For close to 30 years, hip-hop and skateboarding have ascended from street corners and half pipes to become multi-billion-dollar industries. Rap music first began outselling rock music in the United States as early as 2017, officially becoming the most dominant genre of music in the country by the end of the decade. In 2020, skateboarding was made an Olympic sport, and the foundational skate and streetwear brand Supreme was sold to the VR Corporation for $2 billion. The amount of money and influence generated within both scenes has exploded in recent years, and the documentary All The Streets Are Silent, which made its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, seeks to reinforce the relationship rap and skateboarding have shared from the start. Directed by Jeremy Elkin, the film examines the intersection of both cultures from 1987 to 1997, focusing on a handful of binding agents: the nightclub Mars, DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia’s legendary New York underground hip-hop radio show, the infamous skate spot Brooklyn Banks, Larry Clark’s 1995 film debut Kids, and the life and times of the late skater Harold Hunter. Streets covers a lot of ground in just under 90 minutes, and composer Large Professor was tasked with providing the soundtrack to bring it all together.

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