Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Difficult (Official Audio)

[@mitchellmiller5064]

The Kirby line is the best in this entire song hands down. It's good to hear how happy his delivery is in the mention of her. After all these years, their relationship still makes him as happy as she was meant to, and it's a wonderful insight on the symbiosis of owner/pet relationships. You can hear the smile in his voice and it's beautiful.

[@GSCSTRYDER]

I got that too, Malibu ken he's really happy too

[@ellyzepp]

Aw I felt this so much also, this made me smile so much! 💖

[@billybanks4415]

Dude. Yes!

[@homerco213]

Kirby is a girl!

[@tonypatters5090]

Songbirds feed from my hand your goddam right !!! This is the best line

[@epiccal21]

"Everytime an influencer offers advice, I feel years coming off of my life". same

[@wormsali]

😆 they googled it

[@chrisdocherty6764]

Just wooaw!!!!

[@cocoq10]

Same Aes, same

[@BryceinLimbo]

I feel blood shooting out of my ears, still I’m apparently a sucker for these houses of mirrors

[@cake8211]

One of the best lines.

[@battelchicken2]

I'm glad Kirby is doing alright :)

[@thomasfranklin9579]

Named my cat Kirby after his, so glad to hear him rap about her again. It makes me so happy

[@gyozakeynsianism]

She can rap good too.

[@jennesteed]

This! Shout out to Kirby!

[@TexasGreed]

She would be around 5 years old now since Impossible Kid dropped in 2016. She a big kitty now.

[@4stringring]

Same :)

[@Ty91681]

His lyrics just keep getting better. They somehow encapsulate exactly I've felt for the last five years or so.

[@wormsali]

he's been watching u

[@dankhell7334]

20 years herre I'm almost 40

[@MeanStreamFraudCast]

29, and an artist has never been so relatable. Never ceases to make me feel okay about stuff.

[@TexasGreed]

No kidding. Sometimes I'm like damn why is this dude writing songs about me.

[@Ty91681]

@@wormsali peeking in my window like he might just wear my skin home

[@ince55ant]

i should really listen to more blockhead, this beat is obscene

[@taylorhunt858]

He just released an album not long ago! Space Werewolves Will Be the End of Us All. It's Blockhead in prime form, please check it out!

[@brandonthesteele]

My favorite Blockhead has to be Interludes After Midnight. Hard to choose, though. Bells and Whistles for instance is a genuinely a journey to take.

[@hoagielamp6543]

The Music Scene is probably the best album ever made

[@TheLegendofGumby]

“Pretty much a grizzly plucking sushi out the salmon run” Aesop doesn’t flex too often but he knows he’s in a league of his own. “Gadzooks, It’d behoove you to slow that roll, around here we turn jokers into smoking holes” 🔥🔥🔥

[@slipknot95maggot]

"Aes loves all animals and plant life, songbirds eat from his hand, you god damn right, odd man out, bad hand fanned out, trying to man up, man down" Y'all don't understand how much this mans is my mans

[@morgruff]

This one is definitely my favorite so far

[@chadsmith5933]

i love beats like this and aesops flow over it...geez

[@wormsali]

Same

[@taylordcraig]

Easily my favorite after twice through the album now.

[@birdrustler]

Yeah this one hits real nice

[@christophercasteel2079]

Same

[@DashGlitch]

We don't know it yet, but this album will be timeless

[@GardenBoat]

Bet.

[@okiedokie7282]

Everyone who got here already knows this is the truth

[@imtuberick2183]

When future generations explore hip hops past Aesop will be the Vincent Van Gough.

[@Bigaloa]

@@imtuberick2183 I've always said he was the DaVinci of hip hop. The masses won't truly appreciate his work until he's gone.

[@wormsali]

Oh, we know

[@nastiestNate]

Ive said since that song "This dude writes better songs about his cat than most dudes fake about their own life"

[@davidhunt9692]

Ian I wanted to say that you are by far the most influential person I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. And your lyricism and songs have helped me find comfort in the uncomfortably unknown and for that I am ever grateful.

