| Shut Up, Dude | ||||
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| Mixtape by Das Racist | ||||
| Released | March 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008-2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative Hip Hop | |||
| Length | 64:32 | |||
| Label | Greedhead & Мишка | |||
| Producer | Das Racist | |||
| Das Racist chronology | ||||
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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 Мишка.[1]
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Following the word of mouth success of the track "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" in late 2009,[2] 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[3]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.8/10)[4] |
| Spin | (8/10)[5] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[6] |
Upon release, it garnered praise from the alternative media, earning a score of 7.8 from Pitchfork Media,[4] 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."[5]
Spin magazine 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.[7]
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".[8]
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.[9] Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone both named the video as one of the best of 2010,[10][11] and it was selected to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[12]
| # | Title | Time | Other Information |
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| 1 | "Who's that? Brooown!" | 3:39 |
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| 2 | "You Oughta Know" | 2:55 |
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| 3 | "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" | 2:58 | |
| 4 | "Rainbow in the Dark" | 3:50 | |
| 5 | "Fake Patois" | 4:07 | |
| 6 | "Nutmeg" | 5:48 |
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| 7 | "Shorty Said (Gordon Voidwell remix)" | 3:57 | |
| 8 | "Chicken and Meat" | 3:48 | |
| 9 | "I Don't Owe Nobody Shit" | 3:41 | |
| 10 | "Ek Shaneesh" | 4:27 |
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| 11 | "Hugo Chavez" | 3:41 | |
| 12 | "I Don't Want to Deal With Those Monsters" | 3:11 |
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| 13 | "Don Dada" | 3:38 | |
| 14 | "One Dollar Can" | 4:20 |
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| 15 | "Coochie Dip City" | 4:00 | |
| 16 | "Deep Ass Shit (You'll Get it When You're High)" | 3:13 |
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| 17 | "Shut Up, Dude" | 3:19 |
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