Despot, Mr. Mf'n eXquire, Killer Mike and El-P - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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  • Despot, Mr. Mf'n eXquire, Killer Mike and El-P stop by the KEXP studio. Recorded 7/1/12.
    Host: Larry Mizell, Jr.
    Audio: Julian Martlew
    Cameras: Terrance Creighton, Justin Wilmore
    Edits: Justin Wilmore
    www.kexp.org

Komentáře • 493

  • @sp1kep
    @sp1kep Před 4 lety +171

    In 2020... only 23 years until Despot's album drops.

    • @kingschatzie2890
      @kingschatzie2890 Před 2 lety +1

      You are far behind my son

    • @juice6199
      @juice6199 Před 2 lety +5

      @@kingschatzie2890 cant wait dude i'm gonna be in my 40's lmao

    • @byHexted
      @byHexted Před 2 lety +2

      At least we have that ONE SONG

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 Před rokem +1

      I'm the 100th thumb up...
      Whoopty dooo!!!!!🥇🕶️👀

    • @MRPRINGLE215
      @MRPRINGLE215 Před rokem +3

      It is now 2023 and still waiting

  • @BlinDFAithable
    @BlinDFAithable Před 8 lety +165

    elp and killer mike talking about how they met, unaware of how rtj gonna blow the fuck up

    • @benduffy6219
      @benduffy6219 Před 7 lety +20

      The crazy thing is that after two albums that were SO dark - dark and angry in the case of R.A.P. Music, full of despair and depression in the case of C4C - they made an album together that was so funny and joyous-sounding.
      I hope it means they're happier.

    • @lilcrackaddict
      @lilcrackaddict Před 7 lety

      BlinDFAithable 👊🔫

    • @fives.
      @fives. Před 4 lety +7

      @@benduffy6219 Super underrated comment, another three albums along and they're having shitloads of fun now

    • @alizzan
      @alizzan Před 3 lety +2

      @@fives. El-P said they call RTJ3 the "Blue Album" because it also reflects the feelings on it. RTJ4 apparently allowed them to go back to the fun from the earlier albums

    • @damonestephens8722
      @damonestephens8722 Před 2 lety

      @the_bearded_schlub far from the truth hater

  • @davidwestwood2457
    @davidwestwood2457 Před 8 lety +182

    I hope El-P keeps making music till he's 70. It keeps getting better and better

    • @masonwabemredlana1088
      @masonwabemredlana1088 Před 6 lety +4

      I feel so bad that I heard about Company Flow this year...

    • @Eagles4life221
      @Eagles4life221 Před 5 lety +8

      David Westwood Nothing could ever beat Fantastic Damage that he did in 02.

    • @Firepaw420
      @Firepaw420 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Eagles4life221 That's the truth but I love RTJ.

    • @keithmichael112
      @keithmichael112 Před 4 lety

      I saw him saying in an interview that his cutoff was 50 - we'll see

    • @keithmichael112
      @keithmichael112 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Firepaw420 I'd like at least one more solo el-p record

  • @juliendinse
    @juliendinse Před 7 lety +100

    0:41 DESPOT - House Made of Bricks
    6:25 MR. MFN EXQUIRE - Huzzah
    11:50 KILLER MIKE - Untitled
    20:37 EL-P - Works Every Time

  • @felipandule
    @felipandule Před 8 lety +150

    3 years later... Despot decides to release this song.

    • @MrKelly-ur7ek
      @MrKelly-ur7ek Před 8 lety +1

      heard him that shit for the first time a few weeks ago on Pandora. Song is trash .

    • @JasonCole_TheVeil
      @JasonCole_TheVeil Před 5 lety +9

      Beat goes hard. One man's trash...

    • @brianbadonde9251
      @brianbadonde9251 Před 4 lety +3

      @@JasonCole_TheVeil ..is another man's slightly better trash

    • @Lailoken2
      @Lailoken2 Před 4 lety +7

      This version of House of Bricks is fire! The version he released is inferior to this. I wonder what happened.

