The Bake Sale

EPJun 03 / 200810 songs, 32m 20s
Hardcore Hip Hop Hip Hop
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7.8 / 10

Chicago's the Cool Kids finally release their long-awaited, self-produced Chocolate Industries EP, out now on iTunes and in stores early next month.

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The deafening buzz surrounding Chicago breakout act Cool Kids has already given way to an equally explosive backlash—and for once, the buzz and the backlash are equally justified. Cool Kids' smartass brand of trunk-rattling old-school braggadocio really does represent the ultimate triumph of style over substance,…

On a humid evening during the final days of this year’s SXSW, The Cool Kids played to a crowd made up of white, thick-necked jocks and jockettes.

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