Aesop Rock - Shrunk (Official Video)

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Featuring:
Aesop Rock
Rob Sonic
Eric Swisher
Andrew Root
Crew:
Director/Editor/8-bit Animator: Rob Shaw
Producer: Robert D'Esposito
Director of Photography: Rodrigo Melgarejo
Gaffer: Kevin Forrest
Steadicam Operator: Sam Naiman
Art Director: Emily Yurek
Animator: Neisje Morrell
Character Design: Alex Pardee
Additional Character Design: Mackenzie Peterson
Background Illustrator: Kamela Howard
DIT: Jim Birkett
Colorist: Orland Nutt
Production Assistant: Janie Faison
PA: Cypress Chvatal-Jones
PA: Alex McGregor
Special thanks to Art Santana, JohnNils Olson, Ground Kontrol Arcade and Bent Image Lab.
#TheImpossibleKid
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[@nicheneisj6423]

Honored to have the opportunity to animate part of this. Thanks Aes!

[@Dat_Dude_Danny1]

Whatever part u did came out great cause the whole video is cool!

[@penguindog1799]

If you look in the description he is the Animator, so I assume he did all of it.

[@eduardovillalobos353]

great work!! it's amazing

[@jasondice6332]

Great job thank you for your contribution!!!

[@TakHavocOfficial]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nathanwoods8849]

"She said when you start getting all expressive and symbolic it's impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic. I said when you start getting all exact and algebraic I'm reminded it's a racket and not a rehabilitation" Bars for fucking days.

[@oVerTheToP5o]

it's impressive how i like rap but i also read classics, this song is perfect, his literary skills are impressive seeing as i haven't seen anyone else rap so coherently and have such a poetic structure.

[@sabbathjackal]

oVerTheToP 5o you should google rappers compared to Shakespeare.

[@MrhibyeTV]

Nathan Hell yeah that's my favorite part honestly

[@dr.ligmahnutts2993]

go listen to his old stuff this is not his most impressive stuff lyrically

[@Krod50]

Okay

[@calimango7926]

Aes is somehow able to encompass relatability, mystery, wit, humor, brutal honesty, lyrical mastery, and self-deprecation all in the span of three minutes and thirty two seconds in a densely wrapped lyrical gift box. For real, mad props to the absolute G.O.A.T.

[@stinthedude]

Yaaas mate! Couldn't agree more

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

yeah, on every single song since 97 too... and they are all different, and they all make you feel the same way, especially if you've went through or experienced one of them. You are spot on Cali!

[@Ty91681]

He also produced the beat too. It's unreal.

[@aburritosnake7526]

He's the current Greatest rapper alive, but he isn't the G.O.A.T, the true G.O.A.T of Rap sadly passed away a few years ago, R.I.P MF DOOM!!!

[@chemicaldeath9866]

@@aburritosnake7526 Come on bruh don't make this a fight, not only could MF DOOM NEVER rhyme this densely, but MF DOOM's discography has a vocab count of 6,169 unique words while Aesop Rock's is at 7,879.... MF DOOM is definitely #2 as he is MILES ahead of any mainstream rapper, but mathematically speaking Aesop Rock is at least 1 mile ahead of MF DOOM

[@Coriolis11245]

I don't think it's physicaly, literally or philosophicaly possible for this music video to get any better.

[@Dwight_Lee]

you forgot to put possible between philosophicaly and for

[@Coriolis11245]

Kenny Sullivan I corrected it, thank you :)

[@Dwight_Lee]

no worries bud, happy trails!

[@Coriolis11245]

Kenny Sullivan You too man!

[@MrElixir75]

Abso-fuckin-lutely T is for T!

[@karabatakpoezie]

Aesop Rock for Nobel Prize Literature 2017. I'm serious.

[@JamesGuitarStuff]

fr tho he does

[@aliecat1999]

Kid Koon bob dylan doesnt have merit?

