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todayinhiphophistory · 1 year

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Killer Mike released his fifth studio album R.A.P. Music May 15, 2012

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sinceileftyoublog · 7 months

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Run The Jewels Live Show Review: 9/28, The Salt Shed, Chicago

Run The Jewels (El-P & Killer Mike)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Over the past several years, Run The Jewels albums have seemed primed for the time they came out. Run The Jewels 3 was released digitally in between the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and Donald Trump's subsequent inauguration, El-P and Killer Mike's penchant for grand political statements and even cheeky conspiracy theories nestled alongside their statements of self-triumph. RTJ4 was released in 2020, two days earlier than planned in response to the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests of police brutality and institutional racism all over the world. Songs like "Just", featuring the unforgettable line, "Look at all these slavemasters posin' on yo' dollar," were both timely and ever-relevant. Reflecting, though, it's always been Run The Jewels 2 that's the duo's crowning achievement, where it felt like the potential of the collaboration reached its full potential. In 2012, El-P lent his dystopian production to Mike's southern fried R.A.P. Music, Mike a verse to Cancer 4 Cure standout "Tougher Colder Killer". 2013 saw the two realize the group for the first time with a self-titled album, which at the time was a welcome surprise and perhaps a victory lap. Turns out, it was just a warm-up.

Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P)

That is, Run the Jewels 2 showcased everything you love about hip hop: MCs with distinct, but complementary flows and styles, unique production, and social awareness combined with a firecracker sense of humor, the potential to burn it all down, and unmistakably horny braggadocio. It was my obvious choice when deciding which of four nights to see RTJ perform an album in full, also knowing they'd cherry pick highlights from their back catalog in a second set. On stage at The Salt Shed last Thursday, Mike and El sounded as clear as ever without losing their bruising momentum, shouting words to a crowd who replied back every single one. (The two joked that playing this album in full was a bad idea, considering the amount of mushrooms they consumed when making it, fearing they wouldn't be able to remember their lines.) Trackstar the DJ rattled the stereo-busting bass of "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" and "Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)" as the crowd jumped up and down and moshed. Mike likened himself to William "Refrigerator" Perry during "Blockbuster Night Part 1", successfully pandering to those members of the crowd who were fans of the Chicago Bears, aka didn't travel from all over the Midwest to see the show.

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Though the first four RTJ2 songs are all-timers, it was the back half that shone brightest. Before RTJ performed nihilist anthem "Lie, Cheat, Steal", El-P remarked, based on the younger age of the crowd, that they'd have "a front row seat to the apocalypse," which put into perspective for a lot of us why we gravitated towards their magnum opus in the first place. When it came out 9 years ago, it foreshadowed the shit that would truly hit the fan a couple years later, providing a worthwhile soundtrack to said gradually looming apocalypse, all without being self-serious. The magic of the record is that a song like "Early", which Mike introduced by dedicating it to anybody who has been terrorized by the police and declaring that "the state should fear the people" as opposed to the other way around, is immediately followed by, in the duo's words, "two of the most ignorant songs we've ever written." By "ignorant," they really meant sexually charged tunes that provide necessary moments of levity. Specifically, when performing "Love Again (Akinyele Back)", the duo let the raunchy verse from the late, great Gangsta Boo, play uninterrupted, cementing her as the most important spirit in the room at that moment.

Mr. Len

It's no secret that Run the Jewels in general have a diverse fanbase. Folks I spoke with in the crowd ranged from hardcore kids to hip-hop heads, as expected from the type of group that has Pharrell Williams rub elbows with Zach De La Rocha. For the old school fans, an unexpected gift was in store: an opening DJ set from Mr. Len of Company Flow, the hip hop trio where El-P cut his teeth before going solo. (According to El, Bigg Jus was also in the house, though he never came out on stage.) Mr. Len treated us to tracks from Company Flow, El-P produced tunes from Cannibal Ox, and classics from Goodie Mob, Gang Starr, and A Tribe Called Quest. Though it was a callback to a bygone era, I couldn't help but think how Run the Jewels--along with the Backwoodz Studioz and Griselda crew--are this generation's possible forebears to whatever comes next, whether that's 20 years of RTJ or something else.

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mxdwn · 1 year

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Killer Mike Announces First Solo Album Michael in a Decade for June 2023 Release and Shares New Song “Don’t Let The Devil” Featuring El-P

https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/04/20/news/killer-mike-announces-first-solo-album-michael-in-a-decade-for-june-2023-release-and-shares-new-song-dont-let-the-devil-featuring-el-p/

#killer mike #dont let the devil #el-p #Michael #R.A.P. Music

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cheese-in-space · 1 month

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Album a day poll

Winner of last poll: “Collapsed in Sunbeams” by Arlo Parks

If you don’t know any of the albums, just pick a random one!

