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VortexRanger · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject: It's time to discuss El-P!

No, not Emerson Lake and Palmer, I'm talking about El-Producto! One of the only hip hop producers to keep a heavy roots-based boom bap style while also getting really wild with synths. His latest album Cancer For Cure is about the heaviest hip hop you'll hear this year, and he also produced Killer Mike's latest, Rap Music, from front to back, which is very reminiscent of the ca. 1990 Public Enemy and Ice Cube albums. If there's an heir to the Bomb Squad, it is El-P.

And here's an interview where he talks about gear a bit:

http://www.thefader.com/2012/05/14/beat-construction-el-p/

justin3am · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:06 am Post subject:

I've been a fan of El-P since I saw the video for Step-Father factory on Much Music in like 2003. Fantastic Damage and The Cold Vein were huge influences.

I really liked that interview, it sounds like he's still enthusiastic about making music and being a "production nerd". I can identify with a lot of what he says about working with technology and coming up with your own voice. Thanks for the link. thumbs up

odecahedron · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:10 am Post subject:

yeah hes the man, used to really be into co-flow and then the earlier years of def jux.

i think little johnny from the hospital is a great (and eerie) album

odecahedron · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:11 am Post subject:

oh and the first track of fantastic damage - so bent!

Matos · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:26 am Post subject:

His new album hit me like a kick in the balls. Killer mike album is def as fuck. Both are so rugged. Cancer has been bumped non-stop since its release. A-mazing!

Illiac · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:57 am Post subject:

I love El. These 2 new records are really sounding good: Like fantastic damage/ cold vein good...

burnn_out! · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:03 am Post subject:

Fantastic damage and cold vein are fuckn classic. El-P's take on music is seriously refreshing for the genre.

Monobass · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:54 am Post subject:

hadn't heard the new album yet, that track is great. he's the real deal, his production and flow is impeccable and he's clearly in this for the long run we're not worthy

Monobass · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:44 pm Post subject:

after a few listens, the music is a bit 'normal'

It's a shame he doesn't go quite as out there as he used to.

deadlyfriendly · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject:

aside from making consistently fantastic music, he's also one of the funniest/angriest people to follow on twitter.

odecahedron · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject:

i dont think ive ever got the full payoff from El-p's productions within "the first few listens" - lots of ethereal subtlety in amongst the obvious courseness and dense layers that dont give up their game right away... it takes a bit to sink in.

simplexity

Rogue Ai · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:17 pm Post subject:

You don't hear the distorted Reese bass sound (Don't Die) in Hip Hop too often. By the intro, I'd think that I was listening to a drum & bass track.

thetwlo · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 12:18 am Post subject:

the new album is excellent, still, I prefer Mr. Lif's voice on top of his music.

Bath House · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject:

He still uses that EPS-16, which is weirdly and satisfyingly mid-fi; it doesn't feel like old SP-1200/MPC-60 stuff, but it also doesn't feel 16-bit era. It's always somewhere in the middle and that makes his stuff gritty without sounding specifically "old sampler."

Here's one of my favorite tracks of his, mostly because it's hot and it's overlooked because it was only on a comp:

Matos · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject:

No lie, I bump el-p to deth. It's almost embarrassing my love for his work. Shit just makes me feel so raw, dusty, and digital.

VortexRanger · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:15 pm Post subject:

odecahedron · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:21 am Post subject:

interesting u think his voice isnt that distinct - id swear i could pic it out in an unmarked track (even if hes was spitting nursery rhymes).

tho his voice/lyrics and his porduction are kinda two difrent ball parks...

still find myself coming back to Linda Tripp when i want to hear a dose of venom, its alot more satisfying for that kind of vibe than browsing the "its time to diss ELP" thread anyway hihi

VortexRanger · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:04 am Post subject:

Well I do think it's distinctive, he just isn't the best at enunciation.

Linda Tripp, is that the track where he disses the Anticon guy with the recorded phone message? haha "i lllooovvveeee ccccommmmppppannnnyyyy fffflooooooowwwww" that made me lol back in the day.

pskept · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:23 am Post subject:

company flow > *

pskept · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject:

holy shit my friend played me Cancer For Cure this weekend! it is unreal. i love all the synth action!

mono-poly · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject:

I love EL-P love