Sunday Oldskool Flashback: A Christmas F***ing Miracle

This week, we look back at a simpler time when Run the Jewels 2 released in their first album in February of 2015. Sam and Cray dig into a track off their first album in this episode. Killer Mike and El-P get after corruption, commercialism, idols, and demonic forces (really!) in “A Christmas F***ing Miracle.” The duo also beef some with the title and the lukewarm calls to worship, but we love the song, which is more evidence that Killer Mike gets it.

LINKS:

• The song’s annotated lyrics on Rap Genius
• You can stream two pre-release tracks off of the new RTJ album before it drops on October 27
• Here’s that killer profile on Mike, with a lot of discussion of his relationship to the faith
• If you insist on paying El-P to drop cat sounds into their first album, here’s the Kickstarter for “Meow the Jewels”