"Thats what we sounds like; can't help it," said Chuck Inglish, who produces the Cool Kids' music with a meticulous ear. "But I'm into emulation, not imitation."
The Cool Kids fall under the umbrella of a small but newly influential hip-hop subculture- call it meta-rap- created by a generation of artists raised wholly within hip-hop culture, making music that is a commentary on what came before it.
Musically this might be the most promising underground hip-hop movement in a decade, feted by old-school loyalists and genre outsiders entranced by uts obsessive commitment to style. Not only do The Cool Kids emulate the sound of 'Old Skool" hip-hop they also closely replicate the clothing styles-these artists are often dismissed as "hipster-rap"- as if they are wearing their old-school references as nothing more than fashion.
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