So that's how he's come up with all this stuff. He's got hundreds of Aesop Rocks working on lyrics at once.

@horse7406

2 жыл бұрын

Lol true

@user-db4oe6wq4e

2 жыл бұрын

Rly🌚

@marty7442

2 жыл бұрын

...and all this time we are told cloning is just a Hollywood conspiracy theory...

@shiddy.

Жыл бұрын

he keeps thousands of copies of himself inside his head to bounce lyrics off of ... his mind is truly smarter than he is in this video he's showing off his 👐🙌✋🤏🤙👉👍👉🤟👇👇👈✊🤞👐👐👍✊🤘🖖✌🤞👍👊💅🙌👉🖕🤜👊👈🤟✌👐🤞

@tonysantora4944

Жыл бұрын

Seems like it

I think Aesop has officially held the most underrated and overlooked artist for two straight decades

@bigolejr

6 жыл бұрын

fax.

@headcold7250

6 жыл бұрын

robinhood123454140 music for earthworms dropped (self-funded) in 97. He's pretty much correct.

@keiganm1287

6 жыл бұрын

I dont think hes overlooked or under rated but theirs no way the complexity of his lyrics could find mainstream success. Hes still well respected and i doubt if you ask many artist who he is they would reply with "idk". Well maybe trap artists since hes basically the exact opposite.

@palchristianandersen9086

6 жыл бұрын

If I had a penny for every time Aesop's been name dropped by some nerd with the same list of 4 rappers they like for the last 20 years...

@piotreckvrsx3861

6 жыл бұрын

it happened to me, so fucking funny to know I wasn't the only one.

Stages of listening to a work by Aesop 1: repeatedly picking your jaw off the floor. 2: extended periods of elbows on the desk and a cradled head 3: researching every other verse 4: step one and two some more 5: bumping along to a lyrical encyclopedia.

@martinprieto4742

3 ай бұрын

#4. Inget the an unadvised dose of what whatever led you here

One of the illest displays of elite lyricism and delivery of all time, mind blowing

"i've been ignored for longer than you've been interested" - Aesop Rock, the most slept on rapper of all time

@twistedgambit9084

4 жыл бұрын

EMiNem made rappers that are poetic mainstream. Aesop Rock inspires rhyme artists in the indies.

@felixvillalobos5828

4 жыл бұрын

@@twistedgambit9084 Marshall never mentions Aes for a reason.

@truesalt9011

4 жыл бұрын

Which is so crazy because I've only met like 3 other people who already knew him and just about everyone i've introduced to his music has become an avid fan.

@pietroaretino6390

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the best part, "I was on that futile rage before the internet." Fucking spot-on.

@onylra6265

4 жыл бұрын

@@truesalt9011 For real though? Back when guys like him and El-P were doing their thing there was a big stigma against white boys doing avant-garde shit like this. Cats would take take a look at your vinyl, see that shit in there and be like: 'oh, you're one of THOSE guys'. For real. Nobody gave them the time of day 'till Dre boosted Eminem. I'm not saying 'rap' used to be racist, per se, but a lot of talented white guys got left in the dust - for reasons that had little to do with their actual talent or the quality of their music. No big deal, they lifted their game and did their thing, and I love seeing dudes still being relevant - like, the underground has risen to the surface these days. Better late than never.

Aesop Rock has more ill lines in the first half of this song than some folks do in their whole career. Dopeness.

@jhulax33

6 жыл бұрын

troof

@JPTHRICE

6 жыл бұрын

yo, this is 100% true. guys got heavy ass punchlines on every joint most rappers cant come up within in 5 albums

@jhulax33

6 жыл бұрын

my top five GOATS 1) Rakim 2) Aesop Rock 3) Posdunus (De La Soul fame) 4) Pharoahe Monch 5) Eminem

@spankyblacksheep1096

6 жыл бұрын

dude's got over about 100 good songs

@Matrxmonky

6 жыл бұрын

The man made the best ever rap song about a fucking CAT. Not a lot of people are good enough to compete.

