When it comes to hip hop memorabilia the Beastie Boys are connoisseurs; true understanders of the value of brand and its potential for useless (but collectible and subsequently expensive) offshoots. Even as we speak the brilliant UNIQLO store in Japan is featuring several Beasties derived T’s in its summer range.

But very few acts have their own designer wallpaper. As in real wallpaper you put on Walls, not something for your computer. So collectors, up your game and paper the smallest room in Mike D’s hand printed Brooklyn wallpaper:
 

Ever wondered what some of your favourite bands would look like in Lego form?… Well thanks to Lego nerd Adly Syairi Ramly the wait is over.

Using only his crazy imagination and iPhone 5 to capture and edit the pics, he’s put together a collection of 20 of some of the biggest bands on the planet, past and present.

via The Fader

Beastie Boys’ Mike D turns in a remix for Portugal. The Man’s, “Modern Jesus.” He bumps up the drums like crazy—compare it to the original to gauge the kick in the pants. Both parties seem very happy with the collaboration:

Toro Y Moi’s Anything In Return is easily one of our standout albums of the year to date and for our money the 4th single Rose Quartz is THE jam off the record.

They went and dropped the video for it the other day and it is pretty damn cool.
 

Jimmy Fallon & The Roots recently teamed up with the crazy crew from Sesame Street and turned in a pretty adorable ‘hip hop’ version of the famous theme song complete with Black Thought raps… Check out all the fun below.
 

It was a hot summer’s day in Los Angeles when I was first introduced to the sweet sounds of Haim. A friend and I were driving down La Cienega Boulevard we had just picked up the sampler EP made of recycled paper, stamped HAIM (a stamp being the official hipster seal of approval yeah).