Words cannot express how much profound respect I have for Rhymesayers; Despite having (and in some cases even facilitating the purchase of) the album and affiliated merch for sale, they're still streaming the full album for free for those who might not currently have the cash to drop. Y'all know what I'm saying, so I'll leave it with this: *MAD* love to Aes, Tobacco, & Rhymesayers for continuing to actively promote love of the craft rather than love of the coin. Thank you for making my whole year despite it only being January, and I can't fuckin wait for my vinyl of Malibu Ken's debut album to arrive!
^ fuck that dude. Being publicly negative, for some bullshit thought. Rhymesayers put albums on TH-cam, for free. I think it's a big part of keeping me moving forward for awhile now. I purchase vinyl consistently :)
Lol preach. It blows my mind his Lyrics on Music For Earthworms are just as good as his lyrics today. Very few artists 1st album had elite songs like his did
Honestly, he's still improving. He isn't just treading the tide of a previous bar that was set, he's innovating his approach esp with the impossible kid in ways that most artists progression never reach. Pretty wild.
I always made the assessment of Aes's work being the only musical equivalent of an 8-bit game that has replay value... For the entirety of my life i will play Mario and listen to Aesop. Somehow, neither gets old and the more I look back the more substance I realise i overlooked.
Yea, he can be pretty dam metaphorical making multiple interpretations possible, it sets aes aside from the plebs of the industry, hence the great replay value of interpreting it in different ways through multiple listens
Definitely check out Black moth super rainbow. Forever Heavy is an amazing song. I first heard that band when I seen them open for Aesop Rock w/Rob Sonic. Before they did Hail Mary Mallon.
I dunno, I can't get into this album. Aes is still incredible, but the vaporwave synth stuff doesn't do anything for me. There's not enough hard-hitting bass to punctuate the lyrics, and everything just comes out sounding the same. I'm glad Aes is still making music, but this album is pretty monotone.
Aesop's my favourite artist and he's still great on this but man people are overlooking Tobacco's work here. Especially that beat on Tuesday, it's just insane.
Legit man, huge Aesop fan. Been listening to Tobacco since I stumbled across the Dirt collab. Dude is fuckin dope. That strictly analogue synth sound is so nice on a pair of decent over ears. This partnership is a blessing.
It's certainly a fever dream collab and I dig it but it doesn't make as big of waves as the HMM albums with bobby and big wiz. Hopefully aes doesn't do something to sour yet another collab relationship.
Tracklist: 0:00 Corn Maze 3:21 Tuesday 6:50 Save Our Ship 10:17 Sword Box 14:16 Dog Years 17:19 Acid King 20:50 Suicide Big Gulp 24:17 1+1=13 28:01 Churro 30:24 Purple Moss This project is delicious.
@@paulsallee4889 Well, I checked the description earlier and it must've been glitched - I did not see it. Regardless, mobile users can't click timestamp links in video descriptions; they can use this and surely will appreciate my efforts more than you will :^)
Tobacco stole this. Aes with his tired flow and same story style, it's just old sounding. The vox need to be softened too on the highs, makes my tweets bounce too much which nothing has done to date
It's starting to feel like a nice night Hold close to the highs and the white light Hold close to the good you are drawn to These woods were grown to disarm you
This album is too good man. It's truly impressive how Aesop has continued to master his craft. And Tobacco's beats are just a thing of beauty. God damn I'm happy to be alive and being able to hear new music.
This is some of the best production I’ve ever heard spanning a whole album. People - support this work of art and buy this album. Aesop and Tobacco deserve your hard earned money on this one!
Real talk. I'm constantly letdown by modern hip hop albums (Butterfly, XXX, Flower Boy, DAYTONA)... but this right here, this fuckin' hit all the spots for me. I'll echo your sentiments, and encourage people to straight up BUY this incredible album.
Sword Box and Dog Years are criminally smooth. And just like with Ruby, Aes throws us Acid King, a casual banger/history lesson on the Ricky Kasso case. Because why wouldn't he, the mad bastard. I love you Aes, don't never leave me.
I absolutely loved this. Aes really came with his A game, better than I've ever heard him rap. The production is just awesome and very unique. Another classic in the bag!
Yeah.... This is my favorite album of all time. This shit is perfect from beginning to end. Every song gives me goosebumps. A perfect matchup. Hoping for more from these two!!
I just discovered Aesop at the start of the pandemic. Heard about this album, but decided to wait to listen to it - don't know why. Am listening for the first time now, and am blown away! This is one of, if not the, best things I've ever heard. Waiting was right!
