El-P On Run The Jewels 4, Killer Mike, Company Flow, Rawkus, Def Jux

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with musician, rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and a true icon of the underground, El-P. They dig into a variety of subjects, including the deconstruction of El-P's signature noisy production style, how Run The Jewels with Killer Mike came into existence, Zack De La Rocha living at his house after the Rage Against Machine breakup, as well as what led to the breakup of his own group Company Flow around the same time. Later Talib and El-P trade their stories on how they got signed to Rawkus Records, being the mecca of the underground scene in the late 90's. El-P also opens up about his song "Last Good Sleep," which outlines his own experiences dealing with domestic violence as a child. His record label Def Jux is also discussed, as well as what we can expect for his up and coming album "Run The Jewels 4" with Killer Mike. The whole interview is filled with moments that are insightful, introspective, and often hilarious.

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0:00.0	What's up party people? It's Tyler and Kuala Lita, host of the People's Party.
0:03.4	I know you've been enjoying it so far. We thank you for your love and support.
0:06.8	We got more people's party coming up. We got all types of situations that you're
0:10.6	gonna want to tune into and never forget to watch. Tyler and Kuala Lita, Jasmine Lee,
0:14.8	it is the People's Party. Let's go.
0:16.5	What's up party people gather around. My name is Tyler and Kuala Lita. Welcome to another fantastic
0:33.9	edition of the People's Party with Tyler and Kuala Lita and my lovely co-host Jasmine Lee.
0:38.9	Give it up for Jasmine Lee. That's me. How are you feeling today Jasmine?
0:43.6	Absolutely. Amazing balls. I'm pretty fucking amazed balls too because today's episode is a
0:50.4	special one. It's one I've been looking forward to doing for a long time. We have a lot of friends
0:55.2	of myself on this show but not a lot of people that I started my career with and have been around
1:01.2	for as long as I've been around. This man we have on this show today. His name has come up a lot
1:06.8	with other artists on this show. We're both on Rockets together. He is an entrepreneur. He is
1:13.5	a producer. He is a label owner. He's an incredible MC. He has been a part of major major situations
1:20.7	in hip-hop. It's very hard to have like one hit record. It's very hard to have like one dope group.
1:26.5	It's very hard to have like one dope verse that everybody likes. This dude started
1:32.4	company flow. This dude started a label called Def Jucks. This dude started a phenomenal group
1:38.8	called Run the Jewels. People put your hands together. Give it up for L Productor.
1:44.2	Yeah!
1:46.0	L&A.
1:47.6	Oh dude! How you feeling?
1:49.6	I've only got two and a half.
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