Run The Jewels - A Christmas F*cking Miracle (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • Official music video for "A Christmas F*cking Miracle" from Run The Jewels.
    RTJ2 available Now! www.runthejewel...
    Production Company: Ghost Robot
    Director: Joey Garfield
    Cinematographer: Jan Reichle
    Producer: Belinda Mayne and Natasha Gilberti
    Editor: Josh Dion
    Designer & Motion Graphics: Hey Beautiful Jerk
    Watch Run The Jewels' Exclusive Series and Footage:
    RTJ Official Music Videos: bit.ly/RTJVideos
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    RTJ Full Album: bit.ly/RTJAlbum
    RTJ2 Full Album: bit.ly/RTJ2Album
    Meow The Jewels Full Album: bit.ly/MeowAlbum
    Official Website: runthejewels.net/
    El-P on Twitter: / therealelp
    Killer Mike on Twitter: / killermikegto

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  • @Lahgic
    @Lahgic 8 месяцев назад +134

    Can’t believe this song is 10 years old now. Absolute Classic. Merry Christmas y’all

    • @Brewnoe
      @Brewnoe 8 месяцев назад +1

      only a few decades after the message

  • @typ044
    @typ044 4 года назад +1964

    The blurred out secret handshake always makes me laugh.

    • @lKILLA
      @lKILLA 3 года назад +39

      i love it man lmao

    • @theaspiration
      @theaspiration 3 года назад +25

      Same, every time.

    • @jasonking7736
      @jasonking7736 3 года назад +63

      The family portrait shots get me

    • @laurabecker2442
      @laurabecker2442 3 года назад +22

      It's Mike in that wig for me!

    • @here4thecookies676
      @here4thecookies676 3 года назад +40

      Can’t just be out here giving away secrets, son!

  • @awareness604
    @awareness604 4 года назад +810

    Both Mike and El's verses are great on this, but El's is one of the most uplifting messages ever in rap.

    • @Friendway
      @Friendway 4 года назад +31

      True. Very moving.

    • @redrum41987
      @redrum41987 4 года назад +63

      "Who am I that I don't get my portion? The most impressionable minds get molested and informed by manipulating forces. "

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 3 года назад +52

      It's tough passing this message and not making it corny, props to el

    • @davidparker7216
      @davidparker7216 2 года назад +14

      The struggle is truly harsh
      Might as well make it bars

    • @MrWackozacko
      @MrWackozacko 2 года назад

      Mike's is shit. Sound like every rap song ive heard in my life "im tough and i punch people"

  • @MaximillionXXV
    @MaximillionXXV 4 года назад +814

    “.. Don’t fret little man, don’t cry, they can NEVER take the energy you were born with” 🤜🏼🎄👈🏼 My favorite Christmas carol

    • @kevinhall2794
      @kevinhall2794 4 года назад +1

      ...its a rap... a chirtsmas miricle not a carol...fuck face

    • @youngunzvt
      @youngunzvt 4 года назад +7

      @@kevinhall2794But is it 'miricle', really?

    • @mike13th
      @mike13th 4 года назад +5

      *mundane 9 to 5 wants to know your location*

    • @naylik2562
      @naylik2562 3 года назад +2

      @@kevinhall2794 the fuck is a miricle

    • @lobsteroverrun
      @lobsteroverrun 3 года назад +3

      Run The Yules!

  • @vengefulretreat
    @vengefulretreat 2 года назад +226

    I always loved the structure of this song. No bridge, no 3rd verse or chorus. Essentially just two extended verses from two different perspectives both lyrically and sonically that have such a strong thematic middle ground.

    • @kw2519
      @kw2519 Год назад +10

      Well fucking said

    • @toiletbrittle4407
      @toiletbrittle4407 11 месяцев назад

      @vengefulretreat
      1 year ago
      I always loved the structure of this song. No bridge, no 3rd verse or chorus. Essentially just two extended verses from two different perspectives both lyrically and sonically that have such a strong thematic middle ground.
      noted

    • @MortanAMrk
      @MortanAMrk 8 месяцев назад

      2 verses and a solo is a great song structure

    • @jimbodestroyer1324
      @jimbodestroyer1324 5 месяцев назад

      Everything you said is facts but even better than that is the title. I imagine someone saying "A Christmas FUCKING Miracle!" in a Rick Ross type voice and I love it.

  • @ericwalz3465
    @ericwalz3465 2 года назад +76

    8 yrs later, still the greatest Christmas song of all time. Has become a tradition.

    • @LuckyMoniker
      @LuckyMoniker 8 месяцев назад +1

      AAAAAND WE'RE BACK FOR MORE

  • @iliacbaby
    @iliacbaby 7 лет назад +2015

    Elf-P

    • @LawrenceAkim
      @LawrenceAkim 7 лет назад +9

      Lol

    • @smashfam1
      @smashfam1 4 года назад +94

      Sweater Mike

    • @eric108
      @eric108 4 года назад +16

      His verse in this one is straight sacred dawg

    • @boostrockets
      @boostrockets 4 года назад +5

      @@eric108 Yes

    • @violetdevine1962
      @violetdevine1962 4 года назад +2

      @@LawrenceAkim ellll peee .... like the guy that made tony worth your time lol

  • @JRibs
    @JRibs 9 лет назад +2344

    I love how El-P spits cryptic lines that take a few listens to understand, but then Killer Mike is just blunt from the beginning. The combo is novel as fuck.

    • @simplypodly
      @simplypodly 9 лет назад +112

      He's one funky homosapien.

