Aesop Rock - Black Snow (feat. Nikki Jean) [Official Audio]

[@psychrockvinyl]

The last verse on this track is the nastiest aes ever. This entire track is unbelievable

[@rogerhill9559]

see you in the mourn the forecast ain't BRIGHT

[@Melinmingle]

Yeah thats what i like about recent Aes. Before, everything went over other rappers heads. Now it still does but it feels familliar to them in some weird way. Atleast, this is what i like to fantasize about

[@rogerhill9559]

@embermist3910 I gave it a closer listen and he says RIGHT. BRIGHT would work just as well so my brain autofilled that. Great track regardless.

[@CCDaDon15]

⁠​⁠@embermist3910 yeah it's right. As in the anxiety (the forecast) is lying to him.

[@thomassiegfried5409]

Light is what I hear the forecast ain’t light

[@salad9021]

The beat switchup and the "I am so in effect" gave me chills

[@nickolasruland9483]

It seems like a majority of tracks on this album have this sort of two-part act to it for lack of a better term. Aggressive Stevens flow completely switches up once the police arrive - it is still distinctly the same track, it's all cohesive, but it feels like you've hit phase 2 of the bossfight. It's honestly brilliant. It makes each track feel really dynamic and contributes to the already high replayability of this album.

[@ataridc]

i got a wee lil chub tbh

[@ataridc]

the crazy thing is Fantano said this was one of the weakest tracks

[@salad9021]

💀

[@highlyblessed87]

​@@ataridc Huh?? Who said that? This is the best track on the album.

[@shotinthedark90]

"Prehistoric man fights visual analogy of profound baggage" followed by that half step when he lets the beat breathe and the bass hits is perfection

[@nocturnael7562]

My god, how has he not hit his ceiling yet? This album goes so impossibly hard.

[@cocoq10]

Feels like he's running the whole time and that ending couldn't be more perfect..

[@IAmTheJRex]

the only MC still getting better at his age, limitless

[@alonedownthere47]

DOOM is jordan and aes is lebron

[@taylordcraig]

The next one is a fucking sprint man. This shit is insane.

[@ValhallaBeckons]

And Aes' seems to just keeping better as time goes on. It's astounding.

[@fromthealiens]

Aes was always a unique talent but the stuff he's dropping this year is on another level. Tracks sound really inspired and effortlessly creative.

[@TheFamousMockingbird]

these are super personal tracks and aes is always personal, but hes not even tryingt o code it anymore, its his raw heart ou there for the masses

[@ataridc]

infinity fill goose down is pretty cryptic imo @@TheFamousMockingbird

[@scottsharp1763]

This amazing wonderful lyricist is ALL the other levels, ALL OF THEM….eye am thankful for my abilities to level up myself ❤️💛💚🧘🏽🔊

[@ConsciousThomas]

EFFORTLESSS!!!!!😂🙏❤️

[@Phearsum]

Coming Apacolypse Survival Tips subtly placed all over the last few albums

[@randallbrooks9036]

Aes is one of the the very few artists who actually keep evolving rather than burning out.

[@TheWallman456]

After 25 years Aesop Rock still puts out new stuff almost every year. How many artists can say that?

[@Scarecrowe42]

Tech N9ne, and I really wish they would do an album together

[@deenorectah]

Atmosphere still releases great albums and MF Doom did, but now he can't :(

[@ValhallaBeckons]

Aes' really helped boost my morale during the plague times. Not then and not today, Nurgle.

[@ToneSoCooL3]

considering people can cut and paste albums together on a two hundred dollar laptops that sound amazing, it's really just a testament to his time management

[@RobotsMakeMusic]

This entire album has been incredible

[@SocialTourist]

Been listening to Aes since I was a teen and I can proudly say my 13 year old son is introducing his classmates to Aesop's music for the last few years now. Just trying to make sure your immortal, what you do is important.

[@hiropon2985]

with all the horror in the world lately this is genuinely the best news I've heard. you sound like an excellent father. wish you and your family and people all the love in the world my brother

[@brianstiles1701]

My 17 year old is even more into Aes than I am (49). The kids are alright.

[@luciebarr3485]

Same my kids and their friends have a lot of aes and hail mary mallon on their playlists. Makes me happy everytime they put a playlist on and he comes up.

[@ryanpoe9791]

41 here. Just had my first baby boy three weeks back. He'll definitely be introduced to AR. Aesop just keeps getting better with every record.

