Several gifted lyricists and vocalists will re-join the mighty PitchBlak Brass Band for this year-end, genre-smashing musical extravaganza

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The PitchBlak Brass Band join hip-hop's finest wordsmiths to produce memorable displays of unique, collaborative greatness at the monthly PitchBlak Playlist

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One of our favorite punchline pugilists, Soul Khan, is back from a bit of a new-music-hiatus, dropping "Praying For a River," the first new song in almost a year.

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YC The Cynic, one of our inaugural "5 Reasons Why New York Hip Hop Doesn't Suck" is back with a new full-length project and a release party to celebrate its release (and we have free tickets to give away!)

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Brown Bag AllStar affiliate Soul Khan drops the video for his body-art-tribute "Rusted Ghosts," from his Psalm EP. The song, which features smooth crooner Arthur Lewis, is produced by Abnormal. The video is directed by Brood Baby.

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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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One of our favorite non-NY-area producers, Chicago's Rediculus, often works with our area's best and brightest underground and independent artists, supplying them with sharply produced headnodders that satisfy both old school nostalgists and newbies who desire less trap in their muzik (with apologies to T.I.).

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The A3C Hip Hop Festival took place this year from October 11-13 in Atlanta, Ga., delivering a plethora of performances, panels and special events for the thousands who descended on the city. Read, watch and listen to our recap on Birthplace Magazine and The NY Hip Hop Report.

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Brown Bag AllStar MC/producer J57's dual EP releases 2057 and The Ports EP delivered good stuff, with one of a few standout tracks being his collaboration with the charismatic wordsmith Rasheed Chappell "Elite Status". Now the video is out, and it just gives us another chance to big up a dope track.

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As a revered ex-battle rapper, solo artist and as a member of the Brown Bag AllStars collective, Soul Khan has been proving wrong the long-standing theory that hip hop’s great verbal pugilists can’t also be great songwriters. With a potent mix of voice, diction, cadence, lyrics, honesty and sly sense of humor, Soul Khan creates highly listenable […]

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