Run the jewels

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Run the jewels
Killer Mike (left) and El-P as Run the Jewels at the Treefort Music Fest
Killer Mike (left) and El-P as Run the Jewels at the Treefort Music Fest
General information
origin United States
Genre (s) Hardcore rap , alternative hip hop
founding 2013
Current occupation
El-P
Killer Mike

Run the jewels is an American hip-hop - Duo . It was founded in 2013 by the New York musician, producer and label founder El-P and the rapper from Atlanta, Killer Mike .

Band history

The two musicians met in 2011 through Jason DeMarco, a mutual friend on Adult Swim and the Cartoon Network . El-P was working on the album Cancer 4 Cure . The track Tougher Colder Killer was created together in the studio . Together they worked on Killer Mike's album RAP Music and then decided to continue their collaboration. Both albums were released at the same time and the two musicians went on tour together. Each of the two first played a 30-minute solo set, and then the two played a 30-minute performance together. After this successful tour, they founded the Run the Jewels project, which was initially marketed anti-commercial. The name is based on a line from LL Cool J's song Cheesy Rat Blues . The free album received good reviews in the alternative music press and was featured in numerous annual best lists. The self-titled debut album Run the Jewels was released on June 26, 2013 for free on the Internet. A version for sale followed in January 2014 via Fool's Gold, including on vinyl and CD.

The second album Run the Jewels 2 came out on October 24, 2014. Like its predecessor, the album was released as a free download. Nevertheless, a version for sale reached number 50 in the Billboard sales charts via Mass Appeal Records. In 2014, the two also financed a remix version via Kickstarter , which consists only of cat sounds and is said to be entitled Meow the Jewels . This should appear in 2015. The proceeds will benefit victims of police violence .

An appearance by the band on the evening of the jury's decision in the Michael Brown case was the subject of media reports in the USA. Run the Jewels performed in St. Louis , killer Mike criticized the decision in an emotional speech, spoke of his fear for his children and quoted Martin Luther King while El-P was crying in the background on the stage.

The third album Run the Jewels 3 was released on January 20, 2017 and has also been available for download since the end of December 2016.

On June 3, 2020, the duo released RTJ4 ( Run the Jewels 4 ) via download and music streaming . The album will also be released in physical form on September 18, 2020.

Music genre

Run the Jewels play hip-hop, which is less geared towards the general public than towards adult listeners. The Juice called the style of music "Grown Men Rap" . El-P's productions are rather gloomy and distorted and should appear flat in order to have as much space as possible for the two of them to rap together. The two of them take inspiration from hanging out together and from consuming alcohol and psychedelic drugs . The lyrics are cynical and contain peaks against mainstream American rap. Run the Jewels sees itself as a crew and sees itself as a continuation of well-known rap duos such as Eric B. & Rakim , EPMD or Mobb Deep . Bun B and TI , among others, could be won as feature guests , but also alternative rock musicians such as RATM singer Zack de la Rocha and Travis Barker (drummer of Blink-182 ).

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2013 Run the Jewels
Fools' Gold Records 		- - - - -
First published: June 26, 2013
2014 Run the Jewels 2
Mass Appeal Records 		- - - - US50 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 24, 2014
2016 Run the Jewels 3
Run the Jewels 		DE59 (1 week)
DE 		AT60 (1 week)
AT 		- UK38 (1 week)
UK 		US13 (8 weeks)
US
First published: December 24, 2016
2020 RTJ4
Jewell Runners, BMG 		- AT73 (1 week)
AT 		CH32 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK18 (1 week)
UK 		US10 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 3, 2020

Singles

  • 2013: 36 '' Chain (download single)
  • 2014: Oh My Darling Don't Cry (download single)
  • 2014: Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1 (7 '' / download single)
  • 2015: Bust No Moves (12``, Record Store Day Special )
  • 2015: Meowrly / Early (Flexi- 7`` )
  • 2016: Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite) (download single, from the Rubble Kings soundtrack )
  • 2016: Talk to Me (download single)
  • 2016: DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels: Nobody Speak (12`` / download single)
  • 2016: Legend Has It (download single, US:goldgold)
  • 2016: 2100 (feat.Boots, download single)
  • 2017: Mean Demeanor

more publishments

  • 2014: Run the Jewels (Deluxe European Instrumentals) (Download, Big Dada)
  • 2015: Meowrly (Boots Remix) (Mass Appeal Records), Juice-Exclusive on Juice CD No 131
  • 2015: Meow the Jewels (Download / Double LP, Mass Appeal Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christopher R. Weingarten: Run the Jewels: 2014's Brashest Rap Duo Comes Back From Oblivion. Rolling Stone , October 24, 2014, accessed June 9, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Carlos Steurer: Run the Jewels: The Main Ingredient . In: Juice . No. 157 , March 2014, p. 64-67 .
  3. ^ Run the Jewels at laut.de.
  4. ↑ CNN: Rapper "Killer Mike" on Ferguson decision: 'I cried like a baby'. December 1, 2014, accessed March 24, 2015
  5. ↑ Guardian: Run the Jewels on hip-hop's golden age, playing Ferguson and America's civil rights problem , February 26, 2015, accessed March 24, 2015
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ↑ Musikexpress.de : Christmas surprise: Run the Jewels release new album three weeks early
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US