Aesop Rock is very concept oriented, his ability to structure abstract lyrics into metaphors for real world concepts is baffling, and it is one after the other after the other.
as for the lyrics, my own theory is it's about how the label and crew he was part of from about 2001 - 2010, Def Jux, fell apart and disintegrated, and left Aesop trying to navigate being an independent artist. funny enough, I believe that other song you checked out (Drums on the Wheel), is generally about the same thing, and also uses a lot of war or army-related imagery, and other terms you'd associate with survival situations, as a metaphor for navigating the inner and outer turmoil in his life. there are a lot of metaphors that i believe point to the hardship he feels in proceeding as a solo artist, as someone who hates self-promotion, dealing with the public, and generally feels alienated or maladjusted. but this song also acknowledges that his former crew had it's own problems that were bound to lead to collapse. i could go on, but this comment is getting long. this would be a hard one to try and decode without being more familiar with aesops music and career, but it seems like you are appreciating his music the right way, not trying to understand everything all at once.
I recommend--HIGHLY recommend--Aes' collabs with Rob Sonic, specifically their Hail Mary Mallon albums. Bestiary still slaps a decade later. I'd love to see your reaction to Kiln. Enjoy your Aesop Rock journey, brother!
Top tier is less than tree fitty AES is the sole creator producer engineer And artist for the video *wrong* Aesop is very dark, I could give you my take, but it’s rather biased I second the recommendation for “Jumping Coffin” cuz he is overtly dark, and comedically. He doesn’t believe in God or a virtuous life. In the chorus of “JC” (get it?) he explicitly says to let bad spirits in
I like your take, but I don’t agree that he doesn’t believe in a virtuous life. I think he’s more about not needing religion to be virtuous. (Last few lines of Holy Smokes for example). In Jumping Coffin I don’t get the sense the spirits are evil necessarily, but by religions standards it’s inherently evil to be talking with spirits. And Aes was raised Catholic so he often juxtaposes that background with his lack of adherence to it. Just my two cents
@@mpchead621 in “water tower” he rejects morality or virtue based ethics. In “Bermuda” he explicitly states “How'd you get so bathed in light? I throw flowers at Satan on site”
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Aesop Rock is very concept oriented, his ability to structure abstract lyrics into metaphors for real world concepts is baffling, and it is one after the other after the other.
as for the lyrics, my own theory is it's about how the label and crew he was part of from about 2001 - 2010, Def Jux, fell apart and disintegrated, and left Aesop trying to navigate being an independent artist. funny enough, I believe that other song you checked out (Drums on the Wheel), is generally about the same thing, and also uses a lot of war or army-related imagery, and other terms you'd associate with survival situations, as a metaphor for navigating the inner and outer turmoil in his life. there are a lot of metaphors that i believe point to the hardship he feels in proceeding as a solo artist, as someone who hates self-promotion, dealing with the public, and generally feels alienated or maladjusted. but this song also acknowledges that his former crew had it's own problems that were bound to lead to collapse. i could go on, but this comment is getting long. this would be a hard one to try and decode without being more familiar with aesops music and career, but it seems like you are appreciating his music the right way, not trying to understand everything all at once.
I recommend--HIGHLY recommend--Aes' collabs with Rob Sonic, specifically their Hail Mary Mallon albums. Bestiary still slaps a decade later. I'd love to see your reaction to Kiln. Enjoy your Aesop Rock journey, brother!
Welcome to the Aesop rabbit hole my friend. It may take a few listens to fully understand, but it's worth it.
If you vibe with this, I get the feeling you’ll enjoy Jumping Coffin
banger
do blood sandwich next
His production probably has a lot of influences but one that is really obvious is El-P. If you like that noisy production you should check him out.
Top tier is less than tree fitty
AES is the sole creator producer engineer
And artist for the video *wrong*
Aesop is very dark, I could give you my take, but it’s rather biased
I second the recommendation for “Jumping Coffin” cuz he is overtly dark, and comedically. He doesn’t believe in God or a virtuous life. In the chorus of “JC” (get it?) he explicitly says to let bad spirits in
the person doing the art in the background is Coro
@@mpchead621 thanks man did that dude do None Shall Pass artwork too?
@@TraditionalHippie Jeremy Fish did the album art and the characters in the NSP video are his too
I like your take, but I don’t agree that he doesn’t believe in a virtuous life. I think he’s more about not needing religion to be virtuous. (Last few lines of Holy Smokes for example). In Jumping Coffin I don’t get the sense the spirits are evil necessarily, but by religions standards it’s inherently evil to be talking with spirits. And Aes was raised Catholic so he often juxtaposes that background with his lack of adherence to it. Just my two cents
@@mpchead621 in “water tower” he rejects morality or virtue based ethics. In “Bermuda” he explicitly states “How'd you get so bathed in light? I throw flowers at Satan on site”