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[@TheGuardianStylez]

When I tell my friends to listen to aesop rock they tell me you mean asap rocky I'm like no nigga!

[@bouazizforever]

+GuardianStylez Both are/were good imo ; Aesop Rock is still good and Asap Rocky used to be good

[@RellumRellum]

+Idir why do you say were for rocky

[@bouazizforever]

Jamie Muller He did a song with Selena Gomez.. But you're right, he can still be as good as he was

[@RellumRellum]

+Idir I mean yea I'm not A Selena fan but A.L.L.A was top 5 of the year last year imo

[@chasinghappyxo]

ugh yes -.-

[@cloudcloudzy7640]

Who's still playing this? Aesop Rock is awesome

[@ajobdunwell2585]

Someone is

[@aadliafiq]

this song is the first thing that cross my head the moment i loss my job due to covid

[@cloudcloudzy7640]

@@aadliafiq damn im sorry to hear it. What made you think about it exactly?

[@aadliafiq]

@@cloudcloudzy7640 'life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman you only call her a bitch because she won't let you get that pussy' is my first thought when i got dropped now a year later i starting to disagree with that line, i guess that's why aesop wrote nightlight

[@cloudcloudzy7640]

@@aadliafiq Yes its one of my faveriote things to quote lol

[@briandolan9724]

Anyone who says his raps are just big words with no meaning isn't thinking hard enough. This is literature. It forces you to think critically and is open to multiple interpretations.

[@alexhaile7957]

Some people ain't ready. And never will be.

[@stevo8782]

Same people putting the new trash mumble rappers on a pedestal.

[@richardallsop9554]

@@stevo8782 people with a ten second attention span.

[@MrJedimedic]

I’m not trying to be elitist, but even if you don’t like the genre, you HAVE to respect the genius. Hater:”Aesop Rock is just gibberish”. Me: “I actually feel sorry for you.”

[@pianoman7753]

Literally just concepts too large for people to swallow cant choke it down today or tomorrow so they try to pick it apart but cant digest the pieces and I get tired of explaining my side so I get ripped tryina push the leases

[@anthonytruman]

This amazing Daylight beat is produced by Blockhead if anyone was wondering

[@twistedgambit9084]

Love Blockhead

[@lorib360]

This is mesmerizing to me. Takes me away.

[@scootybooty6701]

And now they are doing a full album together!

[@aarongust6339]

Respect

[@Pineappled1987]

@@twistedgambit9084 Lucky for you Aes and Blockhead are producing a new album rn

[@Armistotle]

"Have you heard of Aesop Rock? No bitch, not A$AP Rocky, AESOP ROCK. Jesus..."

[@evanmarcy2637]

Literally every time I mention Aes Rock.

[@evanmarcy2637]

Either that or I say 'Aes' to someone who claims to know underground and they think I'm talking about Tyler the fucking Creator.

[@kids5810]

A$AP Rocky is great.

[@TheWilburProductions]

Evan Marcy Its funny because Tyler isn't underground anymore.

[@ConsciousThomas]

ON GODDD!!!!!!

[@kylebroussard5952]

Night light is so hard bro. What a concept to dub his own song on the evil side. Unreal creativity

[@FromMic]

I especially like the homages and reiteration of messages from his own previous song '9-5ers anthem' it's a cool tie in.

[@ilexise7362]

@I am The Lobster CooCoo Cahcoo! all it took was the loss of his friend.

[@NotAHumanYT]

Ong

[@Melissa4164]

shit still bangs in 2022.

[@Basskickity]

who still comes back to this and gets goosebumps 10 years later

[@stargazer4359]

I still admire this lyrics and the style of music. Literally art.

[@calebwolf8127]

Still banging

[@Sheahova]

one of the last new lyricists that transcends time

[@nuckinfuts420]

Yessir didn't know they would hit so hard

[@menik6575]

Why I appreciate Aesop is because he started vastly different from everyone and stayed that way. He took an art, took the pieces apart and put them back together his way, and it resulted in a unique style of vivid storytelling and a lyric book for each song. I can't compare him to anyone else because he's doing his own thing in his own world and I love it.