    • @nicodimarco7
      @nicodimarco7 9 лет назад +27

      ***** interesting point of view... i think they help each other equally. Theyre very different.

    • @PaniqFoxx
      @PaniqFoxx 9 лет назад +42

      El-P's aren't cryptic, but they are profound.

    • @JRibs
      @JRibs 9 лет назад +89

      PanicFox What I mean by cryptic is that the lyrics have more properties that make them inaccessible on the first few listens. His lyrics contain more metaphors than Mike who paints clear images. Having more metaphors isn't better than being clear (of fucking course), but it does make the song more "cryptic"; as in, the song will take longer to decode to get a clear picture of what the artist is trying to say and do. Unless you think Nabokov is as easy to read as a Wikipedia page, you should agree. I'll defend my word choice to the death on this one.

    • @matthewsmith8760
      @matthewsmith8760 9 лет назад +52

      You're selling Mikes verse short there IMO, whilst it isn't as cryptic as El-P's verse it still has some lines in there that a lot of people won't clock the true meaning of. The stuff about Mike being God Like/Fighting the Devil is genius, and unless you were aware of the Hebrew meaning of Michael you wouldn't get it without researching the line. Normally I'd feel that I'm reading too much in to it but not with RTJ, haha.

  • @maxwirz8049
    @maxwirz8049 Год назад +100

    "Who are they to just take shit and hoard it? Who am I that I don't get my portion" gives me goosebumps everytime

    • @rellis881
      @rellis881 Год назад

      I love this song the song gives me goosebumps it and rages me one moment I have tears in my eyes the next but that's not what I want to talk about The thing that wears me out nowadays is the lyric about the hoarders and my portion and my question has been your portion of what this is the problem with our society nowadays you want your portion of someone else's shit if that person and when I say that person not talking about Jeff bezos dick head Zuckerberg Elon musk and some of the other billionaires that people say they make too much money and they're not giving their fair share giving their fair share what you know in the black community we call it counting other people's money but now we have a whole society that sit back and they count someone else's money or in the white community they call it pocket watching My thing is make your fortune but then people were like no the world is not fair they make it impossible they make it unfair well I hate to be the party pooper but nothing has ever been fair this is probably the fair is time in history shit do you know how hard it was during the industrial revolution but even before that after that way back no one was ever given anything we talk about women's rights equality how women didn't have a chance to do things back in the day and that's true nobody had a chance to do anything back in the day people had the audacity to just do shit if you look back through history there's always been standouts there were always women maybe not a bunch of women but there were always a fabulously wealthy woman somewhere in the world that went against convention some of these women few hundred years ago they even had men as fronts that took care of shit for them and some just had the audacity to do it out in the open there were black millionaires during slavery The point I'm trying to make is that it was always hard it was never easy ever never ever and people had more of an attitude of going out there taking what they needed what they want it it's just weird to me that people sit around talking about they want their share and my thing is and I know some of you were going to drag me for this but your share of what you want your share of someone else's shit you don't have a divine right to someone else's wealth unless I guess you take it that's what our history our civilization is all been about taking resources from one group distributing it to someone else you know I'm not even mad anymore of about the women's movement how they talk about they want to change shit to make it fair they want to take shit well they're actually just practicing warfare on another level you know they're actually breaking down barriers and taking shit without firing a shot it's the same thing that's been done throughout history you know there's no people on this planet except for maybe the Aborigines and Australia that hasn't used some type of warfare against another group of people to take their shit people act like the darlings of the Americas where the American Indians or what we call now native Americans shit those motherfuckers were taking each other's shit you know so the shit doesn't phase me I'm a descendant of slavery but there's always been slavery there's always been as long as there have been men walking this earth figured out a way to exploit another group for their resources and their labor is a resource but let's not go off on tangents here let's talk about our modern civilization what are the things that people seem to forget about when we sit around and we whine and yes I whine too I'm not immune to the great affliction called whining bitching moaning but if you look around these great cities that we live in it was industry that built these places I'm sorry to say for all of the snowflakes that think that this shit just sprang forth from the earth it did not it was industrialist that decided to set up shop usually close to a river because at one time that was the mode of transportation for goods I'm in Ohio actually Cincinnati Cincinnati was an industrial Mecca because the number one the Ohio River number two because of the Erie canal so everything here originally was because of goods coming in and going out industry I should have just said you know this city was actually built on I like the joke and say beer and sausage but there's a lot of industry here this is actually a blue collar city it's so wild compared to where I grew up at which is Columbus how there are still factories and residential neighborhoods here you actually go through Cincinnati and you have an appreciation for where the fucking wealth comes from and I'm not talking about the wealth in people's bank accounts their pockets I'm talking about the wealth of the urban society here everything here was built because of industry if you take the industry away the civilization goes away people came here and drove from the country during the industrial revolution actually Cincinnati's kind of a famous place for runaway slaves runaway slaves could come to Cincinnati and get fucking jobs you know so that goes back to you want your share of what motherfuckers always want their share of somebody else's shit but I guess that's just a human thing you want what you did not earn and then you whine and say you were not giving chance they don't pass chances out you cannot go to the chance tree and pick the chance fruit That's not the way it works you have to have the audacity you have to be audacious I won't go into my history but I work at a company I couldn't even believe I have a job here working in aerospace My track record from the early part of my life is fucked up you know but instead of whining about shit and all of the stuff that I have been involved in I went out and had the audacity to at one time start two different businesses when I was told that I wouldn't allowed to do that because of my track record maintain a full-time job and I know that it's not that easy for some I do realize that it breaks my heart to know that there are people that no matter how hard they try they can't catch a break I see some of these people on a daily basis and I hear people talk shit about them like they're just standing around congregating not doing shit what some people don't know is some of these people have been out putting in applications it's not that easy for some and others it is you know it's sometimes the luck of the draw but that still doesn't mean that you get your share of someone else's shit That's a mentality that we need to break we need to get out of that I want my share of your shit you know so I guess I'm saying that shit just makes no sense at all That's like if you work and you start a small business and then you got neighborhood people telling you they want your shit they want a share of your shit they want their share of what you've earned what you've made well that's the same thing with these billionaire industrialists you know it turned my stomach during COVID when Richard Branson was talking about going to shelter in place in his multi-million dollar yacht a lot of people took issue with that and I was like what the fuck he's a billionaire this is one of his homes it's his goddamn yacht what's the big deal and I realize that people were just mad because they don't have a billion dollars plus they don't have a yacht they don't have a state people are mad at Jeff bezos and Elon musk because their hobbies are playing in space but you got to realize that these are fucking multi-billionaires they do fucking multi billionaire shit their hobby is not playing cards it's not building a muscle car in their garage it's not breeding show dogs in the backyard That's what people that make $50,000 a year dude people who make $100,000 a year do people who have billions they have billion-dollar fucking hobbies like I guess what I'm saying is people get a goddamn grip your portion your portion of what you want your portion of somebody else's shit wake the fuck up or do what so many others have done before and create a mob and go take some shit That's something else that humans are really good for and I think I touched on that like earlier anyway sorry for this being so long-winded but I feel like instead of talking about shit be about shit you ain't never going to talk a billionaire out his shit these motherfuckers sit around and they're laughing at people talking about coming for their shit

