Anyone who says his raps are just big words with no meaning isn't thinking hard enough. This is literature. It forces you to think critically and is open to multiple interpretations.
I’m not trying to be elitist, but even if you don’t like the genre, you HAVE to respect the genius. Hater:”Aesop Rock is just gibberish”. Me: “I actually feel sorry for you.”
Literally just concepts too large for people to swallow cant choke it down today or tomorrow so they try to pick it apart but cant digest the pieces and I get tired of explaining my side so I get ripped tryina push the leases
@@cloudcloudzy7640 'life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman you only call her a bitch because she won't let you get that pussy' is my first thought when i got dropped now a year later i starting to disagree with that line, i guess that's why aesop wrote nightlight
Why I appreciate Aesop is because he started vastly different from everyone and stayed that way. He took an art, took the pieces apart and put them back together his way, and it resulted in a unique style of vivid storytelling and a lyric book for each song. I can't compare him to anyone else because he's doing his own thing in his own world and I love it.
"And I hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed So I triple knot them then I forgot them This origami dream is beautiful but man those wings will never leave the ground Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down." You know that feeling when you hear a lyric and it sticks with you forever? Yeah, this is one of those times for me. I had a friend who was a damn good rapper and producer. He didn't like Aes's style, but when he heard those lyrics even he was like, 'damn...'
I can totally relate. i like the way u said this. for me it is a rare event, after countless tracks, i know it is the rare ones that have the beautiful depth
Aesop is underrated most definitely. People say a lot of his lyrics don't make sense, but as far as I can tell they're not very good listeners and they don't understand metaphors very well. I personally think he's ahead of his time.
I was listening to Aesop rock in 6th grade… still to this day, very few could follow, and even fewer could top their lyrical genius, metaphors, and brilliance…
I was listening to this in my little suburb of Pittsburgh and playing it in my car about 15 years ago. Now I'm living in Bangkok and still listen to it walking through unreal scenes at night; nothing yet has come close to Aesop, he's definitely the greatest of all time.
I struggled to follow then and do now. still as good still sounds the same still as dirty maybe im just an asshole....... this was some amazing hip hop... some amazing wordplay
still, to this day, one of the most brilliant tracks and response to said track ever laid down on tape.... aesop was on his totally own playing field back when this came out in '01, hasn't lost its edge or poignancy yet, 20 yrs on... good on ya aesop, forever stoked you gifted all of us with this aural masterpiece my dude. cheers. peec. 💯 🤙🏼 🎧
I first heard aesop rock playing tony hawk years ago. I listen on my way to work. I listen when I'm chilling. I listen all the time. I can't get enough. We love you Aesop! 👊
You say this as if Rumplestiltskin does not know his own reality. Interpret? Does he interpret every action of every ant that greases his withered palms? Or does he not even pay it a minute thought long enough for interpretation itself to even be viable?
that hook for Nightlight is one of the best hooks ive heard. Its so catchy for a dark song like this. Daylight is one of my favorite songs of all time so Rock was 2/2 with this shit.
Hogsly, Edgy 9 Year Old Scumlord i LOVE Daylight's hook, but feel like The way he flipped the hook for Night Light was so fantastic that it made it unintentionally catchy.
One of the hypest joints for me. "I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed. So it triple knot em and forgot em". DAMN! Era of lyrics fo sho! So many artists in the underground people now don't even know. It's funny that I still introduce this man to people I know have been into Hip Hop for YEARS! They all head bop to this no matter who it is.
Aesop Rock might be the best poet in the history of hip hop. To have a vocabulary bigger than Shakespeare when being confined to make words rhyme is legitimately mind boggling.
Aes has the deepest vocabulary in hip hop. His songs are "chunky", you have to chew on them for a while to comprehend what he means. This is why him and El-p are 2 of my favorite rappers. Every time you listen to their song, you get something new from it. As you grow up, mature and gain new experience and perspective, you get more and more and comprehend their genius.
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, swallow up the pieces, spit em at your species, beached in a city of lost barnacles and leeches, night light got me when the day light went to evening.
this shit blew my brain open in like 2001 oh wowww high school smoking weed taking acid and mushrooms and tons of dope underground hip hop coming out. Memories!
think aes soaked up encyclopedias vs thesaurus...lines like in None Shall Pass 'you can be my little Snake River Canyon today" talkin bout Evel Knievel's attemptin 2 make it over Snake River Cyn aint in thesaurus. aes has me constant encyclo searchin & el-p got me reading legislation & history
@@ravenouscatalyst9210 I'll have to look into him some more. I've only seen a little of his work with RTJ. Aside from their video for Nobody Speak, RTJ never struck me as overtly political. But that was just a feature. I always just saw them as maintaining a highly successful brand as opposed having serious lyrical depth. Dem beats are on another level, though.
@@trajectoryunown Killer Mike tried to run for office. Congress, House o Reps, Pres, but couldn't cuz of red tape restrictions. RTJ is best el-p beats since Cannibal Ox when he was like 19. As for lyrical depth here's lyrics from Patriotism from Soundbombing circa 1999-- "I'm the ugliest version of passed down toxic capitalist rabid emcee perversion -- I'm America!... ...with Bay of Pig tactics makin young men into martyrs ...This is where the pain grows like poppies, in a Field of Dreams I paid for, but we'll burn it down if operated sloppily, COPY? My economic sanction rhyme style got your syllables scraping for rice and riding in a pre-1960 jalopy. MY FAVORITE FLAVOR OF GAS IS MUSTARD. ....Hop over the border for amusement; try to test the waters That the other slaughter crews pay all they dues in Control the population and hide behind sacred covenants Fuckin with me?!?! i got wildlife burnin in gasoline seas And an automagnetic third world printed with metal plates in their knees.. I replace humans like robots in a GM factory Then export metaphors to sweat shops, cause the price is satisfactory Your pious little cries of injustice get met with apathy (Awww, SHUT UP!!) Soaked, cloaked, hormone injected dairy products And conservative right-wing anti-eroticism; THE POISONOUS RESERVOIRS & POWER LINES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE BOTCHILIM..."-EL-P-founder of def jux aka art that makes life worth it just cuz i got to hear it. no matter what happens after i heard aesop's lyrics & i'm golden
It's whack that so many people listening to aesop can't help but be condescending towards other artists (and fans of other rap). There's good mainstream rappers. They won't provide you this, but they have their place. Stop being pricks and enjoy each artist's contributions. Aes is who got me into rap many years back. Much love for him, hes my favorite.. but I guarantee he's not agreeing with y'all talking shit constantly.
Fucking finally someone who just wants to listen to THEIR music and doesn't want to spread negativity but just spread the love of music in general, much love!
Wanna hook me up with some artists. I'm a metalhead but I found Aesop a few years ago and love it. Only other hip hopo I really enjoy is Nujabes, Eyedea, and Deltron 3030.
