The biggest guest appearance, however, came in the encore. As hinted at in a previous report , El-P took the stage with Bigg Jus, reuniting two-thirds of Company Flow for the first time since early this century. The reason for the reunion? We love hip-hop music, El-P said from the stage. The reformed duo played old joints like Population Control , Vital Nerve , and Steps to Perfection . Years after the words were written, here was El-P, again: I don’t try to be different/ I am.

During one interlude, he observed, It probably will be about a decade before we do that song again.