Thoughts on Aesop Rock

[dead man]

Originally Posted by dull boy

I can’t much listen to the earlier stuff anymore outside of the nostalgia of it, but his recent work is more approachable. Rappers can be victims of timing and cultural circumstance, sometimes, even if they impose those circumstances on themselves and their style, but

Aes has benefited from mainstream colliding with independent Hip Hop from a personal style perspective, I’d say.

It’s surprising that you, given the way you write, don’t appreciate the same things about him that I do. Not saying YOU HAVE TO I’m just surprised. There’s something so poetic and just beyond the surface with him. It appeals to my elitist lean to listen to a rapper recite verses that have a feel of mystery to them. Not to the point that it’s abstract, but that he describes things in unconventional ways just for the sake of having it sound dope... but still tell a story or thought coherently.

I'm definitely willing to give his catalogue a fair shake. Trust me ive had people telling me he's the one forever. Just never caught on.

I've actually enjoyed reading his verses more than listening to them. For what that's worth.

What's a recent song of his you really enjoy?

[ACTIVATE SELF]

Originally Posted by dead man

I've actually enjoyed reading his verses more than listening to them. For what that's worth.

Likewise. And minus the Personal Journals album I feel the same way about Sage Francis.

[dull boy]

Originally Posted by dead man

What's a recent song of his you really enjoy?

July 4th, 1981. Candles of a Roman ilk
unloaded from a chevy truck into the home her folks had built.
Patio was charcoals and extended fam in folding chairs,
safely arced around the yard to focus on the smoking flares.
Couple cousins, uncles, aunts. Mostly grown-ups; couple brats.
Baby Ruby's only two. She's too close to the jumping jacks.
Mommy scoops her to the house — buckles up the booster seat.
Rolls her to the storm door. Let her long for all the lunacy.
Telephone distracting Mom — Ruby wriggles out her strap.
Fingers push the plexi-glass; she's off into the sour patch.
Past the pyrotechnics undetected and invisible.
Woke the sleeping beagle, skipping toward the kidney swimming pool.
Off into the yawning blue; the splash would mum the rocket-ships.
Ruby's lungs were filling by the time her kin were cognizant.
Many sprung and sprinted down. All arrive belated, but
the beast she had earlier bestirred had been alert since waking up.
Canine let his gainer fly. Water top commotion grow;
Howling guests assumed the cloven hooves had come to do-si-do.
Frenzied and congested deck part to let the elders see
soggy beagle gently dragging Ruby in his yellow teeth.
Laid the tiny body in the sun before her Father‘s feet.
When she choked the liquid through her bluish lips he dropped his knee.
Healthy air had reconvened. Towel his shaking Ruby off.
EMT confirm the save. Everybody say, "Good dog!"

[Elemental P]

Originally Posted by dull boy

July 4th, 1981. Candles of a Roman ilk
unloaded from a chevy truck into the home her folks had built.
Patio was charcoals and extended fam in folding chairs,
safely arced around the yard to focus on the smoking flares.
Couple cousins, uncles, aunts. Mostly grown-ups; couple brats.
Baby Ruby's only two. She's too close to the jumping jacks.
Mommy scoops her to the house — buckles up the booster seat.
Rolls her to the storm door. Let her long for all the lunacy.
Telephone distracting Mom — Ruby wriggles out her strap.
Fingers push the plexi-glass; she's off into the sour patch.
Past the pyrotechnics undetected and invisible.
Woke the sleeping beagle, skipping toward the kidney swimming pool.
Off into the yawning blue; the splash would mum the rocket-ships.
Ruby's lungs were filling by the time her kin were cognizant.
Many sprung and sprinted down. All arrive belated, but
the beast she had earlier bestirred had been alert since waking up.
Canine let his gainer fly. Water top commotion grow;
Howling guests assumed the cloven hooves had come to do-si-do.
Frenzied and congested deck part to let the elders see
soggy beagle gently dragging Ruby in his yellow teeth.
Laid the tiny body in the sun before her Father‘s feet.
When she choked the liquid through her bluish lips he dropped his knee.
Healthy air had reconvened. Towel his shaking Ruby off.
EMT confirm the save. Everybody say, "Good dog!"

This was pretty dope actually I like the audio better than just the lyrics but Ill have to peep this album if it's decent