"Hello Brooklyn 2.0"

Hello Brooklyn
How you doin’?
Where you goin’?
Can I come to?
—Jay-Z feat. Lil Wayne
PHOTOS BY ROBEL KASSA/PARADIGM84
"Brooklyn"

Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, is beautiful Brooklyn
—Mos Def
"Brooklyn Blues"

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Now I've come home to finish
finish my Brooklyn Blues
—Barry Manilow
“Brooklyn’s Finest"

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Peep the style and the way the cops sweat us
The number one question is can the Feds get us?
—Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G.
“Brooklyn Girls”

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BK girls down wit that ride or die
So I always keep one right by my side
—Charles Hamilton
“Brooklyn (Go Hard)”

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I'm a Brooklyn boy
I may take some gettin' use to
—Jay-Z ft. Santogold
"Lighters Up (Welcome to Brooklyn)"

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In the concrete jungle
The strong stand and rumble
The weak fold and crumble
It's the land of trouble
—Lil' Kim
"Brooklyn"

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You started with nothing but throwaways,
You couldn't live with me so you moved to,
Brooklyn
—Jessie Malin
“Brooklyn”

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Brooklyn
Child of rhythm riding on a moonlit star
Brooklyn
Pretty daughter born with a smile
—Donna Summer
"Dienda"

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Let the harmony ring
With the promise of spring
On a Brooklyn street
—Sting
"Somewhere in Brooklyn"

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Little miss perfect sitting at the train stop,
Red nike high tops listening to hip-hop
—Bruno Mars
"Brooklyn Babies"

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Growin' up as a Brooklyn baby,
This is how I live my life…
—RZA
"Kickin’ 4 Brooklyn"

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That’s the thing about Brooklyn
They never get enough
Of the rap and the music
And all the good stuff
—MC Lyte
