Run the Jewels’ Cat Remix Album Meow the Jewels Is Actually Happening
Update: Watch the amazing album trailer, below
Last month, Run the Jewels (aka El-P and Killer Mike) announced a bunch of silly fake pre-order packages for their forthcoming album, RTJ2. One of them was called “Meow the Jewels”, and was billed as a remixed version of RTJ2 primarily featuring cat sounds. Because the internet is what it is, someone made a Kickstarter to raise the funding for this remix—and because El-P appreciates a good joke, he said he would actually tackle the project if it got funded.
Well, it’s actually happening: This afternoon, the Kickstarter reached the $45,100 funding threshold. As El-P put it: “WE DID IT, YOU CRAZY MOTHERFUCKERS.” El has also stated that he’ll donate some of the money to benefit the families of Eric Garner and Mike Brown.
Meanwhile, El-P and Killer Mike will be joined by Zola Jesus, Just Blaze, Baauer, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, the Alchemist, Boots, Dan the Automator, and many more artists in the quest to bring this absurd thing to life.
WE DID IT, YOU CRAZY MOTHERFUCKERS http://t.co/JAuJ7ttvGG
— el-p (@therealelp) October 15, 2014
that said, LETS KEEP GOING! we still have 12 days to contribute and all the profit will go towards charity! https://t.co/X251yy5I9M
— el-p (@therealelp) October 15, 2014
huge, GIGANTIC shout out to the homie sly jones aka @MeowTheJewels. this wouldn’t have happened at all without him.
— el-p (@therealelp) October 15, 2014
.@JustBlaze @ZOLAJESUS @baauer @Alchemist @jetfury @nickhook @dantheautomator @DJPrincePaul @xskywlkr @bootsonboots about that cat album…
— el-p (@therealelp) October 15, 2014
RTJ2 is out October 27. Meow the Jewels is out… well, who knows how long it’ll take to match Zack de la Rocha’s voice to a cat’s? But we wait with bated breath.
Here’s the amazing album trailer:
Watch Run the Jewels perform at Pitchfork Music Festival:
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