"Sincerely I was never on the cutting edge! My hand was on the hilt feel free to build on the edge" just WHAT!?!?

There's like 50 words or phrases in this song alone that probably nobody has used before or since. Keeps me coming back every time just to hear more than I did before.

I feel like this man is not just an underground rapper, he's a poet of this millennium. Every single song of Aesop has a story or a narrative which is not limited to him only, but is a story of every urban soul trapped in the modernity of machines and oligarchy. Glad you haven't ran out of fables to share; we'll keep listening to them!

Something so refreshing about seeing your hero get better with age and exploring new avenues instead of getting into a rut and deteriorating!

@robbiepullman5370

6 жыл бұрын

that was so positive it made my eyes light up!thank you for your intellectual mature insight that In concordance I concur with!:)

@melvinjansen2338

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Aesop rock,. Royce Da 5`9 too! so cool

@amberearheart3326

5 жыл бұрын

I was just having a conversation about this exact fact!!👹

@grainyoats873

4 жыл бұрын

thats too fucking true. we all know thered hella bands we used to love that are now shitty n boring. but ig aesops like whine, only gets better with age

@Withyoursister

4 жыл бұрын

Danielle Schroder like slug?

can't stop bumping this... it's just mastery, plain and simple. perfect schemes, unthinkably consistent flow, effortless-yet-intentional delivery, nauseating bars... AAGAAGHAAGGHHHHHH

@lukesteltenpool8878

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Despite Aesop's insanely impressive catalogue, Klutz is definitely my favourite. "Wake up feeling empty like Houdini's grave probably is" 💯🔥

"I'm peeling back the layers, I'm sneaking past the lasers, I'm a lover, I'm a fighter, I'm a seed to blackened acres."🔥

Hip-hop's Shakespeare, and the introspective introvert's introspective introvert. ❤

@metalmaniac297

6 жыл бұрын

concise, and well said

@SmoothCriminal_-fp3ig

6 жыл бұрын

Can't introvertedly introspect an introspective introvert Or something

@epiczeke7620

6 жыл бұрын

Words simple things more complex than needed for the sake of entertainment? Yup, that’s Shakespeare for ya.

@drugstoredilemmas7962

6 жыл бұрын

smoothcriminal, i'd say "Aesop Rock but it's verbose" but that's kind of like saying "Aesop Rock but its Aesop ROck"

@BOAYang

5 жыл бұрын

lord jamar gonna be mad

"I've been ignored for longer than you've been interested"... That's for the new Aesop fans.. Dudes always spitting that humble truth

@GravelordNEETo

6 жыл бұрын

Brendan M Idt thats the point hes makin, I'm pretty sure hes applying it to all his fans. Saying he was making moves in the underground before anyone knew him. Like unless you were of fan of this dude since he was fuckin born, you were ignorin him for a longer period of time than youve been a fan.

@GhoulOfTheSouth

6 жыл бұрын

Both of you simmer down going at each others throats is a hindrance that wouldnt bless the coexisting so just sit and think... aesops been killin mics for so long He found me back when Daylight was fresh Fl doesnt have basements though

@SAagreedSA

6 жыл бұрын

Agree w/ Kratnoff, he's putting us on equal footing not calling out new fans IMO. Loved him for a long time but he's been him his whole life... I get it

@sumwonkool

6 жыл бұрын

Kratnoff well he's finally getting his recognition, that's all. I've been a fan of his since his first album came out. I'm Just glad that he's never come close to selling out or making wack commercial rap

@sumwonkool

6 жыл бұрын

NorseViking84 no worries dude. I could see how it's addressing fans in general also. I guess when I first heard it and heard that verse, that was my first reaction I thought of

he always looks like he hasn't slept for 18 hours

@Seng_Eternal

4 жыл бұрын

You mean stoned as fuck?

