Aesop is by miles the best MC to come out of Def Jux. It’s not even close. El P has RTJ. But Aesop is literally one of the most prolific MC’s all time. Nobody comes close to touching him
This.....I can't understand a word. They know the lyrics, can they remember it? Not to hate unnecessarily. Probably a good song, and I love EL P. But at least Aesop is so slurred and impossible to hear. Greatest song in hip hop i dunno. This performance is fun and entertaining. Not very good tho
Also shout the fuck out to you. 17 years ago. Gotta respect this guy for being around this long. Been here since day one. Anytime I see comments or channels from the original era I gotta show love.
aesop and El-P seem to have gone separate ways, at least musically. aesop moving to san fran probably had a lot to do with it. They both have different circles of collab friends now. I hope they still keep in touch
wow this is really tight, I've never seen a live video of Aesop doing Labor Days material ("that album changed my life, maaaan"). I did see him play with Cannibal Ox in that time period, but he didn't have someone doing his dubs so he couldn't really pull it off this way. I saw El on the Revenge of the Robots tour with Lif and that shit was lit. My friend had a Def Jux trucker hat from that show which I think has been lost to time at this point. We were in the front row and Lif stepped on his hand, said sorry and dapped him up, and he probably didn't wash that hand for a week. Now I see Aes skateboarding all the time. Such a trip to be getting older, man.
This album got me through some rough shit. He's one of the few artists left that I'll pay full price for whatever he drops. No bootlegs, no downloads(cept appleseed.. cant find that shit ANYwhere)... him along with El-P. People are afraid of music that speak to em. I dont blame em. The rest of the world will catch up eventually.
Would really love to know if you decide to tune in and appreciate any of my work at all... just lmk- the sequel to my last LP is otw- feel free to reach out/ connect through here, IG, FB, whatever works for you if you find any similar appreciation.. I'm trying to rebuild everything after brain surgery and almost being killed by a driver recently and Aes is and always be one of the greatest to me so it would mean a lot 🤙 One love 🙏 ~{{#PsYcHoKiNeTiCs}}~
Aesop is a goat to the underground culture. What is lyricism to you? To me it's being taken for a ride as you dissect someone's message. This man never fails to make you think. I could cry about how much I love this man's words.
While this was being bumped underground I had to listen to everyone around me pumping the same tired rap music over and over and over. Fuck man, didn’t find ace till I was in college full on metal head and this dude brought me back to a place where rap music could be worthwhile To listen to
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day... Oh and that elusive, long forgotten Weatherman album. Lol No but for real, if these two have beef they need to squash it and put that shit behind them. I would kill for a collab album between the two greatest emcees of all time! Every song they collabed on was fucking 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!
It has been squashed, It is not like they are running around together and shit, but after mu passed and it fucked everyone up in their own way and they had that falling bout, they eventually mended
Crazy seeing El hype for Aesop knowing where he is today. Wonder if these two still keep in touch, I know Aesop is really good at alienating his friends, but it would be dope to hear him on a RTJ track or just get El on a new album.
Aesop doesnt talk to EL-p because of the was he treated camu family after he died, i wouldn't call it alienation and more not wanting to be friends with a vulture
Wow. Is this like the coolest find? I would have loved being there with these 2 legends showing they deserve all the success! Thank you for this RUclips!
I've known of El-P for a long ass time and always slept on him. RTJ made me go back thru his old shit. Damn.... I was playin myself. Always fucked with Aesop, though.
uploaded 16 years ago. wtf happened to time. i remember seeing Aesop Rock on the Bazooka Tooth tour around this time. SA Smash were touring Smashy Trashy (RIP Camu Tao) and opened with Grayskul and Blue Scholars here in Seattle. god we had so many dope underground shows back then. One Man Army from Binary Star used to basically live here.
It sucks to learn Aes hates this piece: it's never been more pertinent. "You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash, *you won't be laughing when your front lawn's spangled with epitaphs..."*
No bulllshit, I saw every show that anticon rhymeSayers and def jux put on in Chicago from '01 til about '13. Watching the careers of ppl like slug Aesop Rock sole jel dose one brother Ali (yoni wolfe WHY?) These were the greatest good ol days and kid like me could of asked for
This was during an era where people were complaining about hiphop not being as good anymore - then you look back and it was full of amazing artists.
