Description
El-P, aka El Producto, is one of hip-hop’s most obstinate and adventurous pioneers, combining a lo-fi old-school aesthetic with a progressive rock musician’s inclination to push boundaries. He has never succumbed to the demands of corporate rap, instead choosing to pursue his own decidedly non-commercial direction. In the mid-’90s, he developed a strong reputation with the groundbreaking trio Company Flow, a band whose achievements include El-P-produced LP Funcrusher Plus on Rawkus Records, a label considered by many one of the best for intelligent hip-hop. Over the group’s auspicious stint together, he proved he was himself capable of intense lyricism as well as 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.
Tracklist:
Side A:
Request Denied
The Full Retard
Works Every Time
Side B:
Drones Over Bklyn
Oh Hail No
Tougher Colder Killer
Side C:
True Story
The Jig Is Up
Sign Here
For My Upstairs Neighbor (Mums The Word)
Side D:
Stay Down
$4 Vic / Nothing But Me And You
