I'll Sleep When You're Dead

by El-P

I'll Sleep When You're Dead cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 March 2007
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:07
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Before Run the Jewels, El-P delivered this dense, dystopian solo masterpiece. The production is chaotic and futuristic, layering sci-fi synths over bombastic drums. Featuring guests like Trent Reznor and Cat Power, it is a paranoid, aggressive vision of modern life.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, rap, underground, experimental, electronic, noisy, dystopian, sample-heavy, abrasive

Tracklist

  1. Intro (00:51)
  2. Tasmanian Pain Coaster (06:53)
  3. Smithereens (04:36)
  4. Up All Night (02:35)
  5. EMG (04:30)
  6. Drive (04:12)
  7. Dear Sirs (01:32)
  8. Run the Numbers (04:40)
  9. Habeas Corpses, Part 1 (01:38)
  10. Habeas Corpses, Part 2 (04:40)
  11. The Overly Dramatic Truth (04:35)
  12. Flyentology (04:00)
  13. No Kings (03:05)
  14. The League of Extraordinary (02:32)
  15. Poisenville Kids No Wins (04:48)

Credits

  • Joey Raia - engineer, mixed by
  • Michael Sarsfield - mastered by
  • El-P - producer
  • Mr. Dibbs - scratches

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