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Respect Is Due: El-P On Tour

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El-P is currently on a European tour, but according to several sources, he's not as ecstatic as the media blitz would have you believe. Apparently, El-P's not getting along with the other kids there. One mate teased El-P's flows by calling them "stupid" and another kid ridiculed his beats as being "dumb." "I don't understand it," complained El-P. "I just want a little respect."

"He wants respect? Shit, we'll give him respect," says Hip-Hop In The U.S. board member Jim Waldon at a press conference. After his last Euro date at the Minifestival Electronica in Madrid, El-P will fly to California for the Coachella Music Festival where Hip-Hop In The U.S. expects to pay "loads" of respect to El-P.

"If there's one thing we hate here at H-HITUS, it's not giving enough respect," said Waldon. "The media, the church, the government, corporate America -- we're all brainwashed not to respect each other. But it's like... respecting each other is, or at least can be, a positive thing, and it's frustrating that some people can't see that. How [can] you not want to respect each other? It's, like -- hi, I'm dumb and I don't respect anything. Pshhhh, you know? That's nonsense man. I don't respect those kinds of people at all. I wish they'd all die."

El-P recently released I'll Sleep When You're Dead (TMT Review) on record label Definitive Jux.
04.27.07 - Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field
05.01.07 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
05.02.07 - Montreal, QC - Le National Music Hall
05.03.07 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
05.04.07 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
05.05.07 - Columbus, OH - Little Brother's
05.06.07 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
05.07.07 - Cincinnati, OH - Top Cats
05.08.07 - Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
05.10.07 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
05.11.07 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
05.12.07 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
05.14.07 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
05.15.07 - Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards
05.16.07 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
05.18.07 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
05.23.07 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse Music Venue
05.24.07 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
05.27.07 - Austin, TX - Emo's Austin
05.28.07 - Houston, TX - Numbers
05.30.07 - New Orleans, LA - Parish At House Of Blues
06.02.07 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
06.03.07 - Ybor City, FL - Orpheum
06.07.07 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
06.08.07 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06.09.07 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza