Aesop Rock is amazing. Still remember seeing him in concert. He stayed after the show for an extra 45 mins just to meet every fan who wanted to and take pics for free.

@onradioactivewaves

4 жыл бұрын

Not only did he do that when I saw him, but he also took any request he could ( he turned me down for Syrup since Mike wasnt there ) but he wait a bit before he does requests while he memorizes every single face in the crowd. And then I'm pretty sure he performed to and acknowledged every single person there.

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

You guy's are fortunate. Your comments gave me resolve. When things get back to normal. Whatever that means... I'll be at the show. P.s. I just seen Prof! And met Atmosphere!

@findalefinnie

3 жыл бұрын

Rad! I saw him in Seattle.

@undyingentity7015

3 жыл бұрын

My Mom and Dad got to meet Aes.

@WOLFGANG1125

2 жыл бұрын

He was the first concert I ever went to, had no problems greeting fans and taking pics

Aes killin it. So thrilled he’s not fading away, his bars could move pyramids

@ricksanchez8393

4 жыл бұрын

Well said Fred

@countryroads7211

4 жыл бұрын

His bars don’t move pyramids, they build them 😆

@BURRDAWG_

4 жыл бұрын

Racie Linx I was gunna say or build em

@inktoxicant

4 жыл бұрын

@@countryroads7211 His bars are so out of this world that they build pyramids 🤣🤣🤣

@paulstuck217

4 жыл бұрын

Nice reference

There are recent Nobel prize winning poets and songwriters that I would rate below Aesop Rock. Guy transcends hip hop. He's one of America's greatest poets ever.

@davewilco822

3 жыл бұрын

dude you haave no idea what a poet is

@jeremymonigold9554

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewilco822 your name is dave.... you dont know shit about shit... dave.

@a-godtheoldsoul5440

3 жыл бұрын

🐐🐐

@CarnalCarnival

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - Aesop has a literary and lyrical eloquence that most other rappers and poets could only dream of imitating.

@davewilco822

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarnalCarnival I am orange tange and powdered eggs, yep thats such a poet right there lolz

This shit is so good. This dude is new to me, I'm glad I found him

@420fallsogdawg8

3 жыл бұрын

Hes a rare find

@JoaoPereira-th9ib

3 жыл бұрын

You're in for a treat dude

@420fallsogdawg8

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoaoPereira-th9ib 😂😂 literally, he just found the diamond in the dirt

@SuperRandawg

3 жыл бұрын

Listening since 2010

@naterlandsw2963

3 жыл бұрын

You’ve got the better part of 2 decades of mind-melting poetry and perfectly self-produced BANGERS! to get into then, friend.

Reminder that Aesop Rock is truly the greatest ever

@jordanlaine7412

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, I've been an enormous fan since 2000 and this is fantastic but I wouldn't say that he's the GOAT...

@illuminatidestroyerbear2231

4 жыл бұрын

Facts Bobs

@ttarkus

4 жыл бұрын

El-P!

@thomassiegfried5409

4 жыл бұрын

Really? Who would you say is.

@babyninjajesus2669

4 жыл бұрын

@@jordanlaine7412 there isnt a single person that comes close to the type of music he produces the only one i can see even on the same plane of existence is milo.

When aes is 60, I hope he releases a few more albums so I can make sure my kid goes down the right path.

@frankymc3094

4 жыл бұрын

Graffitionthewall same

@LostOasis12

4 жыл бұрын

This cat could rap till he's 80 and still be impressive.

@Professor_Utonium_

4 жыл бұрын

You can always show your kid his old stuff lol

@mfdoom163

4 жыл бұрын

Have yall listen to his new album this shit is amazing

@BatkoBrat

4 жыл бұрын

Aesop: "Just reproduce, leave the rest to me" 🚀

Love that he’s got a second cigar in his hand

@nightman4142

4 жыл бұрын

Aes said it was Nolan North's (Major Cigar, Nathan Drake, and the creepy cannibal from last of us) idea. The even put it in the Game for the Ryhmesayers dlc. In the original he didn't have 2.

@mrzorn

3 жыл бұрын

@@nightman4142 he always had 2, even before the dlc, but you are right, I am pretty sure it was Nolan's idea

@Decentralized_Maze

3 жыл бұрын

That's when you know we're serious! One for now, one for after. Truth of real stress issues. 😆

@vafan13

3 жыл бұрын

the impressive part is they're both lit. Perhaps he's going back and forth for a comparison? lol

@austinwalker6307

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it's Major Cigar...

