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El-P @ the Fillmore (Irving Plaza)
El-P @ the Fillmore (Irving Plaza), NYC - June 9, 2007
A review by Angry Citizen
This is the El-Product summer...El-P plays Pittsburgh on June 13th, and then Bonnaroo two days later. Videos below.... Tags: angrycitizen, El-PThe air was so thick Saturday night, that it’s going take weeks to clean off the thick film of hip-hop lathered on the walls of the Fillmore. Your run-of-the mill hip-hop concert consists of an agitated performer hyperaware of the impending doom of his genre; a performer who consciously takes the pulse of hip-hop every thirty seconds, only to lash out at any perceived threat like a cranky old man. Instead, El-P chose to take the pulse of America and lash out at the forces destroying us from within.
EL-P’s on another level like that…
The creative energy he supplied was forward moving even though the subject matter he covered was steeped in apocalyptic rage. Over the years, EL-P has crafted an aesthetic which wholly manifested itself into a perfected visual of doom and disease. He graced the stage covered in bloody scabs, donning a monkey suit. The atomic bomb landed and EL-P was the only survivor. He railed against strip malls and the homogeneous tendency of Middle America. He told tales of late night drug runs on the Lower East Side, which yielded the shittiest coke on earth. He delivered a scathing tract against the Bush administration and indicted them for the pile of bullshit they sold America. El-P’s America is a dirty place. His anti-war screed lead into a blistering version of 'Up All Night' which produced a mushroom cloud of energy and vitriol. As the mosh pit reached its zenith, an exhausted El-P collapsed on stage and laid motionless representing the "thousands of soldiers that have died for lies." His splayed corpse was soundtracked by Radiohead’s ‘The National Anthem’ and a Tribe Called Quest's ‘Can I Kick It.’ When the crowd chanted "Yes you can", El-P rose from the dead and finished off his vision of 21st century America in all its fucked up glory.
Posted on June 13, 2007 1:00 AM
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Wow he did the same thing at Bowery with the collapsing on the ground. Damn, i thought it was spontaneous. Kinda dissapointing it was part of the "act"
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 2:24 AM
This writer takes himself way too seriously. His writing is too thick and he needs to ease up on the adjectives.
Posted by doo | June 13, 2007 7:34 AM
a handsome reward to whoever can provide me with a clip of El-P on Conan Monday nite!!!
"in a world of super duper whores, the kids just want a little more..."
Posted by su | June 13, 2007 8:22 AM
-Purple prose
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A term of literary criticism, purple prose is used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensuously evocative beyond the requirements of its context. It also refers to writing that employs certain rhetorical effects such as exaggerated sentiment or pathos in an attempt to manipulate a reader's response."
Posted by ho | June 13, 2007 8:29 AM
Here's El-P on Conan...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f6aD8uGPrNA
where's my reward?
drtchocky @ gmail dot com
Posted by jason | June 13, 2007 8:35 AM
ok i withdraw the reward offer b/c i found the Conan clip. its in your mailbox BV!
Posted by su | June 13, 2007 8:36 AM
ah crap we posted at the same time!
did you upload it or just find it?
i think i might have an ISWYD coaster you can rest your 40 oz. on!
Posted by su | June 13, 2007 8:41 AM
Yes, this was a bad review.
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:07 AM
agreed, way too much. bad review.
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:17 AM
god el-p is awful, he needs to just stop.
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:30 AM
When is the lawsuit from Emerson, Lake and Palmer coming?
Karn Evil 9 bitches!
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:37 AM
haha i swear to god, that review exemplifies your typical el-p/def jux fan. they think he is on "some next level shit" and that everything he touches is so progressive and amazing. not trying to get on the writers case too much but i really didnt really take away anything from how the show actually was.
"The atomic bomb landed and EL-P was the only survivor. He railed against strip malls and the homogeneous tendency of Middle America"
????
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:46 AM
So he was in better spirits than he was at the plug-awards? He quit after two songs there because we were "waiving our arms in the aiiir."
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 9:54 AM
I'll tell you what. It's way more fun to get excited about an artist of el-p's caliber then about 87% of the ho-hum, boring bland ass, middling bands that are so generously hyped up on this blog. I'll take El-p hands down over the oceans of wack-ass bands raved about on this website. It's just more interesting. Yeaaaaahhh! Clap Your Hands Say Yea and Voxtrot. Fart.
Posted by Panthro | June 13, 2007 10:21 AM
So Television is playing for Free this Sat at Central Park. Don't see anything mentioned about here on ye olde BV except some gushy nonsense about Paul McCartney. Come on BV!
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 10:38 AM
I'd rather read prose that's somewhat carried away and over-reaching that most of the flat, uninspired droning that passes for music writing on the web and in the newsstands. besides, it sounds as if the prose's purply ambitions were more than matched by the subject matter -- collapsing on stage in scripted protest of the war, etc.
Posted by c | June 13, 2007 10:40 AM
I liked the review
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 10:53 AM
After seeing El-P act like a spoiled brat at the plug awards, I just cant get into his music. I've never seen anyone get more angry over the crowd not 'raising da roofe'
Posted by banjoandro | June 13, 2007 11:08 AM
I can't believe people are complaining about this review but no one takes the time to bash the sap filled Lonely, Dear review below. Wasn't lonely after my girlfriend showed up? What the hell does that have to do with anything. Ughh.
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 11:40 AM
I can't believe people are complaining about this review but no one takes the time to bash the sap filled Lonely, Dear review below. Wasn't lonely after my girlfriend showed up? What the hell does that have to do with anything. Ughh.
Posted by H. Life | June 13, 2007 11:40 AM
so why didn't you just raise the roof dude?
and "c" i agree, it's nice to read an excited review!
Posted by su | June 13, 2007 11:43 AM
El-P is a hypocritical hack. He's a dick too!
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 12:14 PM
El-Gay
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 1:03 PM
yeah, the review was dramatic but so is EL-P and his new album. it's a direct approximation (i assume what the reviewer was going for). And some of the "purple" prose such as "doom and disease" are actually EL-P lyrics. recognize.
Posted by EL-P | June 13, 2007 2:04 PM
I just watched the video for "Smithereens". Thanks for that, btw. Guess what's NOT gonna be aired on MTV. Not even MTV2, or Subterranean.
Posted by y-y-y-y-yo | June 13, 2007 2:09 PM
Dude pretty much singlehandedly creates two ridiculous albums; Fantastic Damage, I'll Sleep When Your Dead, and laces some of the sickest production work I've ever heard on Cannibal Ox's Cold Vein album and people still have the nerve to hate on this guy. Honestly, fuck that shit. The world's a deeply, profoundly disturbing place and it's good that there are certain artists out that choose to bring that to the forefront. Being uncompromising in your artistic vision is not necessarily a bad thing. Oh, and boo-fucking-hoo to those complaining about him cutting it short at the lameass Plug Awards. That shit makes me respect him more. Maybe he had David Cross overload.
Posted by God is an Atheist | June 13, 2007 5:51 PM
i just want to feel the music.
Posted by Anonymous | June 13, 2007 10:22 PM
I would bet that- God is an Atheist= Jaime (asshole)
Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2007 9:04 AM
hack? i think not
Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2007 6:44 PM