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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A welcomed injection of gritty, screwed-face grime from the streets of New York, courtesy of Brooklyn's RRose RRome and The Lox's Styles P.

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Perennial New York City hip hop heavyweights The LOX deliver a visually diverse compliment to their breakbeat-influenced headnodder, "New York City."

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It's not quite Beyonce, but for fans of veteran, Yonkers-based hip hop crew The LOX, a surprise EP was just as welcomed.

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Listen, because The LOX.

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