Can't believe how some people rate lp so low in these comments. He may have a dark style but where would we be if music couldn't relate to our life's. personally I don't own a gun and I'm not a gangster.. tbh I don't think that is a realistic impression of most people's life's and u wud be lying if u were to say the music u listen to doesn't reflect ur goals, experiences or attitude etc. So why don't people accept that lp as an artist may not be aiming his music at the masses (keeping every1 ha
Wow I'm shocked. I'd heard of El P but never actually listened to him except when featured on other songs. This is an amazing track. Didn't expect him to be this good!
i heard he stopped this song in the middle of it , to yell at someone who was being too loud during it since its a personal song for him, i always thought that wwould be uber emabrassing to be that guy who gets yelled at and singled out by whoever is performing hahaha jerk
People don't respect rap like they should. People like to hear catchy sounds with memorable words, no mater how false or arrogant. They want to hear rappers rap about and everything associated with that lifestyle. Half the time they don't even care what the lyrics are about. They just like the sound. How many people want to read about our founding fathers and their views and try to understand what they were thinking when they built this nation. They would rather watch National Treasure.
The problem with EL-P is that he's just too damn serious. His songs are drab and depressing and lacking in flow to the point where it overpowers the beat and it's just a chore to listen to.
And people, listen: alternative and underground hip-hop needs to shake this whole "holier than thou" image. Stop repeating the same fucking comment on how mainstream rap is about ho's/cars/whatever the fuck you think it's about. Turn on your damn radio and listen before you parrot someone else's criticism.
@DJRozwell El-P is a very serious rapper but i dont think you can criticize him for it. It is what he feels and it's what he knows. You rap about what you know. At least he isnt rapping about shit he doesnt know. Also you can pretty easily stereotype mainstream rap. Ho's cars and money is what sells these days and thats what the top rap songs are about. Look at billboards top raps songs its money and ho's. There is some fluctuation but that's what it is.
@DJRozwell are you serious? something that is easily identified is what your looking for,mainstream BS. your looking like an idiot right now your in the wrong section and everyone knows you dont belong here. something complex and poetic is better than the boring mainstream.Your a fuckin robot dressed in the latest trend and loving it!Buying it! Why?who thinks your cool? why does that matter? this is knowledge and its infinite! theres no limit to what el-p is about its philosophical in many ways.
@starseedfrompl Look, what music you listen to doesn't determine who you are. You say I'm a robot? You sound like all those other bitchy "alternative" hip-hop fans out there, saying the same shit about robots and sheep and radio and blah blah. You hear an opinion that sounds rebellious, and you repeat it.
Do me a favor. Listen to some Public Enemy, Fort Minor, and The Roots. Serious doesn't need to be depressing. Serious doesn't need to mean drab beats and sombre lyrics. Expand your horizons.
@DJRozwell hey guess what, hip hop is not dead.its underground. sounds like your stuck in the passed dude. sorry for offending you but maybe theres something to it. something your not understanding and thats why it sounds repetitive. either way i dont really care if you like el-p or not but trust im coming from a point of view, not simply repeating something. if that was the case id be pleased with the mainstream. you should hear lighteded album wrong way these are lyrics from cont-
@DJRozwell afraid of the dark 'now your addicted to the same thing inflicting you with pain but you turn around and blame me for sticking truth'you don’t realize that the reason for your wanting to be noticed(fine cars hoes bling guns)is because you feel a need to validate your self in the eyes of others because you don’t feel worthy.The Buddha states in'the four noble truths' that the reason for our suffering is our desires.This is complex philosophy.Ive changed my whole life with this outlook.
