Aesop Rock - Shere Kahn

Album: Music For Earthworms (1997)

[@lupasatanas8458]

this picture taken just to the left of windows background

[@seabassgilligan9396]

You mean right?

[@danfontaine8179]

xD it fits really well with this song

[@seanrobinson2270]

@@seabassgilligan9396 doesn't it depend which direction you're facing?

[@seabassgilligan9396]

sean robinson thank you for bring me back to this song man! And nah definitely right.

[@seanrobinson2270]

@@seabassgilligan9396 no problem! Oh fairs lol i don't know the place but surely if you are stood on the opposite side it would be on the left?

[@ontherims3284]

I just can't help but pour over your work. Gonna buy your albums. I want them all. I'm hanging them on my wall. When people ask what's that?..i'll say ....get the hell out of my house.

[@bossdula]

I know this comment is late and I'm late to hearing this but this is the best comment I've ever seen on KZbin

[@OracleTheRonin]

hang them as art, as they are. Aes says he's a failed artist turned rapper but he actually found himself creating a new type or painting which resides in your minds eye.

[@GysiedeWaal]

Music for earthworms is super rare, don't even think it's available.

[@Rebazar]

Mad props to the dude who hooked me up with Appleseed and Music For Earthworms in 1998, shit changed my life

[@danfontaine8179]

Amante good shit, I've managed to turn like 3 people onto Aesop. Most people think it sounds like garbage *shrug* guess they need a catchy tune to appreciate musical art

[@GetMoreOdder]

those who cannot stomach Aesop are not ready for Aesops' words yet.

[@scladoffle2472]

@@danfontaine8179 You need to realise not everyone has to enjoy music in the exact same way you do. I can guarantee those people enjoy other things that you simply don't, because that's how people are. It says a lot about you that you put people down for not appreciating a musical artist you like.

[@vinny5638]

@@scladoffle2472 it says he wants his peers to relate to how much interest he has in an artist? You taking this personally is pretty weird buddy, especially with this whole "it says a lot about you" shtick. He made an off handed comment about music and you're turning it into some shitty psychology class.

[@OracleTheRonin]

@@vinny5638 true

[@devonripley5744]

Don't read the comments.

[@doomfan12345]

Lol Sometimes it's best to just watch to videos and move on (at least on YT).

[@adgrMAG]

I forever wallow in glitches grimly distributed by side effects Consumed, cocooned in antisocial trenches drenched! Gridled between dense pillars of polar value lies A grey so blueless it's got eye fiendin for the sky Synthesized lies rise synthetic Sittin inside solidified plastics who's latteral burns germ compatible My firm's radically piloted, dodging a fire swiftly Yellow brick stalker walking shifty I am but a prototype metroid programmed to holocaust style While you're soakin in the stages of denial Your petty soldiers seem fragile like Giacometti sculptures Embedded in aramatic cultures. We's rock steady vultures Plus I's the guise of rowin a soul My wingspan stands flags in the snow of the poles Bezerk Swerve my alignment towards solitary confinement and jade it Stripping, color my passion mitigated Slipping You always seem like a small grey cat to me Sleepin underneath the silvery moon Paws curled beneath your head 'Til the sun came round just around noon And you would greet me, purring in your doorway Drawing up your tail around my hips And I would go to your mouth wide open Waitin for my nourish to come from your lips And I move you And you like it Just enough To let me But I hate you Cause you're lonely And you know how To forget me For the love of my personal practice I reside Where obstructive fluxes and societal withdrawl collides Slide fuel by the fury Spun a ring around my honor But the opulence took shelter in my horror Melancholy masquerade Cast amongst the braiding of biligerence And blazing terror that blew the lock down off my placement I stay special agent till the sky falls Reverse the curse till my fellow lost children disperse And your footsteps leading down the pathway Never seem to be quite like my own Your mind is smokey circles It blinded me till I turned towards home And you would watch me far in the distance Hands held high above your head I only leave the territory where there's nothing left, to be said And I move you And you like it Just enough To let me But I hate you Cause you're lonely And you know how To forget me "You can come, I'll leap right over" I make music and connect color to canvas Swoop down from the trees with potpourris and other bandits Landed randomly upon the valleys of the grimace Saw my planted leaf stars burnin from the oustide in Meaning your clout lies thin Salt prep the blades prior to five phase in my ever changin underworld Serate a day to decorate a traitor That sting never fades like belly wounds from sling blades Follow my portion, Im gonna swallow distortion and spit the filter "You can come, I'll leap right over Any day you like System 605, Union 91"

[@mariomandujano7333]

This beat is freaking insane !!!!

