--- --- # For $40,000 _Run The Jewels 2_ Will Be Remixed With Cat Sounds by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 17, 2014 6:33 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 17, 2014 6:33 PM UTC Run The Jewels—the rap duo made up of Killer Mike and El-P—really wants people to pre-order their second album, _Run The Jewels 2_ (or _RTJ2_), so they made some very enticing packages on Kickstarter to encourage it. Their [pre-order packages](http://pitchfork.com/news/56678-killer-mike-and-el-p-enlist-michael-winslow-for-run-the-jewels-oh-my-darling-dont-cry/) include basic t-shirt and record bundles and deluxe vinyl editions. Or, for $40,000, Run the Jewels will remix their entire album with nothing but cat sounds. The band was probably just joking around when they devised that option and weren’t expecting anyone to pony up $40,000 to hear cats “sing” RTJ’s “All Due Respect” with added vocals from a cat version of Travis Barker, but they underestimated their fan base. Now, one ingenious fan has started a [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957344648/691077746?token=1a34aa05) campaign to make so-called “Meow the Jewels” a reality. The goal is to raise $45,100 (the cost plus Kickstarter and Amazon fees, plus rewards and shipping) so that Run the Jewels can re-record _RTJ2_ using all cat sounds instead of music. The band is on board with the plan, too. El-P took to Twitter to confirm that he would remix the album with cat sounds if the money came through. The [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957344648/meow-the-jewels) still has a long way to go (as of this writing, it only has $5,210 of their $45,100 goals). _Run the Jewels 2_ comes out October 28. Run The Jewels 2 Remix Meow The Jewels on Kickstarter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3393702/run-the-jewels-2-meow-the-jewels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3393702/run-the-jewels-2-meow-the-jewels/"},"headline":"For $40,000 Run The Jewels 2 Will Be Remixed With Cat Sounds","datePublished":"2014-09-17T18:33:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:17.072Z","description":"\"Meow the Jewels\"","url":"https://time.com/3393702/run-the-jewels-2-meow-the-jewels/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","cats","Kickstarter","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3393702/run-the-jewels-2-meow-the-jewels/","name":"For $40,000 Run The Jewels 2 Will Be Remixed With Cat Sounds"}}]}] ```