''Shut Up, Dude'' is the first mixtape by American hip hop trio Das Racist. It was released as a free download by

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and Mishka on March 29, 2010.

Music videos

A music video was created for "Who's That? Brooown!". The video linked to a playable online game. ''

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'' included it on the "Top Music Videos of 2010" list, while ''

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'' included it on the "Best Videos of 2010" list. It was selected to screen at the

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. A music video was also created for "Rainbow in the Dark".

Critical reception

Nate Patrin of ''

'' 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." Chris Molnar of ''

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'' wrote: "Maybe the most refreshing thing about ''Shut Up, Dude'' is how it sounds completely free of calculation." Sean Fennessey of ''

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'' called it "a deeply self-conscious batch of word-association jumbles, references to other artists' lyrics, and half-hearted hooks." ''

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'' placed the mixtape at number 30 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2010" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes. * Young Paperboy – production (1) * Sabzi – production (1) * Le1f – production (3, 9) * Aries Noise – production (3, 9) * J-La – production (4, 8, 11, 15) * Charles & Beck – production (5) * Gordon Voidwell – production (7) * Like Magic – production (10); recording, engineering, mixing (3, 4, 10, 15) * Das Racist – production (10, 12) * Daniel "Alfred Jenkins" Lynas – production (12); recording, engineering, mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17) * Arturo Klauft – production (13) * Kassa Overall – production (14) * Mike Finito – production (17) * DJA – mastering * Aakash Nihalani – artwork, photography * Ryder Fleming-Jones – executive production

References

External links

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