RYAN F If he caved in and did a feat song with eminem people would notice....fuck that. Aesop's work won't lose it's authenticity the way 70% of solo attention crazed decent artists who abuse their power of word do. It's rappers like Him, Aristotle, Action Bronson and Watsky who need to watch their backs for big stinky hollywood snakes knocking on their door looking to give them hell to pay when they've been real a lot longer in their life than artists like Kanye and Jay-Z have been in comparison, and I'm not just singling them out due to white, polish, detroit and white comparisons. Aesop's a real MC.
Tmo Ebsb Aes and WATSKY are two of the best right now. Except Aes has been on his game since the early 2000s. Wish I had discovered him earlier than just last year.
Only an unconscious mind can make art like this. The lyrics are just riding the wavy contours of the primordial soup. What that is, we’ll never know. This is Greek Tragedy distilled into rap
When I heard Nightlight for the first time, I could barely believe it. Name one other rapper who can revisit and completely change a verse like that, it's truly impressive.
What I enjoy about Aesop Rock 8s that unlike many mainstream rappers his is an active not passive listening experience. You have to pay attention like a movie, not just hear it like a show.
hip hop was always about the lyrics, looping breaks and rapping, just need a dude juggling a couple records... hip hop is now garbage with people just repeating shit like a chant cause they couldnt write rhymes that flow to save their life, this is just standard hip hop right here but with some deeper lyrics. This is modern poetry.
Sickest part about these songs is their story from Aesops perspective as a rapper. He's stated as hating DayLight and loving NightLight, so my theory is this: Aesop wrote NightLight as a parody of DayLight, a song he hates to perform, and made it specifically something he knew he'd love performing every single time.
@@wesleytwiggs7687 I think it gives the song a turn of character. Not to imply songs they enjoy don't, just that if an artist spent HOURS if not DAYS writing and producing and theoretically performing a song, just to at some point heavily dislike it.... I wonder what that song means for them. Like what kind of nuanced life experience and perspective led them to reject their own creation. Was it the era of the song, linked to life events? Is it how the song is structured or how it makes them feel? Shreds of many reasons I assume. Idk it usually fascinates me when I hear about it.
@@wesleytwiggs7687 there's plenty of reasons a performer might not like their own work. Radiohead's Creep is a good example. It can be anything from "this song doesn't mean what it was supposed to anymore" to "i'm sick and tired of people asking me to sing this", among countless other reasons. Doesn't mean we shouldn't like the song, its their business if they don't like it, they wouldn't want us to hate it just because they do.
An artist is always working on the new, when people tell you whatever new doesn't matter because you made this old thing that's as good as you can get, they don't wanna hear that, they want you to hear the newest work because it's the most advanced in the artists eyes
Please for the love of God take the ad out of the middle of the video. Ruins the continuation that was intended. Edit: thank you for pulling the ad! You're an Aes
Love you so much Keiren, i still think of you everyday and i cant thank you enough for showing me this song. Fly high brother and ill see you one day soon
I first heard this stuff via file sharing when the internet was still groovy. It was quite exciting to hear something so expressive and outside my own experience.
I wanna see Aesop Rock in concert. Here's a little list of what I want to hear... Everything he ever fuckin wrote! This man is a fucking genius!!! Huge fucking fan man 👊
Just blasting through so much hip hop thinking positive thoughts for Dre. And always drawn back to Aesop. We’re all so far apart around the world, but comments here connect us somehow. Happy New Year. I think we’re all having the same temporary crisis when we listen to this so I guess we’re not alone.
One of my favorites, when I saw him live like ten years ago I screamed daylight at the top of my lungs after he did an encore and he ended up doing daylight as the last song. Aesop is such an amazing artist and light years ahead of most so called rappers lol his verses are poetic as fuck and complex enough to have multiple meanings that make you stop and think. I love how intelligent his bars are yet he insists he isn’t as smart or complicated as people seem to think lol the dude is too humble about songs that can only be described as beautiful one of a kind works of art. Not to mention the guy’s vocabulary far outpaces any rapper in the game.
Daylight has always made me feel some type of way..it's just got a whole vibe to it..ya'll know what I'm talking about. Not to mention his lyrics..wow..I don't know if I've ever heard anyone as lyrical as him
People saying that he just says random gibberish but can't name any songs where he does do that or even any line that doesn't have meaning without immediately getting proven wrong. Hmmmm
That's wack...it's like saying he has more bars than a kit Kat factory or sum shit. Please stop with your metaphors that suck especially on a deep song!!!
Been listening to you since 2002! Your music hits deep! Stay real everyone! Glad I can still listen to what I used to rock In class at hish school with headphones and cd player with a burned mixed CD with nothing but underground hip hop. Underground hip hop was a movement. A lifestyle and so positive. Miss all the old shows and rocking mics and freestyles with all the on Da Book. Music is motivation juice that keeps you going through this struggle called life.! Never underestimate your own dimensions for within yourself is what makes you who you are deep insde your heart!
Aesop is a genius, the rhymes he writes and puts together are so amazing, like the second line of Verse 1 "I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." It gets you thinking and makes you wonder and want to pull meaning from his music, Aes, keep this up.
@@TheRoxDenRadio Nope. I'm the person that hears the line "The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right. The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe". I like to listen to people who actualy know how to use the words they write and make sense. Not just random dictionary words that don't go together and want everyone to think theyr'e a genius. LOL.
@KeepItReal213 This shows how little you look into things and just takes it at surface level. Watch the Polyphonic video covering "None Shall Pass." It breaks down bar for bar his lines and their meaning. If it were nonsensical there wouldn't be videos covering his music. He's like Bob Dylan. He's verbose. Before you spout words, like you say Aesop does, actually do research. Because then you would find a 24 year career worth of clever wordplay, creative lyrical structure, amazing vocabulary, and ingenius meaning that he compiles into his music.
@@TheRoxDenRadio No. He's not. You guys just want to see what you want to see. It's a bunch of random words thrown together. Like those painters who randomly throw paint on a wall and some people think they're geniuses. Real art fans appreciate aritsts who can actually create great art. And don't ever put Bob Dylan in the same sentence with him again. Please slow down with the drugs.
***** And who would you call better? The only one up there is MF DOOM, Madlib (Quasimoto), Pharaoh, RZA, Big Pun, Black Thoughts. No artist no days compare to Aesop Rock.
The difference between Blockhead day/night sleep and Aesop Rock day/night *attempt* to sleep is significant. Both are effing fantastic. The amazing thing is the difference between the feel of b and a's night.
In 2007 I was sent to live with my mom in vegas as a punishment for something I did at home in Utah. These two songs and really the whole album got me through those 7 long months. It was the only connection I had to Utah, there werent any hip hop heads at my school in Vegas, it was all either rap or ICP or emo music. Blech
Some of the most amazing introductory songs for anyone that's into the more psychologically intense songs that's on a thin line of easy enough to feel and intricate enough to make you think about for the next few nights. A perfect representation of desire for success and a longing for what you wish for. A mind that contains intellectual pantheons gifted by Gods of literature!
