The Trina hook is one of the most baffling features on the album. You'd think a rapper who's been around as long as she has would think of something a bit more clever. But, no, she merely repeats "I'm the shit, I'm the shit, bitch". Lazy. Gangsta Boo had proven she was the shit on RTJ2. I always prefer the singer/instrumentalist guests on RTJ records. Kamasi, Boots and Tunde were brilliant. And if you listen closely to some of the tracks, you will find some ultra-deep melodic basslines. I'm picking up chord progressions I didn't notice the first time around. The musicality is still there, it's just a better kept secret under the thundering beats and the comically devious lyrics. It's definitely a grower, @neorev .
And, yes, I love The Cold Vein. Iron Galaxy was one of the best tracks on Tony Hawk's Underground.
cannot STAND Aesop Rock, but the El-P track posted is great, obviously.
cuz hes not rapping. Hes talking. Almost always off-beat.
Aes never really grabbed my attention as a rapper (or talk-er?), but I like his beats.
early 00's is when I gave up. Never bothered with him after that. Think I heard him on some Mr. Lif stuff and kept eyerolling.
Run The Jewels will be playing Summer Camp 2017. Based on the first wave of annoucements, I'll definitely be waiting for single-day passes to go on sale.
RTJ is so fucking fire it's insane
I just wanna know when that ELP/ZDLR album is coming out. Digging For Windows was a beast of a song.
Li-Li-Li-Li-Live from the Garden
The mixing on that feels off for some reason -- Mike and El's vocals compete really harshly and the music feels muffled to me.
I don't know. I love EL-P's work, his production especially, but RTJ somehow doesn't do anything for me. Compared to EL's solo stuff it all seems a bit too melodramatic and simple and it also doesn't help that I can't really get into Killer Mike and the way they carry their "wokeness" around with them.
I get though why they pursuing this so strongly. They both seem happier then ever before as artists and they also enjoy a popularity they never before had in their careers. So as a fan I'm not mad at them. I'm just hoping for another EL-P solo record sometime in the distant future.
Done bought it.
New track from Venom finally out and it beats Eminem out of the water, as exptected!
Per the RTJ Twitter:
@therealELP has teamed up with
@fatpossum records to reissue his solo catalog, starting with 2007's 'i'll sleep when you're dead'. The album is available to stream now for the first time since its release, with physical editions coming in 2020.
https://el-p.lnk.to/IllSleepWhenYoureDead
Fantastic Damage or GTFO
Pumped to finally get FD and ISWYD on vinyl for a reasonable price.