Aesop Rock - The Gates (Official Video)

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VIDEO CREDITS:
(Cast)
Kim - Carol Shaw
Clair - Zoe Shaw
Charlie - Liam Shaw
Maggie - Mirabella Simantel
Bucket - Edie Shaw
(Crew)
Director - Rob Shaw
Executive Creative Director - Jason Bacon
Executive Producer - Tsui Ling Toomer
Producer - Robert D’Esposito
Director of Photography - Rodrigo Melgarejo
Gaffer - Eric Macy
Assistant Camera - Lane Clark
Location Sound Mixer - Evan Gandy
2D Animator - Sam Neiman
Compositor/Editor- Rob Shaw
Animation elements designed by - Justin “Coro” Kaufman
Production Company: Little-Giant
SONG CREDITS:
Written and produced by Aesop Rock
Additional instrumentation by Grimace Federation
LYRICS:
I was at the Gates, ram’s legs, my pizza black, my plants dead, my planet X, I might bleed green, I’m what’s under the un-cut chia seed, I’m “what what what what” from the guillotine, a little flea and tick, a little fever dream, a little plead the fifth, roadkill, I’m off leash, I don’t heel, and I’m hung from an unkind mobile, it turn one misstep into bonemeal, look, daybreak, I’m lights out, my kind sleeps upside down, it’s sci-fi, red tide, my “Hi” and “Bye” make record time, I go 3,2,1, desensitize, no lie, tell death he could get in line, K, hell spawn, I’m no joke, I eat brains, I throw bolts, I know easy prey, I seen broken oaths, I go marching in, I’m all “Oh-eeee-Oh”, I know a rodeo from these pony shows, I don’t stay for tea, I can’t slow the code, I go, coyote, alone and ghost, I’m in the god damn smoke, ear, nose, and throat, ayo, fresh pot, my favorite mug, Aes Rock, my day sucked, agent of all things deep-sixed, I feel like I was put here to keep the crypt, I get tired of bread, I might eat the rich, I ain’t seen a leader, just feeder fish, you want free weed, you want free shit, I mean dude…
I was at the gates, wolf’s head, my boots on, no bullshit, I know both sides of that tough love, they’re both mud, that’s what’s up, I was at the gates, snake skin, my hood low, don’t say shit, I know both sides of that bloodlust, they’re both mud, that’s what’s up
Rat tail, my backdrop’s all black sails, dog bite and my bird curse, cross-eyed, “world’s worst”, troglodyte, I might split the blinds, I’m like Vincent Van with that instant rice, I write cryptograms at all waking hours, I tattoo the mail and all paper towels, I’m on the kitchen walls, I may paint the house, it could breach the yard, it’s omega-bound, game face on dour days, y’all gang gang’s like “how quaint”, gang way for that false start vs freight trains through stalled cars, shame, shame, shit’s so wack, show you back to this moth jar, deathwish from day one, I wake up and it rain blood, raincheck these fuck shows, I’m dunzo, my brain’s mush, drum roll I might piss straight, loose tooth in my spit shake, every possible futurama come trooping outta his pill case, and I ricochet in my steel cage, one still heart and 2 hill’s eyes, a few meal bars, a good field knife, I feel good, no field guide, just deicide by tea at five, once ate a whole glue stick, in like 2 bites, I do this, I mean yo...
Bear paw, my handshake, oh dear god, bare bones, a few air holes, bare foot, my square glows, scarecrows, who goes there, and like who’s where when that snare close, bare hands on this bear trap for what’s staring back in his periscope, a little care package, out of Where’s Waldo, in a rare beige, no fair at all, dyed hair and all, push wood, I go mach 1, I’m all “whoosh whoosh”, I don’t pussyfoot, I make potholes, my path home is all drop zones, flash bulbs and strobe lights, road signs with crossbones, touché from our kill joys, who know humanoids are just hit points, ain’t cop that new heat, that newspeak’s all pink noise, I’m more mood piece around street food, in my PJs and my snow shoes, about dog fights in those dungeons and lil’ dust-ups in y’alls throne room, it’s fun stuff, low moon and my tombstone say “hell no”, hell yea to more hail storms aboard ships on St. Elmo’s, my dream home has like 10,000 deadbolts, and less than no windows, I mean shit...
#AesopRock #TheGates #SpiritWorldFieldGuide

[@randomfrankp]

Aes here to save 2020

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eImalHSXetmtoJI

[@gcitser1527]

That's wassup.

