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->So you should pump this shit, like they do in the future\\
Pump this shit, in your [[FlyingCar floating whip]] system\\
Pump this shit, in [[{{Dystopia}} the bread line, the prison]]\\
Pump this shit, from [[TrackingDevice the chip under your wrist-skin]]
-->"The Full Retard"

El-P (Jaime Meline) is a rapper hailing from [[BigAppleSauce New York City]]. He's been active since 1993 and is known for being in the groups Company Flow and The Weathermen, as well as for his solo material. He also founded the label “Definitive Jux”, which itself is well-known for signing artists like AesopRock, Cannibal Ox, and {{Music/Cage}}.

El-P is a rapper and producer, and he's well known for both aspects. His rapping is characterized by being dense, aggressive, and manic, while at the same time employing complex metaphor, allegory, and wordplay. He often verges into outright science fiction in his songs (Creator/PhilipKDick is a big inspiration of his), and even when he's relatively down to Earth his lyrics still feature [[AccentuateTheNegative dark and gritty imagery]]. His production is known for its bombastic, dystopian sound, with heavy use of dramatic synthesizers and lo-fi machine-like drum samples.

His solo albums thus far:
* ''Fantastic Damage'' (2002)
* ''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'' (2007)
* ''Cancer For Cure'' (2012)

He's also released several instrumental collections, such as ''High Water'' (A [[GenreShift collaboration with jazz musician]] Matthew Shipp), ''Collecting The Kid'' (various unreleased odds & ends), and his ''Weareallgoingtoburninhell'' mixtapes (featuring instrumental versions of the songs on his solo albums as well as a few original instrumental works).

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!! El-P provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: The robots in “Stepfather Factory”
-->And in a ''few'' unsubstantiated clinical trials, this condition has led to simulated feelings of resentment and worthlessness
-->Manifested in the highly unlikely but still possible [[KillerRobot act of physical aggression]] towards you and your loved ones [[CallAHumanAMeatbag fleshy surfaces]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: “Tougher Colder Killer”
-->There's a tougher, colder killer than you. And [[TheEndIsNigh he will wipe us all from this place]]
* AntiLoveSong: “Draconian Love (Habaeus Corpses)” is a ''very'' twisted love song. It's explicitly set in the future, on a “prison ship” where El-P and fellow rapper {{Music/Cage}} are executioners who spend all day shooting prisoners in the head. El-P falls in love with Prisoner 247681-Z. He fantasizes about running away with her, escaping their horrible existence and living an idyllic life in a cabin far away from the metropolis…only for the song to end with El-P following orders and coldly shooting her anyway.
* BearerOfBadNews: “Tougher Colder Killer”, which starts with the line “''To the mother of my enemy, I just killed your son''”
* BreakupSong: “The Overly Dramatic Truth” and “How To Serve Man (The Meanest Things I'd Never Say)”
* {{Cyberpunk}}: A common theme in El-P's work, if not lyrically then definitely thematically.
* CyberPunkIsTechno: Most of El-P's stuff intentionally goes for a stereotypically "futuristic" sound. Lampshaded in "The Full Retard" (see page quote).
* ImGoingToDisneyWorld: "''When the city burns down, I'ma go to Disney World''", from the song "Dead Disnee". The song is full of nothing but Disney references (in vulgar/inappropriate contexts).
* FakeLoud: "Take You Out At The Ballgame" has what sounds like actual explosions going off in time with a drum hit. Crackling and audio distortions abound, but what is really convincing is a subtle ''decrease'' in the volume of the other sounds, as if the explosions are actually deafening.
* LongTitle: The unreleased instrumental "Lab Rat Bravely Escapes On A Hovercraft Only To Crash Directly Outside The Gates"
* MundaneMadeAwesome: “Tasmanian Pain Coaster”, the epic opener from ''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'', is about encountering and riding a subway train with a junkie ex-friend. But if you didn't pay attention to the lyrics, it'd be easy to make the mistake of thinking El-P was riding a train ''through an apocalyptic war zone into Hell itself''.
* NoMeansYes: Done sinisterly on “Sign Here”.
-->The safety word is Yes, try it (“''Yes''”)
-->I'll restrain you for your protection, now do I have your consent for this? (“''Yes''”)
* [[NonindicativeName Non-Indicative Song Title]]: "Tuned Mass Damper" has nothing to do with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper Tuned Mass Dampers]], but instead is an anguished, bitter song against drug addiction.
* NoOSHACompliance: The shoddily-made robots in “Stepfather Factory”
-->Made from the most easily available materials and, uh, ''loosely'' inspected...
* OneOfUs: Watches {{Toonami}}, and is in fact friends with the block's curator.
* PrecisionFStrike: "Dear Sirs" is a passionate, angry (if short) song that utilizes the word only once to great effect.
* ShoutOut: The title of the song “To Serve Man (The Meanest Things I'd Never Say)” is a reference to the famous ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]]'' episode “To Serve Man”, which the song actually samples.
** "Delorean" constantly references ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and in fact has a legendary [[TheStinger stinger]] at the very end of the song where El-P and AesopRock drop all pretense and literally just start a ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' rap.
** "The Full Retard" references the controversial line from ''TropicThunder''.
* SpellingSong: The beginning of "Squeegee Man Shooting" has El-P chanting the letters for the album title ("Fantastic Damage") in the background, in time with the beat. Also, "Tuned Mass Damper" has a section where El-P talks about refrigerator magnets spelling out G-R-O-W-N-A-S-S-M-A-N.
* StronglyWordedLetter: “Dear Sirs” takes this structure, but subverts it. El-P literally starts it with “Dear Sirs…” and you can hear the sound of a typerwriter in the background, but the lyrics immediately take a left into apocalyptic imagery and ranting poetry.
* TooSoon: Amusingly [[InvertedTrope inverted]] with "The Full Retard". When El-P released it in advance of his (then) upcoming album ''Cancer For Cure'', a few music critics thought it was ridiculous for an album in 2012 referencing a movie from four years prior.
* TheVietnamWar: "The Nang, the Front, the Bush and the Shit" is an extended metaphor comparing being on tour to, well...being in the Vietnam War.
* TheUnexpected: Music example: El-P himself on the remix of A-Track's "Piss Test". Alongside names like [[ThreeSixMafia Juicy J]], Jim Jones, and the FlatbushZombies.
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