@W7RSON

4 жыл бұрын

He probably doesn't

@stevesmith5883

4 жыл бұрын

​@@W7RSON that''s likely, god knows how long he ponders over those lyrics. I'm a Masters student in English Literature and I believe Aes is a genius level writer, not just in rap but in all forms of writing. He combines obscure references that can only be compared to a modern day "Waste Land" with rhyme schemes that are impeccable, then add social commentary and personal insight to that. It's insane. I wish to become a university lecturer in English lit and Aes will be on my module for sure. (If i misspelled anything in my comment, I have had a liberal amount of whisky sorry).

@alonedownthere47

3 жыл бұрын

my favorite kind of rapper, the one that would still be rapping in a nuclear wasteland to keep from going crazy

@spinitch

3 жыл бұрын

MUST NOT SLEEP MUST WARN OTHERS

I remember seeing Aesop in Cincinnati back in the late 90s at a fest called "Scribblejam" when I was 17 yrs old. Absolute destruction. He's still spitting better than 99% of every rapper to ever take to the mic.

It's nice to see you getting happier, seriously. When you dropped the line "When you write about seclusion and some buyers finally tune in. You get frightened finding happiness can drive away the movement" in Molecules I was heart broken. Keep on getting better man. We need you in our lives. I suffer from depression too and you have helped me through some of the hardest times of my life. I hope you remember that next time you think you are alone because your not.

@igotcrabsyeup

4 жыл бұрын

Can we all take a moment to appreciate Sacred Folks

@phobass

4 жыл бұрын

appreciated.

@strgsl

4 жыл бұрын

@@igotcrabsyeup appreciated.

@vinny5638

4 жыл бұрын

just as important a comment a year from when you posted it as it will be 10 years from now, Aes is high art. Us fans have a connection in our recognition of that, Aes created a community.

@abdoonyt9049

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciated.

"Shrink into the vacuum if in spite of your accomplishments/ you wake up feeling empty like Houdini's grave probably is"

@ExtremelyInept

6 жыл бұрын

blah every couplet it's own multi-layered story, those lines stood out for me too. Impossible Kid isn't just an album title, it's his nametag.

@trademark310

6 жыл бұрын

Thats why I love Aesop- he has mad replay value.

@ahilaryb

6 жыл бұрын

YES! Oh man I feel this line.

@lusidswankin8647

6 жыл бұрын

Fuckin right

@brothersonwhatevershow9271

6 жыл бұрын

Dayumm!!! Aes is dope as all fuck!!

It took me two listens to realize this is all one, long, unbroken verse with no chorus.

@calimango7926

3 жыл бұрын

BRUH

@Ygshey

3 жыл бұрын

thats pretty stupiid

@TheReptilekiller

3 жыл бұрын

Yea he's a wizard like that

@dennisparker6810

Жыл бұрын

Two times it took ya'? Checks out.

“Shriek into the vacuum if in spite of your accomplishments you wake up feeling empty like Houdini’s grave probably is.” Love that.

"I'm hoping you all grow into the sentience you assume/ as your moment of self reflection is a moment for me too" Phenomenal as usual.

Hell yeah a wild Aesop appeared

@BobathanGar

6 жыл бұрын

Aesops

@WiZArdx4s

6 жыл бұрын

Aesop uses lyrics You are now confused You used comprehension You hurt yourself in your confusion

@matthewjones8798

6 жыл бұрын

It ran away... no surprise.

@danielvoltaire5581

6 жыл бұрын

pringles dick you made my day with this comment thanx bro

@literaticrux8292

3 жыл бұрын

what the f**k does your comment even mean???

"Old pro's throw bows to the 808, You couldn't throw and elbow through a baby gate" He could've stopped RIGHT THERE! Dope as ever.

When he ain't squinting the eyes into infinity, you can see a certain past in his eyes. For a man of such intricate poetry I feel he wanna say so much more but he will just forever be a riddler.

I love this man so much. I've been listening since middle school and now that I'm 30 I still love coming back to listen to him and am always eager to hear the new stuff. He's been killing it forever and he only seems to get better with time. There's not even one song of his that I dislike. Keep it up Aes and I'll be sure to keep supporting.

