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

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  • Опубліковано 20 гру 2013
  • Official music video for "A Christmas F*cking Miracle" from Run The Jewels.
    RTJ2 available Now! www.runthejewels.net/
    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
    RTJ Exclusive Tracks: bit.ly/RTJTracks
    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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  • @typ044
    @typ044 4 роки тому +1938

    The blurred out secret handshake always makes me laugh.

  • @iliacbaby
    @iliacbaby 7 років тому +1994

    Elf-P

    • @LawrenceAkim
      @LawrenceAkim 7 років тому +9

      Lol

    • @smashfam1
      @smashfam1 4 роки тому +93

      Sweater Mike

    • @eric108
      @eric108 4 роки тому +16

      His verse in this one is straight sacred dawg

    • @boostrockets
      @boostrockets 4 роки тому +5

      @@eric108 Yes

    • @violetdevine1962
      @violetdevine1962 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @Lahgic
    @Lahgic 7 місяців тому +121

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

    • @Brewnoe
      @Brewnoe 6 місяців тому +1

      only a few decades after the message

  • @awareness604
    @awareness604 4 роки тому +793

    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 роки тому +32

      True. Very moving.

    • @redrum41987
      @redrum41987 4 роки тому +61

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

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 3 роки тому +51

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

    • @davidparker7216
      @davidparker7216 2 роки тому +14

      The struggle is truly harsh
      Might as well make it bars

    • @MrWackozacko
      @MrWackozacko 2 роки тому

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

  • @MaximillionXXV
    @MaximillionXXV 4 роки тому +804

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

    • @kevinhall2794
      @kevinhall2794 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @youngunzvt
      @youngunzvt 3 роки тому +7

      @@kevinhall2794But is it 'miricle', really?

    • @mike13th
      @mike13th 3 роки тому +5

      *mundane 9 to 5 wants to know your location*

    • @naylik2562
      @naylik2562 3 роки тому +2

      @@kevinhall2794 the fuck is a miricle

    • @lobsteroverrun
      @lobsteroverrun 2 роки тому +3

      Run The Yules!

  • @iissacc
    @iissacc 8 років тому +3911

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

    • @jinkblade7
      @jinkblade7 8 років тому +278

      +sammeboy11 Quit your fucking job man

    • @keepoffthecrack
      @keepoffthecrack 8 років тому +44

      +sammeboy11 WANKERS!

    • @steazykeazy
      @steazykeazy 8 років тому +71

      that sucks man. mine did.

    • @Twelve50TV
      @Twelve50TV 8 років тому

      HAHAHAH is that a POKEBALL on you're profile pic !!

    • @hectorsalamanca6617
      @hectorsalamanca6617 8 років тому +11

      work for your self

  • @maxwirz8049
    @maxwirz8049 Рік тому +93

    "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 Рік тому

      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

  • @sadboysolari4891
    @sadboysolari4891 4 роки тому +1364

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

    • @palmeristo
      @palmeristo 4 роки тому +25

      Totally underrated right!?

    • @swingeasy987
      @swingeasy987 4 роки тому +69

      Agreed, breaks my teeth every time...

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 роки тому +25

      That guitar solo rip right too

    • @oofguy4858
      @oofguy4858 4 роки тому +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.

  • @JRibs
    @JRibs 9 років тому +2336

    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 років тому +112

      He's one funky homosapien.

    • @nicodimarco7
      @nicodimarco7 9 років тому +27

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

    • @PaniqFoxx
      @PaniqFoxx 9 років тому +42

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

    • @JRibs
      @JRibs 9 років тому +88

      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 років тому +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.

  • @troycordero288
    @troycordero288 4 роки тому +864

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

    • @Bubbertan
      @Bubbertan 4 роки тому +48

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

    • @MFgabesylar3030
      @MFgabesylar3030 4 роки тому +13

      Agreed G. His drops MAJOR 💎 💎 💎

    • @notmyfirst
      @notmyfirst 4 роки тому +14

      Killer Mike's verse is wayyy better

    • @solarpanel8195
      @solarpanel8195 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +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.

  • @vengefulretreat
    @vengefulretreat Рік тому +216

    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 Рік тому +10

      Well fucking said

    • @toiletbrittle4407
      @toiletbrittle4407 10 місяців тому

      @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 7 місяців тому

      2 verses and a solo is a great song structure

    • @jimbodestroyer1324
      @jimbodestroyer1324 3 місяці тому

      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 роки тому +67

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

    • @LuckyMoniker
      @LuckyMoniker 7 місяців тому +1

      AAAAAND WE'RE BACK FOR MORE

  • @100dead
    @100dead 5 років тому +918

    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 років тому +318

    They can never take the energy inside you were born with

    • @marcusstone8673
      @marcusstone8673 4 роки тому +15

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

  • @catsaidmoo
    @catsaidmoo 2 місяці тому +3

    "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!

