Aesop Rock deserves the highest praise; "ITS" Album Review
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2023
- So much to say! Taking true joy in this one. @aesoprockwins
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(The song I meant was "Waiting Around" off of MAPS)
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Funny thing about Lupe Fiasco, a couple of years ago he published a 40-minute-long video discussing why (and maybe how) you should appreciate Aesop Rock
Great analysis. However I want to push back on your intuition that there's something inherently "black" about rap music. It's absolutely true that it started in black communities, and not that long ago. But we're all human beings, we share ideas, we copy each other. When someone has a great idea (like rap music), everyone wants to take part in the practice. There's rappers in every country in the world at this point. I would submit to you that culture is culture because it is transmittable. The Chinese invented pasta, but there's nothing uncomfortable about the Italians making ravioli. We're all from Africa, some of us more recently than others, but we're literally all related and the divisions of race are social consctructs.
Ruby 81 by Aesop is an incredible short story that gave me goosebumps when I properly listened to it
I was waiting for this video since the album came out, this one might really be his best effort yet
Aesop is the GOAT
1 of 4, ruby 81, cycles to gehenna, gopher guts, get out the car, face melter, acid king, water tower, kirby, shrunk, daylight, nightlight, No Regrets, grubsteak, dog at the door, flamingo pink, one brick, the tugboat complex, so strange here, all these songs are just so gutturally attached to the spirit. There are many more, let me know which ones I missed.
AVAA, Professor Skye. I'm a relatively newer subscriber (after having been directed from another creator to your video discussing Injury Reserve's last record - also awesome) and had visited your previous AR reviews in anticipation. I became familiar with his work over the last few years, and I would say this record is definitely a standout in its delivery. We understand AR is a cryptic guy. He tends to communicate with his music in layers upon layers. This began to unravel (I believe) in 2012's Skelethon, especially in the track Gopher Guts, and then further in my still-personal favorite of his, 2016's The Impossible Kid. I say all this to say part of the appreciation I share for this new record is this sense of transparency. Some tracks are presented with a kind of veil (Track 3), but it's refreshing to hear him just relate anecdotes to us. In an ironic sense, this album whose concept is supposed to revolve around technology, is probably his most human - I even teared up during Vititus, namely the line mentioning sundowning. I try to avoid the parasocial, but I like to think eleven years have made a positive difference for him. Finally, I'd like to thank you for relating some of the callbacks in these tracks for those of us still learning hip hop history.
Ay Skye, do yourself a world of a favour and listen to Ruby '81. It's one of his shortest songs, but arguably the best piece of storytelling he ever put out there. You
Aesop Rock is such a treasure to Hip Hop
In regards to what you're describing about his storytelling on the Pigeon song, you should absolutely check out his song "Rings", as he does the same thing on the subject of dropping creative pursuits but even better and in a far more soul-crushing way. Going into great detail about his former passions for drawing and painting that were lost along the way as life gets busier and more cluttered. You can hear how passionate he is about these hobbies which makes it devastating when it's raised that the daily grind devours these passions and leaves us souless and disconnected from what we really care about.
I have listened to Aesop for sooo many years now. Happy to admit that early on it took me so much time to really grok what he does. I think he has perfected his art far move as he got older BUT the magic was always present in his music. But I think it takes such a long time realize what he is doing but once you do it becomes easier to jump into new stuff he releases.
Loved this album.
5:50
There is a theme in the album that is specifically "the failures of creativity". Obviously this is most apparent in tracks like Failure or Pigeonometry, but even in tracks like Mindful Solutionism which takes that concept in the broadest sense of humanity and technology.
This is an amazing deconstruction of an album nobody is talking about for some reason
I love old aesop, labor days, float, etc. and how difficult his lyrics were to puzzle out but his later work is a masterclass in story telling. he's always had that ability (no regrets, for one) but there's a clarity in the new work that I really appreciate. still goes over my head for the first few listens but its not so complex
you should check out Deca. self produced, incredible rapping skilling, mindblowing lyricism
Its hard to to see Aesop's lyrical brilliance without going back to some of his earlier albums, he really switched his style the last few albums up and made more accessible music with more storytelling. The earlier albums are way more abstract with dense, hard to disypcher lyrics- both styles are great but listen to Float, Labor Days, Music for Earthworms, Bazooka Tooth, None Shall Pass and Skelethon and the lyrics are way more complex.
AVAA First self-produced album that comes mind is just El-P's Fantastic Damage. Nice to hear aesop there also.
Blueprint is another rapper/producer, but I strongly recommend reviewing Vigilante Genesis: a modern crime novel; beats by Aesop Rock, Blueprint rapping the story