Aes has sparked my mind in a way nobody ever could, i look up to him so much

I can’t not think of a better artist to be honest. I’ve listened to him for years and lyrics chime in my head throughout my day to day and while I’m doing something all of a sudden Aesop pops up and I just smile. Understanding isn’t the point nor is the optics. it’s all about life and the the path you walk. I feel like he paints a great picture of someone who has found what truly make his self and others grounded and heard and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Congratulations man you have done great things and we appreciate every syllable.

he's so adorable it's literally heartbreaking

"The need to make songs was bigger than the fact that I didn't have a budget".

@CodyJancaric

5 жыл бұрын

Zeek1212 this will stick with me forever.

If all rappers were like Aesop Rock, hip hop would be the best genre ever.

@OracleTheRonin

2 жыл бұрын

no doubt

@goofboat

2 жыл бұрын

hip hop is already the best genre ever. period.

@Euoplocephalus2003.

10 ай бұрын

False, hip hop in its entirety is subjective. Aesop ain't that good.

@keeprful

2 ай бұрын

@@Euoplocephalus2003.no judgment cuz music taste is subjective, but i’m a huge aes fan and am curious who your top rappers are. what artists are u into rn? i’m always lookin for new stuff.

@ishaking6278

Ай бұрын

​@@Euoplocephalus2003.You saying Aesop is not that good is also subjective.

I have been a HUUUGE fan of Aesop for nearly a decade now,and he has blown me away many times...But None Shall Pass...That song MUST go down as one of the top HipHop songz of ALL Time!...

@jkobain5910

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@lukesteltenpool8878

Жыл бұрын

FACTS. Nothing short of a masterpiece 🔥💯

this was recorded in 2007 and the album that he realeased 4 years ago was Bazooka Tooth, thats what the interviewer means

I love when I’m just living life then one of his lyrics go through my mind and I realise what he meant. He’s the actual GOAT.

I still come back to this interview

@kaiko8085

3 жыл бұрын

Same lol

Aes is the moxt complex rapper I have ever heard. Perhaps too complex. I have to read along the lyrics as I listen to even get half of the big picture he is trying to portray. I love it.

Just listened to Daylight, first time I heard it. Crazy talent.

I dont think being underground depends on your popularity, i think underground rap has a certain sound. You can hear Atmosphere, Aesop or Ill Bill and just know its underground from its sound, its totally absent of cornyness.

@thomassagan2484

9 жыл бұрын

some of Vinnie Paz's is mad corny but people would say he's underground

@zygma5161

9 жыл бұрын

PixelPerfect28 I think the underground part of music in general is, for the most part, made with the intent to get their message across and impress their current fan base. Most of mainstream music is over-polished and has any controversial topics taken out of it, while still keeping that fake edginess. Although this is to be expected from a market where mega superstars can be yesterday's news very quickly. Underground cares about the supporters it currently has, and prides themselves on how far they can and have made it on their own. Also, they don't have to care about pissing people off about tackling controversial topics because they probably got those supporters for the very same reason. The underground is underground because make music with what they have currently, which creates that unpolished tone we all love.

@DavidMoscoeUni

7 жыл бұрын

The corniest rap music I've ever heard was some of the underground shit I heard ten yeas ago and keep bumping these days, but I know what you're saying. Point being underground hip hop is really varied

@BalanceOvOpposites

6 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean but I don't think a lack of corniness is at all the defining factor. Slug def has some corny shit, Vinnie too, tons of ppl. You're right about an "underground sound" though and what that is is raw rap. Main thing that separates Aesop Rock from Asap Rocky is that Rocky is not home just mastering his craft of rapping. He's not solely sharpening his pen, he's also chasing those big hits, catchy hooks, and spending time and energy trying to have mass appeal. He wants to look cool and sound cool and all that. Very concerned with perception and being a superstar. Dudes like Aesop are concerned with the art of rapping and that's mainly it. Being a better emcee. Underground means not that many ppl listen to it and until the masses are blown away by crazy rhyme schemes, multi-syllabic rhymes, and all that shit - raw rap will stay underground.

@causinstatic

5 жыл бұрын

Atmosphere is corny as haha but I love em. Underground’s just more independent but dude do blow up.

None shall pass is my fav. Wish I got to see this tour

didn't expect him to be so humble... coooool.

great interview. aesop rules.

Props to the interviewer, casual enough to make Aesop feel comfortable and start chatting yet he also asks intelligent questions. So many interviewers just ask lame questions then sit there nodding while the interviewee talks.

One of the best

aes is genuinely such a beautiful soul

i love aesop!!!

Love aesop. What's up! ... where are we again?

i do actually listen to the music when im high. thats the best way to listen to music. but i love listenin to it whether im high or not

He's so fuckin' down to earth.

Can anyone tell me where I can find some of those older music videos?

THE LEGEND

@ZULUboi28 Excellent point, thanks.. What else do you teach?

Aes is trippppin

LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant remember that first song and its driving me crazy

Exactly!

