Chris Daly used to hide new VHS releases behind workout videos It’s not often a song snippet is going to get mentioned here, but it’s not all that often that Run The Jewels drops a single teaser via Twitter, either. Out of seemingly no where, El-P tweeted that the next album, creatively named RTJ2, “is […]
| Shots Fired, Episode 59: An Afternoon with El-Producto (El-P) | January 17, 2014 |
No introduction necessary. The cat-loving gentleman who makes beats harder than carpet bombs came on the latest episode of Shots Fired. We talked about pop star cyborgs, running an indie-rap label, the greatness of Bell Biv Devoe, his Run the Jewels partnership with Killer Mike, the early years of Company Flow, and much more. Rap […]
| A Christmas Fucking Miracle From the Run the Jewels | December 25, 2013 |
Chris Daly once killed a man using only a stale fruit cake. If you want to know what we think of Run the Jewels self-titled album, look no further than our Top 50 Albums of 2013 list, so there’s no need to rehash that here. What you may be less of aware of, though, is […]
| A Step By Step Guide On How to Run The Jewels | August 15, 2013 |
Illustrations and larceny by Brad Beatson A step-by-step guide on how to Run The Jewels: Channel your inner Super Villain (fuck what you heard, bad guys are often misunderstood) Befriend the animals (El is fond of hounds and whales; Mike is especially fond of wolves and African elephants)
| Question in the Form of An Answer: An Interview with Run the Jewels (Killer Mike + El-P) | July 25, 2013 |
There might not be a more dynamic duo in rap music right now than Killer Mike and El-P. Responsible for two of last year’s finest releases in R.A.P. Music and Cancer4Cure, they’ve returned as Run the Jewels with a new full-length and a massive, summer-long tour with Despot and Kool AD. That’s one hell of […]
| Video: Run the Jewels – “36′ Chain” | July 16, 2013 |
As I said on the Twitter, Run the Jewels is the anti-Watch the Throne. Two super villains looting the homes of out of touch millionaires who destroy Maybach’s for fun. I should have probably added that they will murk anyone who disturbs Mr. Killums. To paraphrase Samuel L. in Pulp Fiction: never mess with another […]
| El & Mike Make Dollars: A Review of “Run the Jewels” | July 2, 2013 |
Doc Zeus is okay with Anthony Bennett too. Looking back on the past fifteen years of hip hop, one of the biggest blown opportunities was that the misguided dogma of mainstream and independent hip hop fans prevented a generation of talented performers from collaborating. A self-imposed segregation of the genre helped stifle overall creativity, create […]
| There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand: Run the Jewels (Killer Mike + El-P) & Big Boi’s “Banana Clippers” | May 31, 2013 |
If you hopped in the Delorean and warped back to ’97 and told me that Daddy Fat Sacks of the honorable ATLiens would be collaborating with the man with ye olde lyrics of fire from Company Flow, I would have turned in my driver’s license, knowing that this song would eventually cause me to get […]
| El-P & Killer Mike Get It | April 29, 2013 |
Remember that thing earlier where I said that Fantasy Draft rap collaborations rarely work out. This Run the Jewels cut from El-P and Killer Mike is pretty much the exact opposite of that statement. If anyone wants to finance my screenplay about these two winning congressional races and going to Washington D.C. to teach the […]
“Run the Jewels” is the new name for the assault rifle rap duo of El-P and Killer Mike. El was saying last night on Twitter how he watched Killer Mike freestyle an entire record. So you can probably assume that this was freestyled. You can also assume that almost everything they say is gospel, considering […]