The only issue I have with this song is that it ends. So perfect.

@jordanbomb32

3 жыл бұрын

You've got an excellent point there. I also hate that it didn't start 30 years ago. So I could listen to it from cradle to the grave

@brianbrooks5947

3 жыл бұрын

Needs one more verse but that's why we keep rewinding it

@anonymous7392

2 жыл бұрын

You can repeat the video it turns endless

@TheJuicernator

8 ай бұрын

Is Anybody Even Out There>?

Quarantine with a new Aesop tape?! I knew I died an went to heaven

@thisismyname5657

4 жыл бұрын

Dude so much good music has been dropping during this.

@serio_0576

4 жыл бұрын

And new game

@yesplease29

4 жыл бұрын

@@serio_0576 game?

@2gupsy4me

4 жыл бұрын

@@yesplease29 yeah, a shootem up game called freedom finger

@yesplease29

4 жыл бұрын

@@2gupsy4me oh

I'm new to Aesop Rock, but after hearing this I bought his whole discography. Well done sir.

@SeaBiscuit2342

3 жыл бұрын

I'm also new to Aesop Rock. I heard some of his songs in my friends car the other day and I've been diving in to his music headfirst. He is truly a genius.

@jaelake5490

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the amazing world of Aesop rock

@amirakavulture5951

3 жыл бұрын

I'm new too, could you name some of his best songs?

@jaelake5490

3 жыл бұрын

rings, none shall pass, no regrets, kirby (funny), zero dark thirty, to name 5 for ya to check out.

@amirakavulture5951

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaelake5490 thanks mate

I’m so jealous of people who hear this for the first time. It blew my fucking mind and I cannot stop listening to it. What an absolute diamond

While mainstream still argues over who's the 🐐. Living legends are still hard at work and making it look easy.

most underrated artists of all time.

@devinrybarz1508

4 жыл бұрын

That vocabulary graph were aesop is leagues above everyone. Everyone

@mikeylikey710

4 жыл бұрын

@@CoryPchajek Eminem, really? i hope to never see that combination

@mikeylikey710

4 жыл бұрын

@@CoryPchajek we're talking actual talent here, not a middle aged man who "beef" raps to remain relevant lol

@seabassgilligan9396

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@nacirema2710

4 жыл бұрын

@@devinrybarz1508 Except Busdriver. They have the top two largest _measured_ vocabularies in hip hop. The graph you're talking about can be found here: pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html

Definitely able to simplify his dense and heavy style for a larger audience, but without losing his edge.

@SparktheYoshi

4 жыл бұрын

@@skadestix1943 yeah it seems like cat food/bug zapper and onward and then the impossible kid is where that began to solidify. It's hard to describe but his rhyming style does really seem a little different with skelethon/cat food/bug zapper/impossible kid onward.

@ryannunez9414

4 жыл бұрын

once him and kimya dropped the uncluded project its like he unlocked a whole new sound and style. fuckin love it

@nickandbarry1777

4 жыл бұрын

ryan nuñez the reason I love this game so much is that it brings so many artist besides Aes together. I feel heavy Tobacco vibes from this album and I’m perfectly okay with that Malibu Ken really resonates with me sound wise. This one stands true and I really want to pick up the game now!

@TheLegendofGumby

4 жыл бұрын

Coffee was always one of his most accessible songs. The flow cadence is pretty similar to this song.

@PointlessRhetoric

4 жыл бұрын

I mean it still flies a mile above most people

Jesus, I've probably listened to this 1000 times in the last 2 weeks

@axelord1942

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I really can't stop. Aes hit a new level with this one for sure. This is Mars Attacks meets How To Be a Carpenter and I can't fucking stop.

@SGFTI

3 жыл бұрын

It has been on my suggested videos since the day it dropped.

@axelord1942

3 жыл бұрын

@@realpoopypants ok but do you read me tho?

@Decentralized_Maze

3 жыл бұрын

SAME!!!! And... It's sooooooo me in this era.

Just discovered this guy, this is some fine literature folks.

Shit is fire. You NEVER disappoint.

@user-dp9kt2de4j

4 жыл бұрын

Fire! 🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🔥🔥🤖

Rhymesayers, you've gotten me threw some of the darkest parts of my life, suicide attempts, deaths in th family, depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction and everything in between. Now that I'm sober and healthy you guys are still in my corner and thank each and every one of you for being there when no one else was. Special thanks to Aesop Rock in particular. "Thank you for helping me not die" man. From the bottom of my heart.

