yaaaas more Aesop Rock content. man its so dope watching you do a deep dive on his lyrics. I love his poetry and seeing someone sit down to give it the thought it deserves makes me very happy.
I could quite literally sit and listen to/watch you break down Aes songs, and songs from his other projects like Hail Mary Mallon, or The Uncluded, all damn day Your knowledge, taste, experience, and appreciation for music and so many other things makes for the perfect storm for some of the best reactions on TH-cam. Let alone being almost perfect for Aesop Rock as well
Im impressed with the way you disect the lyrics on your reviews, especially on such a complex artist. Aesop is layers on layers. Thank you for the break down particularly on this track.
Glad you're back producing videos. Aesop does love boats, he has a 3 songs named Tugboat Complex part 1,2,3 Polaris could refer to the north star as he is his own guiding star
And this is why I watch your vids. Going through the lines and links of Aesop is something you will not see any others do. With appreciation and respect.
I don't listen to this genre of youtube not because I don't like idea of reaction videos but most are low quality from the low effort people put into videos. They watch or listen and say wow that was good or add little commentary. This is the kind of video I crave, thank you MrLboyd
dude. thank you so much for taking me up on this suggestion. employing his waste, for others to learn from, if you will. he just released that EP on vinyl so i thought it would be a great time to react to something off that. and the fact that you caught a lot of his references to historic events, mythology, and had insight on his headspace when writing this track is why i appreciate what you do. your reactions are unique and insightful keep up the amazing work big ups!
Aesop is just from a whole other stratosphere. Please have a look into The Uncluded, it's Aesop's folk project with a lady called Kimya Dawson. Excellent music.
Ok, so. I feel that Organs is an important song if that makes sense. Promoting the absolute life changing/ saving action that is donating an organ (be them alive or dead (the donor)) to another human so that they may live a better life is tear jerking for me. Like the amount of good that comes from that is immense
Yeah I remember when I used to think I was decent at writing... then I heard aesop... and he is still getting better! This track is from like 25+ yrs ago
I dig your intro man. And I really dig Aesop Rock content. Every single song he has released I have deeply enjoyed. He's a cool Long--Islander. His early flow is so fast. It's like he throws a boomerang and raps and spins his lyrics with rhyme and dual meaning. He is part of "Rhymesayers" label and everyone on that label share crazy beats and rap. We have good rappers here in Minnesota.
Next Aesop..... Dog at the door Short beat poem that is soo funny and the picture he paints is beautiful :) Also explore The Uncluded, the most esoteric colab that Aesop has done. TV on 10 is great
Aesop Rock is so masterminded. For over 20 years he has made mind blowing songs. He is literally put as the highest IQ hip hop artist in history. He has some of the dopest beats to just perfectly flow over. "While everybody around me is drowning, I FLOAT"
Love Aesop! Thanks for bringing your perspective towards it! "employ my waste" may be code for "eat my sh!t...." I think it shares the same connotations you mentioned but's more in line with what his personal attitude seems
Spirit world field guide is incredible. Between the gates, jumping coffin, kodokushi, and crystal sword. Those are my top picks from that album. Have you heard anything from the impossible kid album?
Been pumping this daily lately since buying the recent vinyl release. Aes is the same age as me (76er). Blows my mind he was making music of this calibre at that age. The man is a genius.
This era of Aesop Rock is by far the jazziest, artsy mixed with a take no prisoners attitude. You feel like you can swim in the dreaminess and talent here.
A few years ago I went on this roadtrip with a good friend. We went from Albuquerque, NM to to CA and then up the 1 through the redwoods to OR, up to this town in WA called George, yeah, George, Washington. The journey WAS the treasure.
You asking if the Journey and experiences of it is greater than the arrival at the end point made me think back to the classic book "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" which is an indirect look at that exact question :) This is really early Aesop, just shows he started his journey in HipHop second to none and just got better as he went on :) Shame that the need to think about what he says puts him outside the greater fame he deserves
Keep the Aesop Rock reactions going, your the only person I've ever seen break down Aes's music well and it's much appreciated. If you can delve into Homeboy Sandman, Eyedea and Camu Tao, would love to see reactions to any of there songs
One of my personal favorites from Aesop is ZZZ Top. About young people discovering music and what they like in life. It has a beat FULL of energy that just makes me happy. Then, there is Spirit World Field Guide. That shit is next level, different dimension probably made with the help of aliens shit. The whole album, start to finish is fanfuckingtastic!
