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| occupation = | years_active = 1993–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = | notable_instruments = }} Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by his stage name El-P (originally El Producto), is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. Originally a member of Company Flow, El-P has been a major driving force in alternative hip hop for more than two decades, producing for several notable underground rappers. El-P is the co-founder, owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Definitive Jux record label. El-P is also a member of The Weathermen and art collective Cardboard City. In 2013, he formed the hip-hop duo Run the Jewels with collaborator Killer Mike. ==Life and career== Meline is the son of jazz pianist Harry Keyes〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Harry Keyes '54 )〕 (born Harry Meline) and is of Irish, Cajun and Lithuanian descent. Getting involved with the hip hop culture of New York City at an early age, El-P decided to pursue a career in music after being expelled from several schools for problems with authority. At his 18th birthday party, he met Mr. Len, whom he had hired as a DJ for the night. The two quickly became friends and formed Company Flow in 1993. They released their first vinyl single, "Juvenile Techniques", in 1993. Bigg Jus later joined the group and in 1996 the trio released its debut EP, ''Funcrusher''. Subject to a major-label bidding war after the success of the EP, Company Flow waited until it could get a contract on its own terms. The group eventually signed with Rawkus Records, and released its debut full-length album, ''Funcrusher Plus'' (1997). After an instrumental album titled ''Little Johnny From the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1'' (1999), also on Rawkus, disagreements between El-P and the label led to Company Flow leaving Rawkus. El-P then decided to start his own record label, Definitive Jux (known informally as Def Jux, and extra-formally as Definitive Juxtapositions), and because of critically acclaimed albums such as Cannibal Ox's ''The Cold Vein'' (produced by El-P) and Aesop Rock's ''Labor Days'', the label quickly rose to prominence. Company Flow dissolved amicably in 2001 and the following year El-P released his debut solo album ''Fantastic Damage'', to wide critical acclaim. In 2004, El-P collaborated with the Blue Series Continuum for a jazz-fusion album titled ''High Water'', which received favorable reviews from both the hip hop and jazz worlds, as well as from more mainstream critics independent of both scenes. 2005 saw the release of ''Collecting the Kid'', an odds-and-ends assortment including work from ''High Water'' and ''Bomb the System'', in addition to several songs of unknown provenance. El-P's second proper studio album, ''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'', was released on March 20, 2007. It generally received very favorable reviews and became El-P's most commercially successful album as a solo artist to date, peaking at No. 78 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200. In an interview about ''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'', he identifies himself as an atheist. In October 2009, El-P announced that he was working on his third studio album, titled ''Cancer for Cure''. El-P also was a part of a group called Central Services, which consisted of El-P, Camu Tao, and Allysin Baker. In the fall of 2010, the EP ''Forever Frozen in Television Time'', was released exclusively on the Def Jux digital download service. In August 2011, it was announced that El-P signed with Fat Possum Records, which would release ''Cancer 4 Cure''. Later that month, El-P released a single off the upcoming album, via the Adult Swim Singles program, titled "Drones Over BKLYN." On February 22, 2012 El-P announced on his Facebook page that ''Cancer 4 Cure'' was officially complete. The album was later released to music retailers on May 22. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「El-P」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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