Friday November 13, 2020 will bring a new record by Aesop Rock, his first studio record since Spirit World Field Guide in 2016 and eighth solo record.
The new record has 21 tracks in total, with 20 produced by Aesop Rock. Hanni El Khatib & Leon Michels produced the other track, "Sleeper Car."
Watch a trippy video for "The Gates" (directed by Rob Shaw with animated by Justin “Coro” Kaufman) after the bump. The record will be released by Rhymesayers.
Aesop Rock has a reputation for esoteric and abstract raps. It's certainly an earned reputation, but that background makes it interesting when you peel off the layers of his latest, Black Hole Superette and realize that many of these dense songs are actually about the mundane: walking the dog, cohabitation... hell, even fishkeeping. While there's a lot of day-to-day routine … Read more
Aesop Rock seems to be the rare artist who gets better with age. I enjoyed his early work with Blockhead, but it felt like things started to take off when he took over self-production, steadily growing and hitting what felt like peak when Spirit World Field Guide came out in 2020 (followed by Garbology in ’21). Luckily for all of … Read more
Spirit World Field Guide is Aesop Rock’s first full-length in a few years. He’s been busy in the meantime, working on Malibu Ken and other projects, but Spirit World Field Guide has been a slow-building project. And it’s just that: a project.At 21 tracks in total, this is a psychedelic hip-hop adventure that takes the listener to new lands. It’s … Read more
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