@DJRozwell We have been listening to the radio how could you not the BS is blaring out of every idiots speaker.I have heard it so much I can hear it with my ears closed. Damn aren’t you sick of it?Are you that simple?Its week as hell. WEEK. Listen to El-p long enough to actually understand the implications and you might learn something.the beats are so f*ckin intence that his intensity matches it head on.He raps in an esoteric manner that flows with many layers.To the naked ear this is nonsence
Not a fan of this as the first El-P song i've listened to... well organized and stated lyrically, great depth in meaning. but the track lacks dynamic flow. its boring to say the least although i can see the artistic approach and respect that but it's not something i would bump for fun. I guess i'm more into Classified, Slug, Sage Francis type styles.need to listen to some more of his work or check him out with Company Flow
WOW this is light years ahead of anything I have heard before in terms of this political movement we call hip-hop. In lay mans terms...tHiS Is sOFrEsH
No, this isn't about his biological Father (who's a Jazz musician that he later collaborated with) it's about his abusive alcoholic step-father. It's also a critique of corporatist capitalism. This isn't "nerd-rap" or whatever - there's no such thing. There aren't too many people out there "keeping it real" (I know it isn't cool to say that anymore) but he is one of the only people out there doing it. I'm not "on his dick" or anyone's - I'm a fan and my respect is legitimate.
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he's great live isnt he? rhetorical. but yeah i thought he was going to pull out his heart while preforming "the overly dramatic truth". he has a great live show.
Nerd wrap something too intellegent for you, I am sorry that things aren't told to you in the terms of slapping hoes and gettin money... I am sorry people like you are what bring this entire genre down. I am sorry that you have found yourself lost in a place where you could never and will never belong.
@fantom909 No El-p song will make your life complete, so stop being so proud that you listen to "intelligent" hip hop. Stop being so impressed that you dont need tits and cars in a video to be happy. Your still a fucking idiotic virus if you think any other form of music is low enough of this food chain you seem to imagine that you can call other people out on it. Go. Get. Fucked.
@cbrazier2 You trollin? Because honestly, the music that you seem to hold so highly is a plague on humanity, there's nothing redeeming about it. at all... I hold it in such low terms because you have to be brain dead to enjoy it...
And I call people out on it because guess what? It's something that needs to be said, quit listening to shit, and I will quit saying that you're listening to shit. simple. as. that.
Ay, I'm from Dallas and everyone down here is on the dancefloor bull-ish...el-p is a god amongst producers. I like the beat, although Lazerfaces Warning is a little colder! The concept, genius as always! Thanks for Def Jux...where my jukies at???? Throw your soul into the air!
Musical, Lyrically, Visually... any facet of this could easily stand on it's own & be interesting. Pieced together, it's the most coherent & congruent theme I've seen out of hip-hop in a long time.
And I agree w/ NasNY - This beat is COLD; from the industrial noise of the chorus to the foreboding pulse of the verse, it's the audio analogue to the inhuman stepfather & corporate greed.
Just don't let yourself be a victim by anything. Most people do have fucking shit filling their lives up but don't let it ruin everything for ya. Try to be a good Dad when you grow up. Some songs are just downers, doesn't mean you should emulate it. I wish it was easier I'm not trying to mess with you.
without knowing about the perception on which i'm coming from, you're mighty quick to criticize the words i chose to whip together in reflection of this song. The marketing, the ignorance of man to create dangerous things without worrying about the consequences, the violence in american families with family homicides.. People buying worthless shit they dont need.. etc. Take it how you want, but you ought not criticize what you don't understand.. reserve that for bigots and feeble minded.
Yeah, this is the song that really got me into El-P's music. I always thought he was good and respected him. But after I heard this I started listening to him more and he's become one of my favorites.
shut the fuck up, you cunt this is hotenss you just dont get it. you like to lil wayne, that bitch and soulja boy, and dance like monkeys in the jungle you bitch
I couldn't agree more. Although there were songs that I liked right off the bat (Delorean, Constellation Funk), it took me some time to warm up to most of the album. A lot of people SAY it but El-P truly is on some other sh-- (in a good way. lol). His production on Cold Vein is my favorite.
This end of this song is beautiful, if not a bit sad. "Why are you making me hurt you? I love you?"
Great song. The beat is interesting and not a standard beat for El-P. I love the fact that he takes fairly big risks and branches out with his music. Fan Dam is an amazing album as is I'll Sleep When You're Dead. Personally I think his best production work is Can Ox's The Cold Vein. Those beats are brutal, especially Raspberry Fields, which is one of the hardest beats ever.
Song and video are works of art. The album that it's from, "Fantastic Damage", is one of the few that I can listen to from beginning to end. Dopest shit!
its about an abusive step-father that beat up his mum, as far as I recall. I read an interview with him a few years back about it. pretty great lyrics.