@kajw.230

6 жыл бұрын

41 yo.

@urmenior

6 жыл бұрын

He does look young though whiskers are turning gray lately lol.

@roddydykes7053

6 жыл бұрын

Sigma he looks like one of those hard-to-read guys that you can’t tell are 26 or 40-something

@addled_catalyst

5 жыл бұрын

There's a handful of songs that I skip nowadays but only the ones that feature somebody who's mediocre on that track

@zoom4368

5 жыл бұрын

hes ridiculous

Aesop rock aesthetics are always so imaginative. Guys a genius straight up

@blueandgreenslacks

6 жыл бұрын

Ihsan ingersoll I second that sentiment...

@Zepper-xs6bu

6 жыл бұрын

Ihsan ingersoll any of his songs you can get lost in the best way possible

@funkfunk_

6 жыл бұрын

Aesop seems to fall in that grey area between genius and insane. And that’s why he’s so great.

@mrb2917

6 жыл бұрын

that word doesn't mean what you think it does

@funkfunk_

6 жыл бұрын

please elaborate

The best mc to ever do it

No idea how I missed out on this dude for so many years. Glad he's getting his due now. Guy is truly a fantastic lyricist.

One of the smartest abstract rapper ever. This is the only emcee you will never see anyone else sound like not even close. #GeniusBars

@keiganm1287

6 жыл бұрын

Wavy Vaporizers idk brother ali comes close on alotta songs.

@alfredcornflake5032

6 жыл бұрын

I've heard people that kind of rap like him but it doesn't sound as genuine when they spit it. It's like they are trying too hard to be abstract and different but with aesop you can tell it's just who he really is and he doesn't give a fuck.

@sullivan3004

6 жыл бұрын

You should listen to run the jewels or more exactly EL-P. His voice is a bit more raw but I would say they flow the same and both use same kind of fun way to deliver hard hitting knowledge. The biggest difference would be their much harder beats influenced by metal and EDM. Cant say im a die hard fan since I only listen to their shit from after RTJ3 but you should listen to tracks like thursday in the danger room or 2100 ft boots

@capjazzo8031

6 жыл бұрын

cough, Milo

@Travisalberger

6 жыл бұрын

Illogic comes very close, especially in delivery.

Aesop couldn't do a bad song if he tried. It took me a while to get into his music, but when I understood it (Most of it) its like looking into the matrix and seeing all the code. Aesop should go down as one of the all time greats.

@gman8133

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao thats a good way to put it, once you 'get' his music a whole new world opens

@mxxmm4365

6 жыл бұрын

I prefer Lil B

@jack-wi6zs

6 жыл бұрын

he might go down as the goat

@markoblazic8912

6 жыл бұрын

I prefer lil big

@richp6451

5 жыл бұрын

True

“It helps to know intimidation’s all about the optics” This line honestly flipped my view of the world.

Nobody feels threatened by a scarecrow covered in crows who feel welcomed

@StanHowse

5 ай бұрын

Hell is just "okay", but needs some polish.

Can’t wait to listen to this repeatedly over the course of the next few months slowly starting to grasp the meaning of more of the lines.

@emilyjewelle3301

4 жыл бұрын

Aesop songs are the gifts that never stop giving.

@rotisserieprotocol3582

2 жыл бұрын

And then learn to perform it yourself because you've heard it so many times that you might as well

that houdini line is too cold

@risingsunmazda4108

3 жыл бұрын

Bro I lost it when he said that

@bobmin1782

3 жыл бұрын

Love how he pronounces the "s" in "is" too, "izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

This man should release a hardcore book of all his lyrics to songs he's ever released. It'd be an instant buy for me.