[@emeraldsky7467]

I’m glad to hear Kirby is well😸

[@alexladd2085]

This has become one of my favorite songs in a aes catalogue.. Fantastic that all this time later he is still making a new favorite

[@angelguerrero7655]

This is so good I feel offended. Like, how can this even exist in this world? This is better than what we as a people deserve lmao

[@wormsali]

Sheesh lol give us as ppl a break

[@taylordcraig]

@@wormsali nah they right

[@mitchellmiller5064]

And that's why we'll never hear it on the radio. God, our race is too dumb as a whole to acknowledge the gifts we are given.

[@angelguerrero7655]

@@mitchellmiller5064 very true. Humans are so innately flawed and clueless, we don't know what we have until it's at risk of being taken away or straight up gone. Like, this is Beethoven for rap music

[@jaystar5068]

You are 100% right!! Aes is so damn good an mc! And his cat kirby can rap good too!

[@lionel16]

This track is silky af. Definitely wasn't expecting it but I dig it.

[@darkspectre83]

Favorite track on the new album. Crazy Aes!!

[@wormsali]

Same here💥

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Same.

[@TheOrbius187]

My favorite track. Can’t get this damn beat outta my head.

[@RozenBridge]

"..trying to man up... man down."

[@wormsali]

Line had me rollin

[@Critical_Capybara]

@@wormsali same 😂😭

[@justinjerrow1408]

Best line

[@raphaelattar6942]

Every time I look up the lyrics to an Aes song I learn a new word. This time: Satori (悟り) is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding". It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a deep experience of kenshō, "seeing into one's true nature".

[@somewheresick]

Oh shit that makes way more sense than what I thought. I always heard "Sartori" which is just a kind of cheese.

[@baronmind954]

@@somewheresick 😭

[@baronmind954]

Damn he been picking up a good bit of Japanese himself apparently

[@Melinmingle]

I learned kodokushi too

[@zackcatanzariti4466]

Instant classic off the first listen. And I thought nothing could top Jazz Hands

[@wormsali]

He's just topping himself everytime

[@kafelaroux504]

@@wormsali pause

[@taylordcraig]

It's funny, I'm real eaaaaasssyyyyyy

[@yehru]

Faaan service! Fan service! Fan service! Congrats to Aes still pushing out some of his best raps. The Blockhead beat is heavenly.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

This is my favorite song on the album. The beat is very Blockhead and it's a perfect match for the verses. Great album Aes.

[@justanobody9609]

Just grateful I grew up listening to him, and learning with him, through his music. He’s been the sole influencer of my entire life, from labor dayz, bazooka tooth, float, etc. He’s the prime example of: “fuck everyone, I’m doing my shit, and growing while doing so”.

[@Stay_ClassyYT]

Such a great song and the album as well. So glad this month alone had listened to Aseop Rock's discography for the first time while his craft of music were spectacular. With a great coincidence since hearing this song, the message speaks greatly. Such a fantastic album that I'm glad to listen overall.

[@chaosinorderrr]

My storm got plans for the Dorothies 🔥🔥🔥

[@enricozangrando]

incredible to listen something like this in 2021... i tought it would never happen again after the golden age of DEF JUX and ANTICON

[@bigdaddyvtec]

this. hear lots of el up in hurr

[@johnflushing9328]

Huh?

[@Thoushallshred]

“Short sword swinging like a dance floor in the forties”🤌🏻👌🏼 00:25

[@xfancyfeastx]

Aes production is amazing but blockhead is just impeccable

[@mr.nihilz3283]

I feel very sorry for people that can't feel this. Must be a bleak existence.

[@Rabernaster]

People exist because they have to. Don't pitty them. You don't know them 😊

[@darkspectre83]

Some get signals to the ships in the distance... most get crickets... savage

[@ericburmeister4250]

listening to this with my kids, 6 and 4, thwey both caugght the shout out to kirby. thanks

[@troyhenquinet5953]

I love how Aes makes dis tracks that other rappers cant even comprehend. This song and Dorks are just one of the many things he continually astonishes me with! Love you Aesop! Keep doing what your doing! It means a lot to the people that follow you!