This song is an excellent science fiction satire of dysfunctional families, probably based on El-P's childhood. If you don't want to think about your music then you should check out something else. This is like Philip K. Dick on wax.
Exactly. And El-P is a huge PK Dick fan. He is also big on Alan Moore and lists both as huge influences. How many hip hop artists can you say that about? Any rapper and producer who loves PK Dick and Alan Moore are okay with me.
I love this song makes me look at hip hop in a different light. It doesn't help that what sells hip hop records these days what I like to call rap for the lowest common denominator.
That's right. Rap and Hip Hop are two different things. For one thing, the mentality is different twixt the two. Another thing, rap is about the image, hip hop is about anything that's not superficial or pride-filled.
this is the biggest bullshit ever i hate el-p i hate cage and i hate aesop rock all it is is rap for indie kids their is positive hip hop in the main stream.
lets name a few
lupia fiasco positive just had two platinum albums
talib kwali saw him on b.e.t. yesterday
Mos def headlining a tour with Nas
so shut up stop saying this crap, to sound smart because you sound like a dumbass this song sucks
old positive hip hop
gangstarr
da la soul
some artistmore hard because for them lifes not perfect.
And i'm not some indie fag in college, but most of the rap i lisen to is independent.
If you heard Aesop Rock to Lupe Fiasco, or Aesop Rock to most rappers, you would obviously see that Aesop ROck is far better. I'm nt a big fan of el p as a rapper, but he's a good producer and i've never heard cage.
also what do you mean by "stop saying this crap?"
Besides, Undergorund rap is not only usually more positive than mainsteam but holds much more meaning
Very creative! The only reason why ppl would call this "depressing" caus i
MrSoprofound 2 months ago
Very few rap/hip-hoo appeals to me. This certainly does.
xkhuongdox 3 months ago
Can't believe how some people rate lp so low in these comments. He may have a dark style but where would we be if music couldn't relate to our life's. personally I don't own a gun and I'm not a gangster.. tbh I don't think that is a realistic impression of most people's life's and u wud be lying if u were to say the music u listen to doesn't reflect ur goals, experiences or attitude etc. So why don't people accept that lp as an artist may not be aiming his music at the masses (keeping every1 ha
CYBERxBULLY 3 months ago
I think I am one of those robots
qmoney000 6 months ago
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@qmoney000 You beat your wife and children and run on alcohol?
smokyp3nguin 6 months ago
Good lord this song is so incredible/depressing.
paranoiacdigest 8 months ago
I think my step father came from that factory, but they didn't check him closely enough. He malfunctioned.
Memeroxzlotz 9 months ago
Mothers - how many times have you debated sub-euthanasia tablets for breakfast snacks?
TheTofuGod 9 months ago
I grew up with one of those robots.
BonesRipper 10 months ago
surreal
SkeletonMr 10 months ago
"Why are you making me hurt you? I love you."
Ick... makes you want to take a shower.
Couldnotdisplayname 11 months ago
who knew it only took one song to show how dark the world really is...
oAzREZNoR 1 year ago
This is so depressing and fucked up.Good shit though.
bluebow23 1 year ago
Where's the love button?
20wayne20 1 year ago
This guy has no Flow.
SuperSonicPsykic 1 year ago
@SuperSonicPsykic
it's staccatto stream of conciousness. say suga free doesn't have flow. They both just rap different.
elilauffer 1 year ago
@SuperSonicPsykic Fantom909's comment should be redirected to you...
Dubz0408 10 months ago
Wow I'm shocked. I'd heard of El P but never actually listened to him except when featured on other songs. This is an amazing track. Didn't expect him to be this good!
reminds me of sage Francis.
MinamaTING 1 year ago
@MinamaTING When in actuality Sage Francis should remind you of EL P, not the other way around.
DBENDEL 1 year ago
i heard he stopped this song in the middle of it , to yell at someone who was being too loud during it since its a personal song for him, i always thought that wwould be uber emabrassing to be that guy who gets yelled at and singled out by whoever is performing hahaha jerk
msnikish 1 year ago
Can't stop watching this one. Emotionally devastating. Again, brilliant. I've always liked El-P. I am now a fan.
MCKRUSH 1 year ago
Brilliant track and video. Bravo to all involved.
