Most year-end music lists are useless. Here's one that we think isn't, a year-end music list showcasing some of New York's best hip-hop music from 2016.

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Here are three noteworthy releases from some of New York's hometown hip-hop heroes that all revolve around the idea of creating extraterrestrial dopeness.

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Chilo (El Grito de Poetas) drops "Eyes Opened," a smooth, positive-vibed track produced by Harlem's Segnon.

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Queens represetative Kon Boogie drops musically and lyrically well-rounded, 12-track album "Believe or Never Grow," a mix of clever brag raps, introspective joints and sraight head-nodders well worthy of eartime.

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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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Many of the music submissions and release notifications we received during the two weeks following Sandy, had to be flagged for review, and ignored, while we got things back to some semblance of normality. Here are ten notable items that came through to us during those crazy days after Sandy, for our NY-area friends who might have been, as we were, a bit distracted by the pressing matters at hand.

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Here's a little something new from Kon Boogie, a Corona, Queens MC we've been following for some time. Because of Kon's multi-disciplinary approach to his musical career, "About My Business" ends up being art imitating life.

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