A lot of people have been responding to this comment, so I figured I'd explain myself. I agree completely that if all rappers sounded like Aesop, it would be stagnant. I didn't mean sounding exactly like him, I meant being of the same quality. Equally good, but not the same. But still, music wouldn't be as good if there was only one genre.

It's interesting that hip-hop is so much bigger now, bigger than ever, and there's an even bigger divide between his music (or real/raw rap) and mainstream hip-hop. And it keeps growing. We really can't just call it hip-hop anymore when you have Aesop Rock and guys like Uzi Vert and they're supposed to be the same genre?

Blazed. my boy

whats the second song

is the interviewer the dude from the new HTC Rezound commercial???

Being married to Aes must be some weird, but crazy, but pretty cool shit

DAMN

Fuck, dude, I love listenin' to this dude baked.

Damn shout out to Denver!!

fuck aesops albums are the shit to listen to when you gettin baked or when you are baked. i loved listenin 2 float baked

word.

"Misanthropic genie kabuki fetuses." I love coming up with new Aesop Rock lines. Nah, he is great, I just wish he did more songs like "No Regrets"

@mpchead621

5 жыл бұрын

Jesse Rockwell 8 years later would you say you got them? haha. depends if you meant based on sound, structure, content, etc... but rings is definitely a sort of follow up to that theme

i agree

it is :D

hip hop is the best genre

damn aesop rock looks aloooot different than i imagined

Wait, how can you hear me?

LOL. exactly what i was thinking.

Thirteen years....

He said "aesop rock-he is on tour right now"

@bennett138

5 жыл бұрын

I heard that... he definitely fucked up and called him rock-y

he looks like tom hanks' gangster brother

hes so on cid

I wish my pupils where that big!!!!

@Pianofied no it's me ^^

Hahahahahahaha. I can definately see that.

@Zgamer618 Cage vs. Em... I gotta hear that shit.

He seems fairly lucid, but it just me or are his pupils the size of dimes? Is he rolling? Tripping?

i was reading comments and my video paused at 0:09 so i looked at the video..lol made me laugh..idk...aesop is sick

@yepyepsir hes not baked hes enlighted!

He's perma-fried, bro.

agreeable ESTP with developed Ni

I wish I could agree, but you gotta think about how it would actually be dull and boring if everyone sounded the same. It's like how everyone in the mainstream sounds the same.

damn ...wen he is jus talkin he sounds do much like kevin smith

he has huge hands

@TheUnbreakableOtaku Well consider that if everyone was like Aesop Rock, everything would be pretty similar. What's great about Aesop Rock is that he emerged from all the bullshit mainstream hip hop. If everyone was just like him he wouldn't be that genius that we all look up to.

He speaks ENGLISH??? I like how he speaks sooooo normal in interviews, and then... when he gets on the track, her shakesperes it lol

It would be the shittiest. Don't get me wrong, I fucking LOOOVE Aesop Rock but more than him I love the variety in rap. I like being able to go from Aesop to Doom to Jay-Z to Snoop to even rappers I personally think are shit like Mims.

yum bear

ha, yum bear

He's a shy dude.

snoppskaft, so you belive his not taking anything? ^^

Or he's just tired as hell. His schedule does seem pretty crazy.

Is Aes married still?

@papercuts6096

7 жыл бұрын

Apparently not.

@chris2856

7 жыл бұрын

no he got divorced but i think he is stil freinds as his ex wife played bass for his new album

shit i Love been wierd

THAT HOST IS THE HOTTEST ASIAN BOY I'VE EVER SEEN......after Tae Yang that is.

@pkwithobby lol its true..prolly because they dont care about dressing to impress..just chillin and spittin sick you know lol

@pkwithobby because they rap about shit that matters, not nice jackets and gold chains

he is cute...hey i aint gay

If they were all the same? I disagree, imposed uniformity leaves little playtime for change... How would hip hop evolve?

HOLY SHIT MY NIGGA GOT MARRIED!!!!!!!!1

Aes really likes weed.

people who are smoking breaks down alot nicer lyrics that everyone else , atleast in my opinion , so i guess ur one of them "dont do drugs, your brain will melt"

Marry me.

No it wouldnt lol. then it would all be the same

He needs to look at the camera! Or something! His eyes were pissing me off, LOVE U AESOP

"im sittin here with my man, Aesop Rockyhe's here" get the fuck out... *i point at the door*

@JazzyAnasazi

8 жыл бұрын

***** dude, he did

@macmat5

8 жыл бұрын

+556FATHOMS i'm pretty sure he said "aesop rock, he is on tour". asap rocky was unknown in 2008

@klink4313

7 жыл бұрын

This was in 2008. Asap Rocky got popular in like 2010 or 2011.

i apoligize for commenting moments ago as it seems enough people have made dumbass comments on your shit bro its all good

who the fuck is aes rock?

fo reeal what qweeer

its funny how in no way does he ever look at the camera or the interviewer

I like Aesop, but if everyone were the same then the hip hop genre would be become mindlessly repetitive and no one would want to listen to the same style, the adversity of hip hop is what makes it so renowned.