Released March 2010 Genre Alternative hip hop Label Greedhead, МИШКА | Recorded 2008-2009 Length 64:32 | |
Producer Young Paperboy, Sabzi, Leif, Aries Noise, Charles & Beck, Gordon Voidwell, Like Magic, Das Racist, Alfred Jenkins, Arturo Klauft, Kassa Overall, Mike Finito | ||
Shut Up, Dude is the first mixtape by Brooklyn-based alternative hip hop act Das Racist, released as a free download in March 2010, through their own Greedhead imprint and streetwear brand Mishka (МИШКА).
Contents
History
Following the word-of-mouth success of the track "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" in late 2009, Das Racist soon got to work on putting together a full album, in an attempt to show the broader talents of the group, who were concerned they would be famed for that one track
Release and critical reception
Upon release, it garnered praise from the alternative media, earning a score of 7.8 from Pitchfork Media, and being described as "a fascinating album that attempts to write an impossibly new blueprint for rap: funny without trying to impress; proficient without having anything to prove; relevant without taking any particular scene seriously; imbued with a soulful sense of place—urban, disaffected, ethnic—but more interested in how that serves as fodder for jokes than in any big grab for meaning."
Spin noted its literate and humorous bent, stating "Das Racist rap like reporters issuing Twittery soliloquies on whatever's melting in America's porta-potty, from Kierkegaard to Queens Boulevard and Dinesh D'Souza to Lollapalooza." giving the album 8/10.
Singles
Das Racist released a number of tracks individually before the mixtape; in 2009 Das Racist received much attention for "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" and made a video for "Rainbow in the Dark".
The next single, "Who's that? Brooown!", gained further interest for its unique video, which linked to a playable online game, containing references to many 1980's arcade games. Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone both named the video as one of the best of 2010, and it was selected to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.