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- The Bake Sale
- - 578,504 plays
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  - 311 shares
The Cool Kids
Released 2008

Black Mags
03:11
81,156 plays

Gold and a Pager
03:47
76,620 plays

What Up Man
03:00
69,760 plays

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songs

- 1
- What Up Man
- 03:00
- 69,760 plays

- 2
- One Two
- 03:32
- 45,052 plays

- 3
- Mikey Rocks
- 03:27
- 66,315 plays

- 4
- 88
- 03:46
- 53,991 plays

- 5
- What It Is
- 02:28
- 33,150 plays

- 6
- Black Mags
- 03:11
- 81,156 plays

- 7
- A Little Bit Cooler
- 02:51
- 50,592 plays

- 8
- Gold and a Pager
- 03:47
- 76,620 plays

- 9
- Bassment Party
- 03:27
- 65,384 plays

- 10
- Jingling
- 02:47
- 36,501 plays

album review

Despite reams of online hype and commercial anticipation, the release of the Cool Kids' debut EP still radiated sonic excitement, a blast at once sharp, funny, and intimate. Here, after all, is a triumph of absolute aestheticism. The name fulfills itself, not just in that these kids do seem pretty cool (all 16-bit name-drops and shoe talk), but because musically each moment -- each immaculately chosen drum hit, each spare sci-fi sonic embellishment, each depth-charge punch line -- is precision-placed for maximum efficacy. Which is to say, though the point may be a bit moot, maximum coolness. This is a production exhibition first and foremost, and in that regard the EP's success is absolute, from the Clipse-via-Beastie Boys crush of "88" to the Fannypack bounce of "Bassment Party" to the indescribably fresh "What Up Man," which might contain the funniest idea in post-millennial hip-hop this side of Lil Wayne's flow. The Cool Kids recast mainstream hip-hop as a medium of geeked-out self-reflexivity, which isn't a viewpoint that's been handled rewardingly since the Native Tongues' loopy, album-centric heyday. But instead of lamenting the genre's artistic erosion lyrically (like the pedantic Talib Kweli), they infuse their music with the spirit of that time and prove through example how the golden age sound earned its name. Still, the best part of this release isn't the sainted artists it recalls, alternately EPMD, DJ Premier, and the Bomb Squad. Like the Ramones way before them, this revivalism isn't for the nostalgic or the academic. It's for -- well, there's that name again. ~ Clayton Purdom, All Music Guide

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- - The Bake Sale (Edited)
  - Released 2008

- - Black Mags (Single)
  - Released 2009

listener reviews

- - IT'S SOMETHING CRAZY
  - - By SINFULLWORLD
    - 10/27/2008 07:10:53
  - WHEN EVERYONE GOES ONE WAY THESE GUYS GO THE OTHER WAY. NICE SHIT
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- - The New New School
  - - By NorthPacific
    - 10/11/2008 22:12:06
  - Rating: 5 Stars.
    
    This rap inspired album, "The Bake Sale," throws the rap game into a completely different direction.
    
    Originality: Few of it's kind, the deep simple beats, with lyrics that relate more to actual life and it's weird mishaps, rather then the stereotypical "paper stacks."
    
    Favorite Tracks:
    - Jingling
    ;
    - What Up Man
    ;
    - Gold and a Pager
    .
    
    Although I think it will take awhile before they really catch on, they awesomely create their own path, which makes for some good beats.
    
    As much as I despise getting famous through social networks (like myspace), these two did it the right way, by creating something different from the pack, and not getting to star-struck (yet).
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