
Das Racist have been indie hip-hop's hottest free agents going back to "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," but the group had shied away from signing to any label to officially release their music. That changes (sort of) on Sept. 13, when Das Racist issue their first "real" LP, Relax, on Himanshu Suri's own Greedhead Music. DR are staying indie and putting out a conventional album, two things that seemed like they couldn't happen together.
As for Relax: the album features production from Diplo, El-P, Rostam Batmanglij, Yeasayer's Anand Wilder, and others, and features guest spots from El-P, Danny Brown and Despot. Here's the track list:
01 Relax
02 Michael Jackson
03 Brand New Dance
04 Middle of The Cake
05 Girl
06 Shut Up, Man [ft. El-P]
07 Happy Rappy
08 Bootyin the Air
09 Power [ft. Danny Brown & Despot]
10 Punjabi Song [ft. Bikram Singh]
11 Selena
12 Rainbow in the Dark
13 The Trick
14 Celebration
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I need this NOW. Especially track nine.
Das Racist coming back to San Francisco on Friday July 29th for a live show with BlackMahal, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist and the World Premier of Fair and Lovely by Sandeep Sood. Tix are here: bitly.com/dasmahalbm
Vijay