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The Art of ‘The Art of Lyrics’

by Steven Ortiz

in Bronx Hip Hop,Featured,Full Features,Go Here!

We visited The Art of Lyrics, an ongoing monthly hip hop and arts showcase series up in the Bronx, where the people are fresh, creative, and still care about the art of lyrics.

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Hired Gun ft. Qwazaar of Typical Cats – ‘The Life’

by Manny Faces

in Audio,Brooklyn Hip Hop,Featured,Upstate NY Hip Hop, New Jersey Hip Hop, Connecticut Hip Hop

Indie hip hop journeyman, educator and label head Hired Gun delivers the first in a series of songs and EPs, flavorful leftovers from previous projects designed to whet your appetite for new material. Based on “The Life,” it sounds like good eatin’.

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Freestyle Mondays 10 Year Anniversary, Jan. 9, 2011 [UPDATE WITH PHOTO RECAP]

by Manny Faces

in Bronx Hip Hop,Brooklyn Hip Hop,Featured,Go Here!,Long Island Hip Hop,Manhattan Hip Hop, Harlem Hip Hop,Queens Hip Hop,Staten Island Hip Hop,Upstate NY Hip Hop, New Jersey Hip Hop, Connecticut Hip Hop

Freestyle Mondays, NYC’s longest-running weekly, live band, open mic, freestyle rap series, celebrates 10 years, starting 2012 in a new location, but with the same winning formula and eager participants that continue to rank Freestyle Mondays as one of our favorite reasons why New York hip hop doesn’t suck.

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Jay-Z ft. B.I.C. (Blue Ivy Carter) – Glory

by Birthplace Magazine

in Audio,Brooklyn Hip Hop,Featured

With the cry of his newborn daughter punctuating a heartfelt, introspective musical homage, Jay-Z gifts the world with “Glory,” a touching tribute to Blue Ivy Carter, which kinda makes up for the overhype of the whole thing.

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New Jersey Local Hip Hop Scene Highlighted In The Star-Ledger

by Manny Faces

in Featured,Upstate NY Hip Hop, New Jersey Hip Hop, Connecticut Hip Hop

The local New Jersey hip hop scene gets coverage in our e-pages on a regular basis, and now, has received the attention of The Star-Ledger, which shed some well deserved and complimentary light on some NJ hip hop happenings.

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