Aesop Rock - Pizza Alley (Official Video)

[@noelbishop4437]

Im 34 and have been listening to this dude since I was 17. I cant believe that sometimes. And every time a new drop comes out I feel like a teenager again. Aesop we love you. Never stop making medicine for the people. I would have died a dozen times if you didnt exist. love you brother.

[@andrewf6287]

33, started listening at 30.wish I had started at 12. I think I'm still kind of overwhelmed to being hit with all of this only 3 years ago, with more panacea dropping all the time. I love it. Also those last few lines on this one hit like a hammer.

[@OEG85]

Definitely takes me back too. 35...got intro'd to his second album (Labor Days) in 2001 when i was a freshman in highschool. I remember trying to write down his lyrics and figure out what the metaphors meant...haha. A fools errand.

[@wild-radio7373]

Yep. Hummin like scripture.

[@wild-radio7373]

You said it better. Thanks luv. 🤜🏻👍🤛🏻♡♡♡

[@Regore]

I feel the exact same way man. You took the words right out of my mind

[@madmammoth9022]

That beat switch was the best thing I've ever heard

[@Hyraethian]

All I could think was," Aesop, also featuring Aesop." Those switches are like day and night.

[@andrewf6287]

@@Hyraethian Night Light Sucka!

[@Hyraethian]

@@andrewf6287 Now that you mention it, haha.

[@amytagtmeyer1704]

Ever

[@AStrangeHill]

Yeh. I was just thinking this too...

[@SilverHammer1]

Aesop has used so many words over the years he has to make up new ones now and that's amazers

[@rubyrayne8]

More like travel to Peru and the Amazon to learn new ones.

[@-user_redacted-]

He already passed Shakespeare wordwise, and Shakespeare made up a ton of the words we use today. In a couple centuries there's going to be a dictionary of Aes' words too.

[@rydenseelie3608]

What I love about that "Amazers" part is that, yes he made up the word Amazers but he's using phasers to get that effect going. It has a deeper meaning and it's fucking insane

[@joeysands8893]

He's on the James Joyce path to crafting a literary mountain out of neologisms.

[@MagikForTheMAsses]

🖤

[@freeruncrazy]

I admire the considerable amount of research that Aesop likely did to write this. Iquitos, arapaima, pirogue, mapacho.. countless subtle references to Peruvian culture and land.

[@xamdamCO]

He went on quite a trip there several years back. In more ways than one, apparently.

[@Iamthetwig]

He is a very intelligent human in this place we call earth

[@whispersmith]

@MMARZ 7 craft and crack geodes

[@StarfortMudflood]

@@whispersmith lift party hats out of craft depot

[@marloncarter2346]

He's getting survival tips from Tardigrades!! Yo dude is on an entirely different universe than the rest of us! I absolutely love this album.

[@lacesoutchris]

This is the holy fucking trinity of hip hop, ladies and gentlemen. A true alchemist. I have no words for how unbelievably phenomenal this is.

[@redherronrecords]

Production too, daaaayuuuum!

[@JesusHComedy]

I saw The Gates. What’s the other song in the trilogy?

[@sasogorelick]

@@JesusHComedy 👀👀

[@JesusHComedy]

@@sasogorelick just realized he said trinity, not trilogy.

[@lacesoutchris]

@@JesusHComedy I was going to correct you, but I figured you’d figure it out. 😎🤘 Also...did you just assume my gender?

[@davidtapos7797]

Amazers

[@luckycatphil]

Seriously, was only expecting good, got one of the most epic tunes of his career. The man's mastery is unchallenged in the English speaking world.

[@wurrdjenkins857]

Never been this excited for an album since I was a teenager. Go aes!!!

[@heroicself6149]

Agreed.

