Aesop Rock - Drums On The Wheel (Official Video)
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VIDEO CREDITS:
Directed By Jim Dirschberger
Illustrations By Travis Millard
Animated By Steven Gong
SONG CREDITS:
Written and produced by Aesop Rock
Additional instrumentation by Grimace Federation
Mixed by Eddie Sancho
Mastered by Joe LaPorta
#DrumsOnTheWheel #FreedomFinger #AesopRock
Aesop Rock is amazing. Still remember seeing him in concert. He stayed after the show for an extra 45 mins just to meet every fan who wanted to and take pics for free.
Not only did he do that when I saw him, but he also took any request he could ( he turned me down for Syrup since Mike wasnt there ) but he wait a bit before he does requests while he memorizes every single face in the crowd. And then I'm pretty sure he performed to and acknowledged every single person there.
You guy's are fortunate. Your comments gave me resolve. When things get back to normal. Whatever that means... I'll be at the show.
P.s. I just seen Prof! And met Atmosphere!
Rad! I saw him in Seattle.
My Mom and Dad got to meet Aes.
He was the first concert I ever went to, had no problems greeting fans and taking pics
Aes killin it.
So thrilled he’s not fading away, his bars could move pyramids
Well said Fred
His bars don’t move pyramids, they build them 😆
Racie Linx I was gunna say or build em
@@countryroads7211 His bars are so out of this world that they build pyramids 🤣🤣🤣
Nice reference
There are recent Nobel prize winning poets and songwriters that I would rate below Aesop Rock. Guy transcends hip hop. He's one of America's greatest poets ever.
dude you haave no idea what a poet is
@@davewilco822 your name is dave.... you dont know shit about shit... dave.
🐐🐐
Agreed - Aesop has a literary and lyrical eloquence that most other rappers and poets could only dream of imitating.
@@CarnalCarnival I am orange tange and powdered eggs, yep thats such a poet right there lolz
This shit is so good. This dude is new to me, I'm glad I found him
Hes a rare find
You're in for a treat dude
@@JoaoPereira-th9ib 😂😂 literally, he just found the diamond in the dirt
Listening since 2010
You’ve got the better part of 2 decades of mind-melting poetry and perfectly self-produced BANGERS! to get into then, friend.
Love that he’s got a second cigar in his hand
Aes said it was Nolan North's (Major Cigar, Nathan Drake, and the creepy cannibal from last of us) idea. The even put it in the Game for the Ryhmesayers dlc. In the original he didn't have 2.
@@nightman4142 he always had 2, even before the dlc, but you are right, I am pretty sure it was Nolan's idea
That's when you know we're serious! One for now, one for after. Truth of real stress issues. 😆
the impressive part is they're both lit. Perhaps he's going back and forth for a comparison? lol
I mean it's Major Cigar...
Quarantine with a new Aesop tape?!
I knew I died an went to heaven
Dude so much good music has been dropping during this.
And new game
@@serio_0576 game?
@@yesplease29 yeah, a shootem up game called freedom finger
@@2gupsy4me oh
Reminder that Aesop Rock is truly the greatest ever
I mean, I've been an enormous fan since 2000 and this is fantastic but I wouldn't say that he's the GOAT...
Facts Bobs
El-P!
Really? Who would you say is.
@@jordanlaine7412 there isnt a single person that comes close to the type of music he produces
the only one i can see even on the same plane of existence is milo.
When aes is 60, I hope he releases a few more albums so I can make sure my kid goes down the right path.
Graffitionthewall same
This cat could rap till he's 80 and still be impressive.
You can always show your kid his old stuff lol
Have yall listen to his new album this shit is amazing
Aesop: "Just reproduce, leave the rest to me" 🚀
I’m so jealous of people who hear this for the first time. It blew my fucking mind and I cannot stop listening to it. What an absolute diamond
Jesus, I've probably listened to this 1000 times in the last 2 weeks
Same. I really can't stop. Aes hit a new level with this one for sure. This is Mars Attacks meets How To Be a Carpenter and I can't fucking stop.
