It’s not at all an insult to call acclaimed hip-hop group Run the Jewels one of the most unlikely success stories in popular music folklore. In fact, the duo of hardboiled lyricist Michael “Killer Mike” Render and left-field producer/rapper Jaime “El-P” Meline would be the first to tell you that they have been completely taken aback by the enormous buzz that has surrounded the mismatch tandem. Their latest release, Run the Jewels 2, a fist-pounding follow-up to their universally hailed 2013 debut Run the Jewels, is proof that all the talk of the charismatic tag-team being the best hip-hop group since OutKast called it quits in the studio is not unwarranted. “We never knew it would go this...
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