Aesop Rock - Try Not To Die

Previously unreleased Aesop Rock + Blockhead song from between Float and Labor days.
Released 1/1/2014
Happy New Year!

[@Jimmyshelter1983]

This man will never be TOUCHED. There's no-one anywhere close to his catalog. Its just actual facts.

[@Niko3387Y]

💯

[@cuseyeti_one8three]

DOOM, KRS, Rza. But yeah.

[@SerjSongsROCK]

Fun fact: Aesop Rock is the rapper with the most unique words used in rap history.

[@tazmon122]

fun fact: it's less confusing and more on point if you said: Aesop Rock has the largest vocabulary in hip hop history. you can substitute largest with grand, majestic, sublime, or illustrious in conversation.

[@Cmqndlr]

fun fact: according to a study, he already surpassed shakespeare in terms of verbosity.

[@matthewhaggerty7963]

@@tazmon122 sublime, majestic, and illustrious would make his language far less precise. It's less about vocabulary; more about how you use it.

[@jakedeacon7796]

Funfacct: I'm in a room with 30 hot girls and we're all making fun of u

[@randyortonsbulge]

jake deacon funfact. I’m in the closet watching you guys laugh!

[@chadbaptiste4227]

His delivery has evolved so smoothly over the years; you can really tell the early Labor Days Aes.

[@Ty91681]

He's somehow continuing to just get better and better. He's the goat and I'm not sire it's close.

[@OracleTheRonin]

@@Ty91681 its not close lmao

[@OracleTheRonin]

not for better or worse

[@Barrab4s]

Heard today on Swedish radio dat some language researcher/s pronounce Aesop Rock as the No1. hiphop artist with di most advanced/(think it also was new) words using in their first 35 000 words in there first realesed album..how they compared & all dat would be to long to explain but make sense for me..Respect & love to him winning this "appointment/creation" peace out

[@piosonj]

a study was published which took the songs of around 40 well known and critically acclaimed artists and checked those songs for diverse vocabularies and Aesop was by far ahead of the back with only GZA close behind him. Google Hip Hop vocabularies to check it out.

[@Barrab4s]

PiosonJ OOK..sry for not google it more jus wanted to say/tell bout it...

[@poltronafrau]

rappers.mdaniels.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

[@Barrab4s]

Benjamin Verheijden my point WASNT to tell the excatly info..jus dat they got it no more no less so get off my back wit source info..DONT need it!

[@AStaticCharacter]

PiosonJ I wouldn't say GZA is close behind him. He's about 1000 words behind.

[@federaliomally391]

Okay, I'll bar myself from the concert and audition. Nope, made it anyway. Hope I make it to the tornado shelter. Today, I'm on my way to the driver seat, passenger... Carry my head low as the tears drip from third eye. Carry my head high as I kiss this galaxy goodbye. Buddy, you ain't prepared to stay all night, unlit weed wit as paranoid as a spark. Until I part thee, stay out of the confession booth. Baby Balboa.

[@JonathanGorr]

Anyone discovering Aesop for the first time, check out his old stuff. Labor Days is amazing.

[@kmad]

None Shall Pass is good also

[@thadaytrippa91]

I love labor days but float is a strong candidate for one of the best hip-hop albums ever made,poetry personified.

[@x0SuperSimon0x]

aesop is just constantly genius. but you're never making a mistake checking out an artists earlier stuff.

[@BenonBoard]

Aren't you guys forgetting Music For Earthworms? People stayed up all night begging him to rerelease it....... But seriously, Labor and Music for Earthworms are the best. Labor is probably the best, I mean The Yes and The Yall and 9-5ers anthem..... Those are some essential Aesop tracks.

[@j.j.jennings6286]

Ben Hancock I agree... but how can you not love some of the tunes from Fast Cars Danger Fire & Knives... or Mars Attacks & The Greatest Pacman Victory In History from Bazooka Tooth??? Labor is #1.

[@Unlimitedsmoof]

Sounds like a float B-side, a dope B-side at that

[@MewofTwo]

I'm glad a friend of mine showed me Aesop 6 years ago with 'Daylight'. I was addicted ever since

[@alexandercollins9678]

And I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed so I triple knot em and forgot em 👏

[@RiotsWithRyan]

Also this is the best thing ever started my New Years off right. Aesop Rock forever the best.

