I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Studio album by El-P
Released	March 20, 2007
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	hip hop
Length	55:07
Label	Definitive Jux
Producer(s)	El-P
Professional reviews
About.com link All Music Guide link HipHopDX.com link No Ripcord link Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) link RapReviews.com link Rolling Stone link Stylus Magazine (A) link Twisted Ear link
El-P chronology
Collecting the Kid (2004)	I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007)

I'll Sleep When You're Dead is the second full-length studio album by Brooklyn, New York producer and rapper El-P, released on his own Definitive Jux label on March 20, 2007, almost a full five years after his critically acclaimed debut solo album, Fantastic Damage. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... El-P aka El-Producto (born Jaime Meline on 4 March 1975) is an American rapper, producer and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Definitive Juxtaposition (also known as Def Jux) is an independent hip hop record label based in New York City, United States. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... El-Producto or El-P (born Jaime Meline) is well known in underground hip hop circles as a pioneer whose work with the trio Company Flow (El-P, Big Jus and Mr. ... About. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... No Ripcord is an online music and film magazine based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Stars10090. ... A typical example of Pitchforks main page, as of 12-12-06 Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Steve Flash Juon is an American journalist and web master who writes about hip-hop music and culture. ... Image File history File links Stars10090. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Stylus Magazine is an online music and film magazine first launched in 2002. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... El-P aka El-Producto (born Jaime Meline on 4 March 1975) is an American rapper, producer and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. ... Collecting the Kid is an album by Brooklyn, New York rapper El-P, released on October 19, 2004 (see 2004 in music) on his own Definitive Jux label. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. ... West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy For information on rap music, see hip hop music. ... El-Producto or El-P (born Jaime Meline) is well known in underground hip hop circles as a pioneer whose work with the trio Company Flow (El-P, Big Jus and Mr. ... Definitive Juxtaposition (also known as Def Jux) is an independent hip hop record label based in New York City, United States. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... In popular music, a solo album is an album made by a current or former member of a band. ... Fantastic Damage is the debut solo album by Brooklyn, New York rapper and producer El-P, released on his own Definitive Jux label on May 14, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...

The album features guest appearances from core "jukies", most prominently Cage and Aesop Rock, as well as contributions from several notable indie rock artists, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Chan "Cat Power" Marshall, and former Chavez and Zwan guitarist Matt Sweeney Despite his usual dislike of "records that have a bunch of (featuring so and so) after every song title",^[1] El-P has explained the more organic nature of the collaborations on I'll Sleep When You're Dead: Definitive Juxtaposition (also known as Def Jux) is an independent hip hop record label based in New York City, United States. ... Cage Kennylz (real name Christian Palko, commonly known as Cage) is an underground rapper based in New York City, United States. ... Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz, 1976) is a hip hop musician (rapper and producer). ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and a modern day Renaissance man. ... “NIN” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Mars Volta is an American rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. ... James McNew is the bass player for the rock band Yo La Tengo, and has been for most of its existence. ... Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band, based in Hoboken, New Jersey. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A music band named fer Chavez. This article needs input, and was also listed in the search query for potentional meanings of Chavez. Categories: Musical group stubs ... Zwan was a short-lived indie supergroup that was formed by The Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan in 2001. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Matt Sweeney is a guitarist/vocalist who has played in various groups, including 90s bands Skunk and Chavez. ...

El-P has compared the overall sound of the album's music to "a psychedelic Boogie Down Productions record", and like "Scott LaRock and Ced Gee take acid".^[2] Though he has stated that while the album is not "a political album per se, but... an honest one", some of the lyrics include comment on the September 11, 2001 attacks and the response of the Bush administration. Rob Sonic is a Hip-Hop musician originally from Washington DC, and is known for his intelligent lyrics performed over electronic beats. ... Matt Sweeney is a guitarist/vocalist who has played in various groups, including 90s bands Skunk and Chavez. ... Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz, 1976) is a hip hop musician (rapper and producer). ... James McNew is the bass player for the rock band Yo La Tengo, and has been for most of its existence. ... South Park is an American, Emmy Award-winning[1] animated television comedy series about four fourth-grade school boys who live in the small town of South Park, Colorado. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award- and two-time Golden Globe winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star... Big Gay Als Big Gay Boat Ride is the fourth episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Sic is a Latin word meaning thus or so. In writing, it is italicized and placed within square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error. ... Boogie Down Productions (1989) Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS One, D Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. ... Scott Sterling (March 2, 1962–August 27, 1987), better known by his stage name Scott La Rock, was the DJ for the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. ... The Ultramagnetic MCs are a rap group whose members included Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, Moe Love and later Tim Dog. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