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Put one up for Shackle Me Not, clean logic procreation I did not invent the wheel I was the crooked spoke adjacent While the triple sixers lassos keep angels roped in the basement I walk the block with a halo on a stick poking your patience Ya'll catch a 30 second flash visual Dirty cooperative med platoon Bloom, head-trip split ridiculous Fathom the splicing of first generation Fuck up with trickle down anti hero-smack (Kraken) I pace me game to zero hour completion cretin, splash Duke of early retirement picket dream American nightmare hogging the screen I'll hold the door open so you can stumble in If you'd stop following me 'round the jungle gym Now it's honor and I spell it with the 'H' I stole from heritage Merit crutched on the wretched refuse of my teaming resonance I promise, tempest tossed breed with a bleeding conscience See, the creed accents responsive but my spores divorced the wattage And I'm sleeping now (Wow!) yeah, the settlers laugh You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash You won't be laughing when the buzzards drag your brother's flags to rags You won't be laughing when your front lawn's spangled with epitaphs You won't be laughing And I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed So I triple knot 'em and forgot 'em His origami dream is beautiful But man those wings will never leave the ground Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Slacker bound intimate tabloid headline with a pulse Shimmy cross the centerfold, enter dead time engulfed Divvy crumbs for the better souls, when seven deadly stains Adhere hear the blame to crystal conscience The result's a low life counting on one hand what he's accomplished Okay, link me to activism chain, activate street sweep Plug deteriorating Zen up in pen dragon I hock spores coursed by the morbid spreading of mad men, alley gospel Sinking your lincoln-log cabin and Charlie Chaplin waddle I could, zig, zag, and zig 'em again Before the badge gleam sparkled in my brick wall windows Another thick installment of one night in Gotham Without the wretched 'Houston we have a problem' Attached to the festive batch of city goblins Who split holiday freak on a box cut cinema high road bellow Head gripped watch red bricks turn yellow Sorta similar to most backbones at camp Icarus Where all fiddler crabs congregate and get pampered for bickering Life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman You only call her a bitch 'cause she won't let you get that pussy Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess Kiss the speaker wire, Peter Pacifism peggin' threshold Stomach full of halo kibbles Wingspan cast black upon vigils Hear to duck hunt ticker tape vision and pick apart the pixels I got a friend of polar nature and it's all peace You and I seek similar stars but can't sit at the same feast Metal Captain This cat is asking if I seen his little lost passions Told him: "Yeah, but only when I peddled past him" All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Put the pieces back together my way Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop And keep on, 'til the break of dawn ------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Light suckas.. Put one up shackle me, not clean logic procreation I did invent the wheel, in a previous generation While the triple sixers lassos keep angels roped in the basement I locate my old halos and pass em out to the pavement y'all catch a 30-second flash frame Dirty cooperative Neptune bloom head-trip split Fantastic! Fathom the splicing of major league low lifes With anti hero earthworm mentality (Godzilla!) I paste my game to zero all completion See a cretin's still a cretin even speakin' altered moniker American nightmare lost in the monitor I'll hold the door open so you can stagger through Then ten berserk and bread cookies in after you It's the gutter and I spell it with the 'G' I stole from "Get the fuck up" Noise crutch stolen wretched refuse of my teaming dumb luck Still I promise temperance storm breed still bleeding Amish See the freaks sucked out the bottom dropped 3 bears and a baby in a cottage And I can't sleep now Yeah, the police'll laugh You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash You won't be laughing when you're hosted by the ghost of Christmas past You won't be laughing when your blow up doll's got a headache and won't give up the ass And I lay my kicks to rest when I'm impressed So I staple-gun them to my feet This origami dream is beautiful: pull the tail watch the wings flap But you really can't do a thing with that All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Swallow up the pieces Spit 'em at your species Reachin' the city of lost barnacles and leeches Night-light got me when the daylight went to evening Night (Light) Day (Light) x8 I'm pretty sure I got a pulse.. plus We Shimmy cross the centerfold, and our night light engulfed Just let me keep the crumbs (Please) With seven deadly stains To hear the plane to crystal conscious The results a dead-beat trying to make a dollar off a bomb threat (OK) Lift me to activism chain activate wild-style Pluto orbit Set a course then push the button I swallow spores born by the laws of a morbid glutton I can spot a drunk battalion by the Charlie Chaplin waddle Zig zag and zig 'em again before they can pull a badge out But I lash out Another thick installment of one night in Gotham like "Houston we have a problem" They're buffing the trains the same days the graffiti writers bomb 'em Who split how many freaks on box cuts of a high road bellow? Heads ripped! Watch red bricks turn yellow I'll try to meet the wizard But a tailgating tit-man holding an oil can won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes Life's not a bitch, life is a beotch who keeps the villagers circling the marketplace out searching for the G-spot Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests Or maybe you're just an asshole; maybe I'm just an asshole Kiss the speaker wire, seaming swashbuckler or pagan thresh hold Stomach full of diner food Wings span cast black upon views Here to help release the rabbit hounds or pick apart your mood I got this friend of polar nature and it's all peace When I seek similar stars but can't sit at the same feast Metal Captain! This cat is asking if I've seen his bit of lost passion I told him: "Yeah" I gave him one last look and smashed him All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day Swallow up the pieces Spit 'em at your species Reachin' the city of lost barnacles and leeches Night-light got me when the daylight went to evening Night (Light) Day (Light)..
Aesop's shit has always been so cerebral, so a lotta people didn't get it and thus he isnt as poppin as he deserves to be and thats just how the underground goes...
Could you imagine turning on the radio and hearing this? Sparks flames of anarchy and love in my imagination people helping each other , lovers embrace, a son looking to his father on a warm sunny day the twist of real in each the sweat and grunts of hard work the soldiers kicking your door in the screams of your loved ones spitting out your teeth the feeling of your knuckles cracking against thier face
Its just random gibberish. Can we just be honest for one second?. If his lyrics weren't just gibberish then everyone would come to a consensus about what he meant.
@@lonniesharpe9720 "gibberish" or not, its still better than all those rappers whose songs consist of nothing but bragging about their money, sex, fame etc. this is art, as it sets the basis for emotion but leaves it to the audience to decipher what exactly the emotions are. Would you not consider a famous painting such as "the garden of earthly delights" art? People have different opinions on its meaning, but its still recognised as art, because why wouldn't it be? An obscure meaning doesn't detract from the overall value of a piece or art.
@@deviateedits When you look at the Garden of Earthly Delights you can see clear images. Aesop Rock's lyrics are the equivalent of a child who got a new set of felt tip pins and scribbled on the wall with them. His lyrics are not art. They are complete bullshit.
@@lonniesharpe9720 I don't know about you but I see a fairly clear message in both these songs. "Daylight" is written from the perspective of an idealist who is coming to terms with the way the world works, how fucked up it really is, how he is powerless to change it, never decided that things should be that way, and how his idealism is essentially useless in his situation. "Nightlight" is told from the opposite perspective - someone who sees the world full of opportunities for self gain through exploitation and the expense of others. He is willing to contribute to the "fucked-up-ness" of the world in exchange for self benefit. He's aware that he's an asshole, but not ashamed of it, and utilises his selfish and nonchalant nature to make what he wants out of the world, at any cost. The two songs clash too well together, anyone can see the lyrics are deliberately written and not nonsense as you seem to believe. I'm not gonna pretend that I understand it all 100%, because I definitely don't (I barely understand 75%) . Its just clear to me that its not simply 'gibberish' or 'random bullshit'. Thought and consideration went into the lyrics, and that alone is enough to prove that its not "complete bullshit" as you say.