[@mTspaceEvolves]

AND put out 'BUILD YOUR OWN BAZOOKA TOOTH' so folks could cre8 something diff w/ his color pallette, ARTISTRY

[@rwdygaming]

all he ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together his way.

[@ivaolo]

absolutely my favorite rapper of all time because of it!

[@D3XthaTriF3ctA]

He even told us in daylight, that’s all he wanted to do!

[@DracoDikaryon]

I did not invent the wheel I was the crooked spoke adjacent

[@endone7368]

Who’s still rocking in 2024???

[@LeekyA266]

Bro let’s gooo

[@azurejester1520]

Sure, why not?

[@davidbarletta8290]

I'ma be rockin this til the day I die

[@Daplin1]

Read a book. For once.

[@Jaystub]

Beat for Daylight is one of the heaviest most emotionally charged in hip hop history.

[@Valleybucker]

Them Blockhead beats hit different.

[@fcon8507]

Blockhead is fucking amazing. He's done a bunch of work with Aesop.

[@HenryFlamez]

I think they used the same melody in "Hold Mine" song where you had Blueprint, Eyedea, Slug, Aesop Rock basically the "Orphanage".

[@Notanothercrayon]

Check out his song "holy smokes" if you haven't already, the beat is my life now

[@griffinmcelroy6598]

One of four by aes is the top on my list but you can’t even find it online anymore, “it was originally not for public consumption”

[@tyleralberty4993]

Daylight....Fighter of the Nightlight...

[@nicoleharper3676]

champion of the song

[@ca13bk96]

I love you

[@Mindbreaker89x]

You're a master of craftsmanship and a hero to everyone!

[@chalmettemike]

Master of karate and friendship with everyone

[@loganwilliams4258]

Just to be clear I did not write that song

[@trajectoryunown]

Eminem reads the dictionary. Aesop has memorized the thesaurus.

[@mattcorsaro7181]

Nice

[@ravenouscatalyst9210]

think aes soaked up encyclopedias vs thesaurus...lines like in None Shall Pass 'you can be my little Snake River Canyon today" talkin bout Evel Knievel's attemptin 2 make it over Snake River Cyn aint in thesaurus. aes has me constant encyclo searchin & el-p got me reading legislation & history

[@trajectoryunown]

@@ravenouscatalyst9210 I'll have to look into him some more. I've only seen a little of his work with RTJ. Aside from their video for Nobody Speak, RTJ never struck me as overtly political. But that was just a feature. I always just saw them as maintaining a highly successful brand as opposed having serious lyrical depth. Dem beats are on another level, though.

[@ravenouscatalyst9210]

@@trajectoryunown Killer Mike tried to run for office. Congress, House o Reps, Pres, but couldn't cuz of red tape restrictions. RTJ is best el-p beats since Cannibal Ox when he was like 19. As for lyrical depth here's lyrics from Patriotism from Soundbombing circa 1999-- "I'm the ugliest version of passed down toxic capitalist rabid emcee perversion -- I'm America!... ...with Bay of Pig tactics makin young men into martyrs ...This is where the pain grows like poppies, in a Field of Dreams I paid for, but we'll burn it down if operated sloppily, COPY? My economic sanction rhyme style got your syllables scraping for rice and riding in a pre-1960 jalopy. MY FAVORITE FLAVOR OF GAS IS MUSTARD. ....Hop over the border for amusement; try to test the waters That the other slaughter crews pay all they dues in Control the population and hide behind sacred covenants Fuckin with me?!?! i got wildlife burnin in gasoline seas And an automagnetic third world printed with metal plates in their knees.. I replace humans like robots in a GM factory Then export metaphors to sweat shops, cause the price is satisfactory Your pious little cries of injustice get met with apathy (Awww, SHUT UP!!) Soaked, cloaked, hormone injected dairy products And conservative right-wing anti-eroticism; THE POISONOUS RESERVOIRS & POWER LINES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE BOTCHILIM..."-EL-P-founder of def jux aka art that makes life worth it just cuz i got to hear it. no matter what happens after i heard aesop's lyrics & i'm golden

[@dabunnydabunny1243]

This is such a KZbin comment lmfao

[@dopemopey]

Aesop Rock isn't a rapper, he's a poet.