  • @troycordero288
    @troycordero288 4 года назад +874

    El-P's verse in this song is my pick for the most important verse of this decade

    • @Bubbertan
      @Bubbertan 4 года назад +50

      It's amazing. I get chills listening to it after not hearing it for a while.

    • @MFgabesylar3030
      @MFgabesylar3030 4 года назад +13

      Agreed G. His drops MAJOR 💎 💎 💎

    • @notmyfirst
      @notmyfirst 4 года назад +14

      Killer Mike's verse is wayyy better

    • @solarpanel8195
      @solarpanel8195 4 года назад +17

      One of the most important verses of all time... Next to Tupacs last verse on Me Against The World and a few others. Truly incredible

    • @derektall683
      @derektall683 4 года назад +15

      Bruv, heard this and played it like 50 times. Played crown and jeopardy 49 times. Rtj 2 sickest shite ever. Days not over-going for 100.

  • @iissacc
    @iissacc 8 лет назад +3926

    Work wouldn't let me add this to the Christmas songs playlist

  • @sadboysolari4891
    @sadboysolari4891 4 года назад +1380

    Killer Mike has one of the hardest entrances to this song of all time.

    • @palmeristo
      @palmeristo 4 года назад +25

      Totally underrated right!?

    • @swingeasy987
      @swingeasy987 4 года назад +70

      Agreed, breaks my teeth every time...

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 года назад +8

      Worshipers of idols and things...purrty much...

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 года назад +25

      That guitar solo rip right too

    • @oofguy4858
      @oofguy4858 4 года назад +24

      I agree but at the same time I feel like his verse was out of place. El-P's was much more of a social commentary and had an actual message whereas Killer Mike's seemed to be more like the usual rappity-rap.

  • @100dead
    @100dead 5 лет назад +927

    The most impressionable minds get molested and informed by manipulating forces
    Don't fret little man, don't cry
    They can never take the energy inside you were born with
    Knowing that, understand you could never be poor
    You already won the war
    You were born rich
    Actually the truest set of bars ever spoken over the most creative of beats.

  • @MrSmokeytehbear
    @MrSmokeytehbear 7 лет назад +322

    They can never take the energy inside you were born with

    • @marcusstone8673
      @marcusstone8673 4 года назад +15

      “knowing that, understand you could never be poor you already won the war, you were born rich!”

  • @dylandavis6144
    @dylandavis6144 4 года назад +1317

    Nothing like Killer Mike beating up a homeless man to get me in the Christmas spirit

    • @s1n1stersixsgaming8
      @s1n1stersixsgaming8 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/dYvCChx5k2k/видео.html

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 года назад

      Happy xmas ,merry new year...dont forget the idol sandwiches & poisin punch 😨😵😧

    • @elikc216
      @elikc216 4 года назад +3

      Dylan Davis “ASK about Ebenezer mofo!” Lollll

    • @grossliz1995
      @grossliz1995 3 года назад +2

      Amerikkka!

    • @iamspringyt
      @iamspringyt 3 года назад

      Wait you don't

  • @frankwalline1113
    @frankwalline1113 8 лет назад +239

    Mike's come-in is fucking brutal

    • @AndarooPandrew17
      @AndarooPandrew17 7 лет назад +7

      Frank Walline the best break than your teeth break. Fucking heroic

    • @AndarooPandrew17
      @AndarooPandrew17 7 лет назад +8

      Frank Walline *beat not best

    • @gman8133
      @gman8133 7 лет назад +5

      The killer always comes in with savage bars. Oh my Darling is another great example.
      TIPTOE ON THE TRACK LIKE A BALLERINA

    • @tibicenlinnei4014
      @tibicenlinnei4014 7 лет назад +11

      Frank Walline it kills me every time. It inspired me to make a ring out of my abusive ex boyfriends tooth. I managed to knock out one. I escaped with a broken jaw, 8 missing teeth that are being rebuilt, and a bitchin new ring.