You need to check out The Uncluded, Aesop Rock's project with Kimya Dawson from about a decade ago. TV on 10 is one of the best examples of story-telling in rap, to date.
Re: Boat references Consider his usage of water references and imagery. Water often being symbolic of Truth or Life. He has a fairly consistent cipher he plies throughout his work.
Love the Aesop Rock content man! He just released a new album Garbology. You should listen to Difficult, its an incredible song off a crazy good album.
Id love for you to go back and check out some more busdriver. Same crowd and you really enjoyed ministry of the torture couch. Maybe check out Imaginary Places, Me Time, Black Labor (As Understood by Equiano), Species of Property, or Pull the Sky Closer. Too many tracks to list out
You ever wish the circle was a square so when the landsharks start circling the borders you could just cut em off at the corners Let this sink in: these lyrics were written almost 25 years ago. Dude is unparalleled IMO
Tolerance can be one of the most insidious 'negative' character traits we acquire: if we live with anything long enough, it becomes normal. Normalcy creeps over to tolerable, then to indifference, apathy, acceptance - and before you know it, assimilation.
7:58 Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris and is commonly called the ***NORTH STAR*** or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, it is the **BRIGHTEST** star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night.
An easy way of interperting aesop rock is assuming he is talking to other aspiring rapers or his interpretations of the rap game. Common trope in 90s rap was to shed light on the currect rap game and aesop does this perfectly hidden in cryptic lyrics. The "From out the mugs of masons wasted / Laying bricks for days to later find they own the lot adjacent" bar is a perfect example of him refering to rappers wasting their talents on dead lanes in the rap game.
Absolutely, I also love the double entendre for "out the mugs of masons wasted" as drinking an alcoholic beverage out of a mason jar and getting wasted, at least my friends and I were doing that when this album was made, rapping wasted over outkast instrumentals but not building off our own unique foundation, especially while wasted.
if only 1 song could ever be created, i'd vote for this 1. he does exponentional(power a number/expression is to be raised) entendres,.line i quote most is 'i dig my toes into the sand & spit foilage out my lips' ..to me it's him saying he can create life/beauty/meaning in places it didn't seem possible places where it shouldn't be...GALAPAGOS STYLE, life overflowing out of volcanic ash
Next one to do is all of them, more Aes. Happy to see another aes reaction from you. Would love for you to try Lice as well which is aesop and homeboy sandman together. They have 3 albums as lice. Specifically songs like so strange, get a dog, environmental studies. Keep up the good work.
Good sir, I love your knowledge… We have crumbling infrastructure, because corporations are abusing free-use, even paid to use publicly funded systems…or “corporations don’t pay taxes, but use public roads, etc, like a resident… …but yea, yer good brain food 😉
Could we get a reaction to Ka's A Martyr's Reward? It's my AOTY by far at the moment, I consider Ka to have one of the rawest pen in hip-hop period. You could react to the singles I Notice or I Need All That for starters
Shakespeare is pretty straightforward. I think more of Aleister Crowley's "The Book of Lies". Surface meanings, underlying metaphors connecting to other metaphors, puzzles and riddles. Each piece you put together informs the rest more and more, until you're thinking in imagery and relations between metaphors instead of just the words themselves. Or like James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake", but English only instead of smashing 20 languages together.
Have you seen they did a study of rappers with the most unique vocabulary used, and Aesop is the number 1... I honestly don't think anyone does use more unique words than Aes, but just know he's not hugely known.
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yaaaas more Aesop Rock content. man its so dope watching you do a deep dive on his lyrics. I love his poetry and seeing someone sit down to give it the thought it deserves makes me very happy.
It's rap genius bruh
Meh it's more random lyrical riddles than poetry. I admire the intellect behind it but I see no beauty in it. I wouldn't call this art tbh.
It’s still art but I get what you mean
@@warnaoh how are you defining poetry?
@@Lunch_Meat And Art? Not sure if the guy knows the definition of either.
THE best reaction channel. You're so well articulated and chill. Nice to see people taking it seriously👍
This album is over 20 years old and the bars are still so far ahead of almost every MC.
