Run The Jewels - El-P and Killer Mike

how dare they make money through one of the only avenues left available to them

idg rt's trolling game, too slapdash incoherent, C-

album made rt puke. existence justified.

only about a third of the way in but that mike/el-p article is great whiney

Yeah, really tremendous stuff.

That last-minute second-to-last graf needs another pass, though!

ha, yeah probably.

DOES ANYNE ELSE THINK IS NOT AS GIOD AS VOL.1???? (BUT STILL REALLY GOOD)

i like the first half better than the second but i've only listened to it 1x

I've listened to it three times and it's great
i'm gonna need a month or so before i compare it to anything really

great piece whiney

^

heh, looking at the tracklist i saw "BOOTS" and thought it was Boots Riley, which would have fit with some of the other features.

i'm listening to it in reverse order for some reason and it's great so far.

Yeah, tracks 9/10/11 are remarkably strong
close your eyes is as good a single as i've heard this year

Boots Riley woulda been sweet

I prefer the first half, but with that being said: "I wear sweatpants to funerals, guns to lunch" = fav line of the album

again, great piece whiney. had no idea both these guys hit personal lows after tasting fame.

yeah kudos whiney that was a great read

"Their banter is constant, caustic, occasionally filthy and often hilarious."

Imagine reading anything from rolling stone on hip hop, the most consistently awful place to read about it. All you need to know about audience of this album.

oh lawd this one here

RT, happily suggest a single better rap artist profile you've read this year thx

the FP button still works, y'all

I'm not allowed to post an opinion on music, if it's about an album you like? Perfect.

stfu and opine

hahahaha dude why do you act like such a chooch about everything?

(xpost)

At what point in that last post were you talking about the album? xp

"Festival crowds have grown. They started seeing fan art and tattoos and "titty pics" and girls making their instantly iconic "pistol and fist" logo out of Hulk Hands."

I've talked about how El P sucks, is an idiot etc. El P is in it for the money. Killer Mike is in it for the money. They're not saying anything on the album. Just lame brags. Uninspired try to be cool production. Only thing ElP ever did was Cold Vein, and it was only great because he was kept off the mic, everyone knew that. His one v on that album was ok though.

Yeah man they're really in it for that free download money

I have never listened to/cared about El-P before RTJ tbh

lol @ in it for the money. those greedy musicians! where will their greed end

everyone knew that, gawd

true story: Cube recorded his lame brags on Amerikkka's Most Wanted for a pack of twizzlers

Yeah man they're really in it for that free download money

I give up. Point proven.

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha OMG MUSICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY BREAKING NEWS GUYS

but wait, wait, wait...i bet travi$ scott isn't, and isn't making lame brags, even though he dropped two free albums and makes money off concert tickets and merch, which sounds like an identical business model to mike and el...so i fail to see the difference except the latter two can rap and the former is passable at best

but caucasoids listen to it so its trash right

Finally getting around to this and it's an instant banger. FUIUD Sockoon Tanuki.

Point? lol

travi$ scott is in it for the UK street cred

I have never listened to/cared about El-P before RTJ tbh

Yeh of course you haven't because people listening to this album aren't long time hiphop fans. You're not who I'm talking to.

i mean, they are making great money from everything besides the record itself, but it's kind of a miracle that dudes who start rapping in the '90s can have this particular kind of success right now. i love it.

xp oh lord

i hope everyone makes money! you need it to live

Yeh of course you haven't because people listening to this album aren't long time hiphop fans.

So wait, longtime hiphop fans care about El-P even though he can't rap?

Yeh of course you haven't because people listening to this album aren't long time hiphop fans. You're not who I'm talking to.

but... I am listening to this album. the first one was great. I am confused.

sorry for name-dropping but i ended up having dinner w/their manager over the summer and my impression is that everyone involved with RTJ are smart, talented people who have more than paid their dues.

I like this assumption that all long-time hiphop fans have been studiously following the career of El-P.

pouring one out for racoon tanuki
rtj made that raconteur pukey

RT is a hip hop Morbs and El-P is his Drones.

guys I am pretty sure RT knows I have been listening to hip hop since before he was born, let's be fair

hahahaha yes obviously none of us RTJ fans have listened to golden era hip-hop, we're all like "kool g who?" and "gang starr? those two Rs weird me out omg lol" and "tupac is only a one hit wonder because of that thugz mansion joint with nas rite" and "bizarre ride 2 the boringside"

like you have to be taking the piss out of us dude i've heard of troll dedication but this is next level shit

I like this assumption that all long-time hiphop fans have been studiously following the career of El-P.

You added the studiously following part. I've been trying to avoid him, but not knowing who he is...

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha OMG MUSICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY BREAKING NEWS GUYS

Check this shit out.

Super stoked to get home and DL this.

hahahaha yes obviously none of us RTJ fans have listened to golden era hip-hop, we're all like "kool g who?" and "gang starr? those two Rs weird me out omg lol" and "tupac is only a one hit wonder because of that thugz mansion joint with nas rite" and "bizarre ride 2 the boringside"

like you have to be taking the piss out of us dude i've heard of troll dedication but this is next level shit

Your attention to my indifference to RTJ is telling though. It's just not good music, I advise you to get over your insecurity with your tastes.

love the spin on broken language in holy calamafuck

I'll pay good money to anyone who can edit out Pharrell's "geddit"

lol, he is the eternal herb

the performance of "Walking in the Snow" in the RTJ4 live vid released in the last couple days is sort of astonishing

but this is weirder because some are and some aren't, and like Greg Nice is just a sample but he's named

Listening to the album, I assumed he'd recorded the line clean for RTJ; watching the live performance, he's so precise that I'm sure of it.

The show is on HBO Max, Adult Swim, and youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSw-E00Csw

this is interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsR0Bh_Q4AA