Feb 24, 2026: run the jewels

rtj came up in training today when I was in the introductions portion of class and the mystery questions wheel landed on "who was your favorite music artist 10 years ago?". I can assure you that I was the only one to know what the fuck I started to talk about as I answered. Little do they know that I could vomit words about Jaime and Mike for the rest of my life. Maybe we could touch on Def Jux. How about OutKast? Ever heard of Mike Bigga? El-P has been chirping about Sean "Puffy" Combs since before The Shiny Suit Era (couldn't find a citation). We could review The Weatherman, Cage, and the fact that Eminem might have stolen some styles over the years. Do you want to speak on our modern police state or international policy?

Boom:

Boom:

At any point, if you know me at all, you know I might start into:

At this point we haven't even really touched on run the jewels proper yet. I'm running out of page, so I guess this will have to continue another day. Filling this page is:

And that's what I wrote today sitting with a bunch of coworkers that would understand what the fuck I am talking about in these chronicles even less than you do.