That line about not being able to take your dead friends names out of your phone knocked the wind out of me the first time I heard it. I've never had lyrics in a rap song hit so close to home before.

@jameshill2450

Жыл бұрын

His friend died in a motorcycle wreck, and this whole song is about it.

@saintcain

Жыл бұрын

It hurt to hear that line.

@coalateapepper

10 ай бұрын

Loud and Clear.

@patrickkelley6698

9 ай бұрын

One of best and more importantly realest lines ever

@shiddy.

6 ай бұрын

totally agree - and I don't plan on ever deleting them from my contacts or friends list life is weird like that

I’ve owned skelethon on CD for almost 10 years and today I learned this song has a music video

@MC-dz8be

Жыл бұрын

😂😊

@JD-ms5mp

Жыл бұрын

me too

The third verse with the piano is so fucking beautiful. One of my favorite albums in the whole world.

I feel like underrated isn't enough to describe this guy.

@lieedd

8 жыл бұрын

Disagree,he is rated very highly by most who knows about him. Not being world famous doesn't necessarily make you underrated.

@svgva

8 жыл бұрын

+lieedd fax

@PurzelPadauZ

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Lally of Fugazi called one of his solo albums "Nothing is underrated" and this is exactly what I think. If you create great art there will always be people to appreciate it a lot. You just can't expect to have many of them, that's on a completely different page.

@thenaje

6 жыл бұрын

"remarkable, but un-marketable..." - Aesop Rock

@harrienelle6471

2 жыл бұрын

It's a f*cking CRIME really

Aesop really proved to be a hell of a producer on this album.

@egodef7791

6 жыл бұрын

MrMalicious5 impossible kid even more so

@Beanys728

4 жыл бұрын

He's been producing his own music the entire time with the exception of a few songs. Ever heard Cat Food, or Bug Zapper? Personally Labor Days is the earliest I can listen to. Find anything older a bit grating.

@chrispeach85

3 жыл бұрын

These last two albums have been masterly produced. I completely agree.

@TheRazePlayz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beanys728 didn't blockhead do all his early production?

@Beanys728

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRazePlayz I think he produced some of them, maybe even a majority. I could have have been wrong in my previous comment. But I know he produced a lot of his own stuff. He also makes beats for other artists. Aes is multi-talented. This is my favorite song by him by far.

Wanna have your mind blown?! The line "Actin' a savage in the shadows of Rome" (which, incidentally, is my favorite part) refers to roads! Since the "protagonist" of the song is a biker who lives wild, and Rome invented roads as we know them, this line (which I thought was gibberish) actually makes perfect sense! God I love Aesop.

@lorib360

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@pisssommelier768

2 ай бұрын

I love that you think you blew minds with that in one of the easier to parse aesop songs. Go back to kindergarten and try again

@Giganfan2k1

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, Ase doesn't make a throw away bar.

The last verse always gets me.

@gaaronculver32

3 жыл бұрын

Best

Fuck man, this song almost brought a tear to my eye, not just because its a good song but because I've got to watch the evolution of aesops lyricism and style, and over all attitude with life, it's fucking rare to see a guy with so much talent not flicker out and disapear, or like most rappers, go out in a shitty display and or try to sell out. Mad respect for Aesop, dudes a lyrical genius.

@losxdescabezados

Жыл бұрын

10 years later, how do you feel about him now? He's definitely one of a kind: 25+ years in the game and the man hasn't fumbled once!

@Jordyjg

Жыл бұрын

@@losxdescabezados still knocking it out of the park, still the goat and still pushing the boundaries of the genre, the average mook just isn't ready for him.

@losxdescabezados

Жыл бұрын

@@Jordyjg hell yeah, man. He's definitely the GOAT, even if people dismiss him as gibberish. It's crazy cause my favorite album is always changing and currently, I'm on that old Aes stuff - there's just SO much to take it. Zodiaccupuncture *muah*

@pranaykarkera6334

10 ай бұрын

@@losxdescabezados Zoddiaccaupunture finally getting some love! Thanks!

@losxdescabezados

10 ай бұрын

@@pranaykarkera6334 and now, I was stuck on NSP for a few weeks and rediscovering Garbology! The Sea is fucking deep. "All the nothing you've been stuffing up your sleeve"

This song should go down in history as one of hip hop's best.

One of the best poets/writers in of this century. In 50-100 years people will still be listening to him, I hope haha.. This guy has been through the whole hip hop come up from the 90's wild.. So many other's have come and gone.. He just keeps getting sharper.