[@NaruTheBlackSwan]

A poet who raps.

[@ColeWolfsson]

rap is rhythm assisted poetry

[@ColeWolfsson]

there is no law that states poets can only rhyme a certain way

[@hankhill2625]

hes a poet and he knows it

[@isaacmorris7719]

he can be both :)

[@anthonyfilla4195]

who’s still bumping this in 2021?

[@IanJamesJohnson-hf6dj]

Yep

[@brianhlp30]

As long as I’m alive this song will ride

[@Mannethere]

@@brianhlp30 same

[@Mannethere]

@Otto Zachary creep. why?

[@phillossophie]

Bellllllieeeee-DAT!

[@claudedavis201]

This beat used to mesmerize me as a kid when my dad used to play this.

[@marselmusic]

Youre dad is a legend for introducing you to this!!

[@lonniethompson758]

@@marselmusic I was gonna say the exact same thing

[@medicmantra4713]

im her dad

[@moresoulthanasockwithahole3493]

@@medicmantra4713 no

[@LORDHoekalledGAuhEY69TH]

dope ass dad man

[@calimango7926]

"And I hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed So I triple knot them then I forgot them This origami dream is beautiful but man those wings will never leave the ground Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down." You know that feeling when you hear a lyric and it sticks with you forever? Yeah, this is one of those times for me. I had a friend who was a damn good rapper and producer. He didn't like Aes's style, but when he heard those lyrics even he was like, 'damn...'

[@scarymanlegs7578]

Everyone reacts the same way when listening to his music, it's kind of natural, what was your friends artist name?

[@darrellshoub7527]

I can totally relate. i like the way u said this. for me it is a rare event, after countless tracks, i know it is the rare ones that have the beautiful depth

[@jonorwell7459]

Aesop is underrated most definitely. People say a lot of his lyrics don't make sense, but as far as I can tell they're not very good listeners and they don't understand metaphors very well. I personally think he's ahead of his time.

[@KeepItReal213]

He said a bunch of random words and tried to make it sound smart. And you fell for it, lol.

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

L

[@imagineaworld]

"I DID invent the wheel in a PREVIOUS generation" 😈👌🎂

[@dizzysaurus]

Two sides of a genius. His metaphors are like a peep hole into a more brilliantly coloured world.

[@crossbowtim218]

Did a college project on this song. Aesop's words sting against a PERFECT flowing beat. One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@matteli5844]

+Zack Raider I went on Genius , took me hours to dissect the lyrics.

[@VMUDream]

+Matt Eli This album has taken me years to dissect and I still find things that blow my mind

[@claytoncrooks7183]

This is a fucking masterpiece; Duality in verse. Beauty; Purity, Corruption. Harmony.

[@ccconor728]

i love how he can describe an emotion like it's an object

[@kerrodconnolly5338]

Well lsd Is like that AES is like my own audio book of trip reports can't beat him

[@huntere9782]

7 years later... and your right

[@shadedskys]

I was listening to Aesop rock in 6th grade… still to this day, very few could follow, and even fewer could top their lyrical genius, metaphors, and brilliance…

[@Distant_View]

I was listening to this in my little suburb of Pittsburgh and playing it in my car about 15 years ago. Now I'm living in Bangkok and still listen to it walking through unreal scenes at night; nothing yet has come close to Aesop, he's definitely the greatest of all time.