[@dertsegway1238]

Agreed

[@No2moking89]

He actually does have the biggest vocabulary in rap

[@notswush]

there're so many i feel like deserve that tbh. aesop is definitely on the list. So's kendrick, Will Toledo, and maybe even Earl Sweatshirt

[@samusgen]

Only Aesop can rap about going to therapy and make it sound dope.

[@WarbossRB]

I always wondered what the video would look like for this song. And the symbology of using the arcade as a therapist's office is amazing. Designed to throw your money at them in order to get better or level up against all odds.

[@gredangeo]

What? I didn't notice any kind of symbology. I wasn't paying attention to anything like that. lol! That's pretty neat.

[@rahcvastenrihc5667]

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[@travisbrown6814]

RB Newell Stop saying symbology!!! That's not a real word!!! Damn you Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code!!!!!!!! Use symbolism instead please... PLEASE!

[@gywnsfirstborn5002]

its actually amazing symbolism: You can never truly win some games (think tretris) theoretically its impossible to master or perfect. So to with the human condition and yourself. Yet the brilliance of this analogy is you do need to put in effort and money to succeed in therapy. you are the larger half of the equation of success. Its fun but still elegant.

[@gredangeo]

Travis Brown Symbology is the study of Symbolism. Makes perfect sense to me. If some playwright can make up a couple hundred words on the spot, a legitimate author can make up one.

[@channelgong]

I love the way that all of his Music Videos have used a different form of visual art. One of the best musicians ever right now, period.

[@NaruTheBlackSwan]

He is an artist. Words and visuals. He used to draw, hard to admit that he used to draw.

[@f0gman_]

He went to Boston University for Visual Arts. Glad it shows up well in his vids.

[@TheCavedude107]

Portraiture and the human form, doodle of a two headed unicorn.

[@NaruTheBlackSwan]

TheCavedude107 It was soothing.

[@farvezafridifaizurrahman6980]

Moving his arm in a fusion of man-made tools and a muse from beyond.

[@mattbustos522]

Just a reminder Aesop schedules a follow up. He's pessimistic about meeting with therapist, but obviously he goes back. Plus they recommend he get Kirby.

[@amostech5820]

Holy shit...

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

What'cha doin' there, Kirby?

[@schrome1019]

Get out the car , then he gets out the car and is Shrunk. The doc says to get Kirby. It’s a trilogy and it’s perfect .

[@damonedwards1544]

I don't know, maybe get a kitten.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

And what's honestly understated is how the doctor doesn't get dazzled by his verbosity. She sees through him and cuts him down to size (hence the title).

[@randomjunk3987]

Very rare to have an artist make me pause the music after a particular verse, take off my headset, and just think for a few moments.

[@GeekCreek]

He's the lyrical equivalent to the novelist Cormac McCarthy.

[@nobodyspecial9097]

She says, "I'm not your enemy." I said, "That sounds like something that my enemy would say"

[@fatkid504]

shes says "you're being difficult" i said, "i'm being guarded. you're a quarter mil in debt i get more guidance from my barber."

[@scrantonpa7408]

Wiid Lives so damn good

[@keiganm1287]

Iseriouslydoubtthatscheese only part i dont understand in this song is the quarter mil in debt line.

[@ADarkFoxx]

Keigan M I take it that he's alluding to the cost of his therapist's school loans.

[@175griffin]

@@keiganm1287 You must be from outside the US. Here you gotta rack up an absurd amount of debt to get an education.

[@dinnerbucket9]

Dudes been shredding for 20+ years. He is so dedicated to his art. He is the next Shakespeare.

[@iangrieve9202]

It's not as complex as it seems, especially if you've seen more than one therapist. Verse one is struggling through the onboarding paperwork while simultaneously trying to wrap your head around what it is that you want to talk about, verse two is sitting in the waiting room, preparing yourself for the encounter and knowing that you're going to be expected to open your veins and bleed your insecurities, verse three is battling with your ego to break down your walls as you try to address your anxieties with someone who doesn't know anything about you and is trying to help you using standardized, formulaic processes that begin to feel condescending after they become so familiar. It's hard not to approach it with the cynicism Aes so acutely describes, but you always wind up going back, despite the standoffishness and discomfort because of the pressure, both internal and external, just to make it work. "Will you be needing another appointment?" "Absolutely, I'm shrunk". Side note, shrunk is a superb play on words, because of the obvious connotation of the word "shrink" to describe a psychiatrist (as derived from the Amzonian Jivaro tribe, who would literally shrink the severed heads of their enemies) but also because of the denotation of becoming small, as in trying to compress your baggage into a one hour session with a complete stranger who practically demands the kind of intimacy you might have trouble feeling with your own family.

