Run The Jewels
In 2012, El-P released Cancer for Cure and Killer Mike the El-P-produced R.A.P. Music. These excellent albums shared the kind of catharsis-fueled defiance that career no-sellout vets live and breathe. The MCs' new collaborative record, Run the Jewels, is a distilled take on everything that made last year's records such an event, with all the chrome ripped off and upholstery pulled out so it'll run faster, louder, nastier.
Long time friends and collaborators EL-P and Killer Mike join forces once again on this free download, and the results don't disappoint.
Whether you are coming into Run the Jewels high on last year’s respective Cancer 4 Cure and R.A.P. Music, or you are…
The introductory salvo from rap superduo Run the Jewels is a fine example of a union that is so perfect one might wonder how the universe existed before it.
With Run The Jewels, El-P and Killer Mike deliver an object lesson in the first principles of hip-hop. The beats are a showcase in minimalist effectiveness – walking the line between sick, infectious loops, and breaks and bridges which mirror and emphasize the stress-points of the lyrical content
<p>Released as a mixtape six months after its debut, El-P and Killer Mike's collaboration is utterly compelling and remarkably fun, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>