Aesop Rock
Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Def Jux headliner Aesop Rock became one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground. After a pair of self-released LPs (Appleseed, Music for Earthworms), he recorded Float for Mush in 2000. The former Ian Bavitz then issued a pair of singles -- "Coma" and "Boom Box" -- for another underground rap label paragon, Definitive Jux. His second full-length, 2001's Labor Days, earned positive reviews and featured production from El-P and {$Blockhead...[more]
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Bazooka Tooth is Brooklyn-based Aesop Rock's fifth album, and his second long-player on doper-than-dope indie label, Def Jux. The beats are pure multi-layered phatness, fashioned as fans have come to expect from Def Jux -- frenetically aggressive, PE-recalling, neck-snap inducing, and all infused with a dangerous dose of space funk and computer game sickness. Aesop has an accomplished flow: a staccato, nasal delivery that resounds with forceful and cutting confidence. And in that odd moment of compre [ read more ]
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After finding an eager online audience for his dense soundscapes and even more complex rhymes, New York MC Aesop Rock released his most potent combination of words and music on his Def Jux debut. Crammed with references to history and mythology, as well as the usual pop-culture name checks, Aesop's lyrics remain unusually verbose and intelligent here, but he's also able to spin them into compelling stories. The best example is the bittersweet, follow-your-dreams saga of "No Regrets," which chron [ read more ]
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Aesop Rock burst onto the scene in 2002 with his hugely successful album Labor Days. When the Daylight EP dropped six months later, his status as one of NY's most inspired MC's was cemented. From that moment on his music and his mystique have garnered Aesop Rock critical acclaim as well as the adoration and devotion of his fans. None Shall Pass, the highly anticipated newest album, features John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, El-P, Cage, and more![ read more ]
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Their 2000 release repressed and available again. Aesop Rock's first full-length effort, "Float," contains 20 tracks of Avenue A hip-hop deluxe and exemplifies the classic explosiveness of the sub-terra emcee. It is the sound of a new New York underground speaking in full, featuring guest appearances by Cannibal Ox and Doseone. Dense in meaning and gorgeous in sound.
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VINYL FORMAT. Aesop Rock burst onto the scene in 2002 with his hugely successful album Labor Days. When the Daylight EP dropped six months later, his status as one of NY's most inspired MC's was cemented. From that moment on his music and his mystique have garnered Aesop Rock critical acclaim as well as the adoration and devotion of his fans. None Shall Pass, the highly anticipated newest album, features John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, El-P, Cage, and more!
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VINYL FORMAT. The second single from Aesop's upcoming album, None Shall Pass. Single features bonus track "The Next Best Thing" from the super rare 7" picture disc. "Coffee" features John Darnielle (Mountain Goats).
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VINYL FORMAT. Blockhead sets off this 12" with the infectious piano-funk of the EP's title track 'Fast Cars'. As Aesop dances over the rhythm it's made clear that this is one of his strongest songs of all time. 'Number Nine' is an alarm call banger Blockhead laces with an eerie funkadelic soul."
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VINYL FORMAT. Lead 12" from Aesop's new EP/lyric book set is this Blockhead-produced piano funk burner that's easily one of his best tracks ever. Blockhead also blesses the b-side with another helping of sinister, off-kilter soul. TRACKLIST: 'Fast Cars' dirty, 'Fast Cars' clean, and 'Fast Cars' instrumental, backed with 'Number Nine' dirty, 'Number Nine' clean, and 'Number Nine' instrumental.
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The latest single from AESOP ROCK's kick-ass Bazooka Tooth album. "Easy," the infectious A-side, is a signature album tune that's sure to be a wax weapon for DJs around the globe, while the flip features the unreleased "No Jumper Cables," along with a remix. Includes an instrumental version of "Easy" which is available nowhere else.
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Cannibal Ox and Company Flow may have played a more visible role in the Def Jux label's rise to critically acclaimed status in the early 2000s, but Aesop Rock also garnered a considerable amount of attention for the alt-rap label. He collaborates with producer Blockhead here, though Cannibal Ox fans will be happy to know that El-P produces one of this EP's tracks, "Nickel Plated Pockets." But for the most part, this EP is a showcase for Blockhead and Aesop. The two lay down [ read more ]
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The epic first blast from the 'Bazooka Tooth' album, due end Sept. 'Freeze' has Aesop dropping pure next level raps over a kick ass old school styled beat and melodic drops, dope. 'Greatest Pac-Man Victory In History' is even better, a massive slowdown thugboom trip ala early Company Flow mixed up with Req One's old school revisionary production tactics. Completely self produced, now that Blockhead has shipped to Ninja Tune. Versions, 'f**k, s**t, p**s', 'lemony fresh' and 'shoot the dog', aka 'street', 'ra [ read more ]
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As if underground rap fans weren't eager enough to hear the first new material (except for a few scattered features) from Aesop Rock in a year and a half, Definitive Jux added to the seven-track program a deluxe 88-page book including the complete lyrics to all of Aesop Rock's three LPs and two EPs to date. The music alone nearly justifies the cost, improving on the dense atmosphere pervading Aesop's mostly self-produced Bazooka Tooth, and returning ace producer Blockhead to his prime r [ read more ]
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