    • @saile1011
      @saile1011 Před 4 lety +3

      Label interference?

  • @westiestylz
    @westiestylz Před 9 lety +77

    This is so dope knowing what came after with Killer Mike and El-P. ... Run the Jewels...

    • @tomtaylor3469
      @tomtaylor3469 Před 9 lety +6

      Before run the jewels EL-P produced Killer Mikes album

    • @zxggwrt
      @zxggwrt Před 5 lety +7

      Exactly.. I know from history that they already worked together but this is the first video I see them together before RTJ. Show me links before this I want to watch!

    • @Stoney-Jacksman
      @Stoney-Jacksman Před 2 měsíci

      run the jewels is like generic rap for older middle class and up whyte nerd tech guys in america and europe. Its where el-p became gentrified to retire.
      Company Flow was for marker sniffing graffheads, in a pre-gentrified NY, sci fi paranoia pigeons, cheap liquor, blunts and dust yada...

  • @ahopkins1978
    @ahopkins1978 Před 10 lety +26

    that kid Despot gots Fuckin BARS!!!and he from QUEENS!

  • @JamesElliott92
    @JamesElliott92 Před 10 lety +49

    Killer Mike wears his heart on his sleeve, cool guy.

  • @AdEg66
    @AdEg66 Před 9 lety +138

    You ask someone named Mr.Motherfukin' eXquire to do a clean song, that's what you get lol

  • @mitchbowring7606
    @mitchbowring7606 Před 9 lety +12

    This is my first Despot action. What a legend.

    • @williamp7278
      @williamp7278 Před 4 lety +2

      Most slept on rapper without an album

  • @MF_UNDERTOW
    @MF_UNDERTOW Před 2 lety +17

    I remember when this was first uploaded. It’s been really fun to witness the phenomenon that is RTJ and how these men have evolved into superstars gracefully. They definitely deserve the success.

  • @Havokistheonly
    @Havokistheonly Před 8 lety +46

    Came here for El-P, left with Despot and Killer Mike!

    • @ilovecody7514
      @ilovecody7514 Před 7 lety +10

      Don't sleep on Exquire!!!

    • @13en33
      @13en33 Před 7 lety

      Only issue is he had to censor himself so it wasn't the strongest performance. Too bad. Dude drops some decent bars.

    • @drewnichols1685
      @drewnichols1685 Před 7 lety +2

      You betta have left Despot for RTJ 1-3 lololoolol

    • @michaelhall5429
      @michaelhall5429 Před 5 lety +3

      How had you not heard of rtj in 2016? This makes no sense. How could you know el-p and not killer Mike? How did this happen?

  • @masonbutterfield
    @masonbutterfield Před 9 lety +85

    EL-P is a savage.

  • @bignollieshoveit
    @bignollieshoveit Před 9 lety +26

    "i play the corners like a rook on a chessboard" sick line.

  • @hoodrichhaul7545
    @hoodrichhaul7545 Před 3 lety +3

    El-P has always been himself and never cater to the trend and end result he is ahead of his time. And glad he Met his soulmate killer Mike!

  • @lspbeautea4791
    @lspbeautea4791 Před rokem +2

    How far run the jewels have come! Still on of my all time favourite live sets I seen a few years back.

  • @baldo6933
    @baldo6933 Před 7 lety +39

    shoulda got danny brown up in there and performed oh hail no with exquire and el

  • @Nick-vg1gu
    @Nick-vg1gu Před 11 lety +43

    " I got so rich I burned bridges to keep the stove lit"- Despot.
    " pockets on rogain I balled out of control" - Despot
    He kills it

    • @weenjeep
      @weenjeep Před 3 lety +2

      How'd that little guy get on such a high horse

    • @DeathTrapProductions
      @DeathTrapProductions Před rokem +1

      told them to write coming soon on my tombstone...
      STILL hasn't dropped the album. Goddamnit Alec haha.

