“The world is infested with bullshit so here’s something raw to listen to while you deal with it all. We hope it brings you some joy. Stay safe and hopeful out there,” is the message from Killer MIke & El-P. Their new album comes amidst equal rights protests following the brutal murder of George Floyd…
In these troubling times it feels only right that El-P and Killer Mike answer the clarion call with the first two tastes of ‘RTJ4’. First came ‘Yankee and The Brave [Ep. 4]’, the title of which references the North/South divide between the two collaborators, in this case referencing their respective home baseball teams. El-P first…
Run The Jewels drop a new track entitled ‘Mean Deameanor’, which is set to soundtrack EA Sports’ upcoming FIFA ’18. RTJ created the track especially for the purpose; “When we asked what they wanted they told us to just be us, which worked out nicely since we aren’t good at much else,” said Killer Mike &…
Having recently collaborated with Dangermouse and delivering an incredible, high-octane Glastonbury set, Run The Jewels drop a new set of visuals taken from their third album ‘Run The Jewels 3‘. Directed by Chris Hopewell [the mastermind behind Radiohead’s ‘Burn The Witch‘] – the video for ‘Don’t Get Captured’ sees a claymation El-P and Killer Mike…
The self-proclaimed new PB & J release a new video to accompany ‘Run The Jewels 3’ cut ‘Legend Has It’. Directed by Brian Beletic, the visual presents “a worst nightmare scenario. High on acid and caught in the system. Pitted against icons of innocence in a police line up that doesn’t feel real. No bunnies…
With ‘Run The Jewels 3’ [January 13] just over the horizon, Hip Hop’s hardest-going duo Killer Mike & El-P release what might be their most satisfying track yet; ‘Legend Has It’. The album is set to feature the likes of Danny Brown, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, BOOTS [on ‘2100‘], Trina, and saxophonist…
Run The Jewels become the latest act to release an ‘Adult Swim Single’; their latest track Talk To Me’ is the newest addition to a series which already includes tracks from Doomstarks and Danny Brown. Almost as exciting as the track itself, is the mention throughout of ‘RTJ 3’, the follow-up to their eponymous debut and its…
Mass Appeal-released documentary ‘Rubble Kings’ chronicles the rise of New York gang culture in the 1960s and ’70s. Told by a selection of its surviving members, its a story of perpetual violence and cyclical crime and gang culture. It was this very culture, however, that fostered the conditions under which the likes of Afrika Bambaataa and DJ…
Believe it or not, an entire year has passed since El-P & Killer Mike released ‘Run The Jewels 2‘. Since then, they’ve been on an epic tour which has seen them play at venues and festivals across the world, the footage from which forms the basis for the new ‘Angel Duster’ visuals. Stream below via…
Each Adult Swim single in the current series has featured a single egg on the cover. In-keeping with their no-holds-barred sound, the cover for Run The Jewels ‘Rubble Kings Theme [Dynamite]’ sees this egg lying in pieces. The track will apparently soundtrack a new film out October 30 via Mass Appeal Records: “‘Rubble Kings’ tells the story of…
