Aesop Rock - Pizza Alley (Official Video)

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Cast:
Clair - Zoe Shaw
Charlie - Liam Shaw
Maggie - Mirabella Simantel
Bucket - Edie Shaw
Archeologist - Robert D’Esposito
Crew:
Director - Rob Shaw
Executive Creative Director - Jason Bacon
Executive Producer - Tsui Ling Toomer
Producer - Robert D’Esposito
Animation Director - John Summerson
Prop & Set Fabricator - Erik Hoofnagle
Live Action DP - Rodrigo Melgarejo
Live Action Gaffer - Eric Macy
Live Action AC - Lane Clark
Live Action Sound Mixer - Evan Gandy
Compositor/Editor- Rob Shaw
Color Correct - Orland Longlight
Animation elements designed by - Justin “Coro” Kaufman
Production Company: Little-Giant
Song Credits:
Written & Produced By Aesop Rock
Bass by James Lynch.
Additional Instrumentation by Grimace Federation.
Lyrics:
Keep it classy, key to Pizza Alley, weaving traffic in a overheating taxi, in Lima, tickets to liberate the center, pitch surrender to a witch doctor pouring amphibians out the blender, underneath a glowing purple Christ, perfect surf, curl up and die, cobblestone alone a master class in open world design, I came from the wasteland in featherlight trail pants, fugee off the ant trail, Inca Trail mailman, fail in every hemisphere, show me the ambrosia, maybe ghost into the coca leaf and holy heliconia, where shaman opt to zombify undocumented expats, high and writing Ayuahasca letters back to Melmac, dear friends, send help yesterday, yours true, condor, puma, serpiente, talk rap albums over alpaca medallions, with metal-heads who traffic magic flowers from the mountains, to the houses of the holy, a token of that sacred valley balance, so you don't expel omega fatty acids, the strays in the plaza look happier than my neighbors, they answer to Paddington Bear in waders, it's amazers, what ship, what shore? I grew up writing riddles under bridges in New York, now I travel like a highwayman who whispers to his horse, sharing stories of the winter, trying to trigger something pure, from dying on the vine, to “it's alive and indivisible”, to “how'd I get this far without a bindle full of crystal skulls?” Cozy local woven goods, beaded shit for people you have never met or spoken to, but know they'll need to hold Peru, throw a couple logs on the fire, there's a chimney in San Blas where you can hear Baby Dayliner bouncing softly off the navy blue, April showers, paper moon, run the light, and beat the drum, and smoke the dope, and raid the tomb
Pay no mind to the bygones, find him a strange hill to die on, never let me die on a regular hill, never let me die on a regular hill
Ey, the local homie blow smoke on his wounds, and talk about the jungle like it's always in the room, new and shooting lumens out of a canoe into the ruins, silly putty for some other-worldly woo-woo to influence, ooo it's a, strange bouquet, not today Supay, rubber boots, and tumbo juice, and tarantula toupee, canopy going ham over camp in a feuding biome, Os Mutantes row, row, rowing the wrong way into the diode, fry the banana, heart of palm ribbons, fish from the river, sauces made of citrus, on a screen porch pimpled after dark with frogs and lizards, when high as hell they might as well be Mothras and Godzillas, it's awesome, peer into the spirit quest, spellbound, 3 to 1 machete, yelling back into the hellmouth, you hit the labyrinth an ambassador of peace and love, you might return with the root of your superego plunged
The river boils when it sees me
"Electric eels killed two of my best friends" said the local to the gringo, then dove in off the pirogue, in a cloud of smokey mopacho they boat in from Iquitos, mosquitos on the wall of the Amazonian ethos, out to bounce a light off any hairy eyeball in the basin, wild pig, owl, baby caiman, coral snakes that drape down from the timbers like the 6 fingers of Satan, they only speak in "S's", you can not get an "Amen”, I told my darkest secrets to a pair of fuchsia dolphins, the doozie out in Paris, the futures I had squandered, they whispered something to me I will bear unto my coffin, what's apparent via occam is despondency is common, we traded numbers and made off into the pond scum, humming Muddy Waters, motherfucker I am on one, earth, wind, fire, and papaya, we fly with the poison arrow, we dive with the arapaima
#AesopRock #PizzaAlley #SpiritWorldFieldGuide

[@noelbishop4437]

Im 34 and have been listening to this dude since I was 17. I cant believe that sometimes. And every time a new drop comes out I feel like a teenager again. Aesop we love you. Never stop making medicine for the people. I would have died a dozen times if you didnt exist. love you brother.

[@andrewf6287]

33, started listening at 30.wish I had started at 12. I think I'm still kind of overwhelmed to being hit with all of this only 3 years ago, with more panacea dropping all the time. I love it. Also those last few lines on this one hit like a hammer.