[@andrewcalvarese]

Unreleased Aes and a new background for my laptop all in one video. Thank you poster.

[@stabaholic187]

Lol 🤣💯

[@2MindOfficial]

Big up from Tuscany, Italy. Aesop Rock & Blockhead masters of life !!

[@juttuikaverit]

Aesop never dissapoints... good stuff!

[@alexanderlaniscek7489]

this guy is a genuis on words.

[@ChantingDruid]

+Alexander Laniscek agreed. he's slightly better than Kool A.D., and his music is way better, but kool is still pretty good.

[@na-dm6jb]

@@ChantingDruid dosone is pretty insane too.

[@OracleTheRonin]

@@ChantingDruid Kool A.D is a lyricist but Aesop is in another league, a league of his own my man

[@Hero-oz9gx]

​@@na-dm6jbyeah dose is wicked

[@ConstantXplorer]

So abstract and coherent all at once. Good knock right here.

[@KABARKnives1898]

Sweet knife, Aesop

[@sjaxn314159]

+KA-BAR Knives My becker bk2 is pretty BA too, just a little less lyrically less talented and I have to admit, slightly shorter...

[@MitchMBowring1]

+KA-BAR Knives That's not a knife. This is a... oh wait. Yep. Yep, that's a knife.

[@KABARKnives1898]

+Stephen Jackson I tried wiping the spider off of my screen and then I realized it was part of your picture. Well played, Stephen Jackson. Well played.

[@spigglyspiggles9229]

aesop senpai shank me(oh god i said that

[@AdalineIncredulous]

[{(We will absolutely try to stay alive, Aes. You too dude.)}]

[@AdalineIncredulous]

sidewinder

[@maccmoses]

Who the fuck is ASAP Rocky? This is Aesop Rock the real fucking clowns tryin to steal flames from a real MC. AESOPS A FUCKING LEGEND. FLOAT.

[@neuro2829]

Bruh calm down

[@PromisedEditing]

Macc Mosley ayyy i like them both bro give asap a chance for a different type of music. Aesop is better lyrically, and all that shizzle but asap has that fun music. Try to be open minded bro. :) Cheers.

[@PizzaRatJC]

The comment is from 7 years ago so I really hope you were like 14 when ypu made it

[@aiki067]

Interesting knife grip

[@clutchwolf]

yeah knives! stab shit!!!! i live for cutting flesh, love it till i die.

[@IdiosyncraticMan]

jesse brown ...you're fucked up. You need a hobby bro.

[@Jumungous]

Justin Angeles Or a job at a butcher shop.

[@henrylangham6428]

I like cutting flesh too :3 :3 I WANNA CARVE INTO MY SLAVES CANVAS

[@aiki067]

Trevor Cory Trevor Corey, Corey Trevor, Trevor Layhee...

[@BenevolentGodzilla]

one of my colleagues passed me by while having this song open on the screen, and he asks me whether I have joined ISIS :(

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

lmao

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

Hahahaha ignorant ass people

[@stefanrothmajer6754]

lmao

[@kaledempster8775]

Rock is the most melted candle, he burns the hardest

[@Liquid_Truth]

this strings sounds like a haunted kurosawa film. love aes and blockhead

[@850pcolafirefighter]

Love this song, love the beat, love the lyrics.

[@Claytron830000000000]

Damn, I missed this one and didn't even know it... Dope!!!

[@zoned7609]

Aesop Dose Jel Slug Eyedea Why? Josh Martinez Buck 65 Atmosphere Homeboy Sandman Open Mike Eagle Rob Sonic Who else fits in this category? I'm sure I can keep naming people, but right now these are the rappers I'm focused on. Mostly anticon dudes. I know I'm missing a few good ones from the list tho. Anyone?

[@erickrebs4395]

CaligulaClone legit the order n it goes

[@erickrebs4395]

CaligulaClone i dig cages shit too

[@erickrebs4395]

CaligulaClone or tyler the creator

[@comesailwithmestudioz9613]

Prof

[@jake-iz6kd]

B Dolan, sage Francis. The Sleep album - Christopher is pretty dope.... Doomtree, Dessa, P.O.S, MF. Doom, Mr.Lif, Jedi Mind Tricks, old Necro, Gravediggaz

[@rbgg2010]

Grocery shopping during Corona virus quarantine ...