    • @craigmormino
      @craigmormino 7 лет назад +2

      tibicen linnei Badass, I hope you're in a better situation now

  • @jambulance
    @jambulance 4 года назад +455

    RUclips algorithms digging out this gem again just in time for christmas

  • @vinzenzgeske8987
    @vinzenzgeske8987 4 года назад +318

    Almost 6 years later and I am a bit late to the party. I know, I know...
    But DAMN that beat is sick!

    • @vercettiboy6847
      @vercettiboy6847 4 года назад +6

      I’m late too but I’m glad I found this gem

    • @Thegamercat420
      @Thegamercat420 4 года назад +5

      Same here bud. This track is some 🔥

    • @MeatPlanet
      @MeatPlanet 4 года назад +8

      You guys arent too late! More RTJ love is great!

    • @arringtonmj
      @arringtonmj 4 года назад +5

      I'm late too bruh but they right on time

    • @buffalophil3630
      @buffalophil3630 4 года назад +4

      Bruh I just found this song like 3 days ago

  • @brent2394
    @brent2394 Год назад +23

    Back here again for my Christmas morning tradition. Have a great day, jewel runners!

  • @antihero105
    @antihero105 5 лет назад +111

    There's days in my life I just play this shit on repeat. Shit has made me cry before, makes me feel so much better though. Thank you RTJ

    • @wetdog5431
      @wetdog5431 4 года назад +2

      Good shit homie

    • @scoobywithadoobie7255
      @scoobywithadoobie7255 3 года назад +9

      Thursday in the danger room definitely makes me cry. I lost my father, and grandmother and I always think of them when I hear that song. Sometimes when I need a cry I'll listen to it.
      Basically I understand needing to hear this more than oncs

    • @joerausch5756
      @joerausch5756 2 года назад +3

      Crying to good music is therapeutic. The only cleanse I truly believe actually does anything for you.

  • @derek320
    @derek320 4 года назад +171

    It's that time of year again.

    • @fruitypeebils
      @fruitypeebils 4 года назад +2

      my brother gave me a ps2 and THUG and it was so weird hearing a childhood game that had EL P's voice on iron galaxy by cannibal ox

    • @derek320
      @derek320 3 года назад

      Can't believe it's that time of year again. This year flew by.

  • @mtgaming3486
    @mtgaming3486 7 лет назад +263

    probably one of el-p's best verses, or at least one of my favorites but i think he always spits raw.

    • @asageorge6x3
      @asageorge6x3 6 лет назад +3

      Mt gaming best el-p is Delorean with aesop!

    • @neilgiri
      @neilgiri 5 лет назад

      I feel its from nobody speak

  • @Disposableassassin
    @Disposableassassin 2 года назад +21

    2021. Still holding strong. Merry Christmas everyone.

  • @catsaidmoo
    @catsaidmoo 3 месяца назад +7

    "Don’t fret little man, don’t cry, they can never take the energy you were born with"
    THIS!
    This is what every human being needs to remember!

  • @trevorbeverly6062
    @trevorbeverly6062 6 лет назад +42

    "Product of a teenage love, my arrogance is derived from the pride in the job my parents did" -Killer Mike

  • @kyleehiggins6007
    @kyleehiggins6007 9 лет назад +406

    How the Fuuuuuuuuuuck is Run the Jewels still so underground...everyone go tell your friends that run the jewels is a thing...it exists and it is fucking sweet

    • @Skat9
      @Skat9 9 лет назад +22

      No. Underground rules.

    • @yeezusjm
      @yeezusjm 9 лет назад +15

      Skatemaster3000 FUCK THAT SHIT. DON'T YOU WANT RUN THE JEWELS TO BE WELL KNOWN

    • @Skat9
      @Skat9 9 лет назад +8

      Sonic the Hedgehunk nope. Only a few folks will understand why...

    • @yeezusjm
      @yeezusjm 9 лет назад +9

      Skatemaster3000 I understand, but i just want them to get really popular, not be mainstream. They'll still be with Mass Appeal so they won't change

    • @nitsaali1012
      @nitsaali1012 9 лет назад +3

      Skatemaster3000 Tell us why and we'll all understand.
      I guarantee you the guys in run the jewels would like more people to listen.

  • @onderon4125
    @onderon4125 4 года назад +27

    I can’t believe El-P’s verse in this song and why it took me until now to listen to it... I needed that verse. Thank you Run the Jewels

  • @T3CHH4WK5
    @T3CHH4WK5 10 лет назад +52

    Haha, the secret handshake part got me

  • @TheSchematican
    @TheSchematican 3 года назад +385

    Merry Christmas in 2020 everybody, things will get better

  • @rayacompetitivebowler2206
    @rayacompetitivebowler2206 4 года назад +137

    All i want for Christmas is RTJ4.
    Edit: Everyday is Christmas i listen to RTJ 🙂

  • @Alassandros
    @Alassandros 7 лет назад +210

    So I just discovered this group. I am overwhelmed. This is layered mastery.

    • @InventorXem
      @InventorXem 7 лет назад +8

      Spread the good word sir :D

    • @andresescudero3791
      @andresescudero3791 5 лет назад +3

      Check out Company Flow. El-p's original group !!

    • @brent2394
      @brent2394 3 года назад +1

      The cold vein may be my most prized piece of vinyl. No longer have a turntable, but I kept that album.

