About

A TAV Essential Listening Album.

Run the Jewels is an American hip hop supergroup formed by New York City-based rapper-producer El-P and Atlanta-based rapper Killer Mike in 2013. They released their eponymous debut studio album, Run the Jewels, originally as a free digital download in 2013, and now re-issued by Mass Appeal on vinyl.

“we’re in showboating diss-talk territory, with the two men rapping elegantly about rapping but managing to do it with a fresh, frenetic energy. Killer Mike’s Atlanta baritone drawl is like a rich, syrupy chocolate fudge cake compared to El-P’s hyper, sinewy flow and, along with supporting actors Big Boi and Prince Paul, the synergy here is bang on the money. It’s all laid out over old-school 808 beats that’ll make your head bounce, and booming, elephantine basslines that rollercoaster and ricochet through your intestines. A rough and rabid ride.” – NME

“The debut album from a new pairing of rap luminaries, Run The Jewels is bound to invite comparison to Watch The Throne, something ‘Sea Legs’ was no doubt intended to promote (“N***as will perish in Paris / N***as is nothing but parrots”). But rather than a marriage of convenience between two rappers divorced from reality, Run The Jewels seems like a vital destructive force, El-P and Killer Mike bound by mutual respect, phenomenal talent and a shared villainous streak.” – FACT

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