The fact the song is about the state of rap in its current form and the conversation went there naturally is great.

Stockholm syndrome and Lima Syndrome are kind of linked. The first is what captives can develop when held and they start to feel positive feelings towards the people holding them. Lima syndrome is the oposite where the captors start to get feelings towards the people they hold. So he is describing his own mental state here where his need to go ghost is like he holds himself captive and so is feeling both of these at the same time. Real esoteric reference in the way he uses it :)

So glad to see more Aesop Rock love. He needs more freaking play time God, it was so cheering to watch the wonder and awe Aesop invoked in you guys. I want Kito and company to see more.

You need to get Kito high and play him "Dog at the Door" 😂😂😂

This was 🔥 🔥!! I appreciate Truth for putting me on this! Mannnn word play crazy. 💯

Lupe Fiasco said it best about Aesop: his bars can just be a singular word. Lupe said that what he considers a great bar is one he has to go back and listen to a few times to really get the fully meaning and depth of, and Aesop can make you do that with one word. Gotta keep a dictionary handy when you listen to him lol

Aesop out here waking people up in 2022, and we get to see it in real time. There's still hope.

He's probably not most people's favorite but he's solid like the pavement ....

Aesop is the GOAT and you guys are awesome. Keep these coming. Would love to see you guys do some Atmosphere tracks as well.

The dude tied up is named Rob Sonic, him and Aesop have a little duo group together called Hail Mary Mallon. I am new to your channel so idk if you knew about them but if you haven't yet you should check them out. Rob Sonic is just as good as Aes imo.

Great Reaction! If Aesop saw the conversation he fostered with his song, he'd be proud. Explore his catalog! He has album after album of songs just like this.

"I've been ignored for longer than you've been interested." - Aesop Rock from "Klutz"

Aesops daylight/nightlight album version will buckle your knees

I'm so excited that you showed them Aesop Rock 🤟 one of the best mind twisting lyricist 🔥🔥🔥 ❤️ Ayyyy here for the rants!!! Less goo!! This is why I f with you truth 💗💗💗💗

Aes is the GOAT. He respects the roots of the game while keeping it intelligent and thought provoking. He really drops some great beats and samples in his mixes as well. Noone like him

Occupation popular with demons and ducks (demons = industry and ..Ducks = drake).. found in the mainstream, foul, easy to hunt (shop you as a saga) My favorite lines Each one seperately convinced They're sketching with Da Vinci's hands Delusion turn a communication of prison camp I ain't even mad, I'm impressed, shit it's baffling God almighty chop an ivory tower to piano keys Play your own dirge on the way to surfin' maggot beach You fuckin' dorks ain't a source of the art You can't be cooler than the corners Where you source all your parts Rings next... Trust that.

What I love the most is that he was invited on Stephen Colbert and went with this track. He could've chosen "Kirby" from the same album, a track about his cat, much more "marketable" for the average listener. But he went with the track where he disses and distances himself from the whole popular part of the scene.

Also surprised me that I’ve been a music person for my whole life and only finding him now! Same with MF DOOM who is the reason for my finding Aesop- those guys are lyrical and musical monsters and they never came up

This was so fascinating, you guys have a soild fan now. The conversation yall had was so refreshing, u guys got my love stay real boys

Aesop Rock is and forever will be the Greatest of all Time

I am here for the genre of people who appreciate rap discovering and exploring Aesop Rock. Love this stuff man.

You guys need to do more together. You guys were hitting points and getting close to hitting more

Absolutely loved the conversation sparked by the song. Favorite Aesop reaction yet, and Aesop is what brought me to your channel in the first place. Aesop’s label (Rhymesayers Entertainment) is actually pretty awesome from what bit I know about it. Definitely like them way more than the “big ones.” “It was co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Musab Saad (Sab the Artist) and Brent Sayers (Siddiq).” They’re pretty hands on too. If I remember correctly, Slug personally sent one of their then-new releases on vinyl to one of the most enthusiastic Aesop reactors I know of (Mr. WaCK).

I knew of Aesop for a few years, and used to listen to him here and there, but this is the song that got me hooked, thanks to that killer beat. Which is also done by him if y'all didn't kno. The whole Impossible Kid album is. Listen to it, it's phenomenal. Even tho Fantano gave it a 7

Damn y'all this is a great channel! Holy Sh!T! "I feel like I need to do some research" had me dyin' bruh lokl

Eyyyy, finally Aes video 😎

Aesop makes you rethink how language works

"that's the problem with media" that's what he's talking about. He's calling all the artists posers. Dorks. 🤣

That was incredibly entertaining. Check out “Klutz” & “Rogue Wave”. Both are 3+ minutes 1 verse no hook.

You all are awesome, great reaction

a lyric from a song he wrote "i've been ignored from longer than you've been interested" most slept on dude ever

Love this! thank you!

You homies are real ones. I hope you dive deep.

You came thru ! Appreciate this 🙏🏽

YOU GUYS NEED..RUN THE JEWELS..IN YOUR LIVES!!

