Quite the celebration/release show for “weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3″. I’ve seen EL-P do a live show a handful of times before, but never a straight beat set. At Cage and Yak Ballz’s El-Rey show last year he was on hand to watch the emcee’s like everyone else, this time was something completely different.
Low End Theory has been a staple of the Los Angeles night life for years. Technically nestled in the Lincoln Park neighborhood a few blocks north east of downtown, it’s dirt cheap compared to, well everything else in Los Angeles. Other than the cost of waiting in line, that is if you happen to get there late.
Wednesday was EL-P’s turn to claim a piece of the collective memory of the underage kids who flood the airliner every week to see gods in the mortal realm that is Low End.
Nocando and Dj Nobody held it down following his set, with the crowd cheering along the lyric’s of “Hurry up and Wait”. I know the shoot was last week, so sooner or later a video for that is going to materialize and I can’t wait to see the results.
All and all, I have to say, EL-P continues to surprise me. From choosing to sign Murs, and Dizzee Rascal, to the decision to shutter the Definitive Jux label. You should go to his website www.weareallgoingtoburninhell.com which I can already picture twenty somethings in the future having tattooed across their ribcage in the antiquated language of music. One day we’ll all be part of the planet again, and when it happens I hope there’s a few good photos and a lifetime of music in our absence.
I was totally underwhelmed by El-P. It sucks cause I’m a big fan and I’d been hyping it up, but dude just didn’t bring it.
This is not a review.
Don’t tease those of us who couldn’t make it like this. It’s just mean. We know it was fucking awesome. But HOW FUCKING AWESOME WAS IT?!