El-P
“Independent as fuck—built the whole spaceship from Brooklyn scrap metal.”
From founding Company Flow and Definitive Jux to forming Run the Jewels with Killer Mike, El-P pairs jagged, multi-syllabic paranoid sci-fi bars with some of the hardest-hitting synthesizer boom-bap production ever engineered.
RHYME DENSITY
95
MULTIES
95
STORYTELLING
94
PUNCHLINES
96
FLOW POCKET
96
VERIFIED FREESTYLES & CLASSIC 16s (1)
Classic 16 • Funcrusher Plus (Official / Rawkus) (1997)
'8 Steps to Perfection' — Company Flow Rawkus Anthem
“Even when I say nothing, it's a beautiful use of negative space.”