[@OEG85]

Definitely takes me back too. 35...got intro'd to his second album (Labor Days) in 2001 when i was a freshman in highschool. I remember trying to write down his lyrics and figure out what the metaphors meant...haha. A fools errand.

[@wild-radio7373]

Yep. Hummin like scripture.

[@wild-radio7373]

You said it better. Thanks luv. 🤜🏻👍🤛🏻♡♡♡

[@Regore]

I feel the exact same way man. You took the words right out of my mind

[@madmammoth9022]

That beat switch was the best thing I've ever heard

[@Hyraethian]

All I could think was," Aesop, also featuring Aesop." Those switches are like day and night.

[@andrewf6287]

@@Hyraethian Night Light Sucka!

[@Hyraethian]

@@andrewf6287 Now that you mention it, haha.

[@amytagtmeyer1704]

Ever

[@AStrangeHill]

Yeh. I was just thinking this too...

[@chrismarciano8687]

The main reason I want this pandemic to end is so I can resume pretending Aes might tour

[@AFrame88]

He would definitely be touring for this album if not for covid season. There’s no reason to pretend it would happen... I mean he’s toured for every other release

[@mononaut]

​@@AFrame88 Man, I don't know. I want it to happen but it seems like Aes is kinda over touring. It would be his first album that he doesn't, but he's said he doesn't like doing it, he didn't for Malibu Ken (Tom told me it was Aes who chose not to), and he seems to have had a falling out with Rob Sonic, his main touring buddy. If he comes to Texas next year I'll be first in line at the venue, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[@DoobieFerguson]

@@AFrame88 he toured for Malibu Ken?

[@DoobieFerguson]

@@mononaut as someone who finally got over their anxiety of going to live shows, I really need him to tour again. Probably the last thing on my bucket list. That being said, I wouldn’t doubt it doesn’t happen. He’s always been vocal about his distaste for touring. I will say, him and Rob seem to have made up based on some social media posts between the two. Whether that means they would work together again is up for debate.

[@kurobass]

@@mononaut I think him and Rob are cool again. They're following each other on social and reblogging each other's releases once more, far as I know.

[@MedicinalSmoker]

Aesop Rock is the Shakespeare of modern day lyricists

[@ishaking6278]

Aesop is easily a better writer than Shakespeare. Aesop has much better and more vivid imagery while using allusions, metaphors, entendres, allegories, rhymes and other literary devices.

[@kevinmunoz3321]

Shakespeare was the radio music taylor swift of his time. The deep playewrights are out there but hes not that deep.

[@SilverHammer1]

Aesop has used so many words over the years he has to make up new ones now and that's amazers

[@rubyrayne8]

More like travel to Peru and the Amazon to learn new ones.

[@-user_redacted-]

He already passed Shakespeare wordwise, and Shakespeare made up a ton of the words we use today. In a couple centuries there's going to be a dictionary of Aes' words too.

[@rydenseelie3608]

What I love about that "Amazers" part is that, yes he made up the word Amazers but he's using phasers to get that effect going. It has a deeper meaning and it's fucking insane

[@joeysands8893]

He's on the James Joyce path to crafting a literary mountain out of neologisms.

[@MagikForTheMAsses]

🖤

[@refusingtoconform]

RTJ4, Spirit World Field Guide, and Anime, Trauma, and Divorce. What a time to be an underground hip-hop fan.

[@yugiohyoutuification]

Not to mention Bishop Nehru's Nehruvia this year

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Aesop isn't underground anymore. He started as an earthworm, but found an appleseed that floated to the sun's labor days. Nowadays none shall pass him. It's about being a hip hop fan, really.

[@refusingtoconform]

@@poughkeepsieblue He's definitely NOT underground but he's also not mainstream. It's like Doom, he's just a venerated vet that has garnered the respect he didn't receive in his youth.

[@dorianbasner1923]

Black Thought isn’t necessarily underground but Cane and Able is out too. Truly a great time for the genre

[@adamwilliams4848]

Not to mention Felt 4 as well....been a good year for hip-hop.

[@sirfartknocker8653]

I'm so thankful for Aesop Rock.

[@freeruncrazy]

I admire the considerable amount of research that Aesop likely did to write this. Iquitos, arapaima, pirogue, mapacho.. countless subtle references to Peruvian culture and land.

[@xamdamCO]

He went on quite a trip there several years back. In more ways than one, apparently.

[@twigsimpson8945]

He is a very intelligent human in this place we call earth

[@whispersmith]

@MMARZ 7 craft and crack geodes

[@StarfortMudflood]

@@whispersmith lift party hats out of craft depot

[@marloncarter2346]

He's getting survival tips from Tardigrades!! Yo dude is on an entirely different universe than the rest of us! I absolutely love this album.