[@tlacayelice6156]

Damn I've also been bopping to aesop rock since 6th grade, hella underrated

[@huntere9782]

I struggled to follow then and do now. still as good still sounds the same still as dirty maybe im just an asshole....... this was some amazing hip hop... some amazing wordplay

[@mspray]

I'll never lose respect for this guy. Rap is Art.

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

this shit blew my brain open in like 2001 oh wowww high school smoking weed taking acid and mushrooms and tons of dope underground hip hop coming out. Memories!

[@EnockMberego]

Daylight one of the best songs I'v ever heard...

[@maxweaver141]

Enock Mberego Agreed. The chorus is incredible perfect.

[@chrisreed1874]

Agree

[@waynepowers7213]

Agreed 100%

[@alexagaba284]

No doubt

[@nicknice2159]

dont forget about " no regrets"

[@deadboy1734]

I first heard aesop rock playing tony hawk years ago. I listen on my way to work. I listen when I'm chilling. I listen all the time. I can't get enough. We love you Aesop! 👊

[@theculprit101]

As someone who is bipolar this duality rings SO true.

[@themajesticnarwhal3273]

I know exactly what you mean, and I bet it was intentional

[@themajesticnarwhal3273]

***** Both of them represent the highs and lows of bipolar people

[@theculprit101]

2 which isn't fun at all. I can't imagine how intense 1 must be.

[@quartzteeth8429]

All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, swallow up the pieces, spit em at your species, beached in a city of lost barnacles and leeches, night light got me when the day light went to evening.

[@MonkeyChoz]

I spent 35 min reading the lyrics' meanings on genius lyrics

[@devindraco3594]

lol

[@oranebrown2169]

try take to the basement

[@skin_jockey]

just finished that one. another great one to do that with is 'the substance'

[@MrSmokeytehbear]

That probably got you through the first verse

[@DodgeVendetta]

do you even plug deteriorating xenobite pendragon?

[@sol-ze2xl]

Aesop makes me transcend. No other hip-hop is quite the same. Aesop is on another level

[@KeepItReal213]

On a level of saying random words and not making any sense? LOL

[@Samssassin420]

@@KeepItReal213 if you understand nothing then your missing all the context LMAO

[@KeepItReal213]

@@Samssassin420 Explain then genius. lol

[@Samssassin420]

@@KeepItReal213 YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABSTRACT? thats goofy bro the damn songs about aes's life. can't read basic storytelling keys bro?

[@KeepItReal213]

@@Samssassin420 Exactly! You can't explain it because it's nonsense. I can look at any nonsense and call it "abstract" lol

[@justchillin6864]

back in 05'-06' drinking 40's with the skater homies and they introduced me to underground rap. Ryhmesayers for life.

[@undyingentity7015]

Daylight: the guy is ready for a good day! Nightlight: guy gets fired.

[@joeliagostina]

Who’s still bumping this in 2023?

[@LORD_BZRK710]

2024

[@andyec-fp7cc]

still, to this day, one of the most brilliant tracks and response to said track ever laid down on tape.... aesop was on his totally own playing field back when this came out in '01, hasn't lost its edge or poignancy yet, 20 yrs on... good on ya aesop, forever stoked you gifted all of us with this aural masterpiece my dude. cheers. peec. 💯 🤙🏼 🎧

[@KeepItReal213]

Brilliant in what way? He's just using random dictionary words and trying to sound smart.

[@deanjph]

Why are you here?@@KeepItReal213

[@lukesalazar9283]

Loltroll ​@@KeepItReal213

[@getoffmylawn36]

😂 random dictionary words they say.

[@KeepItReal213]

@@getoffmylawn36 It's not like he knows how to use those words. LOL.

[@ConsciousThomas]

still can't believe this was 13 years ago waoahh this man was truly ahead of his damn timeeee!!!???

[@AVFCMarcus]

Aesop's metaphors are just incredible, they can interpreted in so many ways. Genius.

