http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17304043&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rssPointing back to a distant era in rap, Cool Kids mix booming 808 drums with simplistic rap patterns, minimalist synth embellishments and references to double dutch, Rakim and <I>Do the Right Thing</I>. Still, kids Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks put enough space in their beats and randomness in their rhymes to make their aesthetic fresh -- think the Beastie Boys filtered through Pharrell and Diplo. The two retro-futurists met up in music's current melting pot, Myspace, and garnered a significant underground buzz when they were featured at the 2007 CMJ Music Conference and selected to open for hip harbinger M.I.A. Later that year, their debut single, "Black Mags," a paean to tricked-out bikes, took the indie world by storm. Its success, as well as the ascension of like-minded acts the Knux, Kid Sister and others, birthed the new micro-genre hipster hop. Their debut EP, <I>The Bake Sale</I>, dropped in the summer of 2008 on Chocolate Industries. - Sam ChennaultIndie Rap/Hip-Hopen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:55:40 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17304043&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rss Pointing back to a distant era in rap, Cool Kids mix booming 808 drums with simplistic rap patterns, minimalist synth embellishments and references to double dutch, Rakim and <I>Do the Right Thing</I>. Still, kids Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks put enough space in their beats and randomness in their rhymes to make their aesthetic fresh -- think the Beastie Boys filtered through Pharrell and Diplo. The two retro-futurists met up in music's current melting pot, Myspace, and garnered a significant underground buzz when they were featured at the 2007 CMJ Music Conference and selected to open for hip harbinger M.I.A. Later that year, their debut single, "Black Mags," a paean to tricked-out bikes, took the indie world by storm. Its success, as well as the ascension of like-minded acts the Knux, Kid Sister and others, birthed the new micro-genre hipster hop. Their debut EP, <I>The Bake Sale</I>, dropped in the summer of 2008 on Chocolate Industries. - Sam Chennault http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.19798789&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:33:25 -0700 Music Videos by Cool Kids on Rhapsody Online mvid.19798789 mvid.19798789 Cool Kids art.17304043 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.19798789&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.17540844&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rss Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:02:44 -0800 Music Videos by Cool Kids on Rhapsody Online mvid.17540844 mvid.17540844 Cool Kids art.17304043 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.17540844&rws=%2Fcool-kids%2Fmusic-videos.rss