Review Of The Cool Kids’ The Bake Sale EP
ALBUM REVIEWS By TSSCrew on May 27, 2008 at 2:59 pmWords By Jason Hortillas
You don’t want to like The Cool Kids - but you do. The tight pants. The loud ass T-shirts. The songs about bicycles. You just can’t get down with all that - but you do. These Chicago kids have become the quintessential guilty pleasure from Hip-Hop’s freshmen class.
Hearing “Black Mags” for the first time last fall, all I could initially comprehend was bass. Hearing the thump, my head began to slowly nod, with its pace increasing in speed until I caught up to the BPM. You could actually catch me saying “waddup,” quoting Mikey Rocks while walking with my iPod in hand. Let’s just say I got “got.”
Fast forward to May 2008. The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries) is the group’s first official release after almost a year of pushing their product via Myspace and word of mouth that is the internet. Although an EP, Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks seem to make this a re-introduction to new listeners and finally “caking” off of the initial hits that now put them on the map. The previously mentioned “Black Mags” still remains to be their most powerful cut from their repertoire. You can argue that this is the boys’ version of “Kick, Push” but banter about riding their bikes is more universal. This was more in your face than observation. “Mags” is 2008 youth culture on wax, rather mp3; it is a glimpse of the possible generation next for Hip-Hop, like it or not.
Keeping it domestic, production is primarily handled by Chuck Inglish. There is a continuity in the sound which primarily revolves around a traditional boom-bap kicks and snares. On “One Two,” Inglish utilizes the homegrown drum kit à la MF Doom, as the beat box is recorded and looped for the beat. The more contemporary additions come by the chopped and screwed punch ins which are interesting to see from a Chicago Hip-Hop team. That combined with timely synth additions, you could say they embody the new retro.
Generally speaking, The Bake Sale is a lot of the same. The flows are far from complex, the punch lines are witty and not over your head. This is straight up good music to bump in your whip. On the reverse, proclaiming that you eat “Fruity Pebbles” in Mike Jones’ style repetition on “A Little Bit Cooler” may make you pull your hair out. Talk of gear can get redundant as well. But the brilliance behind The Cool Kids sound is in its simplicity.
The main drawback however is how long will this remain to be appealing. Don’t get me wrong it’s relieving to see the Kids drawing inspiration from Hip-Hop’s origins yet that style didn’t last for a reason. Now in the same way of thinking, will TCK be able to evolve as throwback rap lessens in favor? As this is only an EP we’ll wait and see what they have on deck in the future. For now, this is a solid effort that will definitely be incorporated into the ‘08 summer rotation. Nevertheless, The Bake Sale is definitely an album taste tested with a thumbs up.
Watch - The Cool Kids - “88″ Video
Previously Posted — TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With The Cool Kids |
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Secon’ dat
Most of “The Bake Sale” was already on the “Totally Flossed Out EP”. The bonus cuts are actualy better than the new tracks & the old songs (i.e. 88, Gold & A Pager, etc.) sounded better on “Totally Flossed Out”. Yeah, they have some promise, but this one just didn’t deliver for Me. They still need a little more diversity in both production & content before they can truly shrug off the “Hipster/Gimmicky” label.
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For the uninitiated, 3 1/2 Newports seems fair. But for those of Us who’ve been bumping “Totally Flossed Out” for a minute, 3 cigs seems more appropriate.
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Kidz in the hall > the cool kids
owhat!
Why is everybody on these guys’ jock? I thought Spankrock was a fresher take on throwback 808 hip hop
@ Amp
Yeah, they made it big of the strength of these songs and since Totally Flossed Out was never an “official” release, 3.5 is the deal.
^ I had to remind Myself how I felt when I first heard “Black Mags” & “88″ and take into account that there are still alot of people who haven’t heard those songs yet.
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the cool kids ft lil wayne - gettin’ it
CHICAGO - A family friend of the alleged victim in the sex tape at the center of R. Kelly’s child pornography trial testified Tuesday that the young female in the videotape could have been about 12 or 13 years old at the time.
Tjada Burnett said she recognized the alleged victim by her “cheeks, her nose, her facial structure.”
A childhood friend of the alleged victim also identified the young female as the person who prosecutors say was on the 27-minute tape, which they claim was made between Jan. 1, 1998, and Nov. 1, 2000. The say the young female in the tape was born in September 1984.
Kelly, 41, is charged with 14 counts of child pornography for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl. He has pleaded not guilty and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Kelly’s attorneys have said he is not on the man on the tape, even noting that the singer has a mole on his back and that the man in the tape does not.
Also, the alleged victim, now 23, has denied she is in the tape.
Under cross-examination, a defense attorney asked Burnett whether the alleged victim had braces at the time, and kept pressing the question without explaining why.
Kelly lawyers also accused Raven Gengler of lying to help the prosecution’s case when she testified that she’s certain the girl on the videotape was her friend. Gengler, 22, said she first saw the video after downloading it several years ago from an internet file-sharing site in 2001, after the tape had become the talk of her neighborhood.
“You know the difference between a truth and a lie. And you lied before, didn’t you?” defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. said.