[@reasOneMusic]

we need this in the world in 2020

[@mgmabone8143]

I saw your Impossible Kid shirt in one of your videos and almost couldn't believe my eyes lol. Keep up the great videos man!

[@SGFTI]

Aes here to save Rhymesayers after they got rid of Prof.

[@fuziontonygaming]

Aesop releases new song Oxford Dictionary: *Nervous sweat*

[@Mesophorex]

webster's too

[@familyloughton8510]

Qqq

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

We're going to need more pages.

[@musaka2022]

Aesop releases new song Rumplestiltskin: I'm holdin.....2 for 5s ....2 for 5s Ants: Oh hell yeah lemme get a 3fa

[@stevecasanueva1456]

Saddle up, let the Foxhunt begin.

[@slothbro2740]

holy shit we're getting a 21 track aes record in november. 2020 aint so bad.

[@friars394]

is this confirmed?

[@vezon9436]

How u know?

[@slothbro2740]

Shaun Anglin it’s the description a link to bandcamp has a new album posted set to release in november

[@slothbro2740]

Vezon description link to band camp

[@vezon9436]

@@slothbro2740 alright I just checked and yeah woah 21 tracks

[@dcash408]

They say if you say Aesop Rocks name 3 times in the mirror in the dark he will put out a track so dope that will haunt you and you will have to play on repeat for EVER

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Can confirm. Rock responsibly, kids.

[@jesssicaica8491]

🧊

[@jesssicaica8491]

Bester or more best? 🔵💙

[@Anatta-Phi]

Yup... My lil' cousin did that on a dare, and he's been listening to Bestiary ever since. This shit ain't nothin'ta fuck/w

[@AmarrJacox-rowe]

😅 error... Word

[@robjohnston4430]

Hope this guy never stops making music

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXeonJyHoNyIm9k

[@LucreDenouncer]

Unfortunately he's probably not immortal

[@poughkeepsieblue]

@@LucreDenouncer that's why there is clearly no god

[@rawwrath6359]

We must never stop supporting him

[@gagetmorris]

In Abandon All Hope he says "Maaan I plan to die with a mic in my hand". So I wouldn't be too worried!

[@chaosinorderrr]

I can't imagine how difficult it is to be in the game over 20 years and still manage to put such quality work. Aes keeps getting better and better with time.

[@razzprince2877]

The trick is to not over saturate yourself. Aesop actually takes time making hos music and you can see why

[@rebeccab9887]

probly make it easier...imho

[@SHINIGAMIGHOST84CIAO]

I'm not gonna claim to know how...but I think he leaves it all on the floor ...but just remembers to pick it up....you know? he does it and it's obvious he loves it and he always has a fresh perspective on it when he starts again the man is eternal.

[@YourPalHDee]

It genuinely blows my mind. He's beyond every other rapper on the planet and people praise Kendrick, Eminem, Jay-Z etc like they're even capable of making 1 song as deep as Aesop.

[@dominic7114]

@@YourPalHDee kendrick and jay can definitely keep up with aes

[@MundaneBacklot]

Between The Impossible Kid, Malibu Ken, and this, I really think Aes is making the best music of his career. This aint to knock the classic Aes albums, because they were AMAZING, but he's aging like fine wine. I don't think the dude can fall off.

[@Flatlinemaybe]

I’m gonna say he started spooling up with Skelethon

[@abdoonyt9049]

Ever since none shall pass, he's been making spectacular albums.

[@ВладиславИванов-ч4х]

Your lyrics help me to learn English. It is pure poetry. Your immense vocabulary and versification give me an incentive to evolve. It is like ambrosia, but for inferior beings' brains. I fond of it. With all best wishes from Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

[@StarfortMudflood]

Aesop is magic

[@ne_kitk_a]

Так забавно иногда прослушать, ничего вообще с первого раза не понять, а потом увидеть, что его ровно точно так же не поняли даже англоговорящие ребята

[@SAS-312]

💯

[@gigilaco]

It’s funny, I also discovered Aesop in Russia. Best wishes)

[@StarfortMudflood]

@@gigilaco now, plot twist Is there an awesome Russian hip-hop poet that can help me learn Russian? 🤔🤷✌️

[@thienypham2738]

For those anyone who said that hiphop already no more real and pure as in 80s and 90s era, please get out of mainstream balloon and find out the whole underground genre community, the truth is hiphop just getting more BETTER and BETTER every single years. ❤

[@Noogi302]

“If I get tired of bread, I might eat the rich” is a fantastic reference to The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropokin that details many problems present in Capitalism and it paired with the popular quote from French Revolutionary Jean-Jacques Rousseau “when people have nothing left to eat, they will eat the rich”.