Review of last album: “We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves” by John Maus

I thought it was interesting to listen to. The genre is not one I would typically listen to but I found myself enjoying the sound of the music in general. My favorite song from it is probably “Quantum Leap”

Last poll here

Next poll here

#dotty doots #music #album a day poll #john maus #arlo parks #orbital #Slushii #false noise #r.a.p. ferreira

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reckonslepoisson · 1 month

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The First Fist To Make Contact When We Dap, R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura (2024)

By far the oddest vibe of any R.A.P. Ferreira release, and while oddity in itself is fine – interesting, even – here it seems to lack purpose. The First Fist is angry without direction, disjointed and eerie but not enough to be distinctive or atmospheric; Ferreira’s least considered release.

Pick: ‘begonias’

#The First Fist To Make Contact When We Dap #R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura #RAP Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura #R.A.P. Ferreira #RAP Ferreira #Fumitake Tamura #rap #hip-hop #abstract hip-hop #experimental hip-hop #jazz rap #2024 #music review #music #review

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oldestsoul · 1 year

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#R.A.P. Ferreira #milo #Hemlock Ernst #Souvenir #Kenny Segal #So the Flies Don't Come #Music #Hip Hop #Rap #Bandcamp

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spectrumpulse · 1 year

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zytes · 2 years

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#filed under: all-time favorites #definitely one of the songs that defined my emergent outlook on life at 17/18 years old #‘left home in search of where the orchid grows’ damn right we did #music #milo #R.A.P Ferreira #Spotify

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a-transcendental-idealist · 2 months

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I Can Only Will Myself, November 2023. Inspired by Almost Cut My Hair (For Crosby), track two of Things That Happen At Day // Things That Happen At Night by Milo.

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#my art #milo #r.a.p. ferreira #ruby yacht #things that happen at day things that happen at night #lyrics #music #SoundCloud

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todayinhiphophistory · 2 years

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Killer Mike released his fifth studio album R.A.P. Music May 15, 2012

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gorey · 5 months

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truly so beautiful rory never ever misses. hypnotic

#a #o #music #crow billiken #rory ferreira #r.a.p. ferreira #upload #fav

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jayjay-barnes · 2 years

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#my type #real artillery #artist #Amazon prime #movie #R.A #r.a.p #musical #real authentic #music #my post #photography #jungle movie #uk movie #the jungle #handsome man #chocolate man #husband #future husband

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gr33dy-mcfly-show · 2 years

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#SoundCloud #music #Marcus GilmoreWHITESIDE #R.A.P.#RATCHET ASS POETRY

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bowserwife · 10 months

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That new Killer Mike is so fucking embarrassing dude. Like, as someone to whom R.A.P. Music felt like a legitimate revelation in 2012 (not to mention a big 2015 Bernie Sanders fan), this corny ass dude being all "kill your masters slit their throats break your chains grrr" and then having landlord brag raps and 'if you disagree with me it must be because you're broke and lazy' raps just a few tracks later rly hits a particularly yucky spot somewhere in my radical soul. Oh, but it's okay, bc if I'm offended, not only am I poor, it must be because I'm also some kind of faggot, as Mike is so nice to remind me.

Lol. Fuck this dude. 10 years of diminishing returns on Run The Jewels albums and this is what we get? I was so excited for this, man. This sucks.

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reckonslepoisson · 1 year

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5 to the Eye With Stars, R.A.P. Ferreira (2022)

While 5 to the Eye With Stars is, much like R.A.P. Ferreira’s Bob’s Son and The Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures, far from as statement-like or far-ranging as Purple Moonlight Pages, it’s another thoughtful and magnificently executed work. These shorter releases are just as apt for fixation and adoration as Ferreira’s lengthier pieces.

Pick: ‘fighting back’

#RAP ferreira #r.a.p. ferreira #5 to the Eye With Stars #rap #hip hop #jazz rap #abstract hip hop #boom bap #lo-fi hip hop #jazz poetry #2022 #music #review #music review

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cheddar-baby · 3 months

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23. Who are five of your favorite bands/musical artists?

No particular order but im gonna do seven instead

Sufjan Stevens R.A.P Ferreira (formerly milo) Oneohtrix Point Never Portico Quartet Big Thief Beach House Sampha

#ask #ask game #pulled together a list way easier than i thought i would

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