[@bodhidharmashmarma5179]

Wow - great explanation.

[@markforsey547]

As far as aesop rock goes this is one of his easier to understand songs, even people who have trouble understanding him can process this song with little effort. I swear you could create college level classes based on the break down and possible meanings of some songs but this song is a total break from his normal complexity.

[@viceroy1281]

Currently seeing a "shrink" for reasons I won't go on about here. I really feel this, thanks for putting into words what I probably couldn't by myself.

[@IntertemporalTraveler]

That sounds like a burnt out or maybe even bad therapist to me.

[@michaelmartinx714]

shrunk or shrink refers more to shrinking of our thought, fears and anxieties. Deflating of the ‘self’ or ego. I don’t know about all the shrunkin native head nonsense..

[@Rusty._]

Each quarter you put into the machine is a metaphor for each session with your therapist. Damn, Aes.

[@jamtime4978]

The Superforge no shit

[@grahamentwistle2081]

@JamTime - Using your comment as an accidental Aes reference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJyrfqFuppt9oskm2s

[@thomaspaine9284]

Not really. My guess it was written over a period of several appointments; first the primary visit, where he fills out the standard paperwork in an unusual manner. I see it as him in the office, making a mundane task more self enjoyable by pulling his identity from various, but fitting, often sarcastic, references, viz, a combination of his immediate surroundings and thoughts. Almost like Verbal Kint and his barber shop quartet in Skokie Illinois, Aesop’s “bullentin board” is the generic waiting room reading material found in healthcare facilities across America. waiting meshed with his own sarcasm and wit. Second verse is still in the waiting room, but , personally feel it’s a separate visit.This time, no paperwork to occupy and amuse himself, boredom gives way to some anxiety, anticipation, eventually triggering a “pull urself” together and accept the evisceration response . Them last verse is the only dialogue between him and his healthcare professional. He absolutely murdered it. Honestly, for me, this album was an epiphany, I’ve been rocking Aesop for close to twenty years, but it was actually the first time I read his lyrics. His vocabulary is amazing and most likely, at some point, most everyone will need a dictionary, But it’s his the but the true genius of ry “get it.” His vernacular hato references to esoteric proper nouns across a spectrum of niche type areas is and but not to approcryptic abstraction how to had trouble had wawhole album was I have been rocking Aesop to Aeso dialogue

[@shroomologist]

@@thomaspaine9284 The quarter metaphor is definitely valid (as is your analysis tbh). Arcade games are generally very hard and require a certain level of commitment if you wish to get anywhere with them. There is pretty much no chance of you reaching the end in a single session, you will inevitably have to keep coming back and pouring more and more money into them if you want a realistic chance of doing so. With all this in mind the parallels with psychotherapy are pretty obvious. Once you have invested a certain amount of time and money into familiarising yourself with a game you will find it more and more difficult to keep yourself away from it as you feel that you are close to that end goal, similar to how people can become emotionally dependent on psychotherapy. Even when you think that you have finally reached that end point you may find that the machine might still try to give you reasons to keep coming back, be it being put back on the first level at a higher difficulty or simply trying to beat a high score, given that it is primarily a business rather than a service. It's actually really clever when you think about it.

[@ThouArtEverywhereAndNowhere]

dude its one of his most literal songs cmon now

[@IsaacPrinTheNerd]

My last name, a thousand vowels fading down a sinkhole to a sussurus. Probably the most cryptic verse I've ever heard from Aesop Rock.

[@gmoney87ism]

Apparently susurrus is a whispering, murmuring or rustling.so basicaically obscurity the way I see it

[@FSquid]

Hell yeah! This was my fav off Impossible Kid. The beat is vicious and the first verse is amazing.