[@ottam]

Have you seen Americans lately? Nobody is hungry.

[@Jornaquin]

Yeah, so it's a reference to Rousseau.

[@cleesely]

yeah this is the worst bar in the song - so many musicians gone off that politics-for-idiots juice

[@jito_]

i think he is allowed to have his own political opinions and its for sure not the first anti capitalist line ive heard from aesop rock, he has quite a few actually going all the way back to his first album from commencement at the obedience academy to none shall pass.

[@Poet1k]

@@Jornaquin "politics-for-idiots" because it doesn't conform to your capitalistic bowing ways? To me, it is the fool who cannot see outside his own box

[@theartistsonwhat5363]

Who's gonna be the brave soul that transcribes this album for genius? I'm tryna get to the spirit world I need the lyrics ready for studying lmao

[@RedefineHipHop]

The official lyrics have been added there already courtesy of Aesop

[@bofurseamantle9547]

@@RedefineHipHop What a courtesy they are! Good gracious that is a large chunk of text.

[@BluntGrown]

His liner notes always have lyric sheets.

[@twistaj32]

he aint say how to get to the spirit world. usually no one ever will.

[@thescrapster8310]

@@twistaj32 You kill a spirit world creature in the living world...

[@n.norris3361]

For 20yrs this guy has been blowing my mind with his intelligence, vocabulary, flow, lyrics, and social commentary. In my opinion he is one of the greatest hiphop artists. Saw him in early 2000's at some tiny venue, he was chill and amazing.

[@sifisomrwebi5258]

Aesop Rock the most consistent underground Rapper. I still The Impossible Kid is his master piece but I this I should wait another 10yrs he will prove me wrong. I'm telling my kids his Eminem.

[@DABlood]

Not one of the greatest. THE greatest.

[@musaka2022]

"ample boogers for every ant per capita, Rumplestiltskin is my name not Burt Bacharach"- Aesop Rock

[@RogueArcana]

@@musaka2022 deep

[@musaka2022]

@@RogueArcana Definitely

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Holy shit. This gave me goose bumps as soon as he started.

[@bediahjonesberg]

GOAT only RTJ is on the same plane

[@kuppakassi]

@@bediahjonesberg worddd

[@syntheseyez3577]

Same bro

[@boblaw4483]

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. ASMR

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Two words in and I was already too far behind.

[@PiquedFlow]

WARNING: If a spirit world creature dies in the living world, a portal to the spirit world is opened.

[@catlife331]

What

[@johndoe5229]

basically dmt

[@gustavvaip1600]

end of the video shows the dog chewing on the spirit rabbit

[@JordanH859]

Kinda reminds me of a South park episode

[@goldenmeanphaseconjunction313]

Happens everyday. People are spirit living a material way in a material world cause they forgot who they are. Only gate opening is a call for their returning. Personal Gates.

[@handlesmademeloseauniqename]

When I see a notification with "Aesop Rock" I drop what I'm doing and perk them ears

[@deathmetalpotato]

The G.O.A.T. returns when we need him the most. 🙌 No story goes untold, Aes 🐇

[@nocapken]

Special rhymes, unique flow and dope text this is Aesop Rock.

[@htenorio92]

I don't know why, but I read this with the same beat he was rapping (just changed it to Aes Rock)

[@Taima]

Actually the first verse sounded heavily El-P but otherwise

[@MrHikkop]

@@Taima he 100% is not El p influenced 😂 he does not like el p

[@kanescrimes4848]

Anyone else here been listening to Aesop long enough to recognize the difference in how his voice is mastered on the newer material? It's a thinner slightly tin-foiled sounding difference.

[@BaerTaffy]

the fuckin GOAT

[@draco9719]

This is pretty pogged if you ask me.

