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REVIEW: Run The Jewels – ‘RTJ4’ (Jewel Runners / BMG)

Arriving at a point of revolution and upheaval, ‘RTJ4’ transforms Run The Jewels from rowdy rascals to spiritual soldiers.

LIVE REVIEW: Run The Jewels + Danny Brown @ 02 Academy Leeds

Run The Jewels and Danny Brown represent two of the most critically acclaimed names in hip-hop.

REVIEW: Run The Jewels – ‘Run The Jewels 3’ (Run The Jewels, Inc.)

El-P and Killer Mike return with their most politically-charged album to date.

The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s… So Far

To adapt that famous misquotation attributed to Mark Twain, reports of the album’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Ever since the turn of the millennium, conventional wisdom has had it that the traditional long-player is on its way out, an arcane format out of time with the digital world that will cede inexorably to a future of singles and playlists. But while many artists have experimented with what an album

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