[@Mindbend88]

Yahhhhh

[@wurrdjenkins857]

@@heroicself6149 the buzz is real. Also I hate spamming but if ye like weird alternative hip hop I'd appreciate your thoughts on some of the stuff on my channel ✌🏻

[@sk82rok]

Every time he drops something, double album, feature length album, EP, demo, single I am ALWAYS 🔥!!!HYPED!!!🔥

[@jwightman795]

Jesus that beat was unbelievably good. Honestly this feels like one aesop's best! Hot damn.

[@mattrup]

"Never let me die on a regular hill." Word.

[@jarrodsmith8421]

That shift at the 3:00 mark...FIRE!

[@nudoge]

🌋

[@scareyaf]

Caught me off guard. This man's a magician.

[@jkowalec]

Thank you, Aes. Many years a fan. Can’t imagine existence without your persistence. Thank you, Aes.

[@DeathByBacklog]

The main reason I want this pandemic to end is so I can resume pretending Aes might tour

[@AFrame88]

He would definitely be touring for this album if not for covid season. There’s no reason to pretend it would happen... I mean he’s toured for every other release

[@mononaut]

​@@AFrame88 Man, I don't know. I want it to happen but it seems like Aes is kinda over touring. It would be his first album that he doesn't, but he's said he doesn't like doing it, he didn't for Malibu Ken (Tom told me it was Aes who chose not to), and he seems to have had a falling out with Rob Sonic, his main touring buddy. If he comes to Texas next year I'll be first in line at the venue, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[@DoobieFerguson]

@@AFrame88 he toured for Malibu Ken?

[@DoobieFerguson]

@@mononaut as someone who finally got over their anxiety of going to live shows, I really need him to tour again. Probably the last thing on my bucket list. That being said, I wouldn’t doubt it doesn’t happen. He’s always been vocal about his distaste for touring. I will say, him and Rob seem to have made up based on some social media posts between the two. Whether that means they would work together again is up for debate.

[@kurobass]

@@mononaut I think him and Rob are cool again. They're following each other on social and reblogging each other's releases once more, far as I know.

[@Stillbeingdre]

Aesop Rock has perfected his craft

[@timwalker4664]

JFC Sometimes I listen to a joint like this 50 in a row and I'm appreciating the masterful wordplay and the vivid imagery in the message... And then on the 51st time... the Goosebumps and the chills and the watery eyes... It's always fire. Sometimes it's an Inferno. And sometimes I just melt into it and that's when I know I get it in a way that serves me. Interpretation is everything... everything is interpretation... This one just hit me in that kind of uncomfortable but necessary interpretation. I want to run out in the street and tell everybody to check this s*** out. Hardly anybody ever listens. I keep trying to tell people what's going on with this guy and his incredible Talent. One of the greatest Poets of all time? Probably both. But we don't hear it until we're ready for it. Much love to the man himself and to everybody out there who gets to that special place when they vibe to him. I wish everybody knew what was going on here, mostly. But on some level, I kind of feel like we have a special thing, those of us who can access or capture a little bit of what he's doing. How does one catch up to what he puts out? One doesn't, I suppose. 🍻

[@RandomBlake2564]

I feel like Aes shares a similar relationship to what I've heard others describe about psychadelics; You don't find them, they find you. How do you change someone? You can't, you can just show them ways how to change and whether or not they take it is up to them. I feel it's also a matter that when people discover something themselves it feels much more significant than someone else telling you something is special, and in all the ways that it IS special. Even if you're right, that doesn't necessarily mean it'll click for them. This is the biggest struggle I've dealt with when it comes to enjoying "underground" music.

[@samuelstewart875]

How are u 4real stealing my thoughts from my cerebellum? It's like u had crawled into my skull, waded through 50 fathoms of emotion and plucked those words buried under the compost in the overgrown garden of my heart. Although I planted those seeds years ago, this garden yet grows... curling its tendrils inside, around, n through my soul; total immersion with this music; I am Alive again.

[@tysonharriger5610]

This isn't just music. This is dedicated, thoughtful, disciplined art.