[@donaldburnside4536]

Proudest moment of being a father so far was the other day in the car when my 11 yr old daughter asked “dad can we listen to Drums on the Wheel again”

[@benjaminmiller3890]

"For the folks in the back row, stomping on the ground when the Black Snow Glass Joe. Thank you" The pleasure is all ours. Aes is truly the goat.

[@PartyTortoise]

I first heard this song in the dark lying in bed as I was about to sleep. It woke me up like a punch to the mouth. This song is my absolute favorite, not just Aesop's but any musician. I will be playing this song for the rest of my life, even on my deathbed.

[@MrNoWaya]

We are not worthy. Aes just casually one-upping himself every damn time. Really digging his production lately as well. So good. We are not worthy.

[@lfenney5028]

I cant't see why this track isnt the greatest track of all time! It just may be..

[@EeZeeDubZ_TTV]

From 3:09 to 4:00 is arguably the best piece of lyrical genius and just pure artistry I've ever heard in my entire life. He goes SO INCREDIBLY HARD!!! 🤢🤢🤢 The fact that im just now finding this dude is absolutely MIND BLOWING. This whole album is hot 🔥🔥🔥 better late than never 😂

[@readrothbard153]

Hope you dove in, aes is the goat.

[@scottsharp1763]

I am in tears tis all I can say, thanks aes ❤️💛💚

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Def my fav track on the album. Some lines ars just shit id never expect, but love. A true hip hop masterpiece.

[@GreyLambert]

the contrast between of nikkis smooth voice the beatswitchup after and eas' raw delivery after is so amazing. it means everything

[@MookieFlex]

That beat switch 🤯

[@monkeyboosness6781]

This song hit me hard. "Angels, they look different now..." Knowing several friends, from those who've been suicidal, to those who shut in, a group which i've been apart of and still am, though i still feel more functional than most. When close friends disappear, and it brings untraceable fear, of those we've loved, opposed, through the cracks of their wear. Their care set aside til it surrounded their life, and swallowed our empathy like pikes, in the rive of our strife, Strings attached to what was that we hung with our pride, and cut them to fall deeper, engrossed, addicted hide from the ride. I know it's not much, but these are the first lines i've written in a long time. this is THE best album i've heard since 3030, and i hope Aes keeps going for as long as he's inspired, because he is truly a master of his craft.

[@taylordcraig]

yo, keep writing, i really liked these. im trying to get an album out, here's 4 bars of mine Duck wings Nachos Baked Brie Salmon toast Another Friday evening just reveling in comatose Should probably get a move on, on the going forward I suppose And maybe pour one out for all the homies I have yet to lost

[@Garblegox]

I had a friend like this. I named him "Humpty Dumpty". He made me reimagine the story behind the egg. I think it's a metaphor for malingerers, or covert narcissists. The kind of people who love to see the pain on your face, as they dangle over a precipice. They don't know how to feel loved, unless someone is grieving over them. Humpty knew he was an egg. A completely empty one, at that. He knew the last place on earth he belonged, was high on a wall. But how else was he going to summon the king's great horsemen? Even if they put him back together, he'd just jump straight off another god damn wall. He made me stop pitying _adults_ for their _choices._ And I learned that pity is a desaturated form of contempt, on the emotional color wheel. Save pity for people you hate. For stinky dopes like Humpty Dumpty. You can do a lot of good with a big heart like that. And you can waste all of it on an emotional black hole. Know your worth; you're the kind of person that spends precious energy helping people. It's excruciating, realizing that the person you're helping only wanted attention. It's tempting to leave everyone to drown; to keep your buoyancy to yourself. But keep on pushing like Sisyphus with a smile. The only reward you asked for, was the pleasure of seeing someone succeed. Don't stop asking for that. Bless people with high expectations. Also, long or short, an Aesop comment section is a great spot to share poetry. 👍👍 (I hope I didn't wildly misinterpret what you were getting at lol)

[@ataridc]

i sharded

[@DESIGNATED_DARKHORSE]

Bro. You officially have transcended to the level up above the level up above.

[@MattSmith-sc3zy]

The change up on this song is 🔥

[@CCDaDon15]

The production for the final verse... The fact that he samples the Phil Collins drum fill so casually there and then when the piano comes in, SO HARD

[@AntiHero434]

One of my favorite songs..it's like playing Elden Ring For the first time in your life. Whole new Realm.

[@coreynichols2888]

Ever listen to Aes tracks in boss fights and try to find one that flows with the pace of the combat?

[@Gothfield]

Getting in on an Aes song with less than 1k views… Feels like the early 2000’s all over again. Much love my man, instant like.

