and this is out as of like 2.30am http://www.runthejewels.net/
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 06:33 (nine years ago) link
gangsta boo!
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 06:34 (nine years ago) link
to clarify: they did a mailing to everybody on their mailing list with a link to a zip of the full album + liners
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 06:38 (nine years ago) link
Run The Jewels @runjewelsCOME AND GET IT! #RTJ2 #JewelRunners http://bit.ly/1thM7Ok
COME AND GET IT! #RTJ2 #JewelRunners http://bit.ly/1thM7Ok
― Number None, Friday, 24 October 2014 07:49 (nine years ago) link
We got the drugs y'all wantedTake a suck on the tail of a cometI’m so high you a hobbit
― ...and Lou Reed as Dr. Eldon Tyrell (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 24 October 2014 08:50 (nine years ago) link
got itjust what i needed!!!looking forward to the show A LOT
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link
just got the email!!!
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
did anyone ever really rate him as a lyricist/singer? I always had a hard time taking RATM seriously, they seemed mostly a vehicle for sloganeering.
sigh the counter hipster is strong in this one
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
RTJ is 0/10 because El P can't rap sounds annoying and the beats are tiring, same as the first album
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
i kinda feel like ppl front on Rage but then if "bulls on parade" comes on the radio everyone is secret "wowow wowow....wowow wowow COME WIDDIT NOW!" and bobbing their heads
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
where the fuck the wardenand when you find him we don't kill him we just waterboard himwe killing them for freedom cause they tortured us for boredomand even if some good ones die fuck it the lord'll sort em
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
0/10?? what a disaster for run the jewels
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't understand the the interest with RTJ please someone explain in less than 1 word.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.hey.fr/tools/emoji/ios_emoji_smiling_face_with_heart-shaped_eyes.png
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
^^^^ OTM
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
raccoon tell us who can rap better among currently active rappers, you know you want to
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
can't we just do this on ask rt instead of shitting up the thread
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
ugh fine i just wanted to hear him try to sell us on travi$ scott...again
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Take your questions over here:
https://twitter.com/VoxExplainer
― you walk on the street, grab the rock (President Keyes), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
the selfawaredness of RTJ is so cheesy and puke. If El P isn't already the most annoying man in rap, when he becomes this pastiche of El P with the cynical express goal to sell tickets to white hipsters he becomes unbearable. everything around this RTJ shit stinks, did you even see that press release after it leaked? "hey guise we simply couldn't wait any longer to let ya;ll hear out record so here it is! All you chainers out there we love you and mean everything to us now don't forget to buy tickets, because they're selling out fast btw!" puke.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
ban Racoon Tanuki, rap album of the year
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/run-the-jewels-how-2014s-hardest-rap-duo-came-back-from-oblivion-20141024
― ILOVEMASONNA (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 24 October 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
xpost aaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha dude who was wilding out about ariel fucking pink is talking about "self-awaredness" and saying it's cheesy/bad, good game though, thanks for playing
plus i forgot music acts shouldn't encourage people to sell tickets
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
also even if i disliked el-p no way in hell is he the most annoying man in a genre that includes tyga, big sean, wiz khalifa, asher roth, wale...need i go on
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
how dare they make money through one of the only avenues left available to them
idg rt's trolling game, too slapdash incoherent, C-
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
album made rt puke. existence justified.
― you walk on the street, grab the rock (President Keyes), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
only about a third of the way in but that mike/el-p article is great whiney
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, really tremendous stuff.
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
That last-minute second-to-last graf needs another pass, though!
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
ha, yeah probably.
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
DOES ANYNE ELSE THINK IS NOT AS GIOD AS VOL.1???? (BUT STILL REALLY GOOD)
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
i like the first half better than the second but i've only listened to it 1x
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
I've listened to it three times and it's greati'm gonna need a month or so before i compare it to anything really
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
great piece whiney
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
^
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.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, tracks 9/10/11 are remarkably strongclose your eyes is as good a single as i've heard this year
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
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
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
again, great piece whiney. had no idea both these guys hit personal lows after tasting fame.
