The Bake Sale

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The Bake Sale
The Cool Kids The Bake Sale.jpg
EP by
ReleasedMay 20, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length32:16
Label XL, Chocolate Industries, C.A.K.E.
Producer Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll, N. Cobey (ex.)
The Cool Kids chronology
That's Stupid!
(2007)
The Bake Sale
(2008)
Gone Fishing
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club (B+) [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [4]
Dusted Magazine(favorable) [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME (8/10) [7]
Okayplayer (89/100) [8]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [9]
PopMatters (7/10) [10]

The Bake Sale is the critically acclaimed EP by American hip hop duo The Cool Kids. [11] [12]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."What Up Man"3:00
2."One Two"3:32
3."Mikey Rocks"3:27
4."88"3:46
5."What It Is"2:28
6."Black Mags"3:11
7."A Little Bit Cooler"2:51
8."Gold and a Pager"3:47
9."Bassment Party"3:27
10."Jingling"2:47

CD bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
11."Don't Trip"3:18
12."Get Busy Sonnn"3:02
13."Chicago Zoo"3:12

Charts

Charts (2008) [13] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200152
U.S. Top Heatseekers8
U.S. Top Independent Albums15
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums64
UK Albums Chart [14] 101

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. The A.V. Club review
  3. Blender review
  4. Drowned in Sound review Archived 2008-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Dusted Magazine review
  6. "CD: The Cool Kids, The Bake Sale". The Guardian . 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12.
  7. NME review
  8. Okayplayer review Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Pitchfork Media review Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. PopMatters review
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  13. allmusic ((( Bake Sale > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed August 3 2008.
  14. "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 16 August 2008". ChartsPlus (364). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 5–8.