He's a lot like >Prince Paul, in a way. > >My only worry is whether his personality will open up enough >for a podcast. When I've listened to him in interviews he >sometimes comes across as a bit reserved. Hopefully Mike can >draw him out (if needed, I may have just seen the wrong >interviews w/el-p, too).
Big part of why Prince Paul's season was so good was because of his big personality. He's just such a jolly, goofy dude so you got a ton of really good stories, and had fun listening to it.
Hopefully, like you said, Mike can get El-P to open up more than he typically does. I'm confident he will.