@@deviateedits Yeah, some of his songs do have a message behind them. I don't deny that. However, a large portion of his work makes no sense. My argument for it being gibberish is this. If it wasn't gibberish then people who interpret it would come to similar conclusions about what it means. The fact that nobody can come to any sort of agreement on what a large bulk of his lyrics mean shows that they are just random bullshit.
Anyone who says his raps are just big words with no meaning isn't thinking hard enough. This is literature. It forces you to think critically and is open to multiple interpretations.
Some people ain't ready. And never will be.
Same people putting the new trash mumble rappers on a pedestal.
@@stevo8782 people with a ten second attention span.
I’m not trying to be elitist, but even if you don’t like the genre, you HAVE to respect the genius. Hater:”Aesop Rock is just gibberish”. Me: “I actually feel sorry for you.”
Literally just concepts too large for people to swallow cant choke it down today or tomorrow so they try to pick it apart but cant digest the pieces and I get tired of explaining my side so I get ripped tryina push the leases
Who's still playing this?
Aesop Rock is awesome
Someone is
this song is the first thing that cross my head the moment i loss my job due to covid
@@aadliafiq damn im sorry to hear it. What made you think about it exactly?
@@cloudcloudzy7640 'life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman you only call her a bitch because she won't let you get that pussy' is my first thought when i got dropped now a year later i starting to disagree with that line, i guess that's why aesop wrote nightlight
@@aadliafiq Yes its one of my faveriote things to quote lol
When I tell my friends to listen to aesop rock they tell me you mean asap rocky I'm like no nigga!
+GuardianStylez Both are/were good imo ; Aesop Rock is still good and Asap Rocky used to be good
+Idir why do you say were for rocky
Jamie Muller He did a song with Selena Gomez..
But you're right, he can still be as good as he was
+Idir I mean yea I'm not A Selena fan but A.L.L.A was top 5 of the year last year imo
ugh yes -.-
This amazing Daylight beat is produced by Blockhead if anyone was wondering
Love Blockhead
This is mesmerizing to me. Takes me away.
And now they are doing a full album together!
Respect
@@twistedgambit9084 Lucky for you Aes and Blockhead are producing a new album rn
Why I appreciate Aesop is because he started vastly different from everyone and stayed that way. He took an art, took the pieces apart and put them back together his way, and it resulted in a unique style of vivid storytelling and a lyric book for each song. I can't compare him to anyone else because he's doing his own thing in his own world and I love it.
AND put out 'BUILD YOUR OWN BAZOOKA TOOTH' so folks could cre8 something diff w/ his color pallette, ARTISTRY
all he ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together his way.
absolutely my favorite rapper of all time because of it!
He even told us in daylight, that’s all he wanted to do!
I did not invent the wheel I was the crooked spoke adjacent
Night light is so hard bro. What a concept to dub his own song on the evil side. Unreal creativity
I especially like the homages and reiteration of messages from his own previous song '9-5ers anthem' it's a cool tie in.
@I am The Lobster CooCoo Cahcoo! all it took was the loss of his friend.
who still comes back to this and gets goosebumps 10 years later
I still admire this lyrics and the style of music. Literally art.
Still banging
one of the last new lyricists that transcends time
Yessir didn't know they would hit so hard
"And I hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed
So I triple knot them then I forgot them
This origami dream is beautiful
but man those wings will never leave the ground
Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down."
You know that feeling when you hear a lyric and it sticks with you forever? Yeah, this is one of those times for me.
I had a friend who was a damn good rapper and producer. He didn't like Aes's style, but when he heard those lyrics even he was like, 'damn...'
Everyone reacts the same way when listening to his music, it's kind of natural, what was your friends artist name?
I can totally relate. i like the way u said this. for me it is a rare event, after countless tracks, i know it is the rare ones that have the beautiful depth
Aesop is underrated most definitely. People say a lot of his lyrics don't make sense, but as far as I can tell they're not very good listeners and they don't understand metaphors very well. I personally think he's ahead of his time.
He said a bunch of random words and tried to make it sound smart. And you fell for it, lol.
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Beat for Daylight is one of the heaviest most emotionally charged in hip hop history.
Them Blockhead beats hit different.
Blockhead is fucking amazing. He's done a bunch of work with Aesop.
I think they used the same melody in "Hold Mine" song where you had Blueprint, Eyedea, Slug, Aesop Rock basically the "Orphanage".
Check out his song "holy smokes" if you haven't already, the beat is my life now
One of four by aes is the top on my list but you can’t even find it online anymore, “it was originally not for public consumption”
Did a college project on this song. Aesop's words sting against a PERFECT flowing beat. One of my favorite songs of all time.
+Zack Raider I went on Genius , took me hours to dissect the lyrics.
+Matt Eli This album has taken me years to dissect and I still find things that blow my mind
"Have you heard of Aesop Rock? No bitch, not A$AP Rocky, AESOP ROCK. Jesus..."
Literally every time I mention Aes Rock.
Either that or I say 'Aes' to someone who claims to know underground and they think I'm talking about Tyler the fucking Creator.
A$AP Rocky is great.
Evan Marcy Its funny because Tyler isn't underground anymore.
ON GODDD!!!!!!
Aesop makes me transcend. No other hip-hop is quite the same. Aesop is on another level
On a level of saying random words and not making any sense? LOL
@@KeepItReal213 if you understand nothing then your missing
all the context LMAO
@@Samssassin420 Explain then genius. lol
@@KeepItReal213 YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABSTRACT? thats goofy bro the damn songs about aes's life. can't read basic storytelling keys bro?
@@Samssassin420 Exactly! You can't explain it because it's nonsense. I can look at any nonsense and call it "abstract" lol
I was listening to Aesop rock in 6th grade… still to this day, very few could follow, and even fewer could top their lyrical genius, metaphors, and brilliance…
I was listening to this in my little suburb of Pittsburgh and playing it in my car about 15 years ago. Now I'm living in Bangkok and still listen to it walking through unreal scenes at night; nothing yet has come close to Aesop, he's definitely the greatest of all time.
Damn I've also been bopping to aesop rock since 6th grade, hella underrated
I struggled to follow then and do now. still as good still sounds the same still as dirty maybe im just an asshole....... this was some amazing hip hop... some amazing wordplay
This song will always be musically genius. From the beat to the melody, and the lyrics to the transition. I will never not love this song.
Two sides of a genius. His metaphors are like a peep hole into a more brilliantly coloured world.
still, to this day, one of the most brilliant tracks and response to said track ever laid down on tape.... aesop was on his totally own playing field back when this came out in '01, hasn't lost its edge or poignancy yet, 20 yrs on... good on ya aesop, forever stoked you gifted all of us with this aural masterpiece my dude. cheers. peec. 💯 🤙🏼 🎧
Brilliant in what way? He's just using random dictionary words and trying to sound smart.
