''Sit Down, Man'' is the second mixtape by American hip hop trio Das Racist. It was released as a free download by

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, Mishka, and

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on September 14, 2010. It gained over 40,000 downloads in its first week of release. An album release show was held at

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on September 16, 2010.

Production

The mixtape is produced by Teengirl Fantasy,

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, Keepaway, and

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, among others. It includes guest appearances from Fat Tony, El-P, Kassa Overall,

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, and Lakutis.

Critical reception

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'' placed the mixtape at number 23 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2010" list. "Hahahaha JK?" was placed at number 44 on ''Pitchfork''s "Top 100 Tracks of 2010" list, as well as number 48 on ''

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''s "50 Best Songs of 2010" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes. * Sabzi – production (2) * Gordon Voidwell – production, mixing (3) * Alex Kestner – production, mixing (3) *

– production (4) * Kassa Overall – production (5) * Teengirl Fantasy – production (6) * Devo Springsteen – production, mixing (7) * Tom Cruz – production (8) * Keepaway – production (9) *

– production (10) * Sha-leik – production (11) * Dame Grease – production (12) * Like Magic – production (13) * Das Racist – production (13, 15) * Dash Speaks – production (14) * Mike Finito – production (16) *

– production (17) *

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– production (18) * Daniel Lynas – recording; mixing (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) * Patrick Wimberly – mixing (6, 10, 13) * DJA – mastering * Katy Porter – artwork, photography * Mishka – artwork, photography * Himanshu Suri – executive production * Le'Roy Benros – executive production

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2010 mixtape albums Das Racist albums Albums produced by Boi-1da Albums produced by Dame Grease Albums produced by Devo Springsteen Albums produced by Diplo Albums produced by Scoop DeVille Albums recorded at WKCR-FM Greedhead Music albums