In Photos: Scroobius Pip @ Whelans, Dublin (16.11.11)

Righteous MC Scroobius Pip rhymed the face off Dublin's Whelans recently to the delight of a lively and enthusiastic midweek crowd. The gig – which saw the Essex-born rapper taking the stage without his long-time partner-in-beats dan le sac – featured several welcome staples of live hip-hop: see below for evidence of stage diving, "cheap Tesco rosé"-swilling and, ehh, sock puppetry!

After you're done checking out Mark Earley's lairy shots from the Whelans gig below, we recommend crowd surfing over to Hip Hop Isn't Dead's SoundCloud page, where Distraction Pieces, Scroob's recently-released debut solo LP, is streaming in full.

You can catch Scroobius Pip in the flesh this very evening (December 1) as part of Redshift's innovative spoken-word event taking place across four secret East London locations (more info here). He's also got a few UK live dates already pencilled in for the new year.