El-P in Three

Another day, another drop.

This time, I’ll serve you up with a total of three joints by Def Jux owner, producer, and emcee El-Producto. They’re not proper albums, but should rather go into the “promo” or “mixtape” category. Get ready for takeoff. This shit is ill.

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El-P – weareallgoingtoburninhell (2003) @ 192 kbps

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1. Intro
2. Instrumental 1
3. Instrumental 2
4. Happy New Year
5. Instrumental 3
6. Instrumental 4
7. Wacky Interlude
8. That One Song With Lif feat. Mr. Lif
9. Instrumental 5
10. Instrumental 6
11. Wacky Interlude Is Back
12. El-P Sings The Blues
13. Opiates
14. Wacky Interlude Will Not Be Denied
15. Instrumental 7
16. Guns
17. The Day After The Day After
18. Def Jux For The Club
19. Hemogloben Is A Cool Word
20. Instrumental 8

El-P apparently wrote and produced this joint shortly after September 11, 2001. Hence the doomsday title. As you can tell by the tracklist, this is a bit of an unconvential record. “Wacky interludes” are mixed with instrumentals, and there’s quite a bit of crossover going on here—from regular hip-hop to tracks which could be considered classic rock.

Very interesting stuff. Watch out for the last 5 seconds of “That One Song With Lif.” You’ll be wide awake after that.

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El-P – weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx2 (2008) @ 224 kbps

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1. Hoobity Blah
2. Drunk On The Edge Of A Cliff
3. Dirtier Than Thou
4. East River Float
5. Full System Station
6. Fuck The Law
7. Nair
8. Mars TV
9. I Just Made You Up
10. Krazy Kings 3
11. 45 Caliber Blues
12. New Blud
13. Mike Douglas
14. My Kind
15. Sparrow (Escape From The Tombs)
16. 16 Is A Lucky Number Now

This is obviously part two of the weareallgoingtoburninhell series. Take the time and read the subtitle on the front cover and the ish on the back cover.

El-P sold this one exclusively on his tour with Dizzee Rascal. It comes with a second CD (see below). This shit right here is absolute fire and surprised the fuck outta me. The last track, “16 Is A Lucky Number Now,” is a total of 18 minutes and 26 seconds long and is actually a hodgepodge of several songs; kind of like a mixtape within a mixtape. The first bit of “16″ is El-P’s remix of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” off of Hov’s “Black Album.” I’ve heard quite a few of the “Black Album” remixes but this reworking is one of the best on offer out there. Hear for yourself.

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And now comes the real surprise. The second “album” of the exclusive tour bundle is called “Eat My Garbage” and this one really put a twist on me. (All 14 tracks are untitled, so no list here.)

Track 1 takes up the length of the last track from the first part with its 13+ minutes. It’s an instrumental piece with literally the best production I’ve heard in a very long time, maybe aside from Madlib and Malco(l)m Catto. Shit is so diverse it’ll make your head spin. So here I’m listening to this piece for the first time, getting all excited that there’s 13 more tracks on the album which I’m hoping are just as dope. I’m already thinking, “The guys at Strictly Beats are gonna love this ish to death.”

Then, after 13:20, Track 2 comes on and it’s a fucking acappella song. But it’s got a good flow and I’m starting to enjoy it, thinking to myself, “Nice idea to have instrus and acappellas alternating on a record.” Track 3 is another acappella joint and so is Track 4. You probably see where this is going. There is not a single beat on the rest of the album. After 13 minutes and 20 seconds of absolute heat, El-P makes a full U-turn and delivers 13 acappellas of the finest quality. This is such a slap across the face of everyone who listens to it that you gotta love the idea even if you hate the music.

The fine-print long-ass subtitle (see cover below) also gives an idea of what it’s all about.

I’m feeling these acappellas so much that I might try to put some beats under them if I find the time over the summer. (I don’t give a rat’s ass if he’s already got his own beats for them or not.) Curious what El would have to say about that. According to the above back cover, he would have his lawyers hunt me down. Bring it on, bitch!

If you only download one of these three releases, make sure that it’s “Eat My Garbage.” And here it is…

(I love this. It’s so stupid.)

El-P – Eat My Garbage (2008) @ 192 kbps

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P(eace) out,
3ardrumm3r