{"id":6559,"date":"2022-05-31T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2022-05-31T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:53:58","slug":"run-the-jewels-npr-music-tiny-desk-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/art\/music\/run-the-jewels-npr-music-tiny-desk-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Run The Jewels: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-syZXHPcJE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <br \/> Mina Tavakoli | February 6, 2017 \u2014 Like any good pair of twins, Run the Jewels have a freaky sort of unspoken fraternity. When El-P and Killer Mike strode in with their usual uniforms \u2014 Mike in a gold chain as thick as a garter snake, El in a fitted Yankees cap and pair of blue-mirrored sunglasses \u2014 the two didn&#8217;t have to do as much as nod to one another before upending three tracks from their latest LP, RTJ3, in strange and perfect symbiosis.<\/p>\n<p>El-P (n\u00e9e El-Producto, n\u00e9e Jaime Meline) \u2014 rapper, producer, and all-around godfather of the backpacker scene of the late-90&#8217;s \u2014 and Killer Mike \u2014 known for guest features on tracks by Atlanta&#8217;s Dungeon Family in the early-aughts, solo work in the mid-to-late &#8217;00s, and perhaps most widely for his very public support of Senator Bernie Sanders&#8217; presidential campaign last year \u2014 have out-mused each other in a supergroup that somehow seems to get better, louder, and more pertinent since their start in 2013. They represent an ideal evolution of underground hip-hop to mainstream success, mixing a fundamentally activist animus with IMAX-level production without losing a speck of vital force.<\/p>\n<p>On an unseasonably beautiful day in D.C., Run the Jewels was sweaty and sulfuric, ad-libbing with one another in an exchange so slick, easy, and conspiratorial, it felt like we were in on their shared language.<\/p>\n<p>Run the Jewels 3 is available now:<br \/>\niTunes: https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/run-the-jewels-3\/id1186541961<br \/>\nAmazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Run-Jewels-3\/dp\/B01MRSRJS7<\/p>\n<p>SET LIST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mina Tavakoli | February 6, 2017 \u2014 Like any good pair of twins, Run the Jewels have a freaky sort of unspoken fraternity. 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