Encore: Run the Jewels joins host Raina Douris

Killer Mike is a rapper from Atlanta. El-P is a rapper / producer from New York. Together they are Run the Jewels and their latest album RTJ4 tells stories of racism and police brutality. Run the Jewels join us on the next World Cafe. They’ll tell the stories behind some of their new songs which feature guest vocals from folks including Mavis Staples and Pharrell Williams.

*The Staple Singers “Respect Yourself” Wattstax: Highlights From the Soundtrack
Run The Jewels “JU$T” RTJ4
Run The Jewels “walking in the snow” RTJ4
Run The Jewels “a few words for the firing squad (radiation)” RTJ4
Run The Jewels “yankee and the brave (ep. 4)” RTJ4
Run The Jewels “Pulling the pin” RTJ4
Killer Mike “Butane (Champion’s Anthem) [El-P]” R.A.P. Music
Run The Jewels “Early” RTJ2
Run The Jewels “ooh la la” RTJ4

Hour Two
*Ondara “Lockdown on a Date Night Tuesday” Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation
Lianne La Havas “Weird Fishes” Lianne La Havas
Radiohead “High and Dry” The Bends
Squeeze “Tempted” East Side Story
Whitney “Giving Up” Forever Turned Around
Joy Olakodun “Who Do I Turn To?” in defense of my own happiness
Maggie Rogers “Light On” Heard It In a Past Life
Warren Zevon “Accidentally Like a Martyr” Excitable Boy
Josh Ritter “Joy to You Baby” The Beast In Its Tracks
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Is This Love” Kaya
Peter Gabriel “The Book of Love” Scratch My Back
Nicole Atkins “Mind Eraser” Italian Ice
Florence and the Machine “Shake It Out” Ceremonials

*Optional Song