MCKRUSH 1 year ago
People don't respect rap like they should. People like to hear catchy sounds with memorable words, no mater how false or arrogant. They want to hear rappers rap about and everything associated with that lifestyle. Half the time they don't even care what the lyrics are about. They just like the sound. How many people want to read about our founding fathers and their views and try to understand what they were thinking when they built this nation. They would rather watch National Treasure.
austintolbert 1 year ago
The problem with EL-P is that he's just too damn serious. His songs are drab and depressing and lacking in flow to the point where it overpowers the beat and it's just a chore to listen to.
And people, listen: alternative and underground hip-hop needs to shake this whole "holier than thou" image. Stop repeating the same fucking comment on how mainstream rap is about ho's/cars/whatever the fuck you think it's about. Turn on your damn radio and listen before you parrot someone else's criticism.
DJRozwell 1 year ago
@DJRozwell El-P is a very serious rapper but i dont think you can criticize him for it. It is what he feels and it's what he knows. You rap about what you know. At least he isnt rapping about shit he doesnt know. Also you can pretty easily stereotype mainstream rap. Ho's cars and money is what sells these days and thats what the top rap songs are about. Look at billboards top raps songs its money and ho's. There is some fluctuation but that's what it is.
MycoalClawsin 1 year ago
@DJRozwell are you serious? something that is easily identified is what your looking for,mainstream BS. your looking like an idiot right now your in the wrong section and everyone knows you dont belong here. something complex and poetic is better than the boring mainstream.Your a fuckin robot dressed in the latest trend and loving it!Buying it! Why?who thinks your cool? why does that matter? this is knowledge and its infinite! theres no limit to what el-p is about its philosophical in many ways.
starseedfrompl 1 year ago
@starseedfrompl Look, what music you listen to doesn't determine who you are. You say I'm a robot? You sound like all those other bitchy "alternative" hip-hop fans out there, saying the same shit about robots and sheep and radio and blah blah. You hear an opinion that sounds rebellious, and you repeat it.
Do me a favor. Listen to some Public Enemy, Fort Minor, and The Roots. Serious doesn't need to be depressing. Serious doesn't need to mean drab beats and sombre lyrics. Expand your horizons.
DJRozwell 1 year ago
@DJRozwell hey guess what, hip hop is not dead.its underground. sounds like your stuck in the passed dude. sorry for offending you but maybe theres something to it. something your not understanding and thats why it sounds repetitive. either way i dont really care if you like el-p or not but trust im coming from a point of view, not simply repeating something. if that was the case id be pleased with the mainstream. you should hear lighteded album wrong way these are lyrics from cont-
starseedfrompl 1 year ago
@DJRozwell afraid of the dark 'now your addicted to the same thing inflicting you with pain but you turn around and blame me for sticking truth'you don’t realize that the reason for your wanting to be noticed(fine cars hoes bling guns)is because you feel a need to validate your self in the eyes of others because you don’t feel worthy.The Buddha states in'the four noble truths' that the reason for our suffering is our desires.This is complex philosophy.Ive changed my whole life with this outlook.
starseedfrompl 1 year ago
@DJRozwell We have been listening to the radio how could you not the BS is blaring out of every idiots speaker.I have heard it so much I can hear it with my ears closed. Damn aren’t you sick of it?Are you that simple?Its week as hell. WEEK. Listen to El-p long enough to actually understand the implications and you might learn something.the beats are so f*ckin intence that his intensity matches it head on.He raps in an esoteric manner that flows with many layers.To the naked ear this is nonsence
starseedfrompl 1 year ago
I'd liked to hear him rap/read the side effects to a few medications i see on TV.
Marcko98 1 year ago
Not a fan of this as the first El-P song i've listened to... well organized and stated lyrically, great depth in meaning. but the track lacks dynamic flow. its boring to say the least although i can see the artistic approach and respect that but it's not something i would bump for fun. I guess i'm more into Classified, Slug, Sage Francis type styles.need to listen to some more of his work or check him out with Company Flow
bmathers21 1 year ago
@bmathers21 El-p's production is meant to be a bit jarring and a bit odd. It fits the lyrics. I imagine if you listen a bit more it will grow on you.