[@standemonium8212]

I made the mistake of thinking this was going to be a bad day, then new Aesop came out.

[@hiropon2985]

me too

[@aesopbricktop]

I swear he drops albums at the perfect times.

[@kcksd10]

New 3mg as well

[@maikatiemuj2706]

didint this song come a bit go? i think its just the clip thats new

[@ShutUpCleanYourMonitor]

On house arrest 🤯

[@karabomasibi2331]

This video fits the song so well and actually improves your understanding quicker

[@jkq311]

Maybe. It was too much for my stoned head. The visuals and lyrics were not processing fast enough in my brain to fully grasp the content.

[@refusingtoconform]

RTJ4, Spirit World Field Guide, and Anime, Trauma, and Divorce. What a time to be an underground hip-hop fan.

[@yugiohyoutuification]

Not to mention Bishop Nehru's Nehruvia this year

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Aesop isn't underground anymore. He started as an earthworm, but found an appleseed that floated to the sun's labor days. Nowadays none shall pass him. It's about being a hip hop fan, really.

[@refusingtoconform]

@@poughkeepsieblue He's definitely NOT underground but he's also not mainstream. It's like Doom, he's just a venerated vet that has garnered the respect he didn't receive in his youth.

[@dorianbasner1923]

Black Thought isn’t necessarily underground but Cane and Able is out too. Truly a great time for the genre

[@adamwilliams4848]

Not to mention Felt 4 as well....been a good year for hip-hop.

[@mpchead621]

side note: the music video is incredible

[@notfastenough1726]

When the music so good the video is a side note 🔥

[@8thLife]

Every new song from Aesop makes me want to go back through his ful catalog again. Such an insanely talented rapper!

[@dakistle]

The new stuff makes me forget about the old stuff

[@12201185234]

Think I'm going to heroic dose with these Golden Teachers I've been sitting on once this album finally drops next month.

[@merganmecdinald]

I recommend it, I did the same with Malibu ken lmao

[@tacomcarthur9685]

Fuck dude i wish i could find those in my area! 😡

[@durere]

how'd it go?

[@dakistle]

Get on that melmac! GTs have been dominated

[@ivbqwljrf234]

I heard the first 20 seconds and knew I'd listen to this song thousands of times in my life. Hats off, once again, mighty Aes.

[@JeffMackSoundsTrue]

I love AES's face in the smoke. His creativity keeps astounding me. He really knows how to set the mood and really go for it. Thank you for the new music.

[@MedicinalSmoker]

Aesop Rock is the Shakespeare of modern day lyricists

[@ishaking6278]

Aesop is easily a better writer than Shakespeare. Aesop has much better and more vivid imagery while using allusions, metaphors, entendres, allegories, rhymes and other literary devices.

[@kevinmunoz3321]

Shakespeare was the radio music taylor swift of his time. The deep playewrights are out there but hes not that deep.

[@HoboBama]

'..they talk about the jungle like it's always in the room..' 🧡

[@CuttinChris]

Aes is singlehandedly keeping 2020 from destroying the universe.

[@GathererThompson]

@DIV1NITAL The first thing you'd lose is electricity. Then you'd only have your family to shit on, if they even put up with you anymore.

[@divinefallfromgrace]

Or maybe, Aes is keepin' the Universe from destroying US. 💭

[@nashbird76]

Aesop Rock saves lives and blows minds. May his mind bless us for a long, long time.

[@raer5373]

First our boys El-P and Killer Mike come with Rtj4 now Aes drops new music. 2020 doesnt suck so much anymore.

[@JD-sf7xn]

Deftones gotta new one coming out soon too, if you're into that

[@raer5373]

@MMARZ 7 I Don't give a fuck if the rapper is white or brown or purple, dope music is dope music. ,,A Dash of whiteness" term is kind of funny to me because before seeing how El-P and Rob Sonic looked I thought they were Black honestly :D

[@zacharydobrowski8796]

Ohms is fucking bangarang

[@jaystar5068]

And deca comes with birds and snakes!!

