Screwball

H-O-S-T-Y-L-E

Tommy Boy (TB 2020)

1x Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM

Release date: Dec 31, 1998, US

𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙃-𝙊-𝙎-𝙏-𝙔-𝙇𝙀 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 1996 𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙮, 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬’𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙬, 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙥 𝙚𝙢𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙨.

A true street anthem, H-O-S-T-Y-L-E showcases Hostyle’s gritty delivery alongside Screwball’s trademark intensity, capturing the rugged energy of mid-90s New York hip hop. With its stripped-down boom bap beat, tough rhymes, and unapologetic attitude, the track stands tall as one of the crew’s defining moments, embodying the raw spirit that would carry through their later classics.

An essential piece of golden era Queens rap history, this 12" is as real and uncompromising as the borough that birthed it.

H-O-S-T-Y-L-E (Radio Edit)

H-O-S-T-Y-L-E (Original)

H-O-S-T-Y-L-E (Instrumental)

Take It There (Radio Edit)

Take It There (Original)

First Blood (Radio Edit)

First Blood (Original)