So, I'm almost exclusively listening to deathmetal, deathcore and other kinds of extreme metal, but once upon a time I stumbled upon this song and since then Aesop Rock has found himself a permanent spot in my music library.
I haven't found many other rap artists that I like but when it comes to Aesop there are few songs I dislike.
15If it’s just the music you like, check out Blockhead he’s the person behind all the music for Aesop Rock.
4Will do! Thanks!
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I feel the same. I listen to mostly folk and like synth pop music, but I love basically everything from Aesop
4Check out other artists on the Rhymesayers label.
4Glad you liked Aesop.
I came across his music while playing the game Freedom Finger. He's got some great songs in it.
Hopefully I can get some death metal suggestions out of you. I have a few online friends who are really into the genre.
3Nice, haven't heard that one yet!
The genre is so huge, if you could tell me one band that your friends are into it would make suggesting stuff a bit easier haha.
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Oh, if you haven't heard Run The Jewels, you really should:
3Misery Index/Napalm Death/Pig Destroyer fan of ugly music here and this song did the same thing for me. Plus the Biz Markee cross with Aseop is dope.
I suggest Damu the Fudge Monk. Hits the same way to me, but also his jazz hip hop with Archie Shep. It's on band camp or what's left of it.
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If it makes your day, here's an excellent mashup: https://youtu.be/MKXp17Udsjk?si=nJosSc9_vxwOodi9
6this is an excellent mashup, thanks!
2Can I play too? https://aesoprock.bandcamp.com/track/long-legged-larry
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1Wow this takes me back, haven't heard this in over a decade.
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Aes is one of my top 5 fav MC's. Not sure how I missed this video being dropped, so thank you for sharing.
It looks like a chunk of the artwork for it was done by Jeremy Fish (who did the album art). He's definitely worth checking out too
5Big Bang will always be my favourite Aesop track.
"I rock Ready, Aim, Fire, while y'all rock Ready, Fire, Aim, / Then blame the stationary target as the prey escapes the frame"
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Another artist to add to my library!
3Aesop Rock is a next level lyricist!
Song I also like, great samples: Aesop Rock - Oxygen (Official Lyrics) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJCXoVGErM
https://genius.com/Aesop-rock-none-shall-pass-lyrics
In what is perhaps Aesop Rock’s most famous song, he attacks conformity in mainstream hip-hop, the political establishment, the schooling system and its role as gate-keeper and tool of the corporate world, and law enforcement.
[Intro]
I'm— trust me, I'm— trust me, I'm trying to help
I'm— trust me, I'm— trust me, I'm trying to help
[Verse 1]
Flash that buttery gold
Jittery zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole, what a patrol
What are we to Heart Huckabee, art fuckery suddenly
Not enough young in his lung for the water wings
Colorfully vulgar poacher, out of mulch
Like, "I'ma pull the pulse out a soldier and bolt"
Fine, sign of the time we elapse
When a primate climb up a spine and attach
Eye for an eye, by the bog life swamps and vines
They get a rise out of frogs and flies
So when a dogfight's hog-tied prize sort of costs a life
The mouths water on a fork and knife
And the allure isn't right
No score on a war-torn beach
Where the cash cow's actually beef
Blood turns wine when it leak for police
Like, "That's not a riot; it's a feast, let's eat!"
[Chorus]
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass, none shall pass
[Verse 2]
Now, if you never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix
You wouldn't relate to the rogue vocoder blitz
How he spoke through a NoDoz motor on the fritz
‘Cause he wouldn't play rollover fetch like a bitch
And express no regrets, though he isn't worth a homeowner's piss
To the jokers who pose by the glitz
Fine, sign of the swine in the swarm
When a king is a whore who comply and conform
Miles outside of the eye of the storm
With a siphon to lure out a prize and award
While avoiding the vile and bizarre that is violence and war
True blue triumph is more
Like, "Wait, let it snake up out of the centerfold
Let it break the walls of Jericho, ready go"
Sat where the old, cardboard city folk
Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw
[Chorus]
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass, none shall pass
[Interlude]
You tried, you tried, you tried to trick me
You've got a, you've, you've got a, a lot of nerve
I'm, I'm not, I'm not, trying to trick you
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
[Verse 3]
Okay, woke to a grocery list, goes like this:
Duty and Death
Anyone object, come stand in the way
You could be my little Snake River Canyon today
And I ran with a chain of commands
And a jetpack strapped where the backstab lands if it can
Fine, sign of the vibe in the crowd
When I cut a belly open to find what climb out
That's quite a bit of gusto he muster up
To make a dark horse rush, like, "Enough's enough!"
It must've struck a nerve so they huff and puff
'Til all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck
And it's a beautiful thing
To my people who keep an impressive wingspan
Even when the cubicle shrink
You got to pull up the intruder by the root of the weed
N.Y. Chew through the machine
[Chorus]
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass, none shall pass
2This is one of the only songs I’m willing to karaoke. Even reading the lyrics in your comment made me read along with it. The words flow so satisfyingly that it’s really easy, and always impresses. Great song and I usually find people adding it to their own libraries after hearing it the first time
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