[@darrnellnott07]

But then news comes out we lost DOOM. Couldn't even end on a good note

[@scottmiller7086]

Every song is a master class in lyrical excellence.

[@OneHitAway]

I wish my brother was still alive so I could rush over to his crib and play him this song.

[@durere]

I'm sure Aes sang it to him while on the other side.

[@RobotronSage]

@@durere Spirit world is real and i'm not saying this cause Aesop's saying this. He knows what's up!!!

[@nicholasbrookins630]

Poem at the end is Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

[@rubyrayne8]

I thought it was by Ruth Wright. Baudelaire did write a collection of poems Le Spleen de Paris but it’s a different work.

[@theysayhiraeth1152]

This song is powerful. "Never let me die on a regular hill"

[@honey3762]

5:21 OH MY GOD! This makes me so happy, that's Ruth White's spleen!!!

[@jackjohnson691]

Im salivating. A nice batch of LSD is going around my area. The Gates was epic on acid. Can't wait to see where the whole album will take me

[@dakistle]

go go go!

[@NZMPlays]

Ace Rocks best song/video of all time. Cant stress how much I appreciate this mans work for hip hop.

[@theyliveglasses4667]

The themes on this album so far are super intriguing, I'm ready for whatever weird trip Aes is gonna take us on

[@hannahplaysalone]

I can't put into words what aesop gives me...he just gets better and better

[@lysergicjimmy69]

I always wondered how aesop would break down a trip.

[@WarbossRB]

The greatest pacman in history didn't do it for you?

[@lysergicjimmy69]

@@WarbossRB came close but no cigar..

[@xanhteps648]

Last Pac man on bazooka tooth. Its not as pro lsd as we might hope for. .

[@kcksd10]

AMAZERS!!!!!

[@smlinarcik]

That Ruth White sample at the end is such an A+ pull.

[@TheCommanderTitan]

Makes you wonder if Aesop knows what Space Funeral is, or if he found that on his own...

[@bbuny10]

I’m glad my favorite rapper is still making music I love

[@blakeelledge8516]

Spirit World Field Guide is the best album to drop in 2020!!!! Sooooo glad I pre ordered this BOMB ALBUM!!!! 😁 YOU SHOULD TOO!!! I PROMISE YOU SHALL NOT REGRET IT!!!

[@tatoarg9508]

Dear Aes, if you're reading this, we thank you. This is fresh and challenging at the same time. We have to elevate our ears to your standards. And that's what being an artist is about!

[@thaMANSTA]

Aesop here to solve the Mt. Chilliad mystery.

[@-user_redacted-]

Aesop is the Mt. Chilliad mystery.

[@bobbybrine6547]

He had a jetpack the whole time

[@adenms3576]

😂😂

[@poughkeepsieblue]

I thought that shit looked familiar. Turn the mural upside down, it becomes the canyon from the train wreck mission. Just sayin.

[@Rudothing]

Now HERES a conspiracy I can get behind

[@TheFreshSuperior]

Been listening to Aes for more than half my life.. he is getting fucking better. It’s scary

[@donofbran]

Already preordered the vinyl, and these singles are making me even more excited :)

[@ethansmith49]

Same here! can't wait to hear the rest!

[@ironhelix5362]

One of a kind artist raising the bar every time. Sick sick track.

[@knutwagner7997]

Pretty dang sure i never anticipated a sweet piece o' vinyl more ! Ace Rizzle to the rescue...

[@andyzagray7962]

That book did something crazy

[@williammaisonet8228]

Wrong way into the diode, explosive.

