It's sad that most people will never know who the best in the game is

@andrewlouis5901

3 жыл бұрын

Underground is better than mainstream

@30secondvideos91

3 жыл бұрын

It's better that way

@funkworthrollin4959

3 жыл бұрын

Must be chosen. To listen to this. None of my peeps fuck with him.

@lrobbinthehood8218

2 жыл бұрын

the mainstream mind would explode listening to this.

@father3dollarbill

2 жыл бұрын

bro! most people are m#rons, you know that, right? most people listen to all this pop crap on radio and even rap crap. So with that in mind, how could you expect these fools to know any better??

Dude's been straight fire for well over 20 years. Unbelievable.

@mydogsnameislucy768

3 жыл бұрын

The goat for anyone that really digs.

@CasperInkyMagoo

3 жыл бұрын

@@mydogsnameislucy768 There's no one to compare him to. He simply is.

@ktj1212

3 жыл бұрын

@@CasperInkyMagoo personally Sage is my fave because no one does gut wrenching word play like he does. not that Aesop hasn't or can't but for me Sage's catalog digs deeper. but as far as straight skill, Aes is virtually untouched. i've followed all that stuff for 20 years now and they're both absolute legends. i can't stop bumping this album and don't expect i will anytime soon. maybe Aes' best beats to date.

@austinmonroe3894

3 жыл бұрын

✊🔥💯❤️

@user-gk6zj6fy6r

3 жыл бұрын

ㄹㅇ

Kodokushi is Japanese and translated to English is lonely/isolated death. Specifically used to refer to a Japanese phenomenon of people who die completely alone in isolation and are not discovered for a great length of time.

@wild-radio7373

3 жыл бұрын

Death Is the pain of Choice... Read The Tattoos...

@wild-radio7373

3 жыл бұрын

~~Dark Leaf... been told ;) ♡

@MoCsomeone

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the beginning to his song "Dorks"

@johnjustice6776

2 ай бұрын

Somehow, Dorks doesn't sadden me at all while Kodokushi makes me want to cry. And I lived in an apartment alone when I first heard Dorks. And I had a cat and aloof neighbors. Seems like growing to a certain age is like slowly teleporting to a strange and hostile alien planet as your home planet is completely obliterated along with everyone you ever called friend or family. I think of that whenever I encounter the surly elderly.

I love the line "it's a whirlybird nervous in the surface to air." Show his insane encyclopedic knowledge of everything. A whirlybird is a nickname for a helicopter and surface to air is talking about surface to air missile defense systems or SAMS. Even a fighter jet is threatened by SAMS but he mentions a helicopter which is much less likely to survive and encounter in a SAMS radius. It's a perfect way to depict the level of nervousness that brings a dreadful anxiety.

@zoom4368

2 жыл бұрын

And there is still clowns thinking he isn't the absolute living Goat

@chuckb8877

2 жыл бұрын

That's why he's the GOAT and his songs never get old..he moved to the neighborhood few years ago and a trip to see how his environment plays into his music..I respect the guy to much to say Hi

@ortegalovesgaming2040

2 жыл бұрын

The good eye couldn't find the edge of my seat.... Isn't just a simple metaphor for him being on the edge of it He invented an entire new way describe it using an existing phrase..... Master

@ShamWoWGuy1231

2 жыл бұрын

Loving the translation, wouldn't have even registered it that way, now you added a level of imagery to an already mindfuck of a song. Kudos bro.

@Woodchipsandhooks

2 жыл бұрын

I felt the same when I heard it. Good stuff.

"Territorial organisms, each glorifying our poor decisions"

"I don't need money to burn, I need sunsets, purple and mother of pearl, cmon" That's the stuff. Inject that shit directly into my veins, Aes. I'ma need a sitter.

@TheDarkaxe888

2 жыл бұрын

Ride the psychedelic wave baby

@angrynativeone

2 жыл бұрын

OddPotion but like its a song, you know?

@oddpotion5173

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrynativeone Wait.... you mean to tell me that this is a song? Are you sure? On a scale of 1-100 how sure are you that this is a song because honestly I had no clue.

@ivanfrancis9236

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrynativeone bruh atleast let people express abt music lmao..... don't be so petty

@allankuria9923

2 жыл бұрын

@@oddpotion5173 This is not a song it's a sandwich

One of the best tracks on SWFG.