@@lorib360 i do that with mac miller tapes i havent heard yet and a few DOOM collaborative albums i havent heard like nuirvana DOOM and monster island czars. also havent listened to either KMD albums all the way through yet, have heard a couple songs months apart from each other but its always good keeping stuff you know is there to listen to and be new to you in the future as it gets older
The musical qualities of the first track resonate with me in such a intrinsically fluent way. I feel like I am transcending mind and body when I hear the fire bars. You just can't listen to this without changing in some way. After this album, my kids finally opened up to me in a such a emotionally vulnerable way that it brought tears to my eyes. George Jr. never told me about his anxiety before. His grades have dropped and I've been worried. But after showing this album to him he immediately went to his room and did his homework. It was so well done that on parent teacher day Mrs. Jones - sorry, Ms. Jones, asked me what had changed. Simply enough, Churro had changed my son into a different young man. Filled with intrinsic curiosity and wonder he now takes on the world with newfound bravery and social awareness. Just the other day he asked me, "one strawberry jelly one glazed?". I answered, "yeah".
I love that track SO much. This is only my second listen to Malibu Ken, I'm looking forward to playing this album over and over, and exploring more of Aesop's work.
Ommmffggggg my two favorite artists and once again a full album of pure bangers, front to back. Both acts hold up completely on their own on this album, combined it's purely the epitome of each artists capabilities.
Tobacco’s sinister sweet synths, crunchy grape-nuts cereal beats, Aesop’s honey dippin, acid tongue with a quick witted, demented mind! I need more. Tom & Ian are two of the most forward thinking, progressive musicians in the game! Respect to these sonic brothers. Thanks for pushing it forward! Looking forward to the next collab.
I bought this last night not knowing fuck about tobacco. Been an aesop fan for a decade at least. Figured it was the best we were getting as far as a new record goes since the impossible kid. Holy fuck was I blown away. Not only the album itself but production quality is amazing. Apparently tobacco only uses pre-digital instruments. Makes for a great record. Definitely gonna spend my days pining over a second Malibu Ken album.
@@zoom4368 The Empire Builder is the name of the Amtrak line that runs between Portland OR and Chicago. I heard somewhere he left Portland after living there for a few years. The lyrics are scattered with references to the West (wildfires, hi ho silver) and to desolate places (bars in Bartertown). So I think either it's about the disillusionment of life on the west coast not being what he imagined, or is a reflection on what motivated him to "go west" in the first place.
Surreal throwback to my teenage years, I got to know Aesop Rock when a good friend was eager to show me the obscure "Abandon all hope" video. Shortly after the labor days began and now Lice and *this* ...good time to be alive. *Support them on Bandcamp btw!*
This album is such a pleasant surprise from favorite artists from different genres. Any Aesop fans that are praising the production need to do them themselves the favor and listen through some Tobacco albums. Big ups to Rhymsesayers for being so generous with the content
It's strikingly fucking beautiful that this guy is continuing to be this lyrical in a time where a lot of hip-hop has become stylistically simple. I don't always gravitate towards rap, but TOBACCO on production is the bread to the lyrical butter. Thank you guys for the full album, but you know I'm gonna have to buy the vinyl so I can rock that insane mask. Bless all of y'all involved in this album. Actually I guess I should just thank Malibu Ken, ya weirdo
Maybe the MK Ultra 2.0 "hip hop" u listen to is simple. The fact people. Like u think that trash is hip. Hop proves ur brai washing has been successful
@@TrustTheShooters you seem to be the troll here. Chill dude. He was just referring to whats currently popular being simple. Even said he doesn't gravitate toward hip hop, so why would he listen to the simplistic shit?
@@-user_redacted- everything that's popular is simple. Do u not understand the matrix? Why would he even acknowledge MK Ultra 2.0 music if he doesn't listen to it then?!?!?
Aesop. You have done more for my mental health and ability to find understanding in this maelstrom of cacophony that reverberates mirrored static than any one source i have found. Thank you for your earnest circus you verb turning noun purist
The infinite layers of depth from Tobacco to Aesop Rock, or is it the other way around? It's so into itself it sounds like a galaxy that is self-contained in itself. Another Dimension I've been looking for in music for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the track Save Our Ship he says, "might release hounds dressed up like doves." Then in the very next track, Sword Box, the first line goes, "what kind of bastion of trust hit the stage with a straight-face and a jacket full of doves." I'm feeling a connection here... I wonder if the songs line up with things like this. So far, the content is pretty similar in each song (not an insult at all. It seems like a concept album) and the content is also fitting for the fucking art work. This album is amazing.