  • @hamet1234
    @hamet1234 Před 11 lety +19

    They should've performed "Tougher Colder Killer", that would've been too crazy

  • @shandoo
    @shandoo Před rokem +1

    Wow! I have such good memories of this. It’s really early in the morning when we did this. I’m not even sure if we slept more than 3 hours. But after we went to this amazing biscuit place in Seattle. Some of the best times of my life so far.

  • @berke2336
    @berke2336 Před 2 lety +1

    RAP Music and Good Kid Maad City came out around the same time. The best of both coasts haven't stopped since.

  • @therealBALLOONKNOT
    @therealBALLOONKNOT Před 11 lety +11

    killer mike merked that shit really hard. props to that dude

  • @lees9062
    @lees9062 Před 9 lety +44

    This is some inspiring shit. I'm just getting really into hiphop and feel like I've missed out all these years.

    • @theStepFamm
      @theStepFamm Před 9 lety +1

      Lee S hell ya you did, o well tho

    • @theStepFamm
      @theStepFamm Před 9 lety

      Lee S hell ya you did, o well tho

    • @dylangrabowski8882
      @dylangrabowski8882 Před 9 lety +3

      Lee S Go back and listen to every artist and album from the Definitive Jux days. That and Rhymesayers circa 2000 - 2009 will be enough to get you started.

    • @jposadalcs
      @jposadalcs Před 8 lety +2

      +Dylan Grabowski I'd recommend going even further back to Company Flow around '97.

    • @kevinmartinez5267
      @kevinmartinez5267 Před 8 lety +1

      yea its a shame how many these kids ride RTJ and EL have no idea about Funcrusher Plus...Mr Lif the song Patriotism from soundbombing 2!

  • @viriatvsoflvsitania5422
    @viriatvsoflvsitania5422 Před 9 lety +39

    RAP is still alive and healthy :)

  • @TommyGFPV
    @TommyGFPV Před 4 lety +9

    "looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffin glue" 😂

  • @otisnut
    @otisnut Před 11 lety +4

    I agree. The first time I saw a Despot interview I didn't believe it was the same guy who did Home Sickness. I actually felt sorry for him and thought maybe El P put him on as part of a Sheltered Workplace community service project. But he does just get better with every song. He'll be around for a long time. He may only drop 3 albums in 30 years, but they'll be dope albums.

  • @gabrielmichael42
    @gabrielmichael42 Před 8 lety +21

    Bruh despot's deadpan shit is hysterical lmao

  • @amg2022
    @amg2022 Před 5 měsíci

    This is one of the best live performances of all time.

  • @vshazam
    @vshazam Před 4 lety +8

    Despot is the George RR Martin of rap. Still waiting on that LP.

  • @irreversiblemess
    @irreversiblemess Před 9 lety +12

    "got this flip phone and some work in the jeans, that's hot pockets"

  • @thefearedESK
    @thefearedESK Před 2 lety

    It's so rad to watch El-P watch Mike perform. This is a real intimate setting.

  • @JFREE360
    @JFREE360 Před 11 lety +1

    For some reason,my monthly contributions to KEXP are paid even when I have a negative balance in my checking account. And I like it. I will happily pay the fee to keep this going.

  • @brain.in.a.body.
    @brain.in.a.body. Před 10 lety +61

    I wish Danny Brown was there

  • @SanshoTheBailiff
    @SanshoTheBailiff Před 10 lety +12

    Despot fukin shows pure talent here and Ratatat's beat is pure disgusting!!
    Mad love to the Funkcrusher - Legendary stuff!
    Peace

  • @LTdesign13
    @LTdesign13 Před 2 lety +1

    Ten years later.....
    Album still ain't come yet.

  • @TubeTheFox
    @TubeTheFox Před 11 lety +1

    I love El-P,not only is he great at what he does but he's a right joker.

  • @BoyGeorgiaX
    @BoyGeorgiaX Před 4 lety +1

    So cool

  • @CandyCane
    @CandyCane Před 11 lety +1

    What a great bunch of guys!! Holy fuck. Where are they in my everyday world??

  • @welderboy13
    @welderboy13 Před 11 lety

    Why have i just now found this? big fan of all these geniuses!

