El-P at Triple Rock

From Brooklyn, New York

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From last.fm:

El-P is an abbreviation of El-Producto, both pseudonyms of New York City, NY, USA, underground hip-hop producer / rapper Jaime Meline (b. 2 Mar 1975). As a member of Company Flow, he honed his production skills alongside DJ Mr. Len and Bigg Jus. His unique style helped Company Flow gain critical, then popular success, culminating in 1997 with Funcrusher Plus. Eventual differences between the group & label Rawkus, lead to El-P & Len leaving the label in 2000. Read more about El-P on Last.fm.

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From Los Angeles, California

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Possessing a hyper-literate, intellectual style of rapping augmented with dizzying elocution that would tongue-tie even the fiercest auctioneer, Busdriver is eclectic and eccentric enough to cite vocalese jazz singer Jon Hendricks as a primary influence. Born Regan Farquhar, the Los Angeles MC was introduced to hip-hop culture early – his father wrote the screenplay to one of the earliest films focusing on hip-hop, Krush Groove. Read more about Busdriver on Last.fm.