These guys are killing it right now

Does anybody know what's happening with Meow The Jewels? It's taking ages for what I assumed would just be a joke project.

IMO they should fuck it off, especially if it's holding up RTJ3. It's going to be shit anyway. Shit idea really.

Run the Jewels Unveil Meow the Jewels Track "Meowrly" | News | Pitchfork

It's actually pretty good, not as amazing as the original, but I suprisingly works as the beat.

Mehhhh

Not very many recognizable cat noises..

I just hope this is the birth of nip-hop.

Run the Jewels Share Just Blaze "Oh My Darling Don't Meow" Remix From Meow the Jewels | News | Pitchfork

Still not convinced this is anything other than a shit idea and a massive waste of time.

Not impressed with the use of cat sounds tbh.

Really? so El-p is already old news? who's the new flavor of the month then?

I like El-p and killer mike. Goofie turned me on to them and all ive heard from them so far has been top notch.

Wait, so they don't bump that **** in the future?

If I were El-P I'd sell out too. Sell out shows.

They've made two solid records and when I saw them they put on a fun show. No complaints here

Not bad points and I even sort of agree with you about Killer Mike. I feel like El runs circles around Mike as far as intellect goes. And ultimately their collaborative social commentary comes off as a little half-baked because of this.

And as someone (like maybe everyone?) who also came up on Def Jux it's disappointing that this had to happen in order to break out El-P.

That said, I think Killer Mike is a dope rapper with a much cooler voice and delivery than El, and that alone justifies the collaboration. As for selling out, I actually think selling Jack Daniels is a cool thing to do, I would do it myself if I could, so no argument there. And being on Nas's label (distributed by Sony) seems like something El would have always done if he had the opportunity.

Mostly I disagree that El sold out because I feel like a major consistent theme in his lyrics is his determination to stay in control of his music and his life, which seems to be precisely where he is today.

Most artists are out to make a living performing and selling albums. I don't consider it selling out if you make it big and work with major labels. Good for them. It's only selling out if they put out whatever their "bosses" tell them to and stop making their music. Seems like there is this double standard where regular listeners can enjoy Nike and big name brands but as soon as those brands endorse or collaborate with your favorite indie/underground artist then the artist becomes a sell out. They're regular people too!

^ Right. Any of us in their shoes would sell out too.

Wait, is Run The Jewels considered mainstream?

They aren't. Some exposure on mainstream outlets doesn't make you mainstream.

Wait what? So you think he sold out, why? I think he's still making the music that he wants to make.

:p:

What i meant was that even if some ppl consider him a sellout, i can't blame him for doing it.

Personally i just like his music but i haven't kept up with his career that much so idk if he indeed sold out. maybe he just got to be so popular he's crossing over from an underground artist to a mainstream one.

I don't think that El-P has sold out musically. The image building around his music and the gimmicky stuff is where that comes in. It attracts more fans than the music alone would, which is a good thing I guess because it hasn't affected the music too heavily. With that being said, I'd rather see a new solo El-P album than a new RTJ record.

How has he sold out musically? I honestly feel like the only shortcomings with his new material that might suggest that is lazy lines from Killer Mike ("oodles of noodles", cliche narrative on "Early", etc.).

Which album contain you overall Famous Lyrics..

Excellent video even though it's a feature track from DJ Shadow's album.

Run the Jewels Release RTJ3: Listen | Pitchfork


AAWWWWWWWWWWWW SHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT

It's now clear that El-P and Boots need to do a full collaborative album.

Final Verdict: Great album. As a whole it's as good as RTJ2, but it has some of their best tracks to date for sure. Back half of the album is strong as ****, it's almost like a few of the tracks on the first half of the album were cut from RTJ2.

Will listen soon

I'm so ****ing happy about this, Christmas is like 6252627 times better because of it.

Yeah, I woke up and look at my phone and ended up seeing that it was released. I immediately came here to tell the good news but I'm late I guess.

Going to listen to it soon after this video I'm watching.

this is so ****ING good

we're long overdue for a solo El project... please let 2017 be the year.

How does it compare to previous albums?

These guys are the coolest guys in Hip-Hop. Saw their little vine on the Twitter account :)

High hopes for this one.

too early to say atm to be honest but I feel like it's going to be on par with 2 if not better. El-P's production just gets better and better as does their chemistry on tracks together.

the track with Danny on it is is a big one >>>

Thought there were two?

Downloaded on mobile. Can't unzip the fucker.

New album is a solid 9.5/10, maybe a 10/10.

I kinda need to listen to this.

You need to right now.

It's not on spotify, all the tracks are showing but we can't listen to it fml

It's available for me. Try playing Spotify in the web browser and using hola.org to get around the regional restrictions.

OMG RJT 3 has just released for us, **** YES

all i can say is
WOW - new records too fly

EL-P should be releasing a solo album this year according to his 5 year rule.

Or has he sold out to making music for the mainstream?