  • @Lovereignsupreme
    @Lovereignsupreme Před 11 lety +1

    man I was so excited I had to show my son 'see kid, Red-heads can be fresh and not just evil villains on cartoons." He has hope now.

  • @desxifrador
    @desxifrador Před 6 měsíci +2

    2024 and Despot still hasn't dropped

  • @leonsanchez6489
    @leonsanchez6489 Před 10 lety +28

    that ginger kid can rap, also can grow a beard, that's awesome!

  • @epupmack5505
    @epupmack5505 Před 7 lety +14

    despot is high af all the time

  • @FullBitGamer
    @FullBitGamer Před 2 lety +1

    Still come back to this just to watch eXquire have to stumble through Huzzah "CLEAN" lmao.

  • @qtbrown
    @qtbrown Před 9 lety +1

    I thought eXquire was high until Killer Mike came out. I've never seen a performance so good and so funny at the same time.

  • @utoobasimo
    @utoobasimo Před 11 lety +1

    Strong crew. El-P and Killer Mike just kill it.

  • @user-tr2tu8sw7b
    @user-tr2tu8sw7b Před měsícem +1

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉line par congratulations 🎉👏

  • @beck103187
    @beck103187 Před 3 lety

    i*m just seeing this...damn 2020

  • @slimbruddah625
    @slimbruddah625 Před 5 lety +1

    el-p was so blunted and still slayed haha

  • @johnbrookswheelwright5103

    this host is the man . . great vibe and loves the music.

  • @nickwilson7241
    @nickwilson7241 Před rokem

    Watching in 2023 and still waiting for that Despot record

  • @camdatboi
    @camdatboi Před 2 lety

    Aye im here from that new billy woods joint despot went crazy🔥

  • @ryanrusstey6677
    @ryanrusstey6677 Před 7 lety

    Luv u guys...RTJ salute..u open up door

  • @xXanarchist5savageXx
    @xXanarchist5savageXx Před 11 lety +3

    5:34 he trips. He's so awkward but honestly, the world isn't ready for Despot. He makes quality music it's the lack of motivation that people won't handle from him. He's smart. He knows damn well if he makes a song it's huge. That career will maybe always be there for him.
    Anyway. Good ear, man. You are correct. Despot also said that.

  • @onemillionthtry
    @onemillionthtry Před 11 měsíci

    If you've lived in Seattle and seen this fellow interview Deerhoof...it gets more hilarious. But this is a gem. Everyone was a class act.

  • @joshualedford8436
    @joshualedford8436 Před 6 lety +28

    6 years later and still no Despot album

  • @lormingo5259
    @lormingo5259 Před 4 lety +1

    “Getting birds on the arm like ghost face” 🔥🔥🔥

  • @aaronlastname2006
    @aaronlastname2006 Před 8 lety +25

    really disappointing to see these artists censored

  • @streetdreamz210
    @streetdreamz210 Před 10 lety +40

    Imagine killer mike and cannibal ox

    • @jakepalmer4690
      @jakepalmer4690 Před 4 lety

      Holy shit that would be dope as hell

    • @sliiight5385
      @sliiight5385 Před 4 lety

      HIS VOICE ON IRON GALAXY

    • @ozzymandias8137
      @ozzymandias8137 Před 3 lety

      Would not object to a DJ Critical Hype -type mashup album of Killer Mike vocals over older El-P beats!

  • @RickTheScientist
    @RickTheScientist Před 8 lety +5

    It's nice to hear them use the word rap. It always seems like a nerd taboo to say that word I always revert to "hip-hop"

    • @NaptownClassic
      @NaptownClassic Před 4 lety

      They're different. Like Country and Western. Or maybe one is the container in which the other resides like "Art" versus "Music".

  • @riggity6981
    @riggity6981 Před 8 lety +3

    "it's like a fresh start of a newwww world.... to go home..". x10

  • @MrRevCytosis
    @MrRevCytosis Před 2 lety

    here we are in 2022, despot has more tv shows than albums.