I love this song, its just pure bars. Not interrupted by any hook

Imma need that Cooking with Aesop book asap

@leinadznef

6 жыл бұрын

Fresh Doggo I just imagine the instructions being be as complex as his lyrics lol

@DoobieFerguson

6 жыл бұрын

First recipe is how to make a mummy

@ChaoticGoodDeeds

6 жыл бұрын

@epiczeke7620

6 жыл бұрын

Fryerstarter is the closest we have

@GhoulOfTheSouth

6 жыл бұрын

I'd buy 10 hardcovered with sleeves

"Sincerely I was never on the cutting edge, My hand was on the hilt, you're free to build with the other end" S I C K

@jnaz3thirty1

4 жыл бұрын

So many intensely deep or just plain sick lines get lost in the endless barrage of equally sick lines .....after line after line

@AIRTIME96

4 жыл бұрын

*Your freedom built with the other end

@mrfreeman1763

4 жыл бұрын

@@AIRTIME96 The lyrics are in the description. "sincerely I was never on the cutting edge, my hand was on the hilt, you’re free to build with the other end"

@eubtmontage5581

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrfreeman1763 but are they correct?

@mrfreeman1763

4 жыл бұрын

@@eubtmontage5581 "Official Video" uploaded by his Label. It'd be pretty silly if they weren't.

This is so damn good. Everything about this works. Aes's otherworldly imagery, intense introspection, and his physical delivery, which is so uniquely his own (but also reminiscent of early hip-hop). Meanwhile, the director's use of so many takes in a linear pairing with the song, and the simultaneously spooky and vintage aesthetics, are absolutely blowing my mind. F***ing cool. As a fan who didn't know about Aes until I was 42, I haven't been this excited for a new album in a LONG time.

Listening to Aes is a lot like driving past a devastating car wreck, it's just so piled up and absurd that you cant help but keep looking back to make sense of it. Aesop is the GOAT

@literaticrux8292

3 жыл бұрын

Yes his is GOAT

Big up from a swearing Lithuanian. Aesop never ceases to deliver DOPE.

@KarolisHD

6 жыл бұрын

Rupūs miltai...

I have been an Aesop Rock fan since Music for Earthworms. My favourite track ever has always been Abandon All Hope despite all the other greats. However I have listened to Klutz at least twice a day since it was released on KZread and it is insanely under rated. Every time I play it I understand more about each verse. This is modern day artistry at its best. Who ever put a thumbs down to this video should only be upset that it doesn’t come with an exegesis bar for bar, or that there’s no album to go with it.

@mindlessfool42

Жыл бұрын

“Nobody feels scared by a scarecrow covered in crows who feel welcomed” There’s probably a reason this song resonates with you if Abandon All Hope is a favorite for you, as it is for me. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYt42cuCfZCXprQ.html

Every time this man drops fire, it reminds me of my grandfather when supper was not on the table at 5pm sharp. Certified slapper.

Knock em’ out the box, Aes.

The bassline to this....is just incredible. Good Lord. It's not often I hear a song and in 10 seconds know it's great, but this song is tremendous.

"You wake up feeling empty like hoodinis grave problably is" jesus christ

@finnyp2055

4 жыл бұрын

that was a fucking bar like damn

@DoctorWhoKage

3 жыл бұрын

@@finnyp2055 nevermind bar, that was a fucking burn! 😅😂😂😂

@joshhorley2116

3 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorWhoKage the line before it is "shriek into the void if in spite of your accomplishments" so I think Aes is inviting us to have an existential crisis with him

"I've been ignored for longer than you've been interested" love this line

You need a 4 year undergrad program to unpack this banger

@BaMBlazr

5 жыл бұрын

Darren Graham that’s something that always perturbed me in college. Why are we so fixated on teaching people works of the past in literary classes when this is contemporary, applicable, relatable, and (in my opinion) showcases much more prowess and talent than these other aged manuscripts?

@BusinessRaptor520

5 жыл бұрын

@@BaMBlazr Because you couldn't understand it without them

@ondresproduction2404

4 жыл бұрын

.