  • @dylandavis6144
    @dylandavis6144 4 роки тому +1305

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

    • @s1n1stersixsgaming8
      @s1n1stersixsgaming8 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/dYvCChx5k2k/v-deo.html

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 4 роки тому

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

    • @elikc216
      @elikc216 4 роки тому +3

      Dylan Davis “ASK about Ebenezer mofo!” Lollll

    • @grossliz1995
      @grossliz1995 3 роки тому +2

      Amerikkka!

    • @iamspringyt
      @iamspringyt 3 роки тому

      Wait you don't

  • @frankwalline1113
    @frankwalline1113 8 років тому +236

    Mike's come-in is fucking brutal

    • @AndarooPandrew17
      @AndarooPandrew17 7 років тому +7

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

    • @AndarooPandrew17
      @AndarooPandrew17 7 років тому +8

      Frank Walline *beat not best

    • @gman8133
      @gman8133 7 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +2

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

  • @vinzenzgeske8987
    @vinzenzgeske8987 4 роки тому +317

    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 роки тому +6

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

    • @Thegamercat420
      @Thegamercat420 4 роки тому +5

      Same here bud. This track is some 🔥

    • @MeatPlanet
      @MeatPlanet 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @arringtonmj
      @arringtonmj 4 роки тому +5

      I'm late too bruh but they right on time

    • @buffalophil3630
      @buffalophil3630 4 роки тому +4

      Bruh I just found this song like 3 days ago

  • @derek320
    @derek320 4 роки тому +171

    It's that time of year again.

    • @fruitypeebils
      @fruitypeebils 4 роки тому +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 роки тому

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

  • @jambulance
    @jambulance 4 роки тому +452

    UA-cam algorithms digging out this gem again just in time for christmas

  • @mtgaming3486
    @mtgaming3486 7 років тому +264

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

    • @asageorge6x3
      @asageorge6x3 5 років тому +3

      Mt gaming best el-p is Delorean with aesop!

    • @neilgiri
      @neilgiri 5 років тому

      I feel its from nobody speak

  • @T3CHH4WK5
    @T3CHH4WK5 10 років тому +52

    Haha, the secret handshake part got me

  • @brent2394
    @brent2394 Рік тому +24

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

  • @Disposableassassin
    @Disposableassassin 2 роки тому +21

    2021. Still holding strong. Merry Christmas everyone.

  • @Morrigan_The_Raven
    @Morrigan_The_Raven 7 місяців тому +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.

  • @zarka223
    @zarka223 2 роки тому +68

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

  • @antihero105
    @antihero105 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

      Good shit homie

    • @scoobywithadoobie7255
      @scoobywithadoobie7255 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

  • @rayacompetitivebowler2206
    @rayacompetitivebowler2206 4 роки тому +137

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

  • @Alassandros
    @Alassandros 7 років тому +211

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

    • @InventorXem
      @InventorXem 7 років тому +8

      Spread the good word sir :D

    • @andresescudero3791
      @andresescudero3791 5 років тому +3

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

    • @brent2394
      @brent2394 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @kyleehiggins6007
    @kyleehiggins6007 9 років тому +405

    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 років тому +22

      No. Underground rules.

    • @yeezusjm
      @yeezusjm 9 років тому +15

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

    • @Skat9
      @Skat9 9 років тому +8

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

    • @yeezusjm
      @yeezusjm 9 років тому +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 років тому +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.

  • @scottsharp1763
    @scottsharp1763 7 місяців тому +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!

  • @fernandoparadacastillo5901
    @fernandoparadacastillo5901 3 роки тому +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

  • @strobolazer4082
    @strobolazer4082 9 років тому +76

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

    • @rangerkasdorf4476
      @rangerkasdorf4476 9 років тому +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 років тому

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

  • @trevorbeverly6062
    @trevorbeverly6062 5 років тому +41

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

  • @onderon4125
    @onderon4125 4 роки тому +26

    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

  • @patrickkenney2259
    @patrickkenney2259 3 роки тому +23

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

  • @billholb1974
    @billholb1974 8 років тому +256

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

    • @nicholasadams2374
      @nicholasadams2374 8 років тому +3

      Absolutely!

