Company Flow - 8. Population Control

[akatsukikage3]

only hipsters listen to this garbage..lil wayne is more listenable real talk buti like cannibal ox ;)

[trichomepanther]

this seems Dr. Octagon influenced. I like it. first time heard if.

[pace1one08]

mainstream is dirt less than filth

[puddinpop916]

if you are under 30, you shouldn't comment about this song's "roots" or "category" Just listen and STFU...you Bieber loving pussies

[westside159]

This is next level hip hop 

[AyePaul]

beats ill as fuck, but the rappings confusing. lol, dont get it hahaha

[snowywowy]

"every MC in this room is broke, we do this for the love of music" ♥ rugged man just puts the meaning of this song to its core - just be yourself, whatever anybody thinks about you. If you're not the cool guy, the fancy guy, the dude that every body loves or whatever, fuckt it, be yourself - and that is what underground rap added to my life. That I am somebody, nevertheless I'm unlike them other dudes, that I have my own ideas without trying to be someone else, and that I enjoy them. peace

[mikedmc121]

o wait .... where the fuck is it

[mikedmc121]

thats why i couldnt find hydrogen slush.....

[austintolbert]

@xxxaragon just because I've been listening for 8 years doesn't mean I'm going to like every single track put out by that artist. How is that hard to understand?

[austintolbert]

I'll get hate for this, I've been a fan of all the Def Jux guys since i was 11, im 19 now, but I honestly would rather listen to more mainstream stuff. I have mad respect for underground as well as the message, even though half the time I don't even understand them, but honestly this just doesn't flow with me or touch me in any way. I don't understand why people have more respect for underground artists and less for mainstream, are you all being hipsters? Just voicing my opinion.

[EtalonHipHop]

@austintolbert I think you have meant R&B on mainstream. Cause in my opinion everything, which is mainstream simply cant be categorized or named as HipHop. If U seek out the roots of this culture U should know that, it was always about issuing the current problems and in some cases tryin to let people know the solution. But if we say mainstream, the first thing that catches one mind is, money luxury etc. CF is hardcore HipHop cause they confront people on their silly behavior (serving solution)

[austintolbert]

@EtalonHipHop I understand that. I think what a lot of people misunderstand about mainstream is that people WANT to hear about material things. Maybe people just want simple things they can understand without having to dig too deep or decipher along with catchy beats. I think most people don't want to hear about life problems and such because it can be depressing. But when someone like Eminem releases a song about life/"deep" meanings, they go crazy, not knowing stuff like this exists already.

[EtalonHipHop]

@austintolbert i suggest u checkin out KRS ONE and his earlier Boogie Down Productions works, he breaks this issue down very precisely, then u would understand that accepting this king of behavior that a lot of mainstraim cats representing is a bad idea, i wont argue with your point of view, everybody has their own oppinion about music and its deeper meaning, but it is always a good idea to approach it from different POVs

One Love

[austintolbert]

@EtalonHipHop Ok man I'll do it, appreciate you not gettin all pissy and shit. Just trying to understand things a little bit better.

[xxxaragon]

@austintolbert : I dont get your post at all. you start by stating you are a fan for eight years but in the same post write that doesnt touch in in any way!? wtf?!?

[caledooper]

@austintolbert it's all love, i think. the thing is, this is one of my favorite hip hop albums ever, but i can say that now after i've admitted that i don't agree with what it's about. the album is wonderful for a number of reasons, but the whole point of it was to attack radio which i think was and is super pointless and silly. but it made for a dope album ha i know what you mean about underground, underground has become synonymous, for the most part, for stagnation and tired sounding shit

[guthrielindquist1]

@austintolbert naw dude we aint hipsters. at least i don't. I just think the mainstream rappers are less tallented and like with you and underground, it just doesn't flow with me.

