History Music / RunTheJewels

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* AllLowercaseLetters: The songs in ''[=RTJ4=]'' are styled like this.

* ArcSymbol: The group's calling card is an image of two hands: one in the shape of a gun pointing at a closed fist. This appears on every one of their albums.

-->''You wanna kick it, I'll give you the rocks''\\
''You kiss the wood chipper blade if you bark''\\
''I'm fuckin' magic, in fact I'm a warlock of talk''\\
''I got a unicorn horn for a-- (stop)''
* DarkerAndEdgier: While all of their records have at least one dark song, RTJ 4 is considered to be the darkest of the bunch, as it covers powerful and controversial topics of police brutality and white inaction, and has no fun songs to ease up the tension like the previous three albums. The fact that it was dropped during the numerous Black Lives Matter protests/riots in response to George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer is just icing on the cake.

* RemixAlbum / SillinessSwitch: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat from ''2'' remade using only sounds made by cats, with the songs re-titled as cat puns (e.g. "Close Your Eyes And Meow To Fluff"). As a parody of crowdfunding rewards, RTJ offered various joke "deluxe editions" of ''2'' for large sums of money, with the cat remix album being one of the more affordable options at $40,000 - after a fan campaign actually raised well over that amount, the group made the album a reality, releasing it for free and giving the money to charity.

* RemixAlbum / SillinessSwitch: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat from ''2'' remade using only sounds made by cats, with the songs re-titled as cat puns (e.g. "Close Your Eyes And Meow To Fluff"). As a parody of crowdfunding rewards, RTJ offered various joke "deluxe editions" of ''2'' for large sums of money,with the cat remix album being one of the more affordable options at $40,000 - after a fan campaign actually raised well over that amount, the group made the album a reality, releasing it for free and giving the money to charity.

* RemixAlbum / SillinessSwitch: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat from ''2'' remade using only sounds made by cats, with the songs re-titled as cat puns (e.g. "Close Your Eyes And Meow To Fluff"). As a parody of crowdfunding rewards, RTJ offered various joke "deluxe editions" of ''2'' for large sums of money,with an all-cat-sound remix album being one of the more affordable options at $40,000 - after a fan campaign actually raised well over that amount, the group made the album a reality, releasing it for free and giving the money to charity.

* RemixAlbum / SillinessSwitch: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat from ''2'' remade using only sounds made by cats.

Run The Jewels is a rap duo consisting of Music/ElP and Killer Mike.

In 2011, Killer Mike was introduced to El-P by a Creator/CartoonNetwork executive (of all people). Before Run The Jewels was formed and after the two had met, El-P had produced Mike's 2012 album ''R.A.P Music'' and was followed by Killer Mike's appearance on the track "Tougher Colder Killer" from El-P's 2012 album ''Cancer 4 Cure''. Because the two albums were released weeks from each other, the two opted to tour together. The success of that tour eventually led to the formation of Run The Jewels.

!!Discography
* [[SelfTitledAlbum Run The Jewels]] (2013)
* Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
* Run The Jewels 3 (2016)
* RTJ 4 (2020)

* AllLowercaseLetters: The songs in RTJ 4 are styled like this.

-->-- ''Oh My Darling Don't Cry'', '''Run The Jewels 2'''

-> ''"Me and El-P got time to kill\\

* [=RTJ=] 4 (2020)

* AllLowercaseLetters: The songs in [=RTJ=] 4 are styled like this.

* BookEnds: Done with [=RTJ=] 4's intro and ending songs "yankee and the brave (ep. 4)" and "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)," both of which contain a portion of a tv-show style outro for a fictional, in-universe show titled, of course, ''Yankee and the Brave.''

--> ''You wanna kick it, I'll give you the rocks''
--> ''You kiss the wood chipper blade if you bark''
--> ''I'm fuckin' magic, in fact I'm a warlock of talk''
--> ''I got a unicorn horn for a-- (stop)''
* DarkerAndEdgier: While all of their records have at least one dark song, [=RTJ=] 4 is considered to be the darkest of the bunch, as it covers powerful and controversial topics of police brutality and white inaction, and has no fun songs to ease up the tension like the previous three albums. The fact that it was dropped during the numerous Black Lives Matter protests/riots in response to George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer is just icing on the cake.

* IntercourseWithYou: Occasionally referenced in their songs, but it's especially prominent in "Love Again" off of [=RTJ=] 2. Prince Paul's character Chest Rockwell also gets pretty crude on "Twin Hype Back."

* RecurringCharacter: Or rather, Recurring Musician. Music/RageAgainstTheMachine's Zach de la Rocha has been a guest star on every Run the Jewels album since the second album.

!! "Run the Tropes!"

* SpecialGuest: Zack de la Rocha from Music/RageAgainstTheMachine is a frequent guest on their records, having appeared on three of their four studio albums. In fact, his verse on Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) was well-written and skillful enough to spawn debates about whether he wrote it himself or used a ghostwriter, though he has done other features before that have demonstrated that he is a gifted rapper. "Digging for Windows", his first single off his oft-delayed solo album (produced by Music/ElP, no less) should hopefully lay all controversy to rest.

* BookEnds: Done with [=RTJ=] 4's intro and ending songs "yankee and the brave" and "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)," both of which contain a portion of a tv-show style outro for a fictional, in-universe show titled, of course, ''Yankee and the Brave.''

* MushroomSamba: The subject of Killer Mike's verse on "No Come Down."

* EitherOrTitle: In spades. Examples include: "Hey Kids (Bumaye)," "Thieves! (Screamed the Ghost)," "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)," and "Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)."

--> ''I got a unicorn horn for a--'' (stop)

* OriginalPositionFallacy: Discussed on "walking in the snow", which touches on how people who support policies that harm marginalized groups will one day face that same harm if they're in a similar economic status.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Yankee and the Brave'']]

* RemixAlbum / SillinessSwitch: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat remade using only sounds made by cats.

* RemixAlbum: ''Meow The Jewels'', which sees every beat remade using only sounds made by cats.

* IntercourseWithYou: Occasionally referenced in their songs, but it's especially prominent in "Love Again" off of [=RTJ=] 2.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While all of their records have at least one dark song, [=RTJ=] 4 is considered to be the darkest of the bunch, as it covers powerful and controversial topics of police brutality and white inaction, and has no fun songs to ease up the tension like the previous three albums. The fact that it was dropped during the numerous Black Lives Matter protests/riots to avenge George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer is just icing on the cake.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While all of their records have at least one dark song, [=RTJ=] 4 is considered to be the darkest of the bunch, as it covers powerful and controversial topics of police brutality and white inaction, and has no fun songs to ease up the tension unlike the previous three albums. The fact that it was dropped during the numerous Black Lives Matter protests/riots to avenge George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer is just icing on the cake.

* Run The Jewels 4 (2020)

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