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Live Review, 6/29/12: El-P and Killer Mike Deliver the Goods at the Regency

Ian S. Port Jul 2, 2012 9:36 AM

Andrew Lopez
El-P at the Regency Ballroom on Friday
El-P

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.