Rjd2 - Your Face or Your Kneecaps

Before he hit the big (or at least moderately sized) time as a solo artist with the release of his official debut, Dead Ringer, on El-p's Definitive Jux label, Rjd2 put together the extremely limited-edition Your Face Or Your Kneecaps more or less as a promotional item. Irregardless of its semi-legitimate status, the album managed to get the producer noticed by Rolling Stone magazine, and it is definitely worth tracking down. It is conspicuous as the rawer blueprint for what Dead Ringer would eventually succeed fully at becoming: self-contained instrumental hip-hop of the highest order. Read More