[@tehLegionofpain]

AES is one of the only rapper still creating art. Everyone else is just paid by corporations to teach kids to drink, do drugs and kill each other. The fact that AES isn’t the number one rapper on earth honestly displays how far our society has fallen.

[@marcusfoust5050]

He’s better than god damned Bob Dylan!

[@duchainemaria]

@Marcus Foust Is that a subtle reference to the album title I detect🧐

[@antman0719]

Bro...I feel the EXACT same. It's fucking sad and incredible at the same time. I'm just glad to exist while him and fellow underground artists are still making heat~

[@birdrustler]

Down from a huntable surplus to one

[@ShattuckEsteban]

Preach

[@MellowAries]

This is one of the best rap songs made in the last 20 years

[@LostOasis12]

Certified banger right here,

[@wormsali]

No doubt

[@timberrecycling]

aesop's bars are UNCOMFORTABLY EXPERT! he uses big words and the information in the lyrics keeps me in a scramble to follow because of how complex. wow! blockhead classic and unique in his field too, in sum this is a brilliant combination.

[@LostOasis12]

"My storm's got plans for the Dorthies" God damn, dude just spits fire without even trying.

[@ShattuckEsteban]

This is art at its finest. Got chills the first time I listed, and the 10th time.

[@josephthepoet2856]

Probably the best album he's ever done. Certainly one of the best lyrical hip-hop albums of all time. Really shocked, he just keeps getting better at expressing himself exactly. And always great to hear him over Blockhead!

[@nat1792]

There is something about the pronunciation and dedication within the flow, channeling emotions which the listener automatically recognizes. One sentence can summarize a whole story.

[@wormsali]

This one is the ONE

[@seangray8862]

This is one that snuck up on me as the best on the album. I have a problem with my cat wanting to attack the flies in the video and I didn't know I had that problem before 😅

[@Ty91681]

Yeah, this is awesome. Worth the wait.

[@jeremyathey8569]

Man this is beautiful. Beautiful people these guys, haven't been this excited about a album in a while.

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

Favorite joint off this album. Banger. “I like film cameras and slim chances, and I always put the chips in a sandwich yeah bitch!”

[@haerfgvbag7050]

LOVE this, we're truly spoiled to have so much Aes

[@darkspectre83]

and still show his home county how a nova explodes.... this entire song is quotable

[@billyshead1339]

This album the packaging colors artwork is so so so good. Cool album.

[@CoRpusCoLLossuM]

The metaphor in this song is on another level. A tale of Apes and Bears! I for one am headed for Satori in jorts and horse blinders.

[@therealHeaDKasE]

My brains meltingggg

[@TamaraBlackwell]

That dance floor in the 40s line might be the illest line I've heard since the last Griselda drop

[@kk-lr5ud]

This BEAT N FLOW. Bestiary nostalgia.

[@bigdaddyvtec]

One of my fav Aesop songs as of NOW... 2 off this record, Damn son... Album is FIRE SSSSFUNNY IM REAL EASSSSSYYYY

[@blahblorp9015]

this song is insane. the production. the lyrical content. thank you.

[@Denariusjay]

Jesus, this beat is just bonkers. Blockhead is a genius. And aes kills it. How does he do it ?

[@evanebert8291]

Aesop pointing out how he always puts chips in his sandwich validates my feelings that we have a few things in common.

[@ElInfameAV]

Mi fav del disco, cada día mas increíble las líricas de Aesop.

[@Sev-nr2iw]

Damn that was filthy

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Nah, it's _real easy._

[@cleatusvandamme716]

Keep coming back to this one

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Aesop has only written two songs so far: 1 contains most of the words; the other, the rest.

[@brianban110]

People have accused me of being difficult 😒, They buggin I'm real easy😂

[@poisonousiodine1769]

That clarinet tho

[@johncassell251]

I get a vibe reminiscent of that super hungry wu tang in the 90's when they first came out , but as always , beautifully aesop.such thoroughly good shit!

