Cancer 4 Cure

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Cancer 4 Cure
Studio album by El-P
Released May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22)
Recorded 2011-2012
Genre Alternative hip hop, Underground hip hop
Length 49:05
Label Fat Possum Records
Producer El-P, Nick Diamonds, Little Shalimar, Wilder Zoby
El-P chronology

I'll Sleep When You're Dead
(2007)		 Cancer 4 Cure
(2012)		 Run the Jewels
(2013)
Singles from Cancer 4 Cure
  1. "The Full Retard"
    Released: April 24, 2012

Cancer 4 Cure is the fourth full-length studio album by El-P, released on Fat Possum Records May 22, 2012.

Background

Jaime Meline has stated that "I think that I’m trying to create an idea or illustrate a thought pattern, just because there’s darkness that I see and think about, it doesn’t mean I’ve given into it. I think the record is ultimately about not giving into it. For the most part I’m struggling with that darkness throughout the record. When I say it’s about wanting to live, I just say that because that’s how I feel. When you get hit with death, sometimes as horrible as it is, one of the things that can come out of it is a reaffirmation of how much you don’t want to go, and I think that’s what happened with me."[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 84/100 [2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
The A.V. Club (A) [4]
BBC (Very Favorable) [5]
The Boston Phoenix [6]
Chicago Tribune [7]
Los Angeles Times [8]
musicOMH [9]
Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
Tiny Mix Tapes [12]

Cancer 4 Cure has received general acclaim from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 84, based on 39 reviews. AllMusic reviewed the album giving it a score of 4 out of 5, stating "Cancer4Cure is about hip-hop like Glengarry Glen Ross was about sales, but these great works transcend their industries, offering solace and inspiration to anyone who would prefer a satisfied mind over a Cadillac Eldorado, or in current terms, an Escalade."[3]

In contrast The Boston Phoenix stated that "Cancer for Cure is definitely not El-P's Age of Apocalypse; in fact it's the only El-P production that sounds like it's been made on planet Earth, following hip-hop rules that someone else already defined."[6]

The album was listed 15th on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012.[13]

Track listing

Track Listing was confirmed by FatPossum.[14]

No. Title Length
1. "Request Denied"   4:32
2. "The Full Retard"   3:39
3. "Works Every Time" (with Paul Banks) 3:35
4. "Drones Over Bklyn"   5:49
5. "Oh Hail No" (with Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & Danny Brown) 3:41
6. "Tougher Colder Killer" (with Killer Mike & Despot) 3:39
7. "True Story"   3:14
8. "The Jig Is Up"   3:18
9. "Sign Here"   2:51
10. "For My Upstairs Neighbor (Mums the Word)"   3:15
11. "Stay Down" (with Nick Diamonds) 3:10
12. "$4 Vic/Nothing but You+Me (FTL)"   8:23
Total length:
 49:05

Samples

Personnel

Music
Technical
  • El-P - Design
  • Ron Croudy - Design
  • Joey Raia - Mixing
  • Timothy Saccenti - Photography
  • Glenn Schick - Mastering
  • Torbitt Schwartz - Engineer
  • Little Shalimar - Engineer

References

  1. ↑ Alexander Fruchter. "Interview El-P: Back In The Flow". rubyhornet.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  2. ↑ "Cancer4Cure - El-P". metacritic.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 David Jeffries. "Cancer4Cure El-P". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  4. ↑ Eric Harvey. "El-P Cancer For Cure". avclub.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  5. ↑ Mike Diver. "El-P Cancer4Cure Review". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dan Weiss. "El-P - Cancer For Cure". thephoenix.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  7. ↑ Greg Kot. "Album review: El-P, 'Cancer 4 Cure'". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  8. ↑ Todd Martens. "Album review: El-P's 'Cancer 4 Cure'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  9. ↑ Daniel Paton. "El-P - Cancer For Cure". musicomh.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  10. ↑ Jeff Weiss. "El-P Cancer for Cure". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  11. ↑ Will Hermes. "El-P Cancer4Cure". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  12. ↑ Brent A. "El-P Cancer 4 Cure". tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
  13. ↑ http://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
  14. ↑ "El-P "Cancer For Cure" Album Art / Tracklist". fatpossum.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22. 
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