Run The Jewels decide their favorite rap duos

The rap duo Run The Jewels is arguably among the finest duos in hip-hop. Together with duos equivalent to Kriss Kross and Rae Sremmurd, Run The Jewels have discovered their manner into the hip-hop historical past books and, in contrast to sure acts, are nonetheless going to today.

Hailing from two completely different cities, the 2 members of Run The Jewels created a melting pot of sounds that was and is incredible. With Brooklyn rapper and producer EI-P and Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, the 2, collectively, married the East Coast and Soiled South cultures and, since their inception, have been nothing however praised.

With the duo’s formation starting round 2011, EI-P and Killer Mike had individually been round for a very long time. EI-P had been musically energetic for the reason that early Nineties and was a part of the Brooklyn trio Firm Circulation. 

Killer Mike had additionally been musically energetic for the reason that Nineties and equally discovered success in 1995 by attending the identical faculty as Large Boi of Outkast. He went on to be featured on their debut album, Stankonia. The rapper additionally featured on their 2001 single ‘The Whole World’, which went on to win a Grammy award.

In 2014, as a duo, the pair released Run the Jewels 2, an 11-track album that includes the likes of Gangsta Boo and Zack de la Rocha. Within the lead-up to the discharge of this venture, the pair interviewed with music publication NME, throughout which they named a few of their favorite rap duos.

Opening up, El-P acknowledged, “EPMD! Maybe they were a trio, but they still fall into the duo category.” Killer Mike proceeded to focus on 8Ball & MJG, calling them “highly underrated.” Following this, El-P asserted, “Mobb Deep have got to be up there! Smoothe da Hustler & Trigga that Gambler.”

Killer Mike listed Good & Easy, Poison Clan from Miami and Salt-N-Pepa as different duos that he discovered extremely influential. Talking about EPMD, El-P divulged, “For me, EPMD were my favourite rap group of all time! Their first four records were some of my favourite records growing up. I don’t know how much they influenced me, but they were raw, gritty, and they were funky and funny, and they also felt dangerous.” You’ll be able to watch the Run The Jewels interview with NME within the video under.