El-P "The Overly Dramatic Truth" LIve at the PLUG Awards

From El's new album "I'll Sleep When You're Dead". Performed live at the PLUG Awards in NYC, 2007.

[@deathispromised]

8 years since I heard this and still come back every now and then wish I was there to hear this live!

[@antifascistskater]

Welcome back homie

[@KeepingitSeels]

It's that time again...

[@afewgoodmen228]

Crowd wasn’t ready.

[@Nicolas-hh5cp]

I don't think that anybody were ready for El.

[@This__Is__True__Beats]

man.....the horns in this video make the song more powerful, fucking awesome

[@bryancraig4726]

Top 3 live moments in music. .

[@fen0m]

Wow what a powerful performance. You can feel the emotion he's putting out right through the monitor. When the horns kicked in at the end a tear almost come to my eye.

[@DBSbluedevil]

Crazy to think this is the first song I heard by El now look at a brotha. Glad he hit the big time with RTJ. Always love my underground shit

[@blue17echo]

god i love the horns on this version

[@KeepingitSeels]

Man only drew breath 3 times that whole performance 🙌😍

[@liljuve13]

I freakin love this performance

[@liljuve13]

one of the best performances I have ever heard, everything is literally perfect

[@alank1220]

So much emotion without having his voice to into yelling/hoarse territory. I keep coming back to this video. Love it

[@MitchMBowring1]

I love that emo moment. For real.

[@alinrosu4751]

MitchMBowring1 We all do :))) I'll Sleep when you're dead is his best shit ever, and this song is no exception

[@Eagles4life221]

Alin Red Fantastic Damage is better

[@verballycomplex]

i nearly cry every time i hear this song. that's how great it is. lol. el is funkin' dope.

[@supercheese905]

Sirk Sotnas same

[@Leaveyou88]

The lyrics to this song is crazy, I mean how can anyone get so much depth into each sentence? And the fact that he does so with rap shows his great talent.

[@flanerone]

damn those horns are unreal!

[@nobbyarny]

theres not one bad tune on the new album.this tune and drive being my personal faves.big up to el-p everytime.genius!

[@chaosinorderrr]

Eyedea was pushing boundaries too but sadly tragedy struck :(

[@vladarsene3166]

Holly fuck, it's 2021 and this still rocks....man, I miss good music.

[@MichaelDominguezYTmanager]

Ive seen him live twice in the last month in LA. Gives me the chills its so good.

[@USfutbol]

EL-P is amazing ecspecially live man

[@2000Fold]

Damn, the horns really complete this track and put it over the top! Wish they were on the album version.

[@thesomber]

sounds like my life will have a theme after all. can't wait to hear the album version!

[@doubletapm4]

el-p has gotten sooooooooooo good!!!! not that he was never not good lol

[@landpirate333]

So beautiful, actually gives me goosbumps/shivers

[@sternumagnum]

I'm over 50 years old and it speaks di-rectly to my heart >>

[@kassylion]

such a unique artist. sick track 2. ders also two acts from the uk called Allflaws and Scroobius Pip who are on a similar level to EL P. They both seem to expand hip hop/rap into another realm. Elp, Sage Francis, Scroobius Pip, Allflaws, Atmosphere, Saul Williams and B Dolan are all the most progressive artists at present bless 2 the poets

[@florianklein1826]

this was the sound i was always searching for in Rapmusic glad i found him

[@geniusgza7]

yeah....hes a genius..peace

[@illfenton]

its great to see how much el-p has grown as an artist. From gritty battle emcee to a passionate song writer and lyricist.

[@geniusgza7]

el-p is a genius

[@brettugiesen]

Phenomenal song...even better live.

[@geekmystique]

Really impressive live performance, really throwing it out, an amazing artist.

[@bryancraig4726]

Fucking genius

[@Leena312]

I have such a crush on him!! I can't stop watching this video, I love it.

[@djlain]

Those horns sound awesome. El-P is doing it.

[@kassylion]

EL P, Sage Francis, Scroopius Pip, AllFlaws, Saul Williams are just raw talent

[@squarEyes]

Best song on the album. Hands down.

[@drowse]

This CD is fire from first to last.

[@TSirkka]

This video makes me shiver.

[@54spiritedwill54]

this song is awesome!

[@bobbychiz5061]

I'm 24 and i love this song

[@birdsandbees100]

EL-P and Saul williams are out da box with their styles. Also feeling Sage Francis, B.Dolan and AllFlaws these dudes push boundaries

[@jphedley]

Speechless.

[@superarisu]

The horns are intense - I have to see this live now.

[@verballycomplex]

fuck yeah homie. the trumpets were genius

[@illfenton]

best song on the album hands down

[@Leena312]

Wow, this is a good version of this song I like it live!

[@WizardFM]

awesome awesome just awesome

[@panchizzy]

So epic. He was the first thing I saw after I forgot who I was egotripping at bonnaroo

[@johnnybooker]

Anyone else feel a connection between this tune and Afghan Whigs Gentleman album...brutal honesty, stripped bare...bleeding everywhere? The way music was meant to be imo...

[@sgillen12]

el-p's the man

[@shizzymywhizzy]

pure .. damn !

[@7oracle]

amazing

[@BlakPast]

Han izengo gattuk bai!!!

