''Sit Down, Man'' is the second mixtape by American hip hop trio
Das Racist. It was released as a free download by
Greedhead Music,
Mishka, and
Mad Decent
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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
Santos Party House on September 16, 2010.
Production
The mixtape is produced by
Teengirl Fantasy,
Chairlift
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,
Diplo
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, Keepaway, and
Boi-1da
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, among others. It includes guest appearances from
Fat Tony,
El-P
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,
Kassa Overall,
Roc Marciano
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, and
Lakutis.
Critical reception
''
Pitchfork
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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 ''
Rolling Stone
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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)
*
Boi-1da
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– production (4)
* Kassa Overall – production (5)
*
Teengirl Fantasy – production (6)
*
Devo Springsteen – production, mixing (7)
* Tom Cruz – production (8)
* Keepaway – production (9)
*
Chairlift
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– 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)
*
Diplo
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– production (17)
*
Scoop DeVille – 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
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– executive production
* Le'Roy Benros – executive production
References
External links
*
''Sit Down, Man''at
Archive.org
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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