EL-P

From work in the early '90s with Company Flow to Run the Jewels and a strong catalog of solo albums, rapper/producer El-P has been a definitive figure in the evolution of hip-hop. His adventurous and innovative approach to production was apparent from his earliest output, and he complemented his boundary-pushing vision of sound with equally powerful rap skills. His discography includes not only genre-shaping releases from his own projects, but a wide variety of guest appearances on other artist's recordings, maintaining the solid track record that began with Company Flow's 1996 debut Funcrusher and carried through to Run the Jewel's 2020 powerhouse RTJ4.