It has been on my suggested videos since the day it dropped.
@@realpoopypants ok but do you read me tho?
SAME!!!! And... It's sooooooo me in this era.
most underrated artists of all time.
That vocabulary graph were aesop is leagues above everyone. Everyone
@@CoryPchajek Eminem, really? i hope to never see that combination
@@CoryPchajek we're talking actual talent here, not a middle aged man who "beef" raps to remain relevant lol
Lol
@@devinrybarz1508 Except Busdriver. They have the top two largest _measured_ vocabularies in hip hop. The graph you're talking about can be found here: pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html
Rhymesayers, you've gotten me threw some of the darkest parts of my life, suicide attempts, deaths in th family, depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction and everything in between.
Now that I'm sober and healthy you guys are still in my corner and thank each and every one of you for being there when no one else was. Special thanks to Aesop Rock in particular. "Thank you for helping me not die" man. From the bottom of my heart.
i wish he reads it and incorporates your reply into one of his songs
yawn
@@LAMEHERC1 your so disrispectful. Youve probably never had a bad day in your life tosser
SAME
@@ashyvlogs1132 its the most cliche thing you can say to an artist
The only issue I have with this song is that it ends. So perfect.
You've got an excellent point there. I also hate that it didn't start 30 years ago. So I could listen to it from cradle to the grave
Needs one more verse but that's why we keep rewinding it
You can repeat the video it turns endless
Is Anybody Even Out There>?
I'm new to Aesop Rock, but after hearing this I bought his whole discography. Well done sir.
I'm also new to Aesop Rock. I heard some of his songs in my friends car the other day and I've been diving in to his music headfirst. He is truly a genius.
Welcome to the amazing world of Aesop rock
I'm new too, could you name some of his best songs?
rings, none shall pass, no regrets, kirby (funny), zero dark thirty, to name 5 for ya to check out.
@@jaelake5490 thanks mate
While mainstream still argues over who's the 🐐. Living legends are still hard at work and making it look easy.
"Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV?
Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini
I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs
And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase
It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti"
JEEbus!... cadence and lyrics are on fucking point.
Pls do the rest asap ahaha
@@jimmylolcakes4994 All the lyrics are up at genius.com/Aesop-rock-drums-on-the-wheel-lyrics
I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that do you read me?
You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink
I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf
No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north
Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell
Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help
Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease
And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow, Jesus, do you read me? We don't
This is probably the greatest thing I ever read.
Man... The world is so dark right now. And this made me smile.
F Howl 🤯🤯💯💯☝🏽☝🏽
Some Real Shit 💯💯💯
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Aesop Rock is one of the rare rappers who just gets better and better. Most of them get worse but he's an altogether different artist.
[Verse 1]
Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV?
Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini
I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs
And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase
It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti
Deep end of some hellhole, come detect this tempo
I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear
Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there?
I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that do you read me?
You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink
I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf
No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north
Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell
Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help
Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease
And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow, Jesus, do you read me? We don't
[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
[Verse 2]
Bomb sites and blackouts and fog lights in gas clouds
Jockey through vacuums, none of our flaps down
It's shocking, shot off as one small part of some squadron
That ain't once chosen to abort shit, now we've honed in on our problem
Nonstop until he stop and see what kinda quadrant he got lost in
Do you read me? That option when y'alls options are exhausted
I been dropped off in this moshpit, instead of locked in to one orbit
Knock knock, call back or this cockpit is my coffin
Boss levels I'm doomed to repeat, new dance I call it "Do you read me?"
It evolve as a beyond the yonder mantra, once none pinging my transponder
Once what macabre y'all planned to conjure, been handed back to y'all unresponsive
Ten hut and I'm in sync, phone home, it just ring and ring
Asteroids that leave marks and blackholes that eat stars
Green cheese and GPS bedecked with detours
Fuel gauge around E-street, and my beacons are all blinked out
I might slink up in that junk heap you can't read and or pin down
[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
Thank you for this. One correction though. I believe it's "Can I play drums on the wheel without feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field."
do I need to reach through the T.V.