[westside159]

@austintolbert You have it backwards . mainstream are fucking hipsters have you heard of fag rappers like kanye west , jay z , drake , lil wayne etc

[austintolbert]

@westside159 From what I've gathered, the term Hipster refers to someone who does things that they think no one else does. They listen to "underground" music that most people haven't heard of. If you listen to the radio, then that's mainstream. I dont see how Mainstream rappers are hipster rappers, that just makes no sense seeing as how the two terms are polar opposites.

[Qualiamusic]

@austintolbert Being a hipster is having the illusion of being counter-culture while still remaining completely mainstream, a hipster is like a watered down version of some "counter"-culture and hipster is becoming the new mainstream or has become the new mainstream. It's a process of a collection of counter-culture memes integrating from the past generation into the mainstream meme-plex. And i think the essence of what i think of as hipster is meaninglessness and praising stupidity

[bootsvii]

@austintolbert mainstream is all about money sex and being a faggot , underground is whats wrong with the world graffiti or cuttin niggas up ,,, kill you're self call'n me a hipster

[Qball9311]

@austintolbert Mainstream music is so commercial, well at least most of the rap is. I don't get you bro.

[GoodBlackMusic]

@austintolbert

Truth is lil wayne is just as much as hip hop as company flow. People think one is more true than another due to lyrics and content. But the reality is underground rappers talk about same stuff as mainstream rappers. The only thing that separates the two is 1. Creativity and 2. Money (or lack thereof lol)

[readybeeill]

I remember the day i got this LP. Unfortunately I remember it for the the wrong reasons. Aug. 14/1997 the day my dad passed away. The album is incredible.

I don't try to be different, I am.

[TahRahJoh]

this not on itunes

[SEARLY100]

what happened to rap man? these guys were awesome.

[FSVR54]

Sample from the animated lord of the rinfs in there, "That's my sword"

[FSVR54]

@FSVR54 *rings

[JelloMacKaye]

this when blazed is good time :)

[musiclover01ization]

Awesome song from an amazing album.

[Heyhey2545]

I still wig out to this shit wow we need this again like crack.

[jbp27]

dopest

[wilslad]

look at the face of the thing spittin image of darko

[Mr4realHill]

there is another version of this song that i like better. It has more bass to it. i've never heard this one before.

[bigE3k]

this shit wuz so raw, i had to find it da second i heard. looked up on amazon n orderd dat whole album. ima be da only nigga in my high school OG bangin dis shit all day

[bigE3k]

nigga murder wreckin dat mike

[shagadelic215]

why doesnt r.a. spit on this? i mean hes yellin over the chorus why not drop a verse

[bri343]

when the beat kicks in..........aaaaaahhh this is what is needed to get by my day

[mastakur]

COMPANY FLOW FUCK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BobbyBluntandthafunk]

Only Company Flow Samples the Hobbit! Gotta Love these guys!!! Bless My Soul!

[BobbyBluntandthafunk]

Only Company Flow Samples the Hobbit! Gotta Love these guys!!!

[deansk1]

Part of the El-p/ Co-Flo vs Sole/ Anticon beef

notice the "Bless my soul (sole)" sample at the end...

(sorry to bring old stuff up but I love diss tracks!)

other tracks in the feud include:

dear el-p by sole

linda tripp by el-p

[FreedomGotAnAK]

@deansk1

that's a mr. fantastic stretch. first off, it wasn't an anticon beef. sole was the only person involved. secondly, it's highly unlikely el-p even knew sole at the time he was making funcrusher. and there are more tracks in the beef too. weight, by the indelible mc's, due to sole's paranoid misinterpretation of two lines, end to end burners, because of the "diss me on the internet" line, and famous last words, with sole saying "decode my dick, i ain't linda trippin"

[FreedomGotAnAK]

@deansk1

also, cannibal ox's stress rap has the gem "fuck a soul/sole, even God knows this body is hollow, you love New York, but New York don't love you, you're just a toy with Lucille Ball's hairdo" in its closing verse.

[dominacerz]

@batterycock haha i meant influence-wise 

[WillMillion15]

@dominacerz hmmm interesting, maybe a bit. Not before you mentioned it though.

