Hip-hop is a big part of the yearly SXSW Music Festival, with New York always making a strong showing. We highlight some of the best NY hip-hop that will be heating up stages in Austin this March.

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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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Brooklyn's Skyzoo adds to his repertoire of solid, smart, lyrically expansive material with "The Easy Truth," produced entirely by Detroit musical mastermind, Apollo Brown

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Set in New York City & featuring 3D Na'tee this PixelMotiv clip shows what it's like just trying to live day to day as a person of color in America.

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DMV-based production duo The Other Guys teamed up with Brooklyn wordsmith Skyzoo. The result is a jazzy, lyrical treat with smooth visuals to match.

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15-track WWE-inspired mixtape features appearances by Skyzoo, Torae, Maffew Ragazino, Sadat X, Fokis and more.

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Brooklyn-based Indie Hip-Hop label Coalmine Records celebrates ten years of independence with their heavy hitting compilation album, Unearthed.

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Brooklyn's Maffew Ragazino drops Brownsville's Jesus, a 20-track free "street album," available for stream and download. The album includes production by Harry Fraud, !llmind and collaboration with Action Bronson, Skyzoo, Troy Ave., and several others.

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Brooklyn hip hop's "writer's writer" drops a musically creative ode to Jay Z's classic album, while finding a way to make these beloved standards, his own. No small task, but done quite well.

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The Rock Steady Crew, one of hip hop's most revered organizations, celebrates its 36th anniversary with a star-studded, free outdoor concert event in New York City's Central Park, as part of the City Parks Foundation's SummerStage Concert Series.

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