@smarmypapsmears634

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is #1

@Guiltyconscience83

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, this and the gates and gauze are my favs

@philtorrez4198

3 жыл бұрын

Gauze, Pizza Alley, Kodukushi, and The Four Winds really stand out to me... but honestly, after having to this record multiple times now I have to say; the whole god damn thing slaps the doors right off my whip.

This is detailed craftmanship for real. Beat, Barz, the artwork. All of this is just extraordinary. Wierd and cool and crazy

@natetransitions8379

3 жыл бұрын

And it's just what we all wanted and needed honestly.

@literaticrux8292

3 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable lyrics. No one in the game and according to one website's algorithm, even Shakespeare isn't reaching the word flipping.

@kkeithf

3 жыл бұрын

This beat is so insane. Muh speakers

@mackenziehoward9602

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, that's Aesop for ya. Dopest around

@justalady5687

3 жыл бұрын

Can't beats cause immaculate conception? Holy breakdancing Vincent Price is this on repeat in my brain. Hope I don't get pregnant.

This is for certain the hardest track I’ve ever heard!!!!

All of us know Aes' Flow and Wordplay are virtually unmatched, but, peeps, is it just me, or is the man's beat production taking off into the Stratosphere? This and 'The Impossible Kid''s Beatwork is feckin' in-cred-ible. 😁💜🤟

@abdoonyt9049

3 жыл бұрын

Dude yess, his beats and style go smoother than my pick-up lines

@ass-a-tony6323

3 жыл бұрын

been listening to him since i found out about him thru gta

@fellowbloke741

3 жыл бұрын

Ik this is irrelevant but you should check out haram by armand hammer produced entirely by the alchemist

@abdoonyt9049

3 жыл бұрын

@@fellowbloke741 isnt it the one with the pig album cover? I heard it, i actually quite liked it

@fellowbloke741

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdoonyt9049 yes it is I like it a lot, but this one I think tops it.

This is, in fact, the best song I've ever heard.

Aesop Rock is the greatest lyricist of our time

@OrdonGay0

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@mootoast8614

3 жыл бұрын

True

@sarahmeisner1146

3 жыл бұрын

*All There you go King, I helped edit it for ya.

@ishaking6278

9 ай бұрын

Lupe >

This song hits in a way I haven't felt until now. This will be on repeat for sure

@hayleyvine6350

3 жыл бұрын

Aesop always hjt that way for me ... forever my favourite lyricist ..

@foxlyfe1416

3 жыл бұрын

@@hayleyvine6350 Couldn't agree more

"Archetect of my Kodokushi" "Best in Show, I'm the Worst There Is" Are two lines that have not left my head since I heard them.

@nemek1707

Жыл бұрын

Same4me

Listening to Aes evolve over the last 10 years has been insane.

@dnewma04

2 жыл бұрын

Especially when he was so far ahead of everyone else at the beginning of the last 10 years.

@bryanbourcier6492

2 жыл бұрын

nearly 20 yrs now ahead of the game so far they don't even know what catching up looks like. Aes is hip-hop. fight me.

@baskunoreppin

6 ай бұрын

The level up

I think it's official. With this album. Aesop has perfected hip-hop. I am not worthy. Thank you Mr. Bavitz, I am honored and humbled to be witness.

@clumsiii

3 жыл бұрын

just wait. perfection is a process

@kkeithf

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are both awesome

@mydogsnameislucy768

3 жыл бұрын

🐐 🐐🐐🐐🐐

One of the few redeeming things of 2020. It's like sunshine parting the shitty clouds of 2020

@pellestroika177

3 жыл бұрын

2020 ending with a big smile on my face

@You-ek7yv

3 жыл бұрын

For reeeeals

@undyingentity7015

3 жыл бұрын

The world has turned back around

@poughkeepsieblue

3 жыл бұрын

Straight

@SageandDust

3 жыл бұрын

I was contemplating suicide before the election for a while while in benzo withdraw... But I told myself that it I put a bullet in my brain stem before then I'd miss this album. Then Hair Furor (aka Badhair al-Asshead) lost, and the album could be deeply enjoyed.