[dominacerz]

anyone else hear gil scott heron in this?

[batterycock]

@dominacerz no i dont, i dont think heron was on this record. :)

[dominacerz]

abyone else hear gil scott heron?

[numderenin]

real meat real.

[TheEazyDuzIt95]

"Company flow the toughest penis sucky sucky" hahahahaha

[V1S]

So stupidly ridiculously ahead of its time.

[maerchkque]

Is it just me or is this track actually "Help Wanted?"

[RyanThaGod]

@maerchkque if u didnt notice, at the end of the track EL-P repeats "Population Control" like 5 times...

[maerchkque]

@RyanThaGod hah. Good call. :-)

[4thSound]

0:22 eargasm

[Televisionaer]

"We answer to no one, we 911 Silent alarm this is harm fear the duck of learning el-p phase through these walls like vision Choked in the shallow water, a bad executive decision" el-p "Out the park kingpin dave couldn't do justice ("bless my soul!") Pound for pound, it be these 2000 rap slugfests Hardcore when future emcees fight future wars But for now, I'm fightin a squad of super-whores" Big Juss

[minhasc]

These motherfuckers are crazy as Tha Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, Cella Dwellas, etc...

[PapioLV09]

You need to come quicker than that

to snatch the cheddar from the mousetrap, SMALL TIMER!

it takes crazy engineering

To fuck with anything from quantum physics to thought transmitters

[FreedomGotAnAK]

company flow the toughest penis, sucky sucky.

[nojusticenoweed]

i bouth this lp when i was a kid...i think the lords did this through me

[sigmapleide]

I love El-P

[GeiZZt1]

east cost finest

fuck the rest

this album is one of the best ever

[maosaytounge49]

this beat!!!

[MrNeckle]

search 'The Hobbit (1977) - Part 3 of 8', at about 5 minutes in, i swear down thats the sample they used for this.......big up co flo!

[kebabranskalaisilla]

@MrNeckle  I had to check that part you mentioned and i think you are absolutely right! well spotted...

[MrNeckle]

@kebabranskalaisilla yeh i thought so! random innit!?

[anonymous26555]

@MrNeckle you're right good lookin

[d0mp1zzl3]

@MrNeckle

absolutely! well heard!!

[JaysonMatix]

milestone

[julioshawtylean76]

underground should be above ground better than this punk ass fake rappers today rip 2pac

[msj3470]

CO FLO won of the underground groups to ever bless the mic and wheels of steel

[streetechnuiqez23]

just fuckin' DOPE!!

[germxv]

why does this and the track about the graf writters have the same title, population control? wut up with that?

[THESENSEONE]

the song about graffiti writers is called lune tns

[microcrubeguy]

@germxv ya i know... on itunes the song "population control" is not this one here, it's weird

[BestVideosEver01]

vexin vortex and vessels, this another special education kid turned genius on some fuck you shit.

[Boooooooooka]

Yeah, the artwork looks similar to Declaimes work on the 'Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote!' album...

[realhiptothehop]

hey,99% of my music ive downloaded from your blog,awsome blog with great music keep up the good work BTW dope album & song

[twadorno666]

one of the greatest rap records ever. could the artwork have been inspiration for donnie darko???

[Desarollo]

oh shit.  maybe even subconsciously. i never noticed that before. now i can't NOT see it.

[twadorno666]

indeed

[WuTang069]

@twadorno666 This came out in 97..Donnie Darko is from 2001

[twadorno666]

@WuTang069 yes which is why i'm saying that donnie darko could have been inspired by the artwork...

[WuTang069]

@twadorno666 Oh for sure I read that as this artwork was inspired by darko..My fault, but the rabbits face does have the same structure as the aliens

[lollmfaorofllawlftw]

@twadorno666 i fail to see how this cover inspired Donnie Darko

[memory420]

@lollmfaorofllawlftw Frank?

[ghostface411]

love this song