Aesop Rock - The Active Element

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @plainasplaid
    @plainasplaid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This song will always remind me of skating downtown and getting into stupid shit as a teen. This guy has been an anthem for my life every step of the way.

  • @homerco213
    @homerco213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This beat is like, the best beat.

  • @ninjacoded5034
    @ninjacoded5034 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I dont think there could be a better matchup than Aesop and Blockhead...anywhere

    • @whitehuayra
      @whitehuayra 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      couldn't agree more. pure bliss

    • @JazzyAnasazi
      @JazzyAnasazi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jetson had Camu on it soooooo Jeston was better XD

    • @NSXTACY420
      @NSXTACY420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true

    • @baronmind954
      @baronmind954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No lies detected here

    • @ShpiraLTD
      @ShpiraLTD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      + Doseone, that would be perfect.

  • @homerco213
    @homerco213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Blockhead's best beat.

  • @WavyVaporizers
    @WavyVaporizers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Listening to this song and man this brings back so many memories.

  • @beyondaboundary6034
    @beyondaboundary6034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Froze the hideous image like Hasselblads"--finally! I listened to this song for years and couldn't figure out what that word was. Hasselblad is a brand of camera. Finally makes sense. The lyrics in this song are so dense and rich with meaning. Dope as fuck.

  • @pinkowl9752
    @pinkowl9752 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I desperately crave this instrumental

  • @jtomusic
    @jtomusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song was in an old skate video I had on video tape I used to watch all the time. It was called "Current Status", pretty sure it was from Status Skateboards. Anyway, love this track.

  • @wyeth1023
    @wyeth1023 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Spring water ain't enough anymore I wanna see the river and bottle my own crystal drizzle liquid dinner" damn

  • @spoonforleg
    @spoonforleg 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    blockhead does not have a bad beat. if you see blockhead in the credits, you know its a dope track no matter what!!!

  • @subjekt0345
    @subjekt0345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    totally should've been on float

  • @MrMetal4Ever123
    @MrMetal4Ever123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is one of the best pieces of art I know.

  • @thetrojanman87
    @thetrojanman87 13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Aesop Rock For President 2012.

  • @AG-uj1cp
    @AG-uj1cp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I kinda wish this made it on Float, has the same vibe and everything.

    • @MrEpic-qe2tt
      @MrEpic-qe2tt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It sounds more Appleseedy to me.

    • @erickillackey4055
      @erickillackey4055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah it do3s

    • @donalddalrymple1687
      @donalddalrymple1687 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      maybe if this was on float then it wouldn’t be his most underwhelming album

    • @PrimalianMasta
      @PrimalianMasta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@donalddalrymple1687 imo float is his best

    • @Madcatcon199
      @Madcatcon199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Donald Dalrymple listen to wanna be a carpenter

  • @braindeadapocalypse
    @braindeadapocalypse 13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I want Blockhead composing the soundtrack to my funeral procession.

  • @dailyideas2999
    @dailyideas2999 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Aesop, the man with THEE LARGEST vocabulary of any rapper in history. Congrats man, keep up brotha.

    • @bryanobrien2769
      @bryanobrien2769 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aloysius X Actually, I was just reading about this study. He about doubles shakespeare on unique words. It's hard to quantify, but somebody honestly did it.

    • @BazookaTooth707
      @BazookaTooth707 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Bryan O'Brien
      You can't relate the two. We've inherited words directly from Shakespeare. Aesop and Shakespeare are metaphorical "Lou Tzu" but Aesop doesn't top Shakespeare in a sense of "unique words". Shakespeare literally conceived words we associate with today.
      It's erroneous to say Aesop has a broader vocabulary because Shakespeare is a major counterpart in the English language. He contributed to etymology. Aesop is no charlatan for he is a literary genius as well, but don't make the comparison.

    • @bryanobrien2769
      @bryanobrien2769 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cracked.com made the comparison. granted, Shakespeare coined a lot of words that we wouldn't have with out him.
      However, if you look at the number of unique words they used (only count each word once) Aesop dwarfs shakespeare, without coining. Granted, more slang and pop culture to work with to help that number out, but the fact still remains. Aesop has used more words than shakespeare, even though shakespeare wrote more words.

    • @BazookaTooth707
      @BazookaTooth707 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      English language has probably grown over 200% since the days of Shakespeare.
      It's really not a good comparison. As I've said before, we've inherited words from Shakespeare.
      Do you really know anything about etymology? Its preposterous to make this comparison.

    • @BazookaTooth707
      @BazookaTooth707 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From an etymological standpoint it's an illogical correlation.
      The article is stating hoopla and is misguiding.
      In the context of literary geniuses, that's the only comparison.
      Two individuals almost three and a half centuries apart, shouldn't be put into this sort of unintentional pretentious quarrel.

