The Notorious B.I.G. (feat. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) – Notorious Thugs (Solomun Remix) [Atlantic]
Solomun releases his official remix of ‘Notorious Thugs’, The Notorious B.I.G.’s classic collaboration with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, out now via Atlantic Records. Official reworks of B.I.G.’s catalogue are rare. The only two prior examples, Razor-N-Go’s 1997 club rework of ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’ and Matoma’s 2015 tropical house take on ‘Old Thing Back’, sit at opposite ends of the spectrum from each other, and from where Solomun lands with this one, which makes his inclusion on this very short list all the more notable.
It’s not an obvious pairing on paper: Solomun’s melodic, house-rooted sound meeting one of hip hop’s most iconic records. But it works, largely because hip hop came first for Solomun, who was DJing hip hop and R&B as a teenager, well before he moved into electronic music. It shows how carefully the remix moves around the original vocals rather than over them.
The Notorious B.I.G. remains one of the most influential figures in hip hop history. Alongside Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, one of the genre’s most distinctive vocal groups, ‘Notorious Thugs’ has stood as a fan favorite since its release on 1997’s Life After Death, prized for its rapid-fire flows and the rare pairing of two of the era’s most singular voices on one track. Nearly three decades later, the song still finds new audiences, and Solomun’s remix gives it a new setting without touching what made it endure.
The remix has already made its mark on dancefloors well before its official release. It arrives on the back of a prolific stretch for Solomun, landing just weeks after he wrapped the 12th season of his Solomun +1 residency at Pacha Ibiza and released ‘DANGER DANGER’, in collaboration with Dom Dolla and Skepta. The rework has been in his sets at some of the biggest stops on his 2026 run, including his sold-out nights at London’s Alexandra Palace, his Munich show at Königsplatz, his Paris debut at the Hippodrome de Vincennes, his set at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, plus both his New York shows, Fulton Fishmarket and Pacha NYC.