[@kryonik]

The vocal sample at the end gave me chills

[@SinSokolov]

""Electric eels killed two of my best friends" Said the local to the gringo Then dove in off the pirogue In a cloud of smoky mopacho They boat in from Iquitos Mosquitos on the wall of the Amazonian ethos" WHAT

[@psychrockvinyl]

my fav verse

[@siy9583]

@@psychrockvinyl I credit Aesop rock for my vocabulary. I constantly have to research words when I listen to him lmfao

[@FlashQuatsch]

Gringo is how Peruvians refer to Americans and sometimes white people. Pirogue is Piragua, a type of boat. Mopacho is a type of tobacco. And Iquitos is the capital city of Loreto, a region in the jungle of Peru. Hope that helped a bit 🤗

[@NZMPlays]

Dudes been spending the last few years in Thailand and Peru, gathering Field knowledge of the jungle atmosphere just to craft this record. I. FUCKING. LOVE. THIS. GUY.

[@DMdno-hs4ef]

And people say em is rap God apparently never listened to aesop

[@kopas9498]

I'm really feelin Iron Gallery with that track Dope Shroud. Can't wait for that EP!!

[@OneHitAway]

[Verse 1] Keep it classy Key to Pizza Alley Weaving traffic in a overheating taxi In Lima Tickets to liberate the center, pitch surrender To a witch doctor pouring amphibians out the blender Underneath a glowing purple Christ Perfect surf, curl up and die Cobblestone alone a masterclass in open world design I came from the wasteland in featherlight trail pants Fugee off the ant trail Inca trail mailman Fail in every hemisphere Show me the ambrosia Maybe ghost into thе coca leaf and holy heliconia Wherе shaman opt to zombify undocumented expats High and writing Ayahuasca letters back to Melmac Dear friends Send help yesterday Yours true, condor, puma, serpiente Talk rap albums over alpaca medallions With metalheads who traffic magic flowers from the mountains To the houses of the holy A token of that sacred valley balance So you don't expel omega fatty acids The strays in the plaza look happier than my neighbors They answer to Paddington Bear in waders It's amazers What ship, what shore? I grew up writing riddles under bridges in New York Now I travel like a highwayman who whispers to his horse Sharing stories out of winter, trying to trigger something pure From "Dying on the vine," to, "It's alive and indivisible" To, "How'd I get this far without a bindle full of crystal skulls?" Cozy local woven goods Beaded shit for people you have never met or spoken to But know they'll need to hold Peru Throw a couple logs on the fire There's a chimney in San Blas where you can hear Baby Dayliner Bouncing softly off the navy blue April showers, paper moon Run the light and beat the drum And smoke the dope and raid the tomb [Chorus] Pay no mind to the bygones Find him a strange hill to die on Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Pay no mind to the bygones Find him a strange hill to die on Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill [Verse 2] The local homie blow smoke on his wounds And talk about the jungle like it's always in the room New and shooting lumens out of a canoe into the ruins Silly putty for some otherworldly woo-woo to influence Ooh, it's a strange bouquet Not today, Supay Rubber boots and tumbo juice and tarantula toupee Canopy going H.A.M. over camp in a feuding biome Os Mutantes row-row-rowing the wrong way into the diode Fry the banana, heart of palm ribbons Fish from the river, sauces made of citrus On a screen porch pimpled after dark with frogs and lizards When high as hell, they might as well be Mothras and Godzillas It's awesome Peer into the spirit quest, spellbound Three to one machete, yelling back into the hellmouth You hit the labyrinth an ambassador of peace and love You might return with the root of your superego plunged [Chorus] The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me [Verse 3] "Electric eels killed two of my best friends" Said the local to the gringo Then dove in off the pirogue In a cloud of smoky mopacho They boat in from Iquitos Mosquitos on the wall of the Amazonian ethos Off to bounce a light off any hairy eyeball in the basin Wild pig, owl, baby caiman Coral snakes that drape down from the timbers Like the six fingers of Satan They only speak in S's, you cannot get an amen I told my darkest secrets to a pair of fuchsia dolphins The doozy out in Paris, the futures I had squandered They whispered something to me I will bear unto my coffin What's apparent via Occam is despondency as common We traded numbers and made off into the pond scum Humming Muddy Waters Motherfucker, I am on one Earth, wind, fire, and papaya We fly with the poison arrow We dive with the arapaima Look

