Spotlight: Das Racist
Lately we've mentioned some Wes-related music acts in passing, but not in detail. Here is further explication, most of which is lifted shamelessly from Aural Wes, which naturally is on the ball with these musical sorts of things.
Das Racist, described by the Guardian as "a self-styled 'slacker-art-rap Dutchpop world music band with mad street cred'", has been racking up some Internet attention.
Case in point: a few months ago the top Google search hits for "das racist" were links to various people being oppressed, and now they're all about these guys:
Their biggest hit thus far, "Pizza Hut Taco Bell", is what I imagine it's like to be stoned, hungry, and lost in Queens, without a car but with a very rhythmic case of tinnitus. Get more on MySpace, and check out Hima's blog, Gordon Gartrelle.DAS RACIST, the inspired, hilarious, and totally fucking brilliant collaboration of Himanshu Suri '07 and Victor Vazquez '06, deserve our attention these days. After all, here at Wesleyan we are all about the next big thing, and right now the next big thing is really clever, really hungry, and definitely stoned. And it sounds a little like this:
The best rapper is EminemI'm not even joking, the best rapper is EminenJust joking, the best rapper is me and himOur rap band is called Das Racist, we're back againAnd I don't really like that dude, EminemAnd I'ma probably say his name again, EminemCatch me in the club, eating M&MsI'm on the train walking around selling M&MsIt's also nice that the boys keep it in the fam, with tracks produced by Leif (known by friends, lovers, fans as Khalif Diouf '11) and Harrison Schaaf '11.
Aural Wes: let's talk about it
MySpace: Das Racist
Gordon Gartrelle
I Smell Like Money: Das World Premiere
21 comments:
so what do we think of these guys?
I couldn't listen to more than 10 seconds of any of their myspace songs. but I like posts like these.
lame, period
this music is of poor quality
i like it
i like it too...it just sounds so fun.
it's fun stuff, nothing mind blowing but fun.
i'm into it in an out of it kinda way
does the name mean "das" like the german word or like "that's"?
http://www.clarity.net/~adam/images/misc/humor/animated_gifs/thats_racist.gif
@5:22: i interpreted it to be like "that's".
not a fan of the name.
love the name.
@9:26- take that pole out of your ass.
I love the name... not so much the annoyingly bad music. Best of luck to these guys, but if they intend on getting somewhere with this they should really try recording shit that isn't totally inane and hard to listen to.
nah the name is dumb
I use to write songs like this when I was 6.
what are you into now 1:22, auto-erotically asphyxiating yourself, throbbing gristle on full-blast? shithead.
this band would be great if I was 12 and quoting hilarious raps with my brother [that 1:22 probably wrote when they were 6] at some stupid soccer game that our sister was in but mostly sat on the bench for because she was not particularly athletic or coordinated. merry christmas, you horrible fucks.
doesn't seem like they take themselves too seriously. i kind of like it for rap music.
name is hilarious, music is fun, comments are lame
we are sooo bringing these guys to our school
ha ha!
these guys have spunk!
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