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| Released | December 24, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | January 2015 – September 2016 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 51:27 | |||
| Label | Run the Jewels, Inc. | |||
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Run the Jewels 3 is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Run the Jewels, which consists of rappers El-P and Killer Mike. It was digitally released on December 24, 2016, three weeks ahead of its slated release date, and was physically released on January 13, 2017, by Run the Jewels, Inc. The album serves as the follow-up to their 2014 album, Run the Jewels 2. It features guest appearances from Danny Brown, Joi, Trina, Boots, Tunde Adebimpe, Zack de la Rocha, and Kamasi Washington. The album was supported by three singles: 'Talk to Me', '2100' and 'Legend Has It'. Similar to Run the Jewels 2, it was released as a free download on their website as well as being physically released on CD and LP.
Much like its predecessors, Run the Jewels 3 received widespread acclaim from critics and debuted at number 35 on the US Billboard 200, with 23,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
- 4Critical reception
Background[edit]
Run the Jewels 3 was first announced on December 14, 2014. Killer Mike announced that work on the album began in January 2015.[1] On September 27, 2016, El-P confirmed that all of the album had been recorded.[2]
Singles[edit]
The album's first single, 'Talk to Me', was originally released on October 24, 2016, on Adult Swim's 2016 singles program.[3] It was later released as the lead single of the album on November 4, 2016.[4] The album's second single, '2100', was released on November 11, 2016. It features a guest appearance from American musician Boots.[5] The album's third single, 'Legend Has It', was released on December 2, 2016.[6] Excerpts from 'Legend Has It' were prominently used in the first teaser trailer for the 2018 Marvel movie Black Panther.[7] The first teaser trailer, which premiered during Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals, was viewed 89 million times in 24 hours[8] and was more tweeted about than the game itself.
Artwork[edit]
In an interview with Spin, Run the Jewels discussed the meaning of the album's cover art:
| “ | For us, the RTJ1 hands were about 'taking what's yours' – your world, your life, your attitude. The RTJ2 hands were wrapped in bandages, signifying injury and healing, which for us represented the growth in ideas and tone of that album. For RTJ3 the bandages are off, the chain is gone and the hands have been transformed into gold. For us this represents the idea that there is nothing to take that exists outside of yourself. You are the jewel.[9] | ” |
Critical reception[edit]
Run The Jewels Wiki
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.5/10[10] |
| Metacritic | 88/100[11] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [12] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[13] |
| Chicago Tribune | [14] |
| The Guardian | [15] |
| The Independent | [16] |
| NME | [17] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[18] |
| Q | [19] |
| Rolling Stone | [20] |
| Vice | A−[21] |
Run the Jewels 3 received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 88, based on 34 reviews.[11] In Vice, Robert Christgau said the duo were 'funnier, hookier, and kinder as well as brainier and more political' than before,[21] while Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot called the record 'an album that megaphones its restlessness while retaining its wicked sense of fun'.[14] Dan Weiss of Consequence of Sound said, 'So the blessing and the curse of Run the Jewels 3 is that it's still a Run the Jewels album, a promise that every song is good, nothing is bad, and depending on your mood you'll either bask in the lack of tempo changes, pulchritudinous song structures, and surprising hooks, or you'll seek out a more colorful record.'[22] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said, 'In short, RTJ3 is near perfect in its execution. They're so good at this that it seems almost unfair in its effortlessness.'[12] Clayton Purdom of The A.V. Club said, 'Three albums deep, Killer Mike and El-P sound as hungry as ever, and the world is still full of Caesars with ripe throats.'[13] Paul MacInnes of The Guardian said, 'The formula is probably becoming familiar, but its time is now.'[15] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent said, 'Killer Mike and El-P bring typically sharp, visceral observations, chugging beats and superb guest artists onto their most successful studio effort to date.'[16] Joe Madden of NME said, 'There's tonnes of fun to be had from absorbing the duo's fury, and El-P's sci-fi beats are as thrillingly big 'n' bad as ever.'[17] Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork said, 'It isn't quite as punchy as RTJ2, which was brutish in its tactics, with nonstop bangs and thrills, but RTJ3 is a triumph in its own right that somehow celebrates the success of a seemingly unlikely friendship and mourns the collapse of a nation all at once.'[18]