MycoalClawsin 1 year ago
WOW this is light years ahead of anything I have heard before in terms of this political movement we call hip-hop. In lay mans terms...tHiS Is sOFrEsH
shizzlefits 1 year ago
why the fuck speculate. make like nike, haters.
Fluxd678 1 year ago
No, this isn't about his biological Father (who's a Jazz musician that he later collaborated with) it's about his abusive alcoholic step-father. It's also a critique of corporatist capitalism. This isn't "nerd-rap" or whatever - there's no such thing. There aren't too many people out there "keeping it real" (I know it isn't cool to say that anymore) but he is one of the only people out there doing it. I'm not "on his dick" or anyone's - I'm a fan and my respect is legitimate.
Indhegoh 1 year ago 3
El-P is stupid he hates science
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Flomaticc 2 years ago
i saw elp live it wuz awesome!
karma10158 2 years ago
he's great live isnt he? rhetorical. but yeah i thought he was going to pull out his heart while preforming "the overly dramatic truth". he has a great live show.
baghead83 2 years ago
i wonder if anyone has written a phenomenology of the internet?
jkurinsky 2 years ago
Do the robot!
kingbrian0691 2 years ago
Real hip hop, I like the strings, real deep beat. El-P always been on my top 25 of all time.
CantStopWontStop818 2 years ago 5
creative i like it
berserk1r 2 years ago
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stormy1s 2 years ago
that or really cool robots and honkies
davidrox321 2 years ago
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wtf is this is is wack
Createawebgame 2 years ago
what kind of shit do you listen to createaweb
pseudonymmmm 2 years ago
Apathy, nas, immortal technique, dead prez, ...
Createawebgame 2 years ago
ur at the surface of hip hop
pseudonymmmm 2 years ago
yeah i am, and to what do you listen..
Createawebgame 2 years ago
nicely put.
stormy1s 2 years ago
condemn the different
ratfinkskates 2 years ago 2
Nerd wrap something too intellegent for you, I am sorry that things aren't told to you in the terms of slapping hoes and gettin money... I am sorry people like you are what bring this entire genre down. I am sorry that you have found yourself lost in a place where you could never and will never belong.
fantom909 2 years ago 50
@fantom909 No El-p song will make your life complete, so stop being so proud that you listen to "intelligent" hip hop. Stop being so impressed that you dont need tits and cars in a video to be happy. Your still a fucking idiotic virus if you think any other form of music is low enough of this food chain you seem to imagine that you can call other people out on it. Go. Get. Fucked.
cbrazier2 1 year ago
@cbrazier2 You trollin? Because honestly, the music that you seem to hold so highly is a plague on humanity, there's nothing redeeming about it. at all... I hold it in such low terms because you have to be brain dead to enjoy it...
And I call people out on it because guess what? It's something that needs to be said, quit listening to shit, and I will quit saying that you're listening to shit. simple. as. that.
fantom909 1 year ago
@fantom909 cold.
nerdyharry 1 year ago
@fantom909
You like something most other people don't like? You must be so much better than everyone else.
Hyoobris 1 year ago
@Hyoobris Well, by the very nature of listening to shit music, you are considered an idiot by the masses, not just me...
fantom909 1 year ago
@fantom909
Isn't your point that the masses don't find pop music stupid. Then people who like it aren't idiots to the masses, only in the eyes of elitists.
Hyoobris 1 year ago
Def Jux for life
sinnison23 2 years ago 3
My friends send me the oddest videos. O.o
FangnclawX 2 years ago
Your friends have great taste in music if they sent you this.
El-p is just wow. his lyrics are so intellectual listening to him makes your iq go up. loving all of El-p's music!
PlanBWeirdo 2 years ago 5
Really? That only works for me if I'm listening to zen. LoL
FangnclawX 2 years ago
Lol fair enough.
PlanBWeirdo 2 years ago
did you know that this song was about his father? look it up,shit sucks :/
zero252525 2 years ago
pretty harrowing
danmaftei 2 years ago
The beat alone makes me want to crawl into a corner, nevermind the lyrics. This is intense.
