This one grew on me a bit, but I still only think it's decent and there's nothing too special about it. However, I find myself going back to this more than R.A.P. Music, which is weird because I enjoyed R.A.P. Music more when it came out. Run the Jewels is pretty consistent from start to finish, although the second half is definitely better.

Run the Jewels 2 out this year.

Sweeeeeeeeet

Swag level 9000

I desperately hope my kid is that cool.

They were so good live. I have to dig through my pics and see if I have any good ones to share.

They even did a new song that they're working on.

^ agree'd. Met them as well, both real nice dudes

Good song choice as well. Looking forward to RTJ2 :cool:

The recorded footage isn't worth showing, it was only a 10 second clip of ****ty audio.

I've often wondered, what exactly was Killer Mike doing between the time he was first featured by Outkast in like 2001 and RAP Music in 2012 and his alignment with El-P
That's a ten year span where he wasn't making many waves.
Just thought about what could have been achieved in that time frame.

Looks like you had a really good view for the gig DJ. Looked good.

Yeah, I only remember him being featured on misc. tracks but looking up at his wiki just a few seconds ago. It looks like he was putting out mixtapes over the years. It seems to be like a two year span between mixtapes though.

Also I was at an okay spot but the zoom on my S2 is really good. I hated when my phone died and I had to resort to using my tablet to take photos.

He was doing guest spots with a bunch big mainstream names and making some of his own albums, sort of blowing up in the south. Of course he never really got internet famous until he hooked up with El-P. His PL3DGE album is really good (granted it was released in 2011) and the should've-been-hit from that album (Ready Set Go) has some extremely hot production.

El-P is consistently hilarious on twitter.

https://soundcloud.com/productomart/...part-1-snippet

:)

Killer Mike's been one of my favorite MC's since "Snappin' & Trappin'".

qBERT

Okay, huge props to this forum for being into El-P and Killer Mike. I actually like each of those artists individually more than I like Run the Jewels, but it's all fantastic music. These two guys are my go to references for idiots who tell me that all rap sucks now. They don't even begin to get enough credit.

https://soundcloud.com/massappealrec...r-night-part-1

Can anyone else hear a little bit of southern drawl in El-Ps verses? These guys are influencing each other to the core I think. Can't wait for RTJ2

^probably shouldn't have smoked before going on CNN. Sounds nervous as hail

he's also going on under the likeness of "killer mike"

Thought he spoke very well in that video.

^ well spoken as Killer Mark

El-P never seemed so one dimensional as when run the jewels began. They're beginning to seem more like characters and it's no surprise zack de la rocha is involved because they're starting to feel like they have a target audience of adolescent macbook rebel's.

This stuff is so tame compared to that which made me get into el-p

I sort of agree with this. I'm not getting a whole lot out of Run the Jewels lyrically. That being said, the production is top notch. It's a lot "cleaner" than El-P's older stuff, but I can't think of a below average beat on either project.

yeah mikes "oodles of noodles/ bunches of punches"

Mike is certainly toning himself down

Meow the Jewels

Everybody following El-P on Instagram knows he is into this idea. I'll admit I want to hear it.

We are a strange species.

True. I'd hate to live in a world without us.

:hphones:

The beat change at the end

$12,227/$45,100...I agree,

12,459/45,100 currently. Run The Donations :mad:

engine, here are all the producers for it
Instagram

anyone know how i can save this pic without instagram? I NEED THIS PIC ITS MY FAVE MUSIC+SMASH BROS OMFG

Hory shet, Meow the Jewels is almost there.

:thumb: grazi!

How'd you do that? print screen?

its too damn rad

This just came out today...

Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck) ft. Zach de la Rocha

I can't decide if I like Zach's Miles Davis line or his Phillip K. Dick line better

I saved that pic to my phone when I saw it on instagram :)

I've have such mixed feelings about this new el-p stuff

El-P featuring zack de la rocha is a turning point regardless of which

The hyper repetitive beats are immediatly gratifying but leave nothing to discover, which is one of the best parts of el-p production.

No transitions, no switch ups, no progression, just "run the jewels" vocal sample over droaning synth

Which would be okay, but this formula has been the case for quite a few RTJ cuts now

Hopefully they released it early because it wasn't good enough to make the cut on the final release

El-P's rapping has grown to this nicer adult, characterness to it though. His aggressiveness more controlled, in the way of the samurai