8 years later this song still slays... The last verse is too good

@danielkaplan6816

2 жыл бұрын

Piano outro wit him rhyming still burries.

@Joseph-R

2 жыл бұрын

One of the hardest hip hop beats ever

@garasuka5624

2 жыл бұрын

That has to be one of the greatest verses of all time.

@mhholmez2547

Жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-R i agree!!!

@eriklee1794

11 ай бұрын

Ten years later ....still bad ass......I wrote this on a self destructing memo

There is not a single flaw in this song. It just hits the right spot.

I just can't get over this song. It's been four years and I still come back,

@v00idless72

6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Maley me too, there‘s no day where i hear Aesop Rock

@gaaronculver32

3 жыл бұрын

It's been 8 years

@andrewfreeman88

Жыл бұрын

@@gaaronculver32 It's been 10 years

R.I.P to those trying to dececipher,Aesops lyrics are coherent to his lifes expererencies and those outside are hard pressed to discover.

@TheDarkaxe888

2 жыл бұрын

why you gotta try and sound all smart? just fucking say his musics dope and move on lol

@about10ninjas

Жыл бұрын

He bought a motorcycle. He liked it.

@samanthapeppers546

Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment, but just a forewarning to those who try to decrypt music - music isn’t fun if you try to strangle a confession out of it.

@MadderoftheFew

6 ай бұрын

​@@samanthapeppers546 also an old comment, but I just had to say that you could not be any further from the truth with this one.

ace's delivery of "2,000 out the weekly, under cycles to Gehenna" really stands out to me. its something about that line that gives me chills

@jackcravford8744

10 ай бұрын

my favorite is in the third verse act of hubris and then the "those little fuckers run on a passion alone"

This is the best song ever made.

Here's how the great escape goes when you can't take your dead friends names out your phone

@andybroberg7084

5 жыл бұрын

Such a powerful line..

@ttarkus

4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Camu Tao

This song 100% changed my life.

Most underrated song by the most underrated rapper.

One of my all time favorite songs.

That third verse, oh my god. So emotional and meditative. 🥲

Aesop rock has an inconceivable type of rap. Almost immaculate

I been dancing to you for years...glad to see my dreams realistically put together!

@4some2joe0

3 жыл бұрын

Are you in this video?

This is absolutely ethereal. Ian, you're a virtuoso and a genius.

This is hard!!!!! Goes in.... man this dude should write a book. He has a way with words like I have never heard. Since Float.

@chaseshort7331

8 жыл бұрын

+jacob sekgwama this fallen angel can stitch a wing with a shoe string..

@js-jay1uno

8 жыл бұрын

I float when everyone around me is busy drowning

@svgva

8 жыл бұрын

+jacob sekgwama so I heard y'all wanna float

2:52 is seriously one of my favorite tempo changes in any song ever

That last minute gives me some serious goosebumps. I wish there was a full track with that beat.

This song takes me to another galaxy

@mhholmez2547

Жыл бұрын

Fr

Man it's sad that this doesn't have more views. Aesop Rock is fuckin awesome.

Aesop will always be a beast.

Aesop Rock is the shit !!!!! I love the old school Portishead feel that this beat has. He is a pioneer of hip hop. All of the mainstream garbage should take lessons from real hip hop heads. Hats off Aesop.

I think it's pretty satisfying that the ballerinas are all asynchronous in their movements and appearance. Like, it's kinda righteous that they aren't stuck to a routine or archetype.

My favorite rapper. Say what you will. He is utterly unique.

@Breedlove88

8 жыл бұрын

+James Rone, "utterly unique" describes it wonderfully. The popular "em-cees" these days can't hold a candle to Aes's flow.

I feel like this is aesop rock in his flow state, where everything hits and comes together so eloquently, beautiful stuff as always

Just when I think I've found my favorite Aesop song, I'm blown away by another. ♥ Aesop

@losxdescabezados

2 жыл бұрын

What was the song before this one that you got stuck on?

Aesop Rock was interview in the book series, *HOW TO RAP* and *HOW TO RAP2*. He shared many of his rapping techniques. In this quote he tells us how he uses symbols to write down his lyrics. "I have a little system of symbols and shit-I think a lot of people do, that I’ve seen. I thought I was crazy, and then when I started seeing other rappers, everyone has their own little symbols. I have a system of maybe ten little symbols that I use on paper that tell me to do something when I’m recording."

@str_rug

3 жыл бұрын

"I have a system of maybe ten little symbols that I use on paper that tell me what to do when I'm recording."

