This old man is catching more bars than the kids do. The key to picking up on Aesop is having the ability to visualize what he says. Been mainlining Aesop for 20+ years and his lyrics are all pictures in my head now. Want to challenge yourself on Aes? (rings is easy) Give Cycles to Gehenna a try.

Great reaction of an amazing artist. Aesop Rock is one of my favorites. He has the largest vocabulary in hip-hop and that is no exaggeration. He has used the most unique words of all rappers, and yes, that is something that is calculated for some reason. 'Daylight' and 'Night Light' are two of my favorite songs by him.

i always loved the line "aligning with the trials of the anti-midas" it ties in perfectly with another line he's said before "watch the Impossible kid everything that he touch turns promptly to shit"

I honestly think Aesop Rock is the best rapper alive. Certainly one of the best of all time. Dude's been at it a LOOOOONG time and is a fucking genius lyricist.

Aesop has quite the rabbit hole. A study was done of about 150 rappers' first 35,000 lyrics and Aesop has the most diverse vocabulary of all time (7,879 different words) You caught a lot for a first listen, especially with the tempo of the verses. Hope you do more!

One of my favorite Aesop stories is that he still considers himself a failed artist. He got his master's in art but never pursued that full time after college.

I love to see someone react to Aesop's material when they actually "get it." This is enjoyable.

Aesop is a rabbit hole that gets more intense the deeper you stare into the void. His genius lies in his ability to texture his lyrics with rich depth and character but it can be absorbed topically as well because his suggestions are strong enough to give you the gist. He is proper brilliant. Daylight, Big Bang, No Regrets, Shrunk.

It makes me so happy to see someone's face light up when they understand Aesop. Great review.

There has never been a song that I relate to more than this. I'm only 19 and I've already seen stuff like drawing float into the backround while life happens. I cry nearly every time I hear this song because it hits me so deeply

Aesop Rock has increased my vocabulary 💯

It's really awesome seeing someone from your generation actually taking time to listen to Aes Rock. In my opinion he the best lyricist living or dead. Please react to more of his music. This was great. ❤️

Seen Aesop rock at a underground concert years back in los angeles !!!! He a rap master!!!

Great reaction! A few more of his to consider “Pizza Alley”, “Gopher Guts”, “Blood Sandwich”, “Shrunk”, “Kirby”

This guy's lyricism in another one I thought was phenomenal. I'm at the start so haven't caught this yet but it's sounding good so far

6:22 I love every artists reaction to this song. People say his lyricism is impenetrable. I think most of those people don't have the context, emotional emotional luggage to understand what he is about. 8:14 When you understand every bar what he is going for. You internalize the message you are hyper aware of what he is doing. It makes an emotional flip book out of a song that makes the song almost like a hallucinogenic experience as you follow what he is saying. Multiple viewings, going onto lyric genius, death of the artist analyzing... All makes this a very rewarding experience.

Dude thank you for playing my song! I'm so supized you actually did.

Oh hell yes, Aesop is my all time favorite artist I've even covered a few of his songs. Sitting down and deciphering his lyrics is something that can take a lot of time but it's always so worth it

Congratulations, you’ve just stumbled upon [who I consider to be] the single-most technically skilled and creatively gifted writer and lyricist in all of hip-hop (if not all of music; if not all of art; if not all of humanity; if not all of everything!).

This video got me to subscribe! Just to see you react to more of Aesop Rock. He's incredible. Check out get out the car, followed by shrunk followed by kirby. It's a story. Enjoy

I really appreciate that since you’re older you didn’t automatically say hip hop isn’t a form of art. Then you doubled down and understood it. Thank you for this.

A bit lost for a minute. Appreciate the insight! Hugz!! ❤🎵✌🍺

Bristol is also a type of canvas medium. But great seeing you react and catching lyrics first listen!🤗

Thank you Santa. Aesop is epic.

Aesop is a real one. His ability to convey vivid images through his rhymes is what makes him so loved by many. This is a really good song of his to start with and i'm glad you pulled up the lyrics. Another worthwhile stop off the same album that is very introspective is the 3-parter: "Get out the Car," "Shrunk," and "Kirby" which delves into his journey through grief, depression and therapy but manages to keep a light touch to the heavy content. He's got so much good content it's stupid, and worth checking out if you're prepared to decipher his often cryptic lyrics and world class extended metaphors.