Wtf does this mean
@@Shoespider1 There is a general theme of isolation and disconnectedness as is a fairly consistent theme in most of his writing but like any real art it remains ambiguous enough to mean a lot of things to a lot of people. My favorite thing about his writing is that I consistently pick up on references I didn't understand before and I draw more complex meaning from the writing as a whole over time. He generally tends to write about very personal experiences in a very coded way so there is no way to ever fully understand his meaning but again you can pick up on general moods and experiences that are very relatable.
. somethin like aes said, if you can't find any meaning you probably werent really looking for any in the first place
"Astroids That Leave Marks & Blackwholes that Eat Stars" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The things that Aesop and company cultivates are amazing. How often is it that you scroll through comments and find only love? Aesop is the dopest hip-hop artist, he makes magic through art and honestly I feel like we are all lucky to experience a positive powerhouse like him. You can really tell he is a true artist. Big props to A-E-S-O-P the peak twister!
Son of Vaughn Bode’s Cheech Wizard.
Definitely able to simplify his dense and heavy style for a larger audience, but without losing his edge.
@@skadestix1943 yeah it seems like cat food/bug zapper and onward and then the impossible kid is where that began to solidify. It's hard to describe but his rhyming style does really seem a little different with skelethon/cat food/bug zapper/impossible kid onward.
once him and kimya dropped the uncluded project its like he unlocked a whole new sound and style. fuckin love it
ryan nuñez the reason I love this game so much is that it brings so many artist besides Aes together. I feel heavy Tobacco vibes from this album and I’m perfectly okay with that Malibu Ken really resonates with me sound wise. This one stands true and I really want to pick up the game now!
Coffee was always one of his most accessible songs. The flow cadence is pretty similar to this song.
I mean it still flies a mile above most people
Shit is fire. You NEVER disappoint.
Fire! 🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🖕🔥🔥🔥🤖
This mans work is unparralled. He made a videogame as a promo for his music absolutly brimming with alt-highbrow realism metaphors and sureal symbols....expressions of an elite existence living as a commoner
He's a true genius. He's just continually gotten better and better. He has established himself as the goat on my list. He has zero misses on his resume. Spirit world field guide is incredible and honestly this track could easily have blended in on the album too. I think SWFG is his best solo work to date.
Actually Freedom Finger is its own game. This and KOWP are the only Aes songs in the game.
I heard someone freestyle this exact song and gave it to aesop.
I only just discovered this dude- but he’s good. He legit seems to have that “third eye” vision vibin’ throughout his music.
@@Bee_Mavrick Weird lie to make up
"I'm like out there in that true 3D, that new ether that "do you read me"
DO I READ? How many new words do I learn, use and hold in storage, how well can I connect those words to the world around me as a thoughtful participant. Guys like Aesop give me an "understanding" of how my brains language centre works. Its optimised by the daily word associations when reading. Often when I read. I don't have to do "catching up" on the language use, the associations become vast and I can explain the world around me, to myself, better.
That is Aesop rock. The images are crystal clear when the listener enters the right frame of mind. You just gotta catch up. Come back, read the lyrics and read and read and read...
I think that, He is the best in the master category of the worthiest words men.
😊
When the artist’s identity moves out of the way for the art. True flow
Peace and love
🤛
Hes true white hip hop . on top of sales and cartoons ..his wife can do a gram in one sniff
@@vampingground6254 Hell yeah straight up Wodin-Hop, that real ish
Being quarantined has taken a toll on my mental health. The depression hasn't been the easiest thing to deal with. I was in the middle of just another bad day, but when I saw this, I felt excitement for the first time in a while. I usually don't love songs the first time I listen, but thank you, Aes. You're helping us get through this.
Chhhhhic copy that!
I got you bud we not gonna turn to the dark side of the mind, keep the focus all this shit will pass us in due time.
I suffered from depression before corona, it's kinda.. almost.. gone now. Strange stuff.
@@NIMMHATVRapBeats why is that do you think
@@chad4853 Because of many different reasons that come together.. I will come back to this comment, after work.
