On the Menacing and Meditative Brilliance of Run The Jewels
Killer Mike and El-P’s self-titled debut as Run The Jewels, as first blush, sounded like a re-up of the grittiest, toughest NYC rap records of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s blended with the sinister tag-team approach of Madvillain. This was intentional, of course, because the two chose the name Run The Jewels based on a line from LL Cool J’s ‘Cheesy Rat Blues’ off 1990’s ‘Mama Said Knock You Out.’
