Run The Jewels 2
by Run The Jewels

Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-10-27
Overall rank: 434th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 771 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2014 (4th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (57th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (434th)

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Run The Jewels 2 is ranked as the best album by Run The Jewels.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 434th | 2010s rank: 57th | 2014 rank: 4th
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 89 Music Albums of 20147/895
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums29/10072
2026tyleraeppsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums81/10020
2026 zags7000Overall 101-20010/100 -
2026blueandthemoonTop 42 Music Albums of 201413/424
2026 swedTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s54/1009
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 91 Music Albums of the 2010s59/917
2026 paladisiacmy CURRENT favorite artists21/100 -
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s24/10015
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 7 Music Albums of 20146/71
2026araidernomoreTop 11 Music Albums of 20144/114
2026BoxFLTop 26 Music Albums of the 2010s11/2612
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s88/1003
2026 paladisiacall-time fav arteests (pts) #196-290*11/95 -
2026matterhornriderTop 26 Music Albums of 201426/260
2026VanillaBeanTop 71 Music Albums of the 2010s58/714
2026stangetzawayTop 26 Music Albums of 20143/265
2026adbrack1988Top 19 Music Albums of 20147/193
2026 Nacho212Top 100 Greatest Music Albums57/10043
2026araidernomoreTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s53/10010
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 602
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 3,881
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82/100 (from 771 votes)
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5 days ago Mafedere  Ratings distribution  46375/100
 
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03/28/2026 16:53 Map  Ratings distribution  50181/100
 
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01/14/2026 23:58 This_is_handsome  Ratings distribution  76979/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.6/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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From 06/08/2023 16:51 | #297474
All Run the Jewel projects have top notch production and rapping. Where RTJ2 really goes above and beyond the other projects is that it is an absolute punch in the face. So tight, so confident and so well executed. Each song fits perfectly and stands on it's own.
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75/100
From 02/05/2023 22:45 | #293617
A frantic and energetic experience that has a lot of solid beats that makes it very enjoyable to listen to. The vocal delivery is fantastic throughout and it makes every song on here have some form of quality even if the music backing it up isn't great. He just possesses such a commanding and powerful voice that makes everything he says seem important even if it isn't. There are some huge hits on here as well and a few deeper cuts which surprised me with how good they are when I revisited the album. However, the back end of the release does feel slow and weaker than the first half. Overall, a pretty solid record that is easy to enjoy and has plenty of tracks to pick out and listen to again.
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90/100
From 09/28/2022 16:21 | #290027
The best total rap sound of all time. Meaning, the combination of beats and back and forth rhymes is so complex and frenetic and interesting, it’s almost impossible to imagine a better rap production.

Which is not to say these are the best rap *songs* ever. But it’s really damn good.
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85/100
From 11/25/2021 23:41 | #276694
Gênios!!
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80/100
From 10/06/2021 18:57 | #274751
Killer Mike's ferocious delivery and lyrics fit together with El-P's production to make a nice hardcore hip hop package. El-P really surprised me here, it's not an easy task to match Killer Mike. I don't get the general detestation for the tracks All My Life and Love Again, since I found these to be among my favorites on the album. The production on All My Life is a high point personally.
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From 05/19/2021 02:36 | #269904
Maybe the best first four tracks to any album I've heard
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From 06/29/2020 14:41 | #254742
Fav. Tracks: Blockbuster Night Pt. 1, Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck) (Feat. Zack De La Rocha).
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85/100
From 12/12/2019 15:58 | #245567
My favourite RTJ record.
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80/100
From 09/19/2019 02:17 | #242790
Highlights:

Oh My Darling Don't Cry
Angel Duster
Early (Feat. Boots)
All Due Respect (Feat. Travis Barker)
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From 07/15/2019 18:43 | #239659
This is miles better than the first Run The Jewels, and even that was pretty decent. The production is a lot more fulfilled, the melodies are banging and the lyrics are swell. Makes me wonder if RTJ3 is gonna be able to top it.

Best track: Early. Even the slightly cheesy Pacman sample can't dampen it.
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