That’s an absolute fact!!!
Preach
not main stream it was horrible
Imo this was the golden era
Eminem was far from the best emcee of this era
El p progression over the last 20 years is nothing short of amazing.
He's always been that dude, amazing career. Possibly one of the most underrated figures in hiphop history
Aesop is by miles the best MC to come out of Def Jux. It’s not even close. El P has RTJ. But Aesop is literally one of the most prolific MC’s all time. Nobody comes close to touching him
this is one of the greatest hip hop songs in history
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1st song I heard in 2001. Wasn't till I read the lyrics I was like 🤯!!!
This.....I can't understand a word. They know the lyrics, can they remember it? Not to hate unnecessarily. Probably a good song, and I love EL P.
But at least Aesop is so slurred and impossible to hear. Greatest song in hip hop i dunno. This performance is fun and entertaining. Not very good tho
Also shout the fuck out to you. 17 years ago. Gotta respect this guy for being around this long. Been here since day one. Anytime I see comments or channels from the original era I gotta show love.
These guys are two of the best things to ever happen in hip hop since the 2000s
EL-P was around in the early 90's man. Company Flow?
90s*
@@joelwoods7149 Hell, both are from the 90s.
Racist culture thieves...I agree though
@@jeremyedge890 How are they thieves? Because they're white?
It’s so cool seeing El on stage while Aesop raps one of his best tracks dammn
Nice pfp
I think this is a Blockhead beat
@@sammarkey672it is. 💯
aesop and El-P seem to have gone separate ways, at least musically. aesop moving to san fran probably had a lot to do with it. They both have different circles of collab friends now. I hope they still keep in touch
damn algorithm with the gold. one of my favorite songs of all time performed live in a 16 year old video
What is the name of the song?
@@shnoobar daylight
@@ApexChrisHansen Thank you for such a fast reply!
Algorithm indeed strikes again.
Helluva way to kick off a Friday
Your comment surely helped the algo bring me here too. Aes is goat
EL-P AS A HYPEMAN?!!!!! Now I've seen everything.
"YOU SING IT!" 🐐🐐🐐
wow this is really tight, I've never seen a live video of Aesop doing Labor Days material ("that album changed my life, maaaan"). I did see him play with Cannibal Ox in that time period, but he didn't have someone doing his dubs so he couldn't really pull it off this way. I saw El on the Revenge of the Robots tour with Lif and that shit was lit. My friend had a Def Jux trucker hat from that show which I think has been lost to time at this point. We were in the front row and Lif stepped on his hand, said sorry and dapped him up, and he probably didn't wash that hand for a week. Now I see Aes skateboarding all the time. Such a trip to be getting older, man.
El Producto is the man, rockin' his shirt inside out lol
Just getting into run the jewels so looking back on El-Ps early work. It's bad ass to learn he ran with artists I've already got so much respect for.
Def Jux era was one of a kind
Yeah it's funny seeing people get into RTJ or mention El-P and not know Fantastic Damage. Truly a sign I am getting older lol.
CANNIBAL OX - THE COLD VEIN. Is the best thing El has ever done.
@@AxeMan808 no it’s not sorry homie
@@miguelchavez2048 I bet more people will agree with him so as much as your opinion is valid his is closer to the objective truth.
This album got me through some rough shit. He's one of the few artists left that I'll pay full price for whatever he drops. No bootlegs, no downloads(cept appleseed.. cant find that shit ANYwhere)... him along with El-P.
People are afraid of music that speak to em. I dont blame em. The rest of the world will catch up eventually.
What song is this?
@@i8qiwjwjduwi Daylight. There's an answer song to this called Night Light where he flips all his own lyrics.
I hope you got Appleseed from earlier this year
Hey brother, hope you were able to cop an Appleseed album during the last restock. Was gifted one myself
Would really love to know if you decide to tune in and appreciate any of my work at all... just lmk- the sequel to my last LP is otw- feel free to reach out/ connect through here, IG, FB, whatever works for you if you find any similar appreciation.. I'm trying to rebuild everything after brain surgery and almost being killed by a driver recently and Aes is and always be one of the greatest to me so it would mean a lot 🤙
One love 🙏
~{{#PsYcHoKiNeTiCs}}~
Aesop is a goat to the underground culture. What is lyricism to you? To me it's being taken for a ride as you dissect someone's message. This man never fails to make you think. I could cry about how much I love this man's words.