They're such a good combo. I like every song on the album and the last three are also my favorite. I think Purple Moss is one of the best songs Aes has ever released
aesop kills it once again. great production. love the overall message of Malibu Ken. gonna cop the CD, great artwork and fun layout, that mask is a must xD
I've been listenin to aes since my early teens and somehow it would seem that we were always in a way synced, his songs would always reflect on my own thoughts and life as if he was narrating it, this was extremely obvious to me when impossible kid released, and also matched with an intense depressive episode that started a day before Hot Dogs got published. But these days i've felt like i lost myself, to not elaborate too much, an existential crisis would be a sort of kinda description of what i'm goin through. And guess what the fuck is up, aes comes in, says everything i think and feel in a 30 minute amalgamation of decorated reality and reminds me that i am indeed a lonely weirdo in a proverbial barn, with a couple of weirdo friends and shitty luck, but at the same time he gives me back my pride of sincerely being who i am. If he can make it so can I, If i can make it so can he. Bless you Aes
Stay strong and live your best life, even if people think you're abnormal. Society has a mould that we're all expected to fit into, it takes courage to own your shit when you don't fit that mould. Fuck em lol, do things your own way. I met a guy last year who spent some time away as part of a small community in the mountains of Spain. He came back home for a year and couldn't get used to the 9-to-5 and the responsibilities thrust upon him. He moved back to the mountains where he spends his days climbing, chilling, driving around and collecting waste for a bit of cash. Some people would be pissed off at that. They'd see it as him copping out and not contributing to society. Well, he's not a drain on society either. Don't see the big deal lol, we have enough people on this earth and we're not around forever.
I started rapping in middle age. Everyone around me looked at me weird, now they're getting into my songs. Follow your own path. There are billions of people to handle being "normal" (aka ordinary). Drive in your own lane and, if there isn't a lane for you to drive in, make one. Nobody's going to be looking back from their deathbed and thinking, "I should have conformed more."
This right here, this is the best of the old Aesop and the new Aesop, flows and word play from almost every previous album wrapped into a perfect collection. I hear Float, Music For Earthworms, Appleseed, Labor Days, Fast Cars, None Shall Pass, Skelethon, The Uncluded, LIce and The Impossible Kid in this album yet it feels like it belongs along his B Side compilations and singles. Fucking perfect combination of all his styles. Hands down the Shakespeare of rap. And whoever this Tabacco guy is, damn, I thought Aesop and Blockhead went well together but this is put together with precision. The synths are off the hook too, especially in Sword Box and Purple Moss.
The fact that everyone who want'scan download this album legally free from here, made me instantly buy it on bandcamp! In a digital age not having free access to digital good's is outdated, still artists have to get their money from somewhere, thanks for the good example on how to do it :)
Did not know this was going to happen, so I had to devote my night to it. Another masterpiece from Aes and his A-list friends. Tuesday and Sword Box are dope, Suicide Big Gulp was my favorite on the album. Keep 'em coming Aes!
The last track is beautiful ... reminds me of an astronaut floating off into space, untethered, lost, probably never to return ... but accepting of it.
Going from Earthworms to all his work in the latest decade feels like a true evolution of a rapper that can't possibly be compared to any other, because he's still along the lines of being absolutely mind blowing and wordy, yet the cohesion, aka the glue of his lyricism gets better and better as he has progressed throughout the years. His delivery is flawless, his flow, like a finely tuned wave crashing on a shore of amazing instrumental works, personally I like the synth stuff, just as much as the industrialism or the classic hip hop beats, because it all sounds great since it's Aes dude
After hearing Acid King when it dropped, I wasn't sure whether I'd appreciate this album as I didn't feel the musicality that much. But I'm glad to say I actually enjoyed this, and Acid King has grown on me too. Gonna press replay and dive back in. Thanks Rhymesayers! 💯
I wasn’t keeping up with either of them but I saw this dropped and immediately made some time and sat down. Such a great album. Tobacco’s trippy instrumentals are like nothing else.
Aes is just so damn good at this shit. There's not many artists I listen to that just get better with age but I really feel that way with him. Maybe this isn't the place for it, I love Slug to death, but I wish he could pull off aging as well as Aesop Rock. Not trying to be negative, just selfishly wish he put out music similar to his early days. But it's clearly not that easy. Anyways, just happy Rhymesayers is still killing it 20 years later.
I put this on during my three hour highway drive this morning, and I loved the whole album start to finish. It's so grimey and raw, different from what I'm used to hearing.
Craig Stuckey Aesop is definitely underground. Got a lottttt to dive into if you are just hearin him now. Glad y found him. Been listening to Aesop for a minute now, glad to see him still improving.
the brilliance in these lyrics will go unnoticed for years
No kidding!
Chips down; Walls up!
Some noticed it about 2 years before this comment but you're right about most
defo not getting the hype. this pretty skibidi.
This music is definitely not for everyone 😅 @@Ntrbncmlc
I would trade my soul for another Malibu Ken album.
Edit: it’s officially been 4 years since the album’s release. I’m having major withdrawals, here.
Indeed!
they're actually doing the soundtrack for the barbie movie
Careful what you wish for.
samezies#$@!!!
@@RichW1996 featuring Gabi La-La ; )
Words cannot express how much profound respect I have for Rhymesayers; Despite having (and in some cases even facilitating the purchase of) the album and affiliated merch for sale, they're still streaming the full album for free for those who might not currently have the cash to drop. Y'all know what I'm saying, so I'll leave it with this: *MAD* love to Aes, Tobacco, & Rhymesayers for continuing to actively promote love of the craft rather than love of the coin. Thank you for making my whole year despite it only being January, and I can't fuckin wait for my vinyl of Malibu Ken's debut album to arrive!
