El-P

I like Das Racist, and so should you.

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Oh my god what am I doing with my life?

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So inane-I cause Colon Blow pain

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We're not steadfast about not repeating mistakes.

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I strongly believe in the art form of the album.

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Def Jam is the reason why I started a label.

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I was obsessed with Philip K. Dick.

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I'm a believer in air bags.

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I have a tendency to dip my foot in self-destructive behavior.

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A good rapper is a good rapper, a good album is a good album. I don't think anyone is inherently good.

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For me, the idea of releasing a free record is powerful if everybody gets it for free at the same time.

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That dark humor has always been a part of what I've done. It's always been somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

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I really don't believe in going too far out of your way to hunt down somebody to do a song.

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We're fighting internal struggles, I am the cancer for my own cure.

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Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do.

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I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

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There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time.

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If there's any credence to the guy who wrote 'Drones Over Blkyn' a year before drones were flying over Brooklyn, then listen…

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I couldn't really be a part of high school, because I have a terrible time doing things that I don't want to…

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There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going…

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I always liked the idea that you can put something in you onto a canvas or a piece of paper and have…

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I've fallen on my face. I've made mistakes. I've got plenty of records where I listen back, and I think, 'I wouldn't've…

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I used to think that growing up in New York made me ready for everything - for everything. Before I really got…

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Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the…

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You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut…

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When we're putting out records that people are responding to, it's amazing. And it's obviously what we shoot for every time. It's…

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I think Trump is indicative of a larger problem. It existed way before him, it is our generation's issue that all over…

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I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure…

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I've never had a huge collection of records; I've never been a beat digga. I never been one of these guys who…

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Trying to separate myself from my instincts of pessimism and cut out and define what it is that I really do love,…

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I think any teenager, any single parent household teenager growing up in New York City, will probably go through tumultuous years. I…

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I do these records. All of these ideas that I have, that I put out there, that inspire me to write, are…

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The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your…

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Any issue and any problem, no matter what height you look at it from, no matter how much you extend past the…

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People are very afraid. In my country, you had a corrupt party who sabotaged an amazing candidate Bernie Sanders who was stronger…

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If I can't work, I don't know what to do with myself.

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I really want to produce a record for Mary J. Blige.

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'The Venture Bros' are my jam.

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I can't sit in the same place. I gotta keep going.

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There's always stuff to rebel against.

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