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Ratking, the Harlem-bred trio at the forefront of the city’s hip-hop revival, delivers music that’s a pure
product of Gotham, with washes of noise and beats intercut with sirens, subway doors opening, and snippets of street conversation. Their ace in the hole is Wiki, a charismatic young m.c. whose nasal, machine-gun style harkens back to the heyday of lyric-driven rap. On Aug. 5, Ratking holds court in a high temple of local hip-hop: the East River Park amphitheater, which figured prominently at the close of Charlie Ahearn’s seminal 1983 rap film, “Wild Style.” The venue’s crumbling remains long stood as a monument to the city’s rap scene, but in 2002 it was renovated, making it an ideal setting for a new generation. p h oto g r a p h by jas o n n o c i to
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