1.2.3

El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Track by Track Review


1. "Tasmanian Pain Coaster" - 3/5 (beat = 5/5)

2. "Smithereens (Stop Cryin)" - 4.5/5 (beat = 5/5)

3. "Up All Night" - 2.5/5 (beat = 4/5)

4. "EMG" - 4/5 (beat = 5/5)

5. "Drive" - 3/5 (beat = 4.5/5)

6. "Dear Sirs" - 5/5 (beat = 5/5)

7. "Run the Numbers" - 5/5 (beat = 5/5)

8. "Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love)" - 5/5 (beat = 5/5)

9. "The Overly Dramatic Truth" - 5/5 (beat = 5/5)

10. "Flyentology" - 4.5/5 (beat = 5/5)

11. "No Kings" - 3/5 (beat = 4.5/5)

12. "The League of Extraordinary Nobodies" - 4/5 (beat = 5/5)

13. "Poisenville Kids No Wins" - 5/5 (beat = 4/5)



overall: i dont see how people aren't considering this album the best this year. This is the best production i've heard in a long time, the lyrics are amazing and the concepts blow me away. beat wise i give it a 5/5 but overall this one gets a 4.5/5. another possible classic by El Producto.




here's a sample track.. "smithereens"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgSweMvre30

minip

good review...when did this come out?

A.T.I.

the shit was way too left for my liking the first time around, but I'll prolly give it another listen, props for the review

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Montana Diary

This album put me to sleep. I might give it another listen... when I'm putridly bored. And I've said it once, I'mma say it again, the best this year is gonna be The Show by eMC. Masta Ace > your favourite emcee

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~Young Gunna~

so far its monch no doubt....


neva heard dis album yet but the production should be dope lik u say...it better be lol

1.2.3

mid march i think.

Shyne

Yeah I put ATI onto this album but I dont think he gave it enough time to sink it, it really takes multiple listens to get. Its one of my top 3 albums of the year though, im praying he does like he did with Fan Dam and puts out a instrumental version of it with some remixes. the production itself is worth the listen.

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Album Dropping November 22nd!

Deep South Kid

I had to admit this...The only reason I checked the album was: The Mars Volta. And they didn't do a good job, I guess they can't do much on a rap track. The album was nice though. Like Shyne said, it needs to be spinned at least 3 o 4 times to let it into your system. (no homo)

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Forceful

*Gasps*


You Started A Sentence With The Word "And".















Ps. I Never Reallllly Listened To El-P....Heard One Or Two Of His Songs...Wasn't Feeling His Shit That Much

Shyne

he's a hard artist to get into, he has a "run on sentence" type of style that never stops and gives you time to soak it in. it takes multiple listens to get it all.

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Album Dropping November 22nd!

Forceful

^^^I Think I'll Go Give Him Another Listen Just Because You Recommended Him Shyne
<3 (um.....)

Shyne

"Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love)" ft Cage = Best track. el-p's a dope story teller. dude flips a interesting story on that track.

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Forceful

Never Listened To Cage Either ..

Imma Check It Out..

A.T.I.

well, it wasn't completely horrible like I first thought, but still nothing too amazing. Like you said, production was good, and the raps, well they were pretty decent too. 3-3.5/5 imo

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1.2.3

really dope track but my fav is definitly "Run the Numbers". that cure for cancer line from Aesop is golden.

Shyne

word, was it you or ATI I was talking to about that very same line?

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Album Dropping November 22nd!

1.2.3

^ wasnt me (no shaggy).

Deep South Kid

Word....Its hard for me too, sometimes to differ between A.T.I. and 1.2.3...I guess three characters with dots separating them is enough to look like each other.

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DJ Shinobi [RA]

El P is whack, i wish i could find the video of the ostrich synced with his voice but oh well.

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Shyne

Dont front on El Ra, dude has dropped some classic verses, how many mc's can spit a verse this long and have damn near every ber be a standout line?

[El-P]
I brought that genuine shit in '96
Before you knew the underground or independent existed
I watched the whole scene straight jump on the dick
After stepping to KCR lit and flexing my shit
No gun talk, no gimmicks, just rounds of raw-dogging
Dirty dusty intelligent wit and word murdering
A hardcore poetic informed without burglary
Potent and shook the shit out of rappers who just learned of me
Everytime I prescribe a new pill, revolution
Quickly defined the standard for indie rap distribution
Arrogant unafraid shit developed riding a train thinking of brain fucks
"Bad Touch Example" that soon became bucks
Had everybody sprung wondering where I came from
Screaming out "Independent as fuck" with an insane tongue
With an indelible squad of design monsters
Innovating the styles that made biters look like imposters
So we scripted an album and signed to Rawkus
Selling a hundred thousand without a radio chart hit
Imposterous son is taking the world hostage
Classic hip-hop bombage dirty with style progress
Now I've come from the '80s juvenile Brooklyn
Where cats was like: "Gimme that subway pass, kid. Good lookin."
Now someone else is taking a ride with what's mine
So I had to develop styles with a death device cooked in
So when I battled in basements I had eight sentences
Waiting ready for the four you had laced in
And I was taught to wait patient (Why?)
Only faggots make shit up just to get famous
So when I finally blew up I remained sick
Earning respect in ghettos and 'burbs for word placement
Back when the independent scene remained faceless
We were the only crew who promised your ass we'd take it
Mold it, shape it, living outside the matrix
Hold it, make it, more than miniature major labels
Hold it sacred, living it for the culture
Told ya plainly, protected it from the vultures
That's why I always get respect from true soldiers
That laugh at the critics claiming every year: "Hip hop's over."
FUCK YOU, hip hop just started
It's funny how the most nostalgic cats are the ones who were never part of it
But true veterans'll give dap to those who started it
Then humbly move the fuck on and come with that new retarded shit
New slang, new thought, new sound, new heart, you thought you hang
You clown, you don't, you drown
I won't dumb it down, I'm dumbing now for these rounds
I'm a live mothefucker plus I'm gunning for clowns
You're a mime motherfucker, don't be coming for pounds
Till you can break out of that invisible box, you're not down
My favorite ones are the ones who started out young rappin about
Comic books, spaceships, and Omnicron 1
And even though they were soft they had fun
But they couldn't break out the frame of the town they came from
Some of these faggots used to send me their demos
Keeping their puppy styles in the Company Flow kennels
But since they had no identity from the start
They started to resent the scene when they couldn't become a part

They've been failing for years and call themselves Vets, that's bold
Motherfucker, you're not a Vet you're just old
I'll slap the shit out you to continue my nerd rap
Making this money fist over fist, fuck what you heard
Rookie cats talk about boom bap and golden ages
Pat themselves on the back for making that new outdated shit
But i've been putting out vinyl since '93 and never looked back once
At ya'll trying to chase me
You don't innovate because you can't innovate
It's not a choice despite what you might tell your boys
Keep your identity crisis under the table
I always knew who I was and I'll always be more famous

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Album Dropping November 22nd!