@nathan5645

4 жыл бұрын

@@BaMBlazr Pedantic af

@eubtmontage5581

4 жыл бұрын

NAH thats the joke, people talk about aes like he got complex meanings or big messages, He doesn't, that's the point. the artist's of old don't have complex meanings either the four year undergrad program is a weeding out of the uninterested and wild. A great fantasy of mine in school (I never really had a good art class in college) was imagining that the original artist was there to critique the textbook interpretation of what they wrote. I legitimately don't think many artists have a big enough ego to really see all the symbolism that their fans do. Aes writes songs about being different and he does well because he commits to writing them in what I would consider a different language than traditional rap. His difference is honest and this honesty resonates with people. Even if the pugnacious mood his music has always had has only become mainstream in the last decade. My point is that aes is not successful because he is a real smart guy and his songs are not deep because there are complex messages, Aes is successful because he is smart enough not to be dishonest with what he thinks is cool and his songs are deep because he finds new ways to express feelings that other people can connect with.

For real though, this is that raw jabberjaw shit. Inspires me to write again. Knock em out the box, Aes

Thank you for the shout out of the Lithuanian language. Appreciate a lyrical genius recognising its greatness, even if it was used for comedic effect. For anyone wanting to know, this Proto-Indo-European language managed to retain linguistic features found in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. This can be very useful when figuring out the many alternate meanings a single phrase or text may have due to the societys of both languages basing their lifestyles on philosophy (which in essence is the study of the possibilities of the universe through thought).

@TheYourfaceable

6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, and those bars just got even deeper... We have reached the age of... META RAP

@demareatunes

6 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure he meant that because his mom is Lithuanian he picked up some Lithuanian curse words as a kid

@SatanerVG

6 жыл бұрын

Oh for real? I didn't think he actually is related to Lithuania like like that, but in case he is, great stuff ;)

@omnidye

5 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck.

@BusinessRaptor520

5 жыл бұрын

He gave those bars a keen sheen polish, but he never stopped to take a picture

Crazy that it was only a couple of years ago that he was finally featured on national television. Been gracing the games for almost two decades.. One of the all time greats

@_Jake.From.Statefarm_

4 жыл бұрын

he technically was showed on MTV for None Shall Pass. It was brief, and far to ahead of it's time for mainstream listeners. People liked the beat and complained it was nonsense. Well, now people are waking up lol.

And now begins the lengthy and fascinating time of deciphering every line of a new Aesop Rock track.

Aesop always provides the good shit. Every single time.

Greatest emcee that will ever live.

@madvillian888

6 жыл бұрын

WORD

@connorclayton4692

6 жыл бұрын

Nahhh that's drake 😂😂😂😂 and before all you stupid fuckers get it twisted, yes it's a joke

@lordofgiovanni

6 жыл бұрын

JaQuan Jones I'm starting to think that's true

@ExtremelyInept

6 жыл бұрын

It's between Aes and Eyedea, and I can never put either one above the other.

@808Deathmetal

6 жыл бұрын

DJUsive1 RIP eydea. :(

Love you Ace, you've been there for me for half my life. Met you like 10 years ago hanging out in the line into the Starlight Ballroom in Jersey. Thank you for everything.

"I've been ignored for longer than you've been interested". Killing it Ace!

Solid as usual. Ignored for longer than you've been interested👌

@Respect2theFallen

6 жыл бұрын

Kristie California Right when he said that i was like Yeuuuh

@mychaelryan1740

6 жыл бұрын

I was reading your comment as that line came on.

@CR-kr9cs

6 жыл бұрын

Kristie California this line line hit home with me. I’ve been listing to Aes since I was 14, he released “music for earthworms” in 1997 a year after I was born. He’s been rapping longer than I’ve been alive.

“I’ve been ignored longer than you’ve been interested” I think I can say without any fear that aes is the best lyricist I’ve ever heard on a mic

@arex82

Жыл бұрын

“Come and send it with the cleverest to never stick the landing” -Flamingo Pink

The other day I met a guy at the local gas station that listened to AES, Walked in and heard Mystery Fish playing in the background. Instantly became friends

Not even Aes himself could put into words how much I love him

@RavenousCatalyst594

Жыл бұрын

LMFAO FO REAL

@Annafyz

Жыл бұрын

girl i feel you

@StanHowse

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he could.