[@jonrwert]

It's great to hear Aesop do a straight up brag track and have it be fire. Obviously.

[@garrettisham2028]

The amount of times I've said "Woah in a Stove" since this came out is unreal like it's part of my vocabulary now

[@projectbandshirt4329]

This is amazing!!! Love at first listen

[@wormsali]

Well said

[@firepon3638]

this is what having your own sound is like............thanks for this firrrreeeee. mind blown

[@holdthymustard]

this one

[@elaztec.aztecca]

This is molasses in my earholes.. smooth move sexlax Kirby needs to get on the mic some Aes! Maybe a video with Owlkitty too?

[@kk-lr5ud]

This one tickles

[@bro8118]

A wizard of oz and a swing music reference back to back is something only Aes can pull off😊

[@17valley]

Such a solid record, but this jam is my favourite 👍

[@lazarusmetcalfe2423]

I really love Blockhead (new fan) but this is a dope album. This and Fizz, maybe Jazz Hands, are my particular favorites, I can listen to this track on repeat cruising all day,

[@slipknot95maggot]

Does anybody here doubt that Aes even taught his cat to rap just by being near it..........? 'Cuz I prolly wouldn't

[@nothing2see315]

If the internet wasn’t lying to me I’ve seen people train cats with those word buttons and they seem to have better grasp on English than I thought

[@Dreamseeker911]

He's real eeaaazy. Smokin that eaazzy

[@Ghost-eu1rg]

This track is so dope and so is Aesop Rock

[@slick553]

Bars upon bars got damn

[@wormsali]

🧼 🍫 📶

[@antman0719]

@@wormsali damn 🙌🤣

[@danawestfall8315]

Even fire says this is lit!

[@wormsali]

lol Even flames said "that's hot"

[@chicagochano]

This song is the upgraded version of the Float album.

[@SmitzPNK]

'I always put my chips in the sandwich' damn why Aes gotta be so relatable even on lil goofy lines like that

[@virtue_reborn_music]

this is dope

[@cheiflitterbugmakinhimself9035]

Why dont Aesop and El-p work together anymore??? They both still handlin business, and they came up together.. what happened???

[@bonsaihunters]

Holy smokes you're back

[@nolanjones7069]

My 3yr old - "I'm real eeeeeazy grandma yall buggin" Grandma- umm what? Me- hey maybe stop buggin like the kid said

[@paulbraddick2085]

gwaaaadd, this is astonishing!

[@AxelCross]

Damn I wanna hear Kirby's bars now.

[@fcohex6148]

Thank you, Aes.

[@Nickyreaper2008]

Im here becase an influencer gave an advice and blood is shooting out my ears.

[@adammiller7351]

Always putting chips in the sammich

[@barbaraavina2551]

Nicely done! Hell, yeah.

[@trainerbigby248]

Kirby rhymes aside, the Grizzly/Salmon Run reference is too good

[@blakewitte8047]

everytime i say this dood is in heat mode, he goes into fire mode.

[@scareyaf]

Man that beat is ridiculous. This shit slaps.

[@AnnoyedMilkSnake-pi6ol]

I think that your art is awesome

[@JamesMurphyStudios]

Classic Blockhead

[@durere]

_to anybody clocking to copy his every move,_ _catch a birdie from the window of a rocket to the moon_ This sh!t is comedy gold right here. This is why I love Aes so much.

[@pinecrustjuise]

Best album since Impossible Kid, who agree?

[@wormsali]

Idk I love em all

[@jonahartistdavis1858]

I could agree. This is really the album I wished secretly for. I love the other recent ones to but I just like this one more. SWFG is near to them tho.

[@pinecrustjuise]

@@jonahartistdavis1858 Ye agree man I think hes been a bit more experimental up until this point, this just hits with gud simple clean beats and space between the lyrics.

[@birdrustler]

Oh definitely

[@lordxjava]

Y'all wildin'..

[@AnnoyedMilkSnake-pi6ol]

This is a great tune❤ is mr nevamind the Damage done in this idea of a few things

[@EpsilonOrionis]

🔥🤯🔥