El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead

3 stars out of 5 -- "I'LL SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD sounds like a hip-hop version of a Philip K. Dick novel, all mysterious, dystopian beat poetry. El-P's rhymes are fierce and sometimes cryptic."
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's imbued with El's ever-changing moods and styles. Equal parts faithful-but-twisted boom bap and avant-indie rock."
"[H]e flirts with melody here and relaxes his delivery, allowing us to take a breath before heading back into chaos." -- Grade: B+
3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a dense production built on pounding beats and malevolent bass....Meline has assembled a quality guestlist..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ost notable for its sheer artistry; intricate, lovingly assembled and rightfully buzzing on its own creative juice; it's full of the old-fashioned care and craft hip-hop has largely forgotten."
"[U]ltimately exhilarating....New York comes up both lyrically and sonically, an appropriate battleground for the album's titular unrest..."
"[A] sound that's as fresh and exciting as it is raw and hard-hitting..."
"Stripped of its vocals, this release gives the intricacies of El-P's production a chance to reveal themselves."