I felt a sense of responsibility to do just that.
"When Run The Jewels sent me this track, I knew we had the opportunity to create a film that means something. Salutes to AG Rojas for his unique take on the subject matter and to Shea and Keith for giving us their all and bringing it to life." However, there is an opportunity for dialogue and to change the way communities are policed in this country.
"This video represents the futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system," says Killer Mike "There is no neat solution at the end because there is no neat solution in the real world. It may seem to run counter to the fierce polemic for which RTJ's Killer Mike and El-P (to say nothing of De la Rocha) have become renowned. But they say it gels with their views that it's the whole system, rather than rogue individuals, that is the problem. It's not quite a case of mutual hatred, and in fact, there is no 'bad guy' here. It's beautifully crafted, with amazing cinematography by Michael Ragen. It's also a surprisingly ambiguous exercise, in which the personalities of the actors (Shea Whigham and Keith Stanfield) and the extreme physical demands of their roles - has an inevitable impact on what we're seeing. ^ Run The Jewels – “Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)” (Feat.AG Rojas's ambitious and arguably controversial video for Run The Jewels' Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck), featuring Zack de la Rocha from Rage Against The Machine, addresses the controversy over American police brutality towards the African American community by imagining it as a one-on-one conflict between two individuals - the white cop and the black citizen.^ Review: Run The Jewels Make It Rain During Wet Set At Brooklyn Northside Festival, by Darryl Robertson, at Vibe published Jretrieved June 4, 2020.^ Run The Jewels 2, reviewed by Louis Pattison, in Fact published Octoretrieved June 4, 2020.
^ Run the Jewels' Video for "Close Your Eyes" Is Gripping Commentary on Black Lives Matter Movement, by Daniel Hill, at the Riverfront Times published Maretrieved June 4, 2020. ^ Run the Jewels Just Released the Most Powerful Music Video of the Year, by James Grebey at Spin published Maretrieved June 4, 2020. ^ See Run the Jewels’ Police Violence-Themed Clip ‘Close Your Eyes’, by Kory Grow, at Rolling Stone published Maretrieved June 4, 2020. ^ Run the Jewels and Zack De La Rocha's "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" Video Is a Battle Between Cop and Unarmed Black Man, by Zoe Camp, at Pitchfork published Maretrieved June 4, 2020. Zach de la Rocha), by Alex Hudson, at Exclaim! published Maretrieved June 4, 2020 ^ Run the Jewels "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" (video) (ft. ^ Premiere: Hear The Furious Collaboration Between Run The Jewels And Rage Against The Machine's Zack De La Rocha, by Reggie Ugwu, at BuzzFeed published Octoretrieved June 4, 2020. ^ Run The Jewels and Zack De La Rocha reveal ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)’ video – watch, by Luke Morgan Britton, at NME published Maretrieved June 4, 2020. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that it is "arguably ' most popular song" similarly, The Daily Reveille declared it to be "(a)rguably the best song on (the album)", lauding de la Rocha's contributions to the song - in particular the "arresting hook at the beginning". Stereogum called it "hammering (and) buzzing" and "just a ridiculous banger (.) that you obviously need to hear this minute", and compared its hook - de la Rocha's voice "chopped up" - to the work of Swiss Beatz. Reception įact described the song as "breathless" and "pneumatic", while Vibe found it to be "highly energetic". Rolling Stone noted that at no point in the fight does either combatant reach for the officer's gun, while Spin stated that it was "immensely raw, nuanced, and powerful", and emphasized that, throughout the fight, "(n)either really gains an edge over the other one, and it's unclear why, exactly, they were fighting in the first place." The Riverfront Times (which considered the song to be "incendiary") interpreted the video's concluding scene - the two men fight their way into a house, up a flight of stairs, and into a bedroom, where they collapse on the same bed - to mean that "both men will rest and awaken tomorrow to begin the battle anew". The music video (directed by AG Rojas), which Exclaim! called "fiery", portrays an extended wrestling match between an exhausted white police officer ( Shea Whigham) and an equally-exhausted black civilian ( LaKeith Stanfield). He came by and listened to what we had and a day later was recording with us." Music video working on the record I bumped in to him literally on the way to the studio. El-P explained de la Rocha's participation in the song as the result of a chance encounter: "when I was in L.A.
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