So intricate, so verbose. Greatest rapper most people have never listened to. My favorite. He's Aesop and like Aesop's fables he always uses animal references. For another Aes reaction try "none shall pass" or "dorks"

Aesop Rock can be SUPER dense to react to since he can use a word where you have to derive first what it means and then what the origins of the word means to get the full picture etc. 😂 (Like in one song The Gates he says: " My planet X, I might bleed green I'm what's under the uncut chia seed" and planet x is also like a hypotethical planet that's also called Nibiru which as a word then means like a crossing point/crossing equanox and he mentions "chia seed" where he means salvia that is often mistaken as psychedelic but is a dissociative but acts essentially like a psychedelic. So he is "under" the effects of it at the crossing point to the other world, salvia being Very hallucinatory drug. You can also take the chia seed as in him talking about his health because the word salvia is from latin and means towards that and the two bars kinda also speaks on it "I might bleed green" which also speaks on confusion/being under the effect and his mind is in in planet x aka with x you can take that not in a good place because it's somewhat the theme of the song. So it is like a bad trip on psychedelics. So 😂 All in all it can get Really confusing and dense opening the whole songs since that's just from two lines)(Then add metaphoras and niche references etc.). Still songs like Rings is the easier ones for reacting, other a bit older one that is very straight-forward because it is story-based and sooo good is No ReGrets. One where is still that cryptogrammig style of writing, but you get the overall message quite easily and it is one of his best songs is None Shall Pass.

I really enjoyed your reaction and analysis. I hope you review more Aesop Rock. I suggest Blood Sandwich.

I love this reaction. As an aspiring artist who finds myself lacking motivation now and than, this sound always hits home

This is my favorite song. Thanks for covering it.

He’s obviously a smart guy - uses lots of big words, which most people figure out pretty quickly. But another (albeit indirect) testament to his intelligence - his older brother is a professor at Harvard Law School.

this is great, would love to see more aesop rock reactions! jumping coffin is a good one

First time hearing! It was Awesome! Great reaction! Thanks ❤️ Much Love! #Hangovergang #Aseop Rock

Aesop's use of imagery and metaphor is at the very pinnacle of lyricism. He uses words to paint vivid pictures that explore myriad themes.

LMAO yep "DUUUUUDE" thats the Aesop effect

So many react artists get Aesop Rock wrong, it is very refreshing to see someone who gets the deep themes instantly and accurately. Aes is IMO the greatest living lyricist, and possibly more than that. The visuals he paints are without peer in what is becoming a creatively bankrupt industry. Great work, id love to see you breakdown more Aes

As an aesop fan you have pointed out things I would have never thought of or understood until you broke it down by its meanings. Awesome!

New artist for me

Aes been doing it right for 20yrs! Great reaction, please check out his other tunes

When you said the stage name made you think of Aesop’s fables, it made me think of realization I had made that his song “Long Legged Larry” basically is a fable.

One of my favorite things about Aesop is I learn so much from him. Plenty of times I hear his music and love the way it sounds, but I don't understand a large portion of the references so I find myself going down rabbit holes learning more about the history and definition of certain words he uses.

great reaction salty! aesop rock is probably my favorite rapper of all time, hes so good! we definitely need some more reactions of him 🔥

Hey now this guy's good not sure if I've heard rings yet but love JUMPING COFFINS

He's like a book that when I start to read, My brain sticks to the imagery so much that I have to read the same page twice. If not more.;)

I second daylight and nightlight. They use the same flow and rhyme scheme with each other but they also juxtapose each other. Together, they and a hip hop masterpiece

I love Aesop react videos, he is such a unique artist and people love or hate it. Super cool to see an old dude (zero offense intended) actually listen to it and pick up the awesome shit Aes does in his lyrics. Even current or younger gen people seem to skip over him because it is so dense. He is one of my favorite artists period because its so unique and so complicated.

Amazing reaction! Love seeing people breaking down his lyrical genius! Whoever suggested him is a hero👏👏

If you're really just discovering his work this is a reallllly deep rabbit hole to delve into. Check out more of his stuff though. It's worth the dive.

bristol is a brand of art paper and sketchbooks as well, so "black ink after a bristol to baptize" means he has a pen/brush and he's looking for a canvas.

How can I not sub after this reaction. Refreshing to see an opened minded soul. Rare these days and the fact you kept up with the cryptic lyricism was jaw dropping.

AES is the GOAT 💗

Aesop Rock get's mentioned a ton for having the largest vocab of any artist and stuff like that but you really understood what Aesop Rock is best at. Imagery. The largest vocab in the world means nothing if you can't put the words together in the correct way.

Aes is all about the ride not the destination which more often isn't where you expect to end up. Great reaction and keep at it! Keep digging into his catalogue!

Great reaction, Salty! This is easily one of my favourite Aesop Rock songs. This and "Kirby." I'd love to see you react to more comedy music like Flight of the Conchords (the early live stuff is best, Humans are Dead and Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring), Ylvis (Stonehenge and Massachusetts are hilarious) or even Lil Dicky (Pillow Talking is a great start).

It's a warning. One day you wake up and realize you've ignored your passions for so long it's as if they didn't exist in the first place.

