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You have to see an album played live sometimes for it to really click.

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Tour this year elevated it from one mans great idea to a communal experience.

You could see Earl, eyes closed, reciting enigmatic passages to his flock, like a druid.

You could hear fans yelling back every word.

Maybe it was the bros elite edible kicking in.

But maybe Fire It Up!

Equally striking about the Earl show was the surplus of new and unreleased material he performed.

If you hatedSRS and why would you?

Friends liftFeet of Clays spirits.

Alchemists sage chop of an old Mtume intro eases the loneliness of Mtomb.

On the closer 4N, Newark mysticMach-Hommyreturns the favor extended on projects like last summersWap Konn Joj!

If its an inferno were descending into, at least we picked the right Dante.

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