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brooklyn

Last updated: Wed Oct 29 2025 01:31:28 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Brooklyn hip-hop represents the borough's diverse rap tradition, spanning from golden age boom-bap and conscious lyricism to modern drill and melodic trap. The sound reflects Brooklyn's gritty street narratives and cultural authenticity, blending hard-hitting beats with introspective storytelling. This genre captures the evolution of New York's rap scene across decades, maintaining raw energy while embracing contemporary production styles.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
64		1990-10-19	Big Daddy Kane	Taste of Chocolate	brooklyn east coast rap
42		1991-10-29	Big Daddy Kane	Prince of Darkness	brooklyn east coast rap
31		1993-03-15	Discipline	Working Class Heroes	belgium brooklyn	belgium # 39
72		1993-05-25	Big Daddy Kane	Looks Like A Job For...	brooklyn east coast rap
78		1994-09-13	Big Daddy Kane	Daddy's Home	brooklyn east coast rap	east coast rap # 7
44		1995	Special Ed	Revelations	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap
8		1995-05-09	Jemini The Gifted One	Scars And Pain EP	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap
46		1995-10-31	AZ	Doe or Die	rap hip-hop	east coast rap # 55
43		1996-03-26	Cella Dwellas	Realms 'N Reality	east coast rap	east coast rap # 2
49		1996-04-04	Smoothe Da Hustler	Once Upon A Time In America	brooklyn east coast rap hardcore rap underground rap	hardcore rap # 18
63		1996-10-11	Da Bush Babees	Gravity	brooklyn east coast rap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 77
97		1996-11-12	Lil' Kim	Hard Core	brooklyn east coast rap hip-hop rap	east coast rap # 89
48		1997-05-20	Boot Camp Clik	For the People	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap
84		1999	Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek	Train of thought	brooklyn east coast rap rap underground rap	east coast rap # 26 underground rap # 39
40		1999	O.G.C.	The M-Pire Shrikez Back	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap
58		1999-06-08	Polyrhythm Addicts	Rhyme Related	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap	underground rap # 90
33		2002	Fabolous	There Is No Competition	brooklyn
45		2002	Jay-Z	Blueprint 2 The Gift And The Curse	brooklyn
59		2003	Jean Grae	Attack of the Attacking Things	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap	underground rap # 88
92		2004-08-03	Masta Ace	A Long Hot Summer	hip-hop	east coast rap # 51
67		2004-09-14	Wordsworth	Mirror Music	brooklyn east coast rap hip-hop underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 67
95		2004-10-12	Mos Def	The New Danger	hip-hop
54		2005-06-07	!!!	Take Ecstasy With Me / Get Up	brooklyn indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 70
81		2005-11-01	Doujah Raze	Doujah Raze	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap	east coast rap # 20 underground rap # 44
86		2005-12-14	+/-	Let's Build a Fire	rock brooklyn indie rock	new york city # 76
21		2005-12-17	Papoose	The 2nd Coming	brooklyn
1		2006	Block McCloud	Spittin' Image	brooklyn east coast rap hardcore rap underground rap
52		2007-11-13	Saigon	The Moral Of The Story	brooklyn
37		2008	Turner Cody	First Light	brooklyn folk soundtrack
53		2008-02-18	Elika	Trying Got Us Nowhere	ambient brooklyn electronic idm new york pop shoegaze trance	new york # 30
50		2008-05-13	Foxy Brown	Brooklyn's Don Diva	brooklyn hip-hop rap reggae
66		2008-06-24	Vast Aire	Dueces Wild	alternative rap brooklyn east coast rap underground rap	alternative rap # 35 underground rap # 68
76		2008-08-05	Oneida	Preteen Weaponry	brooklyn new york city	new york city # 81
12		2008-09-09	Callers	Fortune	brooklyn new york city	new york city # 50
89		2008-10-21	Parts & Labor	Receivers	brooklyn indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 93
87		2009	Suckers	Suckers	brooklyn indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 91
14		2009-01	Loco Dice	7 Dunham Place Remixed	brooklyn
16		2009-03-01	The Bavarian Druglords	205	brooklyn krautrock manchester new york city	manchester # 39 new york city # 52
79		2009-04-03	Alcoholic Faith Mission	421 Wythe Avenue	brooklyn
91		2009-04-14	Suckers	Suckers EP	brooklyn indie rock new york city	new york city # 95
93		2009-08-04	Blitz the Ambassador	Stereotype	brooklyn
30		2009-10-20	Killah Priest	Elizabeth (Introduction To The Psychic)	brooklyn east coast rap underground rap
35		2010	Eric & Magill	Two Travelers	brooklyn folk folktronica pop
22		2010-02-02	Maino	Unstoppable	brooklyn
70		2010-03-01	Ghost Ghost	No Clothes on Ragged Island	singer-songwriter alternative rock brooklyn	new york # 17 alt pop # 68
74		2010-03-02	Japanther	Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream	rock brooklyn
27		2010-03-30	Knight School	Revenger	brooklyn indie rock lo-fi new york city rock	new york city # 58
61		2010-04-23	Papoose	Papoose Season	brooklyn
85		2010-05-30	School of Seven Bells	Windstorm	brooklyn new york city shoegaze	new york city # 90
96		2010-06-07	Here We Go Magic	Pigeons	brooklyn	new york city # 96