  • @Aliensundercoverz
    @Aliensundercoverz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the beat is from "charly" a movie based on the book flowers for algernon.

  • @Braxtonhawkins
    @Braxtonhawkins 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This song is a fucking treat.

  • @OracleTheRonin
    @OracleTheRonin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that walking in circles like eyepatches throught the madness bar just clicked

  • @danieldumile8739
    @danieldumile8739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so it's own. Untouchable.

  • @artifactis
    @artifactis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is still one of my favourite aesop rhetoric

    • @OracleTheRonin
      @OracleTheRonin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gotta be a top 10 for me although I adore 99 percent of his discography

  • @mydogsnameislucy768
    @mydogsnameislucy768 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This song was in heavy rotation when I first got into Aesop. Lately I’ve mostly been listening to whole albums regardless of what genre I’m listening too. Totally forgot about this joint.

  • @skihik591
    @skihik591 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I be the head shaker in a sea of nodding novelty dolls

  • @Kezan999
    @Kezan999 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Had to close my eyes for this one!

  • @OracleTheRonin
    @OracleTheRonin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    music which I feel through my whole body

  • @homerco213
    @homerco213 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hieroglyphics, "Classic" used to be my favorite hip-hop song; I forgot about this one.
    Doom's, "Figaro" is up der.

  • @darrnellnott07
    @darrnellnott07 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this reminds of aesop's float days

  • @PhilipHertzler
    @PhilipHertzler 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Been looking for this jamm

  • @SeattleMashUps
    @SeattleMashUps 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    keepin it alive!

    • @SeattleMashUps
      @SeattleMashUps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just saw my own comment from four years ago, time going fast.

  • @newyorkpotioncastle
    @newyorkpotioncastle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    appleseed flow

  • @LogicHungerBread
    @LogicHungerBread 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    songs like this make me proud to contribute to the beautiful art of making music.

  • @StaffandStormcloud
    @StaffandStormcloud 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dwelling in a stormcloud concieving rainbows

  • @robhernandez9531
    @robhernandez9531 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Skill love it

  • @badfish5683
    @badfish5683 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love this

  • @KatalistProductionsKozzySasha
    @KatalistProductionsKozzySasha 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beat is so hard

  • @can2ej6
    @can2ej6 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ill be the head shaker in the sea of nodding novelty dolls, dang mane!!!

  • @PhilipHertzler
    @PhilipHertzler 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hes one of the best! but its soo hard to choose with all the dj's

  • @onradioactivewaves
    @onradioactivewaves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Instrumental required

  • @jesterlogic6886
    @jesterlogic6886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the grass is different on each side ijust noticed that xD

  • @thevoiceofthelost
    @thevoiceofthelost 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how come aes' voice fades out after the beat drops? i can barely hear him :c now that thats said and done, jesus H fucking christ on a god damn unicycle this fucking song is the essence of epic..

  • @Liquid_Truth
    @Liquid_Truth ปีที่แล้ว

    my goat

  • @CloudXNyne
    @CloudXNyne 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dope

  • @justinrosenschein5691
    @justinrosenschein5691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    spooky dark and morbid

  • @qUESoNEhIPhOPNJ908
    @qUESoNEhIPhOPNJ908 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    timeless ASR Schroeder

  • @Imperial_Boltgun
    @Imperial_Boltgun 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dont want a funeral procession

  • @kyleneil7224
    @kyleneil7224 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    anyone know the sample or know of/have the instrumental so I can bump this when im fucked up at a cypher?

    • @acolbymyers
      @acolbymyers 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      possibly the Fith element

    • @Theodiorr
      @Theodiorr 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kyle Neil I want the sample this beat is fucking mystic.

    • @joshjackson9762
      @joshjackson9762 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't find the exact loop that he got, but the song is 'Charly Theme' by Ravi Shankar

  • @BazookaTooth707
    @BazookaTooth707 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Instrumental anyone? I need this lol

  • @connorowen8069
    @connorowen8069 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This hits hard on mushrooms.

  • @manutebol1108
    @manutebol1108 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Classic Rocket

  • @Drcocopuff
    @Drcocopuff 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    im drunk

    • @Clkow
      @Clkow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      do you remember writing this?

  • @froschein
    @froschein 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    tobacco

  • @onradioactivewaves
    @onradioactivewaves 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aesop over Blockhead, enough said....

  • @froschein
    @froschein 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    aesop rock seems really weird.

    • @WavyVaporizers
      @WavyVaporizers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Being normal is weird

    • @bodie12333
      @bodie12333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WavyVaporizers normal is just a setting on your washing machine.

    • @WavyVaporizers
      @WavyVaporizers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bodie12333 📠📠

    • @sluggish222
      @sluggish222 ปีที่แล้ว

      normal was created for you to be a cog in a wheel that turns for someone that is not you 😂 its weird to be an individual