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Best NYC music & nightlife: Critics' picks

LL Cool J + Public Enemy + Ice Cube

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A true trailblazer of New York hip-hop, LL Cool J plays this KO punch of a bill at Roseland in support of his new album, Authentic, which features Brad Paisley (yes, really), Eddie Van Halen (yes,

  1. Roseland Ballroom 239 W 52nd St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
  2. Thu Jun 20
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CANCELED Yasiin Bey

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The artist formerly known as Mos Def—and before that, Dante Terrell Smith—Yasiin Bey plays this SummerStage humdinger in the park. His most recent solo record, 2009's The Ecstatic, was a major

  1. SummerStage Mainstage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, enter at Fifth Ave and 72nd St
  2. Mon Jun 24
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Amadou & Mariam + Bombino

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The self-billed "blind couple from Mali," who collaborated with cutting-edge stars such as Santigold, TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone, Theophilus London and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears on last year's

  1. Celebrate Brooklyn! (at the Prospect Park Bandshell) Prospect Park West, at 9th St
  2. Fri Jun 21
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Tori Scott: What's Pride Got to Do with It

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Singer-actor and good-time gal Tori Scott, billed as "a Garland for the Grindr era," returns to Joe's Pub to help usher in Gay Pride (if only by comparison!) with a new evening of bold songs and

  1. Joe's Pub at the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Sun Jun 23
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