Why are you here?@@KeepItReal213
Loltroll @@KeepItReal213
😂 random dictionary words they say.
@@getoffmylawn36 It's not like he knows how to use those words. LOL.
I'll never lose respect for this guy. Rap is Art.
This beat used to mesmerize me as a kid when my dad used to play this.
Youre dad is a legend for introducing you to this!!
@@marselmusic I was gonna say the exact same thing
im her dad
@@medicmantra4713 no
dope ass dad man
I first heard aesop rock playing tony hawk years ago. I listen on my way to work. I listen when I'm chilling. I listen all the time. I can't get enough. We love you Aesop! 👊
"I DID invent the wheel in a PREVIOUS generation" 😈👌🎂
Aesop's metaphors are just incredible, they can interpreted in so many ways. Genius.
AVFCMarcus not really
@@coaiemandushman1079 fucken oaf
up the villa
@@Junyca3 seeing Villa related content on an alternative hip hop comments section - defo been a glitch in the matrix here lmao
You say this as if Rumplestiltskin does not know his own reality. Interpret? Does he interpret every action of every ant that greases his withered palms? Or does he not even pay it a minute thought long enough for interpretation itself to even be viable?
i love how he can describe an emotion like it's an object
Well lsd Is like that AES is like my own audio book of trip reports can't beat him
7 years later... and your right
Daylight....Fighter of the Nightlight...
champion of the song
I love you
You're a master of craftsmanship and a hero to everyone!
Master of karate and friendship with everyone
Just to be clear I did not write that song
that hook for Nightlight is one of the best hooks ive heard. Its so catchy for a dark song like this. Daylight is one of my favorite songs of all time so Rock was 2/2 with this shit.
I'd say daylight's hook was better, but every one to his own I guess.
Hogsly, Edgy 9 Year Old Scumlord i LOVE Daylight's hook, but feel like The way he flipped the hook for Night Light was so fantastic that it made it unintentionally catchy.
That bass maaaan
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Still here in 2024❤
Aesop Rock isn't a rapper, he's a poet.
A poet who raps.
rap is rhythm assisted poetry
there is no law that states poets can only rhyme a certain way
hes a poet and he knows it
he can be both :)
One of the hypest joints for me. "I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed. So it triple knot em and forgot em". DAMN! Era of lyrics fo sho! So many artists in the underground people now don't even know. It's funny that I still introduce this man to people I know have been into Hip Hop for YEARS! They all head bop to this no matter who it is.
Aesop Rock might be the best poet in the history of hip hop. To have a vocabulary bigger than Shakespeare when being confined to make words rhyme is legitimately mind boggling.
Aes has the deepest vocabulary in hip hop. His songs are "chunky", you have to chew on them for a while to comprehend what he means. This is why him and El-p are 2 of my favorite rappers. Every time you listen to their song, you get something new from it. As you grow up, mature and gain new experience and perspective, you get more and more and comprehend their genius.
Daylight one of the best songs I'v ever heard...
Enock Mberego Agreed. The chorus is incredible perfect.
Agree
Agreed 100%
No doubt
dont forget about " no regrets"
this origami dream is beautiful, pull the tail watch the wings flap, but you really cant do a thing with that.. Aesop continues to astound
Knock knock
Fuck off
Trailer park treasure Trevor Cory. Thanks for the comment. You helped the internet achieve it's ultimate objective... of being awesome.
smokes lets go
You fuckin want one?
back in 05'-06' drinking 40's with the skater homies and they introduced me to underground rap. Ryhmesayers for life.
As someone who is bipolar this duality rings SO true.
I know exactly what you mean, and I bet it was intentional
***** Both of them represent the highs and lows of bipolar people
2 which isn't fun at all. I can't imagine how intense 1 must be.
Day turns Night...
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, swallow up the pieces, spit em at your species, beached in a city of lost barnacles and leeches, night light got me when the day light went to evening.
This is a fucking masterpiece;
Duality in verse.
Beauty;
Purity, Corruption.
Harmony.
this shit blew my brain open in like 2001 oh wowww high school smoking weed taking acid and mushrooms and tons of dope underground hip hop coming out. Memories!
Daylight: the guy is ready for a good day!
Nightlight: guy gets fired.
Eminem reads the dictionary.
Aesop has memorized the thesaurus.
Nice
think aes soaked up encyclopedias vs thesaurus...lines like in None Shall Pass 'you can be my little Snake River Canyon today" talkin bout Evel Knievel's attemptin 2 make it over Snake River Cyn aint in thesaurus. aes has me constant encyclo searchin & el-p got me reading legislation & history
@@ravenouscatalyst9210 I'll have to look into him some more. I've only seen a little of his work with RTJ. Aside from their video for Nobody Speak, RTJ never struck me as overtly political. But that was just a feature. I always just saw them as maintaining a highly successful brand as opposed having serious lyrical depth. Dem beats are on another level, though.
@@trajectoryunown Killer Mike tried to run for office. Congress, House o Reps, Pres, but couldn't cuz of red tape restrictions. RTJ is best el-p beats since Cannibal Ox when he was like 19. As for lyrical depth here's lyrics from Patriotism from Soundbombing circa 1999-- "I'm the ugliest version of passed down toxic capitalist rabid emcee perversion -- I'm America!...
...with Bay of Pig tactics makin young men into martyrs
...This is where the pain grows like poppies, in a Field of Dreams I paid for,
but we'll burn it down if operated sloppily, COPY?
My economic sanction rhyme style got your syllables scraping for rice
and riding in a pre-1960 jalopy. MY FAVORITE FLAVOR OF GAS IS MUSTARD.
....Hop over the border for amusement; try to test the waters
That the other slaughter crews pay all they dues in
Control the population and hide behind sacred covenants
Fuckin with me?!?! i got wildlife burnin in gasoline seas
And an automagnetic third world printed with metal plates in their knees..
I replace humans like robots in a GM factory
Then export metaphors to sweat shops, cause the price is satisfactory
Your pious little cries of injustice get met with apathy
(Awww, SHUT UP!!) Soaked, cloaked, hormone injected dairy products
And conservative right-wing anti-eroticism; THE POISONOUS RESERVOIRS & POWER LINES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE BOTCHILIM..."-EL-P-founder of def jux aka art that makes life worth it just cuz i got to hear it. no matter what happens after i heard aesop's lyrics & i'm golden
This is such a RUclips comment lmfao
It's whack that so many people listening to aesop can't help but be condescending towards other artists (and fans of other rap).
There's good mainstream rappers. They won't provide you this, but they have their place. Stop being pricks and enjoy each artist's contributions.
Aes is who got me into rap many years back. Much love for him, hes my favorite.. but I guarantee he's not agreeing with y'all talking shit constantly.
Fucking finally someone who just wants to listen to THEIR music and doesn't want to spread negativity but just spread the love of music in general, much love!
Hope this was directed at that Kendrick comment.