Mad respect to Aesop and all artist that write and produce their own music!
went from long legged larry, to Kirby, to drums on the wheel, heading to... the gates. See ya on the otherside
I cannot stop this song from lodging itself in my head
Aesop rock is a constant source of quality content, he's never dropped a dookie
@dghi float is one of my favorite albums, but it's also one of my first so it has a nostalgic effect for me
@Jesse G Ok I'll play. Personally send me a link with a giftwrapped flying fucking pig with a diamond crusted bow on top!! Let's see what you got???
That was Green Day
@dghi I'd say the only disappointment for me was The Uncluded, his collab with Kimya Dawson. It was mainly because I'm not a fan of Kimya, and I don't think their styles don't work well together.
@@tlingitsoldier yea that project was abit strange but I couldnt stop that song 'delicate cycle' to run its own cycle through my head constantly haha
What an interesting time for this to come up. For me, the theme of isolation runs incredibly heavy through this song. That drumming you all do in the wheel when you're wondering what's next in life, or what you're supposed to do. The lost feeling when you're trying to communicate and just coming back with static.
"I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear
Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there?"
I imagine an astronaut lost in space panicking and trying to locate earth in an empty void with sparse stars and dead planets.
@@samf313 thats the metaphor for 2020...lost in space, still drumming on the wheel.
What an unrivaled impetus you have for detail an intricacies. The beat reminded me of a thermostat with a broken switch in hell, a refractory lump in your throat. An Adams apple the size of a squid fighting a galleon scrimshaw on a mammoths tusk. A folded origami that unravels to a map made before cartographers existed.
But nonetheless, this song is about Rumplestilstkin
Aes just building up until hes ready for the world to actually feel what hes saying. Every thing he puts out is genius
Yeah he's actually getting more direct I feel like
The floor of human civilization will have to rise a great deal to "get" him. Don't hold your breath. He'll more likely be our era's Van Gogh.
@@ottam Van Goat! Hahaaa
There's just something so logical, so mathematically accurate about every single one of his syllables. It's like the golden ratio has a way of expressing itself through Aesops lyrical output
@@melvinjansen2338
He started getting super direct with the impossible kid. Masterpiece.
Today's my birthday, I couldn't ask for a better gift. Thanks for always getting it man ❤
How could you not like this? Do you have ears?
That game looked hella interesting. Weird mechanics around grabbing enemies to shoot at different angles and punching through obstacles while also doing more normal shmup things. I'd buy that.
Please do!
Super fun game. The whole soundtrack is fire.
Wide Right Games nice marketing
It says "Music from the Game Freedom Finger" it must be a real game.
You can - it's out on Switch, Xbox, PS4, and PC
LOVE IT.
AESOP'S FAN FOR 14 YEARS .
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN OTTER, eating clams all day. Belly to the moon..
Just discovered this guy, this is some fine literature folks.
I'll never stop dropping AR in conversations. When asked if they know of him most people glaze over for a minute and say, "Oh, yeah." but when you find somebody who does they just get surprised and then real happy.
To those that already knew him, yeah the surprise on their face is always priceless whenever I Bring him up in the great artists discussion, more like a hidden gem you thought others didn't know about. They agreed 💯 percent their only surprise is I knew him too.
He raps so well with a cigar in his mouth!!! lol... Aesop never ceases to amaze me and inspire me to write complex lyrics. Be well in these tough times and stick together by listening to good Aesop Rock music!!! Love you all!!!
Simultaneously pristine and dirty af, absolute mastery.
Back when I heard his first album, Float, (pre-google days) I remember imagining what this dude must look like, does he live under a mushroom? Can he shapeshift into a lizard form? That was when mystique was still possible, and Aesop oozed it. I love these types of visuals because it delivers a little on that premise, I don’t necessarily need to see the artist in a diner parking lot rapping into a fish-eye lense. Love the song! Dope beat.
Well said... It's always been a abstract psychedelic phenomenon.
"...does he live under a mushroom? Can he shapeshift into a lizard form?"