[@justinlacek1481]

MF DOOM

[@samarthjain5015]

@@justinlacek1481 you only acknowledge them after they're dead.

[@justinlacek1481]

@@samarthjain5015 I've been listening to DOOM since when Take Me To Yout Leader dropped and I found it in a local f.y.e

[@Morgetiud]

@@justinlacek1481 both tbh, Doom has the best rhyme schemes while Aesop Rock has the best vocabulary

[@pevvyndrake]

Aesop is one of those rare individuals who actually gets better at the craft. Will be a god at his time of death st this rate

[@pevvyndrake]

Sort of a demigod currently

[@edwinshmedwin]

YESS cant wait til i listen to this 200 times, interpret it 200 different ways and eventually feel like i understand it until i listen to it again and realize everything i ever knew is potentially misunderstood. love aes

[@barkwhoop8052]

It’s really admirable how aes has modernized his style, without ever abandoning his artistic drive and without losing the special qualities that unify all of his output

[@brendonbosch1376]

Heeeee's Baaaack. Now I have to activate the part of my brain that has been dormant that understands some of what he says. Exciting Times😁😁😁

[@brendanalexander3014]

Where did he go? Impossible Kid 2016 Bushwick 2017 Malibu Ken 2019 Freedom Finger 2020 Blessing on blessings. Give thanks

[@lordofgiovanni]

Brendon Bosch I feel that

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXeonJyHoNyIm9k

[@KrAOLo]

I love lyricism without it I would be a neanderthal! I just wish we had Aesop Rock in 6 languages so I could push my other languages to the limit.

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Brendan Alexander it’s kid shit man. They don’t pay attention proper. Guys been constantly putting out music since I was a yout

[@jebd3293]

I showed my best friend None Shall Pass one time and he learned every word to it over the course of two days until he could recite it perfectly. He's gone now. He loved your music and was very keen on learning to be a musician. I refused to listen to your music for years until tonight. You're amazing

[@nolin335]

Doubt it

[@nonethelesserpodcast5905]

Impossible Kid dropped on an election year and that prepared us for a journey. Now Spirit World Field Guide drops on another election year to prepare us for the boss fight.

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXeonJyHoNyIm9k

[@ThouArtEverywhereAndNowhere]

This comment >>>>>>>

[@mohamedtarquijalloh1620]

🤯!!!!!

[@puppyrave]

uhhhhhh what

[@garasuka5624]

For general ambiguity, A B for effort my friend.

[@sample.text.]

Aes is your favorite artist's favorite artist.

[@DubsteadyMusic]

This song and album were a weird guiding light for the way the world was during covid. Still remember walking in the park with my dogs the first time I heard the opening notes of this banger

[@micheljacobsen3901]

You're like a dad to me since your first video. I doesnt know him . Thx man

[@AnarchyApple]

Damn this fall gonna have Gorillaz, Aesop, and Mike Eagle. Gonna be legendary.

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

@@jacknathaniel5203 Oh lord what a track. Homeboy Sand is so ridiculously slept on.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Just had new tunes from Paris ,Run The Jewels,R.A tha Rugged man and a new Public enemy album due soon too..

[@gqfiend]

We also got killer Protest The Hero this year.

[@cleesely]

gorillaz have been done since plastic beach

[@mlc_085]

Hopsin has new material too

[@SnakeMaster5]

I aint seen a leader, just feeder fish! Thats so brilliant. So simply brilliant.

[@davidw8998]

Aes builds characters and worlds into bangers so seamlessly. I can't wait for this

[@flacocoque5712]

Sometimes I forget rap stands for rhythm and poetry

[@CCanadaa]

We all need to call and thank that one friend that showed Aesop to each of us..

[@gqfiend]

NPR’s sister station, Vocalo...thanks.

[@divinefallfromgrace]

I don't have any friends. And when I did, none of them were 'valid' enough to like Aes. His music FOUND me, because it had to.

[@lukesteltenpool8878]

Aesop is the lyrical goat, and not just in music. He has transcended in more than one way.

[@Grumpy-Bollocks]

I see Aesop, I hit like & download before even listening. Greatest MC of all time. Thank you Rhymesayers!

[@michaelavila995]

Can listen to this and this album alll day

[@2-bitgaming431]

Nice to seem them taking the brain out but leaving the heart in

[@whotoldyouthisurl]

god damn!