The album's first single, the Trent Reznor-featuring "Flyentology", was released as a digital download via the iTunes Store on February 20, 2007. The song "EMG" appears as the B-side, and an animated video was made by the Adult Swim team. A video was also shot for "Smithereens".^[3] Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and a modern day Renaissance man. ... “ITMS” redirects here. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... The Adult Swim logo Adult Swim, usually rendered [adult swim] based on its logo, is the name for the adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network in the United States, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy in contrast to the tamer daytime Cartoon Network. ...

El-P previewed an unmixed version of "Tasmanian Pain Coaster", the album's opening track, on British DJ Gilles Peterson's WorldWide show on January 26, 2006 on Radio 1. A version of "EMG" with the extended title "Everything Must Go" was given away on a covermount CD mixed by DJ Big Wiz, along with the Def Jux-themed July 2005 issue of British hip hop magazine Hip Hop Connection; the same track was also offered as a paid download at Def Jux's online store. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Gilles Peterson Gilles Peterson is an influential DJ and record-label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz and Talkin Loud he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Covermount (sometimes written cover mount) is the name given to storage media (originally floppy disks or audio cassettes, now usually compact discs, and increasingly DVDs) packaged as part of a magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Definitive Jux (a. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Hip Hop Connection (HHC) is the longest running magazine devoted entirely to hip hop in the world. ... This article is about the computer terms. ...

I'll Sleep When You're Dead debuted at number 78 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week.^[4] The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

Track listing

1. "Tasmanian Pain Coaster" – 6:56
   • Featuring Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta
   • Intro Moog Liberation played by Wilder Zoby
   • Additional guitar by Matt Sweeney
   • Cuts by Mr. Dibbs
2. "Smithereens (Stop Cryin')" – 4:34
   • Additional vocals by Hangar 18
   • Cuts by Mr. Dibbs
3. "Up All Night" – 2:38
   • Additional vocals by Mr. Lif
4. "EMG" – 4:33
   • Cuts by Big Wiz
5. "Drive" – 4:15
6. "Dear Sirs" – 1:34
7. "Run the Numbers" – 4:43
   • Featuring Aesop Rock
   • Additional Moog Liberation by Wilder Zoby
   • Cuts by Mr. Dibbs
8. "Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love)" – 4:36
   • Featuring Cage
   • Buzuq played by Daniel Kaufman
   • Sergeant played by Mr. Len
   • Cuts by Mr. Dibbs
9. "The Overly Dramatic Truth" – 4:32
   • Additional keys by Daryl Palumbo
   • Additional vocals by Camu Tao
10. "Flyentology" – 4:03
    • Featuring Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
    • Additional vocals by Rob Sonic
    • Additional production by Trent Reznor
11. "No Kings" – 3:07
    • Featuring Tame One
12. "The League of Extraordinary Nobodies" – 2:36
    • Additional vocals by Joey Raia, Slug, and Murs
13. "Poisenville Kids No Wins / Reprise (This Must Be Our Time)" – 7:00
    • Featuring Chan "Cat Power" Marshal
    • Additional guitar by Kareem Bunton
    • Additional keys on "Reprise (This Must Be Our Time)" by Ikey of the Mars Volta

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Credits

• Executive Producers: El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe
• Mastering: Michael Sarsfield
• Mixing, engineering: Joey Raia
• Layout and design: Brad Smith
• Photography: Timothy Saccenti
• Project Manager: Jesse Ferguson

El-Producto or El-P (born Jaime Meline) is well known in underground hip hop circles as a pioneer whose work with the trio Company Flow (El-P, Big Jus and Mr. ...

References

External links

• Definitive Jux Official Website
• Definitive Jux - El-P
• El-P at MySpace
• El-P's blog chronicling the album's recording process