
Last week I wrote about Atlanta rapper Killer Mike's new record, R.A.P. Music , produced entirely by Brooklyn's El-Producto. Today I'm reviewing El-P's new record, Cancer For Cure. "It's like a fresh start to a new world - and I already want to go home," intones Jaime Meline on "Works Every Time," the third track on his much-anticipated new record Cancer For Cure. It's a rare, tuneful moment for Meline, alias El-P, whose verses skew more towards stream-of-consciousness assonance than melody. And lyrically, on an album full of metaphor and sideways language, this moment [...]