  • @patrickkenney2259
    @patrickkenney2259 3 года назад +23

    Man.. El-P's verse always slowly builds up to goosebumps when I listen to this song.

  • @fernandoparadacastillo5901
    @fernandoparadacastillo5901 3 года назад +6

    "They can never take the energy inside you were born with/Knowing that, understand you could never be poor/
    You already won the war, you were born rich".
    That's more than just a rhyme. It's a beautiful way to see at life and struggle.
    RTJ it's something else

  • @LifeWerks
    @LifeWerks 5 лет назад +40

    A masterpiece.
    You guys are the true artists, and shamans of our times.
    Wordsmiths.

  • @billholb1974
    @billholb1974 9 лет назад +257

    one of the best hip hop songs in the past few years..

    • @nicholasadams2374
      @nicholasadams2374 9 лет назад +3

      Absolutely!

    • @Pacmilio
      @Pacmilio 8 лет назад +1

      +Make art not war 74 Best christmas-theme hip hop song ever (along Christmas In Hollis)

    • @Bbqluv7
      @Bbqluv7 8 лет назад +9

      naw flatbush zombies and the underachievers been droping amazing music lately

    • @DoubleKhoceSammich
      @DoubleKhoceSammich 8 лет назад +6

      +Indigo Ism When this came out this definitely was he best Hip-Hop song I've heard in in a long time.

    • @voltagebinary
      @voltagebinary 8 лет назад +1

      +Meechaveli G59 even asap rocky is better than flatbush

  • @zarka223
    @zarka223 2 года назад +67

    El-P’s verse gave me chills. It spoke to my soul. 🤜🏾👈🏼

  • @The3rdGunman
    @The3rdGunman 5 лет назад +21

    This is one of EL-P's best verses and there's a LOT to choose from. THE GOAT

  • @odiumimbues
    @odiumimbues 9 лет назад +60

    dude the best sound in the fucking world is hearing hip hop use trance beats. actual advancements on music. ACTUAL

    • @odiumimbues
      @odiumimbues 9 лет назад

      i was hoping you would see this edgar.

    • @edgarmirth5020
      @edgarmirth5020 9 лет назад +3

      BUT, the lyrics too.
      "They can never take the energy inside you were born with...knowing that understand you can never be poor you were born rich" Metaphysical.
      You gotta check out the music video for "EL-P - Deep Space 9mm"
      The visual metaphors going on in it are crazy.

    • @odiumimbues
      @odiumimbues 9 лет назад +1

      Edgar Mirth
      yea i commented on that one. its my second favorite.

    • @odiumimbues
      @odiumimbues 9 лет назад +1

      odiumimbues
      whats weird is i just noticed you commented on this a year ago. but i found LP on my own with some other album. minds think alike i guess.

    • @edgarmirth5020
      @edgarmirth5020 9 лет назад

      Oh, yeah. I saw that right after I posted and I was thinking you do good research.
      If you really like El-P, also check out Company Flow, that was his first start I believe.

  • @lisacornelison2495
    @lisacornelison2495 8 месяцев назад +2

    Play every year it’s 2024! Killer Mike better win all 3 Grammys for Michael he’s been working to hard

  • @blaqkush
    @blaqkush 10 лет назад +102

    damn i slept on run the jewels..this shit is serious

  • @dbpaintballer95
    @dbpaintballer95 6 лет назад +14

    "They can never take the energy inside you were born with"
    This lyric seriously hits me man

  • @jakepaulsen7486
    @jakepaulsen7486 4 года назад +173

    How does this song only have 8 million views. So under rated.

    • @sebastiengerber146
      @sebastiengerber146 4 года назад +4

      Because people.

    • @zefsku3206
      @zefsku3206 4 года назад +5

      Not everything is about views. fuck sake.

    • @mattriddell8983
      @mattriddell8983 4 года назад +1

      Their moms have other stuff to do than refresh the page all day.

    • @johnphills2402
      @johnphills2402 4 года назад

      it does now lol

    • @warmly323
      @warmly323 4 года назад +6

      8 million views is a whole lot mate

  • @strobolazer4082
    @strobolazer4082 9 лет назад +76

    RTJ2 - best rap album of 2014.
    Those lines at 1:13 - 1:36 give me the fucking goosebumps.

    • @rangerkasdorf4476
      @rangerkasdorf4476 9 лет назад +22

      Well this song is actually from their first album, not RTJ2, but I agree, this song and RTJ2 are fucking incredible.

    • @RitualisticSuicide
      @RitualisticSuicide 6 лет назад

      When killer mike says his first lines....genius

  • @NowhereBeats
    @NowhereBeats 8 лет назад +268

    Maybe my favourite rap song of the decade.

    • @Hourhero
      @Hourhero 7 лет назад +15

      It isn't often you come by rap this hard with a solid message. El-P and Mike just crush every track they touch and still keep surprising.

    • @markobarrows4304
      @markobarrows4304 7 лет назад +2

      Killer Mike and El-P are real and great

  • @henarerogers625
    @henarerogers625 9 месяцев назад +11

    9 years later these verses still bang so hard

    • @schuylersousa3399
      @schuylersousa3399 9 месяцев назад +1

      Mike's opening bars are some of the hardest ever written imo

    • @shanecorcoran2542
      @shanecorcoran2542 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@schuylersousa3399it might be one of his best verses ever honestly

  • @Morrigan_The_Raven
    @Morrigan_The_Raven 9 месяцев назад +21

    El-P is one of the best in the game, up there with Aesop Rock, Busdriver, and Wu-Tang. Killer Mike is soo fucking fire on this track, but the two of them working together is one of the best collabs we've gotten in a long time.

