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Sxn 80's opinion on Aesop Rock?

Started by Bourbon Ben, Sep 18, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

Are you a fan of Aesop Rock

  1. Yes

    14 vote(s)
    35.9%

  2. No

    4 vote(s)
    10.3%

  3. He's ok

    6 vote(s)
    15.4%

  4. Hes good but i wouldnt call myself a fan

    15 vote(s)
    38.5%
  1. Bourbon Ben
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    Daylight isnt even complicated compared to his other songs tbh f---in water is much worse
     
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    life's not a b---- life is a beautiful woman, you only call her a b---- because cause she wont let you get that p----
     
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    1999

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    I don't know why you can't see he doesn't sound like a sc artist when he quite obviously does, its probably because a lot of sc rappers are influenced by him but g.d. calm down im not saying he's garbage or nothing
     
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    I don't really see how he sounds like a sc artist tbh

    aesop is not 'spiritual lyrical' like the kind of rappers you're describing

    he's almost the opposite..He doesn't say nonsense for rhymes or to sound cool like these amateurs, he's just insanely wordy sometimes to his detriment
     
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  5. Cyreides
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    Cyreides gfy

    Nov 5, 2017
    like the production, little thrown by his voice though and how high it's mixed into the track

    don't know that he's someone i'd listen to
     
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    Jakepaulerforlifelogang

    Nov 5, 2017
    Intelligent guy, overhated
     
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    Cyreides gfy

    Nov 5, 2017
    i don't get the sc artist comparison happening in here btw^
     
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  8. Bourbon Ben
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    Nov 5, 2017
    Aesop on his lyrics:

    It’s probably because it’s not the most accessible music in the world. It may pose a slight challenge to the listener beyond your average pop song. I'm no genius by a long shot, but these songs are not nonsensical, that's pretty preposterous. I'd have to be a genius to pull this many nonsensical records over people's eyes. It's not exactly fast food but when people pretend I'm just spewing non-sequiturs and gibberish I can’t help but think they simply haven’t listened and are regurgitating some rumor they’ve heard about me. Even if it's not laid out in perfect sentences—is any rap?—you’d have to be an idiot to not at least grasp a few things from these songs. Or have had no interest in pulling anything from them in the first place.
     
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  9. Bourbon Ben
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    The man just talks like this lol
     
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  10. Big Dangerous
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    hey man I really don't know why Ben didn't just send you the defacto "songs to introduce people to Aesop"

    if you're still interested listen to Daylight, None Shall Pass, and Zero Dark Thirty. If you don't like those you will know you won't like Aesop
     
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    Cuz i didnt want to lol
     
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  12. 1999
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    1999

    Nov 5, 2017
    alright just listened and he doesn't explain why he gets so complex, unless I missed it

    read what I said, I never said he was jesus christ man. When I start a song and he f---ing says
    ''
    Put one up for Shackle Me Not, clean logic procreation
    I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent
    While the triple sixers' lassos keep angels roped in the basement
    I walk the block with a halo on a stick, poking your patience''

    ima need to hop on RG, sounds like some s--- a sc artist would right.
     
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    1999

    Nov 5, 2017
    see I can't even spell f---ing write correctly and this man saying this s---
     
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    His mind just works that way, it makes sense to him.
     
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    I didn't know sc artists were considered really wordy

    I thought they just rhymed big words and stuff like modern day Eminem, thought thats what you were getting at




    i dont listen to sc rappers anyway f--- that lol
     
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    theg got that pma

    Nov 5, 2017
    hes awesome and hes been aging like wine unlike so many other old rappers
     
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    >>>>
     
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    this may sound nerdy because it is but if you listen to an Aesop album while reading along and pausing on Rap Genius its a lot better
     
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    1999

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    Nah I listen to a lot of sc artist, particularly ones that are smaller cause this other website I go on and trust me a shitload of them are influenced by eminem and Aesop its either that or they try to be travis, its actually really annoying
     
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  20. Bourbon Ben
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    I wish I could explain this better (I can't)
    But the pieces won't formulate it to anything even close to cohesive

    @Tyler
     
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