Video: Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

Why I haven't taken the time out to write a full-length piece about Das Racist over the past two years is kind of beyond me. I'm not even sure what to chalk it up to. All I know is that when I first saw the clip for "Rainbow in the Dark", I was blown away. The self-implicating jokes on hipsterdom, the hip-hop-historical allusions, the barrage of left-field pop culture references. Not to mention Kool AD chillin on top of a speaker, popping champagne in the nude. Watching any of their visuals, it became clear that they were bringing something different [...]

Observing the development of hip hop is a fascinating preoccupation. Tonight, one of the more interesting groups to emerge in the last few years plays at the downtown club. Das Racist first popped onto my radar with their fad hit, "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," which came out in 2008. But their style links them back to the beginnings of the genre with a special connection to another group that was first considered a joke by purists— the Beastie Boys . [...]

Una cerimonia di chiusura che si preannuncia spettacolare, quella della nona stagione di Fish'n'Chips. A dare inizio al baccanale abbiamo invitato una delle band più hype del momento: DAS RACIST . Sì avete letto bene, quei 3 debosciati di Brooklyn che suonano un rap sarcastico, scorretto e arty al contempo . Sì proprio loro, quelli di cui parlano tutti i bloggers à la page, incensati dall'impietoso Pitchfork e quelli della hit di culto Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell . Sempre gli stessi il cui [...]

​Das Racist entered the collective consciousness through the Trojan horse of "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," but the songs on critically lauded mixtapes Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man are ... Continue reading "Das Racist -- along with Ebony Tusks, Greg Enemy and Stik Figa -- is at the Granada tonight" >

Das Racist is a rap group based in Brooklyn, comprised of two rappers, Himanshu Suri, Kool A.D., and their hype man, Dap. Trying to talk to them is difficult, because they are usually talking to each other in pop culture references stacked upon sarcasm and inside jokes. In this way, their normal conversation is very much like their music. Das Racist blur the lines between absurd comedy and culture-index genius. The attention received by their song "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" has given them opportunities to travel, and hours after they landed in Chicago for the [...]

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the best rapper is b real. jokes, it's us. come on, be real. ♫ Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark "Interesting" is one of those words that is usually used to describe music that is not worthy of any higher praise but in the case of Das Racist that isn't the case... and sometimes it is. I always preferred the Wallpaper remix over the original of last year's blog-storming "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell" but now these Brooklyn dudes are back with their first official release, the Shut [...]

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this is on point, way to go dudes.

About a week ago Das Racist released an official video for "Rainbow In The Dark". Take a gander... January 19 at Highline Ballroom (431 W. 16th Street, NYC) with Gordon Voidwell, Tanlines and Mickey Factz January 23 at Glasslands (289 Kent Ave, Brooklyn) with Chicago's BBU (Bin Laden Blowin' Up)

Das Racist 's debut EP, Sit Down, Man , is set to drop in January of 2010 on their own Greedhead Records imprint, and in anticipation for the upcoming release the act have debuted their music video for the song "Rainbow in the Dark." Check it out above. There aren't many tour dates in support of the new record yet, but the ones that we do know are posted below. Das Racist tour dates: January 19 - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY January 23 - Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY