Young hip hop upstart Dillon Cooper spreads his wings over Brooklyn before flying overseas. We spoke to Cooper about the state of his bubbling career, being ridiculous and driven and working with John Mayer.

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Producer Steel Tipped Dove unleashes 35 tracks with a smorgasbord of beats, MCs and vibes on his ambitious "& A Bunch of Crazy Motherfuckers"

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Having spent the past four years in the Midwest, a New York hip hop head looks at the Chicago rap scene as a sign of good things to come for his hometown.

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A schizophrenically styled, but still cohesive project by one of hip hop's more interesting personalities, Kismet is a strong mixtape with several notable tracks.

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For a small group of MCs competing for a spot on the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival's main stage, Littlefield could have been South Beach, and their musical sets were as important as Game 7.

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