  • @sm-xc6fn
    @sm-xc6fn 10 лет назад +39

    What a wonderful Christmas present.
    Thanks for an amazing 2 years Jamie and Mike. Can't wait to see what you guys do in the future.

  • @jwhite3389
    @jwhite3389 3 года назад +13

    El's opening verse really hits different. This man speaks only the truth.

  • @umcarainteressante
    @umcarainteressante 9 лет назад +35

    These guys are simply perfect. Can't wait for RTJ 3.

  • @Orasius420
    @Orasius420 8 лет назад +388

    El P murdered his verse

    • @smeagle3295
      @smeagle3295 7 лет назад +22

      they both did

    • @cheeblerelf8223
      @cheeblerelf8223 5 лет назад +2

      In a good or bad way?

    • @corken01
      @corken01 5 лет назад +4

      @@cheeblerelf8223 In a good way.

    • @mykasoda
      @mykasoda 5 лет назад +4

      Agree! Maybe my favorite rap verse of all time.

    • @lalalalexie
      @lalalalexie 5 лет назад

      Run jewels did

  • @jacobcasey164
    @jacobcasey164 2 года назад +5

    Merry Christmas to all who return to this every Christmas

  • @bobbarker3387
    @bobbarker3387 10 лет назад +10

    el-p has to be one of the most prolific and under rated artists of all time.

  • @a1rjordan655
    @a1rjordan655 2 года назад +6

    Yearly traditional to come back to this song every Christmas

  • @scottsharp1763
    @scottsharp1763 9 месяцев назад +4

    2023 December 7th, neva heard this song eva in my life til today. Maybe just where I am currently in life butden all I can do is cry listening to these kings spit truth in such a way!

  • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
    @JoaoSantos-lv4rc 4 года назад +111

    if MF Doom is the grinch, Killer Mike is krampus.

    • @sadboysolari4891
      @sadboysolari4891 4 года назад +8

      I dunno, clearly he's Scrooge in this video, and I think it fits. (before the change)

    • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
      @JoaoSantos-lv4rc 4 года назад +5

      @@sadboysolari4891 point taken. can't fail to see him as more though. And i don't think he'd repent. He makes others repent lol. ofc along that line Doom is doom already. and he fits that too.

    • @davidedionisi1674
      @davidedionisi1674 3 года назад +2

      Hey, I know it's been one year, but I think it's spelled MF DOOM. You know, all caps.

  • @Christoph1988
    @Christoph1988 9 лет назад +106

    Thank you for reminding broken people what is really worth in life. You were great in Katowice.

    • @nataliap2705
      @nataliap2705 8 лет назад +4

      The were in Poland? Cool

    • @R3pc6k
      @R3pc6k 8 лет назад +2

      +Natalia Galaxy they were at Off Festival 2015

  • @maki9396
    @maki9396 2 года назад +8

    Mixing the funny imagery with the dark lyrics is pure genius.

  • @SilliusSodus
    @SilliusSodus 2 года назад +3

    1AM, Christmas Day in the UK, just vibes.

  • @AcesBills
    @AcesBills 7 лет назад +125

    damn that first verse is exactly what i needed almost made me tear up haha

  • @luca121633
    @luca121633 4 года назад +72

    It becomes relevant each year and it's so fucking true

    • @voyagerwitch
      @voyagerwitch 4 года назад +7

      who are they to just take shit and hoard it?
      who am i that i don't get my portion?

    • @krow9681
      @krow9681 4 года назад +1

      @@voyagerwitch Not everyone is inherently entitled to a portion.

    • @voyagerwitch
      @voyagerwitch 4 года назад +11

      @@krow9681 must take a lot of nerve for a cop to show up on a RTJ song

    • @krow9681
      @krow9681 4 года назад +1

      @@voyagerwitch hahahaha. You're in for shitty life that you blame everyone else for your own problems.

    • @proph8772
      @proph8772 4 года назад +1

      Luca Ludwig This is fucking true ruclips.net/video/Cckvff8fvKc/видео.html

  • @mindhawkexcellence3368
    @mindhawkexcellence3368 4 года назад +44

    I have shed many tears to this song. Something really emotional about it.

    • @SangheiliSpecOp
      @SangheiliSpecOp 4 года назад +2

      I have also shed tears to it as well... And I never cry lol. Strong stuff

    • @droopyaguacat3185
      @droopyaguacat3185 4 года назад

      I agree with you homie! This always gets me going.

    • @jwilliama4427
      @jwilliama4427 4 года назад +1

      Cause it's gospel.

    • @jahariedison1772
      @jahariedison1772 3 года назад

      This song has a lot of tough love ❤️😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾😞😞😞😞😞

  • @patrickroy6637
    @patrickroy6637 3 года назад +15

    Merry Christmas 2020 to everyone coming back to the best Xmas song. Cheers

  • @LawrenceAdams13
    @LawrenceAdams13 4 года назад +535

    “Still spell AmeriKKKa with the triple K” is one of the hardest bars ever ✊🏽

  • @arceusland
    @arceusland Год назад +7

    It's that time of the year to slap this. Still remember the rainy cold night this dropped. Listened to it at 11pm freezing my ass off pushing carts, time flies.

  • @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
    @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 3 года назад +14

    It's that time of year again, welcome back.

  • @billysidness5907
    @billysidness5907 3 года назад +6

    Im so late to the RTJ party..... at least im here now.