@AndreiBerezin

4 жыл бұрын

i wish he reads it and incorporates your reply into one of his songs

@LAMEHERC1

4 жыл бұрын

yawn

@ashyvlogs1132

4 жыл бұрын

@@LAMEHERC1 your so disrispectful. Youve probably never had a bad day in your life tosser

@nathanlovelace2457

4 жыл бұрын

SAME

@LAMEHERC1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashyvlogs1132 its the most cliche thing you can say to an artist

I cannot stop this song from lodging itself in my head

"Astroids That Leave Marks & Blackwholes that Eat Stars" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Aesop Rock is one of the rare rappers who just gets better and better. Most of them get worse but he's an altogether different artist.

"Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV? Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti" JEEbus!... cadence and lyrics are on fucking point.

@jimmylolcakes4994

4 жыл бұрын

Pls do the rest asap ahaha

@AgentPothead

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmylolcakes4994 All the lyrics are up at genius.com/Aesop-rock-drums-on-the-wheel-lyrics

@mickag09

4 жыл бұрын

I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that do you read me? You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow, Jesus, do you read me? We don't This is probably the greatest thing I ever read.

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

Man... The world is so dark right now. And this made me smile.

@marrzbarz4806

4 жыл бұрын

F Howl 🤯🤯💯💯☝🏽☝🏽 Some Real Shit 💯💯💯 kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZyGqrSDYdDfhKQ.html ☝🏽🔈🔥💯💯🔈🔥☝🏽

"I'm like out there in that true 3D, that new ether that "do you read me" DO I READ? How many new words do I learn, use and hold in storage, how well can I connect those words to the world around me as a thoughtful participant. Guys like Aesop give me an "understanding" of how my brains language centre works. Its optimised by the daily word associations when reading. Often when I read. I don't have to do "catching up" on the language use, the associations become vast and I can explain the world around me, to myself, better. That is Aesop rock. The images are crystal clear when the listener enters the right frame of mind. You just gotta catch up. Come back, read the lyrics and read and read and read... I think that, He is the best in the master category of the worthiest words men.

@mrmpostr

4 ай бұрын

😊

2022, september, ..im awake at fuckearly all in the morning..... thank you for existing Aesop.

[Verse 1] Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV? Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti Deep end of some hellhole, come detect this tempo I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there? I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that do you read me? You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow, Jesus, do you read me? We don't [Chorus] And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch Or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel [Verse 2] Bomb sites and blackouts and fog lights in gas clouds Jockey through vacuums, none of our flaps down It's shocking, shot off as one small part of some squadron That ain't once chosen to abort shit, now we've honed in on our problem Nonstop until he stop and see what kinda quadrant he got lost in Do you read me? That option when y'alls options are exhausted I been dropped off in this moshpit, instead of locked in to one orbit Knock knock, call back or this cockpit is my coffin Boss levels I'm doomed to repeat, new dance I call it "Do you read me?" It evolve as a beyond the yonder mantra, once none pinging my transponder Once what macabre y'all planned to conjure, been handed back to y'all unresponsive Ten hut and I'm in sync, phone home, it just ring and ring Asteroids that leave marks and blackholes that eat stars Green cheese and GPS bedecked with detours Fuel gauge around E-street, and my beacons are all blinked out I might slink up in that junk heap you can't read and or pin down [Chorus] And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch Or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch Or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel

@jeremyponcy7311

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. One correction though. I believe it's "Can I play drums on the wheel without feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field."

@TonyXCancer

4 жыл бұрын

do I need to reach through the T.V.

@Shoespider1

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf does this mean

@jeremyponcy7311

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shoespider1 There is a general theme of isolation and disconnectedness as is a fairly consistent theme in most of his writing but like any real art it remains ambiguous enough to mean a lot of things to a lot of people. My favorite thing about his writing is that I consistently pick up on references I didn't understand before and I draw more complex meaning from the writing as a whole over time. He generally tends to write about very personal experiences in a very coded way so there is no way to ever fully understand his meaning but again you can pick up on general moods and experiences that are very relatable.

@clydeaseity1208

4 жыл бұрын

. somethin like aes said, if you can't find any meaning you probably werent really looking for any in the first place

I would say aesop's back but he never left. Cant wait to hear what else is coming.

