You remember last year when Solid-Steel Radio did a tribute to The Beastie Boys’ timeless Paul’s Boutique album? We posted the Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix by DJ Food, Cheeba and Moneyshot (with cover illustrated by the great Food One), and it ended up being one of our favorite mixtapes of the year […]

You need only catch a couple lines from Thunderbird Gerard‘s debut EP T.R.O.U.B.L.E. (which we posted HERE, as well as below) to get a sense of the Brooklyn-via-London-via-Berlin emcee’s sensibilities. Hailing back from an era where rappers actually communicated, it’s not surprising Gerard has such a cosmopolitan pedigree. The debut EP is in fact allegorical, […]

I guess when you get some classic hip-hop dropped on you in a day, you should balance it off with some brand new school shit to keep the palate fresh. Here’s Thunderbird Gerard‘s T.R.O.U.B.L.E. EP made available for free download. New on the world stage, Gerard has distinguished himself via his lyrical flows and EDM-leaning […]

You know it’s a good great day when your morning dabbles through the interwebs results in free music from Nas. But not just any free music, or some throwaway new tracks that God’s Son absent mindedly flowed on to make his Lamborghini Aventador payment. No, today unearthed the discovery of early music from some say […]

In what would be the dream collaboration for anyone who has ever considered themselves a hip-hop head, B.I.G. Over Premier pairs acapellas from one Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, over beats produced by arguably the greatest beatsmith ever, DJ Premier. Fitting for this hypothetical New York vs. New York collaboration, the mixtape was put together by […]

Esteemed hip-hop producer 9th Wonder takes Jay-Z’s 2007 album American Gangster and applies his unique touch — remixing in a bunch of musical inspiration from artists of the 1970s. As 9th Wonder produced tracks off the original album, it’s fitting that he gives it a new spin, adding in a list of great artists including […]

There are few times that a flask filled with some uplifting spirits is not handy. Sports games, museums, divorce proceedings, hell even funerals always benefit from a quick pull of single malt scotch, or perhaps bourbon if that’s your thing (we’re personally not adverse to rum on special occasions). But if you want to look […]

The chicken or the egg? What is the meaning of life? Tupac or Biggie? These are the unanswerable questions of existence that we all ponder when we have a moment of reflection, a K?an for the hip-hop enthusiast. Lucky for us YES has created their Trouble series of snowboards to help us decide who really is […]