![]() ![]() The first four songs are pure adrenalized surrealism. And that’s a big part of what we each always do on our records is just sort of explore a lot of different shit that is real to us.” I better get that too from this record.’ So we flexed those muscles. “For the most part, what’s on our mind is coming up with the funniest way to say, ’Fuck you.’ But in our solo work we go a little bit further than that, and I think that when we realized that we were doing another record, it was like, ’Alright, well I better get what I need out of that. “I mean, these are strange times, right?” El-P tells writer Chris DeVille. It has also been expertly marketed - the supposedly impulsive decision to “leak” the record as a free download was quickly accompanied by an in-depth Stereogum feature. In accordance with sequel law, Run the Jewels 2 is more expansive (at 39 minutes, it’s about 25 percent longer than Run the Jewels, which makes it relatively epic) and aims to go deeper into the characters. The original Run the Jewels is straight-up berserker music, a 32-minute rant as swift and purposeful as a punch to the throat. With El-P also riding high with his brilliant 2012 record Cancer for Cure, the two friends were poised to multiply their respective strengths in Run the Jewels, paring back the experimentation and pointed political commentary of their solo careers in favor of a two-fisted, criminally minded, aggressively Spartan sensibility built on shuddering 808s and slasher-movie synths.Īt the time, Run the Jewels was positioned by some as a gritty counterpoint to Kanye West and Jay Z’s Watch the Throne, “the definitive black stadium album,” as postulated by Questlove, which I suppose makes Run the Jewels the grimy sewer running beneath that stadium. The first Run the Jewels LP came out of Brooklyn MC-producer El-P overseeing Killer Mike’s 2012 album, R.A.P. ![]() Some background for the uninitiated: Run the Jewels 2 is the sequel to the rappers’ much-loved 2013 collaboration in aggravated assault. The weekend’s almost here, so shoot crank, melt an army of Nazis, put pistols in faces at random places, run naked backward through a field of dicks, whatever you feel like. Last night, Killer Mike and El-P broke into the Internet and slipped in Run the Jewels 2. ![]()
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