    • @Pacmilio
      @Pacmilio 8 років тому +1

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

    • @Bbqluv7
      @Bbqluv7 8 років тому +9

      naw flatbush zombies and the underachievers been droping amazing music lately

    • @DoubleKhoceSammich
      @DoubleKhoceSammich 8 років тому +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 7 років тому +1

      +Meechaveli G59 even asap rocky is better than flatbush

  • @Orasius420
    @Orasius420 8 років тому +388

    El P murdered his verse

    • @smeagle3295
      @smeagle3295 7 років тому +22

      they both did

    • @cheeblerelf8223
      @cheeblerelf8223 5 років тому +2

      In a good or bad way?

    • @corken01
      @corken01 5 років тому +4

      @@cheeblerelf8223 In a good way.

    • @mykasoda
      @mykasoda 4 роки тому +4

      Agree! Maybe my favorite rap verse of all time.

    • @lalalalexie
      @lalalalexie 4 роки тому

      Run jewels did

  • @TheSchematican
    @TheSchematican 3 роки тому +386

    Merry Christmas in 2020 everybody, things will get better

  • @henarerogers625
    @henarerogers625 7 місяців тому +11

    9 years later these verses still bang so hard

    • @schuylersousa3399
      @schuylersousa3399 7 місяців тому +1

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

    • @shanecorcoran2542
      @shanecorcoran2542 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @DavidWaeldervideo
    @DavidWaeldervideo 7 років тому +295

    Damn . Again and again

    • @Diabetic_Chicken69
      @Diabetic_Chicken69 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @mikewolowicz
      @mikewolowicz 2 роки тому

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

  • @dbpaintballer95
    @dbpaintballer95 6 років тому +13

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

  • @lauderdale77
    @lauderdale77 7 місяців тому +5

    These two cats connecting to create run the jewels is the Christmas miracle. Thanks Jesus

  • @arceusland
    @arceusland Рік тому +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.

  • @NowhereBeats
    @NowhereBeats 7 років тому +268

    Maybe my favourite rap song of the decade.

    • @Hourhero
      @Hourhero 7 років тому +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 років тому +2

      Killer Mike and El-P are real and great

  • @blaqkush
    @blaqkush 10 років тому +101

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

  • @jwhite3389
    @jwhite3389 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @The3rdGunman
    @The3rdGunman 5 років тому +21

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

  • @LifeWerks
    @LifeWerks 5 років тому +40

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

  • @umcarainteressante
    @umcarainteressante 9 років тому +35

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

  • @jakepaulsen7486
    @jakepaulsen7486 4 роки тому +173

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

    • @sebastiengerber146
      @sebastiengerber146 4 роки тому +4

      Because people.

    • @zefsku3206
      @zefsku3206 4 роки тому +5

      Not everything is about views. fuck sake.

    • @mattriddell8983
      @mattriddell8983 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @johnphills2402
      @johnphills2402 4 роки тому

      it does now lol

    • @warmly323
      @warmly323 4 роки тому +6

      8 million views is a whole lot mate

  • @jackryan444
    @jackryan444 Рік тому +4

    The best Christmas song? Yes.

  • @a1rjordan655
    @a1rjordan655 2 роки тому +6

    Yearly traditional to come back to this song every Christmas

  • @maki9396
    @maki9396 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @LankyMofo
    @LankyMofo 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @thrasheristsproductions
    @thrasheristsproductions 7 місяців тому +4

    Why is everything they do so fuacking gooood???

  • @stargunner87
    @stargunner87 10 років тому +13

    i love the portrait frames with the floating heads

  • @odiumimbues
    @odiumimbues 9 років тому +61

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

    • @odiumimbues
      @odiumimbues 9 років тому

      i was hoping you would see this edgar.

    • @edgarmirth5020
      @edgarmirth5020 9 років тому +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 років тому +1

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

    • @odiumimbues
      @odiumimbues 9 років тому +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 років тому

      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.

  • @L14MA
    @L14MA 7 місяців тому +6

    Merry Xmas 2023

  • @mc_mann7288
    @mc_mann7288 7 місяців тому +4

    My favorite Xmas gift

  • @mindhawkexcellence3368
    @mindhawkexcellence3368 4 роки тому +42

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

    • @SangheiliSpecOp
      @SangheiliSpecOp 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @droopyaguacat3185
      @droopyaguacat3185 4 роки тому

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

    • @jwilliama4427
      @jwilliama4427 4 роки тому +1

      Cause it's gospel.

