A Special Performance by Run the Jewels

October 23, 2020 10:30 AM

Personally, I just can't listen to Trump talking. It hurts my brain. So last night, when I needed something in my headphones to drown out the sound of the debate coming from the next room, I fired this up in a tab, intending to keep multitasking: Adult Swim x Ben & Jerry’s Present Holy Calamavote | A Special Performance by Run The Jewels.

My brothers and sisters, it was so good I had to stop everything else I was doing, set the video to full screen, and just watch and listen for 45 minutes of hair-raising rage and inspiration. Enjoy.

posted by hypnogogue (12 comments total)

I was literally listening to this right now. So amazing.
posted by Slinga at 10:57 AM on October 23, 2020

The new Song Exploder episode is RTJ breaking down JU$T. It is excellent.

(and damn, just watched the Walking in the Snow performance here; the silence is deafening.)
posted by kaibutsu at 11:10 AM on October 23, 2020 [6 favorites]

Extremely good. About 15 minutes in I had the thought that, like, this is what concerts are going to be from now on, isn't it?
posted by penduluum at 11:18 AM on October 23, 2020

I mentioned watching this to my 70+ therapist and he said "Oh yes, Killer Mike! I love his interviews."
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:49 AM on October 23, 2020 [6 favorites]

RTJ4 free download.
posted by hypnogogue at 12:00 PM on October 23, 2020 [1 favorite]

Between this, and Aesop Rock putting out a new album in November, at least a few good things came out of 2020.
posted by mrgoat at 1:13 PM on October 23, 2020 [3 favorites]

Additionally, the animated music video for Yankee and the Brave released yesterday.
posted by slimepuppy at 2:15 PM on October 23, 2020

On a side note and as someone working in entertainment, I love seeing the crew in masks and face shields. So many of my friends are utterly unemployed until at least June of next year, and wearing masks and getting tested 3x or more a week (as I am now) is literally the only way we can reopen some of these studios.

Also, RTJ4 slaps like crazy.
posted by nevercalm at 4:19 PM on October 23, 2020 [2 favorites]

Well, that was incredible.
posted by Alterscape at 9:44 PM on October 23, 2020

DJ Shadow and Run The Jewels reenact the debate.
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:01 AM on October 24, 2020

I watched the premier the other night. This is the most stupendous thing put on television since Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem.
posted by ob1quixote at 10:38 AM on October 24, 2020 [1 favorite]

sebastienbailard, god, I love that song. I mean, I like RTJ, but there’s just something more in Nobody Speak that blows me away.

Fantastic video, too.
posted by Ghidorah at 10:40 PM on October 24, 2020 [1 favorite]