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah kudos whiney that was a great read
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
"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.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
oh lawd this one here
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
RT, happily suggest a single better rap artist profile you've read this year thx
― Simon H., Friday, 24 October 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
the FP button still works, y'all
― sleeve, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm not allowed to post an opinion on music, if it's about an album you like? Perfect.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
stfu and opine
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha dude why do you act like such a chooch about everything?
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
(xpost)
At what point in that last post were you talking about the album? xp
― Evan, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
"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."
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Yeah man they're really in it for that free download money
― voodoo chili, Friday, 24 October 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
Loving this.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
not 2 Chainz' finest appearance tho
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3:32 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
You're crazy, tity is spitting on this
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
Just spotted the gang of four sample
Thought it would be the ZDLR feat.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
Massive and essential album. Why doesn’t Gangsta Boo get a “feat.” credit on “Walking in the Snow”?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
Gangsta Boo was a great surprise
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:14 (four years ago) link
Repeat guests are consistently inconsistently credited
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link
Missed opportunity for a surviving beasties cameo
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
about to recommend this to melomane
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
This is good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
not identifying features is a dumb new dad, so annoying, Lil Uzi Vert and 21 Savage did that toobut this is weirder because some are and some aren't, and like Greg Nice is just a sample but he's named
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
Kind of perfect timing lyrically with some songs. Walking in the Snow is FIRE. This part is just incredible:
They promise education, but really they give you tests and scoresAnd they predictin' prison population by who scoring the lowestAnd usually the lowest scores the poorest and they look like meAnd every day on evening news they feed you fear for freeAnd you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like meAnd 'til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, "I can't breathe"And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TVThe most you give's a Twitter rant and call it a tragedyBut truly the travesty, you've been robbed of your empathyReplaced it with apathy, I wish I could magicallyFast forward the future so then you can face itAnd see how fucked up it'll beI promise I'm honest, they coming for youThe day after they comin' for me
And lastly, the line is particularly resonant.
Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state
― octobeard, Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
This is really good, might be my favorite RTJ yet. I really like Cochemea Gastelum's tenor sax on the closing track, it does a nice job of linking the record back to some of the more impassioned spiritual jazz of the '70s that is a forefather of this record in a few ways.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
funny I think this is my least fave RTJ despite a few great tracks
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
also every time I hear "Goonies Vs ET" I keep yearning for a takeoff that never quite happens
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
have you tried phoning home?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 4 June 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
This might be the best RTJ
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
As with the new Four Tet, it's one of those records I never really thought I would anticipate, but also never thought I would *need* as much as I did at the exact point it came out.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 June 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
not cracking the lyrics so much yet but it's great already
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
I'm on my second spin and so far I'm with Simon. It's good and its timing is undeniable but beat-wise El-P's scaled greater heights in the past.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 June 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
i’m a sucker for their shit. I didnt know they had this coming out. i thought i was sorta over how they do, and maybe i forgot them. nah i’m still a sucker for this, it’s great.
that goonies/et mike delivery with percussion and then sax is electric like a taser.
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Friday, 5 June 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
Really feeling this sentiment, and I felt the same thing about the Four Tet record too
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
Definitely not AotY shit, but Walking in the Snow is definitely Track of the Year so far for me. Gotta let the dust settle though, but damn.
― octobeard, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUTnQdgl9A
― billstevejim, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
love the spin on broken language in holy calamafuck
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Saturday, 6 June 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
I'll pay good money to anyone who can edit out Pharrell's "geddit"
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
lol, he is the eternal herb
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
the performance of "Walking in the Snow" in the RTJ4 live vid released in the last couple days is sort of astonishing
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
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
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
this is interestinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsR0Bh_Q4AA
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link