Run the Jewels drop ‘Blockbuster Night pt. 1’ video and tour mixtape

Feature by News Team | 21 Nov 2014

Hip-hop duo Run the Jewels have shared the anarchic video for ‘Blockbuster Night pt. 1’, alongside a mixtape to promote their ongoing US and European tour which hits the UK next month.

Run the Jewels – Killer Mike and El-P – play a pair of unhinged ambulance drivers in the clip, causing mayhem while still finding time to rescue a cat from a tree in a nod to the crowdfunded Meow the Jewels remix project which will see Run the Jewels 2 remixed with cat noises in place of samples. Watch the video in the player below.

The tour mix highlights the various features and verses contributed by Killer Mike, El-P and tourmates Despot and Ratking to tracks by the like of Das Racist, The Alchemist and Mr. MFn eXquire among others.

The mixtape, mixed by RTJ's tour DJ Trackstar, also features tracks from the duo's new LP and cuts from Mike and El’s back catalogues  – listen to the mix in the player.

Run the Jewels play the Glasgow Garage on 10 Dec and Manchester’s Academy 2 on 11 Dec – the duo have also been added to the eclectic bill for ATP Iceland next July, alongside Belle and Sebastian and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.


More from The Skinny:

 • Killer Mike and El-P on Run the Jewels' debut LP

 • Live review: Sleaford Mods at Broadcast, Glasgow


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