The Cool Kids
The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries)
By Niema Jordan
Published: June 11th, 2008 | 1:00pm
If you haven’t figured out by now that Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks — a.k.a. the Cool Kids — are cooler than most dudes, or if you just need some reassurance, look no further than their debut EP, The Bake Sale. Equipped with bass-heavy, party-ready jams, this album brings back memories of the fun-loving hip-hop that was popular during late ‘80s and early ‘90s, despite the fact that the Cool Kids never had the chance to experience that era.
For most fans, Bake Sale is a sing-along of familiar tracks from the duo's high-energy concerts; quite possibly the reason that this 10-song disc that sounds like a full album is being sold as an EP. But whether you are already a fan or a skeptic, you’ll love what the Cool Kids have cooked up for you.
Their signature songs are accounted for: “Black Mags,” which established the group as bike riding MCs; “88,” wherein the group urges folks to do the smurf, whop, and baseball bat dances; and the speaker pounding “Gold and a Pager." Of course there's also the bragadocious “A Little Bit Cooler,” complete with MCs waxing poetic about swagger jackers and cereal, “I’m sittin' on the couch holdin’ a remote/ Flippin’ channels, I’m a rebel/ Eatin’ a bowl of Fruity Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles/ How gangsta is that? Not gangsta at all/ Aww you judgin’ me dog? Please, you shop at the mall.”
The not-so-well-known tracks “Bassment Party” (which sounds like J.J. Fad’s “Supersonic”) and “Jingling” (which brings to mind LL Cool J’s “Jingling Baby") are in line with the swag and rhythm that have become trademarks for the Cool Kids. After a listen, you'll want to put on your gold hoop earrings, pull out your boom box, practice your b-girl skills, and make The Bake Sale EP the soundtrack to your summer block parties.
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