
- Summary: El-P's long-anticipated second solo disc features collaborations with Cat Power, Trent Reznor, Matt Sweeney, Aesop Rock, and The Mars Volta.
- Record Label: Definitive Jux
- Genre(s): Indie, Rap
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 32
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Mixed: 5 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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Ultimately, I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead displays a type of artistic growth almost alien to the genre.
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The Impressionistic sound painting El-P has long threatened - and finally delivered.
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El-P has masterfully used New York’s dark corners as a productive muse on I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead.
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UrbThere was a lot going on, but it's not until now... that El-P's music could actually be called full. So full that even silence weighs a ton. [Mar 2007, p.95]
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Nobody makes hip-hop as textured and atmospheric as El-P, and he manages to temper his disorienting noise with soulful suggestions this time out.
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If you enjoy using your brain rather than listening to it fizzle to the strains of Virgin Radio, then buy this.
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"I'll Sleep" isn't supposed to be easy listening, but it shouldn't be this hard, either.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 27
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Mixed: 2 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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heightsyMar 6, 2007
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johnnyb.Jun 12, 2007I would call el-p ahead of his time, but I don't think time will ever catch him.
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PaulFMar 19, 2007album of the year by far!!! the best hip hop album in years - scratch that the best album in years full stop - can't stop playing it!!!
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music411Mar 26, 2007
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hypernationJan 24, 2008
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WeeWeeJumboApr 28, 2007
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JosephMMay 30, 2007I'd rather listen to Aesop Rock. This album is good front start to finish, but it only has one stand out track, and that is not enough for me.
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