[@arealhuman826]

AVFCMarcus not really

[@marselmusic]

@@coaiemandushman1079 fucken oaf

[@Junyca3]

up the villa

[@dylanferner-rose8355]

@@Junyca3 seeing Villa related content on an alternative hip hop comments section - defo been a glitch in the matrix here lmao

[@musaka2022]

You say this as if Rumplestiltskin does not know his own reality. Interpret? Does he interpret every action of every ant that greases his withered palms? Or does he not even pay it a minute thought long enough for interpretation itself to even be viable?

[@thatguy8667]

It's whack that so many people listening to aesop can't help but be condescending towards other artists (and fans of other rap). There's good mainstream rappers. They won't provide you this, but they have their place. Stop being pricks and enjoy each artist's contributions. Aes is who got me into rap many years back. Much love for him, hes my favorite.. but I guarantee he's not agreeing with y'all talking shit constantly.

[@infinitory9993]

Fucking finally someone who just wants to listen to THEIR music and doesn't want to spread negativity but just spread the love of music in general, much love!

[@mateodavidgutierrezgonzale6556]

Hope this was directed at that Kendrick comment.

[@StreetForceMafia]

Wanna hook me up with some artists. I'm a metalhead but I found Aesop a few years ago and love it. Only other hip hopo I really enjoy is Nujabes, Eyedea, and Deltron 3030.

[@nuclearsun13]

I thought this Higgs boson was black

[@shrek3747]

keep that shit to yourself lmao get rekt

[@wickedras934]

Bumping for life, Aes is just in the league of his own

[@davidneuenfeldt6330]

One of the greatest writers/poets/literary geniuses of all time. All ❤

[@katiemaxwell1778]

Who else is still here Christmas Eve 2020 ?

[@anaarenas95]

huh

[@fredwilkes4083]

NYE sis. Feelin sentimental

[@Turkeybirb]

loud and clear, kin folk.

[@yourmother8175]

Hello from the new year

[@yourmother8175]

@@ALLENNEWLIN1979 calm down, this is a place of peace.

[@gotrusty]

Feels like 100 years. Somebody just posted this. Used to bump it in the headphones snowboarding as a kid.

[@paulwillis592]

If this song passed me by in my last hour time lasted a try I bat a smile at God and thank he got me through all times

[@BoozertheArtist]

Aesop rock is the greatest of all time

[@MaJetiGizzle]

The funny thing that makes this post poignant is that you can actually make a good argument for such a statement.

[@BoozertheArtist]

***** go fuck your self

[@MaJetiGizzle]

Boozer Oner YAY! Reasonable dialogue and logical discourse on KZbin! :P

[@BoozertheArtist]

***** I came here for the music not to argue with you but I wont stop, I listen to this shit all the fucking time

[@iKilLaMoDz]

***** And who would you call better? The only one up there is MF DOOM, Madlib (Quasimoto), Pharaoh, RZA, Big Pun, Black Thoughts. No artist no days compare to Aesop Rock.

[@omga14]

One of the hypest joints for me. "I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed. So it triple knot em and forgot em". DAMN! Era of lyrics fo sho! So many artists in the underground people now don't even know. It's funny that I still introduce this man to people I know have been into Hip Hop for YEARS! They all head bop to this no matter who it is.

[@tommyg420g5]

This song helped me thru dark times at a young age a long time ago and I never forgot...

[@jordanpoopsalot1797]

This was his single best track IMO especially the genious of conflicting light and dark by changing some of the lyrics in the other track to oppose the first while still keeping a mutual message. When this first dropped my mind was completely blown.

[@MisterSmylie]

Heavily under rated artist. Unfortunately he goes over the majority of people's heads... also pre sure he won't blow cause media don't want his messages out there lol

[@stargazer4359]

This is not going to fade. This is a masterpiece!

[@hiphophead4891]

Aesop Rock might be the best poet in the history of hip hop. To have a vocabulary bigger than Shakespeare when being confined to make words rhyme is legitimately mind boggling.

