The Run The Jewels Appreciation Thread

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1,612]

It's nice to see somewhat decent MC's releasing material.   El-P is actually a hell of a DJ/Producer as well.

[mdleast 8,295]

Big fan of these two more recent songs in particular:

 

 

 

It was actually an old Shaggy thread from years ago that first introduced me to El-P.  Went out and bought his Fantastic Damage album shortly thereafter.

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,472]

My current large audience presentation walk-up music is Mean Demeanor.

[Radical Larry 28,625]

Saw them at ACL a few years ago and they kicked ass. 

[The Maestro 758]

Probably my favorite show from last ACL last year.  Especially when Danny Brown came on stage to do his verse.

[Bartles 769]

All three records have been great, they are good live and do creative videos. Really disappointed Killer Mike did an appearance on NRA TV a week or so ago. But he's entitled to do his thing.

[BurdineBandit 815]

I appreciate them. They are definitely on the "decent MCs" list and there are definitely *still* many better MCs releasing material, even these days, but their tracks are always fire and they generally tend to mean well when they rap. Good dudes, etc.

[joe dirt 285]

On 3/29/2018 at 7:47 PM, mdleast said:

Big fan of these two more recent songs in particular:

ironically, el-p speaks directly to bob stoops on the opening line of nobody speak. 

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1,612]

5 hours ago, joe dirt said:

ironically, el-p speaks directly to bob stoops on the opening line of nobody speak. 

Is that the line where he tells someone to run backwards through a field of dicks?

[hornfan785 556]

Big fan. Seen them 2 or 3 times and they always put on a great show.

[plvhorn 25]

They have had a few songs featured in the credits of the Silicon Valley. I hadn't heard of them until i looked up the songs from the show. Definitely a group worth knowing about. 

[honolulu horn 6,164]

My favorite MCs by a mile.

[Buzzrock 14,921]

I appreciate them. They are definitely on the "decent MCs" list and there are definitely *still* many better MCs releasing material, even these days, but their tracks are always fire and they generally tend to mean well when they rap. Good dudes, etc.

I love their stuff, but what do you mean “mean well”? Blockbuster Night Part 1 comes to mind.

[CurlyDumps 4,473]

Been a big fan of El-P since Fantastic Damage.  And then became a fan of Killer Mike when I heard the album that El-P produced.  RTJ is awesome and it's been cool to an incredibly talented guy like El-P get the notoriety and widespread appreciation he deserves. El-P has been one of my favorite rappers/beatmakers/producers etc for 15+ years. I love his rapping, but the sounds he makes are just so fucking good.

Edited April 4, 2018 by CurlyDumps

[Radical Larry 28,625]

 

[NWBuck 8,570]

 

[NoRagrets 1,125]

New album is “lit”

[Bozo_Casanova 26,472]

Oh my gawd

[CooterBrown 18,014]

Never really got into them past a couple of songs but man this album is great beginning to end.

[capnamerca 571]

These guys don't know how to make a bad track. RTJ4 fucking slams. The two early release tracks are catchy af no doubt (oh-la-la-ah-oui-oui!), but out of sight and walking in the snow are rocketing to the top of my list.

[Viper 12,109]

rtj4 is available to download for free - https://us-preorder.runthejewels.com/products/rtj4-download

 

it's pretty great from top to bottom

[Buzzrock 14,921]

New album is “lit”

As the kids would say, “it slaps”

Timely too

[CurlyDumps 4,473]

On 6/3/2020 at 9:19 PM, NoRagrets said:

New album is “lit”

How many "bangers?"

[capnamerca 571]

Fucking hell ... from RTJ3 timeline but these dudes are just straight up legit.

 

 

[Radical Larry 28,625]

Just finished listening to RTJ4 and holy shit this is good.

[Buzzrock 14,921]

All those bullshit mumble rappers should take notes.

[mdmost 43,004]

So many cool beats in the background of some of the songs. Like the beat from Funky by The D.O.C. on Out of Sight. The synth on Never Look Back sounds like it's from the original Tron movie. Walking In The Snow and Ju$t are pretty damn on the nose right now. A great album from start to finish. 

[VivaNaranja 466]

Good God this album is straight fire. Taking a damn sledgehammer to the system

[hot ham water 51]

Of course someone did this

https://soundcloud.com/djskarface/ragethejewels

👉🤛

Edited June 17, 2020 by hot ham water

[Pablo 494]

Been rolling with RTJ for a few years now.

RTJ4 is really fucking good.

was really looking forward to the RATM/RTJ tour this year, gonna have to plan for next year.

[Pablo 494]

This aired live a few weeks ago, now its up on YouTube.

Give this concert a watch, some incredible stuff in here, especially Walking in the Snow.

 

 

[Viper 12,109]

That was awesome. Was a little disappointed that Zach didn't show up live

[ztejas 43,457]

On 3/30/2018 at 2:34 PM, BurdineBandit said:

They are definitely on the "decent MCs" list

I know this is from 2.5 years ago but LOL

[Bozo_Casanova 26,472]

8 hours ago, Pablo said:

This aired live a few weeks ago, now its up on YouTube.

Give this concert a watch, some incredible stuff in here, especially Walking in the Snow.

 

 

Well that was great

[Nightfly 61]

51 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Well that was great

Wow, the moment of silence on Walking in The Snow and the acapella afterward. Very cool and powerful moment.