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user-inactivated  ·  3106 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Run the Jewels on Tiny Desk

No way in hell is this better lo-fi. Their whole damn style is bombastic flow with drops into deconstructed beats before returning to huge bass. Take that away and he's literally talking about holding a rabbit hostage. Which I dig, because fuck that rabbit, but this is a lot of party rock. There's really deep RTJ songs, but their songs definitely benefit from their loud environment. It just goes together.

Stay Gold is the song I played for a girl last. Because

I got a bad girl

I got a brain-with-an-ass girl

She got a mean bop

I got a lean to the way I walk

And I get it like gold