Run The Jewels - El-P and Killer Mike

To me this is all about image. Get yourself a cool cover and a cool name and an under the radar status your half way to making it.

You expect him not to rap?

[Verse 5: El-P]
With the pull of a pin a grenade
Get a crowd to they feet and a soul to its options
I'm a fool for the win I been made
To be loud while these other cats drowning in softness
In a urn or the dirt get tossed in
With a grin or a smirk get accosted
I'm a sin on the verse like a kid in a hearse
Or a nun in a cum shot (stop it)

This "jewel runner" cash grab he and mike are doing now is just lame to anyone who's a hip hop head for longer than a few years.

you should stop saying demonstrably untrue shit like this, young man

StillAdvance, the whole "these guys come from two different worlds" element that you think is the appeal got people to pay attention to R.A.P. Music MAYBE

If you don't think the appeal of the RTJ albums are more about what they have in COMMON, then i don't know what to tell you

Part of what I like about RtJ is that their antisocial schtick basically beats all the young 'horrorcore' cats at their own game, probably cuz they're wise enough to focus on craft & wit over some naive concept of 'expression'

xxxp that's not bad, i'm not sure what you're trying to say

this has held up to 24 hours of looped listening so far and kept me from trying taylor swift's album

"StillAdvance, the whole "these guys come from two different worlds" element that you think is the appeal got people to pay attention to R.A.P. Music MAYBE"

not saying its the only reason, but im sure theres something people like about RTJ in the same way they like about seeing idk, mel gibson and danny glover lol

I don't even know what point you're trying to make anymore

his point: rap is for raccoons

Whiney, great article.

And I think I'll stop reading this thread now.

Nothing El-P does has replay value to me, hope this one is different.

I love this one more than the last.

What music does this Tanuki guy listen to? If I don't much care for it I'm going to head over to those threads and tell him that his music is not good and he is bad for liking it.

Naaaaaaaah

Meh, i'm not impressed with the album yet. It's very good and whatnot, but I have come up to terms with the fact that RTJ is just not my cup of tea.

please don't associate with me with racoon

Big difference between "not my cup of tea" and "fuck this sucks objectively and only idiots who want to be cool would like it."

being insulted by RT is actually sort of gratifying

btw tanuki are basically raccoons so isn't his name redundant?

i have to admit i found the last RtJ album to be a little predictable and samey compared to the KM and EL-P albums that had preceded it. it felt very much like a side project. curious to hear this one though.

It's a "side project" in the same sense that skateboarding videos are

i honestly can't imagine anyone who likes rap music not enjoying this on some level

What if they're dicks?

I'm not a huge RTJ enthusiast (although I did like the Killer Mike album El-P produced a lot) but his reasoning for disliking them is just really weird.

xxp ehhhhhh I wouldn't go nearly that far

i mean, i'm not saying the world should be i-i-i-i-love company flow/i wanna be down, I'm saying anyone with even a passing interest in rap music should be able to hear this record and say, at the very least, "This is pretty decent"

So far think I still like the first one better fwiw.

But still, whiney otm.

"this is better than mad decent" certainly

idk put a dick or clit in yr mouth and consider this album a lil more

It's a "side project" in the same sense that skateboarding videos are

― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

explain

Wellll I'm pretty drunk but the point I was trying to male was that it's nothing but awesome highlight-reel-type shit

probably "highlight reels" woulda made the point clearer than "skateboarding videos" but hell that's where my mind went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i like the album, but it seems weirdly abrupt. every song seems like its been edited a little too sharply.

i like that about it. great running record (lol). don't really understand why track three is basically the doctor who theme. that and jeopardy. they watch tv i guess, like people

enjoyed yr article whiney

btw tanuki are basically raccoons so isn't his name redundant?

actually tanuki aren't racooons at all. The mystery deepens

this is a pretty fun exciting album but the production/songwriting is kind of foursquare... as w/ the first RTJ the song structures are very conservative and samey. the stuff on the solo albums was more ambitious in that respect./

yeah samey puts the finger on the problem for me, not enough diversity between songs for me to keep attention. not surprinsgly, crown is my favorite track on this.

thank u thomp

btw tanuki are basically raccoons so isn't his name redundant?

No, you're wrong. Which as you listen to RTJ in your free time is probably a running theme for you.

i honestly can't imagine anyone who likes rap music not enjoying this on some level

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So, your thing is you're like a relentless dick who can't stand to see anyone enjoy something you don't.

Oh My Darling Don't Cry = oh my

xpost the trollsperation (troll desperation) will not be denied

run the jewels is not for children

http://tagthejewels.tumblr.com/

I lol a lot at

my business card says you're in luck
I do two things I rap and fuck

yeah I love that
so much better than "My name is El-P; I produce & I rap, too!"

RT always reaching for the next burn

trollsperating with anticipation

Really I never took El-P too seriously as a rapper until this, maybe will go back and listen to older stuff now

no need to go that far back... first side of Cancer 4 Cure is dope tho

actually now that I think of it, all of his solo albums have been half good-to-great, half tedious

Fantastic Damage might be the most consistent but it doesn't have anything as straightforwardly compelling as "Up All Night" or "Oh Hail No"