Run the Jewels Announce New Album RTJ3, Share New Track “Legend Has It”: Listen
Run the Jewels have finally announced the full details of their highly anticipated new studio album, RTJ3. The follow-up to RTJ2 (Pitchfork’s number one album of 2014) is out January 13 digitally worldwide, with the North American physical release set for January 13 and the international physical release set for January 20. The self-released album will be available as a free download as well as on CD and LP (in partnership with distributor RED Distribution). Find the new track “Legend Has It”—produced by El-P and co-produced by Little Shalimar & Wilder Zoby—below. (It features a censored version of El’s teased “unicorn horn for a cock” line.)
The album features Danny Brown, Kamasi Washington, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Trina, Boots, and more. It features the previously released songs “Talk to Me,” “Panther Like a Panther (I’m the Shit),” and “2100.” Find the full tracklist below, as well as the album cover. RTJ will head out on tour next year. Find the dates here and below.
Timothy Saccenti, Run the Jewels’ frequent artistic collaborator, made the new album’s cover. RTJ shared a statement about how the new album’s artwork fits in the trilogy of covers. It depicts the RTJ logo as “a sculpture of the hands cast in metal, chromed, and gold-plated”:
For us, the RTJ1 hands were about “taking what’s yours”—your world, your life, your attitude. The RTJ2 hands were wrapped in bandages, signifying injury and healing, which for us represented the growth in ideas and tone of that album. For RTJ3 the bandages are off, the chain is gone and the hands have been transformed into gold. For us this represents the idea that there is nothing to take that exists outside of yourself. You are the jewel.
Run the Jewels 3:
01 Down [ft. Joi Gilliam]
02 Talk to Me
03 Legend Has It
04 Call Ticketron
05 Hey Kids (Bumaye) [ft. Danny Brown]
06 Stay Gold
07 Don’t Get Captured
08 Thieves! (Screamed the Ghost) [ft. Tunde Adebimpe]
09 2100 [ft. Boots]
10 Panther Like a Panther (Miracle Mix) [ft. Trina]
11 Everybody Stay Calm
12 Oh Mama
13 Thursday in the Danger Room [ft. Kamasi Washington]
14 Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your Masters
Run the Jewels:
12-17 Houston, TX – Day For Night Fest
01-11 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
01-12 Washington, DC – Echostage
01-13 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
01-14 Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
01-16 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
01-17 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
01-18 Norfolk, VA – The NorVA
01-20 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
01-21 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
01-23 Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre
01-24 Tampa, FL – Jannus Live
01-25 Miami, FL – The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
01-29 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
01-30 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
02-01 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall
02-02 San Jose, CA – SJ Civic Auditorium
02-03 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
02-05 Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theatre
02-06 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
02-07 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
02-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
02-10 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
02-11 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
02-13 Kansas City, MO – The Midland
02-14 Minneapolis, MN – Myth
02-15 Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre
02-17 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
02-18 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
02-19 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
02-21 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
02-22 Portland, ME – State Theater
02-24 Boston, MA – House Of Blues
02-25 New York, NY – Terminal 5
02-26 New York, NY – Terminal 5
04-04 Mayrhofen, Austria – Snowbombing
05-31 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06-09 Aarhus, Denmark – Northside Festival
Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “Run the Jewels: Last Rappers Standing,” and listen to our “In Sight Out” podcast with Mike and El.
Watch Killer Mike and El-P on an episode of Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”:
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