    • @jahariedison1772
      @jahariedison1772 3 роки тому

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

  • @patrickroy6637
    @patrickroy6637 3 роки тому +15

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

  • @SilliusSodus
    @SilliusSodus 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
    @JoaoSantos-lv4rc 4 роки тому +109

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

    • @sadboysolari4891
      @sadboysolari4891 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
      @JoaoSantos-lv4rc 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

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

  • @Christoph1988
    @Christoph1988 9 років тому +106

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

    • @nataliap2705
      @nataliap2705 8 років тому +4

      The were in Poland? Cool

    • @R3pc6k
      @R3pc6k 8 років тому +2

      +Natalia Galaxy they were at Off Festival 2015

  • @billysidness5907
    @billysidness5907 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @devinbright4324
    @devinbright4324 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @user-ch8oo7te9g
    @user-ch8oo7te9g 7 місяців тому +4

    Merry Christmas jewel runners!

  • @bobbarker3387
    @bobbarker3387 10 років тому +10

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

  • @AcesBills
    @AcesBills 7 років тому +124

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

  • @matthewkennedy3769
    @matthewkennedy3769 3 роки тому +38

    One of the best Christmas songs EVER written

    • @Eamonshort1
      @Eamonshort1 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @matthewkennedy3769
      @matthewkennedy3769 Місяць тому

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

  • @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
    @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 3 роки тому +14

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

  • @Depositron
    @Depositron 7 років тому +152

    lmao @ the censoring
    of the handshake

    • @airthrow
      @airthrow 7 років тому +1

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

    • @cherryb0ng
      @cherryb0ng 7 років тому +3

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

    • @Felix-nz1ll
      @Felix-nz1ll 7 років тому +13

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

  • @iReima
    @iReima 9 років тому +857

    I lost it at secret handshake

    • @rosamondewhocares615
      @rosamondewhocares615 9 років тому +16

      iReima
      EVERYTIME! XD

    • @MookaMG
      @MookaMG 7 років тому +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 років тому +86

      It's censored to keep it a secret

    • @travishopper5133
      @travishopper5133 6 років тому

      Nightman!

    • @xHeigoux
      @xHeigoux 6 років тому +8

      nah, it's censored cause handholding is lewd

  • @imacracker515
    @imacracker515 4 роки тому +38

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

  • @luca121633
    @luca121633 4 роки тому +72

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

    • @voyagerwitch
      @voyagerwitch 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @krow9681
      @krow9681 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @voyagerwitch
      @voyagerwitch 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @krow9681
      @krow9681 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @proph8772
      @proph8772 4 роки тому +1

      Luca Ludwig This is fucking true ua-cam.com/video/Cckvff8fvKc/v-deo.html

  • @sm-xc6fn
    @sm-xc6fn 10 років тому +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.

  • @wesleyblack8302
    @wesleyblack8302 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @jacobcasey164
    @jacobcasey164 2 роки тому +5

    Merry Christmas to all who return to this every Christmas

  • @jwallace5674wv
    @jwallace5674wv 4 роки тому +13

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

  • @tristan2121
    @tristan2121 3 роки тому +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.

  • @antimatterlabs9246
    @antimatterlabs9246 7 місяців тому +5

    Happy ten years, RTJ. 👉🤛

  • @BeeBuckley
    @BeeBuckley 7 місяців тому +3

    This song still hitting hard as ever

  • @rhoosem8701
    @rhoosem8701 7 місяців тому +8

    In about 3 minutes it'll be Christmas Day here in NZ. It'll also be my 28th birthday.
    I stumbled across this little gem of a tune a while back and have been saving it for the occasion.
    Cheers, RTJ. Love ya work

