Prefix Magazine: El-P - High Water
- Review by Nick Stillman: "My only real criticism is that the High Water listening experience can oddly be a little too pleasant -- nothing close to the crushing atmospherics of most Def Jux albums." [3.5/5]
- http://prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/E/El-P/High-Water/531

Montreal Mirror: El-P
- Interview by Scott C.
- http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/091902/music2.html

Boston Phoenix: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Michael Endelman: "Call it medicinal music: hip-hop that’s good for you but hard to swallow."
- http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/02257160.htm

Delusions of Adequacy: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Sandy Boer: "In a genre tired by stereotypes and those willing to fill them, El-P is breathing new life into hip-hop."
- http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=1230

Dusted Magazine: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Daniel Thomas-Glass: "For all its sonic ferociousness, this is a more mature El-P than Funcrusher gave us, more able and willing to make his voice heard."
- http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/196

ShakingThrough.net: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Laurence Station: "An ode to the redemptive power and spirit of the art form."
- http://www.shakingthrough.net/music/reviews/2002/el_p_fantastic_damage_2002.html

The Observer: "El-P Succeeds in Fusion of Jazz and Hip-Hop"
- Notre Dame's author Kenyatta Storin offers praise for High Water.
- http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/paper660/news/2004/03/25/Scene/ElP-Succeeds.In.Fusion.Of.Jazz.And.HipHop-640523.shtml

Spike Magazine: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Edmund Hardy: "It's uncomfortably like being locked in a small room with a possible genius who's shouting at you in a language you barely comprehend."
- http://www.spikemagazine.com/1102elp.php

Stylus Magazine: El-P - Fantastic Damage
- Review by Gavin Mueller: "It’s one of the most engrossing and innovative hip hop albums I’ve ever heard, and it gets better with every listen."
- http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=346

Cokemachineglow.com: El-P - Collecting the Kid
- Review by Aaron Newell: "This ain't no Fan Dam II."
- http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/elp_kid2004.html

BBC: El-P - High Water
- Review by Peter Marsh labels the album "a wasted opportunity."
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazz/reviews/elpea_highwater.shtml

The Independent Weekly: "El-P's New Spin on Hip Hop"
- Offers a history of El-P's musical career.
- http://indyweek.com/durham/2002-07-17/music.html

New York Metro: "The Producer: Beat Poet"
- Article by Ethan Brown details the artist's personality and career history.
- http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/arts/music/features/music2002/n_7735/

Remix: El-P
- Describes the creative process behind "High Water."
- http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_elp/

PopMatters: El-P - High Water
- Review by Stefan Braidwood: "Don't sleep on High Water."
- http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/e/elp-highwater.shtml