Meow the Jewels
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| Released | September 25, 2015 | |||
| Length | 42:01 | |||
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Meow the Jewels is a remix album by American hip hop duo Run the Jewels. It was released on September 25, 2015, by Mass Appeal Records and RBC Records. The album, a remix of the duo's original album Run the Jewels 2, has all instrumentals replaced with sounds of cats.
Release and promotion[]
Run the Jewels, as part of the original album release, offered a series of absurd "deluxe releases" for large sums of money, parodying indulgent "stretch goals" offered on crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter.[1] One of the less expensive of these was the group creating a remix album using cat sounds; a group of fans launched an online campaign to raise the money to pay the group they requested $40,000 to do this.[2][3] The campaign in fact raised over $60,000, which Run the Jewels announced that the duo would be donating to charity.[3] Several other record producers announced that they would be contributing to the remixes, including Just Blaze, Prince Paul, The Alchemist, Geoff Barrow, Dan the Automator and Boots, among others.[4]
The album was released for free on September 25, 2015, while the pre-order for the limited-edition 2xLP was made available on the same day.[5]
Critical reception[]
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| Metacritic | 74/100[6] |
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| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Irish Times | [8] |
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