@cactaceous

4 жыл бұрын

How can he be "back", he released the fucking awesome Malibu Ken album just last year.

@smokingcheeba420

4 жыл бұрын

@@cactaceous did you just read 2 words or are you a complete moron.

@JimJamTheAdmin

4 жыл бұрын

@@smokingcheeba420 yes

@killerskillet

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactaceous - Good job, you wrote almost as many words as you didn't read. Aes never left, agreed, OP. Having said that, I didn't dig Malibu Ken all that much, but it was better than *no* new work, and Aes is an absolute living legend.

Da Vinci on his deathbed tier penmanship

This mans work is unparralled. He made a videogame as a promo for his music absolutly brimming with alt-highbrow realism metaphors and sureal symbols....expressions of an elite existence living as a commoner

@Ty91681

3 жыл бұрын

He's a true genius. He's just continually gotten better and better. He has established himself as the goat on my list. He has zero misses on his resume. Spirit world field guide is incredible and honestly this track could easily have blended in on the album too. I think SWFG is his best solo work to date.

@NicDoesDumbThings

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Freedom Finger is its own game. This and KOWP are the only Aes songs in the game.

@Bee_Mavrick

2 жыл бұрын

I heard someone freestyle this exact song and gave it to aesop.

@117Industries

Жыл бұрын

I only just discovered this dude- but he’s good. He legit seems to have that “third eye” vision vibin’ throughout his music.

@unity6926

Жыл бұрын

@@Bee_Mavrick Weird lie to make up

When the artist’s identity moves out of the way for the art. True flow

@whitehart7787

4 жыл бұрын

Peace and love

@jenniferroberts6911

3 жыл бұрын

🤛

@vampingground6254

3 жыл бұрын

Hes true white hip hop . on top of sales and cartoons ..his wife can do a gram in one sniff

@musaka2022

2 жыл бұрын

@@vampingground6254 Hell yeah straight up Wodin-Hop, that real ish

That game looked hella interesting. Weird mechanics around grabbing enemies to shoot at different angles and punching through obstacles while also doing more normal shmup things. I'd buy that.

@WideRightGames

4 жыл бұрын

Please do!

@bdg1111

4 жыл бұрын

Super fun game. The whole soundtrack is fire.

@gurpymcbonbon

4 жыл бұрын

Wide Right Games nice marketing

@PreDopeTV

4 жыл бұрын

It says "Music from the Game Freedom Finger" it must be a real game.

@Futch1845

4 жыл бұрын

You can - it's out on Switch, Xbox, PS4, and PC

The things that Aesop and company cultivates are amazing. How often is it that you scroll through comments and find only love? Aesop is the dopest hip-hop artist, he makes magic through art and honestly I feel like we are all lucky to experience a positive powerhouse like him. You can really tell he is a true artist. Big props to A-E-S-O-P the peak twister!

@CasperInkyMagoo

3 жыл бұрын

Son of Vaughn Bode’s Cheech Wizard.

i really hope aesop makes beats and writes and sings for a long time.. he's a fucking artistic god!

LOVE IT. AESOP'S FAN FOR 14 YEARS . I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN OTTER, eating clams all day. Belly to the moon..

Being quarantined has taken a toll on my mental health. The depression hasn't been the easiest thing to deal with. I was in the middle of just another bad day, but when I saw this, I felt excitement for the first time in a while. I usually don't love songs the first time I listen, but thank you, Aes. You're helping us get through this.

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

Chhhhhic copy that!

@chad4853

4 жыл бұрын

I got you bud we not gonna turn to the dark side of the mind, keep the focus all this shit will pass us in due time.

@NIMMHATVRapBeats

4 жыл бұрын

I suffered from depression before corona, it's kinda.. almost.. gone now. Strange stuff.

@chad4853

4 жыл бұрын

@@NIMMHATVRapBeats why is that do you think

@NIMMHATVRapBeats

4 жыл бұрын

@@chad4853 Because of many different reasons that come together.. I will come back to this comment, after work.

Man I'm starting to understand the parasocial. 20 years of vibing with this guy's journey, feels like a lost friend sending postcards from the feywild once every few skipped heartbeats

He raps so well with a cigar in his mouth!!! lol... Aesop never ceases to amaze me and inspire me to write complex lyrics. Be well in these tough times and stick together by listening to good Aesop Rock music!!! Love you all!!!