Cleverconveyence 2 years ago 2
FAM DAM is the best rap album in history!
tolteko 2 years ago
Deep and spinechilling
curiousgemini25 2 years ago 2
what a fuckin badass El-P is. much enjoyment
GabbaGanchi 2 years ago
man, where the fuck is lif?!
dmcg232 2 years ago
el-p got that raw shit tamed.
nslaven 2 years ago 4
Ay, I'm from Dallas and everyone down here is on the dancefloor bull-ish...el-p is a god amongst producers. I like the beat, although Lazerfaces Warning is a little colder! The concept, genius as always! Thanks for Def Jux...where my jukies at???? Throw your soul into the air!
cliffb83 2 years ago 4
el-p is a genius
lemonkid44 2 years ago 2
wow... just fkn wow
seriousbizniz 2 years ago
Musical, Lyrically, Visually... any facet of this could easily stand on it's own & be interesting. Pieced together, it's the most coherent & congruent theme I've seen out of hip-hop in a long time.
And I agree w/ NasNY - This beat is COLD; from the industrial noise of the chorus to the foreboding pulse of the verse, it's the audio analogue to the inhuman stepfather & corporate greed.
Khaos427 2 years ago 5
!!"!
BeatsDrogenMaschinen 2 years ago
stepfathers are home wreckers with better jobs.
Psychartic 2 years ago 2
LMAO!!
ElHajjMalikElShabbaz 2 years ago 2
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lol its true
Psychartic 2 years ago
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GAY
ashlirascal 2 years ago
Just because you're gay doesn't mean you have to tell everyone on YouTube.
Nisp 2 years ago 6
favorite song period... lyricism is amazing
el-ps on another planet with this
no one can touch him remotely
drummaross1015 2 years ago
SICK!!
I LOVE THIS VID!!
revelashaun68 2 years ago
Crazy, unique video concept! Just really sad about the message of broken families and spousal abuse, even if it's robotic.
FrozenPandaPops 2 years ago 5
fuck my stepfather
htx92 2 years ago 2
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Get over it, wus
tvboettr 2 years ago
huh, get over it? u dont know me or what i been through. fuck u get the fuck outta here tryna start shit over the internet
htx92 2 years ago
Just don't let yourself be a victim by anything. Most people do have fucking shit filling their lives up but don't let it ruin everything for ya. Try to be a good Dad when you grow up. Some songs are just downers, doesn't mean you should emulate it. I wish it was easier I'm not trying to mess with you.
tvboettr 2 years ago 2
El-P & Co Flow changed underground hip hop 4 ever, Thank U El-P
scam513 2 years ago 4
def have los this touch
WizardFM 2 years ago
phat beat, awesome flow
PylonSalt 2 years ago
All round ingenious track from el-p right here, a hiphop classic.
ausar02 2 years ago 4
My god. this song is so ace.
thebluriscoming12 2 years ago
too sick to be true.....
ThEfUcKiNgKiNg777 2 years ago
been on this since 2001.if u like this look at camu tao, mr. lif and cannible ox
rcmaphia 2 years ago
CAN OX is pretty boss too
DCurt2287 2 years ago 2
fucking rad.
...anyone else feel really paranoid right now?
Zombien20 2 years ago 15
lol ur stoned
AyngelJ 2 years ago 2
I'm definitely awake
Zombien20 2 years ago
i m but a prototype metroid programmed to a holocaust style....
NMEFUSE 2 years ago
I dig both
robe0946 2 years ago 5
this song is stone cold
oibara2 2 years ago 5
El-P is a genius.
With divorce rates in America where they are, this factory could pull us out of our "recession" in no time...
baaman00 2 years ago 24
@baaman00 Agreed. I never knew he wrote lyrics like this, I mean I've heard him in Company Flow and with Del but this song is sick.
20wayne20 1 year ago
superb!!!!! wow!
supersabre69 2 years ago
This song has a strange prophetic type feeling.. when i see this video i can envision a sorta psychadelic relation to whats going on today
dunngar 2 years ago
....
chunchlover 2 years ago
you chat shit.
lewisROCKIN 2 years ago
without knowing about the perception on which i'm coming from, you're mighty quick to criticize the words i chose to whip together in reflection of this song. The marketing, the ignorance of man to create dangerous things without worrying about the consequences, the violence in american families with family homicides.. People buying worthless shit they dont need.. etc. Take it how you want, but you ought not criticize what you don't understand.. reserve that for bigots and feeble minded.
