El-P and Killer Mike are "Run The Jewels"

Mondo Bungle · 12-20-2014, 09:18 PM

This really is some of the best hip hop there is for me. Maybe even THE best.

**Frownland** · 12-20-2014, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

This really is some of the best hip hop there is for me. Maybe even THE best.

I dig it quite a bit too, but I still don't think it lives up to Cancer 4 Cure or R.A.P. Music. Those are damn hard to top though.

**Goofle** · 12-20-2014, 10:29 PM

It's not close to EL-P's solo stuff. But I'd listen to it over Mike's albums.

14232949 · 12-21-2014, 12:33 AM

I think the new album might be a step back for RTJ.

Don't get me wrong, it sounds great. El-P has done a fantastic stuff with the production on the record. The instrumentals are varied and they feel important, it's a pity the content of the rapping irks me.

So much is made of this challenging race and discrimination of blacks. A few reviews I've read point to the storytelling and gritty nature of exposing the seedy underbelly of how the race is treated, yet El-P is a white middle aged man and isn't the best candidate to give me a lecture on it.

I was also put off by the song where the two; one a ginger 40 year old and the other an obese Southerner talk about their alleged libido. For supposed intellectual rappers, it's a rather strange topic to base a song off. Most artists would get slaughtered for releasing a song like Love Again yet Mike and El-P get away with it because they're internet darlings.

Maybe I'm nitpicking but they alter my ability to fully enjoy this album and at this stage I prefer their debut.

**Frownland** · 12-21-2014, 12:52 AM

I think Love Again isn't attacked so much because Gangsta Boo's verse turns the whole idea on its head and kind of satirizes it, RTJ's verses on that track sets that up. I do agree that the rhymes don't live up to El and Mike's potential, but it's definitely the best from RTJ so far.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-24-2014, 02:59 AM

Did anyone buy this album in physical format? I want to but I don't really want a cardboard case (same for RTJ1 as well).

Anyway still bumping this. Top 5 AOTY for Tekkers

**Frownland** · 01-16-2015, 03:04 PM

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-16-2015, 04:25 PM

RTJ3 confirmed btw.

**Goofle** · 01-16-2015, 06:15 PM

Howard? Wtf?

OccultHawk · 01-16-2015, 06:25 PM

RTJ2 is a cool fast paced hip-hop record.

12-21-2014, 12:52 AM	#145 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I think Love Again isn't attacked so much because Gangsta Boo's verse turns the whole idea on its head and kind of satirizes it, RTJ's verses on that track sets that up. I do agree that the rhymes don't live up to El and Mike's potential, but it's definitely the best from RTJ so far. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-16-2015, 03:04 PM	#147 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	__________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-21-2014, 12:33 AM	#144 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	I think the new album might be a step back for RTJ. Don't get me wrong, it sounds great. El-P has done a fantastic stuff with the production on the record. The instrumentals are varied and they feel important, it's a pity the content of the rapping irks me. So much is made of this challenging race and discrimination of blacks. A few reviews I've read point to the storytelling and gritty nature of exposing the seedy underbelly of how the race is treated, yet El-P is a white middle aged man and isn't the best candidate to give me a lecture on it. I was also put off by the song where the two; one a ginger 40 year old and the other an obese Southerner talk about their alleged libido. For supposed intellectual rappers, it's a rather strange topic to base a song off. Most artists would get slaughtered for releasing a song like Love Again yet Mike and El-P get away with it because they're internet darlings. Maybe I'm nitpicking but they alter my ability to fully enjoy this album and at this stage I prefer their debut.

12-24-2014, 02:59 AM	#146 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Did anyone buy this album in physical format? I want to but I don't really want a cardboard case (same for RTJ1 as well). Anyway still bumping this. Top 5 AOTY for Tekkers

01-16-2015, 04:25 PM	#148 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	RTJ3 confirmed btw.

01-16-2015, 06:25 PM	#150 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	RTJ2 is a cool fast paced hip-hop record.