Keith Harris of Rolling Stone said, 'Lyrically, there no lack of muscular skill-flexing. ... Run the Jewels can still detonate rhymes like a Molotov cocktail lobbed into a CVS, but now they're strategizing for the long war ahead.'[20] Joseph Mathieu of Exclaim! said, 'If 'bloody', 'urgent', 'enraged' and 'heartening' were enough description to sum up El-P and Killer Mike's latest Run the Jewels album, this review could end here. But they aren't; this late 2016 LP, along with the duo's various collaborative tracks with several DJs and rappers all year, have officially placed RTJ high on the shelf of the 'hard to describe' category.'[23] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews.com said, 'The irony of releasing three beautiful albums it that even a great album like 'RTJ3' can still wind up being ranked third in descending order. As good as it is nothing here can top 'Crown', 'Angel Duster' or 'Early' for me. By no means is this in any way a negative. It's like saying you're going to listen to your third favorite Ice Cube or third favorite Michael Jackson album—you're still going to wind up listening to some brilliant shit over and over again no matter what.'[24] Scott Glaysher of XXL said, 'In the grand scheme of rap music, Killer Mike and El-P get more and more niche with each project they release together and this new album is no different. If this dynamic duo can keep their rebellious spirit alive without beating it to death, they'll continue to thrive.'[25] Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine said, 'The level of discourse on Run the Jewels 3 may be higher than your standard hip-hop grandstanding, and the references may be current and the beats may be more intense, but the album remains too entrenched in the grammar of the past to ever feel entirely fresh.'[26]
Accolades[edit]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2017 | 5 | |
| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 4 | |
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 29 | |
| PopMatters | The 60 Best Albums of 2017 | 33 | |
| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 22 | |
| The Skinny | The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 7 | |
| Slant Magazine | The 25 Best Albums of 2017 | 10 |
Commercial performance[edit]
Run the Jewels 3 debuted at number 35 on the US Billboard 200, with 23,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[34] As of January 2017, the album has sold 41,000 copies.[35]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks produced by El-P and co-produced by Little Shalimar and Wilder Zoby, except 'Panther Like a Panther (Miracle Mix)', co-produced by Boots, Little Shalimar and Wilder Zoby.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | 'Down' (featuring Joi) | 3:29 | |
| 2. | 'Talk to Me' | 2:31 | |
| 3. | 'Legend Has It' |
| 3:25 |
| 4. | 'Call Ticketron' | 3:18 | |
| 5. | 'Hey Kids (Bumaye)' (featuring Danny Brown) |
| 3:11 |
| 6. | 'Stay Gold' | 3:27 | |
| 7. | 'Don't Get Captured' |
| 3:12 |
| 8. | 'Thieves! (Screamed the Ghost)' (featuring Tunde Adebimpe) | 4:02 | |
| 9. | '2100' (featuring Boots) |
| 4:01 |
| 10. | 'Panther Like a Panther (Miracle Mix)' (featuring Trina) | 3:41 | |
| 11. | 'Everybody Stay Calm' |
| 2:58 |
| 12. | 'Oh Mama' | 3:36 | |
| 13. | 'Thursday in the Danger Room' (featuring Kamasi Washington) |
| 4:22 |
| 14. | 'A Report to the Shareholders' / 'Kill Your Masters' | 6:14 | |
| Total length: | 51:27 | ||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies an additional writer
- 'Legend Has It' features uncredited vocals from Emily Panic
- 'Kill Your Masters' features uncredited vocals from Zack de la Rocha
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[36]
Musicians
- El-P – vocals (all tracks)
- Killer Mike – vocals (all tracks)
- Tunde Adebimpe – featured artist, additional vocals (track 8)
- Mike Bones – additional guitar (track 11)
- Boots – additional vocals, featured artist (track 9)
- Danger Mouse – piano (track 8)
- Danny Brown – featured artist
- Joi – featured artist (track 1)
- Michael Marie Render – additional vocals (track 5)
- 'Lil Zoby Poundstone Schwartz – additional drum programming (track 7)
- Grace Strother – additional vocals (track 5)
- Gabrielle Strother – additional vocals (track 5)
- Matt Sweeney – additional guitar (tracks 5, 6)
- Nadezhda Tolokonnikova – additional vocals (track 14)
- Trackstar the DJ – scratches (tracks 2, 7)
- Kamasi Washington – featured artist, horns (track 13)
Production
| Design
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Charts[edit]