Mad respect to Aesop and all artist that write and produce their own music!

What an interesting time for this to come up. For me, the theme of isolation runs incredibly heavy through this song. That drumming you all do in the wheel when you're wondering what's next in life, or what you're supposed to do. The lost feeling when you're trying to communicate and just coming back with static. "I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there?"

@samf313

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine an astronaut lost in space panicking and trying to locate earth in an empty void with sparse stars and dead planets.

@acdxxshingen13xx53

4 жыл бұрын

@@samf313 thats the metaphor for 2020...lost in space, still drumming on the wheel.

@musaka2022

2 жыл бұрын

What an unrivaled impetus you have for detail an intricacies. The beat reminded me of a thermostat with a broken switch in hell, a refractory lump in your throat. An Adams apple the size of a squid fighting a galleon scrimshaw on a mammoths tusk. A folded origami that unravels to a map made before cartographers existed. But nonetheless, this song is about Rumplestilstkin

i cant believe its been 2 years since this game came out. i think the songs for FF are some of aes' best work

How could you not like this? Do you have ears?

Aesop rock is a constant source of quality content, he's never dropped a dookie

@susansoup

4 жыл бұрын

@dghi float is one of my favorite albums, but it's also one of my first so it has a nostalgic effect for me

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

@Jesse G Ok I'll play. Personally send me a link with a giftwrapped flying fucking pig with a diamond crusted bow on top!! Let's see what you got???

@Vivacomunismo

4 жыл бұрын

@Jesse G no its not lmao you're a dumbass that doesn't understand it

@awpmerst

4 жыл бұрын

That was Green Day

@tlingitsoldier

4 жыл бұрын

@dghi I'd say the only disappointment for me was The Uncluded, his collab with Kimya Dawson. It was mainly because I'm not a fan of Kimya, and I don't think their styles don't work well together.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk it's been long. I NEEDED this. Thank you, Aes.

Knock 'em out the box, Aes

i dont care what any aesop fan says... this is top 3 of his music

@Ty91681

3 жыл бұрын

Opinions man. Opinions. Not that I necessarily disagree but there needs to be room for it.

we need a whole album Ase! 🙏🙏🙏

@chrisgrundy4536

4 жыл бұрын

Well weve had a 7" and a 10" so far this year. Hes in a creative mindset atm I'd be surprised if we didnt see a full length this year

@darkspectre83

4 жыл бұрын

Freedom Finger EP

@CholoBeavis

4 жыл бұрын

Freedom Finger is a Game and ÁLBUM

Aes just building up until hes ready for the world to actually feel what hes saying. Every thing he puts out is genius

@melvinjansen2338

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's actually getting more direct I feel like

@ottam

4 жыл бұрын

The floor of human civilization will have to rise a great deal to "get" him. Don't hold your breath. He'll more likely be our era's Van Gogh.

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

@@ottam Van Goat! Hahaaa

@BatkoBrat

4 жыл бұрын

There's just something so logical, so mathematically accurate about every single one of his syllables. It's like the golden ratio has a way of expressing itself through Aesops lyrical output

@DbDp216

3 жыл бұрын

@@melvinjansen2338 He started getting super direct with the impossible kid. Masterpiece.

I'll never stop dropping AR in conversations. When asked if they know of him most people glaze over for a minute and say, "Oh, yeah." but when you find somebody who does they just get surprised and then real happy.

@youngshozy

2 жыл бұрын

To those that already knew him, yeah the surprise on their face is always priceless whenever I Bring him up in the great artists discussion, more like a hidden gem you thought others didn't know about. They agreed 💯 percent their only surprise is I knew him too.

"no sign of my pole star, but up here it dont mean north" big mood

Has a Hail Mary Mallon feel to it.

@alexjoseph4665

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does

@BrazenBull001

4 жыл бұрын

New HMM when?

@lerrygindgren2076

4 жыл бұрын

BrazenBull001 they"re done for

@SlabMangrave

4 жыл бұрын

RIP HMM

@bendymelons1133

4 жыл бұрын

Lerry Gindgren can still cross our fingers and pray

Aesop you are The Man! My no1 of all time

Thank God for Aesop

Bloody hell, Aesop seriously outdid himself on everything here. This is a videogame soundtrack, and it may be on par with Impossible Kid. Gotdayum.

Simultaneously pristine and dirty af, absolute mastery.

