Thank you, my dude! 🙏🙏🙏 I think to get a good feel for him, start with the lighter and easier stuff, then go to that old, dense Aes. Try Flamingo Pink, Gauze, Drums on the Wheel, Mystery Fish, ZZZ Top or Five Fingers to keep things kinda light. And, for lyrical miracle aspect of things, try Klutz (and watch the official video for extra fun) to see how he dances across the beat and how well he puts his words together. Or Rogue wave... you're going to get plenty of entertainment from this legend!

yes it did happen, and he said the cat helped him more than any therapist or medicine ever did.

Rings is a must. Trust that.

Aesop Rock is literally the most lyrical MC, period. A college professor did a study of the number of unique words in their first, I think 30k words. Eminem was pretty high with Talib Kweli at the top. He got a bunch of requests to include Aesop. Talib was 1500 or 2k above the rest, Aesop added another 2k on top of that. In addition his rhyme schemes and vocabulary on most of his songs will tax your brain. Enjoy the rabbit hole.

Holy moly I can’t believe you did not only Aesop but my fav one! I love my kitty cat! Ty!! He is truly a lyrical genius. None shall pass is fire but you gotta put on those subtitles. He uses like a million words in one song! Lol

None shall pass is another AR banger.

aesop actually made the beat prof used for "bar breaker"

Seeing you discover Aes was perfect. His catalog is intense and worth every minute. Earned a sub! Keep going! Impossible kid was his best album. First to last on it. Go for it!

Kirby is a part of a bigger story that includes a friend dying,(get out the car), going to therapy(Shrunk), and the results of his therapy(Kirby). .. Lotta Years is a fav of mine

He raps about going to the shrink too. It's called Shrunk.

Listen to Shrunk. It’s about his appointment with the therapist that prescribed the cat

Dorks is a must hear track for sure ✌️

Later song, he's got a line that says "Got a cat named Kirby, she can rap good too."

Dudeeee love a good ace reaction, thank you friend! Anything of Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and knives EP is nuts.. blockhead(the producer, who has insanely good instrumental albums you should check out) really goes off.. can’t wait for more. Also Eyedea(whatever god is rest his soul) would be worth diving into

By far the best Kirby reaction I’ve seen. Really enjoyed it.

Nice reaction. If I can make one recommendation after you pause and before you restart maybe rewind like 10 seconds I think you might be missing out on some of the lyrics. You pretty much described Aesop correctly. Also this might be one of his most approachable/easiest to understand songs. Do another he just did colab with Lupe Fiasco and the songs on Impossible Kid and Spirit World Field guide are in my opinion some of the easier songs to react to. Nice job.

Check out Aesop Rock - Long Legged Larry. Has a similar vibe to this.

This is the only jam that Aesop has that you don’t have to really think about lol! It’s also one of their best !

My favorite is "Difficult" that bassoon or whatever it is gets me every time! 🔥🔥🔥

anything man like this artist gives you back exactly as much as you put in and nobody else I listen to can come close to that claim crystal sword cat food all the smartest people that I know churro a few recommendations but individual songs miss the point of this guy in my opinion when you get into the weeds you start to realize you are listing to the most vulnerable music ever made obscured by complex wordplay and metaphor

He made a song about a donut shop that still blows my mind (checks notes) 10 years later. Googling that just aged me five years. By the way, Fryerstarter is about a donut shop and is insane.

I really like his song Grace, it's about him growing up as a picky eater, such amazing visuals.

Yup! Lol I ♥ Aes

Hip Hop fans today are so used to hearing rappers that rap about the same topics with the same imagery that they get confused when the see and hear something honest and truly creative. Aesop's song are about things he's actually thinking about on a day to day basis, not what is popular. Check out Paul Barman. He has a song about owls and a song about the moon.

Aes is the most fire lyricist out. You have to do reactions to all his music. You will enjoy the fuck out of it. The man tells stories and describes life in a way that is mind blowing!! Also, bro has been rappin for 30+ years! Listen to his stuff with lyrics. It will leave your jaw on the floor! Garbology is a great album to check out!

aes is somethin else!

subbed for more aesop

Dorks!!

This one of my work jams

I'm not sure how far you have made it into his rabbit hole yet, but Dog at the door is another fun one like Kirby

HOT DOGS IS WILD. AND SHRUNK!

GOAT.

Best learn bout Aesop. He's the 🐐.✊🏾 REAL HIP-HOP

Cal Scruby - Donnie Darko, Captain America, Money buy drugs (interlude), Let it ride -

Kirby is a good start if you've never heard aesop before You should do racing stripes. Nobodies done racing stripes on youtube

Aesop is a diagnost schizophrenic and has had years of therapy, he's literally a mad genius. But this song is about, after years of psychological bullshit his therapist just threw up their hands and said, "Fuck it, I don't know, maybe get a kitten?"

Bro if you think this is dope, he wrote a song about a bullfrog too it’s called Long Legged Larry check that video out

aesop rock is og

Aesop is the foremost verbose lyricist in the world. Check out Big Bang, Rings, 9 to 5ers Anthem, Labor, no Regrets and so many more...

Klutz is a great next track

You have to listen to Dorks...

I love prof... but he is not at Aes level... no one is.

Any song from the album labor days