dunngar 2 years ago 6
Yeah, this is the song that really got me into El-P's music. I always thought he was good and respected him. But after I heard this I started listening to him more and he's become one of my favorites.
mastabeals 2 years ago
Probably my favourite El-P track, the production and lyrics are just ill and the video is a perfect companion.
coldrockdaspot 2 years ago 2
digital sunz infiltrating dark zyborgzm
ozdrodem 2 years ago
yo i had no idea this song had a video. nice art style
N33NJAH 2 years ago
nice..i heard this guy today on aussie radio 94.5 a song called " Ill sleep when your dead" i believe it was called however i cant find it.
Unique production styles.
Really like it!
sebs82 2 years ago 2
that's the name of his latest album.
seedling88 2 years ago 2
This track is mad... It's so dark and humorous at the same time... makes it really hard hitting. EL-P is a genius.
Sleerz 2 years ago 3
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franchiser226 2 years ago
shut the fuck up, you cunt this is hotenss you just dont get it. you like to lil wayne, that bitch and soulja boy, and dance like monkeys in the jungle you bitch
ieatthat4breakfast 2 years ago 11
breakdown systematic..
mothers...
troubleshooting!
Funkyguy86 2 years ago
reminds me of monkey dust. alot
WeathermanP 2 years ago
if you can read this
you're staring your stepfather right in the eyes
beertron7 3 years ago
the ending creeps me out :(
acortez48 3 years ago 2
El-P and DJ Premier are my favourite DJs, how can someone NOT like this style? :D
aviwaviw 3 years ago
el p's an amazing artist. i'd love to see a horror or some surrealistic sci fi film with a soundtrack produced entirely by producto.
bowdownclown 3 years ago
Yes, El P is very skilled and has a very odd style. n.n
Princeben07 3 years ago 3
i love this song
everytime i hear it im reminded of the scene from alien when ash goes beserk.
damnit i love this song.
nibbletontontron 3 years ago
whats your name sweetheart yea whatever lol
Deito25 3 years ago 3
El-p's stories and concepts are amazing. I love the slight sci-fi influence. I like wheres he's taken this, like Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love).
linmaru 3 years ago 2
I couldn't agree more. Although there were songs that I liked right off the bat (Delorean, Constellation Funk), it took me some time to warm up to most of the album. A lot of people SAY it but El-P truly is on some other sh-- (in a good way. lol). His production on Cold Vein is my favorite.
This end of this song is beautiful, if not a bit sad. "Why are you making me hurt you? I love you?"
illadvised50 3 years ago 3
keep in mind and
remember! no cash returns. only credit stores future purchases.
NnonphixionN 3 years ago
That's because El-P Produced for Cannibal Ox.
luhg1 3 years ago 4
This song is sick. Sounds kinda like a Cannibal Ox beat.
ThaMenace 3 years ago 4
Agreed. Hardly surprising though
tpl89 3 years ago 2
I couldn't think of a better beat to go along with this song, that guy is nutty.
RedefineYou 3 years ago 2
I jus can't get enough of this track...The concept on its own jus kills me..El-p ke ntja!
HuMpTyD058 3 years ago 5
Its not that the beat isn't going with the lyrics, its that your mind hasn't moved its thoughts fast enough yet. Way beyond.
buckner13 3 years ago 5
amazing lyrics but they dont go well wit the beat it doesnt really blend it gets a little confusing but still a bangin trak
clancy4lfe 3 years ago
that is the style of El P
Balthazar121 3 years ago 2
A lot of his songs are so much worse in that way,this one's very coherent compared to others.
Glitch667 3 years ago
sick beat with deep lyrix bangin' 4sho
hlt92 3 years ago 2
marasakr
Rywalek 3 years ago
different
terminite 3 years ago
why are you makeing me hurt you??.....i love you...
GHOSTPALTER23 3 years ago 2
reminded me so much of that one Radiohead song...
IndianVampire 3 years ago
Paranoid Android?
gwar315 3 years ago
No, "Fitter, Happier" is the name of it. There's a robot voice very similar to this one.
IndianVampire 3 years ago
I read in an interview that he used the same vocoder.
psik0tik 3 years ago
EL P |/\/\/\THE BEST RAP !!