[@michaelgallagher646]

Aesop Rock is medicine for me. Each time a new album comes out, I remember how much I need it. So glad he's still evolving and loving his craft after all this time. I feel like his art is getting more sophisticated and flavorful with time, liked aged wine. I feel blessed to live in the same timeline!

[@michaelgallagher646]

Oh, and nice Os Mutantes reference!

[@mononaut]

I get this feeling from listening to Aes that no other artist gives me... I've been a fan for 15 years, and still, when I am listening, I start trying to count the number of years I have left on this earth so I can figure how many more re-listens of Aes albums I have to look forward to. And he just keeps putting out better and better albums, I can hardly stand it.

[@bluemorpho4941]

Totally agree.

[@lakryth8741]

For real

[@robinnegus6499]

He’s definitely evolving, but I have a lot of deep nostalgia for his older works. Especially the Bsides and rarities!

[@lacesoutchris]

This is the holy fucking trinity of hip hop, ladies and gentlemen. A true alchemist. I have no words for how unbelievably phenomenal this is.

[@redherronrecords]

Production too, daaaayuuuum!

[@JesusHComedy]

I saw The Gates. What’s the other song in the trilogy?

[@sasogorelick]

@@JesusHComedy 👀👀

[@JesusHComedy]

@@sasogorelick just realized he said trinity, not trilogy.

[@lacesoutchris]

@@JesusHComedy I was going to correct you, but I figured you’d figure it out. 😎🤘 Also...did you just assume my gender?

[@jarrodsmith8421]

That shift at the 3:00 mark...FIRE!

[@nudoge]

🌋

[@scareyaf]

Caught me off guard. This man's a magician.

[@edotexe6739]

When you realise there is an actual boiling river in Peru. The poem at the end is from a french poet in the 1800s lamenting about the changing culture of Paris, and was sampled from the album "Flowers of Evil" 1969.

[@mpchead621]

side note: the music video is incredible

[@jwightman795]

Jesus that beat was unbelievably good. Honestly this feels like one aesop's best! Hot damn.

[@OneHitAway]

I wish my brother was still alive so I could rush over to his crib and play him this song.

[@durere]

I'm sure Aes sang it to him while on the other side.

[@RobotronSage]

@@durere Spirit world is real and i'm not saying this cause Aesop's saying this. He knows what's up!!!

[@timwalker4664]

JFC Sometimes I listen to a joint like this 50 in a row and I'm appreciating the masterful wordplay and the vivid imagery in the message... And then on the 51st time... the Goosebumps and the chills and the watery eyes... It's always fire. Sometimes it's an Inferno. And sometimes I just melt into it and that's when I know I get it in a way that serves me. Interpretation is everything... everything is interpretation... This one just hit me in that kind of uncomfortable but necessary interpretation. I want to run out in the street and tell everybody to check this s*** out. Hardly anybody ever listens. I keep trying to tell people what's going on with this guy and his incredible Talent. One of the greatest Poets of all time? Probably both. But we don't hear it until we're ready for it. Much love to the man himself and to everybody out there who gets to that special place when they vibe to him. I wish everybody knew what was going on here, mostly. But on some level, I kind of feel like we have a special thing, those of us who can access or capture a little bit of what he's doing. How does one catch up to what he puts out? One doesn't, I suppose. 🍻

[@RandomBlake2564]

I feel like Aes shares a similar relationship to what I've heard others describe about psychadelics; You don't find them, they find you. How do you change someone? You can't, you can just show them ways how to change and whether or not they take it is up to them. I feel it's also a matter that when people discover something themselves it feels much more significant than someone else telling you something is special, and in all the ways that it IS special. Even if you're right, that doesn't necessarily mean it'll click for them. This is the biggest struggle I've dealt with when it comes to enjoying "underground" music.

[@samuelstewart875]

How are u 4real stealing my thoughts from my cerebellum? It's like u had crawled into my skull, waded through 50 fathoms of emotion and plucked those words buried under the compost in the overgrown garden of my heart. Although I planted those seeds years ago, this garden yet grows... curling its tendrils inside, around, n through my soul; total immersion with this music; I am Alive again.

[@theysayhiraeth1152]

This song is powerful. "Never let me die on a regular hill"

[@jkowalec]

Thank you, Aes. Many years a fan. Can’t imagine existence without your persistence. Thank you, Aes.

[@luckycatphil]

Seriously, was only expecting good, got one of the most epic tunes of his career. The man's mastery is unchallenged in the English speaking world.

[@standemonium8212]

I made the mistake of thinking this was going to be a bad day, then new Aesop came out.

