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El-P
El-P
American Musician
Born: Mar 2, 1975
Me Music People Think Time You
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For me, the idea of releasing a free record is powerful if everybody gets it for free at the same time. El-P
Time Me Free Everybody Releasing Record Idea Powerful Same Gets Same Time
I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music. El-P
Music Own Prolific My Own Terms Making
I really only put stuff out when I have something to say and I feel like I've got a direction and I've got an idea - and that can even take two, two-and-a-half years to flesh out. El-P
Say Out Something Direction Only Take Put Idea Feel Stuff Like Got Years Really Flesh Even Two
I really don't believe in going too far out of your way to hunt down somebody to do a song. El-P
Song Somebody Down Believe Too Way Hunt Out Going Far Really Your
I probably started trying to make beats at around 12. El-P
Beats Make Around Trying Started
I grew up on listening to, like, Mantronix and BDP and EPMD and Kool G Rap and Ultramag and Public Enemy and Fat Boys and Run DMC and a lot of those early records, those Rubin-era records. Those were always snare- and stab-heavy records. El-P
Enemy Listening Those Rap Run Records Like Boy Kool Always Were Lot Snare Up Grew Public Early Fat
My New York, the one I identify with as a kid, has greatly changed. And I'm sure the people who were adults when I was a kid probably felt the same way. El-P
People Changed Way Kid Adult New Identify Sure Felt Were Greatly York Same New York Who
If I can't work, I don't know what to do with myself. El-P
Work Myself Know
All I ever wanted to do, personally, was bring something new to what I loved: the thing that I loved the most, the music that I loved the most. El-P
Music Something Something New New Most Wanted Loved Personally Ever Thing Bring
I'm a cat guy. I'm absolutely a cat guy. I grew up with cats. El-P
Cats Guy Absolutely Cat Up Grew
I definitely grew up on Garfield. I just loved his pessimism. El-P
Definitely His Up Just Grew Loved Pessimism Garfield
The name of a cat has to come from something that just occurs to you by interacting with the cat. El-P
You Something Cat Name Come Occurs Just Interacting
Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful. El-P
Beautiful Music Natural People Give Something Voice Something People Emotional Feel Empowering Express Why
I just like heavy music in general - from heavy rock and heavy metal and heavy rap and heavy everything. I've always been attracted to it. El-P
Music Heavy Metal Everything Rap General Like Attracted Metal Rock Always Been Just Heavy
The thing about hip-hop producers, and the thing about hip-hop musicians, is that we listen to everything. And we're inspired by everything. I'd say even more so than any other genre of music. El-P
Music Musicians Other Everything Say About More Inspired Genre Hip-Hop Than Any Listen Producers Even Thing
Run The Jewels, me and Mike, and our connection and everything, came out of a period of time where I had personally lost everything. El-P
Time Me Lost Our Everything Out Run Had Period Came Where Personally Mike Connection Jewels
'The Venture Bros' are my jam. El-P
Bros Venture Jam
I've lived in New York City all my life. I love New York City; I've never moved from New York City. Have I ever thought about moving out of New York? Yeah, sure. I need about $10 million to do it right, though. El-P
Life Love Thought My Life Though All My Life Out City About Never New Sure Yeah York Moved New York New York City Moving Moving Out Lived Ever Right Million Need
I've been listening to this group called the Veils, which I kind of discovered late. I've been really obsessed with this album that they have called 'Nux Vomica,' and I just think it's a brilliantly produced and written rock record. El-P
Listening Group Think Late Kind Record Written Obsessed Rock Been Discovered Just Which Produced Really Brilliantly Album
There's always stuff to rebel against. El-P
Stuff Always Against Rebel
You've got to recognize it when it's time to go. El-P
Time You Recognize Got Go
Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do. El-P
Best Know How Labels Trying Taste Artist
I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. El-P
People Think Claiming Since Dead Hip-Hop Been Being Moment Started
I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form. El-P
Art Impossible Think Hip-Hop Art Form Form Dying
When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the record, and every now and then, you might make a song that exposes something a little too much about you, and there's a part that doesn't want yourself to be exposed. El-P
You Yourself People Song Writing Hide Too Much Whatever Every Too Kinda Record About Something Songs Part Idea Make Lot Behind Want Little Might Themselves Then Much Exposed Now Now And Then
You can always get something cool out of a collaboration - you can always have a moment - but meeting someone that you want to collaborate with continuously, that's a different thing. El-P
You Meeting Collaborate Collaboration Out Someone Something Always Continuously Get Different Want Moment Cool Different Thing Thing
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