Lucysyf 3 years ago 3
Wow this is certainly different! Dope.
TheStepson 3 years ago 4
El P stands alone.
eversincealways 3 years ago 2
He nailed the definition of a step father,
a fake dad duplicate with simulated emotions.
In most cases.
isreal423 3 years ago 2
Great song. The beat is interesting and not a standard beat for El-P. I love the fact that he takes fairly big risks and branches out with his music. Fan Dam is an amazing album as is I'll Sleep When You're Dead. Personally I think his best production work is Can Ox's The Cold Vein. Those beats are brutal, especially Raspberry Fields, which is one of the hardest beats ever.
jpom29 3 years ago 2
watever it is something normal peoples thing about
oyo elp, m to da H reprek, i got it on hack... matrix leaking .
soundscience1985 3 years ago
i had already heard this when it released, but i nearly creamed my pants when the vid aired on mtv2 like a year later!
VibrationInMind 3 years ago
I'm a stepfather factory.
DJ3oz 3 years ago
creative art... awesome
muktifilm 3 years ago
Song and video are works of art. The album that it's from, "Fantastic Damage", is one of the few that I can listen to from beginning to end. Dopest shit!
19Osiris71 3 years ago
This robot is like an abusive Bender from Futurama.
CahillSellers 3 years ago
You do to much coke. Bender was pretty abusive too. Those things look nothing like him either.
yepyepsir 3 years ago
os this track based on l-p's childhood?i mean,teh stepfather robot,the mom getting hit?the pills?
Mugenwind123 3 years ago
its about an abusive step-father that beat up his mum, as far as I recall. I read an interview with him a few years back about it. pretty great lyrics.
hotfuss84 3 years ago
n wen i say bashd i mean DEADED
thebugcatcher1 3 years ago
omninewdeal is a gaylord el-p is dope, hope u get bashd, hater
thebugcatcher1 3 years ago
i love this shit.
so good. really meaningful
billniggerish 3 years ago
very intense song, means a lot to me.
jimscreechie 3 years ago
This song is an excellent science fiction satire of dysfunctional families, probably based on El-P's childhood. If you don't want to think about your music then you should check out something else. This is like Philip K. Dick on wax.
jkillah1985 3 years ago
Exactly. And El-P is a huge PK Dick fan. He is also big on Alan Moore and lists both as huge influences. How many hip hop artists can you say that about? Any rapper and producer who loves PK Dick and Alan Moore are okay with me.
jpom29 3 years ago 4
stop bickering music is music, if you like it you like it but if you don't that's your problem
djmecc1 3 years ago
ehhh reminds me of ray bradbury.
DocSloth 3 years ago
Yeah but not just Bradbury.
Aversion0 3 years ago
I love this song makes me look at hip hop in a different light. It doesn't help that what sells hip hop records these days what I like to call rap for the lowest common denominator.
zombiematt2006 3 years ago 3
That's right. Rap and Hip Hop are two different things. For one thing, the mentality is different twixt the two. Another thing, rap is about the image, hip hop is about anything that's not superficial or pride-filled.
vincentBurden 3 years ago
For the most part, that is.
vincentBurden 3 years ago
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this is the biggest bullshit ever i hate el-p i hate cage and i hate aesop rock all it is is rap for indie kids their is positive hip hop in the main stream.
lets name a few
lupia fiasco positive just had two platinum albums
talib kwali saw him on b.e.t. yesterday
Mos def headlining a tour with Nas
so shut up stop saying this crap, to sound smart because you sound like a dumbass this song sucks
old positive hip hop
gangstarr
da la soul
some artistmore hard because for them lifes not perfect.
omninewdeal 3 years ago
First off, Lupe Fiasco is severley overrated.
And i'm not some indie fag in college, but most of the rap i lisen to is independent.
If you heard Aesop Rock to Lupe Fiasco, or Aesop Rock to most rappers, you would obviously see that Aesop ROck is far better. I'm nt a big fan of el p as a rapper, but he's a good producer and i've never heard cage.
also what do you mean by "stop saying this crap?"
Besides, Undergorund rap is not only usually more positive than mainsteam but holds much more meaning
groaler 3 years ago 2
personally i feel lupe fiasco is better
omninewdeal 3 years ago