65		2010-06-15	PackFM	I F*cking Hate Rappers	brooklyn
5		2010-08-10	Masta Killa	Things Just Aint The Same	brooklyn
57		2010-08-15	The American Dollar	Live In Brooklyn	brooklyn
94		2010-08-24	Les Savy Fav	Root for Ruin	rock brooklyn indie rock	new york city # 85
7		2010-10-25	Small Black	New Chain	rock indie rock
34		2010-11-22	Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds	Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds	brooklyn funk harmonica rock soul	harmonica # 65
4		2011	Juzhin	Curious EP	acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient american art rock blues breakbeat british britpop brooklyn chillout classic rock dance downbeat downtempo dub easy listening electro electronic electronica england experimental rock female vocalists folk funk grunge hardcore hip-hop idm indie electronic indie pop indie rock indietronica instrumental instrumental hip-hop jazz lounge new wave new york nu jazz pop post-punk post-rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundtrack space rock stoner rock trip-hop turntablism usa	downbeat # 16
23		2011	Rioux	Everything You Need Is Right Here	brooklyn new york city	new york city # 55
36		2011	Warm Ghost	Uncut Diamond - EP	brooklyn new york city	new york city # 61
47		2011	Night Manager	Night Manager	brooklyn lo-fi
77		2011	Night Manager	Pizza Pasta	brooklyn lo-fi
28		2011-01-18	Byrds Of Paradise	Teenage Symphonies	brooklyn indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 59
10		2011-01-18	Maino	The Art Of War	brooklyn
39		2011-01-24	Casey Spooner	Adult Contemporary	brooklyn new york city	new york city # 64
20		2011-02-14	Lil' Kim	Black Friday	brooklyn hip-hop rap
55		2011-11-08	Arms	Summer Skills	brooklyn indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 73
2		2011-11-11	Small Black	Moon Killer	brooklyn electronica
11		2012-01-24	Saigon	Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave	brooklyn
73		2012-04-24	Apollo Brown & O.C.	Trophies	brooklyn detroit east coast rap hip-hop male vocalists new york rap	detroit # 37 new york # 64
82		2012-07-10	Erika Spring	Erika Spring EP	brooklyn female vocalists indie rock new york city rock	new york city # 87
62		2012-10-02	Skyzoo	A Dream Deferred	brooklyn
29		2013	Lizard Kisses	Loving Creatures	alternative alternative pop alternative rock america american american underground brooklyn duo female vocalists indie pop indie rock new york slowcore usa	america # 44 duo # 46 american underground # 63
75		2013-01-01	Habibi	Habibi	garage rock rock surf rock	surf rock # 73 new york city # 80
90		2013-01-08	The Last Royals	Twistification	brooklyn indie pop indie rock new york	new york # 87
26		2013-01-31	Red Cafe	American Psycho	brooklyn
25		2013-04-16	ADR	Chunky Monkey	brooklyn electronic new york city	new york city # 57
13		2013-07-01	Starlight Girls	7x3	brooklyn electro electronic indie rock new york pop rock
56		2014-01-23	Hospitality	Trouble	rock folk	new york city # 75
3		2014-03-05	Papoose	Cigar Society	brooklyn
38		2014-05-27	Skyzoo & Torae	Barrel Brothers	brooklyn
69		2015	Infinity Girl	Harm	boston brooklyn dream pop indie rock shoegaze	boston # 91
17		2015-03-17	Pill	Pill EP	brooklyn noise rock
68		2015-11-20	Michael Christmas	What a Weird Day	brooklyn new york	new york # 59
9		2016	Gold Lake	Years	brooklyn rock
71		2016-03	Breakdown Brass	Mary Jane / The Horseman - Single	brass brooklyn funk hip-hop	brass # 89
6		2016-07-29	Complete Walkthru	Complete Walkthru	brooklyn electronic house techno
24		2017	Blasteroid	The World Is a Terrible Garage / Death of a Lobster	brooklyn diy garage rock new york post-rock rock slacker rock	diy # 58
18		2018	Ghost Ghost	Time is Gravity	brooklyn new york
88		2019-02-01	Breakdown Brass	Monmouth - Next Episode - Single	brass brooklyn funk	brass # 93
100		2019-08-14	Rod Wave	PTSD	alternative rap brooklyn east coast rap emo rap hip-hop rap trap	emo rap # 43 east coast rap # 94 alternative rap # 97
99		2019-09-27	Sheff G	The Unluccy Luccy Kid	alternative rap brooklyn east coast rap emo rap hip-hop rap trap	emo rap # 42 east coast rap # 93 alternative rap # 96
98		2021	SLEEPY HALLOW	DON'T SLEEP	alternative rap brooklyn east coast rap emo rap hip-hop rap trap	emo rap # 38 east coast rap # 92 alternative rap # 95
15		2022-04-14	Various Artists	Desert Rose Vol. 3	arabic brooklyn dance fusion instrumental tribal
51		2022-06-24	Lipphead	In The Nude	brooklyn downtempo electronic hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop new york rap	new york # 26
32		2023-03-10	scree	Jasmine on a Night in July	brooklyn instrumental jazz
60			Pascal Machaalani	Bellydance Superstars Vol. IV	arabic brooklyn dance fusion instrumental tribal	arabic # 23 tribal # 55
19			Hot Seconds	Hot Seconds	alternative alternative rock british britpop brooklyn indie pop indie rock new york rock
41			Asheru & Blue Black of The Unspoken Heard	Soon Come...	brooklyn jazz hop
80			Piper Toohey	soup	brooklyn folk singer-songwriter
83			Quelly Woo	Tactical Pressure	brooklyn

Related genres

• new york
• rock
• rap
• electronic
• east coast rap
• alternative
• hip-hop
• pop
• new york city
• indie rock