Especially cause he mashed Daylight and Nightlight. Fucking Legend
Aesop Rock is my favorite rapper.He is easily one of the best MCs out there.
And 15 yrs later AES still is the best 💯
Easily!
Yeah this is a document. Salute and who hasn't pondered that hook a few times.
Like... 20 years later or so and it still runs through my head daily. If anyone says "hey what do you want?" it's my autoreply.
2 legends, wish eyedea was still around to collab again with them :(
Man.. I just listened to Kept yesterday and see this comment today 🍻
i like when tha crowd was like "you wont be laaauughing!!!" yeah that was dope.
2022! Such a moment!
This shit is great, he weaves night light lyrics in with it. Fantastic.
This video puts a huge smile on my face
Aes and El-P dropping ill styles in 2017 at 40 years old!
Karl Kosciuch they are really amazing mcs
I dream of a day where the earth becomes heaven, when El and Aes set aside their differences and collab again one day. One time at least.
Thankfully, in front of MUCH larger crowds
And getting even better now in 2022!!!
and to think its 2022 and AES been putting out albums at a rate he never has in his career. he's been all over it lately back up with blockhead
Fascinating. Time is too heavy.
two of the greatest poets of our time
NY legend... Almost makes me shed a tear.. how wholesome Hip-Hop is here man fucking insane.. 😭🤟🏼
2 of the illest M.C.s' to run mic cyphers! TWO THUMBS UP! I have all their albums and grew up on these cats. There's others, too! Cold! 👍👍
While this was being bumped underground I had to listen to everyone around me pumping the same tired rap music over and over and over. Fuck man, didn’t find ace till I was in college full on metal head and this dude brought me back to a place where rap music could be worthwhile
To listen to
2 of the best MC's @ the moment. They're like the same kalibre to me like Slug, Eyedea and Apathy.......dope!
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day... Oh and that elusive, long forgotten Weatherman album. Lol
No but for real, if these two have beef they need to squash it and put that shit behind them. I would kill for a collab album between the two greatest emcees of all time! Every song they collabed on was fucking 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!
It has been squashed, It is not like they are running around together and shit, but after mu passed and it fucked everyone up in their own way and they had that falling bout, they eventually mended
El gave everyone their masters off Def Jux, so I don’t why anyone would be pissed.
Checkout 11:35 off Bazooka Tooth
Yeah man, I saw him live with El-P and Mr. Lif in Toronto a couple of years ago, and it was amazing.
Ooooh, man!!!
It's been a long time since I heard this song last time!!!
Excellent!
what song is this
@@AlbeitBasilisk Daylight by Aesop Rock
these 2 had the best 2 albums of 2012 imo
"All I ever wanted to do was pick apart the day and put the pieces back together my way..." Sick. Positively sick.
i hope they're still friends... : /
they aint
@@shabbs15 why?
@@ksx8470 business and relations don't mix. We really don't know but their friendship ended around the time Def jux ended.
David L. EL tried to get money off Camu Taos death
@@tempest2985 YAWN! Prove it!
WHAT! I'm so happy I found this.
I'm grinning like a fool except I'm farthest from a fool watching this.
Crazy seeing El hype for Aesop knowing where he is today. Wonder if these two still keep in touch, I know Aesop is really good at alienating his friends, but it would be dope to hear him on a RTJ track or just get El on a new album.
Lol he was just as famous back then. They are friends.
IIRC Aesop and EL-P had a feud for a few years but reconciled later
Aesop doesnt talk to EL-p because of the was he treated camu family after he died, i wouldn't call it alienation and more not wanting to be friends with a vulture
@@jprojects91 wait what happened can you fill me in
@@jprojects91 what did El do to Camu's fam?
In my opinion, this was the one of the best era's of music ever. Im happy i was there to enjoy it. The AES, El, Difinitive Jux era was so fucking fun.
THIS TRACK WAS FIRE BACK WHEN EVEN THE PROFESSIONAL CAMERAMEN HAD POTATOES, AND ITS STILL FIRE TODAY!!