“I’d never lie,” Gengler replied, pulling nervously on her long hair.
The trial is in its second week of testimony. Within hours of their opening statements last week, prosecutors entered the VHS tape into the record as “People’s Exhibit No. 1″ and played it in court.
Last week, several witnesses, including a relative of the alleged victim, testified that they recognized her in the videotape.
i like the EP but its all abit repetitve
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You all hit the nail on the head with this one. My peoples who haven’t heard much or next to none of their material are really feeling The Bake Sale EP, but like everyone else I’d been feenin’ for this joint so long that I had heard like 9 out of 10 of these joints before it dropped. I think it would’ve been better with a few more new cuts. “Oscar”, “Action Figures”, “That’ll Work”, etc.
If this was a first time listen for me 3.5 cigs would be sufficient. I think my love of them is that they remind me so much of the south side of Chicago ah la ‘88-’89. They almost made me miss my LA Gear’s (almost).
I will say that I expect them to last for at least a good 2-3 albums once they really get put on (only if that happens while their buzz is still good), only because they remind me soooo much of the Beastie Boys.
I haven’t seen them live yet… has anyone?
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Once again I am requesting DJ Rhude’s We Got Now Pt. 2 mixtape. Either a link or where I could purchase a copy.
I purshanate cha.
Rapper Xzibit posted on his myspace blog that his newborn son Xavier died yesterday morning–about a week after being born pre-mature:
ITS 4:32AM AND I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS……..
AS you all know, I shared with you the announcement of my newborn son Xavier Kingston Joiner on may 15th and also informed you that he was born prematurely. well this week was extremely difficult for him because his lungs were not strong enough to handle regular oxygen on his own. Xavier passed away this morning at 3:30am and I must tell you this, It is unnatural for a parent to bury a child. I am telling you this because of the same reason I tell you when im having great times, life is too short to be fake. Hold on to your kids if you have them, protect them and show them you love them everyday you wake up and see them, don’t take a second you get to hug them teach them and care for them for granted. You can have all the material wealth in the universe but it is NOTHING compared to having your family. I am thankful for all of my blessings and i/m not one to question God’s perfect plan, so I leave you with great love and thanks for the love that was sent earlier on my previous blog to my son. Of course I need to take some time and handle my loss, STAY FOCUSED PEOPLE. Its not promised to any of us.
R.I.P Xavier May 15th 2008- May 26th 2008
^ That’s actually a new joint with old lyrics & an old Dilla beat. So that kinda makes it old…but new.
jesus, do you pussies ever give anyone anything besides a 3.5?!
@doug
r.i.p, again 4 me
(cuz my first post about dat has been confirmed by you).
Nope, we do it so you keep comin back to complain. If it irritates you that much, then our goal that we established for each review is accomplished.
I thought the complaint was about 3’s?
Either way dude doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talkin’ bout.
Mmmm. Cookies, pies, and cakes!
[i]” phaseone Says:
jesus, do you pussies ever give anyone anything besides a 3.5?! “[/i]
Ol’ complainin’ but comin’ back to leech ass nigga..
-The Black Hey Zeus!
^ Str8 Leechin’, cause You never hear these peons unless they have something to complain about…
LOL @ Gotty
I’ve been away for the holiday but I see TSS is as REAL as ever.
yeah yeah….these pussies rate everyting 3.5 newports….they prolly get paid for these ‘reviews’…shit i bet the artists promo teams writes these reviews an sends them ova with a check….ol bullshit ass on the fence ass mufuggas….
@ boney, i dont think the [ codes work on here, u have to use the <
? what iz your soul singer top list …
peace yall !
Sad thing about it all,… if dude would’ve took the “pussies” part out, somebody might have given his complaint a thought!
On second thought… Nah!
Fuck ‘em!
Post something of substance next time and stop acting like a “lil’ mark ass bitch”!
^ “I’m going going, back back, to Cali Cali.”
good shit doug…i laughed out loud at that shit.
i don’t think it’s very cool for the cool kids to release the bake sale full of old ass tracks that have been on the internet for a long time….mikey rocks being one of them that’s been on the internet for over a year. i dunno…i was very disappointed with this. i need more material from them to make a final decision.
^ Initially, I felt the same way, but alot of people aren’t as “web savy” as us & have only heard of them in music periodicals, satelite radio or that Rhapsody commercial.
Regardless of how contrived I think this group is, they duplicate the sound/era so well. Can’t be a hypocrite and pretend like I haven’t put this in rotation. If the Totally Flossed Out EP had anything different, could somebody throw up a link?
I’m kind of mad at the fact that they didn’t put some more new material on this release also, but I guess this EP serves as a taste test for the unseasoned. Hopefully they’ll drop some more tracks and step up their production and lyrics just a notch; I’m pretty sure that they can come colder if they wanted but for now they’re pretty dope.
Reminds me off Ugly Duckling but gayer…They want to be Clipse but have no life experiences..To the bin I drag…
They bring me back to ‘88 when I was hard and fucking bodies up in the pen.
“Let the music play… eh”