[@charlesvann2683]

Glad I wasn’t the only one that caught that. And when he put the heart back in he was able to climb back out

[@ChaoticGoodDeeds]

@Christopher Reeves *whoosh*

[@OQMusic]

Mummified Fluffy is an exciting extended universe prospect

[@Funeral65]

I got a sudden urge to listen to Homemade Mummy

[@moresoduh]

2:51 Wu-Tang - Da Mystery of Chessboxin sample! "Straight up and down don't even bother"

[@zachp5701]

Chris M SUUUUUUUUUU!! 👐🏼

[@jessegeyer9294]

This man has stayed so fresh for decades

[@artissonbeats3057]

U all resonating with this or nah.🔥❄

[@messipist]

He effortlessly plays with simple and complex concepts and blends them together into musical poetry. It's like a self therapy session with himself that he chooses to share with the world. Truly a genius.

[@LadySageHeart]

Thanks Aes

[@covanb6948]

Most artists put out a good album or 2 and then it gets overdone or lower quality, not aesop, consistent amazing music

[@FirinMahLazer1]

Shit Aes's quality continues to improve. I remember listening to Bazooka Tooth when I was younger and not really liking it or understanding it. I slept on Aes for years and then heard None Shall Pass and it's been going up from there.

[@JEMmusic-sn9qm]

@@FirinMahLazer1 aes been steady climbing his whole career up to this point. Only real dud in his discography was bazooka tooth (mostly because he produced it) He's been steady growin and sounding better, I fucking love it.

[@aryasuri9421]

@@JEMmusic-sn9qm I don't know what you mean about bazooka tooth being bad cause he produced it. He's produced a lot of his music.

[@aryasuri9421]

@Silence Do Good Did you listen to Malibu Ken? Also, The Imposibble Kid sounds pretty different from the rest of his body of work considering its more refined sound.

[@JEMmusic-sn9qm]

@@aryasuri9421 yes, but that was the first album he produced entirely by himself.

[@RozenBridge]

Aesop has always been something special but The Impossible Kid and Music From The Game Freedom Finger was something to behold. I can't wait for this one.

[@Explorer-ug8xk]

I was literally just thinking yesterday that i needed more aesop on my life.. Get out of my head!

[@thefunpolice]

The most fun thing about stumbling upon Aesop Rock back in 2022 has been looking into his previous 20 years of work. Much love to Aes and his fans from Australia.

[@SkyBlue-es5wh]

Aesop rock got himself into the craft of witchery and alchemy ....I dig this alot way to go aesop rock

[@stevesmith5883]

Yeah, I've noticed a lot more esoteric/spritual references on his more recent work, and this seems to be a continuation of that, at least on one of the many layers.

[@musaka2022]

And boogery

[@musaka2022]

@@stevesmith5883 Peel back one yellow booger and find a brown one. Its deep

[@krisbennett8456]

Went to his bandcamp and read the album entry. Is it just me, or did he get heavily influenced by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, when writing this album. The diagrams even have a resemblance to the Guide's by Douglas Adams. Practically the same idea revolving around surviving with a guide that has everything. Absolutely love it, if so. Please keep your creative mind sane to aid yourself in staying alive, and to help us climb out of our personal hells to become better individuals. Aesop for God

[@eldsberryscott3638]

DON'T PANIC!

[@waldoerasmus5207]

ive been having a really hard time lately and this drop is just what I needed to cheer me up. Thanks Aes

[@reefchiefer]

or at least carry me across to the spirit world

[@AttilatheThrilla]

If Em is God.. Then Aesop is Cthulhu...

[@Anatta-Phi]

This is Yes.

[@kittenpuke7239]

well said!

[@peteoconnor6388]

He's so consistently good it's creepy.

[@Grumpy-Bollocks]

Only other guys I can think of with the same consistency is Apathy, El-P & MF Doom. Anyone else?

[@1aml3g3nd13]

Grumpy Bollocks Atmosphere and Action Bronson come to mind.

[@breakprismatshell6270]

@@1aml3g3nd13 sorry but Aes, MF DOOM and El-P are several leagues above Atmosphere and Action Branson. Personally I would rank El-P>MF DOOM>Aes, but Atmosphere, Action Branson and Apathy are not even in the competition sorry.

