What Had Happened Was has finally returned for a second season! To kick it off, Open Mike Eagle sits down with this season's guest, El-P, to dig into El's early life leading up to his first recordings and the forming of the seminal underground rap group, Company Flow. Along the way we hear the story of his first encounter with the music business and how that informed the ’independent as f*ck’ aesthetic of his early releases. El-P and Open Mike Eagle then explore the record label bidding war that lands the group at legendary underground label Rawkus Records. This was easily my favorite podcast last season, so I'm equally exited to dive into Season 2. Listen along with me below...