Fuckin' lol. I bet Aes would stoke on those questions.
lol same... I remember my boy playing me Labor Days when it first dropped and being like wtf is this? Who the hell is this mutant? And then I saw the Def Jux dvd at his house and was like oh, okay makes sense. I still remember a funny ass part when Aes was getting all sappy and real telling this story and El-P walks into the place and is like "blah blahh blahhh yeah whatever" or some shit... had me dying. Miss those days for sure.
@Vyn Valin Really???
yeah thats the thing about Aesop just going by his lyrics/music you'd think he was some wizard or some shit lol but then you see him and he just a normal guy.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk it's been long. I NEEDED this. Thank you, Aes.
[Intro]
Calling Gamma Ray
This is Major Cigar
Do you read me, Gamma Ray?
Gamma Ray, damn it, come in!
Gamma Ray, please respond!
Welp, his brains are fried
Pack it up, mission's over
[Verse 1]
Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV?
Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini
I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase and I'm orange Tang and I'm powdered eggs
And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase
It go, "Do you read me?" Shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti
Deep end of some hellhole, come detect this tempo
I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear
Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there?
I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that "Do you read me?"
You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink
I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf
No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north
Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell
Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help
Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease
And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow
Jesus, do you read me? We don't (We don't)
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you read me, Gamma Ray?
[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
[Verse 2]
Bomb sites and blackouts and fog lights in gas clouds
Jockey through vacuums, none of our flaps down
It's shocking, shot off as one small part of some squadron
That ain't once chosen to abort shit, now we've honed in on our problem
Nonstop until he stop and see what kinda quadrant he got lost in
Do you read me? That option when y'alls options are exhausted
I been dropped off in this mosh pit instead of locked in to one orbit
Knock knock, call back or this cockpit is my coffin
Boss levels I'm doomed to repeat, new dance I call it "Do you read me?"
It evolve as a beyond the yonder mantra, once none pinging my transponder
Once what macabre y'all planned to conjure, been handed back to y'all unresponsive
Ten hut and I'm in sync, phone home, it just ring and ring
Asteroids that leave marks and black holes that eat stars
Green cheese and GPS bedecked with detours
Fuel gauge around E Street and my beacons are all blinked out
I might slink up in that junk heap you can't read and or pin down (Pin down)
[Pre-Chorus]
Gamma Ray, come in!
[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
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“DRUMS ON THE WHEEL” TRACK INFO
Produced ByAesop Rock
Written ByAesop Rock
Release DateApril 7, 2020
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one of the greatest of all time. If you don't agree you'll get it when you're older.
Do you know Aesop is quitting music, right? Because no one ever really figured out what he was saying. Because everyone’s Baka.
we need a whole album Ase! 🙏🙏🙏
Well weve had a 7" and a 10" so far this year. Hes in a creative mindset atm I'd be surprised if we didnt see a full length this year
Freedom Finger EP
Freedom Finger is a Game and ÁLBUM
Aesop you are The Man! My no1 of all time
Dude is so fire people cant comprehend the skill and realness this guy has. Been listening since 2008, keep it up and stay true.
i have had the pleasure since 2000 ;)
You're late. Welcome home! Lol
2002, a coworker at my summer job doing pizza delivery introduced me to Aes. Let me borrow Labors Days and proceeded to get fired that week. The irony...
One of the most brutally caustic acid rappers alive .. Aes is unstoppable! He built his city Brick by Brick, cypher after cypher. Boozoka Tooth baby!!
"Deep space and no G-force!"
Are you kidding me?
That is off the charts the simplest and most appropriate description of his style. Yes!
2022, september, ..im awake at fuckearly all in the morning..... thank you for existing Aesop.