Vinyl hipster
^ fuck that dude. Being publicly negative, for some bullshit thought. Rhymesayers put albums on TH-cam, for free. I think it's a big part of keeping me moving forward for awhile now.
I purchase vinyl consistently :)
Waitin on mine as well, bought it as soon as I heard corn maze
Blockhead put his new album on TH-cam also.. But you should listen to it on Spotify if you have it... Spotify pays the artists well.
@@SamClarkschannel Gotta keep it alive, bro. Plus it comes with a code for the digital version as well so why not?
this production is unreal.
hell yeah brother
B-TAFF SUPREME!!!
Check out Black Moth Super Rainbow, that's the producers psychedelic synth band. They make the most nostalgic trippy music
You have great taste in music, Baer!
check out TOBACCO's album "fucked up friends". this collab put me onto them and cant stop listening to their stuff
Aes isn't even close to being done, this dude could retire at age 80 and he'll still be at the top of his game! Skill never dies!!
I agree
Lol preach. It blows my mind his Lyrics on Music For Earthworms are just as good as his lyrics today. Very few artists 1st album had elite songs like his did
@GalleryOFSuicide his whole Discography is amazing.
Honestly, he's still improving. He isn't just treading the tide of a previous bar that was set, he's innovating his approach esp with the impossible kid in ways that most artists progression never reach. Pretty wild.
@@vinny5638 improving? Did u not hear Appleseed?!?!? Dude has been a GOAT since the start. He just switches styles and themes.
no other artist has his amount of replay value, I still catch new lines from the impossible kid
I always made the assessment of Aes's work being the only musical equivalent of an 8-bit game that has replay value...
For the entirety of my life i will play Mario and listen to Aesop. Somehow, neither gets old and the more I look back the more substance I realise i overlooked.
I'm still picking up lines from Float after ten years
Yea, he can be pretty dam metaphorical making multiple interpretations possible, it sets aes aside from the plebs of the industry, hence the great replay value of interpreting it in different ways through multiple listens
I'm still catching lines from his '06 stuff!😂
💯
Aesop rock is such a fascinating artist cause more you resonate with his lyrics the more your forced to question your own mental state
He admittedly says he thinks he's somewhat schizophrenic in his lyrics, so be careful if you identify too much.
I listened to this album almost every day for a year, pounding the pavement to the workstead. Saved me, changed me. Ty, Aes. Ty, Backy.
Man, Tobacco's synths are mesmerizing. Can't get enough of it.
Definitely check out Black moth super rainbow. Forever Heavy is an amazing song. I first heard that band when I seen them open for Aesop Rock w/Rob Sonic. Before they did Hail Mary Mallon.
"if y'all ask nice I just might"
Aes please never stop making music
Word
Just wanted to say I love this album, Tobacco’s beats are godly mixed in with Aesops lyrics, it just doesn’t get better.
Indeed
Dylan Will dude!! So fresh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do not understand English. What is he talking about? Thanks
@@guibsgg69 we who speak English cant figure it out unless u go to rapgenius.com
I dunno, I can't get into this album. Aes is still incredible, but the vaporwave synth stuff doesn't do anything for me. There's not enough hard-hitting bass to punctuate the lyrics, and everything just comes out sounding the same. I'm glad Aes is still making music, but this album is pretty monotone.
Aesop's my favourite artist and he's still great on this but man people are overlooking Tobacco's work here. Especially that beat on Tuesday, it's just insane.
defenitely the best
Legit man, huge Aesop fan.
Been listening to Tobacco since I stumbled across the Dirt collab. Dude is fuckin dope. That strictly analogue synth sound is so nice on a pair of decent over ears.
This partnership is a blessing.
It's certainly a fever dream collab and I dig it but it doesn't make as big of waves as the HMM albums with bobby and big wiz. Hopefully aes doesn't do something to sour yet another collab relationship.
Anthony Allsopp Tobaccos beats are super fresh!!!!!
The beat on Tuesday is amazing
Tracklist:
0:00 Corn Maze
3:21 Tuesday
6:50 Save Our Ship
10:17 Sword Box
14:16 Dog Years
17:19 Acid King
20:50 Suicide Big Gulp
24:17 1+1=13
28:01 Churro
30:24 Purple Moss
This project is delicious.
Thanks for taking the time to post whats already written in the description
@@paulsallee4889 Well, I checked the description earlier and it must've been glitched - I did not see it. Regardless, mobile users can't click timestamp links in video descriptions; they can use this and surely will appreciate my efforts more than you will :^)
@@jcc1199
Good point. In that case, thanks.
Thanks man. Had to scroll really far to see this though. You are appreciated.
Seven Samurai X yeah but those time stamps don’t work on mobile and these ones do.