[@hiropon2985]

me too

[@aesopbricktop]

I swear he drops albums at the perfect times.

[@kcksd10]

New 3mg as well

[@maikatiemuj2706]

didint this song come a bit go? i think its just the clip thats new

[@ShutUpCleanYourMonitor]

On house arrest 🤯

[@CuttinChris]

Aes is singlehandedly keeping 2020 from destroying the universe.

[@GathererThompson]

@DIV1NITAL The first thing you'd lose is electricity. Then you'd only have your family to shit on, if they even put up with you anymore.

[@divinefallfromgrace]

Or maybe, Aes is keepin' the Universe from destroying US. 💭

[@wurrdjenkins857]

Never been this excited for an album since I was a teenager. Go aes!!!

[@heroicself6149]

Agreed.

[@Mindbend88]

Yahhhhh

[@wurrdjenkins857]

@@heroicself6149 the buzz is real. Also I hate spamming but if ye like weird alternative hip hop I'd appreciate your thoughts on some of the stuff on my channel ✌🏻

[@sk82rok]

Every time he drops something, double album, feature length album, EP, demo, single I am ALWAYS 🔥!!!HYPED!!!🔥

[@HoboBama]

'..they talk about the jungle like it's always in the room..' 🧡

[@12201185234]

Think I'm going to heroic dose with these Golden Teachers I've been sitting on once this album finally drops next month.

[@merganmecdinald]

I recommend it, I did the same with Malibu ken lmao

[@tacomcarthur9685]

Fuck dude i wish i could find those in my area! 😡

[@durere]

how'd it go?

[@dakistle]

Get on that melmac! GTs have been dominated

[@tysonharriger5610]

This isn't just music. This is dedicated, thoughtful, disciplined art.

[@thaMANSTA]

Aesop here to solve the Mt. Chilliad mystery.

[@-user_redacted-]

Aesop is the Mt. Chilliad mystery.

[@bobbybrine6547]

He had a jetpack the whole time

[@adenms3576]

😂😂

[@poughkeepsieblue]

I thought that shit looked familiar. Turn the mural upside down, it becomes the canyon from the train wreck mission. Just sayin.

[@Rudothing]

Now HERES a conspiracy I can get behind

[@Impossible033]

DEAR FRIENDS, SEND HELP YESTERDAY

[@makaokaonthane9590]

It’s weird how we quote Aesop rock bars we can understand 😂😂

[@Yagunitto]

ok i'm calling Nolan

[@rosszeadker5375]

@DIV1NITAL Novembers almost over. Do you retract your statement?

[@psychocline2579]

Camp bogard sends Madea

[@scottmiller7086]

Every song is a master class in lyrical excellence.

[@8thLife]

Every new song from Aesop makes me want to go back through his ful catalog again. Such an insanely talented rapper!

[@dakistle]

The new stuff makes me forget about the old stuff

[@raer5373]

First our boys El-P and Killer Mike come with Rtj4 now Aes drops new music. 2020 doesnt suck so much anymore.

[@JD-sf7xn]

Deftones gotta new one coming out soon too, if you're into that

[@raer5373]

@MMARZ 7 I Don't give a fuck if the rapper is white or brown or purple, dope music is dope music. ,,A Dash of whiteness" term is kind of funny to me because before seeing how El-P and Rob Sonic looked I thought they were Black honestly :D

[@zacharydobrowski8796]

Ohms is fucking bangarang

[@jaystar5068]

And deca comes with birds and snakes!!

[@darrnellnott07]

But then news comes out we lost DOOM. Couldn't even end on a good note

[@honey3762]

5:21 OH MY GOD! This makes me so happy, that's Ruth White's spleen!!!

[@karabomasibi2331]

This video fits the song so well and actually improves your understanding quicker

[@jkq311]

Maybe. It was too much for my stoned head. The visuals and lyrics were not processing fast enough in my brain to fully grasp the content.

[@JeffMackSoundsTrue]

I love AES's face in the smoke. His creativity keeps astounding me. He really knows how to set the mood and really go for it. Thank you for the new music.

[@ivbqwljrf234]

I heard the first 20 seconds and knew I'd listen to this song thousands of times in my life. Hats off, once again, mighty Aes.

[@nashbird76]

Aesop Rock saves lives and blows minds. May his mind bless us for a long, long time.

[@lysergicjimmy69]

I always wondered how aesop would break down a trip.

[@WarbossRB]

The greatest pacman in history didn't do it for you?

[@lysergicjimmy69]

@@WarbossRB came close but no cigar..

[@xanhteps648]

Last Pac man on bazooka tooth. Its not as pro lsd as we might hope for. .