You two together are killin me 🤣🤣🤣 keep up the great work and fire music! 🔥🔥🔥💪👏 #TeamSupreme #KitoAbashi

Truth, this is dope I'm so glad you guys hit it off. You guys are in my top 3 KZfaq channel. Hope to see more#teamsupreme😎👍🔥👋✌

Once you understand and appreciate Aesop Rock, 99% of hip-hop sounds like nursery rhyme.

late is better than never, now you got a whole careers worth of music to check out. which might take you a while if you like bumping songs over and over til you get them lol. i've been listening for 15 years and am still catching new meaning in the bars every single listen

I love watching these reaction videos. Because I know what it's like to get my mind blown by AES. And I get excited seeing other people have that experience. You guys are immediately my friends if these bars excite you like this.

Klutz is a must. … awesome team reaction by the way.

this actually the sickest reaction. easy subbed

The fact you talked about Lupe and Lupe went out of his way to talk about Aesop lets you know that those who know understand who their peers are.

Aes might not always be your favorite but the man is in a class of his own. Check out the Pudding list of most unique words used by rappers for a bit of perspective

Lyrics below: Question: If I died in my apartment like a rat in a cage Would the neighbors smell the corpse before the cat ate my face? I used to floss the albatross like Daddy Kane with the chain I'm tryin' to jettison the ballast with the hazardous waste The kid is comfortably numb, routine a tedious crutch Deep in a self imposed Stockholm and Lima influx Maybe an occupation popular with demons and ducks Made any mingling akin to bein' seasoned and stuffed It's a theatre of jumpin' jellyfish, jealous little sycophants Miserable and flimsy from the skivvys to the pissy pants Each one seperately convinced They're sketching with Da Vinci's hands Delusion turn a communication of prison camp You fuckin' dorks ain't a threat to the cause There ain't a lesson we can learn from the ostensibly lost I think it's funny when defendants from identical haunts Step out the tempest to measure Of what the spectrum involves Maybe no one cares, party over here, I'll be over there Don't need no help, all by myself I used to hang around with rappers at the root of the scene It meant a lot to feel the fugitive community breathe Maybe to sentimentalize is to be truly naive I know some shit about your heroes that you wouldn't believe I think we're all a bunch of weirdos on a quest to belong The songs are echolocation up in impregnable fog That's why it's odd to see a pile of imperfections and flaws Ascend a pedestal to patronize the rest of the cogs And a mess of obnoxious fantasy, posturing and pageantry I ain't even mad, I'm impressed, shit it's baffling God almighty chop an ivory tower to piano keys Play your own dirge on the way to surfin' maggot beach You fuckin' dorks ain't a source of the art You can't be cooler than the corners Where you source all your parts The poker face, all it takes a couple sordid remarks We let the manticore out, We make the sorcery bark Life is so unfair, party over here, I'll be over there Don't need no help, all by myself I view the rattling of sabres like a show to expose Insecurities exploding in emotional code With braggadocio to go from mostly jokey to gross Corrode a homie til his probity is notably ghost Before the hobby was a job he was a manager, Hell You would wobble round your momma like an infant gazelle The disillusionment has truly been a difficult pill That you was anything menacing is a difficult sell In a whistle-and-bellorama, black mollies to dress up like piranha It's not even compelling melodrama It's a comedy, somebody wanna shop you as a saga I'm very voluntarily persona non grata You fuckin' dorks ain't the leaders we need This ain't the medium for divas out to weasel and breed I'm off in coffee with the paupers over tea with the queen Don't make 'em show the regency what disobedient means Heavy load to bear, party over here, I'll be over there Don't need no help, all by myself

Aesop Rock = Goat Ya all need the lyrics and explanation of the lyrics.

You guys are great never seen your channel and I just listened to this song. Seem like the best ppl to chill with. Yeah this new one is so insane. So good. Among his best.

also, there is a website that was designed to analyze rappers usage of UNIQUE words. they used everyone from Wutang to Eminem to Busdriver to Nas etc. Aesop led the whole pack of course, In 2017, last time I checked it he was at 7500 words, twice as much as Shakespeare by the way... and way ahead of everyone besides Busdriver, who surprise, is his homie..

i'm here for this.

@ 8:08, I completely agree mate. I've had Aseop song on a playlist for years and one day i was like "oh, fuck, i get that".

This man needs more aes in his life. He needs to listen to the LICE mixtape. And get introduced to Homeboy Sandman such a long list of dope tracks to jam out too especially his newer work

FINALLY! the king of underground is getting found

Ayyyy here for it!! 🤟💕💕 #TeamSupreme

aesop is NUTS

Props for the third eye open vibes on this one

You should all get together again & react to the new Aesop Rock & Lupe Fiasco track

I’ve been on it for 22 years! Still learning!!!

Many people agree that this is Aesop taking a short shot at his old buddies in Run The Jewels.

And honestly- I see 69 and the mumble posse as the reason for this song. So well written that the mumble rappers would never even understand along with most music audiences. Just too intelligent

If you want to appreciate the true artistic genius of Aes, you need to listen. This isn't music to jam with your friends. It's art to be consumed at your own pace. Its like a poem, or a book, or a painting. You can listen to it 100 times before you actually absorb all the things he's saying.

