#rtj2

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Run The Jewels released their second album Run The Jewels 2 October 24, 2014

[lightyearsdream]

RTJ2 발매 10주년

그때나 지금이나 힙합 잘 모르지만 신기하게도 처음 듣자마자 머리를 때리는 것 처럼 충격적인 앨범들이 가끔 있다. 물론 RTJ2 이전에도, 이후에도 그런 일은 있었지만 이 앨범은 내 개인적인 힙합 감상 이력(노력?)의 전환점과도 같은 앨범이었다. 앨범 내내 이어지는 공격적인 에너지와 타이트한 프로덕션이 듣는이의 얼을 빼놓는 것 만큼이나, 다른 장르에선 느낄 수 없는 자유로운 음악적 표현의 가능성에 주목하게 만들어 준 것이다. 나야 래퍼들의 전사나 정치문화적인 건 잘 모르고, 그 팔레트가 일단 무한히 넓어보였다(아직도.)

[stayskrunchyinmilk]

Stays Krunchy in Milk Episode 555: Those Who Matter Don’t Mind!

Huge thanks to The Cleveland Guardians for unexpectedly giving this city some October Baseball! Hope we can do it again soon. Rush hour traffic after years of not dealing with it absolutely turrible. Box has started weight loss injectables as a means to conquer his weight issues once and for all. It’s a very open and honest discussion that I hope people hear and understand. As for Tee, well, he got new glasses. His kid invented a new turn of phrase for when men’s pants kind of puff out near one’s nethers. Tee loves talking about Dan’s past Magic The Gathering success. Turns out, his brother-in-law knows of Dan’s fame. We head to Reddit for some AITA before sharing our entertainment recommendations for the week. We have a great time this and every week. If you are only listening to the show, consider watching the video version and subscribing to our YouTube channel. We really try to make that version fun and interesting to watch.

Thanks,

Team SKiM

Alternative Title – The Right Reverend Dan

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More than 60 anti-LGBTQ incidents in Ohio

Biggest Rock Hall induction ever?

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AITA here? I for feel guilt that my [30M] wife [28F] admitted to me that she is miserable over the fact that I’m now sober?

AITA for telling my mom's husband my wedding isn't for him or about him?

[osidius-el-enfatico]

been thinking about this the past few days so here it is despite no one asking:

NICO'S TOP 5 RAP ALBUMS

this isnt the best albums ever, these are my favorites

Childish Gambino - Cul-de-sac

technically a mix tape and not an album but whatever. gambino's bars havent aged particularly well, but this is the album that made me dive into rap instead of relying on mtv, which still played music at the time, it was my first real exposure to instrumentalized rap, dude had a grizzly bear sample in there.

2. Run the Jewels - RTJ3

my favorite songs from run the jewels are actually from rtj2 (lie, cheat, steal and close your eyes and count to fuck) but i feel rtj3 hits harder as a complete album. mike and elp are just fun to listen to, you can feel the friendship coming from their songs. mike is a shitlib tho

3. Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - King Cobra

these two are everything people think killer mike is. pure seething hatred for the system and those in power, distilled through a filter of horror core sometimes and funk beats other times. incredible delivery from ennals in the bars

4. Wale - The Mixtape about nothing

wale was seen as one of the candidates to take the crown of rap before kendrick came along, but he chose to stay low and do weird shit musically and host wrestling viewing events. he's fucking great. this samples seinfeld bits so ofc i was gonna like it, but its just geniunely a good album (techinicalle a mixtape again)

5. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man

das racist were everywhere in the early 2010s. the collabed with both mr. mothafucking exxxquire and boots riley which is an insane spectrum. they were the darlings of internet rap. they are mostly known for combination taco bell and pizza hut, but they were great musically, equal parts poignant and funny. they werent meant to last tho. heems went on to have a cool album or two. dont know what kool ad is up to nowadays

shot outs: tha powers that be by death grips and i lie here buried with my rings and dresses by backxwash, i chose to not mix industrial in this top but they have an argument to be here.

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(2014-2015)

• V/A - The Space Project

• Floating Points - Elaenia

• Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers

• Trent Reznor + Atticus Ross - Gone Girl

• Helen (Liz Harris) - The Original Faces

• HEALTH - Death Magic

• Grouper - Ruins

• The Horrors - Luminous

• Death Grips - The Powers That B

• Noveller - Fantastic Planet

• Beach House - Depression Cherry

• Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!

• Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness

• Olafur Arnalds + Nils Frahm - Collaborative Works

• Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe + Ariel Kalma - We Know Each Other Somehow

• Run The Jewels - RTJ2

• Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

• Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels

• Perfume Genius - Too Bright

• Andrew Bird - Echolocations

[the-real-bin-laden]

RTJ2 10th anniversary

I'm not here to promote it, but the vinyl looks fucking sweet as hell and Blockbuster Night pt.2 is an absolute banger of a track.

[sinceileftyoublog]

Run The Jewels Live Show Review: 9/28, The Salt Shed, Chicago

Run The Jewels (El-P & Killer Mike)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Over the past several years, Run The Jewels albums have seemed primed for the time they came out. Run The Jewels 3 was released digitally in between the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and Donald Trump's subsequent inauguration, El-P and Killer Mike's penchant for grand political statements and even cheeky conspiracy theories nestled alongside their statements of self-triumph. RTJ4 was released in 2020, two days earlier than planned in response to the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests of police brutality and institutional racism all over the world. Songs like "Just", featuring the unforgettable line, "Look at all these slavemasters posin' on yo' dollar," were both timely and ever-relevant. Reflecting, though, it's always been Run The Jewels 2 that's the duo's crowning achievement, where it felt like the potential of the collaboration reached its full potential. In 2012, El-P lent his dystopian production to Mike's southern fried R.A.P. Music, Mike a verse to Cancer 4 Cure standout "Tougher Colder Killer". 2013 saw the two realize the group for the first time with a self-titled album, which at the time was a welcome surprise and perhaps a victory lap. Turns out, it was just a warm-up.

Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P)

That is, Run the Jewels 2 showcased everything you love about hip hop: MCs with distinct, but complementary flows and styles, unique production, and social awareness combined with a firecracker sense of humor, the potential to burn it all down, and unmistakably horny braggadocio. It was my obvious choice when deciding which of four nights to see RTJ perform an album in full, also knowing they'd cherry pick highlights from their back catalog in a second set. On stage at The Salt Shed last Thursday, Mike and El sounded as clear as ever without losing their bruising momentum, shouting words to a crowd who replied back every single one. (The two joked that playing this album in full was a bad idea, considering the amount of mushrooms they consumed when making it, fearing they wouldn't be able to remember their lines.) Trackstar the DJ rattled the stereo-busting bass of "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" and "Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)" as the crowd jumped up and down and moshed. Mike likened himself to William "Refrigerator" Perry during "Blockbuster Night Part 1", successfully pandering to those members of the crowd who were fans of the Chicago Bears, aka didn't travel from all over the Midwest to see the show.

Killer Mike

Though the first four RTJ2 songs are all-timers, it was the back half that shone brightest. Before RTJ performed nihilist anthem "Lie, Cheat, Steal", El-P remarked, based on the younger age of the crowd, that they'd have "a front row seat to the apocalypse," which put into perspective for a lot of us why we gravitated towards their magnum opus in the first place. When it came out 9 years ago, it foreshadowed the shit that would truly hit the fan a couple years later, providing a worthwhile soundtrack to said gradually looming apocalypse, all without being self-serious. The magic of the record is that a song like "Early", which Mike introduced by dedicating it to anybody who has been terrorized by the police and declaring that "the state should fear the people" as opposed to the other way around, is immediately followed by, in the duo's words, "two of the most ignorant songs we've ever written." By "ignorant," they really meant sexually charged tunes that provide necessary moments of levity. Specifically, when performing "Love Again (Akinyele Back)", the duo let the raunchy verse from the late, great Gangsta Boo, play uninterrupted, cementing her as the most important spirit in the room at that moment.

Mr. Len

It's no secret that Run the Jewels in general have a diverse fanbase. Folks I spoke with in the crowd ranged from hardcore kids to hip-hop heads, as expected from the type of group that has Pharrell Williams rub elbows with Zach De La Rocha. For the old school fans, an unexpected gift was in store: an opening DJ set from Mr. Len of Company Flow, the hip hop trio where El-P cut his teeth before going solo. (According to El, Bigg Jus was also in the house, though he never came out on stage.) Mr. Len treated us to tracks from Company Flow, El-P produced tunes from Cannibal Ox, and classics from Goodie Mob, Gang Starr, and A Tribe Called Quest. Though it was a callback to a bygone era, I couldn't help but think how Run the Jewels--along with the Backwoodz Studioz and Griselda crew--are this generation's possible forebears to whatever comes next, whether that's 20 years of RTJ or something else.

[gurutrends]

Killer Mike Reveals The Alchemist's Surprise 'Run The Jewels 2' Role On 10th Anniversary

Killer Mike revealed an unknown fact about The Alchemist‘s involvement in 2014’s Run The Jewels 2 as the album celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Released on October 24, 2014, Mike and El-P‘s RTJ2 solidified Run The Jewels‘ rising success and went on to be crowned Album of the Year by publications including Stereogum and Pitchfork. Reflecting on the album in an Instagram post, Mike noted how…

[maximuswolf]

Your top ten lists of favorite albums?

Your top ten lists of favorite albums? I'm still starting my path of listening to music but so far I would have to sayAtrocity Exhibition 9. Good Kid, Maad City 8. Plastic Beach 7. In Rainbows 6. In The Court Of The Crimson King 5. The Black Parade 4. Twin Fantasy 3. Igor 2. Girl With Basket Of FruitJenny DeathSome of the reasons I love all of these albums is because of there soundscapes. These albums were very special to me upon first listen and the continuous ones afterwards. The introduction to concept I had learned with Igor, the diverse layers of instrumentation I had to pleasure of hearing from In The Court Of The Crimson King, the harrowing sounds and topics of GWBOF and Atrocity Exhibition. Everything about music is absolutely beautiful to me, even if it's twisted at times. So that's why I would like to ask everybody what their favorite albums are and why you love them so much.Ps. Shout out to The Money Store, Ok Computer, RTJ2, To Pimp a Butterfly, The College Dropout, and Demon Days Submitted July 23, 2024 at 01:24AM by Whiteboyace https://ift.tt/uUjlRfh via /r/Music

[local-gay]

top 5 albums

1. saint motel- saintmotelevision

2. cage the elephant- tell me im pretty

3. portugal the man- evil friends

3. aesop rock- the impossible kid

5. run the jewels- rtj2

[anamelessfool]

Sometimes you wanna aggressively fold laundry and listen to RTJ2 by Run the Jewels all the way thru

[prattleskidaddle]

Can't pick up no crown

Holding what's holding you down

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[kromdar]

May 2020 sounded like this for me.

[jaktheact]

killer mike x el-p are 4/4 on classic albums

kill your masters