[@seanwattsmoore8507]

So it's not a new song

[@Terminado907]

FSquid the last verse is absolutely my favorite, but every one of them kills.

[@calebmauer1751]

"My first name is a random set of numbers and letters and other alphanumerics that changes hourly forever". I love this whole song.

[@dubbiedowner]

I love the way that all of his Music Videos have used a different form of visual art. One of the best musicians ever right now, period.

[@voidking9597]

oh the cat. got it.

[@MarcAlcatraz]

Aes's flow would be his highest stat

[@MarcAlcatraz]

***** lol i knew someone was gonna reply to this. I'm just talking about out of all the stats presented, theres no creativity or imagery stat

[@MarcAlcatraz]

***** lol yeah cause its always active

[@upsidedownh3art]

Next to his vocabulary.

[@imwavey6905]

BlueBerryJamOutlaw aes has a rly dope flow just listened to rings

[@dubbiedowner]

Thanks for this.

[@Benry1]

i've been going through an Aesop Rock phase since 2002

[@tyrannicalthesaurus4672]

Its not really a phase if it lasted 15 years now, is it.

[@arex82]

Tyranical Thesaurus stop being so exact and algebraic

[@tyrannicalthesaurus4672]

@@arex82 ah shit, you got me.

[@arex82]

Tyranical Thesaurus 😉

[@waynepowers7213]

None shall pass hooked me, and I've never found anyone better

[@1ZZ13TOP]

Wow this video, the lyrics, its like suddenly i realize im not alone anymore. this is the most profound piece of art iv found in the last few years

[@arex82]

I might sound like a complete fan-boy here - I’m both a fan and student of music in general.. I listen to MANY different genres. But when it comes to hip hop, I dont think there’s been a more dense and complex wordsmith than Aesop Rock - EVER. I’m not just talking about making words rhyme - but the complexity of his metaphors, the way he structures his ideas and words, vocabulary usage, I’ve never heard anyone tell stories the way he does. He doesn’t seem to care if it makes sense to you, either. He says it the way he sees it - many can’t decipher it on first listen. Too complex. Too deep. That’s why I respect him so much. IMO, probably the best to ever touch a mic. Period.

[@kainpendlebury7007]

I know this comment is old, and that you're probably not going to see this, but I just wanted to give my thought on why a lot of people can't get the meaning of what he's trying to say. I don't think it's because it's too complex or deep, I think it's because he doesn't give context for the things he's talking about. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Aesop, and I'm not trying to say this is a bad thing, just that it might be the reason other people can't pull meaning from it.

[@Cvo-581]

@@kainpendlebury7007 agreed

[@stepshutch1974]

Maybe mf doom??? A-f-r-o could be in with a shout eventually imo.

[@SkateFallen1424]

100% the most complex and dense, definitely one of if not the most intelligent lyricists, but I'm not sure about greatest ever. I think he's too niche to call him that. Dope as fuck nonetheless

[@Ty91681]

@@SkateFallen1424 piss off with niche. Idk what that even has to do with the conversation other than it's your own subjective opinion.

[@Garblegox]

PATIENT NAME - Thats personal BIRTH DATE - A while back ARE YOU IN A PHYSICIANS CARE? - Dr Izzo ARE YOU TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS? - Probiotics and hot wings ARE YOU ON A SPECIAL DIET? - probiotics and dumplings ARE YOU PREGNANT? - 7 weeks with a new beat DO YOU HAVE ANY PAINS ANYWHERE? - My hair doesn't hurt. DO YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES? - Large crowds and internet posturing. Aes is fucking cool, man.

[@fathersun6413]

Aesop has always been on another level. The whole impossible kid album was amazing

[@2FadeMusic]

The very first lyric on this song is definitely in contention for my favorite lyric of all time. "My first name is a random set of numbers and letters and other alphanumerics that changes hourly forever. My last name a thousand vowels fading down a sinkhole to a susurrus, couldn't just be John Doe or Bingo." That shit gets me every fucking time. Insanely remarkable how he writes this stuff.