[@SinSokolov]

""Electric eels killed two of my best friends" Said the local to the gringo Then dove in off the pirogue In a cloud of smoky mopacho They boat in from Iquitos Mosquitos on the wall of the Amazonian ethos" WHAT

[@psychrockvinyl]

my fav verse

[@siy9583]

@@psychrockvinyl I credit Aesop rock for my vocabulary. I constantly have to research words when I listen to him lmfao

[@FlashQuatsch]

Gringo is how Peruvians refer to Americans and sometimes white people. Pirogue is Piragua, a type of boat. Mopacho is a type of tobacco. And Iquitos is the capital city of Loreto, a region in the jungle of Peru. Hope that helped a bit 🤗

[@NZMPlays]

Dudes been spending the last few years in Thailand and Peru, gathering Field knowledge of the jungle atmosphere just to craft this record. I. FUCKING. LOVE. THIS. GUY.

[@DMdno-hs4ef]

And people say em is rap God apparently never listened to aesop

[@justinmichael9191]

AES HERE TO SAVE 2020

[@kk-lr5ud]

@DIV1NITAL lol nuclear november nice 🔬

[@gyozakeynsianism]

More like to say "I told you so." And then to drop acid. And then to chuckle a bit and pet Kirby.

[@andreyoung9181]

Aesop Rock has perfected his craft

[@smlinarcik]

That Ruth White sample at the end is such an A+ pull.

[@TheCommanderTitan]

Makes you wonder if Aesop knows what Space Funeral is, or if he found that on his own...

[@bobbobs4851]

Threadly reminder that Aesop Rock is objectively the GOAT and all opinions otherwise have already been debunked by Snopes.

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Facts check out

[@apatheticviewer234]

Eh Illogic is a better lyricist. Celestial Clockwork is perfect. Aesop is more consistent tho

[@bobbobs4851]

@@apatheticviewer234 that has been debunked. Please take your conspiracy theories to infowars.

[@kk-lr5ud]

@@bobbobs4851 boblawbobslog?? Is it really you!? 💋

[@jkq311]

I wouldn't trust snopes any more than I trust some stranger; in fact I have more trust in the stranger than snopes.

[@blakeelledge8516]

Spirit World Field Guide is the best album to drop in 2020!!!! Sooooo glad I pre ordered this BOMB ALBUM!!!! 😁 YOU SHOULD TOO!!! I PROMISE YOU SHALL NOT REGRET IT!!!

[@coreyp12290]

I feel like the only reason Ace is slept on is because he goes so far above everyone's head.

[@scladoffle2472]

The delusions of a fanboy. He's not slept on because "he goes so far above everyone's head", he's slept on because nobody really listens to hip hop in relation to other music, and he's never made pop music. People say this shit all the time but all you're doing is feeding your own ego.

[@Odd_Combo]

@James Jamison I just heard a guy do a reaction to Aes, and it was his first time hearing him. He said this and I feel that this was appropriate... “He’s too dope for normal human consumption.” - MrLBoyd (I think?)

[@Behemoth_Rogue]

@@scladoffle2472 Yet everyone knows who JayZ, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Eminem, and 50 cent are. Rap and hip hop are mainstream now homie. Aes is slept on because he's underground, and not alot of people can actually grasp what he's trying to say in his verses.

[@VeniVizzleVici]

@@Behemoth_Rogue "Mainstream" rap is only popular due to certain groups wanting certain messages prioritized.

[@nicholasbrookins630]

Poem at the end is Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

[@rubyrayne8]

I thought it was by Ruth Wright. Baudelaire did write a collection of poems Le Spleen de Paris but it’s a different work.

[@jackjohnson691]

Im salivating. A nice batch of LSD is going around my area. The Gates was epic on acid. Can't wait to see where the whole album will take me

[@dakistle]

go go go!

[@NSXTACY420]

"Dear friends send help yesterday" - Aesop

[@cristinahavenhill7466]

He is going down in history. Period.

[@VoxPopuli-gp9il]

Aesop Rock is the Mind. Eyedea is the Heart. Two sides of the same Coin, which is called the Soul.

[@Tripl3Nippl3]

Man @ this point AESOP can do ZER0 wrong. Banger after banger album EVERY TIME since he dropped "Daylight", etc. Thank u AES for decades of beautiful Head Nodding Enlightenment!!!!!!

[@dakistle]

Ya dude. So much greatness for the fans

[@jaydaville5830]

Being a fan of both Aesop and Magic Mushrooms... Starting to think GrandMaster Aes has been expanding his consciousness lately lol

[@psychrockvinyl]

haha absolutely man if this isn’t the best song about dmt world then what is!