This is so good. Drives me insane that Aesop Rock gets slept on, his work is amazing. Another banger to analyze repeatedly.
me too. it's like he himself said, "while the 666ers lassos keep angels roped in the basement"
@@mhholmez Just like he said "rumplestilstskin blitzkrieg , kaiser miser booger bear, turnbuckle snugglepuss"
THANK YOU AESOP. You have no idea how much I look up to you as an artist and as a whole. You just never stop being one the fastest rappers on the planet (None Shall Pass has or had the most unique words per second out of any other song) yet delivering it all in such a chill, gorgeous manner over perfect beats. I love everything you do as The Uncluded and am inspired by how persistent you are at improving in so many different things. I just went through a horrible breakup and I listened to you almost every day, kept my chin up, and got promoted to a supervisor position at my job! I just keep writing lyrics almost every day, pages and pages, telling stories or working on internal rhymes
p.s. I named my Leopard Gecko after you because he sleeps in his rock during the day lol
I read you bro.
is anybody even out there?
Been traversing Aesop Rock songs for the last 2 hours, 2 tabs. He speaks in a tongue that transcends the industry. Freedom Finger
Man I'm starting to understand the parasocial. 20 years of vibing with this guy's journey, feels like a lost friend sending postcards from the feywild once every few skipped heartbeats
props from all the followers, who never saw it fit to even give this guy a nod for the foundation of a genre . Too busy using his music (and some even his name) getting rich on his groundwork & catapulting to fame. thank you AESOP Rock, from ASAP Rocky
Now a word from the best in the game....... Literally 💯🦾
Bloody hell, Aesop seriously outdid himself on everything here. This is a videogame soundtrack, and it may be on par with Impossible Kid. Gotdayum.
Ace Rock has to be the God Father of trip hop.. rap god.
That five star general is dropping some bars
Major Cigar
"no sign of my pole star, but up here it dont mean north"
big mood
Me: this would be a kick ass video game.
End of the video: Hail 2 U!!! You can now get it on switch.
Jesus H Christ.
That flow. Listening to this on Spotify on repeat.🔥
After one listen this is already one of my top 10 Aesop songs
Light beings are following me ...... aesop your words are fueling the ascension
i dont care what any aesop fan says... this is top 3 of his music
Opinions man. Opinions. Not that I necessarily disagree but there needs to be room for it.
What a great surprise this morning! Always excited to see a fun sci-fi/fantasy narrative in verse, kinda reminds me of Blackalicious's song Cliff Hanger but, you know, Aesop's version. Lots of quotable lines in here. Thank you RSE and Aesop.
He's got 3 full tracks on the game album. They're up on all the streaming sites and for purchase.
:-: Man I brought the game Freedom Finger Mainly to hear the new Aes Music also the game play style.. I'm not watching this cause I gotta react to this but I'm Hype Aes got new music..
Yo, my Brother..... hope you are well.....
ay if the game is good i'll still buy but im here for aes
@@demareatunes :-: The game is like old arcade style space shooter game with great graphic..
I'm waiting for your reaction! Hope you'll upload it very soon.
@BxxDxx Hoodoo Hip Hop hardly half of what you find in the game.
Thank God for Aesop
The world doesn't even deserve Aesop Rock!
I hope Aesop stays on the scene for life! Been listening to him since highschool. That’s 20 years of Aesop’s influence. Still deciphering some of his lyrics.
🔁 [plays on repeat]
This Is A Very True Statement. I'm Starting To Memorize The Lyrics Quite Nicely.
i cant believe its been 2 years since this game came out. i think the songs for FF are some of aes' best work
Aes always on point lyrically. But this beat???? Unbelievably BANGING.
Couldn't have come at a better time. Just made my quarantine.
Thanks, Aesop!
Chhhhic! Copy that!
Beat is fire af man
I mean banging fuck ING slapping beat. Lime when bum . and as much
Gold. Pure gold. I can't express the everyday feelings when commuting to work nor when I play this song and have a helpless run. This song never grows old
Pure. Genius.
Has a Hail Mary Mallon feel to it.
Yes it does
New HMM when?
BrazenBull001 they"re done for
RIP HMM
Lerry Gindgren can still cross our fingers and pray
I love playing Freedom Finger so much!
I would say aesop's back but he never left. Cant wait to hear what else is coming.
How can he be "back", he released the fucking awesome Malibu Ken album just last year.
@@cactaceous did you just read 2 words or are you a complete moron.