I could quite literally sit and listen to/watch you break down Aes songs, and songs from his other projects like Hail Mary Mallon, or The Uncluded, all damn day
Your knowledge, taste, experience, and appreciation for music and so many other things makes for the perfect storm for some of the best reactions on TH-cam. Let alone being almost perfect for Aesop Rock as well
I’ve been listening to him for over 20 years and I still learn new things from his old stuff I listen to thousands of times
Im impressed with the way you disect the lyrics on your reviews, especially on such a complex artist. Aesop is layers on layers. Thank you for the break down particularly on this track.
Glad you're back producing videos. Aesop does love boats, he has a 3 songs named Tugboat Complex part 1,2,3
Polaris could refer to the north star as he is his own guiding star
And this is why I watch your vids. Going through the lines and links of Aesop is something you will not see any others do. With appreciation and respect.
This is from his self released EP from 1999
Imagine being 22/23 years old and writing like this.
First time watching one of your videos LONGTIME Aes Rock fan, your analysis of his lyrics is the best I've ever heard. Thank you for this!
I don't listen to this genre of youtube not because I don't like idea of reaction videos but most are low quality from the low effort people put into videos. They watch or listen and say wow that was good or add little commentary. This is the kind of video I crave, thank you MrLboyd
Hey MrLboyd!! Another great Aesop Rock Track is "No More Regrets"
Top notch storytelling from one of the greats! 👍
dude. thank you so much for taking me up on this suggestion. employing his waste, for others to learn from, if you will. he just released that EP on vinyl so i thought it would be a great time to react to something off that. and the fact that you caught a lot of his references to historic events, mythology, and had insight on his headspace when writing this track is why i appreciate what you do. your reactions are unique and insightful keep up the amazing work big ups!
Aesop is just from a whole other stratosphere. Please have a look into The Uncluded, it's Aesop's folk project with a lady called Kimya Dawson. Excellent music.
I absolutely love that whole album!!!!!!
Hell yes!
Please don't tap on the glass
Ok, so. I feel that Organs is an important song if that makes sense. Promoting the absolute life changing/ saving action that is donating an organ (be them alive or dead (the donor)) to another human so that they may live a better life is tear jerking for me. Like the amount of good that comes from that is immense
Wonderful to hear another Aesop review. He's a very special artist.
thanks man
Yeah I remember when I used to think I was decent at writing... then I heard aesop... and he is still getting better! This track is from like 25+ yrs ago
Can't believe this song is 22 years old. God, I feel ancient. 😂😭
I dig your intro man. And I really dig Aesop Rock content. Every single song he has released I have deeply enjoyed. He's a cool Long--Islander. His early flow is so fast. It's like he throws a boomerang and raps and spins his lyrics with rhyme and dual meaning. He is part of "Rhymesayers" label and everyone on that label share crazy beats and rap. We have good rappers here in Minnesota.
Hell yes. More Aesop Rock. Ain't the biggest view farm but it's real thoughtful and you give it good.
Gopher Guts or Shrunk next!
Whoever request this, I ♥️ you. And i love you Mrlboyd for appreciating great music, keep being rad 🔥🤘
Next Aesop..... Dog at the door
Short beat poem that is soo funny and the picture he paints is beautiful :)
Also explore The Uncluded, the most esoteric colab that Aesop has done. TV on 10 is great
Chk* Chk* Chk*.
Feet on leaves
Uhhhh it’s probably a cat
Aesop Rock is so masterminded. For over 20 years he has made mind blowing songs. He is literally put as the highest IQ hip hop artist in history. He has some of the dopest beats to just perfectly flow over. "While everybody around me is drowning, I FLOAT"
I heavily disagree, but respect your opinion.
Love Aesop! Thanks for bringing your perspective towards it!
"employ my waste" may be code for "eat my sh!t...." I think it shares the same connotations you mentioned but's more in line with what his personal attitude seems
Yessss I’m here for this! More Aesop Rock 🙏
Please do more Aesop Rock! ‘Jumping Coffin’ is a personal favorite
That and kodokushi best tracks on the new album for real
@@krishindmarsh1977 you beat me to it. Third place goes to gauze.
@@heuristix77 i love the beat switch on Pizza Alley. i come back to that one the most
@@griff7823 that switch up on button masher tho.... just do the whole damn album aes never disappoints
Spirit world field guide is incredible. Between the gates, jumping coffin, kodokushi, and crystal sword. Those are my top picks from that album. Have you heard anything from the impossible kid album?
Been pumping this daily lately since buying the recent vinyl release. Aes is the same age as me (76er). Blows my mind he was making music of this calibre at that age. The man is a genius.
