killer mike raps el-p produces "R.A.P. Music"

full thing supposed to drop this month right? "get it" is excellent.

especially loving the production on 36" Chain.
yeah this song rules

Run The Jewels album now available for free download!

Loving this. These dudes are on fire.

thks for the heads up, sicko

fookinell

saw Killer Mike open for GZA last year. his a capella version of "Reagan" was amazing. looking forward to round two.

bump because people should grab/hear this

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yes yes

so yeah, this rules

a little too much EL-P for my taste but the title track and "Sea Legs" and "Banana Clipper" slam.

^^

also DO DOPE FUCK HOPE

ok so what's up with Prince Paul showing up to put a molly in the girl's drink and tempting her with Beefeater and UNO cards

haha I was just gonna say that seemed bizarre

Bad Boy.

liking this more than the last one

Yea I'm in on this too

great

I like this most when it's straight up banging, the more grandiose productions kind of lose the vibe.

"get it"-- nothin novel, but beats by defibrillitor paddle. what i wanted right now.

finally getting to listen to this. Love the opener. Thunderous beat, love the trade-offs.

"now come over here and let me give you a tongue kiss on your hot pocket"

ahhh, Prince Paul

its good, all the way solid, el-p and mike sound great, but the beats arent quite as surprising as i wished they were, esp after playing this after yeezus. you kinda know what an el-p record will sound like now dont you? i guess thats not a bad thing, but as someone who used to love co flow and can ox and fandam, i hope that weird/fucked up/fuck what you think el-p comes back at some point, if only a little bit.

I hated the last one so much, there isn't enough room in my heart for this one.

yeah i like this

get it & no come down are bangers

love this. i think i prefer el-p in banger mode vs. weirdo mode.

"i sent they mom a little cash and a sympathy letter / told her she raised a bunch of fuck boys, try and do better / bitch"

i had no idea this record had even happened. amazing

I'm not really sure what a fuck boy is.

basically a "punk"

I'm not really sure what a fuck boy is.

― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte)

a boy you fuck

Spottie otm

show is incredible, mike solo set and despot set highlights (who knew despot could hold a crowd like that?)

kool AD about the definition of an "opener." low wattage, he's rapping more straightforwardly than on a lot of recent tracks (which to me is kind of a relief but also less interesting for being less divisive), no way this guy could come after anyone else.

anyway it's all about mike's solo set. he loves his own words, but he should. sometimes after a song he just keeps going and re-raps his favorite verse(s) a cappella. in other hands it would be pretentious but he earns it. the density (of sound and meaning) in that first verse of "untitled" is a thing to behold.

will catch them in a few hours

see u there boo

Wish I liked this more. I like Mike and I've been a fan of El's since Indelibles, but lyrically, this isn't hitting me at all. I mean it sounds fine, but it's not sticking with me after it ends. Maybe I need a third pass.

^^^
This is exactly how this album is hitting me

Or failing to

I think I agree but Run the Jewels just sounded awesome live so

Mike reigns in El's worst tendencies but El doesn't give Mike enough room to do what he does best so yeah it naturally ends up better than Cancer 4 Cure but not as good as R.A.P. Music. Still a fun album tho.

i like it fine while its on, but i dont really have the need to return to it much. i like the fact its just mike and el-p going back to back, but something about it just seems kinda samey after a while. like it gives you exactly what it should sound like, but not much in the way of anything else (i.e. surprise). but then i wasnt a huge fan of cancer 4 cure - my least favourite el-p album (though i should return to it just to make sure) and RAP music was cool, but a bit too knowing of its whole 'bringing political rap back' angle.

See, I know I'm in the minority here, but I'm more interested in RTJ for El than Mike. And I liked (but did not love) Cancer For The Cure and felt like Fantastic Damage was kinda slept on.

RAP music was cool, but a bit too knowing of its whole 'bringing political rap back' angle.

this is just a terrible thing to say. you kiss your mother with that mouth?

i know it sounds horribly cynical and maybe im just being challopsy. i didnt hate it, i liked a few songs on there quite a bit, but in general i liked it more in theory than how it sounded. part of me misses the killer mike of 'monster', stankonia or 'the whole world' even.

yeah, i just love that album (RAP music), listened to it so so many times last year

by "'bringing political rap back' angle" do you mean that the album had some political songs?

also even if y'all don't love their recent records you should still see them live b/c