Dude is so fire people cant comprehend the skill and realness this guy has. Been listening since 2008, keep it up and stay true.

@nathanlovelace2457

4 жыл бұрын

i have had the pleasure since 2000 ;)

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

You're late. Welcome home! Lol

@jonknestrick5219

4 жыл бұрын

2002, a coworker at my summer job doing pizza delivery introduced me to Aes. Let me borrow Labors Days and proceeded to get fired that week. The irony...

@scorber23

4 жыл бұрын

One of the most brutally caustic acid rappers alive .. Aes is unstoppable! He built his city Brick by Brick, cypher after cypher. Boozoka Tooth baby!!

Another classic....

I love playing Freedom Finger so much!

Back when I heard his first album, Float, (pre-google days) I remember imagining what this dude must look like, does he live under a mushroom? Can he shapeshift into a lizard form? That was when mystique was still possible, and Aesop oozed it. I love these types of visuals because it delivers a little on that premise, I don’t necessarily need to see the artist in a diner parking lot rapping into a fish-eye lense. Love the song! Dope beat.

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

Well said... It's always been a abstract psychedelic phenomenon.

@worthwhilejones1883

4 жыл бұрын

"...does he live under a mushroom? Can he shapeshift into a lizard form?" Fuckin' lol. I bet Aes would stoke on those questions.

@BIG_PASTA

4 жыл бұрын

lol same... I remember my boy playing me Labor Days when it first dropped and being like wtf is this? Who the hell is this mutant? And then I saw the Def Jux dvd at his house and was like oh, okay makes sense. I still remember a funny ass part when Aes was getting all sappy and real telling this story and El-P walks into the place and is like "blah blahh blahhh yeah whatever" or some shit... had me dying. Miss those days for sure.

@atuck6082

4 жыл бұрын

@Vyn Valin Really???

@0oidiedinatimemachineo024

3 жыл бұрын

yeah thats the thing about Aesop just going by his lyrics/music you'd think he was some wizard or some shit lol but then you see him and he just a normal guy.

Now a word from the best in the game....... Literally 💯🦾

one of the greatest of all time. If you don't agree you'll get it when you're older.

@Codename_Gamma_Ray

3 ай бұрын

Do you know Aesop is quitting music, right? Because no one ever really figured out what he was saying. Because everyone’s Baka.

what a legend

🔁 [plays on repeat]

@miceMRSA

4 жыл бұрын

This Is A Very True Statement. I'm Starting To Memorize The Lyrics Quite Nicely.

After one listen this is already one of my top 10 Aesop songs

The tremolo on that violin

Why does this song feel like it was written with my life in mind?

@mattcoakes5682

3 жыл бұрын

Cuz aes is that good of a writer.

:-: Man I brought the game Freedom Finger Mainly to hear the new Aes Music also the game play style.. I'm not watching this cause I gotta react to this but I'm Hype Aes got new music..

@yaknoff379

4 жыл бұрын

Yo, my Brother..... hope you are well.....

@demareatunes

4 жыл бұрын

ay if the game is good i'll still buy but im here for aes

@iammrwack

4 жыл бұрын

@@demareatunes :-: The game is like old arcade style space shooter game with great graphic..

@slaviksychev9565

4 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for your reaction! Hope you'll upload it very soon.

@andrewf6287

4 жыл бұрын

@BxxDxx Hoodoo Hip Hop hardly half of what you find in the game.

This is so good. Drives me insane that Aesop Rock gets slept on, his work is amazing. Another banger to analyze repeatedly.

@mhholmez2547

2 жыл бұрын

me too. it's like he himself said, "while the 666ers lassos keep angels roped in the basement"

@musaka2022

2 жыл бұрын

@@mhholmez2547 Just like he said "rumplestilstskin blitzkrieg , kaiser miser booger bear, turnbuckle snugglepuss"

"Deep space and no G-force!" Are you kidding me? That is off the charts the simplest and most appropriate description of his style. Yes!

Me: this would be a kick ass video game. End of the video: Hail 2 U!!! You can now get it on switch.

He sets the bar high and then promptly raises it with every new track, it seems...