[@milky-ng9mk]

I dont know if i can handle Aes getting much better at this. The progression is absolutely astonishing amd he was the goat a long time ago

[@lobsteroverrun]

this track is truly a crowning technological achievement. Aes has created the hardest thing currently known to exist. Now that's technology!

[@shelbybaker6443]

"It's the Ultimate"

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

It's a powerful cat.

[@philtorrez4198]

This song is incredible.

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

Not sure what I can say about Aes that hasn’t already been said, just grateful to have this Legend blessing our ears and lives. Thank you!

[@LostOasis12]

Been listening since 2008 and it's been a crazy journey hearing his musical evolution over the years. He's really a great producer now.

[@johnnyrules3]

bringing it again and again ! and hype to hear Nikki, got a chance to see her live at an Atmosphere show, amazing performer

[@samuelwhite8400]

The transition at 2:50 and the ensuing bars is arguably the sickest shit I've ever heard from Aes in over 20 years of listening to him 😳 Brace yourselves. The next album will be even better 🤯 Like how tho? 🤔

[@haydenanderson2121]

I’ve been replaying it over and over again 😂

[@taylordcraig]

I said it in another comment, the next album is a sprint. This shit goes insanely hard.

[@EeZeeDubZ_TTV]

💯💯💯 At 3:45 when the piano comes in, paired with what he's saying.... SO 🥶🥶🥶 "What plague? Add blood to the flakes....Something from another world, son, the water ain't safe...*piano hits*And I step in the arena with 101 apes, looking dead at the upheaval like a summer at the Cape!" This dude is on another level! Hot 🔥

[@Awaruko]

He can't keep getting away with this!!!

[@Brandon-rb4sm]

One of the few artists let alone rappers that has gotten better with age.

[@xtraapparel1909]

Most artists, even good ones, regardless of genre, can string together a 5 album run and peak in the middle with albums 2 or 3. The fact this dude is at his best after all the work he's put in is incredibe.

[@ConsciousThomas]

bro... tell me why i feel like you know me so well???.....💯💯💯

[@damonodell9125]

EASILY Aesops greatest work. The emotion and soul and power in this song are staggering. Well done, sir

[@TheLegendofGumby]

“This ring is a beach house for critical beat-downs and free snow cones between rounds” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Melinmingle]

Viscious beat switch

[@robertgodette4678]

Aesop rock really is # 1😊

[@dimpledpirate]

The whole album is dope 🫶🏻👌🥹

[@ne_kitk_a]

I discovered Aes back in late 2018, with his song about otters. Listened his stuff non-stop since then. I knew I found something special, someone that speaks to me. I'm so glad to live at the same time with Ian to appreciate his music. Love from Siberia ❤ ( insert snow pun here) The only bad thig about this album, is that we have to wait a year or two till the next one :'C

[@BIGBAD808.]

Aloha from Maui. Still one of my favorite rapers of all time. Thanks boss.

[@matthewjones613]

im already crying just preparing for this... hew i love this guy RHYME SAYERS! FUR LIFE!

[@ryanalexander3677]

I don’t know how to describe it, but the way the beat transitions is sick, like getting two songs in one. Hope he drops a few more of this on future songs.

[@Bosshands]

this my fav track, the beat switch up is crazy

[@amiestaley4354]

I can't remember a time I was so instantly hooked on somebody as I was with Aesop

[@luciebarr3485]

Same... i only discovered him a few years ago. My bf sent me kirby and i almost didn't listen to it, but he sent it again and asked if i listened to it and I've been so hooked ever since. Can't believe i almost didn't watch that video 😅

[@amiestaley4354]

@luciebarr3485 my ex Tried to get me to listen to him. But I guess I wasn't feeling it that night... that song or somethin... He even showed me a video of him at his concert but the sound quality was awful On his phone. He passed away In youtube Suggested asop to me. I had missed him so I clicked it. Been hooked ever since

[@sillosybin3300]

Aes just keeps getting better, one of the few artists who's music gets better each album, as opposed to other artists who seem to decline with each album

[@losxdescabezados]

So, I'll be honest, I was worried when I heard the first two singles - hear me out. With Mindful Solutionism, it's dope as hell but I thought the album was going to be super techy and gimmicky, like the song. It's a dope ass song but I couldn't see a whole album like that. Then, By the River had me thinking that he'd take a laid back approach and keep a slow, relaxing flow for the album. But then when Infinity Fill Goose Down dropped, my worries went away and, needless to say, the whole album is fucking great. The songs all make sense with the album as a whole 🔥

[@sillosybin3300]

