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

lol

i wasn't even alive in the 80's cut me some slack

this does not sound like Public Enemy to me at all, this is not a sample collage record - it's a lot of compressed distorted guitars, synth washes, farting moog basslines, no drum loops all programming, etc. Mantronix eh okay maybe here and there.

I guess rapping about Reagan is pretty 80s

haha

to be real there's a few songs on here i think are awesome. just dont think its a slam-dunk classic record or w/e

jojos chillin is p dope

now that killer mike is calling himself the rap bill maher on twitter maybe folks will rein it in a bit

lol

clearly a slam-dunk classic record
or w/e

http://pitchfork.com/tv/youtube/13-music-videos/373-killer-mike-untitled-official-music-video/

The vinyl comes with a bonus instrumental LP, a free poster and what is most certainly the coolest download card I've ever seen--the flipside of the card is a picture of the sticker-covered ghetto blaster from the album art. This doesn't sound like much, but it made the already-cool experience of unwrapping the vinyl even cooler in this particular case.

Has there really been no discussion of Run the Jewels yet?! Both tracks I've heard have been great, especially loving the production on 36" Chain.

Excited for this.

ditto

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

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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.

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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.