Editor’s Observe: This story was initially revealed in November 2019 and has been up to date for comprehensiveness.
Although he as soon as claimed it could arrive in some unspecified time in the future in late 2019, El-P has supplied an replace on his subsequent undertaking with Killer Mike.
Responding to a fan on Twitter (see under,) the producer revealed the fourth installment of Run The Jewels was delayed as a result of it was nonetheless within the mixing and sample-clearing part, however can be touchdown “earlyish subsequent yr,” assuring the followers the album is “exhausting as fuck.” In subsequent tweets, El shared a bar from the album (although he did not specify whose line it was) and revealed that the album is at present 11 tracks lengthy, clocking in at just below 40 minutes.
Final month, the producer revealed that he and Mike had been understanding of Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La studio in Malibu. And although it’s going to possible be a minimum of just a few months earlier than any official bulletins, Run The Jewels appeared on initiatives from Danny Brown and DJ Shadow earlier in 2019.
When the album did arrive, it really arrived two days sooner than the anticipated seond launch date, on June 3, 2020.
RTJ4 dropped at No. 10 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, making it the duo’s first prime ten launch.