| Chart (2016–17) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[37] | 36 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[38] | 60 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[39] | 32 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[40] | 107 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[41] | 34 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[42] | 49 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[43] | 140 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[44] | 59 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[45] | 47 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[46] | 2 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[47] | 24 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[48] | 38 |
| US Billboard 200[49] | 13 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[50] | 1 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[51] | 2 |
| US Digital Albums (Billboard)[52] | 5 |
| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[53] | 1 |
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | December 24, 2016 | Digital download | Run the Jewels, Inc. | [54] |
| January 13, 2017 | [55] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^'El-P Says Run the Jewels 3 Is Almost Finished'. Spin. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^Strauss, Matthew (October 24, 2016). 'Listen to Run the Jewels' New Song 'Talk to Me''. Pitchfork. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^'Talk to Me by Run The Jewels'. Apple Music. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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- ^'Legend Has It by Run The Jewels'. Apple Music. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^'Black Panther Teaser Trailer [HD]'. Marvel Entertainment. June 9, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^Kit, Borys (June 12, 2017). ''Black Panther' Teaser Trailer Racks Up 89M Views in First 24 Hours (Exclusive)'. The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^'Run the Jewels Announce RTJ3, Share New Song 'Legend Has It''. Spin. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^'Run the Jewels 3 by Run the Jewels reviews'. AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ ab'Reviews for Run The Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels'. Metacritic. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ abYeung, Neil Z. 'Run the Jewels 3 – Run the Jewels'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ abPurdom, Clayton (January 3, 2017). 'On RTJ3, Run The Jewels is here to rip everyone's throats out'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ abKot, Greg (January 5, 2017). 'Run the Jewels review: '3' a riot in sound'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ abMacInnes, Paul (January 5, 2017). 'Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3 review – their time is now'. The Guardian. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ abO'Connor, Roisin (January 5, 2017). 'Album reviews: The xx, Elbow, Run The Jewels, You Me At Six, Sundara Karma'. The Independent. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ abMadden, Joe (January 6, 2017). 'Run The Jewels – 'RTJ3' Album Review'. NME. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ abPearce, Sheldon (January 3, 2017). 'Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3'. Pitchfork. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^Mason, Matt (March 2017). 'Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3'. Q (369): 112.
- ^ abHarris, Keith (January 3, 2017). 'Review: Run the Jewels Expand Protest-Rap Palette on 'Run the Jewels 3''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ abChristgau, Robert (January 13, 2017). 'With 'RTJ3,' Run the Jewels Are Funnier, Hookier, Brainier, and More Political'. Vice. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^Weiss, Dan (December 30, 2016). 'Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^Mathieu, Joseph (December 29, 2016). 'Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3'. Exclaim!. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^Juon, Steve 'Flash' (January 3, 2017). 'RapReviews.com Feature for January 3, 2017 – Run the Jewels' 'Run the Jewels 3''. RapReviews.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^Glaysher, Scott (January 2, 2017). 'Killer Mike and El-P Keep Their Rebellious Spirit Alive on 'Run The Jewels 3''. XXL. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^Cataldo, Jesse (January 7, 2017). 'Review: Run the Jewels – 'Run the Jewels 3''. Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^'Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums'. Exclaim!. December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^'The 50 Best Albums of 2017'. Paste. November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^'The 50 Best Albums of 2017'. Pitchfork. December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^'The 60 Best Albums of 2017'. PopMatters. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^'Albums of the Year'. Rough Trade. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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- ^'The 25 Best Albums of 2017'. Slant Magazine. December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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