[@wallywashtits1574]

@@breakprismatshell6270 El-P top? Buggin

[@breakprismatshell6270]

@@wallywashtits1574 yeah it's not even that close. Aes might be a slightly better lyricist, but as a musician he is not even close to 'My name is El-P, I produce and I rap too'. El-P just has the illest flows, because they interact with these absolutely mad beats. Also, there are so many El-Ps: Company-Flow-El-P, Solo-El-P, RTJ-El-P and it always sounds completely different, hell even from project to project he reinvents himself. Aesop Rock does not switch it up that much. Like sonically I am not surprised how he sounds on this. Maybe that's just my personal preference though.

[@scrumbo_2096]

i just now noticed the use of the instrumental to the album's intro track in the video cool as fuck

[@stevebob240]

I'm beyond hyped for a new album from one of the greatest artists alive.

[@DaveDahuh]

So much symbolism about the people who survived the last deluge. This civilization rivaled ours of today.

[@eightbitgnosis]

And now I pre-order that vinyl

[@elijahfranklin6074]

On both sides of that tough love. Fire.

[@partdefjampartdischord5649]

Literally everyone: 2020 can’t be saved Aes: hold my skateboard...

[@BryanDnnM]

Aes more like: get a grip of this four wheel trick maker, imma a risk taker. There's no mistake, we just innovate. Year's end, no worries I'm the best, be fast, no handcuffs to arrest... and so on with his cryptic convoluted way of story telling. I'm just happy for 21 more tunes.

[@danuglet2270]

Hahahah

[@BryanDnnM]

@DIV1NITAL Nukes in November, Nikes in December. So what?

[@BryanDnnM]

@DIV1NITAL Maybe, so what?

[@artvasch147]

if we weren't in a pandemic i bet he could open with RTJ and finally get more ears on this dude before it's too late : / Feel like the RTJ crowd would be into him

[@durere]

That 5:02 Wechuge is hauntingly hypnotizing. I want it rapping this whole joint.

[@dremndishot2695]

One of the best wordsmiths of all time, too bad he’ll never get credit for it.

[@poarchling9556]

Google most lyrically diverse rappers and there is a guy who charted it all out

[@adanvelazquez3657]

Rolling stone magazine Gave him Credit for it

[@musaka2022]

Facts people dont get what "bluderbuss stuffed with ant boogers, like a turkish capsicum/ If my nose dries up I'm going back to serving crack again" really means

[@j.jonhutson7718]

Aes coulda walked away with the crown 18 years ago and yet he's still here, making something better each time. God of the GOATs.

[@DMESRQ]

ACES . I haven't been this excited for a CD to arrive in the mail since i was placing pennies on little squares sittin at my grandma's table.. Thank-e thank-e lovin ya bro

[@alanmonteros6432]

I'm OBSESSED with the spirit animals spitting bars

[@A1ch3my528]

Some of the 3D is amazing! Much love!

[@marioor.]

2:41 I love this bit

[@4some2joe0]

Aes, thanks for punchin 2020 back on track

[@mindtoggler1368]

You're kidding, a 21 TRACK AES ALBUM?! Thank god for putting this man on the earth. Keep rockin, Aes.

[@DriftNati0n]

Anyone else feel aes is showing how hes more ethereal than we first all believed

[@ianswagger1856]

"Too creative, tone it down"-some lame ass

[@40z4lyf3]

@REd PiLLingTon I can't speak for him, but I always felt like aes rock never gave a fuck about the mould. He makes music he wants to make because he wants to, and doesn't care if it's liked or not. Im sure he hopes it resonates with some people. But could care less about being different for the sake of being different.

[@kunsmeister]

@@40z4lyf3 Couldn't* care less.....What you said means he cares. not being a dick, just thought I'd let you know....

[@rhinoskin7550]

Your symbolism is so next level.. Haha I am to dumb to try and explain but wow man.. Pizza at The Gates tho Hahaha

[@YourPalHDee]

Imagine being the best rapper/poet on the entire planet and being utterly underappreciated in your time.

[@rowanbarr-waldron4825]

Preach man, but it's good he stayed underground. Nothing ever got to his head or compromised his vision, his artistic integrity is legendary

[@bob_lobblah1388]

Its like reading a forbidden text with no cypher, beautiful yet way too revealing. Too good

[@Styleb4all]

Anyone else finding trouble visually focusing after seeing this? 👀 Shit rocked and took my eyesight.

