Showing All "Das Racist" Posts
Mar 1st, 2012 2 Comments
Big Baby Gandhi is a promising Queens rapper/producer rolled up into Das Racist's Himanshu Suri's Greedhead camp, and last year he put out a solid, self-produced mixtape called Big Fucking Baby. Now,…   Read Story »
Feb 15th, 2012 6 Comments
The members of New York's suddenly-awesome underground rap scene aren't exactly the most conventionally attractive group of dudes on the face of the earth, but they do know how to look cool. And the…   Read Story »
Feb 14th, 2012 9 Comments
Since last summer, our Amrit Singh has been directing and producing an independent short film called Dosa Hunt, with Das Racist's Himanshu Suri and Ashok Kondabolu, Vampire Weekend's Rostam…   Read Story »
Feb 10th, 2012 6 Comments
Thanks to reader memoryboy for sending us this link to Triple J radio, wherein Chairlift and DR rap star Victor Vazquez aka Kool A.D. cover BeyoncĂ©'s "Party." (This is also titularly poetic, since…   Read Story »
Jan 27th, 2012 Comment
Himanshu, FKA Heems, spends a considerable amount of time delving into the identity politics and cultural penumbras of his Indian-American heritage, and no song title codifies that more than this new…   Read Story »
Jan 23rd, 2012 Comment
Kool A.D., the most heavily-bearded member of Das Racist, released his all-over-the-place mixtape The Palm Wine Drinkard on New Years Day. For some reason, it didn't include "Ooh," his cloudy-eyed…   Read Story »
Jan 17th, 2012 18 Comments
All three members of Das Racist are planning to release solo mixtapes in 2012, and a couple of weeks into the year, two of them have already done it. We've already posted The Palm Wine Drinkard, Kool…   Read Story »
Jan 12th, 2012 77 Comments
In today's Listomania, we unveil our favorite 10 bands who have a member that doesn't play or do anything, and that's no intended sleight to these critical players, whether they be hypemen, "vibes…   Read Story »
Jan 3rd, 2012 2 Comments
All three members of Das Racist plan to release solo mixtapes in 2012 -- and yes, that includes hypeman Dapwell. One of those D.R. boys, impressively bearded California-native mutter-rap wonder Kool…   Read Story »
Dec 22nd, 2011 40 Comments
Our annual list of late night television's best performances has quickly become an annual exercise in big-upping Jimmy Fallon's music talent booker. Way to go, person responsible for pointing those…   Read Story »

