This is the track that got me into Aes. Goes so incredibly hard.

I've been listen to Aesop since 1997 back in HS we all thought he was the dopest and way ahead of his time. Genius for real.

Haha Aesop breeds discussion. Everyone can pull different meanings from his music, I catch the bars in different ways from you guys but we are all right. He has too many layers that apply to so many different people's experiences. A true genius. Much love.

don't know if it's been stated yet but Aes also produces his own albums

And he made the beat

Stockholm syndrome: Feeling sympathy for your abducter/abuser Lima syndrome: Feeling sympathy for your abductee.

This nigga said "i think i need to do more research" 😂😂😂😂welcome to aesop

brooo kito funny as fuck dude smart af too

Aes Rizzle is God's lyricist.

Hey!💜💜💜💜💜💜😆

Check out the song 11:35 feat Mr lif and klutz which is 3 and a half minutes of aes going off with no hook

Do one on Aes' Rings.

Brother Ali introduced ASAP Rocky to Aesop Rock a few years ago. The video is on KZfaq.

:-: I request Klutz next for Aes.. As one of the biggest Aes Reaction Fans I for sure request it..

Listen to Save Our Ship by Aesop Rock.

WTHell?!! Kito?!!!!🤣🤣🤣 Cousin Kito!!

Pleeeeease play Jumping Coffin for them. God damn, that song is too dope. Aesop Rock has taught me more than any public school ever did. And Stockholm syndrome is when a captive person begins to relate to their captor. Lima syndrome (which I didn't know was a thing before hearing this song) is when the captor begins to relate to their captive(s).

would love to watch you guys react to hail mary melon - money, aka aesop rock and rob sonic

Most truly great music is not necessarily the stuff that blows up the airwaves at the time. It's the stuff that endures. It's pretty much always been this way, in my experience. Mainstream record labels push materialism because they want us to buy shit. So the music they push hardest is the most surface level stuff. They figure it has the broadest appeal because even an idiot can get on its level. What's rarely pushed is intellectually stimulating material, because it requires something of the listener. We have to be willing to engage with it, in order for it to engage with us. And the major record labels have a consistent view of the average music consumer as intellectually lazy. The deep thinkers and lyrical heavy hitters seldom if ever rise to the top of the charts. In ANY genre of popular music. But they ultimately become legends. Aesop Rock is a legend in progress.

Kito gotta do more Aesop

Good on ya'll. Great reaction to an awesome artist. There are more consumable songs of his out there that are a lot of fun to dissect. I suggest, Lucy, Kirby or Long Leg Larry

There's a video of Aesop meeting A$AP.

Ima Bazooka Tooth head. Y'all got a new sub. great shit keep it up.

Aesop Rock is the goat, no cap. He don't miss

Cause we be drinking 😊

refreshing to see people listening to aes like I do 🔥

Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock + Rob Sonic) Do "Kiln," "The Soup" or "Octoberfest."

Peep and react to the tracks: "No Regrets" Aesop Rock; "8 Steps to Perfection" Company Flow; "Deep Space 9mm" EL-P, "Trying to Find a Balance" Atmosphere, "Uncle Sam Goddamn" Brother Ali, "American Terrorist" Lupe Fiasco, "Back to the Plantation" Mr Lif, "Last Days" ONYX... Just to start.

You guys are talking about not understanding his vocabulary but you can learn definitions. Your guys breakdown of the songs pushed on the radio versus how hardly anyone has heard of Aesop shows how intelligent you guys really are though! Funny asf too 🔥

If you REALLY listen to Aesop, you can learn a lot. Bars are hard, and you get a new set of words like the word-a-day calendars 💯☮️

Black star with mos def had a line, " theres hip hop and hip pop."

14:30 "I've been ignored for longer than you've been interested." Aesop Rock - Klutz

Not sure if you've done anything on them yet, but next reaction should be El-P by himself solo artist, or him with Run the Jewels. Song in particular with them, would be Pulling the Pin. Or, Walking in the Snow.

Nothing to me is funnier then ghetto hip hop heads discovering Aesop. The reactions are beyond priceless. Your rant on media was great. I'm also really glad that the song inspired you to discuss the modern state of rap. That's actually what the song is about at its bedrock.

Rings is Aesops greatest song. truly a masterpiece

REACT TO HOT DOGS AND SHRUNK AESOP!!!!!

You should do a reaction to water by him as well

15:40 fucking preeeeach god damn. Felt that shit

Fast cars danger fire and knives by Aesop Rock is fire

here's what's crazy about Aesop: he's got all these "make you think about the Heavy Shit" songs, right? but he's also got lighter songs about his kitten (Kirby), going to therapy for the first time (Shrunk), and what it might be like to be an otter- I am dead serious, a goddamn otter- (My Belly) and they all go the same level of hard, and they all have the same unfolding wordplay and then there's Klutz, which is just Old Man Rambling but in song form. btw you should react to all of those :V