[@Distant_View]

I can't believe how quality this is... that last verse was crushing

[@Spencercf614]

Going to therapy for the first time in seven years today. I've needed it. Thanks for the music, Aes.

[@Ashtarte3D]

It took me at least four or five viewings of this video to get the message it's supposed to be conveying about therapy; that you put more and more money in and just hope you reach the next level much like an arcade game. Fucking hell, even Aesop's videos are deep.

[@Ty91681]

Yes!

[@gmork1090]

Beats getting medicated and hoping for the best.

[@jmontis2]

this is the best hip hop album i've heard in 10 years, keep holdin the torch aesop

[@EJKusH420]

when a rapper can flow something vicious for 3 and a half minutes and it's so complex you can't comprehend anything he's trying to say, but you know it's on another level. I love it lmfao

[@Punjabispitta]

1st verse: Aes is filling out an application in a physciatrist's office, 2nd verse: In a waiting room describing what he sees, 3rd verse: Conversation with the physciatrist that only lands him another appointment Also a shrienk is another word for a female physciatrist, and he's shrunk by being there. It's insane how he told this story with paranoid and deranged thoughts (the reason he's there in the first place lol)

[@Punjabispitta]

^taken from rapgenius, they did a great job breaking this song down with the rest of the album

[@xXxLax4LifexXx]

Patient name: thats personal Birth Date: a while back Are you in a physicians care: Dr Izzo Are you taking any medications: Probiotics and Hot wings Are you on a special diet: Probiotics and Dumplings Are you pregnant: 7 weeks with a new beat Do you have pains anywhere: My hair doesnt hurt Do you have allergies: Large crowds and internet posturing

[@andrewf6287]

@@mykilldarcshyne1648 This is a remix of an Aesop Rock song. Here's the actual song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5XZdWaVbq2Yjqc

[@izloc7131]

What might I ask the explanation to internet postering is? In to me your best definitive.

[@tnmoe-]

@@izloc7131 - I would say its something to do with putting out a persona to make yourself look better than you might be. I guess some people might call it 'virtue signaling' or simply 'hey, look at my brand new shoes, I make loads of money unlike you' while they're just scraping by.

[@iheartjimothy]

She said, "You're being difficult." I said, "I'm being guarded; you're a quarter mil in debt I get more guidance from my barber Look, I'm not good at this, I grew up in a noogie-fest You built your walls up high Or say goodbye to all your Cookie Puss Here's one: every time my telephone buzzes I see images of hooded riders setting fire to hundreds." She said, "When you start getting all expressive and symbolic It's impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic." I said, "When you start getting all exact and algebraic I'm reminded it's a racket, not a rehabilitation."

[@TommyGFPV]

Agree to disagree as grown-ups from opposing clans Honoring the push and pull I should have called the Scholomance Oh well. Preservation is a doozy Will you be needing another appointment?" "Absolutely" I'm shrunk

[@nobodyschannel]

Realest lyrics ever spit.

[@grishmar]

Aes summed up my thoughts on therapy perfectly with this line. Genius

[@ollicron7397]

Never trust a female therapist.

[@ShapezPuller64]

Dude. Who hurt you.

[@thelorebooger]

man, he is the most lyrically talented rapper to ever exist.

[@Grayscape.]

things that get better with age. Aesop Rock

[@CrochetedCoyoteCreations]

SHOUT OT TO PORTLAND, OREGON! Ground Kontrol is an AWESOME barcade

[@seon3403]

She said, "When you start getting all expressive and symbollic, its impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic" I said "When you start getting all exact and algebraic, I'm reminded it's a racket not a rehabilitation" JINKIES, ZOINKS, & WOWZERS!

[@lorib360]

😂

[@zachmiller5831]

couldn't imagine a better video for this track. this is definitely one of my favorite songs from the album and this video is the perfect companion. as a gamer I appreciate the shit out of this

[@ArizonaGunGuy]

Yes. Just yes. Thank you. Your sybolism and metaphors in your lyrical content and the people you worked with on this video made it all come together.

