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Sean Price – Ruben Blades [VIDEO]

Birthplace Magazine — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:45:39 +0000

Sean Price drops a short but worthy visual for "Ruben Blades," dangling another potent audio carrot in front of the faces of those eagerly awaiting his long awaited project M.I.C. Tyson.

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Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: A 2011 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Recap and Reflection [Words, Photos, Video]

Manny Faces — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:00:13 +0000

The 2011 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival culminated with star-studded Main Day performances from the likes of Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Black Thought and a thoroughly energetic Kanye West. If all you attended during the week-long festival was the exciting Main Day finale, you witnessed a great event, but you also missed a lot.

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Pete Rock, Smif-n-Wessun, Styles P, Sean Price – That’s Hard

Manny Faces — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:34:24 +0000

Providing a taste of what's to come from veteran producer Pete Rock and veteran group Smif-n-Wessun's upcoming collaborative album Monumental, "That's Hard" brings Styles P and Sean Price into an already monumental mix.

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Pharoahe Monch: Clap (One Day) [Video Short Film]

Manny Faces — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:20:20 +0000

Pharoahe Monch, on the verge of releasing his highly anticipated album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), drops an extended music video for "Clap (One Day)"

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SXSW Hip Hop: Skyzoo at SXSW Music 2011

Birthplace Magazine — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:30:58 +0000

Duck Down Records artist Skyzoo joins the South By Southwest festivities, performing as part of the RubyHornet.com-sponsored Digital Freshness showcase and Closed Sessions: ATX album release party on Thursday, March 17.

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5 Reasons Why New York Hip Hop Doesn’t Suck [2010 Year In Review Edition]

Manny Faces — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:55:06 +0000

As an end of the year recap, we’d like to re-highlight a couple of the folks we’ve noted who we think exemplified the concept of the column, as well as spotlight a couple of different entities, to present to readers old and new, five reasons why New York Hip Hop didn’t suck in 2010.

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5 Reasons Why New York Hip Hop Doesn’t Suck [October 2010 Edition]

Manny Faces — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:45:06 +0000

We're back after a one month hiatus with our "5 Reasons Why New York Hip Hop Doesn't Suck" column, highlighting a batch of New York-area entities that we feel are a helpful reminder to those who would like to ignore the Big Apple's current, and future, hip hop greatness

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Hip Hop at CMJ Music Marathon: Duck Down vs. Blacksmith Showcase [10/19/10 – 10:00pm]

Birthplace Magazine — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:45:09 +0000

The first night of the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival has a New York hip hop treat in store as Duck Down Records and Blacksmith face off in a hip hop showcase showdown.

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Fat Beats New York: Final Week In-Store Schedule

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:45:58 +0000

Fat Beats has posted a "Tentative schedule for the last week", showing a scheduled lineup of in-store performances by a bevy of NYC hip hop artists and DJs

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5 Reasons Why NY Hip Hop Doesn’t Suck [August 2010 Edition]

Manny Faces — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:07:46 +0000

The third installment of our beloved series, we spotlight a few people, places and things, very non-sucky examples of New York hip hop, for those who may still need a little tutoring on the subject

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