Song of the Week: The Cool Kids

I love The Cool Kids – they’re one of the few rap acts I find exciting right now. At at time when rap music doesn’t know what it is – Lil Wayne wants to play rock music, Kanye West is an emo singer, The Black Eyed Peas are hardly worth talking about and Eminem is old news – The Cool Kids keep it simple, bringing that late-1980s beat back. “Popcorn,” from the upcoming (and free) mixtape Gone Fishing, rocks a Raising Hell beat underneath their EPMD-style flow. Super cool.

The Cool Kids: Popcorn (courtesy Pitchfork)
from the free mixtape Gone Fishing
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