Yeah, buddy! Love this track(I love all of his track). Ya know, he produces all of his solo albums these days, including this one. I know what you mean about his syllabic placement. It's so precise and meticulously crafted. He knows exactly how he wants the rhythm of his flow to sound and he executes flawlessly.
@@cozmikoi I’ve been a fan of his since Float and SWFG might be my favorite album from him now. I fell off from checking for him and came back to that and damn. He’s somehow gotten so much better than he was on Fast Cars and I already loved him.
@10:12 "we're playing tetris here" well aes does say, "'m terrible at parties, I'm wonderful at Tetris"--Yoohoo by Lice(Aes & Homeboy Sandman) Aes' verse in Yoohoo starts w/ one of my fave lines of his, "MY HORSE DRINKS ON IT'S OWN, I DON'T GOTTA DO SHIIT" lol
Hey man. I love your Aesop content. I really enjoy your analyses of his work. "There be dragons" is something they used to put on medieval maps to show uncharted (dangerous) territories.
I was looking to extrapolate on this as well, I think the term is "here thar be dragons". Basically just means the unknown or danger in this region. So if your address "addy" is in the heart of "thar be dragons", you're not living in a very great space haha
Interesting take, thanks. Some background on this song. It comes from a concept album about Aes experiencing a spiritual journey in South America and Asia. This song is roughly in the middle of the album after songs about entering the spirit world. (The Gates) Another interpretation is about the struggle of going through completely novel experiences. Aes is resisting but the only way is to accept and “let it in.” One of the things often taught prior to spiritual journeys is to avoid fighting the experience. I think that struggle is well described in this song. He’s basically tripping balls and describing the struggle, but the spirit world could be a metaphor for more than just a difficult ayahuasca ceremony.
I think it’s important to view the tracks on this record based on the theme of the album. Check out the Gates track. The whole album is a guide to the other side. In this track, he continually refers to himself as some sort of dark energy. It’s part of the guide to understand the spirit world. And the chorus talks about not blocking out the unknown energies from the spirit world. You almost have to react to the entire album to understand the content of the individual tracks.
@6:35 "womp rats r the creatures that live on Tatooine" PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE STUFF I DON'T CATCH, IS HITTING FOR OTHERS i had no clue what a Womp rat was & i'v seen Stars Wars plenty o times LOL
A few recommendations along the line of Aesop, El-P, MURS, COMPANY FLOW,RUN THE JEWELS and ATMOSPHERE. Also FELT , which is Murs and slug from ATMOSPHERE. Enjoy
~8:00 I think the cheek swab is also probably a reference to the Nas line “Nas is like the afrocentric asian, half-man half-amazing.” In this sense it’s elevating him above normal people or something
Like he's in Space? Reminds me of the Aes EP, Freedom Finger, track Play Dead. It was a soundtrack he did for a video game of the same name, and Play Dead is written schemed around being a pilot of a ship in space.
@@SaeedReacts. they are legion!! Hahah “Our kind can not be redeemed. I'm a cancer on the glamor, I can't with the me me me. No anesthesia, surgeon with the signal jammer scrambling the feed. Distributing the panacea free, all day. There is no amount of our fathers. That could remedy the black dog breathing down his collar.” (Rogue Wave- AES thinks he’s irredeemable) “Something from the other side clawing at the known world”(-Jumpin Coffin aka JC) AES has given up on virtuous ethics (see “Water Tower”) AES likens Christians to suicide cults (see Hot Dogs) He’s bitter to any call to his baptism (see “Supercell”) “Some try to stonewall any kind of woo-woo tryna make a phone call, nah Let it in, let it in” AES thinks Christians in general are hypocrites and liars… “I understand the caution” (being in urgent care) “but some of you just wanna see the coffin jump” (Resurrection) “until the coffin jump, then it's what I call a punk” (unless Aes personally witnesses to overwhelming miraculous evidence of God then Christians are fools. “Rejection of the spirit by the body at your service” (16 “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.” Galatians 5:16-17 RSV-CE) If you mess-up every friendship come get swept up in the current (we are made for union and community and AES wants the opposite) “Here, wheels fall off of cars when they see him. Seas part, green trees march out of Eden. I'm known to eat the heart and keep the archery uneven (to sin means to “miss the mark”) Are you starting to be part of the kinesis?” (Klutz)