@@smokingcheeba420 yes
@@cactaceous - Good job, you wrote almost as many words as you didn't read.
Aes never left, agreed, OP. Having said that, I didn't dig Malibu Ken all that much, but it was better than *no* new work, and Aes is an absolute living legend.
With the odd stress pattern and the rapid, sparse, very briefly-held syllables in the verses, Aes's flow on this is kinda reminding me of El-P. There's still Aes's hallmark droning effect (like the way he doubles his voice or whatever he's doing, the chorus on None Shall Pass is one easy example) in the refrain, and the drawn-out syllables that give that weird clash with the mostly tight rhythmic delivery.
It's crazy, hearing how, bit by bit, Aesop Rock keeps evolving or just switching it up enough to keep his sound fresh. There's boatloads of "underground" (that is, millions of fans, but not "mainstream" or corporately-pushed) rappers who have sounded the same for over a decade, and here I keep coming back for every new track this guy puts out, *_not_* to listen to what I know is going to be more of the familiar, comfortable, formulaic numbing lullaby, but instead to see how Aes is going to throw me off just when I thought I knew, in detail, how he worked.
literally me
Really felt el-p vibes as well, but couldnt put my finger on it.
What do u mean exactly when u say droning.and voice doubling.
Like I just went and listened to the hook on none shall pass but I didnt get it..plz explain in detail
I hear ya but Aes ond El are on way different levels. I've seen both live and been a fan for over ten years. Aesop is some kind of genie, his actual flow delivery and breath control is monotone but extremely choppy and precise. El is passionate but not the same type of mc. I do hear a little hesitation though I just can't see that as being influenced by Els current style while it is reminiscent of cancer for cure which would be a weird reference shout out or call back for Aesop.
Aesop Rock is still popping them cherries
This is set in stone, aesop rock is the G.O.A.T.
Aesop Rock never fails to impress me.
i really hope aesop makes beats and writes and sings for a long time.. he's a fucking artistic god!
He sets the bar high and then promptly raises it with every new track, it seems...
he sets the bar high and raises it every bar homie
Shit he raises it with every verse
Shit he raises it with every syllable
@@arejay9509 shit
I've listened to this song so much this month, like surely more than 500 times, TH-cam even understands now that its the first song on my feed when I open the app, like here you go :
Wtf g. Your blowin my mind while I try to catch up to rap like you . Learning curve like a swollen a swollen bird who has yet to pick up the electronic swerves. I'm dying in my own nerves. Aesop. He the WORD..
Thank you. This is what we needed.
Yes, finally more aesop.
they got this album to download on itunes now too.
Certified Banger. This track is FIRE 🔥 yo. Props to Aesop.
Aesop rock will never die. Instead of jumping a shark, he fucking chops that shit into gold. philosopher rock.
Anyone who ever tries to say 'Sop isn't one of the greatest lyricists of all time isn't paying attention
Knock 'em out the box, Aes
Shout-out to the master mind behind this, THE OTHERFUDGE
Get em all Aesop, leave no stone unturned.
Another classic....
As soon as I heard the beat start I knew this was gonna be HEAT
🔥 As Always! Is There Another Album With Tobacco Coming Out Anytime Soon? Aesop Rock And Tobacco As Malibu Ken Is Gold!
Definitely in his top 3 albums, would be dope to get Malibu Ken 2
So True. I Would Most Definitely Agree Top 3 As Well. Malibu Ken 2. 👍
Best album of 2019!
Thank you Aes
For anyone unaware, the clips of the side-scrolling shoot-em-up game resembling R-Type or Gradius is the video game just released on Steam through Adult Swim Games. It's called Freedom Finger, and Aes is on the soundtrack with the likes of Tobacco, Com Truise, Ty Segall, Red Fang, and many more artists.
Oh I read you brother, I also radiate it. So much love, respect and admiration for you. You will attain a spot in the Hall of Fame, unquestionably.
I literally just understood every song in skelethon and this came out. Perfect timing. Great song as always Aesop!
its a marathon
Skelethon made me realize he colab'd with Kimya Dawson. Aesop has good taste.