El-P
EL-P, aka El Producto, is one of hip-hop's most obstinate and adventurous pioneers, combining a mid-'80s lo-fi old school aesthetic with a progressive rock musician's inclination to push boundaries. He has never succumbed to the whims of corporate hip-hop, instead choosing to pursue his own decidedly uncommercial leanings. In the mid-'90s, he developed a strong reputation with the groundbreaking trio Company Flow, a band whose achievements include the first LP, Funcrusher Plus, on Rawkus Records, a label that is considered by many the best label for intelligent hip-hop. Over the group's auspicious stint together, he proved he was himself capable of intense lyricism and sonic production so powerful it could stand on its own. In the latter part of the '90s, El-P was also a collaborator with Blackalicious, Mos Def, and Dilated Peoples. In 2001, after releasing one last album with Harlem rappers Cannibal OX, the group chose to amicably pursue their own directions. El-P has started his own label, Def Jux, and was also selected to work on former Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha's first solo album. Somehow he found the time to work on his own solo release during all of this, Fantastic Damage, which saw the light of day in May of 2002. High Water from early 2004 was part of the Matthew Shipp-curated Blue Series and teamed the producer with Shipp, William Parker, and others from the fringe of jazz. Collecting the Kid, a collection of unreleased and hard to find tracks appeared later in the year. ~ Kieran McCarthy
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Lost Tapes of Doctor Who Theme Artist RescuedWired News - 30 Jul 2008Now recognized as a groundbreaking predecessor for synthesizer-driven bands like Genesis and ELP in the 1970s, The Human League and The Art of Noise in the ... |
The prince of adaptationJerusalem Post, Israel - 6 Aug 2008It's not my style, but I really enjoy it." And when he really wants to get wild, he still has his old ELP records to dust off. |
Music From the Hill: Miss UmbrellaAmplifier, KY - 6 Aug 2008... also been a big fan of bands with that catchy-ness quality to them, and he also had a lot of influence from prog bands like Primus, Yes, Rush, and ELP. ... |
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Interviews and Live footage of the Def Jux artists RJD2, EL-P and Mr Lif.
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Company Flow - Population Control
[El-P]
You and your whole fucking canned crewmen'll end tepid
So when I Pearl Harbor don't let me catch you intrepid
I'm telling you the wishbone be broke in my favorite crumbcake your
mistake
Enterprise and see Indelibles, the number one feel-bad crew of the
season
Just give me one reason to splash, I should let the flag half mast
Take time to wallow
Company Flow the toughest penis sucky sucky
So of course in an attempt to defend you end up unkempt
Plus this agent get orange E-L-P-F-C-F rock for you
First cousin to sling red dye number five be the potion
In the subterrain warden for a gem of fate like stop motion
Best to get ak-a-nickulous
Our masks aren't intangible
Auto man verse mandible
We answer to no one, we 911
Silent alarm this is harm fear the duck of learning
El-P phase through these walls like vision
Choked in the shallow water, a bad executive decision
Release the crack and please put down your skin flutes
How could you...motherfuckers think ya
To this mercenary sunblock 2000 burner
All of your knowledge is truant
Unlearn all of the shit and then over time you become fluent
Send a fucking storm
After I present enter the spectrum your career's never no more
Enter the rectum
And at twilight we'll skip stones and laugh about your poems
But a blood-red book when the others got funcrushed is a spot
The terror fabulously gets hot
Co Flow mossie
Walt Disney meets Kaiser Soze
There will be no grand comebacks unless Lazarus or Kotter
Inflicted bitch styles in a cave with stigmata
We're locked in a box but you can't say Jack
Trying to paint them fucking red doors black
Like that spilled milk spoiled
When Bill Gates and Ted Turner rub each other down with olive oils
Company Flow fuck please
Bitch put away the fucking piteous punchlines
Blue Blockers break under the red light, belittled by my design
I don't try to be different I am
So inevitably my style will survive when your now turns to then
El-P, vastly crapaphobic
3-2-1 contact never no more that's a promise
You hold toast, well I hold Thomas
Golden nooks and crannies
Win my ticket raffle off the recycled thought shopping spree winner
Congratu-fucking-lations, I dropped it now you got it
But it's only a matter of time before Waldo gets spotted
Pulled out of the crowd and martyred, a good old fashioned stoning
My children, the professional has left the fucking building
Until but for now
You can't get run at night
Curfews is issued in the daylight x2
Population Control
Until but for now
You can't get run at night
Curfews is issued in the daylight
[Bigg Jus]
Like gargling, even in the nights we rip shit up
The two franchise players that make your whole squad look butt
Who brought the March Madness competition till October
Got you thinking that shit became a bit little harder
These niggas is fucking soldiers
Indelible mercenaries that's why ballin' gets me on the nutsack
The murderous intellect highly infections on contact
You need to come quicker than that
To snatch the cheddar from the mousetrap
Small timer, it takes crazy engineering
To fuck with anything from quantum physics to thought transmitters
Next up be that over .400 switch hitter
Out the park kingpin Dave couldn't do Justice
Pound for pound it be these 2000 rap slugfests
Hardcore when future emcees fight future wars
But for now I'm fighting a squad of super-whores
Butt-fucking invincible Co Flow skills for take-out
Where you can get the beef broccoli with extra duck sauce
The quick draw intend to keep cops reaching for the bearclaws
Come meet the Coney Island intruder hit the arts way after midnight
Had a scheme for a burner etched out tonight in graphite
Apply the same ideology of b-boys to men to the mic
And scratch the sounds like a quarter inch bolt broken off
Co Flow coming at you from every verse payola shit
Got stations blessing me off two thousand for every song minute
Secretly teach background voclas in R&B clinics
Until but for now
You can't get run at night
Curfews is issued in the daylight x2
Population Control
Until but for now
You can't get run at night
Curfews is issued in the daylight
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