Quotes from El-P
I really want to produce a record for Mary J. Blige.
— El-P
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
I believe that experimenting is what production is. But it doesn't mean much if you don't have a solid foundation in what you're experimenting with. You can't really deviate from music unless you know music; it's not gonna work.
— El-P
Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.
— El-P
It's pretty cool being 40 and having your blow-up moment.
— El-P
For me, the idea of releasing a free record is powerful if everybody gets it for free at the same time.
— El-P
I always liked the idea that you can put something in you onto a canvas or a piece of paper and have it exist there and not inside you. It's a way to control things.
— El-P
Rap music deserves truth, and it deserves spontaneity.
— El-P
A lot of people thought 'Funcrusher' was super dark and hopeless, and I don't think it was hopeless in any way.
— El-P
I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.
— El-P
I've fallen on my face. I've made mistakes. I've got plenty of records where I listen back, and I think, 'I wouldn't've done that.'
— El-P
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