@BaconWeaveTurtles

4 жыл бұрын

he sets the bar high and raises it every bar homie

@sethmathis250

4 жыл бұрын

Shit he raises it with every verse

@arejay9509

4 жыл бұрын

Shit he raises it with every syllable

@cepukon

4 жыл бұрын

@@arejay9509 shit

Jesus H Christ. That flow. Listening to this on Spotify on repeat.🔥

Been traversing Aesop Rock songs for the last 2 hours, 2 tabs. He speaks in a tongue that transcends the industry. Freedom Finger

Pure. Genius.

Aes always on point lyrically. But this beat???? Unbelievably BANGING. Couldn't have come at a better time. Just made my quarantine. Thanks, Aesop!

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

Chhhhic! Copy that!

@jonathanrowland4316

4 жыл бұрын

Beat is fire af man

@vampingground6254

3 жыл бұрын

I mean banging fuck ING slapping beat. Lime when bum . and as much

What a great surprise this morning! Always excited to see a fun sci-fi/fantasy narrative in verse, kinda reminds me of Blackalicious's song Cliff Hanger but, you know, Aesop's version. Lots of quotable lines in here. Thank you RSE and Aesop.

@andrewf6287

4 жыл бұрын

He's got 3 full tracks on the game album. They're up on all the streaming sites and for purchase.

Can't believe I spent 3 whole weeks not knowing this existed.

@matchesmalone79

4 жыл бұрын

You late to the party homie.. all good.. we back for more

@mr-mo8uq

2 жыл бұрын

@@matchesmalone79 some of us still can't leave... It's haunting.

His lessons STILL can't be summed up in a set of liner pop-culture references. (wow)

Thank you Aes

THANK YOU AESOP. You have no idea how much I look up to you as an artist and as a whole. You just never stop being one the fastest rappers on the planet (None Shall Pass has or had the most unique words per second out of any other song) yet delivering it all in such a chill, gorgeous manner over perfect beats. I love everything you do as The Uncluded and am inspired by how persistent you are at improving in so many different things. I just went through a horrible breakup and I listened to you almost every day, kept my chin up, and got promoted to a supervisor position at my job! I just keep writing lyrics almost every day, pages and pages, telling stories or working on internal rhymes p.s. I named my Leopard Gecko after you because he sleeps in his rock during the day lol

@bornyesterday3627

4 жыл бұрын

I read you bro.

@TheJuicernator

8 ай бұрын

is anybody even out there?

I've listened to this song so much this month, like surely more than 500 times, KZread even understands now that its the first song on my feed when I open the app, like here you go :

[Intro] Calling Gamma Ray This is Major Cigar Do you read me, Gamma Ray? Gamma Ray, damn it, come in! Gamma Ray, please respond! Welp, his brains are fried Pack it up, mission's over [Verse 1] Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV? Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase and I'm orange Tang and I'm powdered eggs And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase It go, "Do you read me?" Shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti Deep end of some hellhole, come detect this tempo I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there? I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that "Do you read me?" You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow Jesus, do you read me? We don't (We don't) [Pre-Chorus] Do you read me, Gamma Ray? [Chorus] And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel [Verse 2] Bomb sites and blackouts and fog lights in gas clouds Jockey through vacuums, none of our flaps down It's shocking, shot off as one small part of some squadron That ain't once chosen to abort shit, now we've honed in on our problem Nonstop until he stop and see what kinda quadrant he got lost in Do you read me? That option when y'alls options are exhausted I been dropped off in this mosh pit instead of locked in to one orbit Knock knock, call back or this cockpit is my coffin Boss levels I'm doomed to repeat, new dance I call it "Do you read me?" It evolve as a beyond the yonder mantra, once none pinging my transponder Once what macabre y'all planned to conjure, been handed back to y'all unresponsive Ten hut and I'm in sync, phone home, it just ring and ring Asteroids that leave marks and black holes that eat stars Green cheese and GPS bedecked with detours Fuel gauge around E Street and my beacons are all blinked out I might slink up in that junk heap you can't read and or pin down (Pin down) [Pre-Chorus] Gamma Ray, come in! [Chorus] And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel And I play drums on the wheel Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field Drums on the wheel SHARE THE LYRICS “DRUMS ON THE WHEEL” TRACK INFO Produced ByAesop Rock Written ByAesop Rock Release DateApril 7, 2020 EXPAND TRACK INFO MUSIC VIDEO  WHAT HAVE THE ARTISTS SAID ABOUT THE SONG? NEXT UP Play Dead (Instrumental) AESOP ROCK Freedom Finger (Music from the Game) (2020)AESOP ROCK 1. Play Dead 2. KOWP 3. Drums on the Wheel 4. Play Dead (Instrumental) 5. KOWP (Instrumental) 6. Drums on the Wheel (Instrumental) 7. Rat Skull 8. Snowmobile 9. Twice Fried 10. Frozen Caveman COMMENTS Shabbs15 378 a year ago a metaphor for aesop rock’s career +11 UPVOTES About Genius Press Advertise Event Space Privacy Policy Licensing Jobs Terms of Use Copyright Policy Contact us Do Not Sell My Personal Information © 2021 Genius Media Group Inc.

