The Village Voice, October 15th, 2003
AESOP ROCK Bowery Ballroom October 4 THE SOUND OF THE CITY Rapper with dense album upstaged by self-important CEO
HEAVY EL-PING HAND
BY TA-NEHISICOATES
At the beginning of Aesop Rock's October 4 Bowery set, El-P bopped out on the stage and promptly declared his own importance. The cut is called "We're Famous," and El-P's portion of it is mostly concerned with the DefJux CEO flashing his underground pass and arguing for his own centrality in a world where 50 Cent doesn't know his name. It's an argument El-P can't win. But damn if he didn't spend the night engaging in it-at Aesop Rock's expen...
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