Das Racist is the most exciting thing in Hip-Hop right now. I like it so much, I literally cannot listen to other music. I'm addicted to them the way I imagine Alcoholics are addicted to booze. But there is no Das Racist Anonymous and I'm pretty sure there are no detrimental side effects, aside from freestyling in my car when I should be watching the road, so I'm going to share my favorite stuff with you.
I've only dug into the free mixtapes so far, "Shut Up, Dude" and "Sit Down, Man." They also have a for-profit album titled "Relax" but I want to stretch this "so-excited-I-can't-believe-how-good-what-I'm-listening-to-is" feeling out for as long as I can, so I'm putting off listening to it until the month of October. Last time I liked two albums this this much was last year with the one-two punch of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager." I'm not going to try to come up with a definitive statement about who they are or what they are trying to say that's not already in their name. But they are from Queens and met at Wesleyan, if you care about stuff like that.
They don't have any songs I would consider less than excellent (with the possible exception of the original mixes of "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" and "One Dollar Can" but those are joke songs). Their music is dance-able, insightful and hilarious all at the same time while having an abundance of those lines that make you go "Oh shit," stop the track and rewind 10 seconds. Every day I have a new favorite song, but these are the front-runners right now.
Shut Up, Dude
Who's That? Broooown!
Nutmeg
Shorty Said
Sit Down, Man
rapping 2 U
This is actually my favorite song, maybe ever. Since a first heard it, not a day has gone by where I've listened to it less than 6 times.
you can sell anything (prod by Diplo)
This has one of my favorite lines from anything ever:
"Label's like, 'Maybe we can cake off the weirdos'
Ok - plug your nose, here goes
Caveman porn star riding on a unicorn
Undercover cop, and I'm wearing a uniform
Plus I wrote all of my rhymes in cuneiform
Hella years ago, B.C., you better be informed"
rooftop
Mixtapes available for download here