[@imjusts0medude]

At 3:03 I've replayed that line he says a thousand times and I still can't get it right. Ace rock is a god.

[@jairotorres6276]

Maitiu Jarrett he's saying he's a boss.. literally

[@diogenesofdesmoines]

No, not literally at all--though the line does amount to self-congratulation in much the same way. He doesn't reference vacations in some simple allusion to modern work culture. What he's saying is this: you're a shitty and unremarkable person; you're so shitty and unremarkable that God invented vacations just so others can escape from your shittiness and collect themselves for a bit, else they would go mad; however, he (Aesop) is the reason you, and other unremarkable people like you, were created by God to begin with, because he (Aesop) is so virtuous and spectacular that God, in an effort to bring balance to the world, felt the need to create the huddled masses (you). God was subsequently forced to invent the vacations mentioned previously when he realized he may have overdone it a smidge.

[@ASecondOpinion]

Jihad John? Please don't hurt me sir. What a picture. Love ya dude!

[@dylan13571]

I love this song, it just makes me happy haha

[@kkeithf]

This beat is bonkers! Aesop + Blockhead = fascinating

[@OracleTheRonin]

Everything I do I'm fascinated with, That's why I pass the hated wasteland with a grin, cuz in the end I got my passions while you splash in a puddle of trying to pick apart the puzzle.

[@kkeithf]

@@OracleTheRonin you're a good dude, I got your back if shit goes down

[@OracleTheRonin]

@@kkeithf appreciate that my man

[@CAPSrule8888]

aes and blockhead meshed so well. dope beat

[@googleplussucks7020]

Get a lot of Labor Day'ish vibes from this song, fucking dope.

[@damiens4200]

dude so good, release everything from those times.

[@Whatsinmypocket]

He holds his blade like ruroni kenshin. He doesnt want to hurt novices, but he's not afraid to break you

[@Mingebagz1]

Nice 1277 Kabar Heavy Bowie he's holding.

[@tajgrstajl]

Jacob Thayer ya, great knife for wood genocide.

[@Theodiorr]

+tajgrstajl "Wood Genocide"

[@nathanwhitney8311]

The new Blockhead dental plan!

[@blackblood23ful]

this music is like space rap of FlowTek - Suspended objects. I realy like this kind of rap.

[@aesopwolf3126]

That Beat! very cool

[@logicone5667]

blockhead is the man..

[@djde4th877]

this is how geniuses wish they could talk to dumb people

[@joonasjaaskelainen4529]

Thats nice Ka-Bar knife

[@TheZoides]

Hey Nice One, just tell em and keep yo Head movin...

[@stephanhawkins7848]

Gallow Rap !!! Super Fresh

[@icannotread]

i wish ace and blockhead would collaborate more

[@tetralux2798]

blockhead produces a pretty hefty portion of his beats

[@boseefusmacmurphy1156]

well I'm sorry too. i guess we're basically the same that way. i fucking love Aesop Rock and Blockhead and in that way we differ. then again i can see not liking me.same-sies! time to (re) fill love liquor hole re listen again. hopefully not die ..

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

whoa, what the damn hell shit, i hadnt heard this. and i am special in the way that i thought i heard everything from aesop and or blockhead and especially the motherforkin both of them together.

[@LiveShowVideos]

Blockhead makes me clinch my teeth -squint my eyes and forces my head to hold the snares rhythm......Done - -

[@laooksphetti3864]

He cares. Less to worry about.

[@ZipMarketing]

super original.

[@breeanaqyod7853]

Like I said u gotta be educated to listen to aesop

[@sexysupervillain802]

I feel like this is a remix to another track, like Nightlight to Daylight, but I can't figure out exactly which song... I'm probably wrong but therez something about the versez that are eerily familiar... Anyone else get that vibe?

[@kann.enevins7875]

A lot of artists recycle their lyrics and beats.

[@trevorcory678]

anytime you post an Aesop song, post lyrics

[@MattRynbrand]

Knock knock

[@trevorcory678]

Matt Rynbrand fuck off

[@OnlyTheTyrant]

Gimme some o that Ontario hashish bro!