[@ReasonExtremist]

mario mandujano pretty much the case with all aesop songs

[@christopherjoseph9702]

When I first heard this song, I thought I will never make a song as good as this.

[@Kevin-ne5yq]

@@christopherjoseph9702 that's my reaction to most Aes songs. Some days he inspires me, other days he makes me want to quit writing.

[@atoasttototoro]

every bit of scratching in this tune make's my heart flutter.

[@mystichash]

I saw a Giacometti sculpture once. It looked fragile indeed.

[@sanholo2776]

how am i still finding aesop songs i havent heard yet

[@TheChrisPutnam]

This is the first Aesop song I ever heard

[@DUBskateproductions]

the best aesop song to blaze to imo

[@OracleTheRonin]

oxygen made me go to an ethereal realm

[@skilllager10]

LMFAO WTF THIS IS INSANE

[@heathersitz3615]

I freaking love this guy...😍

[@LAMEHERC1]

production is super impressive for '97

[@jesterlogic6886]

Made literally around 20 fucking years ago................

[@WarShroud]

And I still play it and always will.

[@JazzyAnasazi]

this is a weird fucking song

[@oligriffiths9055]

+556FATHOMS why?

[@penguinmilkstudios]

+556FATHOMS The lyrics help you understand premise.

[@JazzyAnasazi]

the instrumental is really awesome and different, the pace he and the girl goes about the song is strange, there is more instrumental than Aes rapping and the girl singing.

[@gavinbrawner3658]

+556FATHOMS His flow sounds so different and smoother in this song compared to the songs he was making at the time. Too bad he doesn't rap very much in this track :/

[@JazzyAnasazi]

Gavin Brawner True that, he went hard on this song at the parts he rapped. He has some insane flow on other songs like Coffee, Pigs, Zero Dark Thirty, Try Not To Die, and my absolute favorite, Bug Zapper

[@Stretchlucas]

I salute my fellow earthworms.

[@brikfilm]

The woman singing is named Ann Colville. From what I've seen, her verses are original to this song.

[@djflatline86]

Intro reminds me of the rugrats inro

[@jds1980ful]

This song encompasses everything that is hip hop

[@grungebobbz]

They used to teach that in 4th grade, but it's wrong. You can do whatever you want literary. I think I can find quite a few examples of such in famous works.

[@ryan2798]

AESOP RYHME KILLER THE BEST SO MUCH LOVE MAYNE

[@jessicalandis578]

Word

[@MrCivicGuy]

Aesop is losing his mind cause of assholes that can't understand his music. this man is a musical genius. DON"T LOSE YOU'R MIND PLZ I LOVE U!

[@modusengineering6065]

"Party over here. I'll be over there." + "Old pros throw bows to the 808s. You couldn't throw a rope over a baby gate!" ...that line shows how the rest of the game remains generations behind his isolated development and eventual flight away from what is /now/ considered "hip-hop". When they say it's a movement, you take, add, contribute and make it move, he did. Hip-hop still alive orbiting silently away from the mainstream in subtle but intense forms like Aesop carries. Fellow artists or even fans catch up slowly like "how'd I miss this!??" And it's already too late. He's smoking a cigarette and got a grey beard like "yeah, ok" but when people do catch onto his wavelength it's mastery. C-ray Walz, Rob sonic, Slug, etc. You feel like you're really /witnessing/ something transcend into our world. And leave again in a dazed "what did they just say?" Disbelief.

[@zacarony]

“your petty soldiers stand fragile like giacometti sculptures” LMFAO. GAS.

[@patrickdabs]

Such an obscure and sick reference. Aes is more cultured than bacteria in a petri dish.

[@thirdlawofmotion]

Better late than never

[@alpacajones3932]

This song brings me back to when my ex was alive and I would take the bart train to see her and smoke weed and listen to this

[@saintd_ii]

I've always loved how relentless his verbosity was in the first album.

[@SunShine-hn7qk]

facts he was going for their friggen necks.

[@jackstern5737]

Its not like he's chilled out on the verbosity

[@Bright-Space-Frontier]

Look at the youth in his face. Ugh getting older.

