Comments on: El-P “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” (Best of the Decade) http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris DeLine http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-306771 Chris DeLine Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-306771 Didn't make it into Pitchfork's top 200 of the decade. FAIL. Didn’t make it into Pitchfork’s top 200 of the decade. FAIL.

]]> By: Alteez http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-306768 Alteez Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:49:01 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-306768 I actually listened to this album last night in my car on a decently long drive. I have to admit... it is easily one of the most influential albums of the decade. I do feel that the themes on this album are a little more influential than Fan Dam. Don't take that as me saying I don't like Fan Dam (because I still do like it more), I just think ISWYD is going to be more influential in retrospect. I actually listened to this album last night in my car on a decently long drive. I have to admit… it is easily one of the most influential albums of the decade. I do feel that the themes on this album are a little more influential than Fan Dam. Don’t take that as me saying I don’t like Fan Dam (because I still do like it more), I just think ISWYD is going to be more influential in retrospect.

]]> By: Alteez http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-302164 Alteez Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-302164 Don't get me wrong, I fucking love this album a great deal. I don't know if I can really throw it in the best album of the decade though. There are quite a few titles I could definitely throw before ISWYD. I agree with my man Adam, Fan Dam (in my opinion) is better than ISWYD. Don’t get me wrong, I fucking love this album a great deal. I don’t know if I can really throw it in the best album of the decade though. There are quite a few titles I could definitely throw before ISWYD. I agree with my man Adam, Fan Dam (in my opinion) is better than ISWYD.

]]> By: Alex M http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-301269 Alex M Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:29:49 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-301269 El-P brings up conflicting feelings for me, because even though he is an amazing producer (I do wish he would stay off of Aesop's stuff and not influence Aesop's production style), he is repeatedly homophobic and ableist in his lyrics. I wonder how you reconcile with those traits? El-P brings up conflicting feelings for me, because even though he is an amazing producer (I do wish he would stay off of Aesop’s stuff and not influence Aesop’s production style), he is repeatedly homophobic and ableist in his lyrics. I wonder how you reconcile with those traits?

]]> By: Chris DeLine http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-300686 Chris DeLine Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-300686 To be honest, I never really knew about El-P before ISWYD. I had a friend who was working with World's Fair around the time the album was set to come out, and since they shared an office with Def Jux at the time he had all the info on it--guy sold it to me before I had heard a single second from the album. When I first heard it, I really wanted to like it as much as I thought I would, but I didn't... but it had something that kept me from giving up on it. It is entirely different than anything I've heard before in my life, and by the end of the year it was absolutely one of my favorites of the previous 12 months... now, it's absolutely one of my favorite of the past 10 years. To be honest, I never really knew about El-P before ISWYD. I had a friend who was working with World’s Fair around the time the album was set to come out, and since they shared an office with Def Jux at the time he had all the info on it–guy sold it to me before I had heard a single second from the album.

When I first heard it, I really wanted to like it as much as I thought I would, but I didn’t… but it had something that kept me from giving up on it. It is entirely different than anything I’ve heard before in my life, and by the end of the year it was absolutely one of my favorites of the previous 12 months… now, it’s absolutely one of my favorite of the past 10 years.

]]> By: adam b http://www.culturebully.com/el-p-ill-sleep-when-youre-dead-review#comment-300682 adam b Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:14:20 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=29234#comment-300682 While I like this album a whole lot, it's nowhere near as good as Fantastic Damage in my opinion. Then again if we're talking about albums from this decade that involve El-P, it'd be just plain wrong not to talk about Cannibal Ox's "The Cold Vein" as being the best of those. While I like this album a whole lot, it’s nowhere near as good as Fantastic Damage in my opinion.

Then again if we’re talking about albums from this decade that involve El-P, it’d be just plain wrong not to talk about Cannibal Ox’s “The Cold Vein” as being the best of those.

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