[@lifepath2229]

Sounds like Aesop had a massive spiritual awakening.. along with the rest of us. It's so clear to me.

[@marshalllamberes9712]

This song get ls me the chills every time because of how good it is🔥🔥🔥

[@elskipador]

Still a banger! Now to listen to fumes 😉

[@automaton3763]

Just remember the ones shooting holes in his flow or beats or whatever couldn't hit the link fast enough and drop Aes name like they boys

[@RogueArcana]

I put my hand through a wineglass to this song while doing dishes once upon a time. It was pretty gnarly lol. The doctor who stitched me up told me that I still had glass stuck in there…AFTER they’d sewn the wound shut. 🙃 So anyway, pretty cool souvenir, I think.

[@nateB-l7k]

Damn dude, that’s nasty. At least you’ve got a cool story now lol

[@vizulefllry]

That's what's up

[@SIVIRAat83]

God bless you Aesop. Here's hoping I can see you live someday.

[@bear1245]

Straight to my AES playlist 👉🏻 🎧

[@whosle]

The great reset of Rap/hip-hop has begun. Aesop brought it back to its best form.

[@BigSmokePapi]

YO THIS ALBUM BOUT TO BE FIRE, I JUST GOT MY IMPOSSIBLE KID SHIRT AND NOW THIS DROPPING.🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

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[@mass-hollow]

One of the most consistent artists ever, Aes never disappoints

[@miscky6075]

Wow. I really just now found this dude because the channel posted the upcoming album. Great first impression, lyrical. Brb I'ma go check this foo out 👍👌

[@capnpicard6146]

The snail operating the vibrabone gets me every time.

[@THEHOMEBOY88PODCAST]

Holy shit this sounds fucking fantastic. Here’s my $40 for the vinyl and CD

[@lits2722]

He keeps pushing the envelope, he keeps surpassing himself. Unbelievable. One song is all I need, buying the Vinyl!!

[@madmammoth9022]

Bro. This might be my new favorite aesop album. THIS SHIT GOES HARD!!

[@CorigamiC]

Lol, we have 1 of 21 tracks. I'm hype too.

[@sirtony0114]

That music at 1:07 better be a beat on the Album. Preferably the intro

[@PooPooPawChew]

I love how it sounds too

[@dirkbowman946]

I just turned 35 toady, thank you Aesop for the birthday music

[@mad_cloudz6683]

His name is Robert paulson

[@albakurkey4525]

Happy Birthday!

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

happy birthday

[@austinwager3741]

got this album on vinyl. best purchase ever.

[@LockheedLazar]

2:10 TAKE THE BRAIN OUT, LEAVE THE HEART IN

[@skateatree5384]

Can Aesop Rock just F N blow up now? Hes been an infinity in my brain, can he just reach this infinite number of people now? People need him, like I need him. Be good everyone, read those Aesop scripts. He speakin truth

[@pietroaretino6390]

This is easily the 30th time today I've listened to this track. This slaps so hard. Aesop is the underrated goat

[@jaystar5068]

Mann, im broke. But i think i'll go and steal this album, gotta have it!!

[@t4ngo_kilo]

Great build up through Instagram, AEsop you are a genius❤️🔥

[@bbuny10]

I can’t believe how hard it is to get people to check this man out

[@supamahyo5161]

The GOAT’s back!!!!!

[@walkerghostkeeper]

I'm convinced that Aesop Rock is one of my all-time favorites. Blows my mind every time!

[@musaka2022]

Me: Blows mind Rumplestilskin: Blows nose

[@ian-blum]

spirit animal comes with a pretzel bun... damn, that's a lot of pretzel buns

[@strange2uwaterworld974]

Troll on the treadmill Record on the kessel run (allegedly)

[@catacombkidd5036]

No chickens here...

[@alexjoseph4665]

@@strange2uwaterworld974 "Edgy from elevensies to mega bucks, techies with the treble down.. this is how we level up"

[@musaka2022]

"Pretzels, kestrels, Joesf Fritzl shackles/ Boogers, ants exchange like bagels for shekles" Ae$op Rock

[@TheLegendofGumby]

This man is out of control.