“Our kind can not be redeemed. I'm a cancer on the glamor, I can't with the me me me. No anesthesia, surgeon with the signal jammer scrambling the feed. Distributing the panacea free, all day. There is no amount of our fathers. That could remedy the black dog breathing down his collar.” (Rogue Wave- AES thinks he’s irredeemable) “Something from the other side clawing at the known world”(-Jumpin Coffin aka JC) AES has given up on virtuous ethics (see “Water Tower”) AES likens Christians to suicide cults (see Hot Dogs) He’s bitter to any call to his baptism (see “Supercell”) “Some try to stonewall any kind of woo-woo tryna make a phone call, nah Let it in, let it in” AES thinks Christians in general are hypocrites and liars… “I understand the caution” (being in urgent care) “but some of you just wanna see the coffin jump” (Resurrection) “until the coffin jump, then it's what I call a punk” (unless Aes personally witnesses to overwhelming miraculous evidence of God then Christians are fools. “Rejection of the spirit by the body at your service” (16 “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.” Galatians 5:16-17 RSV-CE) If you mess-up every friendship come get swept up in the current (we are made for union and community and AES wants the opposite) “Here, wheels fall off of cars when they see him. Seas part, green trees march out of Eden. I'm known to eat the heart and keep the archery uneven (to sin means to “miss the mark”) Are you starting to be part of the kinesis?” (Klutz)
@@SaeedReacts. Sorry, that's just inaccurate. Google his name and hit "images". You'll recognize some. He's an artist that created the cover/poster art for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Hitchcock movies, etc. Used shapes and stylized fonts of letters for effect. Improvising on something so familiar and routine. Hence the line about making it jazzy. The best line is the one before, about life finding a way to thrive in the worst of conditions. "Tall grass, asphalt to salt flat." Life finds new ways.
Yeah, buddy! Love this track(I love all of his track). Ya know, he produces all of his solo albums these days, including this one. I know what you mean about his syllabic placement. It's so precise and meticulously crafted. He knows exactly how he wants the rhythm of his flow to sound and he executes flawlessly.
I'd love to see you react to the collab he did with Lupe Fiasco, called Pumpkin Seeds. Two masters of the art of rapping on one track. Awesome stuff
Very methodical! Incredible pengame. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@cozmikoi I’ve been a fan of his since Float and SWFG might be my favorite album from him now. I fell off from checking for him and came back to that and damn. He’s somehow gotten so much better than he was on Fast Cars and I already loved him.
@10:12 "we're playing tetris here" well aes does say, "'m terrible at parties, I'm wonderful at Tetris"--Yoohoo by Lice(Aes & Homeboy Sandman) Aes' verse in Yoohoo starts w/ one of my fave lines of his, "MY HORSE DRINKS ON IT'S OWN, I DON'T GOTTA DO SHIIT" lol
Props and a sub for the depth of Ase respect and content. You are ahead of the curve on this.
Thanks! Appreciate that!
Hey man. I love your Aesop content. I really enjoy your analyses of his work. "There be dragons" is something they used to put on medieval maps to show uncharted (dangerous) territories.
Oooh! I did not know that. That is awesome! Thanks for watching! Appreciate it.
I was looking to extrapolate on this as well, I think the term is "here thar be dragons". Basically just means the unknown or danger in this region. So if your address "addy" is in the heart of "thar be dragons", you're not living in a very great space haha
Interesting take, thanks. Some background on this song. It comes from a concept album about Aes experiencing a spiritual journey in South America and Asia. This song is roughly in the middle of the album after songs about entering the spirit world. (The Gates) Another interpretation is about the struggle of going through completely novel experiences. Aes is resisting but the only way is to accept and “let it in.” One of the things often taught prior to spiritual journeys is to avoid fighting the experience. I think that struggle is well described in this song. He’s basically tripping balls and describing the struggle, but the spirit world could be a metaphor for more than just a difficult ayahuasca ceremony.
Thanks for sharing this! Sounds like a great album.
I think it’s important to view the tracks on this record based on the theme of the album. Check out the Gates track.
The whole album is a guide to the other side. In this track, he continually refers to himself as some sort of dark energy. It’s part of the guide to understand the spirit world. And the chorus talks about not blocking out the unknown energies from the spirit world.
You almost have to react to the entire album to understand the content of the individual tracks.
The last three things he says are all signs of ghosts.
Thanks for this. Love the Aes reactions. Mans is a genius. Cant wait for you to check out hail mary mallon.
He is insane with the pen!
I love Aes' flow on 4am from HMM
Hail Mary Mallon is so gooood! I really listened to Bestiary a LOT
@6:35 "womp rats r the creatures that live on Tatooine" PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE STUFF I DON'T CATCH, IS HITTING FOR OTHERS i had no clue what a Womp rat was & i'v seen Stars Wars plenty o times LOL
Back when Star Wars was good 😅
A few recommendations along the line of Aesop, El-P, MURS, COMPANY FLOW,RUN THE JEWELS and ATMOSPHERE. Also FELT , which is Murs and slug from ATMOSPHERE. Enjoy
Thanks for the recommendations! I know a few songs by Run The Jewels but not that many.