Wanna hook me up with some artists. I'm a metalhead but I found Aesop a few years ago and love it. Only other hip hopo I really enjoy is Nujabes, Eyedea, and Deltron 3030.
I thought this Higgs boson was black
keep that shit to yourself lmao get rekt
i honestly think daylight is the best song i've ever listened to, and i wouldnt use that lightly. truly incredible music
This has been true for me a long time... i include Night Light as well as I believe that it is crucial to the work.
JoshMKWii Indeed. Aesop is dope. Cool Subaru by the way
JoshMKWii I fullheartedly agree
What made it incredible? He used random dictionary words and didn't know how to use them to make any sense lol.
@KeepItReal213 The more you say that, the more you're telling us and him that you have a 3rd grade vocabulary
aesop soo far past its 2015 they just now given him his props
RYAN F If he caved in and did a feat song with eminem people would notice....fuck that. Aesop's work won't lose it's authenticity the way 70% of solo attention crazed decent artists who abuse their power of word do. It's rappers like Him, Aristotle, Action Bronson and Watsky who need to watch their backs for big stinky hollywood snakes knocking on their door looking to give them hell to pay when they've been real a lot longer in their life than artists like Kanye and Jay-Z have been in comparison, and I'm not just singling them out due to white, polish, detroit and white comparisons. Aesop's a real MC.
+Tmo “Tebbzy” Ebsb Could you give me a link to Aristotle please, I'm always on the look for more real rappers but can't find this guy anywhere.
Tmo Ebsb Aes and WATSKY are two of the best right now. Except Aes has been on his game since the early 2000s. Wish I had discovered him earlier than just last year.
Tmo Ebsb insightful comment brother also fully agreed
One positive comment duly noted.
whenever I break down, I sing daylight, something about it seems to help.
Same man!
All i ever wanted . . .
I spent 35 min reading the lyrics' meanings on genius lyrics
lol
try take to the basement
just finished that one. another great one to do that with is 'the substance'
That probably got you through the first verse
do you even plug deteriorating xenobite pendragon?
still can't believe this was 13 years ago waoahh this man was truly ahead of his damn timeeee!!!???
This song helped me thru dark times at a young age a long time ago and I never forgot...
Only an unconscious mind can make art like this. The lyrics are just riding the wavy contours of the primordial soup. What that is, we’ll never know. This is Greek Tragedy distilled into rap
day light is a slow cruise in the canyon enjoy the warmth and nightlight is an industrial complex reaking of high octane petrol and burnt rubber
When I heard Nightlight for the first time, I could barely believe it. Name one other rapper who can revisit and completely change a verse like that, it's truly impressive.
PAC ? Mobb ? Dafuq you're on lmao
@WLS_Churchill name one track either of them have done that on.....
His words are like a collideascope, you don’t see the beauty till it’s almost gone.
Daylight is responsible for getting myself as well and a few other people heavily into actual lyrics. This is art at it's finest, beautiful
What I enjoy about Aesop Rock 8s that unlike many mainstream rappers his is an active not passive listening experience. You have to pay attention like a movie, not just hear it like a show.
hip hop was always about the lyrics, looping breaks and rapping, just need a dude juggling a couple records... hip hop is now garbage with people just repeating shit like a chant cause they couldnt write rhymes that flow to save their life, this is just standard hip hop right here but with some deeper lyrics. This is modern poetry.
Speechless, some serious mind cracking rhymes, Aesop rock is simply defeatless, in a couple of minutes Rock did his PhD thesis.
Sickest part about these songs is their story from Aesops perspective as a rapper.
He's stated as hating DayLight and loving NightLight, so my theory is this:
Aesop wrote NightLight as a parody of DayLight, a song he hates to perform, and made it specifically something he knew he'd love performing every single time.
I hate when artists say they hate their hit songs. Makes the fans feel stupid for listening to them.
@@wesleytwiggs7687 I think it gives the song a turn of character. Not to imply songs they enjoy don't, just that if an artist spent HOURS if not DAYS writing and producing and theoretically performing a song, just to at some point heavily dislike it.... I wonder what that song means for them. Like what kind of nuanced life experience and perspective led them to reject their own creation. Was it the era of the song, linked to life events? Is it how the song is structured or how it makes them feel? Shreds of many reasons I assume. Idk it usually fascinates me when I hear about it.
@@wesleytwiggs7687 there's plenty of reasons a performer might not like their own work. Radiohead's Creep is a good example. It can be anything from "this song doesn't mean what it was supposed to anymore" to "i'm sick and tired of people asking me to sing this", among countless other reasons. Doesn't mean we shouldn't like the song, its their business if they don't like it, they wouldn't want us to hate it just because they do.
@@alexsawyer60 I just wouldn’t want to diminish the joy my song gives people by publically stating those kinds of feelings.
An artist is always working on the new, when people tell you whatever new doesn't matter because you made this old thing that's as good as you can get, they don't wanna hear that, they want you to hear the newest work because it's the most advanced in the artists eyes
Something about Aesop Rock's flow keeps me on the bright side of life
Please for the love of God take the ad out of the middle of the video. Ruins the continuation that was intended.
Edit: thank you for pulling the ad! You're an Aes
They just started doing that shit too
Install an adblocker, the uploader doesn't have any control over it, but you can :)
@@Insanabiliter_In_Linea Good one for android phone?
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Love you so much Keiren, i still think of you everyday and i cant thank you enough for showing me this song. Fly high brother and ill see you one day soon
Anyone still listening in 2024? Brings me so far back 😢
Every day. Def jux represent
If this song passed me by in my last hour time lasted a try I bat a smile at God and thank he got me through all times
I first heard this stuff via file sharing when the internet was still groovy. It was quite exciting to hear something so expressive and outside my own experience.
I haven't tired of this song for over a decade. This should have 8 million likes at least, not just 8,000
I wanna see Aesop Rock in concert. Here's a little list of what I want to hear... Everything he ever fuckin wrote! This man is a fucking genius!!! Huge fucking fan man 👊
Just blasting through so much hip hop thinking positive thoughts for Dre. And always drawn back to Aesop. We’re all so far apart around the world, but comments here connect us somehow. Happy New Year. I think we’re all having the same temporary crisis when we listen to this so I guess we’re not alone.
Facts
He is so unbelievably talented. My favorite hip hop artist. By far. Amazing lyrics.
One of my favorites, when I saw him live like ten years ago I screamed daylight at the top of my lungs after he did an encore and he ended up doing daylight as the last song. Aesop is such an amazing artist and light years ahead of most so called rappers lol his verses are poetic as fuck and complex enough to have multiple meanings that make you stop and think. I love how intelligent his bars are yet he insists he isn’t as smart or complicated as people seem to think lol the dude is too humble about songs that can only be described as beautiful one of a kind works of art. Not to mention the guy’s vocabulary far outpaces any rapper in the game.
I come here every now and then for my fix. I get sad/happy in a weird nostalgic way. Happy tears filled with rage....