[@Notanothercrayon]

Lotta years

[@bigwaynebigwayne1084]

There's so much I could say about him and this song but I'll just say, So Dope!!!

[@p3ngi3]

This track was not made by Aesop rock. It was made by the controls. You should change your label for legal purposes

[@Beretta249]

Worst intro hook to an Aes track maybe ever. Good beyond that, but fucking awful start. That's _75 seconds_ that does nothing for the rest of this track.

[@MrEpic-qe2tt]

Best song on the album.

[@AntisthenesOfAthenai]

One of his best songs, period.

[@OracleTheRonin]

sample from zero zero - mike batt, also sampled on plastic soldiers

[@jghoti8168]

check my page for a quick visual i put together for this junt

[@MrLiquidpoet]

Feelin it, like always.

[@MrBiace]

Lol you live in US? hahahahah

[@MrEpic-qe2tt]

Am I the only one who sees the dog on Aes's shoulder?

[@LuvLie999]

pure crafted

[@3mepleasenow]

Come here my honorific title. Nunc.

[@christufts6787]

Anyone know who produced this?

[@OracleTheRonin]

shortest 6min+ song ever

[@lokinkuli050]

I named my second son Aesa after aesop rock! One day he'll realize what ive done. Lol

[@doos4966]

The rock would have been better

[@Kevin-ne5yq]

Dude that's awesome - respect!

[@user-dd9qq1ru7s]

Thats cool levi is a cool name also

[@andreajustine1982]

I gave my son the middle name Aes after Aesop! Our kids are cooler than they even know. Haha

[@aimeebeardsley]

DUDE. I love this Shit. There is a loop from the Jungle Book in this track. Aes is genius.

[@fluffykittenredneck5]

Gotta love ads on a song that ain't even yours

[@silmatkii]

"wake up call"

[@MuirDahl]

i f o r e v e r w a l l o w

[@denismysenko1690]

Massive Attack vibe

[@dirtyaznstyle]

Brings me back to Highschool.....

[@dundalkfights]

Dude, are you serious? You're=you are, "your" shows ownership of something. When you pass English 9 come at people on youtube, but until you have at least some understanding of the English language as a whole, stop trying to look smart on the internet because people are lining up to burn people of inferior intellect, mostly because it's far too easy and satisfying for the little effort put forth.

[@transformersloverjon]

So, it's probably time to correct myself

[@mobuslol]

Shere Kahn is actually the tiger from Jungle Book one and two, and Ann Colville is singing about a cat who she's reminded of who's now cowering. In Jungle Book Shere Kahn is pretty much ruler of the jungle and is arrogant, but, at times humbled. So, something along those lines?

[@ThePiercepick]

good call on the shadow on his shoulder

[@thehindmost88]

Hy visionarie, at least they aren't forcing us to use real names. Ad I still can't find myself using google. I think they're managing privacy pretty well.

[@youtubenoob]

hahaha, werd, you got me. now, tell me in what way does capitalization change the context of any sentence? this may go way over your head...

[@littlejln213]

20 years later. still a fucking ripper

[@littlejln213]

melancholy masquerade

[@TFCrysis1]

it would be like,i have a dream that terraforming extraterristails with metaphorically induce a media sleep through Cryogenics Lol

[@The9toes]

You really shouldn't be correcting other people's grammar if you don't have a firm grasp on sentence structure and punctuation.

[@hippiejr2385]

Just amazing

[@dundalkfights]

thanks was trying to figure that one out for like a week until i listened to every song on Music 4 Earthworms. it's a pain in the ass searching lyrics from that album. i do really dig how he starts wake up call with "Is you fat cats, or lab rats? Trails to my steppin' got em sweatin' flash backs."

[@PFloydTime]

lol you shouldn't put time in a guy who relies on the red line from grammar check :p

[@chess4774]

@gnarlycorinne it is on Music For Earthworms.... it is not in print right now

[@chrisgould101]

is there a sample from a video game 'goblins' from the 90's i just clicked... maybe

[@dundalkfights]

The album it self is called Music 4 Earthworms, not sure why, but he uses the hipster shorthand.

[@MrBiace]

Well I've learned that there should be a period at the end of the sentence when I was 5-6 y. o. But when I was 10 I had an English class which taught me to distinguish between YOU ARE and YOUR.