  • @stargunner87
    @stargunner87 10 лет назад +13

    i love the portrait frames with the floating heads

  • @RunTheJewels
    @RunTheJewels  9 лет назад +59

    New From Run The Jewels - Bust No Moves (Exclusive Record Store Day 12" single) - ruclips.net/video/AXvfbqzeOvw/видео.html

    • @jeremysinor7921
      @jeremysinor7921 8 лет назад +25

      Damn..... what a tune. Meaningful shit not bullshit

  • @LankyMofo
    @LankyMofo 2 года назад +1

    “And he p@say mike? Yeah, I’ll say” gets me everytime

  • @Depositron
    @Depositron 8 лет назад +152

    lmao @ the censoring
    of the handshake

    • @airthrow
      @airthrow 7 лет назад +1

      There is a lot in this video I didn't notice the first viewing, too good

    • @cherryb0ng
      @cherryb0ng 7 лет назад +3

      Depositron why is it censored? is it just for the line saying it's secret?

    • @Felix-nz1ll
      @Felix-nz1ll 7 лет назад +13

      I.M da maxter they don't want anyone knowing their secret handshake duh

  • @DavidWaeldervideo
    @DavidWaeldervideo 7 лет назад +296

    Damn . Again and again

    • @Diabetic_Chicken69
      @Diabetic_Chicken69 3 года назад +2

      damn bro, why you a top comment with 22 likes?

    • @mikewolowicz
      @mikewolowicz 3 года назад

      One of my favorite RTJ joints, even when it's not christmas.

  • @wesleyblack8302
    @wesleyblack8302 3 года назад +4

    that first verse hit me in my soul "they can never take energy inside you were born with"

  • @jackryan444
    @jackryan444 Год назад +4

    The best Christmas song? Yes.

  • @imacracker515
    @imacracker515 4 года назад +38

    As every Christmas approaches I play this song again and again. Dont think Ill ever get tired of it!

  • @tristan2121
    @tristan2121 3 года назад +9

    El-p's verse on this is one of the hardest and most powerful verses I've ever heard. Bless these two they help me more than anything when I'm at my lowest.

  • @thrasheristsproductions
    @thrasheristsproductions 9 месяцев назад +4

    Why is everything they do so fuacking gooood???

  • @jwallace5674wv
    @jwallace5674wv 4 года назад +13

    This will always be my favorite RTJ track. Soundtrack of the world

  • @matthewkennedy3769
    @matthewkennedy3769 3 года назад +39

    One of the best Christmas songs EVER written

    • @Eamonshort1
      @Eamonshort1 3 года назад +2

      People with a brand promo pic for a profile should be banned from commenting on rtj vids

    • @matthewkennedy3769
      @matthewkennedy3769 3 месяца назад

      @@Eamonshort1 mate, you were obvs concieved after too much red wine with dinner. No loving parent names their kid Eamon

  • @DeanThomson-b2z
    @DeanThomson-b2z 8 месяцев назад +4

    Merry Christmas jewel runners!

  • @neildunford241
    @neildunford241 4 года назад +6

    Still one of their strongest track. RTJ - remember kids, they're not just for Christmas. They're for life.

  • @TrashHeapCustodian
    @TrashHeapCustodian 3 года назад +1

    This and Lil Jon's "All I really want for Christmas" are the only two valid Christmas songs

  • @Tbirdication93
    @Tbirdication93 7 лет назад +46

    This beat is so awesome! Some many layers to it and has a really dope and bittersweet feel to it

  • @mc_mann7288
    @mc_mann7288 9 месяцев назад +4

    My favorite Xmas gift

  • @devinbright4324
    @devinbright4324 3 года назад +3

    Most beautiful song they've ever written. Some of those lyrics...my god.

  • @jasonhardin3339
    @jasonhardin3339 7 лет назад +194

    "Whoever, whatever that Lord is couldn't give a fuck if you ever made fortunes." Listen up churches!

    • @jasonhardin3339
      @jasonhardin3339 7 лет назад +45

      Chi Acolyte Last I knew the love of money was the root of all evil. Mega churches, millionaire televangelists and churches where I live vie for money and wealthy patronage for personal gain, untaxed, and use that money to further their political agendas. The point here is that your deity doesn't care if you're rich or poor. Your church might.

    • @mid-nightsanctum6232
      @mid-nightsanctum6232 7 лет назад +2

      Jason Hardin well said.

    • @Dfy05
      @Dfy05 7 лет назад +3

      Jason Hardin if only more people thought like this.

    • @Beunibster
      @Beunibster 7 лет назад +2

      New International Version
      Again
      I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
      than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
      New Living Translation
      I'll
      say it again--it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
      needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"
      English Standard Version
      Again
      I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
      than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
      Berean Study Bible
      Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
      Berean Literal Bible
      And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
      New American Standard Bible
      "Again
      I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
      needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
      King James Bible
      And
      again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of
      a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      Holman Christian Standard Bible
      Again
      I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
      than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
      International Standard Version
      Again
      I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a
      needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."
      NET Bible
      Again
      I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than
      for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."
      New Heart English Bible
      Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
      Aramaic Bible in Plain English
      “And
      again I say to you that it is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a
      needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”
      GOD'S WORD® Translation
      I
      can guarantee again that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye
      of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
      New American Standard 1977
      “And
      again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
      needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
      Jubilee Bible 2000
      And
      again I say unto you, It is easier to put a cable through the eye of a
      needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      King James 2000 Bible
      And
      again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of
      a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      American King James Version
      And
      again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
      needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      American Standard Version
      And
      again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
      eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      Douay-Rheims Bible
      And
      again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of
      a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
      Darby Bible Translation
      and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God.
      English Revised Version
      And
      again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
      eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      Webster's Bible Translation
      And
      again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
      needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
      Weymouth New Testament
      Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."
      World English Bible
      Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
      Young's Literal Translation
      and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a
      needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