[@THEJPIndustry]

This line kinda goes over the top of many people (i had to look up the lyrics) but can we talk about how genius "You built your walls up high or said goodbye to all your Cooky-Puss" is? It just shows how small childhood interactions, like the fight for snacks have lasting effects on your behavior throughout your live as a middlechild myself, i feel that, if you arent on your guard, your belongings (mostly food) are taken away from you

[@joiemonster4922]

I can't count how many times I've watched, listed to, and shared this brilliant musical rant... I adore it. Here's to celebrating something that's always been Deep Love. 💕

[@joiemonster4922]

3 years or 13. It's worth some 🍻

[@joiemonster4922]

P.S. Thank you Ground Kontrol. You give me pinball nostalgia... and Bubble Bobble. 😘

[@poughkeepsieblue]

This song is genius. The vid, is pure art set to words. I can't watch this without seems ng something new, and smiling big everytime.

[@BridgetDeLaCruzda1dlcbadnaz]

WHAT A PERFECT SONG. I CAN AND DO RELATE

[@Famezonen]

If you save up all your winnings . Then you get to count your blessings.

[@timmteller871]

Hes easily the best rapper that ever existed in this world so far. Praise him and Blockhead.

[@poesgro9022]

Bro! And he mentioned Arcadia which is Washington and Oregon wanting its own independence. I know he wrote impossible kid here in the Pacific northwest. Really stunk you took the time to be out here Aesop. You're mine and my little late brother Jacob's favorites. Thanks man much love

[@darrengee936]

I hope he just does a video for every fucking song on this masterpiece

[@jossephcruces4130]

So much to unpack in the song AND the video

[@808Deathmetal]

Portland!!!!

[@RandomDealer]

Braden Munafo is that where that Ground Kontrol is at?

[@JulyCausesCancer]

that place is dope. spent many a dollar at that fine establishment

[@RandomDealer]

JulyCausesCancer sooo...Oregon has legal herb and a dope arcade?!

[@JulyCausesCancer]

the arcade serves alcohol too.

[@808Deathmetal]

Yep. Other then that we just got assholes and homeless people.

[@fyrin4837]

Genius!!!!

[@JeffyPop247]

ever since I heard Rings....I find myself addicted to his lyrics and flow. even tho it's hard to understand him sometimes.

[@Ixaglet]

"I finally crunched the budget up and punched the button". Man I just love how that sounds and how it feels to say.

[@chelsea6671]

of course his flow would be maxed out. Love this video and track. Ive been wanting a video for this since the album released.

[@aiwbraids]

chelsea6671 same here

[@GamingDistortion]

Everything this guy touches is gold.

[@alexjoseph4665]

Are you pregnant? -7 weeks with a new beat, hahahah

[@kareemshams4541]

"Do you have pains anywhere? My hair doesn't hurt" 0:42

[@wrarmatei]

This song is such a great description of how the psychology/cognitive therapy game works for most people. Easily my fav album because it's about struggles that people generally have to face alone. I still listen to it a few times per month.

[@melo4087]

One of the best of all time! Top 5 in my book!

[@virtualobsession7478]

The sign in sheet...I can't. I'm already losing it. Thank you Rob Shaw.

[@IndirectCogs]

That framing device of an arcade is GENIUS. As anyone who's tried to find good therapy knows: INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE.

[@ImARichard]

Jesus Christ. Ive watched this video dozens of times before but never realized how well it conveys the health care system we have to fuck with. Fucking love this song even more.

[@jiakidiego]

Timeless and on point

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

Coming back to this after giving up on therapy a few weeks ago for the 6th time with my 4th counselor and very much in emotional freefall this one hits very different. I gave her a card and a book as a thank you for the time because i know i wouldn't try treatment again. It said on the "to and fro" -section "To a keen ear from an ice cube in the oven" (it sounds better in my language) so when you said she "pushed you in the oven" i had to pause it.

[@jamesleveroni1260]

This song is brilliant! So much inspiration from this artist

[@Phearsum]

The irony in stuff like this being therapeutic for me.