"architect of my kodokushi" .........yea..... "I will survive, that last line’s rose-colored only for a limited time, it all shifts when you militarize, I had a vision of a feather on a seasonal wind, in the shadow of a gargoyle fleeing the brick, lean in, steal your chips, where I’m from y’all wouldn’t even be in the mix"

@bodilesspassenger4606

3 жыл бұрын

Wicking fucking imagery

This is by far the best album I’ve heard this century

@baronmind954

2 жыл бұрын

Straight tf up so you can imagine how I felt upon hearing the release of GARBOLOGY 😭

@l0kpcr397

2 жыл бұрын

@@baronmind954 Garbology definitely wasn’t the Aes X Blockhead collab I was hoping for but it still has merit. Difficult is the jam

@baronmind954

2 жыл бұрын

@@l0kpcr397 yeah well see that's actually funny because there is not a track to cherish for he who lacks merit... so in other words I don't think anyone really cares about a lame low frequency critical opinion like that from ya 🤷‍♂️ Lack of perception is a biatch who keeps the villagers out circling the marketplace looking for the G spot 💀 ♻️

This is my favorite track SO FAR. I can't believe I get to listen to a new Aesop album and a new RTJ track on the same day. I take back most of what I said about 2020.

@brendansutton5201

3 жыл бұрын

Nah dude, 2020 still deserves all that shit

@MrRedPony01

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the reel back on 2020.

@MVAmick

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt, that RTJ is sick too

@trikkinikki970

3 жыл бұрын

@@MVAmick RTJ is selling out. Much preferred their solo shit. El-P used to be unique, now his shit just seems cookie cutter. It's alright, I guess it's what the kids want. RTJ is the salvia of the world when Aes is pure LSD.

@cainification

3 жыл бұрын

@@trikkinikki970 I prefer El-P's solo albums above all but I'd rather have any RTJ album over a solo Killer Mike album. Not so say Killer Mike's solo albums were bad by any means

i put this track right up there with Big Bang and None Shall Pass

“One hundred hands, one million eyes, two bleeding gums, I will survive, that last line’s rose-colored only for a limited time, it all shifts when you militarize”

Aesop really does shit on everyone lyrically.

100 hands 1,000,000 eyes 2 bleeding gums, I will survive that last lines rose colored for a limited time it all shifts when you militerise🔥🔥🔥

The sound of this whole album is soo good

Playing this album while roaming around Ghost of Tsushima? Yeah, pretty good actually.

@josht2136

3 жыл бұрын

While on mushrooms? Why yes

@undyingentity7015

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@GravelordNEETo

3 жыл бұрын

@@josht2136 imagine playing video games while tripping, what a waste

@josht2136

3 жыл бұрын

@@GravelordNEETo i played farcry 3 tripping and it was pretty fucking cool. I didn't need cosmic affirmation, it was just a good time

@josht2136

3 жыл бұрын

@@GravelordNEETo i guess I should qualify that I 'started playing video games '

In 20 years this album will still be music from the future.

Dopest song of the year.

is nobody going to say anything about how well the word "kodokushi" fits the whole song so well even though aes says it once

@christianpireslopes7725

2 жыл бұрын

But how, tho?

@zewfaded

Жыл бұрын

Where I'm from I wouldn't even be in the mix.

I've listened to Aesop countless times for probably about 15 years and still dont catch everything I hear

@jaymzkirk6369

4 ай бұрын

Same yo

Hell yeah Aesop rocking this beat--- heater

This song is absolutely addicting!!! Only way I can describe it with the way it’s been on repeat. I even find myself getting this stuck in my head when I’m not listening to music. Probably my favorite track on the album, but there’s tough competition. The whole thing is an assertation that Aesop Rock is undeniably a generational talent. Eternally grateful for these magnificent sonic vibrations. A lot to dissect here, and I will be indefinitely. No regrets for preordering, can’t wait for the physical goods to arrive! :)

@jdalfred63

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite by far.... holy waterfall and button masher are close 2nd and 3rd

@mjjjhaney1

2 жыл бұрын

A couple of Aes's songs have hit me like that, among other artists. I remember "Basic Cable", from Float, got me really stuck. I had to know that song so well that it was part of me, and there are a lot of words, so it took a hot minute.

Best album? Ever!

Amazing. Just insane. "I can tell you how the curtain descend, or maybe hint at how it isnt with a circle of friends" Just wow

@angrynativeone

2 жыл бұрын

Vidente - "seer" en español, meaning one who can foretell future events. I was absolutely eradicated by that line. Boom.

@damonedwards1544

2 жыл бұрын

Chilling

GUYS. Kodokushi means "Lonely Death". It's what the Japanese dub the elderly, unmarried population after 50. This song is about Aes getting older. Confirmed.

Amazing. I almost thought I could share this with my friends and family. But alas, they still aren't ready. Time is a slow thing and IDK if they will ever catch the amazing possibilities

@patbuket

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, most people aren't

@mydogsnameislucy768

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunate. But anyone that really loves this Hip-Hop shit and digs will know Aesop is the goat.

