The duo’s forthcoming album, “Hi-Top Fade,” will arrive through Fool’s Gold Records later this yr.

The Cool Kids—the revolutionary Blog Era-defining duo comprised of Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks—are again with one other new single and video, “Foil Bass,” the second providing from their forthcoming album, Hi-Top Fade.

Toward the top of the visible, there’s dedication to the late Mac Miller, who died of a drug overdose on September 7, 2018. The observe follows “Banana in the Tailpipe,” which arrived final month.

Serving as their sixth studio album, Hi-Top Fade reunites Chuck and Mikey with A-Trak’s label, Fool’s Gold, house of The Cool Kids’ early hits, together with “Gold and a Pager” and “88.”

“This track is coming at a perfect time,” Mikey tells AllHipHop. “We’re not here to give you microwaved beats and one-size-fits-all raps. We tapped into that raw energy that made you nod your head to a rap song for the first time. Clever, memorable lines that clearly let you know where we come from—and where we’re headed.”

Chuck provides, “As far as the beat goes, we wanted to make music you could bump in your car.”

Emerging within the mid-2000s, The Cool Kids helped usher in a brand new period of Hip-Hop by tapping into the do-it-yourself ethos of the digital age: quite than counting on radio, they discovered large success on blogs and social media platforms like MySpace, inspiring a younger era of artists to construct their very own lanes on-line.

Musically, The Cool Kids are credited with reconnecting modern Hip-Hop to its roots—channeling stripped-down, Eighties boom-bap beats and a playful, party-centric angle—whereas concurrently pushing boundaries with style, wit and a message of self-expression.

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Their affect might be traced by means of Chicago’s trendy rap scene, having inspired now-prominent acts to embrace individualism and experimentation quite than conform to prevailing mainstream tendencies. At a time when flashy bravado dominated the rap panorama, The Cool Kids stood out by encouraging listeners to be themselves, sparking a motion that reshaped each the sound and tradition of Hip-Hop for a brand new era.

Previous releases embrace 2022’s Before S### Got Weird (Chapter 1), Baby Oil Staircase (Chapter 2) and Chillout (Chapter 3) in addition to 2017’s Special Edition Grand Master Deluxe and their 2008 EP, The Bake Sale. Stay tuned for updates on the album launch date.

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