Everyone is bragging on Aes but can we just talk about TOBACCO ON THIS!? Holy shit!!!
no
@@stldweller no is the right answer.
He did well. Great collab.
Tobacco came through heavy on this shit throw a quarter in dat ass if you disagree cuz u playin yoself
Tobacco stole this. Aes with his tired flow and same story style, it's just old sounding. The vox need to be softened too on the highs, makes my tweets bounce too much which nothing has done to date
I bought this album so goddamn quick.
That was hella quick.
Waiting for my pay check stil :/
@@ridleyroid9060 luckily you can come back here and replay this until then.
yup
Haha right!? My ears needed this after how rough 2018 was.
"Aes ain't here man. Aes, I can tell it's you. Tell it's me from over there, this ain't a f-ing petting zoo"
Favorite line.
It's starting to feel like a nice night
Hold close to the highs and the white light
Hold close to the good you are drawn to
These woods were grown to disarm you
This album is too good man. It's truly impressive how Aesop has continued to master his craft. And Tobacco's beats are just a thing of beauty. God damn I'm happy to be alive and being able to hear new music.
There's one MAJOR problem with this album: It's too short.
The album art is ugly af
@@le_monm that's the point?
It sucks, if it was overproduced and generalized it would be good! Just kidding, this is obviously a fucking masterpiece album.
Not enough!
Better off being left wanting more.
This is some of the best production I’ve ever heard spanning a whole album. People - support this work of art and buy this album. Aesop and Tobacco deserve your hard earned money on this one!
Real talk. I'm constantly letdown by modern hip hop albums (Butterfly, XXX, Flower Boy, DAYTONA)... but this right here, this fuckin' hit all the spots for me. I'll echo your sentiments, and encourage people to straight up BUY this incredible album.
TemporaryFamineShip Much love! Always got time for people who can appreciate real, intelligent, left field hip hop...
Sword Box and Dog Years are criminally smooth.
And just like with Ruby, Aes throws us Acid King, a casual banger/history lesson on the Ricky Kasso case.
Because why wouldn't he, the mad bastard.
I love you Aes, don't never leave me.
I thought this was just creative writing, I didn't know the Ricky kasso case was a real thing
Kasso and Aes grew up in the same town. may have gone to the same school.
Just got the vinyl in the mail.
I got the needle down
I got the volume up!
Yeah Brother!
I really want the vinyl. What a beautiful thing to add to your collection
Getting the Vinyl. Have all of Tobacco, and now i'm going to get all of Aesop, going a complete backwards path
WizZzard DabzZz for Aesop, pick it up on Rhymesayers. I think they still have the vinyl available🤙🏼
1+1=13 has to be one of my favourite and best songs I've ever heard Aes on.
Most underrated track imo
"And for my next trick?
I'll make a dollar bill climb up out your wallet
Disappear and reappear inside my pocket" 💀💀💀
I never really do these things twice,
but if y'all ask nice I just might ;)
I absolutely loved this. Aes really came with his A game, better than I've ever heard him rap. The production is just awesome and very unique. Another classic in the bag!
The yes and the yall.
@@kellyann7997 Daylight is my personal favourite
Tobacco is the best match I've heard with aesop rock since blockhead
Lucas Williams facts bro, I love aesops work with his own beats though. But this is that butter that he can just glide on! Top shelf!
Kimya Dawson tho.
Dom M That’s a no dog, Hokey Fright is the only Aes project I refuse to listen to, kimyas voice makes me want to smash my head into a wall
I think the same thing. I didn't think anyone could work better with Aesop than Blockhead but I am thinking this is even better.
I think hokey fright has some of aesop's dopest verses. Yall sleeping if you haven't heard em
Yeah.... This is my favorite album of all time. This shit is perfect from beginning to end. Every song gives me goosebumps. A perfect matchup. Hoping for more from these two!!
I just discovered Aesop at the start of the pandemic. Heard about this album, but decided to wait to listen to it - don't know why. Am listening for the first time now, and am blown away! This is one of, if not the, best things I've ever heard. Waiting was right!
@@lorib360 its always good holding albums to wait to listen to
@@lorib360 i do that with mac miller tapes i havent heard yet and a few DOOM collaborative albums i havent heard like nuirvana DOOM and monster island czars. also havent listened to either KMD albums all the way through yet, have heard a couple songs months apart from each other but its always good keeping stuff you know is there to listen to and be new to you in the future as it gets older
I dont know how I got here or who this artist is,
but this mixtape is god damn fire. Sick flows and oldschool synthies
The rabbit hole goes much deeper. Take the blue pill.
