We are ready to declare Latasha Alcindor, popularly known as “LA,” the winner of both our Readers' Poll and the overall Best of NYC chart (which includes votes from our jurors). 

The rapper has created a solid trajectory for herself.  From SXSW to NY Fashion Week to NYLON, she is garnering attention for her sharp delivery and feminist message.  On the recent NYLON rap session, LA raps, “I switch up to this bigger picture.  These ladies ain’t my competition, this is all militia.  We switching up the paradigm to a femme state of mind, only reason Trump is here, God tellin ‘This is time.’”  In her new video for “Revoke Thee,” LA unleashes a torrent of warnings against the smack talkers out there.  It’s an old school boom bap banger perfect to test the bass on those new headphones.  Latasha is currently an 'Artist in Residence' at Williamsburg's National Sawdust.

Kudos also to Ela Minus and Raycee Jones, who placed second respectively in the overall chart and in the readers' poll - you can stream them below!

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Here's the full list of the finalists in the Electronic/Hip Hop category.

	Akinyemi		6%	81 votes
	Argonaut and Wasp		0%	10 votes
	Ben Talmi		0%	9 votes
	Cafune		0%	3 votes
	Ela Minus		0%	6 votes
	Glassio		1%	24 votes
	King Neptune		3%	44 votes
	Latasha Alcindor		46%	555 votes
	Macula Dog		0%	1 vote
	Maggie Rogers		0%	5 votes
	NOLIFE		0%	1 vote
	Pronoun		1%	17 votes
	Raycee Jones		36%	444 votes
	True Blue		0%	2 votes
	Von Sell		0%	2 votes

Though fans that complain about rap deviating from its roots often come across as old curmudgeons, those contemporary emcees who practice vintage rap don't seem to ever go out of style. Take BK rapper Latasha Alcindor (aka LA)'s latest track, "Revoke Thee," for example. Over a jazzy instrumental with attitude, LA delivers hard-hitting lyrics in varied flows that could very well have been blasted out of the boomboxes of yesterday. Like her ballsy predecessors Lauryn Hill and Queen Latifah, she also exudes a great deal of swagger in her lyrics. With "Revoke Thee," and its accompanying video (streaming below), LA has proven she is an emcee to watch, and a crucial one at that. She has a an LP due out in February. - Henry Solotaroff-Webber