  • @OracleTheRonin
    @OracleTheRonin Před 2 lety

    i was rolling at the despot intro when El-P went 'yeeaaaah go despit!!'

  • @thtdudewiththehair
    @thtdudewiththehair Před 12 lety

    All these rappers are so damn good.

  • @dampheat
    @dampheat Před 11 lety +9

    If you ever tried to censor yourself on the fly live, you'd know what eXquire was going through.

  • @f4tk1dx
    @f4tk1dx Před 12 lety

    Thank you.

  • @jayhamilton7573
    @jayhamilton7573 Před 8 lety +2

    The smirk when Despot realizes he let a "fuck" slip. That would be tough, especially when it's part of the rhyme.

    • @adenaas9108
      @adenaas9108 Před 8 lety

      yeah man out must be super tough to edit yourself on the fly when you've learnt the rhymes it would Just come naturally to say the curse words with out any thought

    • @adenaas9108
      @adenaas9108 Před 8 lety

      +Ade Naas *it

  • @cmhawke2
    @cmhawke2 Před 11 lety

    you can tell all these dudes like rapping around each other
    good vibes

  • @TommyGFPV
    @TommyGFPV Před rokem +1

    That House of Bricks beat sounds so good, Ratatat killed it. Still waiting on that Despot album…

  • @clapforboobies5892
    @clapforboobies5892 Před 4 lety +6

    You know when a dude show up with a wood hat he gonna kill it

  • @DMysticmc
    @DMysticmc Před 12 lety

    poets at their finest!

  • @soli90291
    @soli90291 Před 11 lety

    Dig that Despot track. Line up is beyond sick.

  • @TheDanielcoa
    @TheDanielcoa Před 12 lety

    Great!

  • @drewcampbell6894
    @drewcampbell6894 Před 6 lety +1

    Need a Despot album bad.

  • @KudossMusic
    @KudossMusic Před 11 lety

    Dank

  • @sickoflue
    @sickoflue Před 11 lety

    awesome thank you

  • @b4zook4tooth
    @b4zook4tooth Před 11 lety

    despot album...pppllleeeaaassseeee

  • @shawnylovestammie
    @shawnylovestammie Před 10 lety +2

    Love the rap fan hat in the backround

  • @pckldickweed20
    @pckldickweed20 Před 11 lety +9

    So who's El's backing dude??? I've seen him for so long, but never knew who he was...

  • @danlawson7692
    @danlawson7692 Před 9 lety +9

    When the fuck is Despot going to release his album? Been waiting since the Def Jux days, haha.

  • @Bloomythegoat
    @Bloomythegoat Před 11 lety

    Despot for president

  • @aranc23
    @aranc23 Před 11 lety

    The album that song is on came out this year, and it's amazing.

  • @Kalas82
    @Kalas82 Před 11 lety

    El-P better than ever..his albums were always pure gold, but cancer4cure is a whole nother level.
    The way music, text and his rapin work together is just art. If you haven`t bought it yet, atleast listen to it..not singel tracks, but the whole thing.

  • @jkaygoulet
    @jkaygoulet Před 4 lety

    I have had the pleasure of meeting & seeing all of these gentlemen perform all of these songs and many, many more live in 2012. 🙌🏻 That was before Run the Jewels & Mike & El-p already made tons of songs & beats together. So, forming a group together was a no-brainer. I have been to MANY shows in my day & I cannot deny that their show, in Cleveland @ the Grog Shop, was the best, most energetic, fun & incredible show that I have seen in my whole life. These guys are so talented & it is so easy to see how much they love their craft & each other. I have met quite a few celebrities, but I have never been star struck the way I was when I met Jamie & especially Mike. Cancer 4 Cure & R.A.P Music were the sound track to my entire 2012. Mr. Mf'in Esquire was incredibly cool, extremely drunk, and let me wear his chain for many pictures with him! 🤣 I love these guys so much & although I haven't yet had the opportunity, I WILL see Run the Jewels live & I have no doubt it will be equally as mindblowing, if not even more. I hope to be able to see them at a venue similar to the Grog Shop as well. It is a small, very personal, up close venue where the raised stage is not very high. So, you are so close to the talent & it feels very personal, almost like a jam sesh that you are just hanging out for. If anybody in the midwest has a band that they love stopping by the Grog Shop in Cleveland - you absolutely MUST go!! ... Alright, I think I'm finally done blabbering on. Sorry it's so long, I just cannot express enough how incredible & talented I think these guys are! They have gained a lot of fans & respect as Run the Jewels. However, I still feel that they are extremely underrated & under-appreciated give the amount of talent, charisma, & knowledge they have & not too mention how they have gone above & beyond paying their dues to those that came before them. So much love for KM & EP!