@johnrice332

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I will try this technique

I can't get enough of this track

Here’s how a Great Escape goes, WHEN YOU CANT TAKE YOUR DEAD FRIENDS NAMES OUT YA PHONE!🤟🏼🤧🖤

AESOP finally droped video for one of my favourite Skelethon song... Thank you again Ian

I seem to have a lot of trouble understanding what he's saying at times, but when I can understand it, it's always good.

Aes is just...there are no words. No one comes close..the mic' has been dropped.

Probably my favorite cut from 2012. This shit should have 1 million+ views. Thank you, Mr. Bavitz.

You know it's a good song when you put it on repeat cause the jewels this guy drops fly over people's head

Favorite song of his album.... Aesop Rock does it again.

whoever made this beat omg I would marry him/her this song is so godly I fucking cherish aesop fr he's the most lyrical rapper to ever live

@jmcfarlane2113

8 жыл бұрын

Aesop produced the album himself.

@svgva

8 жыл бұрын

Jason McFarlane oh shit I want him to produce my shit

THE LYRICS FOR THIS SONG ARE SO FUCKING INSANE. AESOP YOU ARE MY FUCKING HERO YOU GODDAM GENIUS, ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO ASAP ROCKY SHOULD BE EVEN HERE.

This is timeless that drum beat tho is Nasty and the flow is just sick

I always loved this song, the video really brings it together

third verse might be my favorite of all time. Captures that road trip feel so well

Tooo sick!!! Pete did a wonderful job! The ballerinas were great too!

Aes is like the acid trip I never had. Lyrics are always pure magic (shrooms).

@XxHellMineCrafterxX

3 жыл бұрын

Believe me, Aes music feels similar to em sometimes

This is his best song. IDK, just feels that way.

pure art, i even cant find a right words to describe my admiration. Just Genius.

this right here is Art!! Way to Go Aesop!

so sick Aes... Mad respect!

Awesome as always. Love this song.

Absolutely fantastic

Soundtrack to my dystopia. Amazing throughout.

goosebumps throughout the whole song.

fucking in love with the beat on this one. Aes never disappoints, his jams are possibly even better now that he's producing his own beats

Best thing I heard in 2012. Thanks Ian, truly.

Incredible music video, production, and song.

great video to a great song.....aesop is the best.

it really keeps me comming back, everytime i listen to his songs i get something new from it but also ruby 81 is fairly concise but still very good

OMG I love this song especially the hook

"Asap Rocky sounds really different since the name change" hahahahhahahahhahahahaha lmao never laughed so hard in my life haha

The best writer of all time.

Beast of a track.... respect

Word!!!! incredible...

probably my favorite album this year so far.

the chorus is incredible :))

When music blesses me with "chill bumps"..u kno its real..actually feel it.its the precursor to joy tears...

I've been listening to Aesop for 9 years and I still have a hard time comprehending some of his verses, which makes it all the more worth while to listen to again and again, I'll pick up something different every time, eventually it makes sense out of itself

@dawddawds8019

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure this song is about riding motorcycles lol

this video and song is beautiful asf aes is a god

For me, hip hop at it's best. This man is an amazing artist!

To be fair, Aesop Rock has rapped his share of coherent stories. There's Ruby '81 (in the same album as this song), Fumes, Fishtales, The Harbor Is Yours, 6B Panorama, Tomorrow Morning, One of Four etc.

Beautiful.

Awesome....the beat is so sick!!!!

Perfect video and sound!Amazing!

the best ever

aesop rock is just to sik loving his new album and tunes

so badass. Dayum!

Touches my soul. I meditate to this

Great music and video.

Aesop Rock has been going strong for a long time, dude.

big big tuneeeeee

Noel, I agree. He is def an intellectual artist without a question and he has a very unique and awesome voice that draws you in and that's what I love most about his sound. Lyrically, he is just in another dimension that we basically can't understand because its his dimension. It gives imagination what he raps about.

@svgva

8 жыл бұрын

no truer words been spoken

Someone in the remix vid said the "cant take your dead friends out your phone" was a Camu Tao line. If so, it makes it even better then it already is. And the final "it was less of an act of hubris" is such a dope part...

Damn I love this album

seeing Aesop tomorrow night and I hope he plays this

That's interesting. I really dig the chorus.

this is awesome

so sickkk

GREAT!

Awesome, loving how Rhymesayers artists are getting props from hipster blogs abd video channels!

this is pure art

I feel like this entire album was just Aes letting us know he owns a motorcycle.

Straight uncanny!!!

Great music

An epic win is good. Two is even better. Good job.