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  • SotW: DJ Shadow & Run the Jewels – Don’t Speak

    SotW: DJ Shadow & Run the Jewels – Don’t Speak

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    Craig Silliphant
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    In The Feedback Society’s SotW (Song of the Week) we take a look at one track that has us hitting repeat over and over again. DJ Shadow (Featuring Run the Jewels) ‘Nobody Speak’ Album: The Mountain Will Fall In a world where DJ has come to mean anyone with a laptop, DJ Shadow still looms…

  • Run the Jewels 2

    Run the Jewels 2

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    Craig Silliphant
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    With Run the Jewels 2, Killer Mike and El-P have released another powerhouse rap album that  defies expectations and builds on foundations they’ve laid out. I was on a Polaris Music Prize salon panel this year, and we came to a discussion about a couple of hip hop albums on the short list, Drake and…

  • Run the Jewels

    Run the Jewels

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    Craig Silliphant
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    Atlanta rapper Killer Mike and Brooklyn rapper/producer El-P have each been forces of nature in their own rights, but they joined forces for Killer Mike’s 6th album, ‘R.A.P. Music,’ which paved the way for their latest collaboration, Run the Jewels.  Having grown up on Public Enemy and N.W.A., I have to admit that I’m right…