Aesop Rock is the Alon Mor of my favey kind of Eyedea&Abilities-esque music. No srsly I have too much to say about Aesop's lyrisocity - I just love seeing other people explain it better than me, especially highlighting potential references I missed. This type of video is valuable for the comments alone xD

way back when I was that kid who was always doodling in the margins in class, and that very first line about "used to draw. hard to admit that I _used_ to draw" kinda stings a little. been ages since I picked up a pencil like that

"Hang on a second I gotta hear that again..." said every Aes fan about every Aes song ever. Nice reaction, and keep up the good work Salty!

i love how much you love something that i love as well

Also Bristol board is a heavy paper used by artists for ink drawing

One of the greatest Aesop breakdowns I've ever seen. Thank you for this Salty!

A reaction channel where the listener actually adds something to the experience, what a nice suprise - good job sir.

Keep finding out about this genuine genius.

It's Aesop after Aesop's Fables. No coincidence.

Finally, i stumbled upon a good reaction.

Quicksand by Hatchie is a super interesting song, it is one of my favorites that it is rather unexplored (my other favorites are pretty standard; American pie, Vincent, Vienna, somebody that I used to know, rocketman and other songs you’ve probably heard enough)

seeing you bop your head to this and totally get and feel the lyrics warmed my heart a little today.

He’s the best on the world, hands down.

bristol is also art paper. Aes (pronounced Ace) is the GOAT and a killer artist himself. nice work on the reaction!

Great video, I appreciate your open mindedness and recognition of how intertwines history, literature, and his own life experience into his music! I instantly subscribed to your channel and I’m looking forward to see the other music you check out! I’ve been a diehard fan of Aesop Rock for almost 2 decades now and have loved hearing him grow as an artist. As someone who’s about to turn 30 it makes me so happy to see both the younger and older generations get into his music. Much love

9 or 10 all day..... and now I need to BBQ this weekend. Hope you get into more Aesop Rock. This is one of the most commonly reacted songs of his, hope you hit up some of the less reacted to songs of his too.

I see you're a man that appreciates real artistry, so I'd dare you to listen to Aesop Rock's Ruby '81. It's two minutes long, just one minute of lyrics, yet it makes me cry every single time, and if you check the comments on it, it's the same for most people. It's not sad, that's not what gets the feels out. It's a masterpiece, where he also paints with words and sounds in a way that makes you feel like you're there. It's also produced by him, and I believe this one is too.

Love Aes, that’s why I’m here. But on an unrelated note you remind me of an old boy I used to work with who passed recently.

Romanticism....that is Aesop. 😁

That's fascinating that you did cuneiform in art class, we didn't do anything like that in the 90s/2000s but I wish we did

Aesop Rock Is literally so talented and such an underdog to refuse to sell out.

this guy is a national treasure, both Salty and Aesop, great video!

Ace is my go-to artist, especially for walks. Great for walks.

Salty I would recommend JUMPING COFFINS from this one

one of the greatest lyricsist EVER..its crazy to say that this is one of his "easier" too decipher songs. It hits home to me as well being a dancer who has pretty much stopped as well. LOVED your reaction!

Dude I think you’re awesome. How you found Aesop is awesome. And the fact you’re willing to sit down and listen to it is awesome too. Keep it up😅

This old salty dog is a pretty cool cat.

Check out his songs “ Jazz Hands” “ pizza alley “ & “not a wizard “

I liked the reaction. You should check out some more Aesop. I recommend Kriby, Mystery Fish, Ruby 81, and Acid King (Malibu Ken)

Bristol is also a type of drawing paper. Super nice to draw on. If he is baptizing the Bristol board he is putting his pencils to it. Or at least that’s what I get outta it

Glad you enjoyed it. Aes is a real one. Not for everybody. Not really a "club banger".

Love your reaction.aesop is literally a thesaurus

Aesop Rock reactions are plentiful but this is one of the best for sure!

Best react Ive ever seen

I'm not mad at it.

Glad to see you like this, definitely worth checking out his new song Mindful Solutionism!!!

Love this! Thank you!

Great reaction.

Awesome tosee you enjoying this as much as you do

Awesome 👌👏

I'm so happy you did this reaction video! This song means a lot to me, and hit me so hard when I first heard it, and every time I listen to it, even still... ! I discovered Aesop Rock's music just a little over a year ago, and he has since become my all time favorite musical artist! Keep in mind, that's above any Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz, Metal, Electronic artist, etc... ABOVE ALL OTHER ARTISTS that I've ever heard and appreciated, Aesop Rock is simply THE VERY BEST. I just subscribed to your channel, and clicked to receive all future notifications from you. Soon, I'll go through your other videos, too see what else you have posted and reacted to!

Highly recommend his song Shrunk off the same album. You'd definitely like that if you liked this.

I've always compared listening to Aes like watching a fine artist/oil painter create images on canvas.. always found this song a bit ironic , of course he's describing how he used to make actual visual art, but it's kinda funny still cause almost all of his lyrics evoke crazy visuals

If you're interested artificial intelligence made a music video to this song. Don't remember which artist's style it was using

Salty is what I’m looking for in a KZfaq algorithm 🔥