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The opportunity to remix the song attracted Australian producer What So Not – aka Christopher Emerson – because he views Run The Jewels as “one of the most exciting groups out there”.
In a press statement, Emerson commented, “Starting as a bootleg, I was honoured to get the nod to put this record out, not only with RTJ, but also my childhood heroes Zack and Pharrell.”
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Listen to What So Not’s remix of ‘JU$T’ below:
The original version of ‘JU$T’ featured on Run The Jewels’ widely-acclaimed album ‘RTJ4’, which was called
Blimey, that went quickly!
The end of 2014 is nigh, and we’ve heard some cracking songs in its oh so brief existence. From Future Islands to ‘Fancy’, everyone’s got their favourite and they’re all completely different from each other. To find some order in the chaos, we asked over 30 Drowned In Sound staffers to vote for their top five singles of the year, then added up the results and made a list of the 40 most popular choices.
Read on for the final, definitive compendium and then subscribe to our Spotify playlist to listen to all the tracks in order.
Alfredo to Pop Smoke’s posthumous victory
Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, there was no shortage of intriguing projects peppering the best Hip Hop albums of 2020. And amongst the year’s new Hip Hop albums, it was Run The Jewels’ defiant effort
Run The Jewels 4 that perhaps best encapsulates the socio-political turmoil that’s dominated the better half of the year, providing an explosive soundtrack for a revolution.
Every year, HipHopDX staff joins in discussions, debates and sometimes heated arguments to come up with a list for our Year End Awards. Review all of our
Alfredo – Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
As Verzuz battles helped Hip Hop and R&B fans enjoy a modified form of entertainment on Instagram, rappers had more time to reflect and craft amazing verses.
Basically, rap lines mattered the most in one of mankind’s most trying years of the past two centuries.
There was no shortage of inspiration for the best 16s of the year, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the presidential election, news about rappers being shot, and the coronavirus preventing artists from touring to name a few.
Rappers elicited various streams of consciousness writing over beats and make listeners rewind and repeat their dopest bars. That’s also reflected in the 2021 Grammys
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Fiona Apple s fearless and experimental Fetch The Bolt Cutters has been named music critics favourite album of 2020.
The urgent, rhythmically complex songs on the US singer-songwriter s first record in eight years topped a poll of polls compiled by BBC News.
Phoebe Bridgers sombre and sardonic Punisher came second, with Taylor Swift s Folklore taking third place.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion s bass-heavy rap anthem WAP was named the year s best song.