[@mynameisnobody99]

Best hook I ever heard

[@ryan2798]

aesop soo far past its 2015 they just now given him his props

[@TomEbbsjamasteroids]

RYAN F If he caved in and did a feat song with eminem people would notice....fuck that. Aesop's work won't lose it's authenticity the way 70% of solo attention crazed decent artists who abuse their power of word do. It's rappers like Him, Aristotle, Action Bronson and Watsky who need to watch their backs for big stinky hollywood snakes knocking on their door looking to give them hell to pay when they've been real a lot longer in their life than artists like Kanye and Jay-Z have been in comparison, and I'm not just singling them out due to white, polish, detroit and white comparisons. Aesop's a real MC.

[@bextings7479]

+Tmo “Tebbzy” Ebsb Could you give me a link to Aristotle please, I'm always on the look for more real rappers but can't find this guy anywhere.

[@josiahmycousin]

Tmo Ebsb Aes and WATSKY are two of the best right now. Except Aes has been on his game since the early 2000s. Wish I had discovered him earlier than just last year.

[@ryan2798]

Tmo Ebsb insightful comment brother also fully agreed

[@TomEbbsjamasteroids]

One positive comment duly noted.

[@biglord02]

Truly one of the best rap songs. I keep coming back to it.

[@YoungChunds]

Only an unconscious mind can make art like this. The lyrics are just riding the wavy contours of the primordial soup. What that is, we’ll never know. This is Greek Tragedy distilled into rap

[@SkinnyEatWorld95]

Still here in 2024❤

[@Terranhumanityproject]

Still pounding this in 2024

[@freeradical901]

Dayman! Fighter of the nigtman!

[@Claytron830000000000]

i could see an aesop appearance on IASIP where he hits it off with charlie or a charlie cameo on an aesop rock video for sure

[@Murphxl]

champion of the sun

[@samakosari3727]

Lol perfect!

[@williamokane4629]

You're a master of karate, and friendship for everyone!

[@jonathanalexander652]

freeradical901

[@trevorcory678]

this origami dream is beautiful, pull the tail watch the wings flap, but you really cant do a thing with that.. Aesop continues to astound

[@tylerwilliams5359]

Knock knock

[@trevorcory678]

Fuck off

[@ironocy496]

Trailer park treasure Trevor Cory. Thanks for the comment. You helped the internet achieve it's ultimate objective... of being awesome.

[@trevorcory678]

smokes lets go

[@pheartheunknown1652]

You fuckin want one?

[@KingDaliPantshwa]

god bless aesop rock. my teen years and parenthood this still feels like the first time I heard it.

[@princeargon6508]

I feel you brother, bless him and bless you.

[@shoshoni1985]

Speechless, some serious mind cracking rhymes, Aesop rock is simply defeatless, in a couple of minutes Rock did his PhD thesis.

[@MeAuntieNora]

Fuuuuck I forgot about these tracks. So great.

[@Codoft]

Love you so much Keiren, i still think of you everyday and i cant thank you enough for showing me this song. Fly high brother and ill see you one day soon

[@joebaumgart1146]

What I enjoy about Aesop Rock 8s that unlike many mainstream rappers his is an active not passive listening experience. You have to pay attention like a movie, not just hear it like a show.

[@cFull_Rtrd]

hip hop was always about the lyrics, looping breaks and rapping, just need a dude juggling a couple records... hip hop is now garbage with people just repeating shit like a chant cause they couldnt write rhymes that flow to save their life, this is just standard hip hop right here but with some deeper lyrics. This is modern poetry.

[@chelsea6671]

that hook for Nightlight is one of the best hooks ive heard. Its so catchy for a dark song like this. Daylight is one of my favorite songs of all time so Rock was 2/2 with this shit.

[@hogslyedgy9yearoldscumlord609]

I'd say daylight's hook was better, but every one to his own I guess.

[@chelsea6671]

Hogsly, Edgy 9 Year Old Scumlord i LOVE Daylight's hook, but feel like The way he flipped the hook for Night Light was so fantastic that it made it unintentionally catchy.

