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hip hop roundup: Cypress Hill Halloween show, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, The LOX, Statik Selektah, Smif N Wessun, more

The LOX at Best Buy Theater in 2011 (more by Brook Bobbins) Cypress Hill are playing their mostly annual NYC Halloween show this year on October 30 at Best Buy Theater, and they’ve got La Coka Nostra, Immortal Technique and Vinnie Paz joining them for the occasion…

Willis Earl Beal played CMJ, playing NYC Red Bull Sound Select show with YC the Cynic & others

Willis Earl Beal at Joe’s Pub in August (more by PSquared) Red Bull Sound Select, who hosted a CMJ show with Ratking, is presenting their next show at Knitting Factory on October 28, headlined, who played a couple of CMJ shows, including one at Mercury Lounge and a last-minute one at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday with Public Service Broadcasting, who played our own show hours later…