  • @1991LooseChange
    @1991LooseChange 6 років тому +332

    [Verse 1: El-P]
    That was me in BK on Atlantic
    Never looked both ways, ran in traffic
    Pops went away but I stayed, vagrant
    Placed where the steel and cement became nature
    Love what you did with the place, it looks gorgeous
    Cityscape where the blood of good men courses
    And the dreamers are bull trapped in porcelain
    Take a knee to the gods and get horse shit
    Wanna live for the thrill? They'll arrange it
    Got a bevy of imps to spit hatred
    Shit'll get in your head and cause panic
    Have you desperately begging to get famous
    Get your dignity dirty and left orphaned
    Sanity on the fringe of distorted
    Who are they to just take shit and hoard it?
    Who am I that I don't get my portion?
    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
    You can only take the energy you had
    Going back to the realm or the home where your lord is
    Whoever, whatever that lord is
    Couldn't give a fuck if you ever made fortunes
    Fuck anyone ever tryin' to run that punk shit
    Send 'em to the flames where the orcs live
    Them and the lost minds thinking they're smarter than us
    Don't understand love's importance
    And we can weaponize that, bring 'em back to the truth
    Where the ashes and dust got formed in
    [Verse 2: Killer Mike + El-P]
    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
    Me and El-P do the secret handshake
    Then I pummel punch a pumpkin head punk in his pimple face
    'Til he's punch drunk 'cause he's sweet as a pound cake
    (Ain't he pussy, Mike?) Yeah, El, I'll say
    Into the wild, wild style ghetto child running wild
    Where the lions and the owls stay
    The powers that be even offered up reprieves
    Told us they ain't take us out if we bow to our knees
    But they can give that to the kings and the queens
    And the worshipers of idols and followers of things
    'Cause I would rather be in the jungle with the savages
    It's kill or be killed, and I'm working with the averages
    My professor emeritus
    Say we been cursed being brought to the AmeriKKKas
    How you raise a whole human single parent
    No marriages, no sense of heritage?
    Planned Parenthood helping plan miscarriages
    But I'm lucky mommy already had a narrative
    Product of a teenage love, my arrogance
    Derives from the pride in the job my parents did
    Named Mike, I was told it was godlike
    Even danced with the devil, came out alright
    Okay, honor y'all? No way
    Still spell AmeriKKKa with the triple K
    Word up to Spice 1 and O'Shea
    And any MC peeping what I go through
    Real rap, my last line's so true
    Rest in peace to Pimp C and Camu, too
    We do it for you

    • @kerie.krieglmeier243
      @kerie.krieglmeier243 4 роки тому +7

      THANX

    • @LastBref
      @LastBref 4 роки тому +10

      "My arrogance derives from the pride in the job my parents did"

    • @BeachBuggin
      @BeachBuggin 4 роки тому +2

      Thank you.

    • @viral-titlepizza9627
      @viral-titlepizza9627 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks bro much love. 🐐🐐🐐👾👾👾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥

  • @ortiz.marcos1760
    @ortiz.marcos1760 Рік тому +6

    This beat always gives me th chills! Just 2 Legends hands down, No Discussion!!

  • @antoniogambardella785
    @antoniogambardella785 2 роки тому +5

    Happy Cristmans 2021 💣🔥👊✌🙏🎙🎼🎤🔝🎄🍷🍾🍰

  • @RagnarokMic
    @RagnarokMic Рік тому +4

    'The beat breaks and your teeth break
    Keep your canines embedded in my knuckles as keepsake
    It would seem your veneers, just mere souvenirs, fallin' out your mouth and on to the landscape"
    God damn Mike's verses are just crazy, brutal.

  • @airthrow
    @airthrow 8 років тому +187

    This is my favorite RTJ track

    • @MrSmokeytehbear
      @MrSmokeytehbear 8 років тому +100

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

    • @777glizzy
      @777glizzy 7 років тому +5

      Cyka blyat

    • @michaelmelt7885
      @michaelmelt7885 7 років тому +1

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

    • @done___
      @done___ 7 років тому +1

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

    • @facemelta
      @facemelta 6 років тому

      Damn close to one of mine as well!

  • @K0ltman
    @K0ltman 2 роки тому +7

    Every christmas this song gets better

  • @LawrenceAdams13
    @LawrenceAdams13 4 роки тому +533

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

  • @Dinosaur12349
    @Dinosaur12349 Місяць тому +2

    The amount of aura killer mike had in the first scene 😭😭🙏🔥

  • @neildunford241
    @neildunford241 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @stephenharper3815
    @stephenharper3815 7 років тому +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!

  • @BeeHatGuy
    @BeeHatGuy 7 місяців тому +4

    Merry Christmas!!

  • @powl4568
    @powl4568 2 роки тому +4

    This brought back so many memories about my early Adulthood. I miss being 20 and listening to Fantastic Damage for the first time.

  • @Tbirdication93
    @Tbirdication93 7 років тому +46

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

  • @heatherbooth6077
    @heatherbooth6077 6 років тому +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!!! :)

  • @mattyburrito3819
    @mattyburrito3819 3 роки тому +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

  • @frstlst9227
    @frstlst9227 7 місяців тому +3

    Listening on Christmas day. 2023.