[@medotata5356]

That bass maaaan

[@brandonadams999]

@@hogslyedgy9yearoldscumlord609 haha vbyy6yh hi ddddA. M. .am ñkJakâjjajânnnnnnnnnnnnjjjjp

[@HaywoodJablomi_420]

In 2007 I was sent to live with my mom in vegas as a punishment for something I did at home in Utah. These two songs and really the whole album got me through those 7 long months. It was the only connection I had to Utah, there werent any hip hop heads at my school in Vegas, it was all either rap or ICP or emo music. Blech

[@madscientistkicks]

I come here every now and then for my fix. I get sad/happy in a weird nostalgic way. Happy tears filled with rage....

[@MarcSkatesBooty]

His words are like a collideascope, you don’t see the beauty till it’s almost gone.

[@Sunprism]

When I heard Nightlight for the first time, I could barely believe it. Name one other rapper who can revisit and completely change a verse like that, it's truly impressive.

[@WLS_Churchill]

PAC ? Mobb ? Dafuq you're on lmao

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

​@WLS_Churchill name one track either of them have done that on.....

[@stefanurosevic3090]

guys got more bars than a penitentiary

[@pb_monkey]

lol

[@brandonb3273]

That's wack...it's like saying he has more bars than a kit Kat factory or sum shit. Please stop with your metaphors that suck especially on a deep song!!!

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

Brandon B why are you so offended bro

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

x x Well I guess I’m gay now cause I fucks with all them

[@Tracer_Sweat]

Damn, this guys got more bars than a chocolate factory!

[@vapid6311]

whenever I break down, I sing daylight, something about it seems to help.

[@marselmusic]

Same man!

[@draexian530]

All i ever wanted . . .

[@deadboy1734]

I wanna see Aesop Rock in concert. Here's a little list of what I want to hear... Everything he ever fuckin wrote! This man is a fucking genius!!! Huge fucking fan man 👊

[@lucidlullaby894]

When you're nodding off asleep listening to Daylight but then Nightlight just comes bye and dropkicks you out of it

[@slcmt2]

This has happened to me a few times

[@chaotic459]

The difference between Blockhead day/night sleep and Aesop Rock day/night *attempt* to sleep is significant. Both are effing fantastic. The amazing thing is the difference between the feel of b and a's night.

[@acertainanimeindex420]

Nightlight sucka

[@clapclapscream]

I haven't tired of this song for over a decade. This should have 8 million likes at least, not just 8,000

[@josephparker9124]

Great ad in the middle of the song

[@tiraelmclemore6948]

I hate the fact that they started doing that. Ads is getting worse by the day

[@JoshMKWii]

i honestly think daylight is the best song i've ever listened to, and i wouldnt use that lightly. truly incredible music

[@iamdrewlowe]

This has been true for me a long time... i include Night Light as well as I believe that it is crucial to the work.

[@mindflowers1792]

JoshMKWii Indeed. Aesop is dope. Cool Subaru by the way

[@jeniquekasai9423]

JoshMKWii I fullheartedly agree

[@KeepItReal213]

What made it incredible? He used random dictionary words and didn't know how to use them to make any sense lol.

[@featherycoffee1401]

People saying that he just says random gibberish but can't name any songs where he does do that or even any line that doesn't have meaning without immediately getting proven wrong. Hmmmm

[@insanity_squirrel]

2023 and still one of my favorite raps of all time.

[@drboom.]

Daylight is one of the deepest songs ever

[@SnapeSnape]

Something about Aesop Rock's flow keeps me on the bright side of life

[@StevePeckatr0n]

Daylight is responsible for getting myself as well and a few other people heavily into actual lyrics. This is art at it's finest, beautiful

[@melo4087]

Till this day my fav Aesop Rock songs!

[@MrEpic-qe2tt]

I think it's impossible to hate them.

