Kids In The Hall: The In Crowd

In this day in age most new Hip-Hop acts are usually pretty stale and don't stray too far from the current formula that is demanded within the mainstream. There's a lot of kids coming up that base their whole act around this new status quo. Up and coming artists are hungry, they wanna eat and so they resort to doin shit like snappin their fingers and acting like a baffoon in order to sell. They've allowed the outside entitities to impose their "rules" on the music. They've traded quality and true art for money, and that is the exact thing that will cripple an artform and destroy it's roots. We're all quite familiar with the process by now, unfortunately. The Kids In The Hall are the new alternative to the growing "idiot" and greed driven subculture that is spiraling out of control in Hip-hop. They're smart, well dressed, witty, poignant and skilled; everything that Hip-Hop refuses to be right now, and hasn't ever really embraced. They're different, and Hip-Hop used to love different. Whether it was Busta Rhymes or The Pharcyde, we definitely used to love different. Naledge and Double O's story is as Hip-Hop as it gets.... While in college at the University Of Pennslyvania, two guys that wanna be musicians meet at a talent show and through the love of the artform they got together and started doin music, forming their own group, whom they decide to name after a hilarious Canadian sketch comedy troup. The two have already released one great and critically acclaimed record in "School Was My Hustle" on Rawkus Records. Now they've returned even stronger with "The In Crowd", which builds off the refreshing momentum they had on their first record. Kids In The Hall have come to symbolize the hope that there might be a way for innovative and diverse acts to still thrive in the game. Dropping via Duck Down Records this time, "The In Crowd" is Kids In The Hall's finest material to date and comes with few mis-steps. If you can avoid "Drivin Down The Block" and the remix, both of which are extremely hokey, I think the album will resonate with you better. While I think the two were trying to poke fun more so than perform on the song, it still wasn't a good look putting that joint on the album or much less choosing to use up your best album feature (Masta Ace) on it. Other than that the album is good to go, and will provide most true heads with an adequate fix for their "real hip-hop" jones'ing, enjoy!

-BIG D O

01. Black Out (feat. DJ G.I. Joe) 02:38
02. Paper Trail (feat. Phonte) 03:55
03. Drivin' Down The Block (Low End Theory) (feat. Masta Ace) 04:03
04. Lucifer's Joyride (feat. Travis McCoy) 03:24
05. Snob Hop (feat. Camp Lo) 03:36
06. Mr. Alladatsh*t (feat. Donnis & Chip Tha Ripper) 03:59
07. Love Hangover (feat. Estelle) 04:06
08. Let Your Hair Down (feat. SKyzoo & Lil' Eddie) 04:37
09. Middle Of The Map Pt. 1 (feat. Fooch) 02:28
10. Middle Of The Map Pt. 2 (feat. Black Milk & Guilty Simpson) 02:33
11. The In Crowd (feat. Tim William) 04:04
12. The Pledge (feat. Sean Price & Buckshot) 04:32
13. Inner Me 04:59
14. Drivin' Down The Block (Remix) (feat. Pusha T, Bun B & The Cool Kids) 04:00

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