RUN THE JEWELS
RTJ4
RELEASED at the height of the protests that engulfed America after the killing of George Floyd, the explosive fourth LP from lefty rap duo Run the Jewels felt like the soundtrack to a revolution. Killer Mike and El-P updated the oldschool hip-hop radicalism of Public Enemy and N.W.A for a new generation, with a frenetic sonic assault and lyrics that took on racist cops, corporate greed, narcotizing social media, and other evils with as much humor as rage, and with even a little hope that together we might battle our way to a better future.