Check out Aesop Rocks older shit
Production on this album is crazy
The musical qualities of the first track resonate with me in such a intrinsically fluent way. I feel like I am transcending mind and body when I hear the fire bars. You just can't listen to this without changing in some way. After this album, my kids finally opened up to me in a such a emotionally vulnerable way that it brought tears to my eyes. George Jr. never told me about his anxiety before. His grades have dropped and I've been worried. But after showing this album to him he immediately went to his room and did his homework. It was so well done that on parent teacher day Mrs. Jones - sorry, Ms. Jones, asked me what had changed. Simply enough, Churro had changed my son into a different young man. Filled with intrinsic curiosity and wonder he now takes on the world with newfound bravery and social awareness. Just the other day he asked me, "one strawberry jelly one glazed?". I answered, "yeah".
Ever since Dirt on FUF I have been disappointed that Tobacco and Aes didn't make more collabs. I can die happy now.
Amen.
But... this is only half an hour more. I need *more* more. *All* the more!
I love that track SO much.
This is only my second listen to Malibu Ken, I'm looking forward to playing this album over and over, and exploring more of Aesop's work.
Best album I can't get anyone to listen to because of it's cover art. GG, boys.
lol I seriously can't have it up on the screen. It wouldn't be half as bad if it wasn't animated.
Ommmffggggg my two favorite artists and once again a full album of pure bangers, front to back. Both acts hold up completely on their own on this album, combined it's purely the epitome of each artists capabilities.
YES
I discovered this new album when i was uncomfortably painfully too high and it helped me not have my brain explode.thank you.
Tobacco’s sinister sweet synths, crunchy grape-nuts cereal beats, Aesop’s honey dippin, acid tongue with a quick witted, demented mind! I need more.
Tom & Ian are two of the most forward thinking, progressive musicians in the game! Respect to these sonic brothers. Thanks for pushing it forward!
Looking forward to the next collab.
Classic - Sword Box might be my fave Aes track. Hats off to TOBACCO, beats pair perfectly.
Would love to see another colab between these two.
I bought this last night not knowing fuck about tobacco. Been an aesop fan for a decade at least. Figured it was the best we were getting as far as a new record goes since the impossible kid. Holy fuck was I blown away. Not only the album itself but production quality is amazing. Apparently tobacco only uses pre-digital instruments. Makes for a great record. Definitely gonna spend my days pining over a second Malibu Ken album.
with how fast aes burns through his collab relationships, you might want to keep your fingers crossed.
He put a song out 9 years ago with tobacco called dirt. Great song.
Purple Moss is such a beautiful way to end the album
gr8 song
Is it about death? I feel like it is
@@zoom4368 The Empire Builder is the name of the Amtrak line that runs between Portland OR and Chicago. I heard somewhere he left Portland after living there for a few years. The lyrics are scattered with references to the West (wildfires, hi ho silver) and to desolate places (bars in Bartertown). So I think either it's about the disillusionment of life on the west coast not being what he imagined, or is a reflection on what motivated him to "go west" in the first place.
@@malachiteone he still lives here actually! but yeah it's definitely about displacement and feeling like you might not belong anywhere
Continue to be impressed by everything I hear from this dude, saw him live at toads place here in ct a couple years back, best show I've ever seen
I also saw Aes at Toads at some point
Surreal throwback to my teenage years, I got to know Aesop Rock when a good friend was eager to show me the obscure "Abandon all hope" video. Shortly after the labor days began and now Lice and *this* ...good time to be alive.
*Support them on Bandcamp btw!*
Laber days is the album to my fucking life. Welcome.
This is everything I hoped for and more
I sit down and listen to the whole thing trying to rewind to catch the bits my ADHD edits. Just amazing. What a skillful telling of a beautiful mind.
I really need an instrumental version of this album to listen to, Tobacco's production here is Tartarus level fire.
"your not even a peasant your a notch in a weapon"
Aes you god
This album is such a pleasant surprise from favorite artists from different genres. Any Aesop fans that are praising the production need to do them themselves the favor and listen through some Tobacco albums. Big ups to Rhymsesayers for being so generous with the content
This cartoon is looking around my apartment for something to steal.
Ken's seen better days, just keep the silverware locked up, and you should be good
You definitely don’t have to worry about him stealing your soap
It's in rotation.
Well said
worthless cuz lyrically I'm well fed. Dont tell feds. Or I'll be laying in jail beds
As it should be.
It's strikingly fucking beautiful that this guy is continuing to be this lyrical in a time where a lot of hip-hop has become stylistically simple. I don't always gravitate towards rap, but TOBACCO on production is the bread to the lyrical butter. Thank you guys for the full album, but you know I'm gonna have to buy the vinyl so I can rock that insane mask. Bless all of y'all involved in this album. Actually I guess I should just thank Malibu Ken, ya weirdo
Maybe the MK Ultra 2.0 "hip hop" u listen to is simple. The fact people. Like u think that trash is hip. Hop proves ur brai washing has been successful
@@TrustTheShooters I was just saying that it's inspiring that someone could stumble upon this
@@Lincolnlogsoff??? R u trolling? Anyone can stumble upon anything. Wtf
@@TrustTheShooters you seem to be the troll here. Chill dude.