  • @scottieb1
    @scottieb1 Před 11 lety +1

    Despot looks and sounds nothing like a rapper... until he raps. So underrated, love this guy! Hope he has an album coming soon so he can blow up. For now, I'll take him guesting with El, MMF, Danny B etc.

  • @silvy6491
    @silvy6491 Před 5 dny

    despot album dropping this year!

  • @konradhk00
    @konradhk00 Před 12 lety

    Holy shit Despot and El-P....

  • @Krem_82
    @Krem_82 Před 3 lety +1

    Despot not releasing an album is a tragedy

  • @justinmackay8175
    @justinmackay8175 Před 11 lety +2

    Howd that little guy get on such a high horse is such a great line haha

  • @sardinejuice3866
    @sardinejuice3866 Před 7 lety

    Never knew despot was so short

  • @paulyphonic
    @paulyphonic Před 11 lety

    DOPE ASS MUSIC!

  • @user-tr2tu8sw7b
    @user-tr2tu8sw7b Před měsícem +1

    My peer bro jay doob and king tim

  • @angryhobo212
    @angryhobo212 Před 6 lety +1

    Des-POT kilt it 😎😎😎

  • @bklyncrook
    @bklyncrook Před 10 lety +1

    eXquire looking like Brother J. Word to the mother land you sizziessss!!!

  • @thatguythatsavedearth1093

    2019. I call window seat on the mothership.

  • @rpsnext
    @rpsnext Před 11 lety

    This is the next shit...Its good to see NY mcs doing there thing !!! Killer Mike is the truth good to see him with this company...

  • @saile1011
    @saile1011 Před 4 lety +1

    Nobody:
    One random nigga in the background with an Optimus Prime mask: *vibin*

  • @ericwalp7370
    @ericwalp7370 Před 2 lety

    Look out for that Despot album dropping next year.

  • @Mutantcy1992
    @Mutantcy1992 Před 9 lety +58

    Censorship is so funny. Can't say "shit" but can say "orgy"???

    • @rjcripe
      @rjcripe Před 9 lety +8

      I don't see how bitch is any better than shit but you hear it every line during eXquire's performance.

    • @mgskerm
      @mgskerm Před 9 lety +1

      Mutantcy1992 orgys original term meant a drinking party if i remember correctly and it can also mean overabundance

    • @TheDjkillahoe
      @TheDjkillahoe Před 9 lety +3

      KtFKermie orgy is just a gateway to nothing good for kids

    • @onehunned6523
      @onehunned6523 Před 8 lety +2

      +KtFKermie
      Orgy has Latin roots, a culmination of poly (multiple) and orgasms (nut busting).

    • @johannsimonot
      @johannsimonot Před 6 lety +1

      That kind of censorship is from America, In france and Europe we dont have that kind of shit but we have to see video with the American Censorship on youtube....CZcams have to make a zoning with censorship for USA (if the puritans like that) but full video for the rest of the world ;) Fooking censorship ;)

  • @RickTheScientist
    @RickTheScientist Před 8 lety +7

    seattle must be a pretty happening place for music

    • @aldude999
      @aldude999 Před 8 lety +2

      But the majority of the people in this video are from New York. El-P, Despot, and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire.

    • @Ididntaskforahandleyoutube
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      Rick Davis--It certainly is. As great as the grunge movement was, Seattle has an incredible music scene.