Daylight has always made me feel some type of way..it's just got a whole vibe to it..ya'll know what I'm talking about. Not to mention his lyrics..wow..I don't know if I've ever heard anyone as lyrical as him
People saying that he just says random gibberish but can't name any songs where he does do that or even any line that doesn't have meaning without immediately getting proven wrong. Hmmmm
guys got more bars than a penitentiary
lol
That's wack...it's like saying he has more bars than a kit Kat factory or sum shit. Please stop with your metaphors that suck especially on a deep song!!!
Brandon B why are you so offended bro
x x Well I guess I’m gay now cause I fucks with all them
Damn, this guys got more bars than a chocolate factory!
Only just realised how great NightLight is.
It's funny how his voice sounds older then than it does now.
Been listening to you since 2002! Your music hits deep! Stay real everyone! Glad I can still listen to what I used to rock In class at hish school with headphones and cd player with a burned mixed CD with nothing but underground hip hop. Underground hip hop was a movement. A lifestyle and so positive. Miss all the old shows and rocking mics and freestyles with all the on Da Book. Music is motivation juice that keeps you going through this struggle called life.! Never underestimate your own dimensions for within yourself is what makes you who you are deep insde your heart!
Fuck yeah
This is not going to fade. This is a masterpiece!
Aesop is a genius, the rhymes he writes and puts together are so amazing, like the second line of Verse 1 "I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." It gets you thinking and makes you wonder and want to pull meaning from his music, Aes, keep this up.
He just said random things and yall thought it was genius but it really made no sense lol
@@KeepItReal213 You seem like the kind of person to hear the line. "I sip percs and shoot my click." And think it's impressive
@@TheRoxDenRadio Nope. I'm the person that hears the line "The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right. The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe". I like to listen to people who actualy know how to use the words they write and make sense. Not just random dictionary words that don't go together and want everyone to think theyr'e a genius. LOL.
@KeepItReal213 This shows how little you look into things and just takes it at surface level. Watch the Polyphonic video covering "None Shall Pass." It breaks down bar for bar his lines and their meaning. If it were nonsensical there wouldn't be videos covering his music. He's like Bob Dylan. He's verbose. Before you spout words, like you say Aesop does, actually do research. Because then you would find a 24 year career worth of clever wordplay, creative lyrical structure, amazing vocabulary, and ingenius meaning that he compiles into his music.
@@TheRoxDenRadio No. He's not. You guys just want to see what you want to see. It's a bunch of random words thrown together. Like those painters who randomly throw paint on a wall and some people think they're geniuses. Real art fans appreciate aritsts who can actually create great art. And don't ever put Bob Dylan in the same sentence with him again. Please slow down with the drugs.
i'm so glad aesop rock is getting recognition for real, going through shit and still managing to shine!!! fuck yes aes love you man
Sitting in rehab in a forrest in sweden listening to this. "All i ever wanted..."
god bless aesop rock. my teen years and parenthood this still feels like the first time I heard it.
I feel you brother, bless him and bless you.
Aesop rock is the greatest of all time
The funny thing that makes this post poignant is that you can actually make a good argument for such a statement.
***** go fuck your self
Boozer Oner YAY! Reasonable dialogue and logical discourse on RUclips! :P
***** I came here for the music not to argue with you but I wont stop, I listen to this shit all the fucking time
***** And who would you call better?
The only one up there is MF DOOM, Madlib (Quasimoto), Pharaoh, RZA, Big Pun, Black Thoughts.
No artist no days compare to Aesop Rock.
This dude is incredible. The lyrics and beats in this song are just 🙌
NightLight has the sickest beat I swear. Aesop flows like water over it
love this song so much , daylight deserves to be preserved and remembered as one the most beautiful hip hop songs of all time
Feels like 100 years. Somebody just posted this. Used to bump it in the headphones snowboarding as a kid.
Till this day my fav Aesop Rock songs!
I think it's impossible to hate them.
1337 King sometimes
I'm so done dude
everytime...
still?
Truly one of the best rap songs. I keep coming back to it.
When you're nodding off asleep listening to Daylight but then Nightlight just comes bye and dropkicks you out of it
This has happened to me a few times
The difference between Blockhead day/night sleep and Aesop Rock day/night *attempt* to sleep is significant. Both are effing fantastic. The amazing thing is the difference between the feel of b and a's night.
Nightlight sucka
In 2007 I was sent to live with my mom in vegas as a punishment for something I did at home in Utah. These two songs and really the whole album got me through those 7 long months. It was the only connection I had to Utah, there werent any hip hop heads at my school in Vegas, it was all either rap or ICP or emo music. Blech
Some of the most amazing introductory songs for anyone that's into the more psychologically intense songs that's on a thin line of easy enough to feel and intricate enough to make you think about for the next few nights. A perfect representation of desire for success and a longing for what you wish for.
A mind that contains intellectual pantheons gifted by Gods of literature!
Now This Is Hip - Hop. from the beats to the wordplay and everything else about this.
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Put one up for Shackle Me Not, clean logic procreation
I did not invent the wheel I was the crooked spoke adjacent
While the triple sixers lassos keep angels roped in the basement
I walk the block with a halo on a stick poking your patience
Ya'll catch a 30 second flash visual
Dirty cooperative med platoon
Bloom, head-trip split ridiculous
Fathom the splicing of first generation
Fuck up with trickle down anti hero-smack (Kraken)
I pace me game to zero hour completion cretin, splash
Duke of early retirement picket dream
American nightmare hogging the screen
I'll hold the door open so you can stumble in
If you'd stop following me 'round the jungle gym
Now it's honor and I spell it with the 'H' I stole from heritage
Merit crutched on the wretched refuse of my teaming resonance
I promise, tempest tossed breed with a bleeding conscience
See, the creed accents responsive but my spores divorced the wattage
And I'm sleeping now (Wow!) yeah, the settlers laugh
You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash
You won't be laughing when the buzzards drag your brother's flags to rags
You won't be laughing when your front lawn's spangled with epitaphs
You won't be laughing
And I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed
So I triple knot 'em and forgot 'em
His origami dream is beautiful
But man those wings will never leave the ground
Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Slacker bound intimate tabloid headline with a pulse
Shimmy cross the centerfold, enter dead time engulfed
Divvy crumbs for the better souls, when seven deadly stains
Adhere hear the blame to crystal conscience
The result's a low life counting on one hand what he's accomplished
Okay, link me to activism chain, activate street sweep
Plug deteriorating Zen up in pen dragon
I hock spores coursed by the morbid spreading of mad men, alley gospel
Sinking your lincoln-log cabin and Charlie Chaplin waddle
I could, zig, zag, and zig 'em again
Before the badge gleam sparkled in my brick wall windows
Another thick installment of one night in Gotham
Without the wretched 'Houston we have a problem'
Attached to the festive batch of city goblins
Who split holiday freak on a box cut cinema high road bellow
Head gripped watch red bricks turn yellow
Sorta similar to most backbones at camp Icarus
Where all fiddler crabs congregate and get pampered for bickering
Life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman
You only call her a bitch 'cause she won't let you get that pussy
Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests
Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess
Kiss the speaker wire, Peter Pacifism peggin' threshold
Stomach full of halo kibbles
Wingspan cast black upon vigils
Hear to duck hunt ticker tape vision and pick apart the pixels
I got a friend of polar nature and it's all peace
You and I seek similar stars but can't sit at the same feast
Metal Captain
This cat is asking if I seen his little lost passions
Told him: "Yeah, but only when I peddled past him"
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Put the pieces back together my way
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
And keep on, 'til the break of dawn
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Night Light suckas..
