Our friend & vinyl connoisseur DJ Teddy King went diggin’ in his personal crates, took a handful of Nasty’s acapellas from album cuts & rare cuts and then paired them with original production submitted by friends. The final product, No Ideas Original: The Nas Remixes, sounds like an album Nasir may have made himself, if it weren’t for his nagging tin ear. To sample the sounds, check below for the version of “No Ideas Original,” cooked up by none other than Large Professor, and then visit Boundless to download the full project. Read the rest of this entry »

More music for your Memorial Day weekend as TSS teams with Boundless NY’s in-house sound selector DJ Teddy King to break you off with the Smokers Delight mix. This isn’t a random assortment of “smoking songs.” Choosing cuts from his favorite producers of all-time, Teddy King lays down an hour of jams, taking you on an ageless musical journey that knows no borders. There are no vocals or rapping on this mix, just handpicked bangers. Ones so fluid in sound & far-reaching in their selection that the experience will feel like an auditory globetrotting expedition.

Now, if the compilation should induce a smoking session, we cannot be held responsible. Read the rest of this entry »

Like many Hip-Hop nerds I did a college radio show. It’s a thankless job especially if you have shitty wattage. Even my friends in the dorms can barely hear the mixes. Only toward the end of my time at the station they got internet streaming, and by then I was graduating – fuckers. One of the cats I hung out with at the station was DJ Teddy King. “How did you come up with Teddy King?” I asked him and he easily replied that it was his real name. For some reason I didn’t believe him but that’s coming from someone with the last name Hortillas.  From then on when I saw him I would say his name in full – never Ted, Teddy, or call him by his surname. I only called him Teddy King and it stuck. Read the rest of this entry »