There’s so much content. Just please react to him more frequently🙏🙏 there’s so much content, and you’re by far the best reactor to his work.
Absolutely love Aes, a true master of the English language. Next Aesop breakdown should be Labor or Daylight off of Labor Days.
Yesssss I’ve been waiting for more Aesop
"I am Polaris. " Polaris us Uriah minor. Aka north star. Continuing with the duality theme, when compared with the pervious line, I am lowlife
Always here for that Aes Rock ish!!!!!
This era of Aesop Rock is by far the jazziest, artsy mixed with a take no prisoners attitude. You feel like you can swim in the dreaminess and talent here.
A few years ago I went on this roadtrip with a good friend. We went from Albuquerque, NM to to CA and then up the 1 through the redwoods to OR, up to this town in WA called George, yeah, George, Washington. The journey WAS the treasure.
Try dabbling into " Spirit World Field Guide"😉
I really believe aesop will be remembered as one of the great poets
Awesome. Appleseed is such a great album from 1999!
I think burgundy halo was in reference to the underground or subway system. Usually the signs are red circles.
You asking if the Journey and experiences of it is greater than the arrival at the end point made me think back to the classic book "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" which is an indirect look at that exact question :)
This is really early Aesop, just shows he started his journey in HipHop second to none and just got better as he went on :) Shame that the need to think about what he says puts him outside the greater fame he deserves
This is the real nitty gritty of the artist Aesop Rock. We liked we subscribed and we want to specifically see more of this specific type of content!
I love how he starts that first verse he has those couple bars that are more calm describing waking up or whatever then he just goes off
Keep the Aesop Rock reactions going, your the only person I've ever seen break down Aes's music well and it's much appreciated. If you can delve into Homeboy Sandman, Eyedea and Camu Tao, would love to see reactions to any of there songs
So glad to see you doing more Aesop Rock. Just a thought: the tolerance line could be about drug tolerance, not cultural tolerance.
billy woods is a master degree in lyrical genius. The guys lyrics are like history lesson. Look into woods, please?
Early Aes is a special kind of thing. That bass reminds me of Bring Back Pluto.
One of my personal favorites from Aesop is ZZZ Top. About young people discovering music and what they like in life. It has a beat FULL of energy that just makes me happy. Then, there is Spirit World Field Guide. That shit is next level, different dimension probably made with the help of aliens shit. The whole album, start to finish is fanfuckingtastic!
This makes me so happy! About to start now! One of my first mixed CDs from a friend had the song on it. He became my favorite rapper so quick
You need to check out The Uncluded, Aesop Rock's project with Kimya Dawson from about a decade ago. TV on 10 is one of the best examples of story-telling in rap, to date.
Re: Boat references
Consider his usage of water references and imagery. Water often being symbolic of Truth or Life. He has a fairly consistent cipher he plies throughout his work.
Love the Aesop Rock content man! He just released a new album Garbology. You should listen to Difficult, its an incredible song off a crazy good album.
Aesop is in a league of his own when it comes to hip hop. Like MF Doom was.
MORE AESOP
Dope ass reaction 🔥🔥🔥love em
Always here for Aes. Aes people are immediate friends, every time.
wow aesop rock? one of my fav rappers havent seen many reactions to him though. good shit
Went into the archives!!! Appleseed is so dope.
That production reminds me so strongly of Guru's album Jazzmatazz, in the best ways.
So much to unpack in the first two bars. He really does rock like medusa glances😎
Dunno if anyone said it, but the jazz sample is Ornette Coleman from The Shape of Jazz to Come.
been meaning to check that album out. Crazy how aesop uses crazy sounding production but fit's it well like it's nothing.
"Thats gotta be one of the dopest drops in hip-hop."
Try to defy this, you simply cannot.
MrLBoyd gets real hip-hop.
daylight/nightlight is one that I would love to see your reaction to.
Aesop rock... Real hip hop and skill
Id love for you to go back and check out some more busdriver. Same crowd and you really enjoyed ministry of the torture couch. Maybe check out Imaginary Places, Me Time, Black Labor (As Understood by Equiano), Species of Property, or Pull the Sky Closer. Too many tracks to list out
You ever wish the circle was a square so when the landsharks start circling the borders you could just cut em off at the corners
Let this sink in: these lyrics were written almost 25 years ago. Dude is unparalleled IMO
"i think that may have been one of the dopest drops in hip hop. right there." you heard it here.
You should check out his song Shovel.
