El-P (El Producto,) a Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist on the Definitive Jux label jumpstarted the crowd during his 4:35pm set on Friday afternoon of the Pitchfork Music Festival. As the first hip-hop act of the festival, El-P set the bar for the other hip-hop artists yet to come (Raekwon, Freddie Gibbs, and Big Boi of Outkast fame). He took time to pay homage to honor hip-hop’s roots by playing several early 90s cuts alongside his own material. Surprisingly, the energy level stayed cranked to 11 throughout the entire 45-minute set.

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