. He’s 13, and got flow.

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DJ Envy To Host MTV2’s Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown

DJ Envy, who raised radio eyebrows in late 2009 by migrating up the dial from Hot 97 to Power 105.1, has been tapped to host Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown on MTV2.

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Jay-Z Brings BP3 Tour To Nassau Coliseum

Jay-Z and his tour supporting Blueprint 3 hits Long Island tomorrow, following powerful performances at Madison Square Garden (3/2) and New Jersey’s Izod Center (3/6). It will be the last New York area show before Jigga hits the road.

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Hip Hop For Haiti Benefit Concert at SOBs

Styles P, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Immortal Technique, Bazaar Royale, Cormega, SF (Spark Flame), Mr Reo and Lord Finesse (DITC) will hit the stage at SOBs Friday, March 12 for a midnight show to continue to raise funds for Haitian relief efforts.

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K. Sparks “A Day In The Life” – Album Release

We caught wind of K. Sparks “Manic Monday” a-new-song-per-week series, but hadn’t checked him out until now. Checking out a couple of past Manic Monday joints, plus a track or two from his album A Day In The Life (HiPNOTT Records), we can report that it’s not just gimmick.

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Playgirl Interview: Hip Hop Writer, Radio Host, Manager

Playgirl, a woman of influence in the music biz, writes for Rap Fanatic magazine, hosts a weekly internet radio show, and manages several signed & unsigned artists in the game.

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Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2 [Mixtape]

In case you didn’t know so, you can download the new Fabolous mixtape, the DJ Drama/Gangsta Grillz-helmed mixtape “There Is No Competition 2 (The Funeral Service)”.

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T. Shirt – 24 Frames [Audio]

120 film titles rapped in a song? Yep. Pretty hot too. Mostly just phonetically rhymed together but with the slightest plot line filler connecting them, enough so that it’s not simply 120 movie titles strung together just for the novelty of it.

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Donny Goines – 20X [EP, presented by Rocksmith Tokyo]

Donny Goines, one of the hardest working men in New York hip hop, just released a six-track EP, 20X, presented by apparel company Rocksmith Tokyo.

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Guru’s Nephew Accuses Solar of Blocking Family Access To Ill Rapper

Guru’s nephew accuses Guru business/music partner Solar of interfering with family affairs, and seizing control of Guru’s medical affairs.

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Kalae All Day – O.G.LYRIKALBOOKBAGGER

She says she makes “Afromatic-neo hippie-rockstar-soul music”. She’s right. Kalae All Day is a quintuple (at least) threat on the mic, and we are just starting to get a taste of what this Harlem-bred “love child of Jimi Hendrix and Lauryn Hill” brings to the hip hop table.

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Guru Not Dead, Is Recovering From Surgery Following Cardiac Arrest

Despite internet-driven confusion suggesting otherwise, Guru of Gang Starr is alive and recovering from emergency surgery, following a serious cardiac arrest over the weekend. Reports suggest that he is expected to make a full recovery.

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Reports: Guru of Gang Starr Hospitalized, in Coma Following Cardiac Arrest

Word is that veteran MC Guru, known best for his work as member of Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier, has suffered a cardiac arrest, and is comatose in a New York hospital.

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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.
And someone took [...]

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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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Wu Massacre CD Release Concert at Nokia Theatre Times Square

The Wu Massacre album, initially titled Three The Hard Way, is set to be released on March 30th. Or is it March 9th? Well, in any event, the release party will be on March 5th at the Nokia Theatre Times Square.

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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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Hip Hop Subway Series Continues Sunday, 2/21/2010

Hip hop and New York are the foundations of BirthplaceMag.com, but some things are more “New York Hip Hop” than others.

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