[@VambzBatt]

you know whats funny. Princess Jasmine has a tiger and her name is Rajah.

[@fofo69]

GR8 BEAT

[@mazinais31]

@thetrojanman87 hmm... those would be some interesting presidential speeches

[@MrZombeezie]

What album is this off of?

[@youtubeviewing9083]

Desc. says Music For Earthworms.

[@Beunibster]

It's on Spotify (last time I checked)!

[@andresramirez7224]

Very good hip hop ! Burn the imposter

[@Big107tyler]

Y’all ever tripped and listened to his shit????

[@thetrojanman87]

Aesop Rock: President 2012.

[@TempestBob]

2020, we got another shot at this

[@maxman8345]

Proceed with caution this song is known to cause respiratory problems & heart palpitations

[@SeattleMashUps]

word son

[@esappatryerson]

Shere Kahn means "King Tiger" in Hindi. Rudyard Kipling is cool.

[@spaarks84]

dundalkfights "does anyone know which song has the line "senoritas suck the woodie like termites, then wonder why they get labeled dick hungry damsels in distress"? i am pretty sure it is off "Music 4 Earthworms"" It is part of some group freestyle on KQRX or something like that that appeared on the same album with "Night Train". He singes a verse of "Shere Kahn" in the session and he singes the bit you referred too. I have never heard that part in any official song, but it looks like he went on to make a full fledged version of "Shere Kahn". He might have made "Shere Kahn" first, but I heard the radio freestyle version a year or so before I heard the album version of "Shere Kahn". That being said, your snippet inspired me to finish as much as I could from memory: "We all new and improved, poetically portable. Aesop Rock available in stores with my, highly suggestive parental discretion, in 99 brilliant new dimensions..bust it"

[@QuervoJones]

It's off"wake up call". And I think dude already figured that out

[@silmatkii]

yeah whole music for the earthworms is a masterpiece. same goes for float which is my favourite rap album.

[@Paddy31775]

Discovering this song and Portishead @ Roseland at the same time was a good night

[@3mepleasenow]

Akela we will do our best pest is what this reminds me of. Who dares wins.

[@chrisgould101]

for some reason its one of my favorite aes rock tracks beats nice, wouldve been the firstr aesop track i heard

[@autumnsnead1539]

[@rahlinrigsby]

yellow brick stalker walkin shifty

[@allthegoodonesarealreadytaken]

Skip the almost part and you're over 100% right about the 3rd. ,)

[@joegrizzly6]

Evaluate that ridiculous claim please.

[@Sneezac]

Someone knows the meaning of the mispelled khan ? Knowing Aes it means something, but what...

[@revedombre96ditchweed94]

not everone knows how khan is spelt

[@Sneezac]

I've seen this orthograph on many websites. Don't think this is an error

[@revedombre96ditchweed94]

+Sneezac i wouldnt weigh on it too heavily... from language to language, from time to time spelling becomes more artful... maybe that was the idea...

[@Sneezac]

Maybe yes... By the way this is one of my favorites

[@rickyspanish2720]

In the description I believe its spelled right but idk

[@Bonjour612]

whats the chorus sample from

[@lawfulremedies1838]

Mike Batt. A weird fucking Rock Opera type thing in the eighties that nobody could digest at the time. Blew my mind when I heard it.

[@transformersloverjon]

Shit, man, I like 40% asleep when I'm on the internet(or anywhere else)

[@capernoitedquidnunc8392]

what song is the girls voice sampled from?

[@BahzillaJr]

Aesop Rock: President (till death do us part)

[@johnnylove5826]

where is the whistle sample from? i know he uses it in other songs. i heard someone whistling it the other day.

[@VambzBatt]

@gettopimp1762- thanks for telling me that:)

[@TFCrysis1]

No* There* Guy*

[@Oldedog360]

I hate you for pointing that out...

[@MrBiace]

it is even worse than

[@TRUUTAH60559]

God I love this song.

[@adamaultman3651]

Awesome song to trip lsd too..lol

[@soulsynthesiscreations]

Love how this beat makes no sense until the words flow

[@joeybaldwin8516]

That beat is Fucking insain hip hop

[@4some2joe0]

UnderFuckingGround

[@ghettopimp1762]

umm rajah is a boy

[@ShadowVoodoo43]

God damn, but is this smooth.

[@TFCrysis1]

You're*

[@Jordyjg]

wouldint that be something?