@@losxdescabezados actually same dude. I fkn love aes but there's always a couple tracks on each album I gotta warn up to n those first couple he dropped just happen to be the ones, rest of the album yanked me right in

[@losxdescabezados]

@@sillosybin3300 yeah man, it's insane how he maintains and improves with every album. This guy is a master at his craft - y'all need to take notes

[@taylordcraig]

the four lines near the end of infinity fill goose down are sending me @@losxdescabezados you could be the lunker under pepper x i feel like professor Y, like why are all my friends depressed why's this party feel like when I walked back into Selmer's Pets in precious tears, like, "why are all my tetra dead, yet again" originally i thought it was a sad throwback to Tetra ("out of sorts, out of water, suicical tetra fish") but when you add the previous line "woke to a thousand years of the sauce-of-the-month in a bunker, yum" he's basically saying "I could never drop music and still eat the best rappers alive" there are so many layers here. sauce of the month is the current rappers, lunker is an angling term usually for the biggest catch, so you could be the biggest rapper, under pepper X (the hottest pepper in the world, by far) he feels like professor Y, which is one letter ahead of X, also a shout out to professor X from x-men, who is arguably the strongest mutant the next few lines arent as straight forward, but I think the party is the current music scene which he's saying is sad, but also just behind - both in terms of musicality as well as substance there is definitely a throwback to Tetra (2011), but I think he's saying "how is the current rap scene still where i was 12 years ago" or "I have at least 12 years of skill on top of modern rappers"

[@micahv138]

The bridge sung by Nikki is haunting. Few but Aes could paint such a vividly dark picture with so few words.

[@Trainy2]

Few words? haha, right

[@StanHowse]

Black is the color of my Soul.

[@coreynichols2888]

I teach ELA. This man's work should be part of the curriculum.

[@MatthewBenoit-l7u]

Damn he's so good... That's all that's it! Hope he gets the credit he deserves one day! Such a beautiful mind! And it's in the form of hip hop!

[@harley3082]

Everytime he comes out with a new album, I acquire new favorite songs and a new favorite album by him

[@LazyStander]

That 5th verse cadence is immaculate, just awesome. 🔥🔥🔥

[@darrickhubbard2083]

Aes' braggadocio is from another plane of existence.

[@BKRockwell]

Made a similar comment/observation on the Infinity Fill Goose Down vid; the last few lines of that song are stupidly good in terms of creative bragging.

[@dandaly6421]

aesop rock non stop

[@JestersGeneration]

absolutely incredible! easily my favorite aesop rock release and i am already a huge fan of his previous pieces

[@Codename_Gamma_Ray]

This album is a mug king masterpiece

[@BASE_4]

I only get one shot in the comments section. Hands down- my favorite song off this album. The last half when he's singing about trying not set the wrong tone trying to scare people about military intelligence- then it sounds he leans into how promising the future is when it's fully controlled. It's scary- and it pulls out the uncertainty of how we're controlled. But ITS is not a cult. Best song off the album- leaving us unsure of the future. 👏👏👏 Incredible!

[@FloydFloyd-ot5eo]

The artwork is also inspired. I am digging all the funk happening in this one.

[@BarCode827]

Aes been on fire for a minute bow

[@gunnarprichard565]

Love the features!

[@JTNugget]

That beat switch is NASTY

[@ReNiCGaming]

another top tier traccck

[@N1nja10ne]

This track right here.

[@doveandiamond]

DOPE!!!!!!!!!!

[@djmohre]

Im still shook by this song 🤯

[@luciebarr3485]

One of my fave songs on the album. One of my fave albums. Good job man.

[@mariawana3724]

Fire as always ❤️❤️❤️ keep it up Aesop 💖💖💖

[@ZWLNX]

I don't know exactly wtf is happening at this exact moment, but, I am here for whatever it's.

[@Loonatic816]

aes is love, aes is life

[@Leeterthanthou]

best last track on any of his albums

[@br0k3nl0g4n]

mind = blown

[@CreatorForLife]

Dope as hell!

[@sonflowersamurai10]

AES👏🏿DOES👏🏿 NOT 👏🏿MISS👏🏿

[@edwardbrumbaugh8461]

The feature on this is like you accidentally fell asleep and had a nice dream in the middle of an aes track while he is feeling kind and just let's you enjoy 40 winks Would like to see more of a collaborative effort from these two down the line

[@PartyTortoise]

It literally feels like a hidden track that comes up after 10 minutes of silence at the end of an album. I actually had this experience listening to this song fall asleep. The stereo separation on headphones was incredible; the hypnogogic imagery was fantastic and surreal.

