Review: Joke Rap? Toke Rap? Coke Rap? Das Racist Picks Up a Belated A.V. Club Nod

Das Racist. Jokes? They got them. Sit Down, Man.

I may live to regret all the positive ink I’ve spilled on rap’s Brooklyn-based red-headed step children, Das Racist, but then again, there’s always the chance that I’ll die from laughter first while listening to one of their mixtapes. Here’s a doubly belated review of Sit Down, Man, part of the A.V. Club’s “Sorry We Missed Ya” catchup coverage. Catch up, man.

“… the two weave a complex word-web out of references to a villain from The Smurfs, a song by The Vapors, the star of The Mummy, and suicide being a largely Caucasian phenomenon, before dropping a Sister Sledge-jacking chorus …”

Huh? You should read it. Yeah, you should probably read it.

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Profile: Brooklyn Rap Champs Das Racist Reveal Their ‘Masturbation Process’ in Spin

Kool AD's got the giggles. Heems' got the knowledge.

I am an unrepentant Das Racist fan. That’s all you need to know. That, and this: Spin (via yours truly) profiles the group in its December issue. They have officially broken out (though not, um, down there).

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