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Soul Glenn
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New York’s Top 5
For hip-hop fans around the world, the past month has been a real breath of fresh air with the biggest names in the game deciding to take the gloves off, cut the sneak dissing, and go at each other’s necks to prove who the best rapper breathing is in 2024. If you don’t already know,…
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Benny the Butcher
If there’s any expression you can expect to make when listening to a Benny the Butcher song, it’s a perpetual stank face. The first time I listened to a Benny song was in sophomore year of high school huddled in a bathroom with an unreasonably loud Beats Pill playing “Rubber Bands & Weight” from his…
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Conway the Machine: The Art of Survival
Within the transient trends of hip, some artists have stood stubbornly through the tides as pillars of genuineness and integrity. Conway has spent the last decade crafting a career that defies convention and embraces raw honesty. His trek from the streets and the shadows of the underground rap scene to a more mainstream spotlight is…
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Jadakiss, The Man Who Never Missed a Bar
The gritty wordsmith from Yonkers, New York, Jadakiss has carved out a legendary career in the rap game. As one-third of The Lox and an exceptional solo artist, Jadakiss has cemented his status as a hip-hop legend, transcending generational boundaries and solidifying his place as one of the most formidable rappers to ever grace the…
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Westside Gunn, The Flyest To Ever Do it
Few NY rappers have transcended rap to the realm of cultural icon like Westside Gunn has in recent years. A founder of Griselda Records alongside his brother Conway the Machine and the ever elusive Mach-Hommy, he’s cemented himself as a trailblazer in the lost art of gritty hip-hop. With Westside Gunn leading the pack,…
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Remember All Caps When You Spell MF DOOM
When you think of the most influential rappers in history, the first to spring to mind will probably consist of all-star MCs like The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Lil Wayne— and rightfully so. They blazed a trail for the rest of the genre to strive towards and inspired millions to try their hand at writing…
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Action Bronson — Hip-Hop’s XL Rey Mysterio
Rapper, chef, pro wrestler, actor, author, exotic olive oil taster, television show host, and natural born entertainer— Action Bronson, born Ariyan Arslani in 1983, is the multi-hyphenate of hip-hop, overflowing with personality and bars that you could never begin to predict. Raised in a Queens household with Albanian and Jewish roots, he was exposed to…
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MIKE — Black Excellence in Flying Colors
In 2018, Earl Sweatshirt released an album titled Some Rap Songs which split his fanbase and imprinted on the world a more jazz influenced, experimental style of hip-hop that scratched an itch in my brain I was formerly unaware of. It left me wondering where else I could find music in this same vein of…
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Foreword 💫
Peace, Welcome to the NY State of Rhyme where I’ll be delving into the panorama of New York hip-hop artists and their influence on the art form and culture of hip-hop. New York has always been a melting pot of creativity, and its hip-hop scene reflects just that. With countless emerging talents actively shaping the…