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| Released | March 29, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 64:32 | |||
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Shut Up, Dude is the first mixtape by American hip hop trio Das Racist. [1] It was released as a free download by Greedhead Music and Mishka on March 29, 2010. [2]
A music video was created for "Who's That? Brooown!". [3] The video linked to a playable online game. [4] Pitchfork included it on the "Top Music Videos of 2010" list, [5] while Rolling Stone included it on the "Best Videos of 2010" list. [6] It was selected to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. [7] [8] A music video was also created for "Rainbow in the Dark". [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Cokemachineglow | 76/100 [10] |
| Consequence of Sound |    [11] |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A− [12] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [13] |
| Spin | 8/10 [14] |
Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the mixtape a 7.8 out of 10, saying, "Das Racist's Brooklyn-buzz affiliations and humorous bent might mislead you into thinking it's an exercise in cheap laffs for people who don't take rap seriously, but this album feels a lot more like the irreverent hip-hop fanboy mania of ego trip magazine than smarmy genre tourism." [13] Chris Molnar of Cokemachineglow wrote: "Maybe the most refreshing thing about Shut Up, Dude is how it sounds completely free of calculation." [10] Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice called it "a deeply self-conscious batch of word-association jumbles, references to other artists' lyrics, and half-hearted hooks." [15]
Stereogum placed the mixtape at number 30 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2010" list. [16]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Who's That? Brooown!" |
| 3:39 |
| 2. | "You Oughta Know" | 2:55 | |
| 3. | "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" |
| 2:58 |
| 4. | "Rainbow in the Dark" | J-La | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Fake Patois" | Charles & Beck | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Nutmeg" | 5:48 | |
| 7. | "Shorty Said (Gordon Voidwell Remix)" | Gordon Voidwell | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Chicken and Meat" | J-La | 3:48 |
| 9. | "I Don't Owe Nobody Shit" |
| 3:41 |
| 10. | "Ek Shaneesh" |
| 4:27 |
| 11. | "Hugo Chavez" | J-La | 3:41 |
| 12. | "I Don't Want to Deal with Those Monsters" |
| 3:11 |
| 13. | "Don Dada" | Arturo Klauft | 3:38 |
| 14. | "One Dollar Can" | Kassa Overall | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Coochie Dip City" | J-La | 4:00 |
| 16. | "Deep Ass Shit (You'll Get It When You're High)" | 3:13 | |
| 17. | "Shut Up, Dude" | Mike Finito | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 64:32 | ||
Credits adapted from the liner notes.
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