@divinefallfromgrace

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's like trying to introduce 'normal' people to Sun Ra; Sun was so advanced people STILL struggle to comprehend the brilliance, even 30-ish years after his death 😉

@ollielong6523

3 жыл бұрын

None of them will share it with me and im resentful

I've listened to this so many times, when I open youtube, it's right at the top.

R.I.P. Vincent. Little brother. Love you. Bro.

@funkworthrollin4959

2 ай бұрын

I'm still here for you lil brother. We was so much alike...

‘One every ten for infinity yards’ reminds me of the lyric ‘I used the folding map to find the juice place in the first’. There’s something about using the word twice in the same sentence but only saying it once (I’m sure there’s a fancy word for that literary technique) that really ties the stanza together, particularly in the ‘Lotta Years’ example where it has different connotations in each instance.

@slipknot95maggot

3 жыл бұрын

‘I used the folding map to find the juice place in the first’ (I’m sure there’s a fancy word for that literary technique) Clearly you don't watch Always Sunny or else you know right away it was .....the implication........................................

@_Jake.From.Statefarm_

3 жыл бұрын

@@slipknot95maggot lmao, what don't you get about this? It sounds like these women don't wanna sleep with you....

I can imagine Cage rapping on this as well

I must say, i listened to the song like 30 times already And the first 20 i didnt really notice the line "I go bah with the black sheep ra ra catch me" But after the 21th time i started to notice ut and now i love it more and more each time i hear it Its so cute, funny, but also kinda deep and dark 2:26 btw

Ive only had this on repeat for 3 straight hours with headphones on while ignoring my family

@ollielong6523

3 жыл бұрын

This

"I had a vision of a feather on a seasonal wind / in the shadow of a gargoyle fleeing a brick"

Mystery Fish pt 2

This shit changed my life.

THE WHOLE ALBUM IS THE HOOK AND AESOP IS A STRAIGHT UP CAVALIER

I feel like the first verse is describing someone using the SWFG to summon a horrible demon bent on destruction. Fucking amazing

There's an owl, two butterflies, a raven, a frog and a snake in the image of the deer

This is exactly the type of Quarantine-era creative aural artwork I needed, like damn. Just excellent all round.

This has memories of labor days written all over it. Love it.

@nothing2see315

3 жыл бұрын

It's got a little bit of every album in it

@poughkeepsieblue

3 жыл бұрын

@@nothing2see315 agreed

Mad mad mad late to Aesop Rock better late than never I guess only started listening last couple years properly he's amazing so lyrical stands in his own lane he's like no one litterally no one so unique love this song just about to listen to the album I know it's gonna be 🔥

@shaunsmith7774

3 жыл бұрын

If Shakespeare was a rapper.

@ju4408

3 жыл бұрын

Try James Joyce. Shakespeare was highfalutin, but not microcosmicly-metaphorical.

Best white rapper in the game hands down. People say Em, but this guy really bussing the vocab

@mhholmez2547

Жыл бұрын

Em

@OracleTheRonin

Жыл бұрын

best rapper regardless

This has to be one of my favorites on the new album. Why does this song hit harder than the rest? I mean the whole album is unreal. I love the whole thing but damn.

@philtorrez4198

3 жыл бұрын

I feel you, I love swfg as a whole but I find myself particularly drawn to this track, Gauze, Holy Waterfall, and The Four Winds. Pizza Alley is a fucking banger too.

@stephj7858

3 жыл бұрын

@@philtorrez4198 Holy Waterfall is another favorite. I listened to the whole album initially front to back, but I keep coming back to certain songs and this one in particular. I think slowly they are all becoming my favorite.

@hodgpodge13

3 жыл бұрын

The more I listen I find myself hearing tracks deeper than I did the first time. Sleeper car stands out.

@littlehollowoldseenewvideo1198

3 жыл бұрын

Gt

Best beat since Skelethon.

@gumshoeradio3595

3 жыл бұрын

That's a disservice to Impossible Kid.

Moral of the story: Don't piss Aes off.

that "i toldya, there they come now u see it dont you" line, i hear Abigal Thorn xD

Aesop really be out here reading my mind

The GOAT

Pretty sure this is my favorite track on Spirit World

I’ve listened to this album far more than any other this year.

Aesop got the vocabulary of De La Soul, the flow of MF DOOM, and commands the beat with his voice like Chali 2na. Love all them guys, RIP DOOM, and i thank youtube for leading me to Aesop years ago.