R.i.P. to their friendship. It would be good for hiphop for them to rekindle and make some music
anybody else actually remember the Company Flow & Cannibal Ox days?
Wow. What a moment in time.
Wow. Is this like the coolest find? I would have loved being there with these 2 legends showing they deserve all the success! Thank you for this RUclips!
I've known of El-P for a long ass time and always slept on him. RTJ made me go back thru his old shit. Damn.... I was playin myself.
Always fucked with Aesop, though.
I have always loved this song 💯
We need an RTJ and Aesop rock collab pronto. Yesterday would be too late.
I heard Aesop Rock and EL-P are not on good terms for the last couple decades
This is like the first video ever uploaded to RUclips...niice
Beautiful. A Moment to Remember.
How am I only now seeing this?? RUclips Algo tik tokk'd, big R word. This is dope.
Some of these metaphors will live forever though, Ian.
Thanks for helping ME get through a head full of broken pistons.
I fucking love these two... "We HATE this song, but you LOVE this song!" Fuckin DEF JUX!
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day and put the pieces back together my way. - solid af
El and Aesop together is amazing.
All I ever wanted. Period end of sentence.
Probably the greatest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on
I LOVE HOW HE MIXES IN NIGHTLIGHT.. He can't help it but hes NIGHTLIGHT
I've seen Aes live but god damn to have been there for this. fuck.
Damn I miss the days of going to underground hip hop shows at shitty clubs. Always the best shows.
I hang my boots to rest when im impressed
I'm happy to see this kind of documentation exist
i remember seein him do this shit at a show back in 2003. crazy to think of how much more popular aesop, el p and def jux has become since then.
uploaded 16 years ago. wtf happened to time. i remember seeing Aesop Rock on the Bazooka Tooth tour around this time. SA Smash were touring Smashy Trashy (RIP Camu Tao) and opened with Grayskul and Blue Scholars here in Seattle. god we had so many dope underground shows back then. One Man Army from Binary Star used to basically live here.
An amazing time in underground hip-hop. Despite them parting ways, I’m glad both Aes and El are still doing their respective thing to this day.
This is the exact video that got me in into Aesop Rock about 2 years ago when I was looking up El-P after watching 'Bomb The System'.
She is a beauty. No doubt
This shit gives me goosebumps. I miss live shows. Getting old sucks!!!!
Matt Carmell that's true
How you doing 12 years later? I hope well.
Still playing this in 2019!!!!
These guy dug deep and never stopped. Fuck yeah
Times have changed!!!!
Two of the top listed lyricists in the same room kicking it old school! What more can you ask for?...
Hahaha EL-P ROCKIN' THE SHIRT INSIDE OUT!
i got a blockhead album, but never knew he produced this! thanks for letting me know
Hip hop has just started.
The rhymes are insane in this song, it's nuts.
Joh just found this gem in youtube's archives
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day and put the pieces back together my way,
I was in tenth grade when this video dropped... Holy cow.
wow me 2....lol
A couple of Legends holding Court. I wish I could have been there
To be a fly on the wall during this set. Damn.
timeless classic right here
The culture will never be like it was.
Algorithm went hard today
It sucks to learn Aes hates this piece: it's never been more pertinent.
"You won't be laughing when your covered wagons crash, *you won't be laughing when your front lawn's spangled with epitaphs..."*
No bulllshit, I saw every show that anticon rhymeSayers and def jux put on in Chicago from '01 til about '13.
Watching the careers of ppl like slug Aesop Rock sole jel dose one brother Ali (yoni wolfe WHY?) These were the greatest good ol days and kid like me could of asked for
This song is so good, I saw this shit live in boston but it was jus aesop... shit was so tight.
Aesop the master
muito foda esse som!
melho ainda ao vivo!
Aesop rock daylight
History
Legendary
2020 we still here
the underground digital sample here has always hit way tooo hard
all i ever wanted!!!!
GOATs
I'm literally in a house party right now so I can't even really hear this and I still liked it the instant it came on
it's amazing this video has only (?) 245k views... this is like the prince & michael jackson of underground hip-hop lol 🔥
so sick
Flavagood.
Hot Hot Heat!
So fucking raw!!!
I'm sure I must've seen this before. Crazy this upload was during the early RUclips era. These 2 have different paths now but not worse in anyway.
Damn, this was an era.
Such video quality