Definitely a classic from Aesop Rock.
Aesop rock was my hero at 16
Tolerance can be one of the most insidious 'negative' character traits we acquire: if we live with anything long enough, it becomes normal. Normalcy creeps over to tolerable, then to indifference, apathy, acceptance - and before you know it, assimilation.
Battery by aesop has some beautiful quotes
I gotta say i just saw a couple other people reacting to Aesop songs and by far, you did a better job. Like not even close.
I always tell people to look at Aes's rap style as the Alan Ginsberg of hip hop and rap.
Amazing video. Thank you
Aesop is in my top three ever.
Please check out Felt 3 - Ghost Dance Deluxe. Slug and Murs produced by Aesop Rock. Incredible verses and greatest beat.
7:58
Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris and is commonly called the ***NORTH STAR*** or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, it is the **BRIGHTEST** star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night.
Aesop is simply the best.
Aesop, denser lyrics were never written. Genius is right.
Tolerance is bad, acceptance is good. Tolerance just means you put up with it, accept would mean to embrace it
Odessa with doseone from this album is straight gold
Been here since your first aes react. Still hoping for Oxygen....
An easy way of interperting aesop rock is assuming he is talking to other aspiring rapers or his interpretations of the rap game. Common trope in 90s rap was to shed light on the currect rap game and aesop does this perfectly hidden in cryptic lyrics. The "From out the mugs of masons wasted
/ Laying bricks for days to later find they own the lot adjacent" bar is a perfect example of him refering to rappers wasting their talents on dead lanes in the rap game.
Absolutely, I also love the double entendre for "out the mugs of masons wasted" as drinking an alcoholic beverage out of a mason jar and getting wasted, at least my friends and I were doing that when this album was made, rapping wasted over outkast instrumentals but not building off our own unique foundation, especially while wasted.
10:04 he creates life (something important) from words from little substance...(sand minerals)
2:37 With as introspective as Aes is I feel he is really very comfortable with is demons.
"He is a rapper that rappers should look up to!" *Finger points the camera*
if only 1 song could ever be created, i'd vote for this 1. he does exponentional(power a number/expression is to be raised) entendres,.line i quote most is 'i dig my toes into the sand & spit foilage out my lips' ..to me it's him saying he can create life/beauty/meaning in places it didn't seem possible places where it shouldn't be...GALAPAGOS STYLE, life overflowing out of volcanic ash
"Dig my toes in the sand and spit foliage" he's the Oasis in the desert providing the sanctuary of greenery and life.
Another great review of classic killer song. I would suggest doin 11:35 by aesop rock feat mr. lif
Next one to do is all of them, more Aes. Happy to see another aes reaction from you. Would love for you to try Lice as well which is aesop and homeboy sandman together. They have 3 albums as lice. Specifically songs like so strange, get a dog, environmental studies. Keep up the good work.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The most criminally under rated track of Aesop's is Basic Cable.
Good sir, I love your knowledge…
We have crumbling infrastructure, because corporations are abusing free-use, even paid to use publicly funded systems…or “corporations don’t pay taxes, but use public roads, etc, like a resident…
…but yea, yer good brain food 😉
Could we get a reaction to Ka's A Martyr's Reward? It's my AOTY by far at the moment, I consider Ka to have one of the rawest pen in hip-hop period. You could react to the singles I Notice or I Need All That for starters
How about one of his features on one of Busdriver's songs. Ego Death or Superhands Montra.
If you could review shrunk by aesop. I really think that song gives an incredible insight into how his thought process when dealing with psychologists
Back in 2008 my wife started referring to Aesop as the Shakespeare of hip-hop.
Shakespeare is pretty straightforward. I think more of Aleister Crowley's "The Book of Lies". Surface meanings, underlying metaphors connecting to other metaphors, puzzles and riddles. Each piece you put together informs the rest more and more, until you're thinking in imagery and relations between metaphors instead of just the words themselves. Or like James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake", but English only instead of smashing 20 languages together.
The thinking man's Eminem. Aesop is the goat
PLEASE DO FIVE FINGERS BY AESOP ROCK (NONE SHALL PASS ALBUM)
You should definitely do Big Bang or 9-5ers anthem by Aesop rock as well!
Have you seen they did a study of rappers with the most unique vocabulary used, and Aesop is the number 1... I honestly don't think anyone does use more unique words than Aes, but just know he's not hugely known.
Aesop Rock - Facemelter
Dude is sick