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Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz on 1976-05-11) is an American hip hop artist/producer. He was in the forefront of the new wave of underground acts that emerged during the late 1990s/early 2000s. He is signed to El-P’s Definitive Jux label.
Aesop’s style blends a varying tone and delivery with lyrics that contain intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, puns, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including the occasional touchstones of traditional hip hop storytelling and self-promotion. As a result of this unorthodox style, Aesop has become a controversial rapper among hip hop enthusiasts.
Music
A Long Island, New York-born MC, Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records; Music for Earthworms (1997), featuring underground legend Percee P on two tracks, and the Appleseed EP (1999), while also working as a waiter. These two independent releases are widely sought after in the underground scene.
After moving to the Mush label, Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One.
Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days, an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of “wage slaves”. This album was most well known for its single “Daylight.” Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a 7-track EP, including an “alternative” new version of the song, “Night Light,” whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to the original’s.
Aesop’s style blends a varying tone and delivery with lyrics that contain intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, puns, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including the occasional touchstones of traditional hip hop storytelling and self-promotion. As a result of this unorthodox style, Aesop has become a controversial rapper among hip hop enthusiasts.
Music
A Long Island, New York-born MC, Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records; Music for Earthworms (1997), featuring underground legend Percee P on two tracks, and the Appleseed EP (1999), while also working as a waiter. These two independent releases are widely sought after in the underground scene.
After moving to the Mush label, Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One.
Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days, an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of “wage slaves”. This album was most well known for its single “Daylight.” Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a 7-track EP, including an “alternative” new version of the song, “Night Light,” whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to the original’s.
Top Albums
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Daylight
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None Shall Pass
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No Regrets
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Labor
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Catacomb Kids
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Save Yourself
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Flashflood
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Bring Back Pluto
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Keep Off the Lawn
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9-5ers Anthem
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Citronella
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Coma
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Fumes
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Battery
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Five Fingers
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Shoutbox
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Eresemeth wrote:
BRING BACK PLUTO! BACK! BACK PLUTO!
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DampedVirus wrote:
Bring back Pluto pls
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ArcadeDown wrote:
i think aesop rock is a pretty cool guy eh raps in non-sequiturs and doesn't afraid of anything
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coffeeandpigs wrote:
evryday im hustlin
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MTZK wrote:
gaysop cock HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
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Ellzey3 wrote:
lmfao @ "Hip Hop Done Right" Bullshite. Anyways I like the music Asop Rock but wtf. Only thing I don't like is how you just go on. Half the time I don't know what you're talking about.
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TranquilityFM wrote:
Gaysop Cock sucks dickzors. Amz I doingz it right, dawgz?
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Foolz3h wrote:
Call him nerd rap if you think his music's wack. Wait, that's not what it's mean to be... :S
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Wooshmeister wrote:
Hip-Hop done right.
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Oz_Alchemist wrote:
Abstract Artist to check out : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Oz+Alchemist
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slynsk wrote:
nerd rap
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WJK-Producer wrote:
yeah haters ;]
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Mrbeebo wrote:
"gaysop cock" lol nice
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seejaydeja wrote:
so i heard y'all wanna float http://bedwettingcosmonaut.com/?p=715
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E-Gitarrist wrote:
lol xDDDD
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coffeeandpigs wrote:
Aesop's not a bitch, Aesop's a beautiful woman.
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zucchin wrote:
ha-ha!
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mukeys wrote:
gaysop cock
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TranquilityFM wrote:
Slynsk, you have made my day. I couldn't stop laughing at how stupid your comment was.
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Events
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Aug
14
Atmosphere
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Denver CO, United States
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Aug
22
Epicenter 09
Pomona Fairplex, Pomona, CA, Los Angeles, United States
16 shouts
| 36 attendees
News
cage - depart from me OUT NOW!!!
7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/aesoprockwins
today is the dayplease go support this record. cage - depart from meout today on definitve jux records. it is the result of a lot of work by some good people. besta.r.
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22 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/aesoprockwins
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