[@johannsimonot]

Aesop rock, mf doom (rip), el p, vast aire, sole and many more...hip hop legends...only knows by the elite of hip hop. Ignore by medias... If you watch this video, you are one of us ;)

[@WarrenLeggatt]

I don't think there is another in the game that is close to the use of language Aesop has. Never a straight line to describe something, just layers of relationships between word and meaning that give you the breadcrumbs you need to piece together the intent. :)

[@Doesntmattter37]

Another banger, thank you Aes for being yourself.

[@Impossible033]

DEAR FRIENDS, SEND HELP YESTERDAY

[@makaokaonthane9590]

It’s weird how we quote Aesop rock bars we can understand 😂😂

[@Yagunitto]

ok i'm calling Nolan

[@rosszeadker5375]

@DIV1NITAL Novembers almost over. Do you retract your statement?

[@psychocline2579]

Camp bogard sends Madea

[@stevebob240]

Every song blows my mind, I love it so much. Aesop is a god among men.

[@justinmichael9191]

AES HERE TO SAVE 2020

[@kk-lr5ud]

@DIV1NITAL lol nuclear november nice 🔬

[@gyozakeynsianism]

More like to say "I told you so." And then to drop acid. And then to chuckle a bit and pet Kirby.

[@Dazzletrain]

God damn, I love Aesop. I listen to his music a different way. It's almost heartbreaking.

[@jaydaville5830]

Being a fan of both Aesop and Magic Mushrooms... Starting to think GrandMaster Aes has been expanding his consciousness lately lol

[@psychrockvinyl]

haha absolutely man if this isn’t the best song about dmt world then what is!

[@Respect2theFallen]

Malibu Ken man he mentioned a mushroom in his car and someone was worried about it but he wasn't lol seemed psych-ish to me and that was an older album I'm sure he's been on it

[@Peter_Kropotkin]

Gotta love psychs

[@VoxPopuli-gp9il]

He's had to have been dosing and taking psychedelic visionary journeys since his early days. The complexity and depth of his lyricism speaks volumes for that.

[@Respect2theFallen]

@@VoxPopuli-gp9il I agree plus when he did the impossible kid i believe he said he stayed in a shack for a couple days or weeks with no technology. He had to have been taking psychs, drawing, and meditating or something in that case

[@nathantwilight]

shoulda known aes would have a new album out by now. thanks to all rhymesayers crew and aes for making truly edifying art that teaches us all something new bout the universe. nothing in the pop world compares or is even worth listening to, but yall's stuff is the kind of eye opening business that i live for.

[@bobbobs4851]

Threadly reminder that Aesop Rock is objectively the GOAT and all opinions otherwise have already been debunked by Snopes.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Facts check out

[@apatheticviewer234]

Eh Illogic is a better lyricist. Celestial Clockwork is perfect. Aesop is more consistent tho

[@bobbobs4851]

@@apatheticviewer234 that has been debunked. Please take your conspiracy theories to infowars.

[@kk-lr5ud]

@@bobbobs4851 boblawbobslog?? Is it really you!? 💋

[@jkq311]

I wouldn't trust snopes any more than I trust some stranger; in fact I have more trust in the stranger than snopes.

[@LINKAG3]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! AAAAEEEEEESSSS!!!!!

[@austinreed4383]

Dear Universe, Please have Aes, Boy Sand and Mike Eagle tour their new albums together and perform Syrup as a closer. If you could fit that in before the apocalypse that'd be rad. Thank you.

[@edwarddakora3697]

I love Aesop Rock's music, so creative and so different from the rest. Keep making music Aesop Rock, I respect your talents.

