Run the Jewels 2
Aggressive, industrial-tinged hip-hop. Razor-sharp political lyricism delivered over El-P's most abrasive, skull-rattling production.
October 24, 2014 · Seeker Music
Aggressive, industrial-tinged hip-hop. Razor-sharp political lyricism delivered over El-P's most abrasive, skull-rattling production.
October 24, 2014 · Seeker Music
A darker, more layered sonic architecture anchors this sophomore outing, trading the raw sprint of their debut for a heavy, industrial march. The production feels like a grinding factory floor, where rust-covered gears clash against classic street-corner drum loops to soundtrack a deep, systemic anger. Instead of merely trading boasts, the two emcees sharpen their focus, delivering urgent, defiant critiques of police brutality and political corruption over apocalyptic soundscapes.
“RTJ3 is essentially the Run the Jewels manifesto, an outpouring of rage and defiance that never loses sight of the objectives: rallying the troops, holding all accountable, and toppling oppression”Read review
“Hip-hop has seldom sounded this righteous since Public Enemy”Read review
“Killer Mike and El-P’s latest collaboration takes on the politics of the day with relentless energy and biting wordplay”Read review
“Remains too entrenched in the grammar of the past to ever feel entirely fresh”Read review
“Run the Jewels can still detonate rhymes like a Molotov cocktail lobbed into a CVS, but now they’re strategizing for the long war ahead”Read review
“A set of songs that alternate between hard-hitting social commentary and boasts about how great Run The Jewels are”Read review
“Thankfully there’s enough gold at hand to excuse Run The Jewels for getting a little bit carried away with their own runaway success”Read review
“The most accomplished chapter in the duo’s trilogy of LPs”Read review
“In short, RTJ3 is near perfect in its execution. They’re so good at this that it seems almost unfair in its effortlessness”Read review
“Three albums deep, Killer Mike and El-P sound as hungry as ever, and the world is still full of Caesars with ripe throats”Read review
“The formula is probably becoming familiar, but its time is now”Read review
“The pair’s poetry remains bold and bizarre, with wondrous lines that variously zing and titillate”Read review
How does Run the Jewels 2 sound next to the rest of Run the Jewels's catalogue?
The record pushes deep into noise textured territory, burying the beats in a claustrophobic maze of distorted synthesizers and industrial grit that feels far more abrasive than their usual sonic architecture.
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