THE COOL KIDS - The Bake Sale

Setting up shop somewhere between the profane, goofy fun of Spank Rock and the nonchalant menace of the Clipse, these Chicagoans clearly know that if you name it, they will come, as savvy netizens have clamoured over this release for most of the past year. Now that those less cool are privy too, we can tell what all the fuss has been about--when MC Mikey Rocks' eponymous theme song hits the speakers, make sure you're holding on, because these dark, stripped-down beats, economical as the 32-minute rewind-friendly running time, rattle as assuredly as the name implies.