Genius Meanings
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Run The Jewels – Jeopardy
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The opening track on the duo’s 2nd album interpolates Mort Garson’s Taurus – The Voluptuary. Lyrically the record is a boastful warning to the duo’s would-be enemies.
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Zack de la Rocha) – Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
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“Close Your Eyes (And count to Fuck)” deals with the theme of police brutality against minorities. Mike (black) and Zack (latino) are both part of racial minorities that often face
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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. BOOTS) – Early
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The song covers the topic of police corruption and brutality. It’s extremely relevant right now with the incidents taking place in Ferguson and NYC 2014.
Not only have they
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Run The Jewels – Lie, Cheat, Steal
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This song starts as a display of Mike and El’s ability to lie, cheat, and steal on their own, but transforms into a meditation on the shady figures that really run this world and
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Run The Jewels – Oh My Darling Don't Cry
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The second single from RTJ’s second album, RTJ2, “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry” was released on September 15th, 2014 as the fifteenth track from the 2014 Adult Swim Singles Program.
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Run The Jewels – Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1
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This is the full version of the ‘Blockbuster Night Part 1’ following the snippet that was released by on July 29th, 2014. El-P posted the lyrics for the first three verses on his
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Delonte, Lil BUB, Maceo & Snoop Dogg) – Meowpurrdy
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“Meowpurrdy” is the opening track of Run the Jewels' cat remix album titled Meow the Jewels . This is El-P’s remix of “Jeopardy”. The introduction skit features a conversation
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Run The Jewels – Love Again (Akinyele Back) [Instrumental]
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[Instrumental]
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Diane Coffee) – Crown
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Christopher R. Weingarten claims in Rolling Stone that Mike is actually rapping about himself in this song. Note the 6/8 time signature.
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Run The Jewels – Angel Duster
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In similar fashion to “A Christmas Fucking Miracle”, Run The Jewels ends the album with a passionate message both introspective and for the world at large.
It addresses the themes
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Gangsta Boo) – Love Again (Akinyele Back)
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A celebration of having insane sexual intercourse with someone who enjoys it just as much as you do. The song praises this from not only a man’s perspective but a woman’s too
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Run The Jewels – Let's Go (The Royal We)
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El-P spoke with Zane Lowe on October 11, 2018 on Lowe’s Beats 1 show and stated “The essence of the music actually came from a trailer that I submitted for the Blade Runner 2049
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Travis Barker) – All Due Respect
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Both El-P and Killer Mike go in on this track, with Travis Barker on the drums.
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Run The Jewels – All My Life
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The fifth track on Run the Jewel’s second album, Run the Jewels 2, released on October 24, 2014.
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Run The Jewels – yankee y el valiente (Trooko’s Versión)
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[Intro] / This week— / This week— / This week— / Esta semana en Yankee y El Valiente / [Verse 1: Killer Mike] / Back at it like a crack addict, Mr. Black Magic / Crack a bitch back
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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 are terrible and im tired of people pretending theyre not
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i was a fan of these guys seperately before they formed RTJ. i dont think their styles mesh very well. while they DO complement each other on occasion (mikes verse on tougher colder killer is probably the best moment on that album), when they try to play off one another, it just comes across as super corny.
el’s production style has changed too, and not for the better. his music was always experimental and definitive: an el-p beat didn’t really sound like anything else. since i’ll sleep when you’re dead i think el has been offloading production onto guest musicians, and it shows because the album had a more ‘electronic’ techno-glitch style. he has expanded on this sound (i would never tell an artist not to mature, natch), but it’s honestly become one thing his music never was: boring.
the cheese-factor REALLY increases when you start getting into their lyrics. for every heartfelt song like crown or 2100, there are many many more that are just mediocre.
[killer mike]
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Family Bvsiness – Frost Biz
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[Verse 1: Dice] / Man y'all niggas on some sentimental shit / A nigga like me on some send a missile shit / My pen is quick to kill a insignificant lyricist mother father brother
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All Articles
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A History Of Hip-Hop On 'Jeopardy!' The longtime game show has ... Jamaican dancehall artist Flourgon claims the hit infringes on his song "We Run Things.
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Ranking/Reviewing Every Run The Jewels Album To Date
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In honor of RTJ4 coming soon, I’ve decided to make my first review/analysis to be every Run The Jewels album UP TO DATE. I’ve been a big fan of RTJ since 8th grade, they introduced me to experimental hip hop, very near and dear to me.
I’ll start off by ranking the albums
RTJ ALBUMS RANKED
1. RTJ2
2. RTJ
3. RTJ3
4. MTJ
So lets start reviewing in chronological order
RUN THE JEWELS – SELF TITLED
This is where it all started for me. From the moment it began, I was hooked. El-P’s production, the rapping, and pure quality all hit me by surprise. El-P kicks off the album explaining what RTJ is, without needing to say it explicitly I remember almost yelling “woaaaaah” in class when I heard Run The Jewels (the song). There is not a single beat that matches the song that I’ve heard at all. I knew from this moment what was going to follow was pure badassery. Then you get Banana Clipper, where Killer Mike just goes straight to the point and starts spazzing on the beat, extremely smooth like butter. T
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Silent Knight (Ft. Kevikaze & Supastition) – Think Fast
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[Intro] [Silent Knight]: / Silent Knight. Hunger Strike. C'mon. Yeah. Think fast. Yeah. NJ, NY, NC where you at? Analogic on the beat. Silent Knight man (S.K.). 0-7. 0-7. Bringin
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Best Rap Album Openers
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This new Royce project has a dope ass intro, and it got me thinking…
so here’s my top 5 rap album intros of all time in no particular order
Run the Jewels – Jeopardy
Royce – Tabernacle
Pusha T – If You Know You Know
Kanye West – On Sight
Jay Rock – Necessary
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Will Smith (Ft. Lennie Bennett) – Uuhhh
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[Kel Spencer] / (Uuhhh) / Can you feel it baby? / (Take me away) / Flow crazy / Make em' say / (Uuhhh) / Make It hot, uh / (Take me away) / Flow crazy / Make em' say / Uh (ah) uh (
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Bob Dylan – Yonder Comes Sin
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You wanna talk to me / You got many things to say / You want the spirit to be speaking through / But your lust for comfort get in the way / I can read it in your eyes, oh / What
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Rap Genius – Top 20 Rap Albums of 2014
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The ONLY albums list that matters is here. The Rap Genius Top 20 Rap Albums of 2014 was voted for by hundreds of Genius users and is your go-to 2014 almanac.
Hip hop was a roller-
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PEABOD – My Favorite Part
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[Pre-Chorus] / I'm on the edge of my seat, I'm on that cliffhanger / It's on the tip of my tongue and I can taste the answer / Heart beatin' out of my chest, ready, get set, on
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Cold Grits – It's Your Thing
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[Instrumental]
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