[@Respect2theFallen]

Malibu Ken man he mentioned a mushroom in his car and someone was worried about it but he wasn't lol seemed psych-ish to me and that was an older album I'm sure he's been on it

[@Peter_Kropotkin]

Gotta love psychs

[@VoxPopuli-gp9il]

He's had to have been dosing and taking psychedelic visionary journeys since his early days. The complexity and depth of his lyricism speaks volumes for that.

[@Respect2theFallen]

@@VoxPopuli-gp9il I agree plus when he did the impossible kid i believe he said he stayed in a shack for a couple days or weeks with no technology. He had to have been taking psychs, drawing, and meditating or something in that case

[@Fultoncards]

Wow. That was the best acid trip I've never been on.

[@NZMPlays]

Ace Rocks best song/video of all time. Cant stress how much I appreciate this mans work for hip hop.

[@davidtapos7797]

Amazers

[@theyliveglasses4667]

The themes on this album so far are super intriguing, I'm ready for whatever weird trip Aes is gonna take us on

[@ronp7884]

No one can top Aes', just keeps getting fucking more talented than anything else I can think of. Not many artists make my brain spin like him.

[@hannahplaysalone]

I can't put into words what aesop gives me...he just gets better and better

[@austinreed4383]

Dear Universe, Please have Aes, Boy Sand and Mike Eagle tour their new albums together and perform Syrup as a closer. If you could fit that in before the apocalypse that'd be rad. Thank you.

[@EdwardSteadfast]

“ I got a really weird beat...doesn’t really start for like 3mins”? “Ah cool... I’m gonna record it through a 1979 rotary phone anyway 🤷🏼‍♂️ .. lets do it!”

[@SoloAtlantis]

I'm not digging it. I wish I was but the beat doesn't vibe and he sounds like drinking outa cups got a record deal

[@calypso3316]

@@SoloAtlantis I laughed way too hard at this comment. "Seahorse seashell party"

[@bbuny10]

I’m glad my favorite rapper is still making music I love

[@andyzagray7962]

That book did something crazy

[@WarrenLeggatt]

I don't think there is another in the game that is close to the use of language Aesop has. Never a straight line to describe something, just layers of relationships between word and meaning that give you the breadcrumbs you need to piece together the intent. :)

[@jrwproof]

when i lived in peru a few years ago, pizza street was an alley in the miraflores neighborhood of lima -- restaurants and bars by day, but infamous for hookers and drugs by night. the government just shut it all down and cleaned it up not too long ago.

[@wernerfels7584]

think the same, also the tone he use as he say lima can smell the coke in that words

[@rubyrayne8]

Oh I didn’t know that! Thanks for the info. I can look up some of the words I didn’t know, but I didn’t look up pizza alley.

[@anotherperson956]

Usually I look up references made in Aes's songs but my family is from Peru so I was pleased to already know the cities and such he name drops. He needs to lmk next time he's in Peru so I can give him a tour lol

[@kopas9498]

I'm really feelin Iron Gallery with that track Dope Shroud. Can't wait for that EP!!

[@GtaRockt]

when you type "Aesop Rock" into the search bar to show your homie some Aesop Rock tracks and you realize he released another track just a couple of hours ago: :O

[@OneHitAway]

