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| Pitchfork |
 If it's Halloween, it must be Saw, and if it's Memorial Day, it must be a new Cool Kids release. For the third year in a row, Chicago's Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks have infused the three-day weekend with another batch of retro-minded boom-bap tracks about clothes, stereo systems, and herb, all in time for BBQ season. We may never see their long promised debut LP When Fish Ride Bicycles, but these guys clearly have a handle on their audience and their unwavering aesthetic. Not to mention you'll likely have to pay for that release if the guys ever sort out their label woes. In the meantime, Tacklebox is a freebie, and about as close to an album as a mixtape gets, save for the territorial but relatively unobtrusive jabbering of tape hosts LA Leakers.As with last year's Gone Fishin' and their breakout The Bake Sale EP, Tacklebox finds Inglish crafting spacious, drum-centric beats, over which he and Rocks engage in a rap delivery so zonked-out, it flies in the face of such infrequent weed referencing. This chill approach has always been part of the Kids' routine and the source of much of their charm. They bounce their clever, foggy raps off of each other in ways that seem so effortless, you almost wonder if the they even knew they were being recorded. On Tacklebox, there's more sneaker-fetishism ("Don't tie your shoes that tight, it looks ugly") and colorfully irreverent wordplay ("They pay a lot for features, I like lobster pieces/ Can't teach these thing twice, peace, nice to meet ya"), all spat nearly pancake flat. But where this kind of languid approach helped them carve out a niche, the Cool Kids are at a point where their vision of "laid back" is getting a little stale. Often borderline expressionless, Inglish and Rocks usually glue themselves to the beat and ride at whatever BPM the production dictates. Somehow, Tacklebox manages to ratchet that down even lower than usual....full text |
| Awmusic |
| The Cool Kids have partnered with the LA Leakers to compile a 16 track mixtape entitled Tacklebox. To say this mixtape was maximally hyped would be an understatement. For a period of 4 weeks duo Mikey and Chuck tweeted how insane their summer beat-banging mixtape would be, and how they were done with all the struggles of a label, poignantly also stating that this was their best work to date. I concede with everything they have remarked. The mixtape opens with the pre- leaked Fishing Lessons, Flying Kytes and Freak City, all ridden with the regular Cool Kids formula; fantastic beats that made your head nod obliviously with unique/catchy hooks. Though, it is the middle of the album which is the most interesting. The duo have seemed to ditch their past way of rhyming, sounding off a more raw and rugged appeal. It’s the subtleties in which the duo word themselves and how they rhyme over the beat which makes them so appealing. With each album release, the duo seem to have a more stout and concrete vision, which they execute brilliantly....full text |
| Potholesinmyblog |
| Marty and I were having a conversation today regarding this throwback rap duo known as The Cool Kids. He was going on and on about how that Gone Fishing mixtape was dope and he just likes himself some good old fashion 808 rap music. Personally, I thought that mixtape was some hot garbage. Not to mention Don Cannon made me want to shoot myself in the ear by the time I reached the one track worth listening to, the “Pennies” remix. On that same note, I wanted to talk a little bit more about the throwback groups like The Cool Kids, Pac Div and U-N-I. While it did look like they were going to make a true killing a few years ago, it appears that they have now missed the boat entirely when it comes to succeeding on any sort of mainstream level. Sure, they make great music on occasion, but the fact of the matter is that this old school hipster rap movement was more of a fad than anything else. But I really can’t hate, I am one of the many that truly fell in love with The Bake Sale EP, which is why I am making this post. In the hopes that this project restores my faith in this group as a force in hip-hop, and not just two dopes that rap about beepers and Air Jordans. [via]...full text |
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