“Stoner jokesters,” eh, New York Times? How typically dismissive. At this point, if all you know of Das Racist is a clever name and “Combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut,” you’re seriously missing out. Their first mixtape, Shut Up, Dude, came out earlier this year, causing reviewers everywhere to cautiously tip-toe around terms like “pomo rap” and “ethnic electronic band” (these dudes’ words), quickly positing Das Racist as one answer not only to Sasha Frere-Jones’ lament about the demise of hip-hop, but also ye old racial polemic.
Das Racist are now preparing to unleash a second mixtape, this time more courteously titled Sit Down, Man. Check out the trailer (yes, a trailer) here, a nice fireside-style chat with Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez, including a few audio clips from Sit Down, Man tracks and a shout-out from Diplo. Sit Down, Man, presented by Diplo, Mad Decent, Greedhead Entertainment, and Mishka, will be available online September 14 at maddecent.com, greedhead.net, mishkanyc.com, and djbooth.net. For only their second mixtape, Das Racist is really packing heat: there’s production from Diplo, Boi-1da, Dame Grease, and Scoop Deville, plus guest artists El-P, Teengirl Fantasy, Vijay Iyer, and more. Holy shit, dude.
Check out the music video for “Who’s That? Brooown!” over at Pitchfork, diligently bringing hip-hop in all its forms to middle-class college students everywhere.
Sit Down, Man tracklisting:
01. All Tan Everything (Prod. Sabzi)
02. Town Business [ft. Kassa Overall] (Prod. Kassa Overall)
03. Puerto Rican Cousins (Prod. Gordon Voidwell)
04. Amazing (Prod. Keepaway)
05. Roc Marciano joint [ft. Roc Marciano] (Prod. Mike Finito)
06. We’re Rapping to You [ft. Lakutis] (Prod. Sha-Leik the Engineer)
07. Fashion Party [ft. Chairlift] (Prod. Chairlift)
08. Love It Mane [ft. Fat Tony]
09. And the White Man Get Paid Off of All of That (Dusk/Blackdown Cover)
10. Commercial (Prod. Teengirl Fantasy)
11. hahahaha jk? (Prod. Boi-1Da)
12. Return to Innocence (Prod. Dash Speaks)
13. Rooftop f/ Despot (Prod. Dame Grease)
14. Julia (The Very Best) (Das Racist Remix)
15. You Can Sell Anything (Prod. Diplo)
16. Sit Down Man [ft. El-P] (Prod. Scoop Deville)
17. Free Jazzmataz (Prod. Vijay Iyer and Das Racist) [bonus]
18. Fatima’s Oppression Part 2 (Prod. Das Racist/Ben Sinclair) [bonus]
19. Irresponsible [ft. Lakutis] (Prod. Das Racist) [bonus]
• Das Racist: http://www.myspace.com/dasracist