He was just referring to whats currently popular being simple. Even said he doesn't gravitate toward hip hop, so why would he listen to the simplistic shit?
@@-user_redacted- everything that's popular is simple. Do u not understand the matrix? Why would he even acknowledge MK Ultra 2.0 music if he doesn't listen to it then?!?!?
Aesop is by far the only rapper I like. His vocabulary is so much bigger than any other rapper and his music is just so good! I love Aes!
Aesop. You have done more for my mental health and ability to find understanding in this maelstrom of cacophony that reverberates mirrored static than any one source i have found. Thank you for your earnest circus you verb turning noun purist
"The voices in my head still talk tough. I go 2 bed stoned. I got some walls up."
This made cleaning my bong longer then expected, but oddly fun
Foerealdoe give us another Malibu Ken album; this collab is the fire-est of fire.
The infinite layers of depth from Tobacco to Aesop Rock, or is it the other way around? It's so into itself it sounds like a galaxy that is self-contained in itself. Another Dimension I've been looking for in music for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn. The Acid King story is crazy!
It's a true story. There's a movie about it on Tubi.
In the track Save Our Ship he says, "might release hounds dressed up like doves."
Then in the very next track, Sword Box, the first line goes, "what kind of bastion of trust hit the stage with a straight-face and a jacket full of doves."
I'm feeling a connection here...
I wonder if the songs line up with things like this. So far, the content is pretty similar in each song (not an insult at all. It seems like a concept album) and the content is also fitting for the fucking art work.
This album is amazing.
So hype about this CD. The last 3 tracks especially been on repeat. Sick beats, sick flow. What else is new, Aes and Tobacco slaying.
I feel you man. Purple moss gives me goosebumps.
They're such a good combo. I like every song on the album and the last three are also my favorite. I think Purple Moss is one of the best songs Aes has ever released
The scariest part is that visually I'm becoming Ken - slowly but surely.. damn..
this album bops. aesop's put out some great albums the last few years.
He's at his best ever.
Bro...please don't retire at age 80! don't ever stop!
aesop kills it once again. great production. love the overall message of Malibu Ken. gonna cop the CD, great artwork and fun layout, that mask is a must xD
found aesop's music years ago ... been thankful ever since
This is beautiful. I wasn't expecting this today but it's one thing I kind of always wanted
I've been listenin to aes since my early teens and somehow it would seem that we were always in a way synced, his songs would always reflect on my own thoughts and life as if he was narrating it, this was extremely obvious to me when impossible kid released, and also matched with an intense depressive episode that started a day before Hot Dogs got published.
But these days i've felt like i lost myself, to not elaborate too much, an existential crisis would be a sort of kinda description of what i'm goin through.
And guess what the fuck is up, aes comes in, says everything i think and feel in a 30 minute amalgamation of decorated reality and reminds me that i am indeed a lonely weirdo in a proverbial barn, with a couple of weirdo friends and shitty luck, but at the same time he gives me back my pride of sincerely being who i am.
If he can make it so can I, If i can make it so can he.
Bless you Aes
Stay strong and live your best life, even if people think you're abnormal. Society has a mould that we're all expected to fit into, it takes courage to own your shit when you don't fit that mould. Fuck em lol, do things your own way.
I met a guy last year who spent some time away as part of a small community in the mountains of Spain. He came back home for a year and couldn't get used to the 9-to-5 and the responsibilities thrust upon him. He moved back to the mountains where he spends his days climbing, chilling, driving around and collecting waste for a bit of cash.
Some people would be pissed off at that. They'd see it as him copping out and not contributing to society. Well, he's not a drain on society either. Don't see the big deal lol, we have enough people on this earth and we're not around forever.
13shorke13...well said
amen
I started rapping in middle age. Everyone around me looked at me weird, now they're getting into my songs. Follow your own path. There are billions of people to handle being "normal" (aka ordinary). Drive in your own lane and, if there isn't a lane for you to drive in, make one. Nobody's going to be looking back from their deathbed and thinking, "I should have conformed more."
Don't forget he ain't you, so that's proof you ain't alone
Aes Rock always comes through with the lyrical miracles...
Hell yes!
I'm a spiritual lyrical miracle
@@TheBDQJP I'm a spirit world field guide
The Nostalgia for me is so strong, my teen years were packed full of TOBACCO, this is truly amazing. Brings a tear to my eye.
Amazing album. Tuesday is bangin'.
Edit: Upon further listen, I think Dog Years has become my personal favorite.
Acid King too
honestly in the last few years we're getting the best link ups since the judgment night soundtrack.
This right here, this is the best of the old Aesop and the new Aesop, flows and word play from almost every previous album wrapped into a perfect collection. I hear Float, Music For Earthworms, Appleseed, Labor Days, Fast Cars, None Shall Pass, Skelethon, The Uncluded, LIce and The Impossible Kid in this album yet it feels like it belongs along his B Side compilations and singles. Fucking perfect combination of all his styles. Hands down the Shakespeare of rap. And whoever this Tabacco guy is, damn, I thought Aesop and Blockhead went well together but this is put together with precision. The synths are off the hook too, especially in Sword Box and Purple Moss.
