Das Racist

If all you knew of Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez was their stoned spoof ”˜Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,’ you might dismiss the rap surrealists as an amusing waste of a liberal-arts degree. In fact, their debut mixtape, Shut Up, Dude, was a hyperliterate good time, kicking flavour like ”˜W.E.B. Du Bois/We be da boys.’ This new mixtape feels more pro, bringing in name producers (Diplo, Dame Grease) while joking about Dwight Schrute and Peggy Noonan. On ”“”˜hahahaha jk?,’ they ponder a Middle America takeover: “We’re not racists/We love white people/Ford trucks, apple pies, bald eagles.” They’re a Beastie Boys for the Tea Party era.

Key Tracks: ”˜Puerto Rican Cousins,’ ”˜All Tan Everything’