Run the Jewels offer a similar picture of rap unity. “Holy Calamafuck” flips a dancehall reggae sample into a beat like hearing tanks storm through Brooklyn. Run The Jewels have always been political and this new album couldn't have come at a better time. The group’s ethos returns to late ‘80s and early ‘90s hip-hop, when hardcore rap still had a political conscience. 3 boils over with ruthless disses, thunderous bass, and pinpoint scratches.

Run The Jewels have always been political and this new album couldn't have come at a better time. Run The Jewels – “Walking In The Snow” People always compare El-P’s production style to science fiction. The guest list is thick.

Run the Jewels are a super-duo consisting of Killer Mike & El-P.

Run the Jewels get political and fiery on "Talk To Me," the first song from their upcoming third album. Trina, Danny Brown, Tunde Adebimpe, and BOOTS join the (revolutionary) party. Killer Mike’s verse in “Early” is one you should put on to introduce someone to the political messages that Run the Jewels often touches on in their music. El-P is now best known as one half of Run the Jewels, his duo with the Atlanta rapper Killer Mike; their fourth album, RTJ4, was rush-released on June 3 to a country at war with itself. Their sophomore album in 2014 is my personal favorite though, as it’s a lot darker. (Rebellious African People) Music in it’s entirety, but came together officially the following year with a self-titled debut. They first crossed paths with each other in 2012 when the latter produced Mike’s 5th album R.A.P. Run The Jewels 4 Is the Unofficial Soundtrack of the Uprising By Jade Gomez June 8, 2020 | 11:45am The Week In Music: The Best Albums, Songs, Performances and … Kamasi Washington adds mournful horn.

Zack de la Rocha returns with a 16-bar salute. Run The Jewels, RTJ4 Seven years in, we know what to expect from a Run The Jewels album: righteous anger, witty punchlines, exuberant verses, all on top of El-P’s industrial, sci-fi beats. Killer Mike is a black Atlantan, El-P is a white New Yorker.

Run The Jewels: RTJ4 This week, rap duo Run the Jewels released their first album in four years, RTJ4 , and due to the present explosive tension in America, they decided to share it two days early. 2. "Nobody Speak" is a song by American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, featuring rap verses from American rap duo Run the Jewels. It also acted as the lead single from Shadow's fifth studio album, The Mountain Will Fall (2016). The day after the election, Run the Jewels released “2100,” a wobbly spaceship of a track that seemed like an instant response to Donald Trump’s victory, though it was recorded well in advance. It makes sense. RTJ4 (also called Run the Jewels 4) is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Run the Jewels.It was released digitally through their own Jewel Runners imprint via BMG Rights Management on June 3, 2020, two days earlier than scheduled, with physical editions slated for release in September 2020.

Bestowing the gift of Run the Jewels 3 weeks earlier than expected, El-P and Killer Mike managed to deliver a collection even more satisfying than 2015's sophomore installment. Editors’ Notes Fueled by social injustice and a changing of the guard, Run the Jewels claps back with both mics blazing. But at the time Run the Jewels formed, Definitive Jux had gone out of business and El-P was feeling desperate. Titanic rap duo Run the Jewels returned with their third self-titled effort on Christmas Eve 2016. The song was first a part of Run the Jewels' Record Store Day release, which was a virtual reality cardboard viewer that included a digital download code for the song.