Somebody Please Pay Attention to Percee P...

He's feeling a little neglected.
Percee P, the "legendary artist" who worked with the likes of Big Daddy Kane and recently, Jurassic 5, closed out a stellar, if undersold, show last night at the Jackpot Saloon in Lawrence. The whole lineup rocked it from start to finish (Asamov, Earatik Statik, Approach and Doujah Raze, whose soul samples got us nice n sweaty), but Percee didn't get his chance onstage until after midnight.

When he did, he proceeded to narrate his own performance, just to make sure that not an ounce of his genius was lost on his audience. When he actually did perform some of his righteously tongue-twisting, ultra-fast lyricism, it was impressive, especially coming from a guy who was rapping as fast as Outkast before some of the kids in the crowd were even born. But he didn't miss an opportunity to tell us how underappreciated his artistry has been (The Source lyric of the month! Page 17!) and it got a little tiring. I mean, when you're a long-standing artist in your own right, should you really be onstage begging college kids to Google you?

When 1:20am rolled around, the sound man cut off Percee's mic, just as the bartender flipped on the lights. "That is VERY DISRESPECTFUL, sound man!" Percee glared from the stage. I guess Lawrence, Kansas, isn't ready for Percee P. Hopefully he'll find a venue worthy of gracing with his veteran status, somewhere further along on the tour.