[@Tripl3Nippl3]

Man @ this point AESOP can do ZER0 wrong. Banger after banger album EVERY TIME since he dropped "Daylight", etc. Thank u AES for decades of beautiful Head Nodding Enlightenment!!!!!!

[@dakistle]

Ya dude. So much greatness for the fans

[@vmnmusic94]

love

[@GtaRockt]

when you type "Aesop Rock" into the search bar to show your homie some Aesop Rock tracks and you realize he released another track just a couple of hours ago: :O

[@BSpazTs]

Great talent

[@de-d9027]

Hell yeah Aesop coming in with another great song, cant wait for this album

[@nudoge]

same tho

[@FlintFandango]

Incredible, if there´s Aesop Rock written on it, it´s a masterpiece! I already pre-ordered the album. This is gonna be awesome for sure!

[@jrwproof]

when i lived in peru a few years ago, pizza street was an alley in the miraflores neighborhood of lima -- restaurants and bars by day, but infamous for hookers and drugs by night. the government just shut it all down and cleaned it up not too long ago.

[@wernerfels7584]

think the same, also the tone he use as he say lima can smell the coke in that words

[@rubyrayne8]

Oh I didn’t know that! Thanks for the info. I can look up some of the words I didn’t know, but I didn’t look up pizza alley.

[@jayjames8026]

THANK YOU AESOP... We are truly blessed to have you in our lives THANK YOU for being here with us.... and much love to all of Rhymesayers.

[@coreyp12290]

I feel like the only reason Ace is slept on is because he goes so far above everyone's head.

[@scladoffle2472]

The delusions of a fanboy. He's not slept on because "he goes so far above everyone's head", he's slept on because nobody really listens to hip hop in relation to other music, and he's never made pop music. People say this shit all the time but all you're doing is feeding your own ego.

[@Odd_Combo]

@James Jamison I just heard a guy do a reaction to Aes, and it was his first time hearing him. He said this and I feel that this was appropriate... “He’s too dope for normal human consumption.” - MrLBoyd (I think?)

[@Behemoth_Rogue]

@@scladoffle2472 Yet everyone knows who JayZ, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Eminem, and 50 cent are. Rap and hip hop are mainstream now homie. Aes is slept on because he's underground, and not alot of people can actually grasp what he's trying to say in his verses.

[@VeniVizzleVici]

@@Behemoth_Rogue "Mainstream" rap is only popular due to certain groups wanting certain messages prioritized.

[@ConsciousThomas]

yha gotta beeeeee

[@LysanderSpooner-zl5vm]

My wife asked me the other day… “Besides our children and marriage, what are you most thankful for?” To which I responded, “Discovering Aesop Rock’s music, of course.” Immediately, she took off her clothes and jumped on me. Thanks AESOP! You have no equal

[@anotherperson956]

Usually I look up references made in Aes's songs but my family is from Peru so I was pleased to already know the cities and such he name drops. He needs to lmk next time he's in Peru so I can give him a tour lol

[@bigdaddyvtec]

NEVER LET ME DIE ON A REGULAR HILL

[@zzaichik8572]

Unreal beat switch into a beat with a little banjo... This is probably the only hip-hop song to have a banjo riff. It's insane - it's amazers!

[@goatbacon3522]

Heard a NAVY BLUE reference I think "without a bindle of crystal skulls" is an amazing line. thats a indiana jones reference. Aesop has never nuked the fridge

[@MermaidMoney]

omg with this song... I lived in Peru 18 months in Lima and WOW somehow you captured the essence of this place.. AMAZING lyrics!!! THANK YOU!!!! GRACIAS!!!!

[@nathannakonieczny1343]

So, actually try blowing smoke on your wounds. It's like a literally temporary ice-hot pack.

[@edotexe6739]

When you realise there is an actual boiling river in Peru. The poem at the end is from a french poet in the 1800s lamenting about the changing culture of Paris, and was sampled from the album "Flowers of Evil" 1969.

