Das Racist's New Mixtape: Das Serious

When your first song is really a joke tune about fast food restaurants, it’s tough to get people to take you seriously. Good thing Das Racist isn’t too concerned with people taking them seriously. In their own words, “We could have written a structured treatise attacking corporate proliferation. Or we could just say ‘Pizza Hut Taco Bell’ over and over. That shit’s way funnier.”

Well, Das Racist has moved on from games – or at least made the games a little more coherently lyrical – on their latest mixtape, Sit Down, Man. With tracks from Boi-1da and Diplo, the tape is a step forward in the production department. More importantly, it’s a step forward in the idea of Das Racist. They’re making songs that are more easily digestible, following standard formats a little more closely. For a group that made a name by defying convention, they are a lot more conventional.

More conventional does not mean boring, though – Das Racist plays with the boundaries of their genre(s) more than most artists, enjoying the flex that poor, intelligent hip hop affords its practitioners. The result is one of the smartest mixtapes you’ll find on the corner that leaves you wondering what it’s all about – are these one-time jokers becoming a real group? You’ll have to ask them, but it won’t be much help; all they’ll tell you is: “We’re not joking, just joking we are joking, just joking we’re not joking.”

Das Racist – hahahaha jk? (YSI) (filesavr)

Das Racist – you can sell anything (prod. by Diplo) (YSI) (filesavr)

Das Racist – rooftop (YSI) (filesavr)