[@melo4087]

1337 King sometimes

[@_konahrik_]

I'm so done dude

[@_konahrik_]

everytime...

[@ALLCAPS]

still?

[@stargazer4359]

As all of his publications are... Really great stuff 👏 👍 👌

[@DS-wd2fg]

Ten years later and still so relevant

[@Zootman88]

This dude is incredible. The lyrics and beats in this song are just 🙌

[@briannarose1996]

Still listening in 2024 and for the foreseeable future 😎

[@swards47]

Any one who ever said words can't hurt never been hit with a Bible or heard Aesop spit

[@thedankgoat7972]

The most underrated rapper

[@andyriley992]

The beat, the lyrics, the delivery... So tight

[@irishbearsfan12]

2022 still slaps

[@lumencosmo]

still a banger till today

[@alexsawyer60]

Sickest part about these songs is their story from Aesops perspective as a rapper. He's stated as hating DayLight and loving NightLight, so my theory is this: Aesop wrote NightLight as a parody of DayLight, a song he hates to perform, and made it specifically something he knew he'd love performing every single time.

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

I hate when artists say they hate their hit songs. Makes the fans feel stupid for listening to them.

[@PSYCHE3]

@@wesleytwiggs7687 I think it gives the song a turn of character. Not to imply songs they enjoy don't, just that if an artist spent HOURS if not DAYS writing and producing and theoretically performing a song, just to at some point heavily dislike it.... I wonder what that song means for them. Like what kind of nuanced life experience and perspective led them to reject their own creation. Was it the era of the song, linked to life events? Is it how the song is structured or how it makes them feel? Shreds of many reasons I assume. Idk it usually fascinates me when I hear about it.

[@alexsawyer60]

@@wesleytwiggs7687 there's plenty of reasons a performer might not like their own work. Radiohead's Creep is a good example. It can be anything from "this song doesn't mean what it was supposed to anymore" to "i'm sick and tired of people asking me to sing this", among countless other reasons. Doesn't mean we shouldn't like the song, its their business if they don't like it, they wouldn't want us to hate it just because they do.

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

@@alexsawyer60 I just wouldn’t want to diminish the joy my song gives people by publically stating those kinds of feelings.

[@ThirteenAmp]

An artist is always working on the new, when people tell you whatever new doesn't matter because you made this old thing that's as good as you can get, they don't wanna hear that, they want you to hear the newest work because it's the most advanced in the artists eyes

[@flatmac]

Now This Is Hip - Hop. from the beats to the wordplay and everything else about this.

[@alexsteinhauer2253]

2023 and still just as amazing from the fist time I heard the jungle GEM

[@RonstoOSRS]

Revisiting these songs after not hearing em for years is a fucking journey. Daylight is absolutely incredible. Wow.

[@FreeggNinja3618]

Daylight has always made me feel some type of way..it's just got a whole vibe to it..ya'll know what I'm talking about. Not to mention his lyrics..wow..I don't know if I've ever heard anyone as lyrical as him

[@luiszaragoza2743]

Iv been playing this song since I was 15, now 30 and it still hits the same.

[@mothmantheaveragecitizen2718]

when I skate to this I can free my soul

[@helo8232]

damn i wish it wasnt raining :(

[@FreeggNinja3618]

yessss

[@joelglanton6531]

when you feel like that it's your soul trying to remind you what you forgot, that the soul is divine and really can be freed

[@soadboy66]

NightLight has the sickest beat I swear. Aesop flows like water over it

[@porkyoak]

i'm so glad aesop rock is getting recognition for real, going through shit and still managing to shine!!! fuck yes aes love you man

[@michaelking9568]

Damn first time I've ever heard this. One of the greatest writers/MCs/producer in music. He can do so much of his own music. A true talent.

[@KeepItReal213]

One of the greatest writers? How? He makes no sense and just says random things. LOL

[@travismisher]

This song brought me here almost 20yrs ago !!! ACE ROCK AND YA DONT STOP!!