[@Dat_Dude_Danny1]

Love the whole album, viva Aesop!! Can't wait for the next Hail Mary Mallon album!!

[@GewoonRood]

2:32 fav part

[@DmitriyPoot]

1:23 rob SONIC

[@MarcAlcatraz]

dammit you beat me to it

[@maryrose811]

You're a level of genius that has yet to be matched .. inspiring and humbling .. I'm shrunk

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

Bobby Freedom looks like the perfect change man, holy shit

[@AlexM-fq5nb]

NicDoesDumbThings he also makes a great sonic the hedgehog apparently

[@stopeman82]

Nice dude. I loved the Bubble Bobble in the back. Sunk many a quarters in there over the years.

[@perilthinking]

i love that arcade!!!!

[@lucyanne9626]

_SO_ many references. _SO_ well made. I can't deal. It was also super great to see old characters like Rob, Kirby, Benjamin, & Dr. Izzo again.

[@aiwbraids]

Sam S wait were is Kirby in this

[@dgrantvh]

I don't know.... maybe get a kitten?

[@calebmauer1751]

Ionno know know maybe get a kitten Ion Ionno know know maybe get a kitten.

[@atjshow]

he did and then it died. didn't you listen to the last album Skelethon?

[@calebmauer1751]

No!!! Kirbyyyyyyy!

[@redcassette]

but he sang about getting kirby on impossible kid which was released after skelethon....

[@TheAlmightyFrowny]

I don't know about all that. He does post pictures he is sent of his cat while out on tour, titles it "pictures from home"

[@predictorbibulous960]

Don't know how many Aesop videos i've watched tonight and i can't stop.... I"m stuck...

[@CemD85]

*Toss all of my coins* please continue! :)

[@Alexxgone]

thats insane dude ull never get older

[@danklibertarianism3109]

This guy is so widely liked he only has 28 dislikes on a video with 110,000+ views

[@mollyrawford5834]

This is the perfect way to describe going through the process that is therapy. It's exhausting.

[@RisingVandal]

not only is the song good, it's 100% accurate down to the kids fighting with whoever's watching them buried in their phone half the time and the sessions feeling like a street fighter squash match.

[@raoulmaul]

the first few lines of this song always blow my mind

[@WestCovinaAhjee]

8 bit Aes? best rapper alive

[@TWCHEX]

Never really thought about it but I'm here because of OpTic HECZ mentioning Aesop many years back and I've been here ever since. Thanks Hector!

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

Is it me, or after discovering Aesop pretty much every other rapper is just boring

[@xSpaceSauce]

no. that's pretentious as fuck. find new rappers to listen to; start with lee scott or chester p :)

[@quasihomestead]

Truth

[@Bruno-ec8ft]

Try Lupe Fiasco.

[@mariocastillo8334]

MF DOOM is still amusing AF

[@cahlinatwell11]

Eyedea tho...

[@WorldLaughsWithYou]

This is the best fucking way of saying "therapy is working" I have ever heard. God damn aes is a legend

[@wadewilson3957]

god everyone's saying he's at the top of his game...? have y'all heard his old shit?? Aesop been dope

[@stephaniem.7210]

Wade Wilson is right Aesop has always been one of the best rappers ever!

[@mikecooper7755]

Ase has been at the top of his game since birth! Dude never stops being a boss

[@b1gBud00bo1]

Wade Wilson I dissected one line from his song Float off his debut album and I became an instant fan... that was yesterday

[@enefiscrypt758]

I first started listening to him in 02' before Bazooka Tooth dropped. Fond memories of getting stoned on my lunch breaks at Wal-Mart bumping Labor Days and Float in my 93' Nissan Maxima. 02' was also the year I discovered Sage Francis (btw Nonprophets 'Hope' is my favorite hip-hop CD of all time), Atmosphere, Eyedea & Abilities, Murs, Adeem, Musab, Copywrite, Grayskul, and Micranots.

