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Run The Jewels – walking in the snow
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“walking in the snow” features commentary from both El-P and Killer Mike on a number of different social issues, but mainly focuses on both police brutality and the system’s “
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Killer Mike & El-P Explain How Pharrell Ended Up On “JU$T” With Zack De La Rocha
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“I thought that we were going to get some f-cking big commercial hook, and this dude came back with the rawest hook of all time.”
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Run The Jewels – goonies vs. E.T.
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[Intro: El-P] / Baby, if I had another chance, I would give another chance to you / Ooh / If I make another wish, I would wish for a wish for you (For you) / Ayy / (One, two) / [
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Run The Jewels – goonies vs. E.T. (Instrumental)
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[Instrumental]
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Run The Jewels – never look back
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[Verse 1: El-P & Killer Mike] / Eighty-one miles to the hour down road (Uh, uh, uh) / Never looked back, never ever went slow / Never look back, heard 'em say that before / Never
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Josh Homme & Mavis Staples) – pulling the pin
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Using consistent metaphors relating to different stories from the Judeo-Christian canon, El-P and Killer Mike use this song to point out the evils of Capitalism and state that we
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Run The Jewels – yankee and the brave (ep. 4)
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“yankee and the brave (ep. 4)” is the first single from rap duo Run The Jewels' fourth studio album RTJ4. The song name draws upon the North/South imagery that embodies their
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Akapellah, Apache Las Minas & Pawmps) – caminando en la nieve (Orestes Gomez & Nick Hook’s Versión)
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[Verse 1: El-P & Pawmps] / Get a dose, a dirty code to go, been cold since Co-Flow / Got a wire or two unlodgin', I'll set a fire down below / I'll hang it up when you say, "Sorry
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Run The Jewels – holy calamafuck
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El-P and Killer Mike get braggadocious on this two part song featuring a prominent beat switch halfway through and singing by Jamaican Dancehall artist Cutty Ranks.
The first two
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Run The Jewels – No Save Point
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[Intro: El-P] / R-T-motherfuckin'-J / R-T-J / (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, hey) / Ayy (Hey, oh) / Ayy (Oh, hey, oh) / Ayy / [Verse 1: El-P] / I swallow all my drugs 'til the pain
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Run The Jewels (Ft. DJ Premier & Greg Nice) – ooh la la
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On February 24th, 2020, El-P teased a snippet of a new song on Instagram with the hashtags “#OOHLALA” and “#RTJ4.” The post has since been deleted. The track was later released on
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Run The Jewels – a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
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As the last song of the album a few words for the firing squad (radiation) is a journey of recollection by both Killer Mike and El-P as they look at how each on has reached this
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) – JU$T
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On “JU$T,” Run The Jewels teams up with Zack de la Rocha and Pharrell Williams for a meditation on money and justice. Specifically, the crew wonders how free anyone truly is when
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Run The Jewels – the ground below
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[Intro: Killer Mike] / RTJ, the God! / [Verse 1: Killer Mike] / The God killer, this Tokyo and I'm Godzilla / Playing blackjack versus death, gun on the card dealer / Just bought a
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Run The Jewels – Yankee and the Brave (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Intro] / This week on Yankee and the brave / [Verse 1: Killer Mike] / Back at it like a crack addict, Mr. Black Magic / Crack a bitch back, chiropractic, Craftmatic / Big daddy
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Run The Jewels – Goonies vs. E.T. (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Intro: El-P] / (Take that mother- motherfucka, fucka, fucka...) / Baby, if I had another chance, I would give another chance to you / Ooh / If I make another wish, I would wish
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Run The Jewels (Ft. DJ Premier, Greg Nice & Lil Wayne) – ooh la la (Remix)
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[Chorus: Greg Nice] / Ooh, la, la, ah, oui, oui / Ooh, la, la, ah, oui, oui / Ooh, la, la, ah, oui, oui / Ooh, la, la / [Verse 1: Lil Wayne] / Yeah, uh / Ooh, la, la, it's Young
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Run The Jewels (Ft. 2 Chainz) – out of sight
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out of sight gives a big nod to The D.O.C.’s 1989 It’s Funky Enough. Both records have nearly identical drum tracks and use Foster Sylver’s Misdemeanor as the base sample (except
