He came by and listened to what we had and a day later was recording with us.” Sounds like it could be a pretty interesting collaboration, should it ever see the light of day. working on the record I bumped in to him literally on the way to the studio. “We remained friends, though, and when I was in L.A. “We worked on music together in the late ’90s after Rage broke up but it never came out,” he tells Buzzfeed. Or, if you prefer, you can bump this shit like they do in the future.Įl-P apparently has some unreleased work with De La Rocha that he’s been sitting on. The album premiered this morning via Buzzfeed, and you can listen to this beast of a track below. And today, they dropped another explosive new jam from their upcoming album, titled “Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)”, which features an appearance by Rage Against the Machine vocalist Zack de La Rocha. According to the video’s description, Killer Mike said: this video represents the futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system. 8 years ago today, RunTheJewels released Close Your Eyes (& Count to Fuck) as the 3rd single off their 2nd album Run the Jewels 2 under MassAppealRecs https. 1,” and then announced a campaign to release an all-cat version of the album called Meow the Jewels. American hip hop duo, Kør juvelerne, have released the music video for Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) ft. First they released “ Blockbuster Night Pt. Our goal was to highlight the futility of the violence, not celebrate it.Run the Jewels - the duo of Killer Mike and El-P - have been on a hot streak leading up to the release of Run the Jewels 2, the follow-up to their incredible self-titled first full length from 2013. They’ve already fought their way past their judgments and learned hatred toward one another. The film begins and it feels like they have been fighting for days, they’re exhausted, not a single punch is thrown, their violence is communicated through clumsy, raw emotion. They’re people-complex, real people and, as such, the power had to shift between them at certain points throughout the story. For me, it was important to write a story that didn’t paint a simplistic portrait of the characters of the Cop and Kid. It’s provocative, and we all knew this, so we were tasked with making something that expressed the intensity of senseless violence without eclipsing our humanity. We had to exploit the lyrics and aggression and emotion of the track, and translate that into a film that would ignite a valuable and productive conversation about racially motivated violence in this country. I felt a sense of responsibility to do just that. “When Run the Jewels sent me this, I knew we had the opportunity to create a film that means something. Zach de la Rocha) By Alex Hudson Published Run the Jewels fiery, Zach de la Rocha-assisted track 'Close Your Eyes. This time, it's police brutality and a staggeringly powerful new music video for the track 'Close Your Eyes (And Count To F-). to join Zack de la Rocha and company on stage for a performance of Close Your Eyes (And Count To F. Grab a copy of Run The Jewels 2 on iTunes today. Run the Jewels 2 Close Your Eyes (And count to Fuck) deals with the theme of police brutality against minorities. Run the Jewels 'Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)' (video) (ft. Mar 26, 2015, 01:52 PM EDT Rappers Killer Mike and El-P of Run The Jewels continue to tackle complex social issues head-on. RTJ and de la Rocha teamed up in 2014 for the Run the Jewels 2 single Close Your Eyes. Watch the powerful video for Run The Jewels’ “Close You Eyes (And Count To Fuck)” and read a statement from Rojas on the sentiment behind the clip below. Rojas uses RTJ’s booming single to paint a powerful portrait, emphasizing the futility of violence as a police officer and young man grapple in the middle of the street, taking the fight home, to bed and back into the world in a self-perpetuating cycle of needless, yet intense struggle. Run The Jewelsreturns from their embattled run at SXSW with a ferociously thought-provoking clip for their Zack de la Rocha-assisted single “Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)” off their 2014 release Run The Jewels 2.
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