Terrible name for a great idea: Seasons Beatings is a holiday album series by London label Off the Hook, best known for their hiphop DJ compilations.

A week ago, the Stranger music staff was wracking (wracking!) our collective brains, trying to come up with more yuletide hiphop selections than “Christmas in Hollis” by Run DMC. We came up with none. Had we checked in on Seasons Beatings, we would’ve discovered that Run DMC have another Christmas track called “Christmas Is,” as well as further yuletide cheer in the form of Eazy-E’s “Merry Muthafuckin’ Xmas,” Kool Moe Dee’s “Christmas Rap,” “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto” by James Brown, and four full CDs of beat-mad holiday music.

This year’s Seasons Beatings comp features RZA’s version of “Deck the Halls,” Jim Jones’ “Dipset Christmas,” “Back Door Santa” by Dutch raw funk combo Lefties Soul Connection, “Stone Soul Christmas” by the Dap-Kings’ Binky Griptite, and a bunch more. In true holiday spirit, it’s available for free download from the Seasons Beatings/Off the Hook website.

‘Tis the season to be funky.