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Royal Blood) – the ground below (Royal Jewels Mix)
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[Chorus: El-P, Killer Mike & Mike Kerr] / You say that you don't love me (Ayy) / I'm guessin' I'ma be okay / You say that you don't feel me now / I feel like I'ma live somehow
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Run The Jewels (Ft. DJ Premier & Greg Nice) – Ooh La La (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Intro: Killer Mike, EL-P & Greg Nice] / Hey, I heard Greg Nice / Hey, the OG emcee (What we doin RTJ?!) / Talk to 'em Greg!! / [Chorus: Greg Nice & El-P] / Ooh, la la, ah, oui oui
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Genius Russian Translations (Русские переводы) – Run The Jewels - ooh la la ft. DJ Premier & Greg Nice (Русский перевод)
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24 февраля 2020 года El-P выпустил отрывок новой песни в Инстаграме с хештегами “#OOHLALA” и “#RTJ4”. Тогда же этот пост был удалён. Трек был выпущен позже, 25 марта 2020 года
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MARINA – Rootless
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“Rootless” is a bonus track on the US version of The Family Jewels. Marina has stated that “Rootless” describes the constant relocation of her family. She moved a lot when she was
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Run The Jewels & What So Not (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) – JU$T (Remix)
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[Pre-Chorus: Pharrell Williams] / Mastered economics 'cause you took yourself from squalor (Slave) / Mastered academics 'cause your grades say you a scholar (Slave) / Mastered
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Run The Jewels – Holy Calamafuck (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Intro: Cutty Ranks & El-P] / All them-a talk, them beat back them words / All them-a talk, them beat back them words / All them-a talk, them beat back them words / All— All— A
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) – JU$T (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Chorus] / Mastered economics 'cause you took yourself from squalor / Mastered academics 'cause your grades say you a scholar / Mastered Instagram 'cause you can instigate a follow
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Run The Jewels – Out of Sight (Live at Holy Calamavote)
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[Verse 1: El-P & Killer Mike] / (R-R-Run-run) Here come the menaces to sobriety, like what? (What?) / Super thuggers thumpin' on the cut (Run-run) / (Run-run) My motherfuckin' Uzi
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autumnn – All the songs i enjoy listening to because i feel like making it
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now that ive spent hours on this i have no motivation to update it so this is all you get
im actually done with this one so if i stop liking anything i probably wont remove it
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Genius Presents: The Month In Lyrics (June 2020)
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Lady Gaga, J. Cole, 6ix9ine, & protest music ruled the month.
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DJ Kay Slay (Ft. 3D Na'Tee, Aobie, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Big Dubez, Billy Danze, Black Thought, Bodega Bamz, Bun B, Bynoe, Cassidy, Chris Rivers, Chuck D, Coke La Rock, Consequence, Conway the Machine, Cory Gunz, Dave East, DJ Doo Wop, Drag-On, E-A-Ski, E.D.I. Mean, Freddie Foxxx, Fredro Starr, Fred the Godson, Ghostface Killah, Gillie Da Kid, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grand Puba, Greg Nice, Gunplay, Havoc, Hocus45th, Ice-T, Inspectah Deck, Jim Jones, Joell Ortiz, Jon Connor, J.R. Writer, Junior Reid, Kaflow Kaboom, King Kirk, Kool DJ Red Alert, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, KXNG Crooked, Lil' Cease, Lil' Fame, Loaded Lux, Locksmith, Lord Jamar, Lord Tariq, Maino, McGruff, MC Serch, MC Shan, Merkules, Metta Sandiford-Artest, Mike Cee, Millyz, Mistah F.A.B., Ms. Hustle, Mysonne, Nino Man, Omar Epps, OT the Real, Oun-P, Page Kennedy, Papoose, Peter Gunz, Pretty Tone Capone, PTKNY, Raekwon, Rah Digga, Ransom, Ras Kass, Redman, RJ Payne, Rock (Heltah Sk
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[Intro: DJ Kay Slay & Sheek Louch] / Trackateering Music / Man, y'all did it with this one here, y'all / People love to use that quote, "I'm doin' it for the culture" / But what
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Mobb Deep – Survival of the Fittest
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Maybe Mobb Deep’s most famous track next to “Shook Ones Pt. II,” “Survival of the Fittest” was released as the second single from The Infamous. It describes the challenges of the
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JAY-Z – Never Change
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Jay-Z drapes his vocals over a sample from David Ruffin’s “Common Man”, rapping about some of his familiar life stages: growing up poor, selling crack, making music, getting rich
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Taylor Swift – Bejeweled
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“Bejeweled” describes the narrator’s frustration with her lover, who does not value her as she deserves. In retaliation, she goes out for a night on the town. Despite her lover no
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RATKING (Ft. Despot & Princess Nokia) – Steep Tech
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This song is featured in the Short film by Ari Marcopoulos made for the 700 Fill album. In the clip it samples Sport’s verse nearly overlapping each other.
