Pizza Hut, Taco Bell blessed (or cursed) with Das Racist tribute

Good news, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell: You are name-checked in what Pitchfork is calling one of the songs of the summer. The bad news: It's bloody awful. Das Racist's "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" is catchy enough, and the lyrics are pretty easy to get down as well, since it's basically about one thing: two guys calling each other on their cell phones trying to link up at the setting of the title. Pitchfork gives the song an 8 out of 10, but acknowledges the pick was somewhat controversial. "Reactions within our staff have ranged from 'I'd like to punch these guys in the face' and 'This was sent here to destroy my interest in music' to 'Harold and Kumar existentialism.' " It's all a matter of taste, I suppose, and if yours runs to two guys yelling over a pedestrian dance track, then have at it. Whatever the case, it's a win-win for Pizza Hut/Taco Bell, since the song gives both chains some cred with the Gen Y demo. I can't see Das Racist rapping this way about Cracker Barrel.

—Posted by Todd Wasserman