Brooklyn has been called the “borough that’s thorough” in hip hop. The nickname is seldom used.
About MB
Hailing from the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, MBF hopes to continue the trend of great emcees who have emerged from the borough that’s thorough.
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Hometown: From the borough that’s thorough baby! BROOKLYN!!
Alarming News
November 25, 2006
Two days in Brooklyn
My Thanksgiving weekend, so far, in pictures. I’m heading back to, as Tom calls it, “the borough that’s thorough” today so will be adding more to the set.
Half-A-Mill Lyrics
Artist: Half-A-Mill
Album: Da Hustle Don’t Stop
Song: N.Y.C.
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uh, Half-A-Mill, Brooklyn
Yea, New York city, Manhattan, Queens
Where we from son?
[Chorus: Half-A-Mill]
We from New York City, New York City
Grimey, thug gritty, New York City
I’m from New York City, New York City
we get money, we get busy, we get paid in New York City
(..)
Uh, I’m from borough that’s thorough
Lil niggaz pushin CL-6’s
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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