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Noisey (Ft. Action Bronson, Alexander Spit, A$ton Matthews, Bobby Creekwater, Bodega Bamz, Bryant Dope, CUZ Lightyear, CyHi, Danny Brown, Da$H, Del Harris, Flatbush Zombies, Heems, Killer Mike, Kilo Kish, Meyhem Lauren, Mike G, Nigel Nasty, Nipsey Hussle, Pill, Pregnant Boy, Problem, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Pusha T, Raekwon, Remy Banks, Renegade El Rey, RetcH, Rockie Fresh, Scotty ATL, Two-9, Vado, Yak Ballz, YG, Young Thug & Zebra Katz) – The Rap Monument
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44 Emcees all rapped a verse for Noisey’s “The Rap Monument”, the song was recorded during three sessions (held in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York) everything was put together
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Bright Eyes – Lua
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In November 2004, two Bright Eyes singles, “Lua” and “Take It Easy (Love Nothing)”, reached the two top spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales.
If you have ever been to a
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Method Man) – The What
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“The What” features Wu-Tang Clan standout Method Man as he was the only other rapper to appear on Ready To Die. In a retrospective published by XXL, Meth revealed the early
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Odd Future – Oldie
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The OF posse cut on the mixtape.
To consider Odd Future a viable franchise going forward, listeners needed reminding why they demanded such attention in the first place. Answering
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FaZe Kaysan (Ft. C Blu, Dee Billz, Jenn Carter, Kenzo Balla, Kyle Richh & Tata) – Black Ops
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[Intro: Jenn Carter] / Kaysan / Grrah / Damn YP, I know you mixed this one / It's Kosfinger, baby / [Verse 1: Kyle Richh] / Grrah / Two-Two sticks in my hand like a band, like
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Prodigy of Mobb Deep (Ft. DJ Premier) – Walk Out
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[Intro: Scratches by DJ Premier & Prodigy] / “Tight with my loot ‘cause hoes like to run game” / “Take a walk” / “Tight with my loot ‘cause hoes like to run game” / “Take a walk
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Coast Contra (Ft. Cosmic Kev) – The Come Up Show Freestyle
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[Intro: Taj] / We up on Cosmic Kev, man, uh / Been a dream for a minute, so have to be here, you know what I'm sayin'? / Apt. 505 is out right now / Coast Contra in the buildin
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Drakeo the Ruler – Betchua (Freestyle)
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[Verse] / Hundred in the chop, it's a C cup / Bitch, I see you hatin' through the peephole / Stomp you in Margielas and a peacoat / She a bum bitch, but love the way she deepthroat
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Young Thug (Ft. Gucci Mane, Gunna & Travis Scott) – Floyd Mayweather
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Young Thug, Travis Scott, Gunna & Gucci rap about a luxury lifestyle on “Floyd Mayweather”, the track is named after American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is nicknamed “Money
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