Killer Mike
Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire
Despot
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Regency Ballroom
Better than:
The last time you sat through a lecture about the Iran-Contra affair.Maybe it was the trappings of his headline slot -- light show, two-piece band, etc. -- or maybe it was just the full head of steam that Brooklyn rapper El-P brought to the stage. Either way, on Friday night at the Regency Ballroom, El-P concluded what had been a night of solid live hip-hop with a pummeling hour of rapping that seemed to exceed even the furious energy of his latest, lauded album, Cancer For Cure, and left him seemingly towering over everyone else on Friday's four-name bill.