Sunday, September 17, 2017 from 8 p.m. until midnight at Brooklyn Bazaar. Featuring performances by: Akinyemi, ATELLER, TruthCity, Gracie Terzian

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Skzyoo continues his long stream of quality releases with his Peddler Themes EP, flaunting jazzy, boom-bap-influenced production and poetic wordplay

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Brooklyn wordsmith Joell Ortiz adds his take to current joints from Sam Smith, French Montana, Tove Lo, Iggy Azalea on 6-track EP, Yaowa Nation

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Artwork for the upcoming Big Pun: Bronx Legends Never Die EP, depicts the late rap icon with imagery that matches his fearsome rap reputation.

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Mr. Live comes strong on Conflicted, an eight track EP executive produced by Anti-Pop Consortium's Earl Blaize

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"Wax Aesthetic," the free EP from the Long Island/Brooklyn Brown Bag AllStars representative, is a smooth mix of great music and wordplay

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The Young Baby Father EP is a seven song EP from hip hop artist Peter Leo, which is entirely produced and orchestrated by DJ Concept. The two break down the tracks to show where each artist was coming from.

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After a full set of her own, Nitty Scott, MC returned to join Soul Khan for a rendition of their collaboration "A Beautiful Struggle," the closing cut on Nitty Scott, MC's The Booxbox Diaries Vol. 1.

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An example of how to do hip hop today that maintains traditional NY-boom-bap DNA while making sure to stay progressive. If this is up your alley, The Brown Bag AllStars drop an EP worthy of your eartime.

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Before you continue to cry about the lost "Golden Age" of NY hip hop, listen to '2057 EP' and 'The Ports EP', the simultaneous releases by MC/producer J57, featuring a slew of NY-area lyrical talent over nostalgic-but-not-dated, smooth, sample-driven tracks that easily continues the streak of solid material from him and his Brown Bag AllStar family.

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