Run The Jewels are again…type of. Killer Mike has returned with a brand new single, “Don’t Let The Devil,” which options manufacturing from his RTJ accomplice El-P. Listen to the observe under.
On the brand new minimize, Mike spits over a swinging, soul-sample-flipping beat, musing on the state of our society. He raps, “Watch the world go to hell as I’m laughing saying, ‘it’s perfect’/ Catch me after Sunday service servin’ the church’s workers.”
The new observe is the third single launched in anticipation of Killer Mike’s forthcoming album Michael, the celebrated MCs first physique of solo materials since 2012’s critically lauded R.A.P. Music.
Michael introduces the world to the totality of Michael Render, a lifelong rap fiend whose consciousness is seeped within the sounds of group that raised him–a number of eras of southern rap flows, Sunday church service, and barbershop discourse. The album is his most autobiographical and unbiased album thus far.
Back in October of 2022, Mike started teasing the brand new challenge. He launched “Run” and “Talk’n That S__t,” which served as his first new solo music since R.A.P. Music.
The latter encompasses a dense, morphing manufacturing from DJ Paul (Three 6 Mafia) and TWhy Xclusive. The single arrived paired with a video directed by seck. that demonstrates Killer Mike’s standing as a group pillar, that includes cameos from a spread of teams and organizations meaningfully linked to him, together with PAW Kids, Bass Reeves Gun Club, Next Level Boys Academy, Youth Build, New Georgia Project, and extra.
“The song is self-explanatory. With the video I wanted show the freedom and beauty in being able to turn up in spite of all the f__k-s__t. That upsets the bourgeoisie even more–in spite of all your criticisms, we’re gonna live free and stay lit,” said Mike upon its launch.
Before “Run” was launched, the track appeared in a Killer Mike-starring nationally televised Cadillac marketing campaign “Black Future” for the Escalade V Series, that debuted in June 2022.