It’s nearly impossible to consider a world without the influence of this most diverse of the 5 great boroughs of New York: Brooklyn.

Where would music be without Biggie Smalls, Carole King, Nas, Barbra Streisand, Jay Z, Lou Reed, Buddy Rich, Mos Def, Arlo Guthrie, Lil’ Kim, Busta Rhymes, David Geffen, Jam Master Jay, and most of the Wu Tang Clan and Beastie Boys?