Run The Jewels - Mixtape (feat. DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Q-Bert, Just Blaze, Josh Homme...)

1. Run The Jewels - Ooh La La (feat. Greg Nice & DJ Premier) 0:00
2. DJ Premier - Terrible 2's (feat. Run the Jewels) 3:00
3. Run The Jewels - Pew Pew Pew (feat. DJ Q-Bert) 5:47
4. Run The Jewels - Yankee & The Brave 8:53
5. Run The Jewels - Holy Calamafuck 12:45
6. Run The Jewels - Pulling The Pin (feat. Mavis Staples & Josh Homme) 15:21
7. DJ Shadow (feat. Run the Jewels) - Nobody Speak 18:41
8. Run The Jewels - Oh My Darling Dont Meow (Just Blaze Remix) 22:06
9. Run the Jewels - Goonies Vs. E.T. 25:37

Run the Jewels, also known by the initials RTJ, is an American hip hop super-duo composed of Brooklyn-based rapper and producer El-P and Atlanta-based rapper Killer Mike. They released their critically acclaimed self-titled debut studio album as a free download in 2013 and have since released the follow-up albums Run the Jewels 2 (2014), Run the Jewels 3 (2016), and RTJ4 (2020), all of which have been released for free and received critical acclaim.

El-P was active professionally in music from the early 1990s, first with Company Flow and then as a solo artist and in-demand producer for others. Killer Mike's recording debut was in 2000 with Outkast on the Stankonia album, and his solo debut appeared in 2003.

The duo were first introduced to each other by Cartoon Network executive Jason DeMarco in 2011. El-P later produced Mike's 2012 album R.A.P. Music, which was soon followed by Mike's appearance on the track "Tougher Colder Killer" from El-P's 2012 album Cancer 4 Cure. When R.A.P. Music and Cancer 4 Cure were released within weeks of each other, the two decided to tour together. The success of the tour eventually led to the decision to form Run the Jewels,[3][4] with the duo taking their name from a lyric in the 1990 LL Cool J song "Cheesy Rat Blues".

On June 26, 2013, Run the Jewels released their self-titled debut album on Fool's Gold Records as a free download. They also released "36" Chain" as a free track as part of the 2013 edition of the yearly Adult Swim Singles Program.

Run the Jewels 2 was released through Mass Appeal Records on October 24, 2014. A light-hearted remix album composed entirely of cat sounds titled Meow the Jewels was released on September 25, 2015. It features guest production from the likes of Prince Paul, Boots, Geoff Barrow, Zola Jesus, The Alchemist, Just Blaze and others.[9] Proceeds from the album went entirely to charity. They also announced the release of a traditional remix album of Run the Jewels 2 which was to be released via Fool's Gold Records in 2015. Like the previous year, Adult Swim released the 2014 edition of their compilation, which saw the release of the lead single from Run the Jewels 2, "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)", while the non-album single "Rubble Kings (Dynamite on the Street)" was released in 2015.

Run the Jewels supported Jack White at Madison Square Garden on January 30, 2015. In early 2015, it was announced that the band would perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June. In addition to these larger festivals, RTJ also announced performances at the Boston Calling Music Festival, the Big Guava Music Festival, the Pitchfork Music Festival, the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta, Georgia; Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker was slated to join them. Trackstar the DJ served as Run the Jewels' DJ during their RTJ2 tour.

"At some point in the future they are going to try and label us a political rap group, and that we are not, we do not care what political party you belong to, we don't care who you supported, we don't care what you are doing tomorrow politically, we care that socially every one of you know: you are absolutely born free and nothing has a right to interrupt that freedom. We love you."

( Killer Mike, "Run The Jewels: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert", YouTube (14 February 2017)