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2014 studio anthology by Run the Jewels

Run the Jewels ii
Studio anthology by Run the Jewels
Released	October 24, 2014 (2014-10-24)
Studio	ALC Laboratories Cosmic Zoo (Los Angeles) Night Hunter The Post Rare Volume Room The Infinite Pit (Brooklyn) Sneaky (Garrison)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	38:56
Characterization	Mass Appeal RBC
Producer	El-P
Run the Jewels chronology
Run the Jewels (2013) Run the Jewels 2 (2014) Meow the Jewels (2015)
Singles from Run the Jewels 2
"Blockbuster Nighttime, Pt. 1" Released: September 2, 2014 "Oh My Darling Don't Weep" Released: September 30, 2014 "Shut Your Optics (And Count to Fuck)" Released: Oct 13, 2014

Run the Jewels 2 is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Run the Jewels, which consists of Killer Mike and El-P. The album was released early for free on October 24, 2014, and the following solar day on iTunes. Information technology was made available on CD and LP by Mass Entreatment Records and RBC Records on October 28, 2014.

Run the Jewels 2 received widespread acclaim from critics for its darker and more layered production, Killer Mike and El-P's lyricism and chemistry and its guest contributions. Several publications as well ranked it every bit the best album of 2014, including Pitchfork, Complex and Stereogum. The album debuted at number 50 on the US Billboard 200, selling 12,000 copies in the kickoff week.

A parody remix anthology, Meow the Jewels, was released for complimentary featuring beats created entirely from cat sounds. In improver to Meow the Jewels, a standard remix anthology was scheduled to be released by Fool's Gold Records in 2015 too.

Promotion [edit]

On September two, 2014, Run the Jewels released a song titled "Blockbuster Nighttime, Pt. one", equally the anthology's first single.^[i] On September xv, 2014, Run the Jewels released "Oh My Darling Don't Cry", the 2nd offering from the anthology.^[2] "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" was afterwards released on September 30, 2014, via digital distribution, as the anthology's 2d unmarried.^[3] The anthology's tertiary unmarried, "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" featuring Zack de la Rocha, was released on October 13, 2014.^[iv]

Critical reception [edit]

Professional person ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.4/10[v]
Metacritic	89/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	A−[eight]
The Guardian	[ix]
The Irish Times	[10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
NME	9/x[12]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[13]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Slant Magazine	[16]

Run the Jewels 2 was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the anthology received an boilerplate score of 89, based on 35 reviews.^[6] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it viii.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the disquisitional consensus.^[5]

David Jeffries of AllMusic stated, "If the first anthology was the supernova, RTJ2 is the RTJ universe forming, proving that Mike and El-P's one-off can be a going, and ever growing, concern".^[7] Brian Josephs of The A.Five. Club stated, "The sequel takes the simplistic thrills of the debut and expands the duo'south natural chemical science. With Killer Mike grounded at the album's emotional core, El-P is free to indulge in his intrepid production tendencies".^[8] In The Irish Times, Jim Carroll dubbed the album "a case of upping the dues all round so some" highlighting "both principals at the top of their game".^[10] Pat Levy of Consequence said, "An anthology like RTJ2 is rare. Decades from now, this album may simply be revered as one of the all-time hip-hop records of our era, the total synchronicity of 2 talented artists reaching the apex of their prime".^[17]

Paul Maclnnes of The Guardian stated, "While the duo evangelize hard-nosed disses at a rate of knots. Early, meanwhile, matches distorted synth with an former-school storytelling piece well-nigh pursuit and arrest by the police. Information technology's an unrelenting style, which may audio like overkill to some, only there's no disputing its power and sophisticated limerick".^[9] Kellan Miller of HipHopDX stated, "Throughout RTJ2 [El-P] holds his own rhyming alongside a superior wordsmith".^[18] James Rainis of Camber Mag stated, "RTJ2 is the rare sequel that bests the beloved original in virtually every facet".^[xvi] Dan Rys of XXL said, "For people looking for soulful, melodic hip-hop, this is not the album to pick up. Neither is it one for the kids who just want to repeat two words over and over once again and call information technology a hook while jumping upwards and down and punching the air repeatedly. When listening to RTJ2, those feelings are translated into punches aimed at faces instead of spaces, and they always connect. The beats are grimy—typical of an El-P-produced project—and add together even more grit to an anthology that doesn't ooze confidence so much as shoves you in the breast with information technology".^[xix]

Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times stated, "Run the Jewels is the team of two indie titans, El-P and Killer Mike, who have upended convention by remaining idealistically true, artistically audacious and creatively emboldened well into their second decade as rapper-producers. The pair's second album, released as a free download last calendar week, proves it xi times over".^[11] Al Horner of NME said, "Cranking the urgency and confrontation of last year'southward self-titled debut to neck-breaking levels of intensity, RTJ2 is an urgent, paranoid album for a trigger-happy, panicked time. It's a dour futurity Run The Jewels envision for America, but equally long as Mike and El-P are collaborating, at least the future of hip-hop is in prophylactic hands".^[12] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork stated, "Sounding like nil else and answering to nobody but its creators, Run the Jewels two is in a grade past itself".^[13] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone stated, "On their second album as Run the Jewels, noise-loving Brooklyn rapper-producer El-P and Atlanta's Killer Mike make the most explosive hip-hop you'll hear all year".^[15]

Year-terminate lists [edit]

Commercial performance [edit]

Run the Jewels 2 debuted at number 50 on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 12,000 copies in the United states.^[31]

Track listing [edit]

Run the Jewels ii runway listing

No.	Title	Author(south)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Jeopardy"	Jaime Meline Michael Render	El-P Petty Shalimar[a]	three:21
2.	"Oh My Darling Don't Weep"	Meline Render	El-P Little Shalimar[a] Wilder Zoby[b]	3:24
3.	"Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1"	Meline Render	El-P	2:32
4.	"Close Your Optics (And Count to Fuck)" (featuring Zack de la Rocha)	Meline Render Zack de la Rocha	El-P	3:54
5.	"All My Life"	Meline Render	El-P Little Shalimar[a]	three:07
6.	"Lie, Cheat, Steal"	Meline Render	El-P Little Shalimar[a] Boots[b]	3:28
7.	"Early on" (featuring Boots)	Meline Render Jordan Cruz	El-P Little Shalimar[b]	3:44
8.	"All Due Respect" (featuring Travis Barker)	Meline Render Travis Barker	El-P Little Shalimar[a] Wilder Zoby[a]	ii:47
9.	"Dear Again (Akinyele Back)" (featuring Gangsta Boo)	Meline Render Lola Mitchell	El-P	3:45
10.	"Crown" (featuring Diane Coffee)	Meline Render Shaun Fleming	El-P Fiddling Shalimar	3:45
xi.	"Angel Duster"	Meline Render	El-P Little Shalimar[b]	5:09
Total length:				38:56

Japanese and iTunes bonus rails^[32]

No.	Title	Author(s)	Producer(southward)	Length
12.	"Blockbuster Night, Pt. 2" (featuring Despot and Wiki)	Meline Return Alec Reinstein Patrick Morales	El-P	2:39
Total length:				41:35

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• Early on vinyl pressings exclude vocals from Gangsta Boo on "Love Again (Akinyele Back)".^[33]

Personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[34]

Boots – featured artist, production, additional vocals (runway v) Autocrat – featured artist Diane Coffee – additional piano and vocals (track 10) El-P – primary creative person, producer Gangsta Boo – featured artist Joey Raia – mixing Isaiah "Ikey" Owens – pianoforte (rail eleven) James McNew – additional bass (track 7) Kareem Bunton – boosted vocals (rails 11) Republic of kenya Hawkins – additional vocals (track eleven) Killer Mike – principal artist Little Shalimar – product

Margot – strings (track 11) Matt Sweeney – additional guitar (track 5) Michael Winslow – robot phonation (track two) Shay Bigga – additional vocals (track ix) Smoota – additional trombone (rails 1) Trackstar the DJ – scratches (tracks three and 4) Travis Barker – additional drums (runway 8) Wiki – featured artist Wilder Zoby – production, additional organ (rails ane), boosted keys (track xi) Zack de la Rocha – featured artist

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit] Nautical chart performance for Run the Jewels 2 Chart (2015–2017) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[35] 141 Us Billboard 200[36] 50 US Elevation R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[37] 9

Twelvemonth-end charts [edit] 2015 twelvemonth-finish nautical chart performance for Run the Jewels 2 Chart (2015) Position Us Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[38] 60

Release history [edit]

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