Put one up shackle me, not clean logic procreation
I did invent the wheel, in a previous generation
While the triple sixers lassos keep angels roped in the basement
I locate my old halos and pass em out to the pavement
y'all catch a 30-second flash frame
Dirty cooperative Neptune bloom head-trip split
Fantastic! Fathom the splicing of major league low lifes
With anti hero earthworm mentality (Godzilla!)
I paste my game to zero all completion
See a cretin's still a cretin even speakin' altered moniker
American nightmare lost in the monitor
I'll hold the door open so you can stagger through
Then ten berserk and bread cookies in after you
It's the gutter and I spell it with the 'G' I stole from "Get the fuck up"
Noise crutch stolen wretched refuse of my teaming dumb luck
Still I promise temperance storm breed still bleeding Amish
See the freaks sucked out the bottom dropped 3 bears and a baby in a cottage
And I can't sleep now
Yeah, the police'll laugh
You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash
You won't be laughing when you're hosted by the ghost of Christmas past
You won't be laughing when your blow up doll's
got a headache and won't give up the ass
And I lay my kicks to rest when I'm impressed
So I staple-gun them to my feet
This origami dream is beautiful: pull the tail watch the wings flap
But you really can't do a thing with that
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Swallow up the pieces
Spit 'em at your species
Reachin' the city of lost barnacles and leeches
Night-light got me when the daylight went to evening
Night (Light) Day (Light) x8
I'm pretty sure I got a pulse.. plus
We Shimmy cross the centerfold, and our night light engulfed
Just let me keep the crumbs (Please)
With seven deadly stains
To hear the plane to crystal conscious
The results a dead-beat trying to make a dollar off a bomb threat (OK)
Lift me to activism chain activate wild-style Pluto orbit
Set a course then push the button
I swallow spores born by the laws of a morbid glutton
I can spot a drunk battalion by the Charlie Chaplin waddle
Zig zag and zig 'em again before they can pull a badge out
But I lash out
Another thick installment of one night in Gotham like
"Houston we have a problem"
They're buffing the trains the same days the graffiti writers bomb 'em
Who split how many freaks on box cuts of a high road bellow?
Heads ripped! Watch red bricks turn yellow
I'll try to meet the wizard
But a tailgating tit-man holding an oil can
won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes
Life's not a bitch, life is a beotch
who keeps the villagers circling the marketplace
out searching for the G-spot
Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests
Or maybe you're just an asshole; maybe I'm just an asshole
Kiss the speaker wire, seaming swashbuckler or pagan thresh hold
Stomach full of diner food
Wings span cast black upon views
Here to help release the rabbit hounds or pick apart your mood
I got this friend of polar nature and it's all peace
When I seek similar stars but can't sit at the same feast
Metal Captain!
This cat is asking if I've seen his bit of lost passion
I told him: "Yeah" I gave him one last look and smashed him
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day
Swallow up the pieces
Spit 'em at your species
Reachin' the city of lost barnacles and leeches
Night-light got me when the daylight went to evening
Night (Light) Day (Light)..
One of the greatest writers/poets/literary geniuses of all time. All ❤
Revisiting these songs after not hearing em for years is a fucking journey.
Daylight is absolutely incredible. Wow.
Damn first time I've ever heard this. One of the greatest writers/MCs/producer in music. He can do so much of his own music. A true talent.
One of the greatest writers? How? He makes no sense and just says random things. LOL
@KeepItReal213 The same could be said about some of your favorite artists, I’m amazed at your shallow perspective
Daylight is one of the deepest songs ever
Aesop's shit has always been so cerebral, so a lotta people didn't get it and thus he isnt as poppin as he deserves to be and thats just how the underground goes...
Bruh only an aesop fan would use "thus" lol
This song brought me here almost 20yrs ago !!! ACE ROCK AND YA DONT STOP!!
mad skill to be able to write a positive and negative version of a song
Iv been playing this song since I was 15, now 30 and it still hits the same.
The beat, the lyrics, the delivery... So tight
so many years later, and this still drives me forward as a beautiful art piece and inspirational fathoms
Could you imagine turning on the radio and hearing this? Sparks flames of anarchy and love in my imagination people helping each other , lovers embrace, a son looking to his father on a warm sunny day the twist of real in each the sweat and grunts of hard work the soldiers kicking your door in the screams of your loved ones spitting out your teeth the feeling of your knuckles cracking against thier face
This song is the meaning of Art, it can be interpreted in so many ways it’s crazy
Its just random gibberish. Can we just be honest for one second?. If his lyrics weren't just gibberish then everyone would come to a consensus about what he meant.
@@lonniesharpe9720 "gibberish" or not, its still better than all those rappers whose songs consist of nothing but bragging about their money, sex, fame etc. this is art, as it sets the basis for emotion but leaves it to the audience to decipher what exactly the emotions are. Would you not consider a famous painting such as "the garden of earthly delights" art? People have different opinions on its meaning, but its still recognised as art, because why wouldn't it be? An obscure meaning doesn't detract from the overall value of a piece or art.
@@deviateedits When you look at the Garden of Earthly Delights you can see clear images. Aesop Rock's lyrics are the equivalent of a child who got a new set of felt tip pins and scribbled on the wall with them. His lyrics are not art. They are complete bullshit.
@@lonniesharpe9720 I don't know about you but I see a fairly clear message in both these songs. "Daylight" is written from the perspective of an idealist who is coming to terms with the way the world works, how fucked up it really is, how he is powerless to change it, never decided that things should be that way, and how his idealism is essentially useless in his situation. "Nightlight" is told from the opposite perspective - someone who sees the world full of opportunities for self gain through exploitation and the expense of others. He is willing to contribute to the "fucked-up-ness" of the world in exchange for self benefit. He's aware that he's an asshole, but not ashamed of it, and utilises his selfish and nonchalant nature to make what he wants out of the world, at any cost. The two songs clash too well together, anyone can see the lyrics are deliberately written and not nonsense as you seem to believe.
I'm not gonna pretend that I understand it all 100%, because I definitely don't (I barely understand 75%) . Its just clear to me that its not simply 'gibberish' or 'random bullshit'. Thought and consideration went into the lyrics, and that alone is enough to prove that its not "complete bullshit" as you say.
@@deviateedits Yeah, some of his songs do have a message behind them. I don't deny that. However, a large portion of his work makes no sense. My argument for it being gibberish is this. If it wasn't gibberish then people who interpret it would come to similar conclusions about what it means. The fact that nobody can come to any sort of agreement on what a large bulk of his lyrics mean shows that they are just random bullshit.
Ten years later and still so relevant