What’s the Word?: Kidz in the Hall respond to hipster label

 

Hip Hop DX sat down with Kidz in the Hall to talk about being labelled Hipster Rappers.

Naledge and Double O responded to the poll and the overall sentiment in Hip Hop recently. At a video with Boston-based store UndergroundHipHop.com, Double O responded to the poll saying, “It’s like they tried to smack you on the front side, then tried to stick their thumb up your booty on the south side.” Naledge added, “They don’t even know us, it was just kinda, ‘We don’t like how they dress.’ Fuck it.” The group also reminded those interested that their debut, 2006’s School Was My Hustle was released on Rawkus Records, and was never victim to such accusations as those plaguing some of the newer groups in Hip Hop. “We weren’t [labeled] hipsters then! How the fuck…I had Polo on back then, I had Gucci belts on back then,” Naledge defended. He used the inclusion of 808 drum beats and radio-friendly choruses as the one evolution that the group has followed.

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