Song: NYC Cops
Artist: Heems (Himanshu of Das Racist)
Album: Stroked: A Tribute to [The Strokes’ 2001 album] Is This It (2011)
Commentary: I've liked this song since it came out in 2011, but it's been in my head and heart a lot lately. A heavy listen, but an important chronicle of New York City's police murders
#BlackLivesMatter
You can also read this weblog commentary on the song.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
"You Oughta Know" by Das Racist
Song: You Oughta Know
Artist: Das Racist
Album: Shut Up, Dude
Also try: Heems, Kool AD, but really Das Racist were pretty special
Commentary: Can somebody notarize this? (spambots?) I'm calling it, Das Racist reunion tour, 2035. It'll be titled something that is hip, funny, and nostalgic 20-odd years from now, so I can't call that. They should never have broken up. Try to listen to their first four tracks on this mixtape and not love it. I'm surprised at how effective the gibberish-laden hook is in this song. And Kool AD and Heems both kill it in their verses.
Artist: Das Racist
Album: Shut Up, Dude
Also try: Heems, Kool AD, but really Das Racist were pretty special
Commentary: Can somebody notarize this? (spambots?) I'm calling it, Das Racist reunion tour, 2035. It'll be titled something that is hip, funny, and nostalgic 20-odd years from now, so I can't call that. They should never have broken up. Try to listen to their first four tracks on this mixtape and not love it. I'm surprised at how effective the gibberish-laden hook is in this song. And Kool AD and Heems both kill it in their verses.
Friday, December 28, 2012
"Arts and Leisure" by Action Bronson
Song: Arts and Leisure (ft. Kool AD)
Artist: Action Bronson
Album: Blue Chips
Also try: Das Racist, Ghostfunk, Curren$y's Priest Andretti
Commentary: This is another great mixtape of 2012. I picked this track because it also featured Kool AD, famed member of Das Racist (RIP). Action Bronson's not slouching here either.
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Artist: Action Bronson
Album: Blue Chips
Also try: Das Racist, Ghostfunk, Curren$y's Priest Andretti
Commentary: This is another great mixtape of 2012. I picked this track because it also featured Kool AD, famed member of Das Racist (RIP). Action Bronson's not slouching here either.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
"Soup Boys (Pretty Drones)" by Heems
Song: Soup Boys (Pretty Drones)
Artist: Heems
Commentary:Himanshu Suri (of Das Racist) dropped a new solo mixtape last week and I like it better than his first, also of 2012. I like this track particularly, although I don't know what the drones thing is all about (Urban Dictionary has a lot of entries for 'drone'). The unmanned assassin ones? [Update: official vid now up. It was indeed the unmanned assassin drones in the video. Some are modest; some flaunt.]
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Artist: Heems
Commentary:Himanshu Suri (of Das Racist) dropped a new solo mixtape last week and I like it better than his first, also of 2012. I like this track particularly, although I don't know what the drones thing is all about (Urban Dictionary has a lot of entries for 'drone'). The unmanned assassin ones? [Update: official vid now up. It was indeed the unmanned assassin drones in the video. Some are modest; some flaunt.]
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