[@trevorcory678]

12 bucks a gram

[@OnlyTheTyrant]

Trevor Cory A lot better than what I'm paying :)

[@kimberlysimpson3206]

I love it.

[@robertmaez6722]

Oh shit !!!!

[@PeteNalty63]

One sick beat.

[@15LaDell]

i wonder if he's married.. she must be a pretty lucky women... to be married to a guy who has such an awesome vibe and style

[@Meposism]

He was , the song Gopher Guts touches on that.

[@jeshegames]

+Sunny Lupitan Gopher Guts tells a bit about his marriage/divorce.

[@Meposism]

.

[@remainOne2C]

Nice mix HOMES..!!

[@some3417]

you know what its like to wake up and not being able to move your left arm like at all grabbing with your right hand trying to shake it back awake I think its called a stroke unless I layed on it the wrong way who knows

[@jrgussngussn7093]

My favorite hip-hop artist has a kbar...

[@Ty91681]

Ka-bar

[@Cannibusticon]

Funkin' dunkin' get-along beats!

[@MrMythos94]

Ok, he's good. Now what is heaven talking about. The fuck.

[@Theodiorr]

That's one of the beauties about him.

[@yeffocface]

2018

[@caldavidson2224]

Sour diesel.....Headphones (SS)

[@AngelinaMoreno]

hell yes

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Have a nice day, try not to die.

[@freeflaminginfinite917]

Is that pic moving moving slightly or is it just optical illusions caused by that horizontally striped background? My eyes are lying to me again! At least it's not violent this time...

[@yzzygomez]

Man i saw the same

[@Jerry-ex2xh]

Try not to die

[@mattbrad788]

Brain replenishment

[@krem1982]

Aes Looking like Rasputin in this pic haha

[@ericbertrand4324]

I HEREBY HAND COMMAND OF THE WORLD TO DEBORA MESSING

[@lucky9477]

Broken glass...everywhere.

[@bigsneaksunzu]

new Blockhead Dental Plan"

[@MrEpic-qe2tt]

This song goes hard as hell, wish it stayed on Labor Days.

[@yomama2510]

honor thy alignment with mercury climate surgeons*

[@CavaleraForPrez]

Blockhead 4 life

[@some3417]

Had an epiphany at the window as the wind blowed

[@mattbrad788]

Brain repenishment

[@2DSTEEZ]

so dam hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dennisabrams3310]

Just realized the intro is a Star Wars allusion.

[@dennisabrams3310]

***** Cantina scene dialogue between "Pig Nose" and Luke.

[@dmsmhic]

Nice catch.

[@femka]

Youre an early wright brothers experiment is such a weird way to say not fly

[@weavis8163]

more words that rhyme. yaaaaaaaaaaay

[@LUBAN2MEGAS]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@longerino]

This is.

[@SadBadge]

Certainly isn't isn't.

[@shroomlok16]

Germ breeding!!! Worm bibles!!!

[@earlgrey7779]

wow this guy can talk very fast!

[@some3417]

be careful when you put peoples lights out

[@wormsali]

Worm bibles!

[@wormsali]

Maybe they didn't understand the ramifications embedded in the new blockhead dental plan ...kinda prophetic lol

[@logicone5667]

Worms Hip Hop you're right! Lol

[@wormsali]

logicone lol

[@joshmfcelli]

doesnt aesop rock have bluish eyes???

[@freakbuck]

dope, whered this come from?

[@DommageCollateral]

your mind

[@freakbuck]

nice thanks mind

[@DommageCollateral]

yeah absolutely

[@some3417]

blinky boy blinky boy

[@Randale-Joe]

Where that south east asian sample from?

[@some3417]

Because there’s nothing that nobody wants

[@danielaragon5302]

Sake

[@some3417]

please try to rap about picking locks

[@shawndinkins9329]

Fun fact: Fact fun

[@nightshadecataclysm]

Hello.

[@some3417]

your passing blinkings blinky boy

[@RiotsWithRyan]

First.

[@some3417]

Is anyone passed blinking I just wanna know?

[@rcg710]

boogyace

[@some3417]

get out the car ace

[@some3417]

sell a helmet before I leave you at a Mets game