Comments on: El-P: Wake Up. Time to Die.

By: Please Support Adult Rappers | Roy Christopher

Please Support Adult Rappers | Roy Christopher — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:49:43 +0000

[...] with names like Mr. Lif, Aesop Rock, Cage, C-Rayz Walz and others before ultimately signing to El-P’s Definitive Jux label as one third of the rap power-trio Hangar 18. I got my first shot at a [...]

By: Reading Hip-hop: No Nostalgia Needed | Roy Christopher

Reading Hip-hop: No Nostalgia Needed | Roy Christopher — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:45:40 +0000

[...] seriously enough to criticize as well as celebrate is one way to see past our own biases. As El-P once told me, “I don’t hold on to too much nostalgia because I don’t have to.” That, my friends, [...]

By: Building a Name: 21st Century Cave Painting | Roy Christopher

Building a Name: 21st Century Cave Painting | Roy Christopher — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:15:46 +0000

[...] he’s drawing a similar connection to McLuhan above. As Big Juss put it in the graffiti-themed Company Flow song, “Lune TNS” (his tag), if you “don’t understand, obviously this [...]

By: Matthew Shipp / Knives From Heaven: Heavy Meta | Roy Christopher

Matthew Shipp / Knives From Heaven: Heavy Meta | Roy Christopher — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:53:27 +0000

[...] The latter’s Blue Series, which includes collaborations with the former, as well as El-P, DJ Spooky, Dave Lombardo, Guillermo E. Brown, Vijay Iyer, and Mike Ladd, among many others, has [...]

By: Before, Beyond, Beware: Books on Noise and Music | Roy Christopher

Before, Beyond, Beware: Books on Noise and Music | Roy Christopher — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:49:12 +0000

[...] and Cave In, as well as the many progressive Hip-hop acts (e.g., dälek, Anti-Pop Consortium, El-P, New Flesh for Old, DJ Spooky, New Kingdom, Techno Animal, et al.)? At least a brief discussion of [...]

By: This is How the Music Industry Works Now | Roy Christopher

This is How the Music Industry Works Now | Roy Christopher — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:07:31 +0000

[...] Everyone can stop mongering the minutia of Radiohead’s every move. Though they’ve done nothing but smart things since parting ways with the past, they were already famous in three solar systems when they stepped out on that limb. Clamoring to find what one can learn from their marketing strategies is like trying to climb the stairs to catch the elevator: They’re already there. Odd Future is showing everyone how it’s ground up from the ground up. I’m not going to pretend that I can distill what they’re doing into a simple myth-making and marketing how-to, but I would like to point out a few key things. Some of you will find parts of this redundant, but Odd Future offers an excellent case study in getting out there in the now. “Go make the art you believe in.” — El-P [...]

By: How To Do Stuff and Be Happy | Roy Christopher

How To Do Stuff and Be Happy | Roy Christopher — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:02:05 +0000

[...] “Go make the art you believe in.” — El-P [...]

By: No Regrets: Definitive Jux Changes Gears | Roy Christopher

No Regrets: Definitive Jux Changes Gears | Roy Christopher — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:04:29 +0000

[...] brand of boom bap to the masses for over a decade. Label co-founder and artist in his own right, El-P has been challenging preconceived notions of what it means to do Hip-hop since the early 90s when [...]

By: R.I.P. Tero “Camu Tao” Smith | Roy Christopher

R.I.P. Tero “Camu Tao” Smith | Roy Christopher — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:33:42 +0000

[...] Definitive Jux records. More recently he was a part of Central Services with myself, Jaime “El-P” Meline, whose debut album Forever Frozen in Television Time never got released. At the time [...]

By: Rest in Peace: Three Giant Influences | Roy Christopher

Rest in Peace: Three Giant Influences | Roy Christopher — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:05:05 +0000

[...] Wars (1983). As El-P put it, “This man single handedly inspired me and many I know to make the connection between [...]