~8:00 I think the cheek swab is also probably a reference to the Nas line “Nas is like the afrocentric asian, half-man half-amazing.” In this sense it’s elevating him above normal people or something
Thanks for sharing that observation!
Like he's in Space? Reminds me of the Aes EP, Freedom Finger, track Play Dead. It was a soundtrack he did for a video game of the same name, and Play Dead is written schemed around being a pilot of a ship in space.
That sounds awesome!
All City - Back in the 80s when a persons Graffiti was know in all 5 borroughs because they were bombing subway cars that traveled the whole city.
Thank God someone picked up that bar, like Vinnie Paz grandaddy purple bar
AES has really been getting occult
They got em! 😅
@@SaeedReacts. lol
@@SaeedReacts. they are legion!! Hahah
“Our kind can not be redeemed. I'm a cancer on the glamor, I can't with the me me me. No anesthesia, surgeon with the signal jammer scrambling the feed. Distributing the panacea free, all day. There is no amount of our fathers. That could remedy the black dog breathing down his collar.” (Rogue Wave- AES thinks he’s irredeemable)
“Something from the other side clawing at the known world”(-Jumpin Coffin aka JC)
AES has given up on virtuous ethics (see “Water Tower”)
AES likens Christians to suicide cults (see Hot Dogs)
He’s bitter to any call to his baptism (see “Supercell”)
“Some try to stonewall any kind of woo-woo tryna make a phone call, nah Let it in, let it in”
AES thinks Christians in general are hypocrites and liars…
“I understand the caution” (being in urgent care)
“but some of you just wanna see the coffin jump” (Resurrection)
“until the coffin jump, then it's what I call a punk” (unless Aes personally witnesses to overwhelming miraculous evidence of God then Christians are fools.
“Rejection of the spirit by the body at your service” (16 “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.”
Galatians 5:16-17 RSV-CE)
If you mess-up every friendship come get swept up in the current (we are made for union and community and AES wants the opposite)
“Here, wheels fall off of cars when they see him. Seas part, green trees march out of Eden. I'm known to eat the heart and keep the archery uneven (to sin means to “miss the mark”)
Are you starting to be part of the kinesis?” (Klutz)
“Our kind can not be redeemed. I'm a cancer on the glamor, I can't with the me me me. No anesthesia, surgeon with the signal jammer scrambling the feed. Distributing the panacea free, all day. There is no amount of our fathers. That could remedy the black dog breathing down his collar.” (Rogue Wave- AES thinks he’s irredeemable)
“Something from the other side clawing at the known world”(-Jumpin Coffin aka JC)
AES has given up on virtuous ethics (see “Water Tower”)
AES likens Christians to suicide cults (see Hot Dogs)
He’s bitter to any call to his baptism (see “Supercell”)
“Some try to stonewall any kind of woo-woo tryna make a phone call, nah Let it in, let it in”
AES thinks Christians in general are hypocrites and liars…
“I understand the caution” (being in urgent care)
“but some of you just wanna see the coffin jump” (Resurrection)
“until the coffin jump, then it's what I call a punk” (unless Aes personally witnesses to overwhelming miraculous evidence of God then Christians are fools.
“Rejection of the spirit by the body at your service” (16 “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.”
Galatians 5:16-17 RSV-CE)
If you mess-up every friendship come get swept up in the current (we are made for union and community and AES wants the opposite)
“Here, wheels fall off of cars when they see him. Seas part, green trees march out of Eden. I'm known to eat the heart and keep the archery uneven (to sin means to “miss the mark”)
Are you starting to be part of the kinesis?” (Klutz)
Aes is definitely my #1 🤙
He's number one period
3:32 hmm , like: party over here, I'll be over there ...AESOP dorks ... XD
I believe Saul bass is an old jazz musician from like back in the 40s or 50s
Thanks for letting me know!
@@SaeedReacts. Sorry, that's just inaccurate. Google his name and hit "images". You'll recognize some. He's an artist that created the cover/poster art for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Hitchcock movies, etc. Used shapes and stylized fonts of letters for effect. Improvising on something so familiar and routine. Hence the line about making it jazzy.
The best line is the one before, about life finding a way to thrive in the worst of conditions. "Tall grass, asphalt to salt flat." Life finds new ways.
Do "Dog at the Door" next.