[Verse 1] Keep it classy Key to Pizza Alley Weaving traffic in a overheating taxi In Lima Tickets to liberate the center, pitch surrender To a witch doctor pouring amphibians out the blender Underneath a glowing purple Christ Perfect surf, curl up and die Cobblestone alone a masterclass in open world design I came from the wasteland in featherlight trail pants Fugee off the ant trail Inca trail mailman Fail in every hemisphere Show me the ambrosia Maybe ghost into thе coca leaf and holy heliconia Wherе shaman opt to zombify undocumented expats High and writing Ayahuasca letters back to Melmac Dear friends Send help yesterday Yours true, condor, puma, serpiente Talk rap albums over alpaca medallions With metalheads who traffic magic flowers from the mountains To the houses of the holy A token of that sacred valley balance So you don't expel omega fatty acids The strays in the plaza look happier than my neighbors They answer to Paddington Bear in waders It's amazers What ship, what shore? I grew up writing riddles under bridges in New York Now I travel like a highwayman who whispers to his horse Sharing stories out of winter, trying to trigger something pure From "Dying on the vine," to, "It's alive and indivisible" To, "How'd I get this far without a bindle full of crystal skulls?" Cozy local woven goods Beaded shit for people you have never met or spoken to But know they'll need to hold Peru Throw a couple logs on the fire There's a chimney in San Blas where you can hear Baby Dayliner Bouncing softly off the navy blue April showers, paper moon Run the light and beat the drum And smoke the dope and raid the tomb [Chorus] Pay no mind to the bygones Find him a strange hill to die on Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Pay no mind to the bygones Find him a strange hill to die on Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill Never let me die on a regular hill [Verse 2] The local homie blow smoke on his wounds And talk about the jungle like it's always in the room New and shooting lumens out of a canoe into the ruins Silly putty for some otherworldly woo-woo to influence Ooh, it's a strange bouquet Not today, Supay Rubber boots and tumbo juice and tarantula toupee Canopy going H.A.M. over camp in a feuding biome Os Mutantes row-row-rowing the wrong way into the diode Fry the banana, heart of palm ribbons Fish from the river, sauces made of citrus On a screen porch pimpled after dark with frogs and lizards When high as hell, they might as well be Mothras and Godzillas It's awesome Peer into the spirit quest, spellbound Three to one machete, yelling back into the hellmouth You hit the labyrinth an ambassador of peace and love You might return with the root of your superego plunged [Chorus] The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me The river boils when it sees me [Verse 3] "Electric eels killed two of my best friends" Said the local to the gringo Then dove in off the pirogue In a cloud of smoky mopacho They boat in from Iquitos Mosquitos on the wall of the Amazonian ethos Off to bounce a light off any hairy eyeball in the basin Wild pig, owl, baby caiman Coral snakes that drape down from the timbers Like the six fingers of Satan They only speak in S's, you cannot get an amen I told my darkest secrets to a pair of fuchsia dolphins The doozy out in Paris, the futures I had squandered They whispered something to me I will bear unto my coffin What's apparent via Occam is despondency as common We traded numbers and made off into the pond scum Humming Muddy Waters Motherfucker, I am on one Earth, wind, fire, and papaya We fly with the poison arrow We dive with the arapaima Look

[@BobBob-cy9cu]

The local homie blows smoke on his wounds and talks about the jungle like it’s always in the room

[@tatoarg9508]

Dear Aes, if you're reading this, we thank you. This is fresh and challenging at the same time. We have to elevate our ears to your standards. And that's what being an artist is about!

[@bigdaddyvtec]

NEVER LET ME DIE ON A REGULAR HILL

[@LysanderSpooner-zl5vm]

My wife asked me the other day… “Besides our children and marriage, what are you most thankful for?” To which I responded, “Discovering Aesop Rock’s music, of course.” Immediately, she took off her clothes and jumped on me. Thanks AESOP! You have no equal

[@TheFreshSuperior]

Been listening to Aes for more than half my life.. he is getting fucking better. It’s scary

[@georgiebee6480]

Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old cat figure in Peru....turns out it was just Aesop tripping and drawing Kirby on the side of a hill!

[@goatbacon3522]

Heard a NAVY BLUE reference I think "without a bindle of crystal skulls" is an amazing line. thats a indiana jones reference. Aesop has never nuked the fridge

[@knutwagner7997]

Pretty dang sure i never anticipated a sweet piece o' vinyl more ! Ace Rizzle to the rescue...

[@danb5357]

I'm here in 2022 and this is still too dope for human consumption

[@johannsimonot]

Aesop rock, mf doom (rip), el p, vast aire, sole and many more...hip hop legends...only knows by the elite of hip hop. Ignore by medias... If you watch this video, you are one of us ;)

[@LINKAG3]

--- In Aesop's IG Story Today --- The song makes me wanna close my eyes, So Tight, but Just Never Stop Believing, like... I wanna get "Condor, Puma, Serpiente" Tattooed across my Chest; I don't have any tattoos, I don't have 1 tattoo... I don't think... I Think I wanna get it BRANDED Across my Chest... - Homeboy Sandman 11/11 Review; Agreed; Wholeheartedly.

[@royalvirtues1511]

Aesop the man that likes to Maze hop , trace God in chalk - then point arrows towards an ayahuasca church spot , where there’s a heard of Gods, and neitches lantern still on!

[@LORDHoekalledGAuhEY69TH]

aes rock is the goddess locking pussy eating, still talking walking fawn king slaying with one sword swing, between his legs is the sheath undressed third peg wood feet standing steep on hill, sliding slipping ur footing still, trek space like wars the star support republic overbearing last seen scarily strung overboard water dripping chinese torturesome , Fortitude of fortresses to exhume archaic work of archaeology at its worst unearthing items that are cursed and leaving with bags of loot lucratively liquidated steadily stupid on a stoop

[@LM01234]

Love this both of yall

[@LORDHoekalledGAuhEY69TH]

@@LM01234 thaaanksssss

[@krem1982]

Anyone else discover aes in 99 and purchase everything he’s ever done? He only gets better it’s insanity. His worst albums are still amazing

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

The fact that this whole album is about navigating his therapy experiences blows my mind. After what he did with Shrunk, and his vision on Religion via Float, Labor....etc. It's absolutely mind numbing piecing his though process though out the entire thing... now we have an album for it.

