El-P

Southpaw was at a fever pitch when Despot, Das Racist, and a re-invigorated El-P came out to perform "The Last Huzzah," sending everyone on stage and in the crowd into a frenzy.

Jerell Tongson: Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Action Bronson and Mr. M-fin' eXquire Shut Down Southpaw Jerell Tongson 2012

Not to be outdone, Action Bronson and Mr. M-fin' eXquire called their friends Das Racist, Smoke DZA, El-P and Cormega yeah, you read that right in an incredible night of hip hop, from beginning to end worthy of closing out Southpaw's short but illustrious run as one of the top venues in Park Slope.

Jerell Tongson: Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Action Bronson and Mr. M-fin' eXquire Shut Down Southpaw Jerell Tongson 2012

El-P, an emcee who also co-founded the influential label Definitive Jux (Aesop Rock, Del tha Funky Homosapien), and Freddie Gibbs, an up-and-coming rapper who's drawn comparisons to Tupac, help round out the hip-hop schedule.

Pitchfork 2010 Guide: Best Shows And Acts To See At This Year's Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

Vast Aire and Vordul Megala spat their rhymes out like they contained deadly poison, trying to kill the world with their alienation and rage; El-P reined in his signature industrial production, for once, and was rewarded with the best record he ever worked on.

Best Albums of the Decade, 59-50 2009

Heads were so sick of them that El-P exclaimed "Yo, muthafuck the Houston Rockets!" on the Company Flow jam "8 Steps To Perfection".

Dart Adams presents I Respect The Shooter © Jay-Z (Revisited) Dart Adams 2009

Even if I say nothing it's a beautiful usage of negative space © El-P

Archive 2009-12-01 Dart Adams 2009

Even if I say nothing it's a beautiful usage of negative space © El-P

What's New In Dart's iPod #109 AKA Only 13 Days Left Dart Adams 2009

It's apropos that El-P is pictured above in front of what looks like a lie detector, because he's rock and hip-hop's eminent truth-teller.

Wired Top Stories 2009

I'm always up for hearing any Camu Tao/Central Services material (El-P, we need those albums yesterday), Despot & Rob Sonic need to have their albums drop (again...yesterday), Rob Sonic & Aesop Rock AKA Hail Mary Mallon?...

What's New In Dart's iPod #94 AKA Only Built 4 Hip Hop Fiendz... Dart Adams 2009

I kinda felt like Chris Palko, El-P, Shia La Beouf & Ashton Kutcher were gonna come through my front door with a camera crew and scream "Dart Adams, you've been Punk'd!"

What's New In Dart's iPod #79 AKA 9 More Reviews For Me To Do Dart Adams 2009