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Universal acclaim- based on 214 Ratings
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Positive: 202 out of 214
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Mixed: 7 out of 214
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Negative: 5 out of 214
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Mar 18, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 8, 2020A great, fun album with pure hip hop not plagued with poppy songs or songs made for radio. This is hip hop in his rawest form. The production is so different, and the lyrics are impecable.
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Apr 10, 2020
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Jul 16, 2018This consistent trilogy's ('till they release more albums) Beginning shows a lot of aggressive, evidenced by electronic and heavy beats, that are less variable than posterior plays. Not forgetting about thrilling samples which gives songs some scaring . RTJ 1 is more homogenize than its another two brothers.
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Aug 29, 2015Run the Jewels is remarkably fun. While most of the album strays from the political message that both El-P and Killer Mike push so hard, it remains fresh by including the best **** ever.
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Jun 9, 2015
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May 9, 2015This album's pretty good. There are some parts that feel stale or repetitive before the song's even over ("Job Well Done," "No Come Down") but there are enough interesting beats and fuzzy, heaving basslines to keep most people interested. Highlights: "Run The Jewels," "36" Chain," "A Christmas **** Miracle."
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Apr 19, 2015very good, fun record!
this album is incredible, having a wide arrangement of instrumentals and some great lyricism, and while this is no album of the year, it does have some really good stuff on it, and it's definitely something you should check out if you like rap music. -
Mar 11, 2015
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Dec 8, 2014
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Jul 3, 2014
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May 3, 2014
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Oct 8, 2013
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Aug 23, 2013It's definitely a good album with good raps and subject matter, but the problem as always with Killer Mike and El-P is that they tend to just make good verses over good beats with no "it" factor that separates it from just two guys spitting over a beat. While definitely a good album, it has next to no replay value and I can't really see myself coming back to this one.
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Jul 7, 2013
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Awards & Rankings
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Q MagazineJan 27, 2014The electro-inspired beats and declamatory rhymes are just as uncompromising and unorthodox as before. [Oct 2013, p.107]
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Jan 10, 2014It’s a masterful set, stuffed with brooding, industrial-synth beats.
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Jan 9, 2014Run the Jewels is remarkably fun.