Released in June 2020 as American cities were rupturing in response to police brutality, the fourth album by rap duo Run The Jewels uses the righteous indignation of hip-hop's past to confront a combustible present. Returning with a meaner boom and pound then ever before, rappers Killer Mike and EL-P speak venom to power, taking aim at killer cops, warmongers, the surveillance state, the prison-industrial complex, and the rungs of modern capitalism. The duo has always been loyal to hip-hop's core tenets while forging its noisy cutting edge, but <i>RTJ4</i> is especially lithe in a way that should appeal to vintage heads—full of hyperkinetic braggadocio and beats that sound like sci-fi remakes of Public Enemy's <i>Apocalypse 91</i>. Until the final two tracks there's no turn-down, no mercy, and nothing that sounds like any rap being made today. The only guest hook comes from Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples on "pulling the pin," a reflective song that connects the depression prevalent in modern rap to the structural forces that cause it
【專輯曲目】：
01.yankee and the brave (ep. 4)
02.ooh la la (feat. Greg Nice & DJ Premier)
03.out of sight (feat. 2 Chainz)
04.holy calamafuck
05.goonies vs. E.T.
06.walking in the snow
07.JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha)
08.never look back
09.the ground below
10.pulling the pin (feat. Mavis Staples & Josh Homme)
11.a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