[@brandonc4960]

Already preordered the vinyl, and these singles are making me even more excited :)

[@ethansmith49]

Same here! can't wait to hear the rest!

[@OneHitAway]

Electric eels are no joke

[@fullmetalcraig]

I don't understand how Aesop just kills it every fucking time, Im pretty sure I never once have skiped one of his songs when it comes on

[@dirkbowman946]

Aesop set the bar again

[@de-d9027]

Hell yeah Aesop coming in with another great song, cant wait for this album

[@nudoge]

same tho

[@johnnyo7723]

and the way he switched his flow up when the beat switched, hes rhythming smooth as fuck on beat, usually hes rhyming BETWEEN the beat. maybe symbolic of being brought into the great flow of life rather than feeling like an outsider.

[@mateotejeda3720]

Fuck man.... my favorite rapper made a song about my country, and it couldn't be more perfect, the mystic, the vibe, the landscapes....I felt my feet beautifully grounded to my land and butterflies in my stomach. Thanks man! mi casa es tu casa.

[@stevebob240]

Every song blows my mind, I love it so much. Aesop is a god among men.

[@7thdrxn]

Sounds like Aes had a productive visit with mama ayahuasca.

[@vapid6311]

if anything I was getting big mammon's mantra vibes, but I see it lol

[@7thdrxn]

@@Nomad_Skateboarding our friend Aesop Rock, silly! :) He calls himself Aes in a few songs for short.

[@halfrobot1]

that is a very handsome archeologist

[@misterdanny5421]

Dad?

[@chiefersutherland5609]

Whaaaaat. My mind is blown. This whole album. Ffs im beside myself.

[@kryonik]

The vocal sample at the end gave me chills

[@FlashQuatsch]

Peruvians stand up 🙋🏽‍♀️🇵🇪

[@TheCommanderTitan]

YOU CANT TELL ME THIS SONG ENDS WITH SPLEEN BY RUTH WHITE I DIDNT KNOW WE WERE GETTING SPACE FUNERAL IN HERE

[@joelane7594]

Thanks for the insight!

[@Dazzletrain]

God damn, I love Aesop. I listen to his music a different way. It's almost heartbreaking.

[@LINKAG3]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! AAAAEEEEEESSSS!!!!!

[@constantly-confused5736]

"we fly with the poison arrow, we dive with the arapaima" Wikipedia says: [Arapaima] are among the largest freshwater fish. [...] Its Portuguese name, pirarucu, derives from the Tupi language words pira and urucum, meaning "red fish". So maybe Aesop Rock is throwing us the biggest red hering here that he could possibly come across while being in Peru? Or maybe I got it all wrong. I guess I need a field guide to the spirit world....

[@kebr4723]

Arapaima were featured multiple times on River Monsters, and one actually hit the host heard enough to (correct me if I'm wrong) cause heart problems and put him out of commission for a bit, while he was helping to catch it in a net. They're huge and strong.

[@nothing2see315]

@@kebr4723 The sample at the end of the song is from Cage's KTA album and the song was . a dot or a period idk??

[@kebr4723]

@@nothing2see315 Wait...what?

[@nothing2see315]

@@kebr4723 It's a hard song to find because it's called . It's on Cage's kill the architect album.

[@nothing2see315]

@@kebr4723 Starts @5:02

[@basicallysick6144]

Idc about masses. I believe in this guy I dun need reason why

[@kevinmunoz3321]

I mean it got over 5k views in a single hour, I don’t think anyone’s persecuting you for liking one of the goat rappers.

[@-user_redacted-]

@@kevinmunoz3321 given how few people seem to know of Aes, I'm sure those 5k views were from about 3k people. I know I'm putting it on repeat for a while to try to break it down a bit. This album is gonna be a wild ride.

[@aesopbricktop]

Ive accepted noone I know will understand and appreciate aes like I do, so I just enjoy it solo.

[@basicallysick6144]

@@aesopbricktop dude you do you I'll do me in the brand scheme I'll consider aesop rock's brand of speculative and observational rap as a theme.

[@aesopbricktop]

@@basicallysick6144 what?

[@DABlood]

This song and it's beat goes from a frantic search for answers to a bizarre vision of spirits and alternate dimensions. And it's fucking brilliant and beautiful.

[@TrinidadSanchez]

I hiked the Machu Picchu Inca Trail in the summer of 2018. It was a life changing experience and recommend it to everyone to try it atleast once! I recently found out about Aesop rock about 3 years ago from my property manager and since then I have been listening to him since. I usually can’t catch his words right away when I listen to his songs the first time around but when I heard the city Lima and the Machu Picchu references I got excited and so happy he made this video :)