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

probably it

sorry i didn't think it was fire like you did

prob to busy carrying a torch for defunct rap blog beef

still not really seeing why you think "lol Def Jux forever get therapy" is anything but me being ridiculous in response to someone else's ridiculousness. talk about a faulty joke detector...

talk about a faulty joke detector haha right fellas

i actually kinda like run the jewels

i dont really industrial music but killer mike is cool

If you like the artsier end of backpacker rap, with spoken word stuff and off-kilter samples and all, you might enjoy The Infesticons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8pDmgCoRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZVRkIMrIY

A few years later the same folks released another album as The Majesticons, this time the idea was to parody rap trends of the era. The parody might be a bit dated 10 years later, but the album still sounds remarkably good. Doing populist rap in the name of satire actually meant there are some really fun and catchy tunes on the album, much moreso than on the decidedly backpacker Infesticons record:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xmWZ2Tn1ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xmWZ2Tn1ck

Sorry, the last Youtube was supposed to be this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUJlmIlbvWM

LL, did you check out the clipping record?

i still need to know if imago is an aesop rock fan
this is important to me

recommended: RATKING

His beats are sort of impressive in a kind of bludgeoning funkless way but, speaking as someone with a lot of love for bad rapping, El-P is one of the worst MCs I've ever heard.

i don't like any of this wordy undie shit
not that anyone asked me but

LL, did you check out the clipping record?

― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:18 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

is this "clppng"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GozE6XEqg

I have Labor Days on my computer but I don't know how much I like it coz I basically only listen to my music on shuffle mode without knowing what half of it is. There's a lot of good rap - sometimes I track it down, usually turns out to be Def Jux or Five Deez or something

(where is your and what now, ILX, lol)

apparently Aesop Rock has a massive vocabulary, which is cool I guess

CLIPPING is one of the best things in music right now, obv

xp - got it -- i'll check it out as soon as i am not in an office

In the interests of sending this thread somewhere more positive I would point Imago in the direction of the most recent Shabazz Palaces album.

i'd like to point imago out of this thread so we can go back to talking about killer mike

:( i've not even rly been driving this welter of reccies, ppl are projecting their altrap peccadiloes onto me (not unwelcomely). basically the next RTJ needs to drop right now or this won't get resolved

cool, last one then: imago, try labor days a bit more as it actually reminds me of your posting style

like ace would totally rhyme "altrap peccadilloes on me" with "metal plated armadillos homie"

a recommendation that doubles as a zing! take 'em all i spose. also lol

no zing! i genuinely think you're kindred spirits!

copyright ruckus when u sample tarkus

ratking > clipping

alt rap vs atl rap vs al trap

atp rat

that's when you sit in a chalet taking pills listening to the vague echo of a de la soul concert

RUN THE JEWELS TOUR DATES

10/15 - College Station, TX - Hurricane Harry's %
10/18 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's %
10/20 - Little Rock, AR - Stickyz
10/21 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall %
10/22 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
10/23 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City %
10/24 - Columbia, SC - Music Farm %
10/25 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm %
10/31 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
11/1 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
11/2 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater *
11/3 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
11/4 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *
11/6 - Dallas, TX - Trees *
11/7 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/8 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's *
11/10 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
11/11 - La Jolla, CA - Porters Pub *
11/12 - Pomona, CA - Glass House *
11/14 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine +
11/15 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater *
11/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
11/18 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
11/20 - Minneapolis, MN - First Line Music Café *
11/21 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
11/22 - Chicago, IL - Metro *
11/25 - Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall *
11/26 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall *
11/27 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda *
11/28 - Boston, MA - Paradise *
11/29 - New York, NY - Stage 48 *
12/30 - Lorne, AU - Falls Festival
12/31 - Marion Bay, AU - Falls Festival
1/1 - Sydney, AU - Field Day
1/2 - Byron Bay, AU - Falls Festival
1/4 - Busselton, AU - Southbound Festival
1/7 - Sydney, AU - Enmore Theatre ^
1/8 - Melbourne, AU - The Forum ^
1/9 - Brisbane, AU - Hi Fi ^
1/10 - Auckland, NZ - Town Hall ^

% Red Bull Sound Select show
* with Ratking & Despot
+ with Despot
^ with Joey Bada$$

i got an email from RTJ this morning and 1) got my tix for the show, see you there assholes and 2) the new song is great and i listened to it 2x in a row

also i listened to clipping and it was alright, but not really electrifying to me for some reason

Is there anywhere to get the first RTJ record these days? This thread has piqued my interest.

i dunno, it's on spotify if that's your thing
probably youtube too
if you mean LP, i have no idea but the new ones are for sale

i loled a lot at the bonu$ packages, starting here

'I'm On The Fucking List, Asshole' Package: $7500
Run The Jewels will put you on the all access guest list plus 1 for any Run The Jewels show anywhere and up to 10 shows. You (and not your plus 1) will be welcome in our back stage before, during and after shows as well as be allowed to hang for soundcheck and load in if you find that sort of thing interesting, have full access to our backstage rider which includes a deli meant tray, various cheeses, a bottle of Henessey, grey goose and various energy bars. We will share our weed with you and let you yell at our tour manager. We will pretend to like you and will introduce you to our friends as our “friend”. Run The Jewels requires a half an hour before stage time to not have to deal with you and your fucking yammering in order to do our pre show stretches, vocal warm ups and crying.

RTJ2 4xLP
RTJ2 T-shirt
RTJ2 CD
Signed Poster
Stickers
1 of every merch item we are selling on tour
Tears
Deli tray
Yelling

there's also a package where you get to buy the album remixed out of cat sounds for 40k; that one comes with a disclaimer saying they have the right to just take your cash and not do it.

lolol
the one i posted was just the first one -- it gets increasingly funny from there

Is there anywhere to get the first RTJ record these days?

Record stores, or http://store.foolsgoldrecs.com/search?q=run+jewels

Huh first album and instrumentals just added to Spotify for the first time.

hearing killer mike say 'we here to eat the rich' is like seeing spider man use heat vision

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:56 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

still v proud of this psot

imago, try labor days a bit more as it actually reminds me of your posting style

― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, August 28, 2014 7:22 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol @ this

there's also a package where you get to buy the album remixed out of cat sounds for 40k; that one comes with a disclaimer saying they have the right to just take your cash and not do it.

― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, September 15, 2014 7:47 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

btw (since this appears to be the thread where we talk about RtJ), somebody started a kickstarter that is now 2/3 of the way to paying for "meow the jewels"

I'm glad all that money saved from not having to buy albums anymore is going to good use

El is donating his portion though

Mentioned this on Twitter yesterday but how do these dudes get a free pass for "fuckboy"? Pretty clearly a homophobic term, they use it all the time, still get glittering press in Pitchfork etc. I know it's an issue in rap in general but seems especially glaring for RTJ who seem to have little to no audience outside the indie market.

didn't realize "fuckboy" was homophobic tbqh

i think a lot of people don't

yeah i see ~social justice~ people use it all the time in the #misandry vein

as far as i know, there's no evidence that fuckboy is homophobic beyond "it sounds homophobic"

It's a ghey area

I honestly was super stoked to hear "fuckboy" on RTJ because years ago there were a couple of loud drunken rednecks who lived a couple houses down from my wife's mother's place and they would be up late and yelling the word "fuck" all the time, and she started referring to them as "the fuckboys" and I like to think my 60 something small town mother-in-law was some sort of rap slang pioneer.

i thought it was prounced like fart-boys