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David Ma speaks to El-P about creating their 1993 standout.
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When Company Flow turned 'Little Johnny From the Hospital' into Rawkus, they looked at us like we were crazy. Our first album had given no indication that we'd do something like that and before that the only instrumental hip-hop had been done by Scott La Rock and a few others, so we were one of the first. Little Johnny From The Hospital, an album by Company Flow on Spotify We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Little Johnny From The Hospital. Stands the 'Little Johnny From The Hospital' album. Company Flow is certainly a hip hop group, that always had beats that could survive on their own. The admiration for different and abstract sonic backgrounds always seemed to be just as much a priority, as eloquent and poetic verbal acrobatics.

David Ma is hardcore like Kool G Rap's music made for concert piano.

Johnny

Going back to Company Flow, specifically Funcrusher, and hearing seedlings of EL-P's later sound are fascinating. A student of Bomb Squad, his production, even early on, was dominated by textures and ominous tones. The songs later on developed into fuller, fully realized soundscapes, but cacophony and grim laughs remained enduring trademarks. Def Jux, an indie-imprint EL-P founded in 2000, captivated the underground masses and still lays claim to some of the era's best and most beloved releases (Cannibal Ox,Labor Days, Deadringer, etc). He did all this under an independent as fuck credo with songs that weren't always comfortable but always uncanny.

Company Flow Little Johnny From The Hospital
David Ma speaks to El-P about creating their 1993 standout.

When Company Flow turned 'Little Johnny From the Hospital' into Rawkus, they looked at us like we were crazy. Our first album had given no indication that we'd do something like that and before that the only instrumental hip-hop had been done by Scott La Rock and a few others, so we were one of the first. Little Johnny From The Hospital, an album by Company Flow on Spotify We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Little Johnny From The Hospital. Stands the 'Little Johnny From The Hospital' album. Company Flow is certainly a hip hop group, that always had beats that could survive on their own. The admiration for different and abstract sonic backgrounds always seemed to be just as much a priority, as eloquent and poetic verbal acrobatics.

David Ma is hardcore like Kool G Rap's music made for concert piano.

Going back to Company Flow, specifically Funcrusher, and hearing seedlings of EL-P's later sound are fascinating. A student of Bomb Squad, his production, even early on, was dominated by textures and ominous tones. The songs later on developed into fuller, fully realized soundscapes, but cacophony and grim laughs remained enduring trademarks. Def Jux, an indie-imprint EL-P founded in 2000, captivated the underground masses and still lays claim to some of the era's best and most beloved releases (Cannibal Ox,Labor Days, Deadringer, etc). He did all this under an independent as fuck credo with songs that weren't always comfortable but always uncanny.

Fantastic Damage is so aptly titled, so is the paranoid I'll Sleep When You're Dead, and the dark sci-fi of Cancer For Cure. His trio of solo joints is music for an apocalypse, what you hear as flaming buildings crumble behind you. This recent and widely successful Run The Jewels run with Killer Mike has also given him a third act, with young fans revisiting and discovering jarring beasts like Little Johnny From The Hospital or the Weallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx series.But 'Juvenile Technique' was Co Flow's first very single, an attention-demanding springboard that framed everything thereafter. I spoke with EL-P during a press window for Cancer For Cure before his career ascended even further, and here are a few of his thoughts on early Co Flow history and the making of 'Juvenile Technique' circa 1993.

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*Interview portions taken from feature for Wax Poetics issue #34



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