@ErrorNV

Жыл бұрын

He could and you wouldn't realize until 5 years later.

@Famezonen

10 ай бұрын

Are you starting to be part of the kinesis 😮

Got sooooo lit when I seen Aesop Rock...........HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS ALWAYS FIREEE

Still On Top, King Aesop!

If "Cookies with Aesop" ever gets printed, sign me the heck up.

The man’s unreal…..without doubt the only rapper I can think of that just gets better and better. 20 odd years of making my head spin. Every verse paints a thousand pictures. The bloke is a genius

The illest toy story reference ever "For a gallery of grifters, channeling Sids action figures, grafted by his little sister after markers glue and scissors "

He looks so stoned i love aesop rock he's my all time favorite

"As your moment of self reflection is a moment for me too."

Favorite rapper of all time. Period. GOD TIER AESOP ROCK

Im not sure if Aesop's raps became clearer over the years or if i've just learned his style more but ti doesnt take me 4 listens to know what he's saying now.

@davidbelanger7696

6 жыл бұрын

Zero Dark Thirty You're absolutely right... he "says just as much" while using less words... incredible.

@ninjaz1in1AB

6 жыл бұрын

I think aesops work is just as cryptic but comes more naturally, where as for works like bazooka tooth it's cryptic and you have to search for the meaning in it instead of being taught it

@squidword3360

6 жыл бұрын

That song None Shall Pass is a a fuckin rubix cube. I've looked up the lyrics and each bar he's actually saying something dope behind the complexity. He's fuckin amazing

@GordonComstock602

6 жыл бұрын

I started with Bazooka Tooth in '03, and I've wondered the same thing as the years go on

@Skepsis0Metal

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like he enunciates his longer lines a lot better now than back in the day with his New York drawl.

The hardest dad look in the game. H3 watch out, Aesop coming for the crown.

@dysperdotted

5 жыл бұрын

what kind of dad would aesop be?

@lucyanne9626

5 жыл бұрын

I always thought he looked like Stanley Kubrick if he had gigantism.

@durere

3 жыл бұрын

@@dysperdotted The type to take you hiking in the woods and leave you there. Lurking in the bushes.

The fact he is still making music is outstanding. Alien lyricism next level shit you cant touch that

This man is the Sphinx of Hiphop, dropping riddles in every line.

Probably the greatest opening line ever!!!

@guacasauwrisflex4044

6 жыл бұрын

Dr. 808 nope.. "3's company, appetite for destruction tee. Chunky monkey, funions; I can feel the cat judging me. Please, I've seen you eat your puke and drink the toilet water which completely renders your opinion void you little fucker."

Lookin and sounding sharp, Aes. Don't stop!

I love that aesop has found a balance between being poetic/esoteric and being easily digestable. Life time fan.

Aesop Rock is the only rapper alive in the entire universe that can put a chess move and a Vine reference on the same rhyme and make it sound cool.

Sincerely I was never on the cutting edge/my hand was on the hilt/you’re free to build with the other end. Come on son

@DsinjoTV

6 жыл бұрын

Please explain, thanks

@alfredpee6488

6 жыл бұрын

Sincerely I was never on the cutting edge = Not being on the latest stage of hiphop/rap (not mainstream) and staying true to what hip hop is. my hand was on the hilt = i think this is a way of saying his music/hip hop is like the beginning, what guided the genre/genres to where it is today, the hilt guides the blade. You're free to build with the other end = Others building off of what real hip hop is. Something along those lines, just what came to my mind.

@mrsir2378

6 жыл бұрын

Alfred Pee agreed

@lazarusthegreen4089

6 жыл бұрын

David Singeorzan the hilt is the end of a sword you hold. The "other end" is the blade.