[@OneHitAway]

Electric eels are no joke

[@jaystar5068]

Omg. He did it again! There is no mc, who is that good. Aesop is so underrated, to me he is one of the great artits of my generation, not only in hip hop in art generally!! Thank you man!

[@royalvirtues1511]

Aesop the man that likes to Maze hop , trace God in chalk - then point arrows towards an ayahuasca church spot , where there’s a heard of Gods, and neitches lantern still on!

[@LORDHoekalledGAuhEY69TH]

aes rock is the goddess locking pussy eating, still talking walking fawn king slaying with one sword swing, between his legs is the sheath undressed third peg wood feet standing steep on hill, sliding slipping ur footing still, trek space like wars the star support republic overbearing last seen scarily strung overboard water dripping chinese torturesome , Fortitude of fortresses to exhume archaic work of archaeology at its worst unearthing items that are cursed and leaving with bags of loot lucratively liquidated steadily stupid on a stoop

[@LM01234]

Love this both of yall

[@LORDHoekalledGAuhEY69TH]

@@LM01234 thaaanksssss

[@oddborofiend]

Your catalogue is so impressive I nearly always have trouble accepting that you've released MORE music that is STILL of the same caliber...love your jams so much. Thank you for forcefully dragging us back upright in these terrible times. We're not worthy.

[@LINKAG3]

--- In Aesop's IG Story Today --- The song makes me wanna close my eyes, So Tight, but Just Never Stop Believing, like... I wanna get "Condor, Puma, Serpiente" Tattooed across my Chest; I don't have any tattoos, I don't have 1 tattoo... I don't think... I Think I wanna get it BRANDED Across my Chest... - Homeboy Sandman 11/11 Review; Agreed; Wholeheartedly.

[@ImmortalIdeas]

The mountain as the face is perfect!!!!! Dam bro you went all in on this.

[@NSXTACY420]

"Dear friends send help yesterday" - Aesop

[@BIGARMADA1988]

Another great track from Aes. Also love how the music videos are connected telling a story. Seems like it'll be the theme going in to this album, I'm already excited for the next single and video furthering the story.

[@EdwardSteadfast]

“ I got a really weird beat...doesn’t really start for like 3mins”? “Ah cool... I’m gonna record it through a 1979 rotary phone anyway 🤷🏼‍♂️ .. lets do it!”

[@SoloAtlantis]

I'm not digging it. I wish I was but the beat doesn't vibe and he sounds like drinking outa cups got a record deal

[@calypso3316]

@@SoloAtlantis I laughed way too hard at this comment. "Seahorse seashell party"

[@garasuka5624]

Thank you 🗺

[@7thdrxn]

Sounds like Aes had a productive visit with mama ayahuasca.

[@vapid6311]

if anything I was getting big mammon's mantra vibes, but I see it lol

[@7thdrxn]

@@Nomad_Skateboarding our friend Aesop Rock, silly! :) He calls himself Aes in a few songs for short.

[@harkiratsingh8508]

Word. Good job. Strange how naturally the stories tell the same lessons.

[@basicallysick6144]

Idc about masses. I believe in this guy I dun need reason why

[@kevinmunoz3321]

I mean it got over 5k views in a single hour, I don’t think anyone’s persecuting you for liking one of the goat rappers.

[@-user_redacted-]

@@kevinmunoz3321 given how few people seem to know of Aes, I'm sure those 5k views were from about 3k people. I know I'm putting it on repeat for a while to try to break it down a bit. This album is gonna be a wild ride.

[@aesopbricktop]

Ive accepted noone I know will understand and appreciate aes like I do, so I just enjoy it solo.

[@basicallysick6144]

@@aesopbricktop dude you do you I'll do me in the brand scheme I'll consider aesop rock's brand of speculative and observational rap as a theme.

[@aesopbricktop]

@@basicallysick6144 what?

[@danb5357]

I'm here in 2022 and this is still too dope for human consumption