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Aesop Rock

Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del the Funky Homosapien, Def Jux headliner Aesop Rock became one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground. After a pair of self-released LPs (Appleseed, Music for Earthworms), he recorded Float for Mush in 2000. The former Ian Bavitz then issued a pair of singles -- "Coma" and "Boom Box" -- for another underground rap label paragon, Definitive Jux. His second full-length, 2001's Labor Days, earned positive reviews and featured production from El-P and Blockhead. The Daylight EP kept his name in the papers, and his Def Jux follow-up, Bazooka Tooth, was released in September 2003. A seven-track EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, followed in early 2005.

In early 2007 Aesop Rock composed a 45-minute piece for Nike's Original Run series, a continuous track meant to be listened to while jogging (other artists included LCD Soundsystem and the Crystal Method), and by September his much-anticipated full-length, None Shall Pass, which included guest appearances from El-P and John Darnielle (from the Mountain Goats), came out. A year later, Def Jux would be put "on hiatus" by label head El-P, but Aesop would remain busy, producing major works like Felt's 2009 effort Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez and working on a collaboration with the Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson dubbed the Uncluded. He would return to his solo career in 2012 with Skelethon, released by the Rhymesayers label. The album featured a guest appearance from Dawson along with Rob Sonic and Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
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cheesutin
maybe you're just an a**hole that couldn't sweet talk the princess.
Love this s**t.
00' i hear ya him and sluggo
Down since 00 kilt it all day.
Excellent
Aes rock the man
jtkombatcraz y 9 6
Eccentric flow, dense lyrical subject matter, and lyrics that are out there is all in an emcee called Aesop Rock.
Citizens stand by and smoke that bOnGg!!
Saw ace and rob sonic w// busdriver in Norman, ok last night. The show was off the chain
jids2wayz
Yo! Got down on this ! From artist to artist!!
amber.real
aesop is a badass mc
softkisses25 0 6
I can't wait to see him on tour with Busdriver this month!!
Ima get high(:
P&P
Not a tweeker btw
Kill the rekindling dreams and navigate the friendship, otherwise by the time the stress airs out we'll both be dead and friendless
Tweeker
They buffing them the same day the graffiti writers bomb them
Word, been a faithful follower since 2004. Still love it all.
f**king loove it
The best of his kind next to atmosphere and the like...but Aesop's way of speaking is just Redic..keep it up
Love this dude
anthonydatto m a
The rhymesayers crew all kill it in "hold mine" by the orphanage
ourtrustory
culture pirating continues... .
hrcs333
Loooove Me sum Aesop Rock!!! ;))
Don't miss the skelethon!
thelarosas1
his music blows my face off
The champ right here...
Y'all bicker like leaves on a tree. I'm sick of one branch hating another branch on the same tree. It's all hip hop, respect it!
Big ups Aeso, f**kin a**hole. lol for real tho, at it's core HIP HOP is 4 elements, breaking, emcee'ing, dj'ing and graff, plus the other 20+ if you subscribe to KRS's curriculum. I'm really tired of people arguing over who is the best. Stop comparing artists. If they don't battle, they don't rank. There's no point in comparing Aesop to Slug, or anyone else for that matter. As a battle emcee, I LOVE some good competition, but on the reals, stop. Just enjoy the music, it's not a pop. contest.
sick style!
thank you for making good music
T A K E N O P R I S O N E R S

T A K E N O P R I S O N E R S

T A K E N O P R I S O N E R S
Aes!
No regrets. Best song.
Lyrics Please!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
for all that who are new to the aesop Rock music, youtube the video Abandon all hope. AMAZING!
vision_12002
i like aeSop!! hes pretty DoPe!
Just keep it even six inches,
just to deal wit ya interest, I'm Aes Rock
I hate cops, it's simple.
dope
ok. awoke to a grocery list. goes like this: Duty and Death
No regrets...
Aesop and Busdriver need to get together some time.
Aesop is the best lyricist ever.
Aesop is just a different creature. Comparing Slug to Aesop is like comparing pudding and onions.
Amen Davis, Slug is sick but Aes is on another level
nathanstjacq u e s , why specifically do you believe that? Music is quite hard rank with artists in similar genres. I would never put someone like Lil' Wayne above Aesop Rock, but to say Slug is a better lyricist does not make sense to me. Aesop Rock is literally better in every technical category, and although I also very much enjoy Atmosphere's music, your claim could only be true to an individual who appreciates Slug's subject matter over Aesop Rock's complex metaphors.
nathanstjacq u e s
@ghettohacky s a c k y umm, actually Sage Francis and Atmosphere do what Aesop does, only better.
nobody does what aesop does period
and they underground cuz they f**k a major label till it limps and sell their s**t hand to hand. and fyi ace did a mix for nike but so what hes gotta eat
the only thing i dont get is all these toys saying only rap worth listening to and f rap. you're all fools. hip hop is an art form and at its core its a triad of b boy mc and dj or in other words dance poetry and musical production. callin it rap is like.. idk. its just wrong, so stop. and learn about real hip hop before you hate. you found aesop so pandora should hook you up with some more good stuff on his channel.
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