[@jamiebrown4120]

We not worthy!!

[@primaldissonance6255]

Brilliant!.!

[@blackspring114]

Aesop does it again!

[@swirven5601]

It's insane how much good stuff this dude puts out, every album never disappoints.

[@jonrwert]

lol pretty cool this video started with a therapy ad. Will buy this album tomorrow

[@CHILLY-BISM]

HOLY SHIT!!!!! THIS SONG IS FUCKIN DOPE!!!!

[@hugh_jasso]

Listened to every song twice on my first listen, what an album!

[@HardlightcraftersCult]

Thanks Aes!

[@_4200h]

Sooo glad I finally sat and did the whole album in 1 sitting. And now to give it the 10k listens I give every aes album. Also pls pls new HMM album. Like the old stuff still gets played regularly in my cans, but hearing Forward Compatibilty Engine just fuelled the need for mooooore, was this a huge hint at a new album? Do you need to do a fuuundraaiserr concerrrt to make it happen?

[@john_hourihan]

I do not understand how Aes keeps getting better….

[@Isosyth]

Popped his limit breaker when he went to the spirit world.

[@jaymuffin12]

lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY EARS ARE WIDE OPEN

[@stockstreamtwitch]

That drum fill 2:44 ♥🔥♥🔥

[@aesopbricktop]

I gotta air drum it at work and i just dont give a fuck bout it

[@ChagaThunder]

Damn soooon 💪✌️

[@downsystem13]

I have opinion words words words. Music good. Break everything.

[@TheJubiter]

Ends the album with a BANG

[@elliominati]

Bravo. Another great album. One can only hope history remembers Aessop rock better than it does Vincent Van Gogh

[@TheRealMACA]

this is so good that I almost get mad 😅 i haven't had a song on repeat like this in a long time. thank u so much for such a timely and awesome album made accessible to the general public. for real.

[@QueLub]

That final verse is next level

[@jsbx2254]

one of the very few artists that I still get excited about new material

[@zeaco]

No joke, i listen to this while working out lol

[@seaphoto1]

The "Oh Death, Oh Death..." verse at 2:48->End is just 💪🫶🤩🤯🤘🤤 Amazing punctuation mark to close out ITS.

[@whoispetesake]

2:57 That spaceship was right on beat

[@AxelCross]

how is this possible

[@MysteryMason]

relentless obsession with artistry

[@AxelCross]

@@MysteryMason bet

[@differentbutsimilar7893]

Utter disbelief. I am stricken with permanent unreality. He's pried open the Ark of the Covenant. These beats could melt steel beams. Brilliant observation as usual, Dexter. You are asking the only question one of honest intellect *could* ask when presented with a discovery of this scale. To be completely forthright, I think that if *you* don't know, then it's likely that nobody else alive can understand it. Probably not even Mandark. In a way, it's a moderately satisfactory solace. It's somehow of consolatory value to know that even the most precocious of great minds cannot fully contain the entire reality of what is occurring here. In that regard, I thank you for weighing in and wish you the utmost excellence in the results of your future experimentation. I do earnestly believe that by better understanding the methodology of Aesometric Resonance Theory, you will gain uncountable insights that will be sure to make it so Mandrake can never again prune your innovations from under your nose. You will surpass him with the sheer, unquantifiable magnitude of the unparalleled innovations that you will achieve on the very day that you come to grips with the knowledge on display here. A.R.T. is the way of the future. What he has provided for us here is the schematic for a whole new world of experimentation. This is his demonstration of a new method for carving-out esoteric discoveries - a comprehensive blueprint for assembling knowledge beyond the comprehension of ordinary present-day minds. This is the precursor to the New Science. Anywho... cheers, Dex. 'Best in your endeavors. Dee Dee yielding, I have very little doubt that you will be a forerunner in this budding field - I pray for your safety and success. P.S.: *MANDARK STINKS*

[@AxelCross]

@@differentbutsimilar7893 I am yet still stricken, but I *will* find my answer, have no doubt. And Mandark will come up blank, have no doubt about that too- *DEE DEE, GET OUT OF MY LABORATORY*

[@AxelCross]

@@differentbutsimilar7893 Sorry, I was interrupted. I wish you the best, cheers to you as well! I am certain your path will bring you success and gratification, of at least equal or perhaps better value measured against my own lane.

[@jaymuffin12]

this album is changing my chemical makeup as a person

[@Deltronzgun]

Best song of his all time

[@elliominati]

omfg this hits all of the neural pathways so so well