@lazarusthegreen4089

6 жыл бұрын

Alfred Pee I think the "other end" reference is to the blade...like as in "you are free to negotiate with this blade"

GOAT

@mastiffmythslegendsandlore

6 жыл бұрын

MT Prxphet god

@Isaiah_McIntosh

6 жыл бұрын

MT Prxphet no. 4 bro

@MusicIsAWayOfLife123

6 жыл бұрын

1 2 3?

@Isaiah_McIntosh

6 жыл бұрын

MT Prxphet Andre3000,MF doom, El-p.

@MusicIsAWayOfLife123

6 жыл бұрын

Touché

His way of thinking and creating such amazing songs should be talked about with poets after his passing for hundreds of years in the future maybe then he will get his recognition but for now he has his rightful place in underground hip hop where the last few real artists exist

Lyrics so clear we tear

Please never stop making music Aes. Ever.

Can I just say that this is really, really, really astoundingly good? Lyrics, beat, delivery, intrinsic meaning everything. I am IN LOVE with this song. Aesop Rock you're a genius. I'm glad you're continuing to release music. You had me (us) worried last year after you canceled the Australia tour but I'm glad you're (maybe) in a better place now and back to your craft.

The amount of references both old and new in this song is astounding

After around the 100th listen finally figured out "my hand was on the hilt, you're free to build with the other end" aes has been around for a long time, arguably one of the pioneers of the indie rap scene, one of the foundations for everyone who's come after, hence "youre free to build with the other end". Love how complex and metaphorical he is, always making confections even after years of listening to the same tracks. Keep up the amazing work Aes.

@idk-vr3fs

11 ай бұрын

I always thought that this bar was a double metaphor, the ''you're free to build with the other end'' meaning facing the other end of the sword, aes' hand on the hilt being the contrast but also like a self refrence to the bar itself saying you're free to interpret the latter end of the bar how you want, I might be reaching but it would make sense imo, your interpretation makes perfect sense too so it could even be a triple lol, who knows but that's the beauty of aesop, everyone has different interpretations

AESOP ROCK IN THE BUILDING

@lacesoutchris

6 жыл бұрын

The room looked up, looked down, kept sniffing

"Sincerely I was never on the cutting edge- my hand was on the hilt- you’re free to build with the other end." He's saying it wasn't ever him that made his music good. He just laid ideas out in cryptic and wordy terms (his hand was just on the hilt, not showing the blade), then us as listeners built our own concepts and meaning around his vague words. At first I thought he was mocking us for enjoying his music so much even though he was never actually "cutting-edge," but I think he's more giving kudos to the listeners for being able to "see the blade" even when it wasn't fully shown to us, meaning we were able to see Aesop's value despite his cryptic and wordy (and truly poetic imo) lyrics.

@musaka2022

2 жыл бұрын

Hes saying the ants did it! the ants! how is this hard to understand?

@adankpancake

2 жыл бұрын

crazy analysis

I adore this artist, & honestly I AM more of a hard rock type of person... But, there's just something about this guy's flow....😍😘

I got the impossible kid pic tattooed on me next is the pic from “none shall pass”. Aesop is my hero

Easily one of my fave Aesop tracks.

My day just got so much better. Thx!

Most slept on lyricist. I'm glad I've been able to enjoy this.

You klutz. spillin THESE BARS. DAMN

This is going to be on repeat for a while. Aes be the man.

🔥way to start the day. didn't see this one coming..

"Walked away feeling like I never should have dressed myself". Been feeling this way since my last psychotic break. Love this shit so much. With his large vocabulary, I'm re-remebering so many words haha. Big up rhymesayers, slug is hype!

Rhymesayers has the dopest lineup of MC's out there.

Always excited to hear Aesop Rock's blessing us with more music. Keep up the good work dude!

It was reign of the razor laser Day of the cloudy howdy Flight of the shelter melter You can bow without me

@sanathm5960

3 жыл бұрын

Catacomb Kids

Still the dopest rhymer 95% of your friends list has never even heard of.

"YOUR MOMENT OF SELF-REFLECTION IS a MOMENT FOR ME Too" "IM A LOVER/IM A FIGHTER"