Yes, finally more aesop. they got this album to download on itunes now too.

How..is..he..this..GODDAMN DOPE?!

Certified Banger. This track is FIRE 🔥 yo. Props to Aesop.

best rap song of 2020 candidate right here

Freedom Finger is a dope game

I feel like Aes just keeps getting better. I wonder how far he can go.

Today's my birthday, I couldn't ask for a better gift. Thanks for always getting it man ❤

I love how this song is just a giant advertisement for a video game that probably didn't get the attention it deserved. Both are incredible quality.

@MrPhantaze

2 жыл бұрын

And the ongoing war just discourages to buy it (There are some stuff that is topical especially now)

@BigDickMcFlick

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrPhantaze Wait, you actually believe this 3 year old game is losing sales because of this song's message?? Ongoing war discourages buying it?? This was released in 2019. The US was waging wars in Syria, Afghanistan, & Iraq. Did those wars also discourage sales??? No ones looking at this game to buy and actively thinking "I would have gotten this if it wasn't for all the war in the world". I don't know how to respond to your reactionary comment.

@MrPhantaze

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigDickMcFlick Well hey, Russian leaders are destroyed brutally by arrogant American leaders, China helps Russia

@BigDickMcFlick

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrPhantaze I'm not about to have a discussion about international politics with you. No one is considering buying the game Freedom Finger but abandoning the idea because of "ongoing war", when wars have been a constant since the game was launched. If "ongoing war" was hurting the sales of this video game, It would have been hurt for the last 3 years. What a reactionary take. You are a reactionary. Take your business elsewhere. You make me want to delete my original comment so this conversation thread disappears.

Love it when I search for specific musical artist on YT and theres a new vid, just 2 days old With that new vid smell. Especially when it's a new Aesop track...

Somebody call the fire department, this one's outta controll

Legendary.

This song goes hard it knocked me 5 months ahead

With the odd stress pattern and the rapid, sparse, very briefly-held syllables in the verses, Aes's flow on this is kinda reminding me of El-P. There's still Aes's hallmark droning effect (like the way he doubles his voice or whatever he's doing, the chorus on None Shall Pass is one easy example) in the refrain, and the drawn-out syllables that give that weird clash with the mostly tight rhythmic delivery. It's crazy, hearing how, bit by bit, Aesop Rock keeps evolving or just switching it up enough to keep his sound fresh. There's boatloads of "underground" (that is, millions of fans, but not "mainstream" or corporately-pushed) rappers who have sounded the same for over a decade, and here I keep coming back for every new track this guy puts out, *_not_* to listen to what I know is going to be more of the familiar, comfortable, formulaic numbing lullaby, but instead to see how Aes is going to throw me off just when I thought I knew, in detail, how he worked.

@BaconWeaveTurtles

4 жыл бұрын

literally me

@shanerasmussen7700

4 жыл бұрын

Really felt el-p vibes as well, but couldnt put my finger on it.

@UnLiMiTeDMiNDsEt

4 жыл бұрын

What do u mean exactly when u say droning.and voice doubling. Like I just went and listened to the hook on none shall pass but I didnt get it..plz explain in detail

@PointlessRhetoric

4 жыл бұрын

I hear ya but Aes ond El are on way different levels. I've seen both live and been a fan for over ten years. Aesop is some kind of genie, his actual flow delivery and breath control is monotone but extremely choppy and precise. El is passionate but not the same type of mc. I do hear a little hesitation though I just can't see that as being influenced by Els current style while it is reminiscent of cancer for cure which would be a weird reference shout out or call back for Aesop.

DAMN SON .. FIRE FIRE!

The world doesn't even deserve Aesop Rock!

Aesop in top 3 alive.

Much love from pacific northwest enoch in olympia washington

Finally!!! 👍👏

Hip hop will not give this man his flowers until he’s gone

Aesop Rock Is King 👑