Tobacco fits so many beats into a less than 35 minute album. I'd love to hear him expand on em
I'd just like to say that as a life-long rocker, this is fucking amazing!!
The fact that everyone who want'scan download this album legally free from here, made me instantly buy it on bandcamp!
In a digital age not having free access to digital good's is outdated, still artists have to get their money from somewhere, thanks for the good example on how to do it :)
So no one gonna talk about how beautiful Purple Moss is huh
Best lyrics.
Ill talk about it! Man Purple Moss is beautiful.
Joe Kratman gives me goosebumps 🤤
2 people I've been listening to for decades, completely different genres, coming together? HERE FOR IT
I like how Corn Maze comes after Purple Moss.
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Nice.
boyo
Ah, the ol' TH-cam switcheroo...
aes and tobacco are a match made in a pixelated acid-washed industrial heaven
Did not know this was going to happen, so I had to devote my night to it. Another masterpiece from Aes and his A-list friends. Tuesday and Sword Box are dope, Suicide Big Gulp was my favorite on the album. Keep 'em coming Aes!
It's too bad he has a habit of ruining his relationships with his ''A-list" friends
The last track is beautiful ... reminds me of an astronaut floating off into space, untethered, lost, probably never to return ... but accepting of it.
There's going to be a movie with that plot. The script has been worked on for awhile.
Just listened to the whole album. Great work guys, my vinyl should be in the mail today too can’t wait to spin it again. Cheers Aesop and tobacco
Thank you TOBACCO and Aesop Rock for this album. It's something special.
Thank you so much for turning me on to this, Melon.
Going from Earthworms to all his work in the latest decade feels like a true evolution of a rapper that can't possibly be compared to any other, because he's still along the lines of being absolutely mind blowing and wordy, yet the cohesion, aka the glue of his lyricism gets better and better as he has progressed throughout the years. His delivery is flawless, his flow, like a finely tuned wave crashing on a shore of amazing instrumental works, personally I like the synth stuff, just as much as the industrialism or the classic hip hop beats, because it all sounds great since it's Aes dude
I go to bed stoned, I got some walls up.
After hearing Acid King when it dropped, I wasn't sure whether I'd appreciate this album as I didn't feel the musicality that much. But I'm glad to say I actually enjoyed this, and Acid King has grown on me too. Gonna press replay and dive back in. Thanks Rhymesayers! 💯
This Collab is straight fire 🔥🔥🔥!!!
Listen to this almost everyday when I draw after work...it puts me in a trance its the best music ever bro much love and props
I can honestly say every Aesop rock album is my favorite Aesop rock album
Dear Aes, Thank you for never letting me down ❤
I couldn't be more pleased.
can't like Aes' work enough.
Aesop blows my mind every time I hear him. I love BMSR and Tobacco too, this is an amazing collab!
This production is out of this world!!! Aesop's word play is beyond genius!!!
Heard the whole thing without pausing & what can I say, Aes & Tobacco made a perfect album. Not a single joint was not not dope.
Acid King
@@TrustTheShooters Okay. In isolation Acid King might feel out of place for folks, but in terms of conitunity of the album it felt tight.
@@BarunChandaHere every song is in isolation when it's Being playd. I didn't choose it as a single.
the very last track is the only questionable one to me.
@@TrustTheShooters How can you not like Acid King? you a lil yung pup and don't know the backstory? woof woof
I wasn’t keeping up with either of them but I saw this dropped and immediately made some time and sat down. Such a great album. Tobacco’s trippy instrumentals are like nothing else.
Aes is just so damn good at this shit. There's not many artists I listen to that just get better with age but I really feel that way with him. Maybe this isn't the place for it, I love Slug to death, but I wish he could pull off aging as well as Aesop Rock. Not trying to be negative, just selfishly wish he put out music similar to his early days. But it's clearly not that easy. Anyways, just happy Rhymesayers is still killing it 20 years later.
This is the definition of a dynamic duo!
aes and bobby did it better tbh
Aaron Neumann Great chemistry between those two for sure!
I put this on during my three hour highway drive this morning, and I loved the whole album start to finish. It's so grimey and raw, different from what I'm used to hearing.
I slept on this one. I now realize the error of my ways. Dope! Imagine life without Aesop...
This is so good. Why am I just now hearing this? Is this relatively underground? Because I thought hip-hop was dieing. This is refreshing.
Craig Stuckey Aesop is definitely underground. Got a lottttt to dive into if you are just hearin him now. Glad y found him. Been listening to Aesop for a minute now, glad to see him still improving.
That last song was ridiculous, aesop could probably reconstruct the world with just his lyrics.