[@kuppakassi]

Enefis Crypt Cage is the shit too

[@0lionheart]

I literally only just noticed the nod to Rob Sonic at 1:26! :D

[@OhmsAtHome]

That last verse tho.. Wow

[@Hedra718]

Love this track. I've been shrunk for years.

[@gywnsfirstborn5002]

"she said when you start getting expressive and symbolic it becomes impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic. I said when you start getting all exact and algebraic I'm reminded its a racket not rehabilitation." I'm psych major as I'm sure Aesop (having been in and around college-level thinkers/resources) knows psychoanalysis is fading fast, the methods and measures (psychometrics) arguably have been dead since behaviorism, which itself has been dead since Chomsky's paper. But besides that as someone who also likes to write similarly to him, this is so fucking sick. One the best rappers ever. Not even just by vocabulary size but creativity and fluidity. Never mind the twisting, layered, and reflexive content. I wonder how he developed his style

[@zacharyvaughn2044]

Gywn's First Born is your name from dark souls? and yea that's my favorite part of the whole song

[@ishmaelseneca3389]

Let's think... Been rapping professionally since he was 16.

[@wildxwillx6106]

Aesop rock been rocking with out rocking

[@lamarledennis3220]

The spirit of Shakespeare resides in him

[@paulsallee4889]

Shakespeare on paper, more like beavis in person. His words.

[@lorib360]

With Chaucer's sense of humour.

[@dr0psy]

the beat on the second verse is one of the raddest ever. that subtle scratch sets it off

[@kyphus3725]

I'm glad I pre ordered Impossible Kid

[@james-en8yn]

Vik G vinyl?

[@susubear13]

+Asequii what's the point of vinyl?

[@james-en8yn]

susubear13 clearer sound, for a much better listen. also they're cool af

[@notmynormalusername1]

Clearer sound is so delusional. They recorded with digital equipment and stamped it on a master, there's no way it has more clarity - it's either equal or more likely: much worse. It's just cool, that's the only sensible argument I can see.

[@james-en8yn]

Jared Thomson I assume you've never listened to a vinyl album in person before. It blows my mind to think that you think that a vinyl recording, the purest form of an album, is equal or lower quality than a CD through a car CD player or a song through a phone/computer speaker or even regular headphones. Just try that out, and maybe you'll see what I mean. If the quality is still somehow bad to you, then you need a new fucccccking record player my dude. Nothing else that I can say there. Happy experimenting

[@hyperbolicrecords]

That first verse was ridiculous, he's simply filling out a form...and he made a fucken renaissance painting out of it. The second verse, he's in the waiting room, figuring out how much its going to cost him and observing the other people in the room. The third verse, he's finally speaking to the therapist... If Aesop was born 100 years ago and he would be Bach or Wolfgang.

[@rare5274]

As a gamer I truly appreciate this.

[@SystemJuanelo]

RARE ラレ

[@maverickREAL]

I can't believe he came up with "people who open doors for the people who open doors" himself, that sounds like something from one of Duckman's rants

[@jswann3389]

Who the hell disliked this, the rodent from Blood Sandwich?

[@RexIsOnline]

Aes called him a homie, though!

[@DarcOfTheShadows]

Yeah, it was probably the coach.

[@aiwbraids]

J Swann it was the guy in the car that had the wolf mask

[@10000_angry_bees]

Dr.Izzo

[@jermainallen7176]

Probably some dork

[@josephhefley9701]

My favorite bar in Portland!!!! Ground Kontrol is the shit!!!

[@brianban110]

the older I get the weirder my taste in music becomes; I'm okay with it 😉

[@emaayers]

This is the best description of what therapy is like that I've thus far encountered

[@einlosen]

When was the last time you heard anyone, much less a rapper, say "panacea"?

[@douggreg9852]

The first verse is the best first verse in a song ever.

[@andypair1571]

Aesop is probably better than eminem, he just doesn't use a vocabulary that the modern day masses understand.

[@ishaking6278]

😂😂 he is not

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

@@ishaking6278 He is.

[@ishaking6278]

@@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ Keep smoking chiba.

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

@@ishaking6278 K Stan