[@PresumedDead1986]

(ignoring the arguing going on in the comments)... i love that he performed with a full band. always adds to the energy.

[@dharmawheelies]

too fucking good. favorite el-p song

[@34flinching]

He really gets into it near the end. I dig.

[@420Harlequin]

THIS SONG IS FUCKING GRRRRRRRRRRRRR MAKES ME SHIVER SO MUCH

[@dantemartinez2042]

You can't imagine, I just explain all that. Isn't that how it really is?

[@Blue_Collar_Brand]

El-P dominates

[@supsnap]

can't help but to think eminem bit the style of this track with his track "Beautiful" on relapse.. The beat and the rhyme style are very similar.. "Beautiful" came out in 2009...

[@DancingMachine1]

This Song is very similar to Eminems "Superman" which came out in 2003

[@liljuve13]

DancingMachine1 lol fuck no

[@imaadmajeed]

DancingMachine1 ditto. a less misogynistic Superman

[@PromisedEditing]

+DancingMachine1 was wondering how this felt familiar i can see the connection. anyways el-p is the goat.

[@satatay23]

I looked into it, sounds like El-p made a way fucking better version of Superman. Better beats, can't deny it. Better lyrics, can't deny it. Better style, emotion, character, every damn time.

[@nimrodskid]

pretty badass for a ginger... this song gets me, man.

[@MissUnheardOf]

im n luv

[@MrMLD1972]

❤

[@poorkie]

this is so good there's no words :) el we've been waiiiitiiiiing, you deliver

[@lucard001]

this is good...

[@devante92]

can't wait till cage's new cd comes out

[@KROMEXICAN]

seen this shit live...too tight!!!!

[@illfenton]

pretty much its about a guy who is with a girl(probably too young for him) and he knows that their relationship together will put her in a bad place, yet he has no problems bringin her down with him. well atleast thats what i get from it.

[@zvas88]

Fucccck this is old. Haha. I remember waiting for this album in the mail. Gettin hyped for it. Still dope since the last time I heard it! :)

[@williamp7278]

This is my kind of religion

[@82dotty82]

@2000Fold haha. i had tp listen to the song again to understand what you mean. thats so funny!

[@Panasonicyouth123]

El fucking producto. Hands down.

[@neilcheeseburger]

@3087208 I didn't mean the content of the lyrics were similar, just the structure and music were.

[@mwmgraphics]

R A W !!!

[@ActivServiceUnit]

Fucking wicked

[@Cavirex]

@brettugiesen Fuckin agreed, I can really feel his soul here.

[@DougJ]

Definetly my fav off the album too, almost sounds like a infactuation with a girl thats too young, but hey that honesty.

[@DiosLab]

omggggg

[@formprim]

this is fucking dschihad schihat, too. Great. I love his microständer

[@waynehedd]

Shit this nigga sounds good live!

[@verballycomplex]

def jux for life

[@ArtCrimez]

nicly said :)

[@devante92]

do u think his cd would be at fye cuz i need it

[@ratfinkskates]

thats kinda how it is here, 90 thousand. 4000-5000 student high school though. a kid got tackled by cops for having a gun, a kid got stabbed, some girl got her face slammed on a cafe table which i think broke her jaw for saying she wanted out of a gang, and 10 on 10 fights on my bus when i was 14. i get so disgusted when i see stupid kids in small towns trying to achieve this "rank" of gangsterism. they dont understand its a plague.

[@redking360]

whatabout the song spraypaint and ink pins.. wit shinoda, lupe, and ghostface... that song was pretty sick.. shinoda held his own too.. plus he cursed.. lol

[@turbati]

fuuuuuuck! jaw on floor

[@manic486]

they downvoted you but i agree whole-heartily this version is incredible.. ISWYD is great but it didn't blow my mind like Fantastic Damage.. took more time to get into it for me. the live horns and how into it he is on this performance is deadly

[@danielalien]

I beg to differ. Though alot of their songs might be easy to play on a gitar or whatever, I think they are very nice to listen to, and even though the words might not be as deep as the ocean, I like their music, and the way Shinoda produces, like he did in the remix album ReAnimation.

[@BlakPast]

ixildu ai heu gizajo ostixe!

[@mangledteeth]

@gnarbros the mighty quinn.

[@420Harlequin]

@birdsandbees100 aesop rock and other dudes too

[@jazzoj5]

It is about a girl, El-p said it in an interview.

[@Jinxsta13]

@birdsandbees100 Don't forget about Sadistik!

[@caboose1320]

The live version is so much better than the recorded. I prefer it to be full of feeling and passion. The recorded version isnt enthusiastic enough for me

[@LandisKashu]

tell it how it is :D

[@notablytheillest]

@birdsandbees100 don't forget Qwel from Typical Cats

[@NoCigar1991]

@birdsandbees100, check out Eyedea and Abilities, Kristoff Krane, Sole, Abzorbr, Face Candy, No Bird No Sing

[@ratfinkskates]

i love how people understand not to be prejudice but still promote homophobia by calling everything gay...

[@zedd138]

No, I don't mean the band... that's totally sweet. The song just sounds like Linkin Park to me, the melody and tone of it at least. And when did I say I was talented? You don't have to be more talented than someone to level a criticism.

[@Allplussomeminus]

... That crowd... How can you listen to this song and not MOVE?... They were probably trying to focus on his message...