Joseph Simmons AKA Rev Run of Run DMC AKA an actual Reverend Run of a Pentecostal church somewhere, is turning the big 5-0 today. This time thirty years ago, Run D.M.C. were revolutionizing hip hop, clad in Kangol hats, Adidas, and chunkily phrased couplets. They've influenced everyone from A-Trak to Datsik and will forever have influenced streetwise style.Nowadays, Run's just chillin' at home with his six kids thinking about how awesome he is. And on this day, we celebrate that awesomeness. In honor of it all, here are some of the best and/or most ridiculous remixes of Run D.M.C. available on the Internet.Blinder's electro remix of "It's Like That":
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Bane Production's kinda fidgetty house remix of "It's Like That":
Timmy Trumpet's Melbourne bounce remix of "It's Tricky":
DJ Artech's brutal gabber remix of "It's Like That":
Ploughman's techno remix of "It's Like That":
Liquid Stranger's crunchy-as-fuck "Crush Groovin" drumstep mash-up:
TipZ and TYR's glitch-hoppy take on "My Adidas":
DJ LiVANO's clubby house remix:
…And of course, the crunchy brostep remix:
It's like that. And that's the way it is.