Run The Jewels‘ sophomore release, RTJ2, has easily been one of my most highly anticipated albums of the year since its announcement. At this point, it’s my most anticipated for the remainder of the year, especially after hearing “Blockbuster Night Part 1” and seeing them earlier this summer at Outside Lands in San Francisco. Today, […]
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Run The Jewels Share ‘RTJ2’ Tracklist, Awesome Album Art, and New Tour Dates
September 2nd, 2014 
Brian Leak 
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Run The Jewels Announce Sophomore Album, Stream New Single
August 21st, 2014 Mike Giegerich After releasing one of the rap scene’s best records of 2013, heavyweight duo Run The Jewels have returned with plans to release their sophomore full-length. Entitled RTJ2, the newest product from Killer Mike and El-P (which will also feature appearances from Travis Barker and Zack de la Rocha) is set to hit stores October 28 […]
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UTG PHOTOS & REVIEW: Outside Lands 2014, Day One (8/8/14)
August 14th, 2014 Brian Leak Under The Gun Review co-owner and editor, Brian Lion, attended the Outside Lands Music & Arts festival in San Francisco, CA from August 8-10. The 7th annual Outside Lands Music & Arts festival took place this past weekend in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. Hosting upwards of 180k attendees, Outside Lands […]
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El-P Teases Material From ‘Run The Jewels 2’
July 22nd, 2014 Brian Leak As El-P and Killer Mike gear up to hit the road soon, we continue to sit around anxiously awaiting any further information regarding their followup to last year’s ridiculously good self-titled debut as Run The Jewels. The duo have claimed numerous times that the album will drop this year and we trust that it’s the […]
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Run The Jewels To Hit The Road, El-P Promises More Dates To Be Announced
June 23rd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Run the Jewels, the much-loved power pairing of Killer Mike and El-P, have announced a number of tour dates. The duo saw a lot of success with last year’s lauded self-titled album and have recorded a follow-up, which is expected to drop this year. The tour dates are largely western United States and Canada thus far, […]
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Adult Swim’s Summer Singles Series To Return With Deafheaven, Tim Hecker, Future, More
June 3rd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Adult Swim’s Single Series has delivered a number of intriguing tracks over the past few summers, with whoever curates the series having a deft hand for picking artists currently rising or resurfacing into the spotlight. Wye Oak, The Field, Miguel, Run the Jewels, Dan Deacon, an annual appearance by Captain Murphy – it always promises […]
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Stream El-P’s Remix of Warpaint’s “Keep It Healthy”
May 11th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Brooklyn rapper El-P’s (and one half of Run The Jewels) is best known for his aggressive, sometimes political raps. It may come as a surprise, then, that he’s come and remixed Warpaint‘s “Keep It Healthy,” but El-P has actually done a handful of official remixes over the years. That’s probably why this one sounds so great. […]
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Killer Mike And El-P Get Animated In The Video For “Run The Jewels”
March 4th, 2014 Brian Leak “When we say ‘run the jewels,’ just run ’em, baby, please don’t delay me.” I consider Run The Jewels to be the best rap album of 2013. Killer Mike and El-P brought a fresh, no-bullshit, 10-track album with impeccable production and bars to the game and it hasn’t worn its welcome yet. To continue promoting […]
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VINYL REVIEW: Run The Jewels – ‘Run The Jewels’ (Deluxe European Edition)
January 15th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: Run The Jewels Album: Run The Jewels Label: Fool’s Gold, Big Dada Original Release Date: June 26, 2013 My introduction to Killer Mike was originally in the video for Outkast’s “The Whole World” sometime back around 2001 but I unfortunately slept on El-P for some time until I saw him featured in Mr. Muthafuckin […]
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Governors Ball Lineup Revealed: Outkast, Vampire Weekend, Jack White, The Strokes, Phoenix
January 15th, 2014 Nina Corcoran In its first year, they snagged Girl Talk. In its second year, they snagged Beck. In its third year, they snagged Kanye West’s first solo set in five years. Now, after a week of clues, New York City’s Governors Ball Festival has announced their lineup and it’s bigger than ever. Outkast, Jack White, and Vampire […]
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December 26th, 2013 Nina Corcoran You heard a snippet of the song earlier in December thanks to a Boiler Room DJ set, but now it’s time to hear it in full. Run the Jewels (El-P + Killer Mike) have put up “Pew Pew Pew” online today for streaming, and it sounds even more glorious than the sample suggested. Run the […]
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