Features
Tuesday, December 11 2007
The Best Hip-Hop of 2007
From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007.
Reviews
Wednesday, August 4 2010
El-P: Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamixxx3
While the music is well-produced, and the beats are tight, and the fuzz is furious, it's still background music.
Friday, April 13 2007
El-P: Ill Sleep When Youre Dead
Classic hip-hop sounds a lot different after you've filtered it through 1984, through the War in Iraq, through the Patriot Act.
Thursday, February 3 2005
El-P: Collecting the Kid
For this disc, highly-regarded producer El-P gathers some of his rarities, outtakes, and soundtrack work into one place.
Tuesday, June 15 2004
El-P: High Water
Aside from the album's tenor, there are problems in the tension between songwriting and improvisation.
Friday, April 30 2004
El-P: High Water
Quite simply, whether you're a Matthew Shipp groupie, a Def Jukie or even a Roc soldier, you need to hear this record, as it's probably the biggest step forward for hip-hop as a musical art form since Endtroducing.
News
Thursday, June 21 2007
EL-P lets his non-corporate rap channel dark thoughts into the light
El-P readily admits that pessimism pervades his long-awaited second disc, "I'll Sleep When You're Dead." But the unconventional New York rapper, producer and Def Jux…
