Aesop Rock
Biography
Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Def Jux headliner Aesop Rock became one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground. After a pair of self-released LPs (Appleseed, Music for Earthworms), he recorded Float for Mush in 2000. The former Ian Bavitz then issued a pair of singles -- "Coma" and "Boom Box" -- for another underground rap label paragon, Definitive Jux. His second full-length, 2001's Labor Days, earned positive reviews and featured production from El-P and Blockhead. The Daylight EP kept his name in the papers, and his Def Jux follow-up, Bazooka Tooth, was released in September 2003. A seven-track EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, followed in early 2005. In early 2007 Aesop Rock composed a 45-minute piece for Nike's Original Run series, a continuous track meant to be listened to while jogging (other artists included LCD Soundsystem and the Crystal Method), and by September his much-anticipated full-length, None Shall Pass, which included guest appearances from El-P and John Darnielle (from the Mountain Goats), came out. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
None Shall Pass
2007
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives
2005
Bazooka Tooth (Explicit)
2003
Daylight
2002
Float
1999
Well that's true, but I guess I call him underground because I don't want to be associated with all the idiots in the mainstream hip-hop scene. Also it really doesn't mean s**t that he's sold so much, it really matters if he sells out like all the idiots in the mainstream hip-hop. Once Aesop does an advertisemen t t for a product, then I'll consider him mainstream. And on another subject, I like that he is an atheist in a genre that is almost dominated by Christians. Atheist pride world wide!
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Slug is pretty mainstream. Atmo's last album was a chart-topper and sold really well - how is that not mainstream? If you're going platinum then you're not underground, by definition. That doesn't mean every album that sells copies sucks though. Slug started his own label and has been rapping for ten+ years. He's not my favorite but he has earned his success.
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I love his rapping style, it sounds like he's in the same room and you're getting stoned with him. He sounds like he's lazily coming up with his rhymes, but then he can sound so angry too. It's pretty amazing.
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If anyone can say that they can imitate Aesop while rapping, i would slap them across the face.
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Underground Hip Hop is the real...
The state of so called "commercial hip hop"....or basically what you hear on popular radio these days is so godamn pathetic. F**k the Crunk - Give me the underground. |
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Oh yea Aesop is my main man, good driving music, drinking music.....no t both at the same time tho.....drin k i n g and driving KILLS.....
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slug and eyedea are mainstream? are you kidding me? name one f#@king artist that has paid more dues to obtain the success they have gotten without signing with a major record label...you have no idea what your talking about
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No such thing as Main-Stream hip-hop. Closest thing you got to that is Slug, or E&A.
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Finish the discography! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! This site needs to add Labor Days, Appleseed, and Music for Earthworms!! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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That bio needs some damn work. It would be cool if pandora could open source like wikipedia. Aesop is the sickest MC in so many ways and that bio hardly does any justice.
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aveloz7 - so true.
So called "mainstream" hip hop is absolute s h i t. Pointless, Talentless, Empty C R A P. Underground is the ONLY PLACE where real hip hop is at these days...... |
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Saw him with the Roots on the OkayPlayer Winter Tour in '03. Did 11:35 with Mr. Lif. Amazing.
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now this guy is some real hip hop s**t.. all the kids are caught up in main stream rap now a days and its really sad man. more people need to listien to more under ground
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not only the best emcee i've ever heard, but probably the best overall lyricist i've ever heard. this guy is truly amazing, and no one out there can ever touch his level of superiority.
knock em out the box, Aes! |
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I'm not a big fan of rap or hip hop but i heard this guy on my bf's radiostation and i really liked it..i'm gonna def. try and listen to more of it.
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No other artist out there today has me listening to songs over and over again just to find something i didn't hear before all the while never getting tired of the same track..... Sic Osiris
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aesop will rip you tip you and drip your whole perspective of the world into another relm of underground rightesousne s s
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"Look, I've never had a dream in my life because a dream is what you want to do, but still haven't pursued. I knew what I wanted, and did it 'till it was done, so I've been the dream that I've wanted to be since day one."
I love Aesop, he's mos def one of my favorite MC's. |
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I've been a long time fan of Aesop Rock and he still continues to produce great music.
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deep puddle dynamics led me down the spiral that is midwest hip hop, branching to aesop, Float is the masterpiece tho
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I found aesop through listening to Sage francis both of them together create an experience that is life changing
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this guy rhymes about all kinds of random s**t but yet it all seems to make sense when he puts it all together
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Aesop's pretty dope. Voice is goofy. Does rhyming and talking about random s**t make you "abstract"? heh.
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saw him in Atl last nov, one of if not the best hip hop shows i have ever seen, also got to meet him and smoke great guys all of them blockhead, DJ big wiz and aesop
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