@OracleTheRonin

Жыл бұрын

Aesop doesn't flow anything like DOOM they are completely different.

this album is my favorite of Aesop's library

You shouldn't be here?! Bro, I got no karmic debts! You've been a nebula for like an eon.

26 People shouldn't be here. Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥

Really digging this album. I might have to grab the LP.

@rydenseelie3608

3 жыл бұрын

I got the CD a couple weeks ago and I can't stop listening to it. I literally go out to my car just to listen to the Bass

@carpo719

3 жыл бұрын

@Martin Madden I've seen that, I still haven't picked one up but I just might. I really love the album but not all of the songs, there's some stuff I'm not really into. So goes with any music I guess

I love him so much it's insane. His lyrics are insanely good

Best track on the album.

Ace singlehandedly saved 2020 with this album, what a masterpiece!

Just started getting into Aesop this shizz go intense New found artistry

This really went from my least favorite song on the album to my most favorite

@funkworthrollin4959

Жыл бұрын

R.I.P My little bro. Made me dig this one.

You can't teach this. .... you have it or you do not. .. YUP

The flow is just perfect. What a great album

I didn't even know goth hip hop was MY JAM

So crazy, I kinda looked past this track at first, now at the moment it's my fav.. stuff like this is verification of why Aes has been my fav for over 10 years

THEE best track on the cd imho

Every thumb down is from someone who knows they wouldn't even be in the mix.

@roktchrakmtch701

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao this comment got me good

@SynWrath

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't, and it makes me sad. I wanna mix. :-(

I been listening to this forever and yes a lot of humans that don’t know reality of music and story telling from realism and yea!! We that listen to this we the real ones

You one of my biggest influences Hope my music is on your level one day

This ones my favorite on the album forsure

R.I.P. Douglas Adams. Ford Prefect lives on with Aesop

I really feel like this song should be in the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack for some reason

Coming back to this constantly, probably have listened 100+ LOVE YOU AES, YOU AMAZERS

Almost a year after this album release, I still spin this one daily. The scratch is deep & dark.

Love me some Aesop!! It took me a few months to learn the lyrics and go word for word but man, dude has some lung capacity cuz I run out of breathe trying to keep up!! He is the fuckin best and this is coming from a die hard metal fan! That last line is rose colored only for a limited time

Aesop is the best non household name ever !!

This dude has been putting work in the game for decades. True artist! Check out the new joint by Iron Gallery called Dope Shroud! Ill

About 1 am today, my radio alarm goes off and this song blares out of the speakers. I had my radio dialed on 90.7 FM KJHK (college radio station). 9.99/10 I would shut it off and go back to sleep until the secondary alarm on my clock radio. This time around I got up, got onto the station's website to look at the playlist. I had to know. I almost never follow hip-hop/rap. Metal music is my go to for rotation. Any odds and ends would be podcasts, ASMR, some electronic music--Autechre; Aphex Twin; Boards of Canada, etc. But it's rare for me to stray away from Metal. Anyways, this Aesop Rock track got my full attention like pro wrestling star Undertaker coming back from the dead. Now I need to do some digging. Cheers.

@xXspeedingangelXx

2 жыл бұрын

Long time aes fan. I got suggestions if u want for your search. Facemelter, fast cars, play dead, and shrunk are great

This song still go beep beep

Architect of my K O D O K U S H I💯💯💯

AES IS ONE OF US NO DISRESPECT 😂😂😂😂😂😂

The same sample of "I told yall. There they come now, you see em?" Is in Darc Mind's song "Spontaneous".

My guy. You went REAL hard on em. Like, I don't remember this level of aggression and 'keep your distance' flag-raising anywhere that wasn't at least a little socio-politically oriented. I mean I love it, I'm here for it, but holy shit you went hard this album. Makes sense, and it's good to see you ... well fuck I don't really know do I? You're a powerhouse, my dude.

Best aes track of all time

A true artist, i have this dream where my life is narrated, every moment is a bar. The lyrics are white noise, but I feel like if there is anybody in this world who truly lives that experience, it would be Aesop.

How does this have so few views? This is Aesop at the top of his game. That beat and effortless flow over the top :)

I love this so much

For me, a new word, thanks for growing my vocabulary!

yep. whole album's fire but this is the one. good lawd.

Got damn!

One of my top 3 tracks on the album along with Gauze and Jumping Coffin. Incredible song.