    • @Altair2000
      @Altair2000 7 лет назад +1

      Beunibster wtf was that lol

  • @airthrow
    @airthrow 8 лет назад +187

    This is my favorite RTJ track

    • @MrSmokeytehbear
      @MrSmokeytehbear 8 лет назад +99

      I feel like every RTJ track I'm listening to is my favorite until the next one comes on

    • @777glizzy
      @777glizzy 7 лет назад +5

      Cyka blyat

    • @michaelmelt7885
      @michaelmelt7885 7 лет назад +1

      что-то обсудить "Realness" и быть реальным, верным и преданным себе

    • @done___
      @done___ 7 лет назад +1

      Same. Legend Has It is a close second, but this is my personal favorite.

    • @facemelta
      @facemelta 6 лет назад

      Damn close to one of mine as well!

  • @BeeBuckley
    @BeeBuckley 8 месяцев назад +3

    This song still hitting hard as ever

  • @heatherbooth6077
    @heatherbooth6077 6 лет назад +28

    They make a beautiful duo. Their lyrical symbiosis makes for neat dynamic. One of my faves, right here... I am by no means any kind of performer, however, I will leave that to those that do what they do. Giving credit where it is due is all. I also quite identify with Mike's part here too... Love the love, and empathy for one another!!! :)

  • @bentomlin7404
    @bentomlin7404 8 лет назад +71

    All I want is a fucking t-shirt with Mike's face on it from 1:52. That's it.

    • @baseballfan105k
      @baseballfan105k 7 лет назад +7

      For sure. 2:45 would make a worthy t-shirt as well lol

    • @strayjones458
      @strayjones458 7 лет назад +3

      Ben Tomlin hahahaha for real

    • @Holdontohappiness
      @Holdontohappiness 7 лет назад +12

      I think their run the yules shirt has that face on it.

    • @jamezp2322
      @jamezp2322 7 лет назад +5

      Shut up and take my fucking money

    • @MrLayoh
      @MrLayoh 7 лет назад +1

      YESSS!

  • @antimatterlabs9246
    @antimatterlabs9246 8 месяцев назад +5

    Happy ten years, RTJ. 👉🤛

  • @stephenharper3815
    @stephenharper3815 7 лет назад +13

    "The beat breaks and your teeth break
    Keep your canines embedded in my knuckles as a keepsake
    It would seem your veneers just mere souvenirs
    Falling out your mouth and on to the landscape" Sick line!

  • @L14MA
    @L14MA 8 месяцев назад +6

    Merry Xmas 2023

  • @BeeHatGuy
    @BeeHatGuy 8 месяцев назад +4

    Merry Christmas!!

  • @Nigelrioux1
    @Nigelrioux1 10 лет назад +7

    one of the best rap albums ever. Period. No one has made 35mins of no fucking around before.

  • @iReima
    @iReima 9 лет назад +857

    I lost it at secret handshake

    • @rosamondewhocares615
      @rosamondewhocares615 9 лет назад +16

      iReima
      EVERYTIME! XD

    • @MookaMG
      @MookaMG 7 лет назад +11

      Reima I know it's stupid, but can somebody please explain that line to me and why it's so funny?

    • @iReima
      @iReima 7 лет назад +86

      It's censored to keep it a secret

    • @travishopper5133
      @travishopper5133 6 лет назад

      Nightman!

    • @xHeigoux
      @xHeigoux 6 лет назад +8

      nah, it's censored cause handholding is lewd

  • @K0ltman
    @K0ltman 2 года назад +7

    Every christmas this song gets better

  • @chegadesuade
    @chegadesuade 9 лет назад +15

    Possibly the best hip hop I've ever heard, this was a real work of art. Incredibly thoughtful, well-written narrative, just amazing, I hope you guys get huge.

    • @imrank9282
      @imrank9282 9 лет назад +8

      They already are, their music isn't mainstream but they're recognised by all the biggest music blogs and industry veterans & artists, RTJ2 was named best album of the year on a lot of blogs. :)

  • @DemmieG4
    @DemmieG4 5 лет назад +9

    RTJ are seriously underrated just because they have a message that would actually uplift people and show them just how messed up the system is...

  • @mattyburrito3819
    @mattyburrito3819 3 года назад +4

    god i love this song and the video, the secret handshake gets me every time, as well as the cheesy smiles in the christmas photo parts. real hip hop still lives

  • @DallasWiebelhaus
    @DallasWiebelhaus 10 лет назад +65

    Damn EL-P makes the sickest beats.

    • @ironsights4me
      @ironsights4me 10 лет назад +10

      i found a video on here one time where they blindfolded el-p and made him pick 3 random albums to make a beat, it turned out awesome. took him like 5 minutes.

    • @davydoomz
      @davydoomz 10 лет назад

      Damn straight man

    • @ironsights4me
      @ironsights4me 9 лет назад

      beating your meat doesn't count, poo drizzle.

    • @ironsights4me
      @ironsights4me 9 лет назад

      and i am a fairly hostile person, i probably would've smacked you like a bitch if you said some stupid shit while standing in front of me. i don't make beats, i beat fakes. thats just how i roll, playboy.

    • @ironsights4me
      @ironsights4me 9 лет назад

      it was today.