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by stdplaceholder 2745 days ago
I knew it would be Aesop Rock before I even clicked through. Definitely not the kind of thing you listen to at work to block out the noise. It’s interesting but I guess not surprising that people in the same circle, like El-P, have similarly huge vocabularies. But now El-P is practically the biggest name in hip hop. Maybe wordiness is catching on.
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MaxLeiter 2744 days ago
El-P is not nearly the biggest name in hip hop. Maybe in the online world him and RTJ are big, but amongst the general population of hip hop listeners I don’t think he’s very big.
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stdplaceholder 2744 days ago
Their last album was the #1 best-selling album on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart and they sold out every venue on their tour. I think they're reasonably well-known.
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MaxLeiter 2744 days ago
It may have been best selling when initially released, but that relies on a lot of factors (other albums released at the time being a major one).

According to https://www.billboard.com/music/run-the-jewels, RTJ 3 peaked at #13 on Billboard 200. That's good, but it isn't being 'practically the biggest name in hip hop' good. Plus, most people probably wouldn't recognize Killer Mike or El-P (although more people may recognize Mike over El-P from his time supporting Sanders).

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