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Home Tag Archives: aesop rock

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Aesop Rock: Spirit World Field Guide

By Thomas Stremfel
November 19, 2020
in :  Music, Music Reviews

A Rubik’s cube of obscure language, it’s a daunting task that can seems like more of a chore than it is worth.

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Malibu Ken: Malibu Ken

By Nathan Stevens
January 22, 2019
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Insular, gross, completely bonkers.

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Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid

By Nick Gregorio
May 4, 2016
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Aesop Rock does whatever he wants because he’s talented enough.

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Hail Mary Mallon: Bestiary

By Nathan Stevens
January 11, 2015
in :  Music, Music Reviews

[xrr rating=3.75/5]Aesop Rock’s twisted and dense lyrical output has produced a rabid fan base of underground disciples dedicated to unraveling his verses. He’s always had a funny bone, but most of his work has been taken as serious music for serious people, despite what the man himself might have to say. However, the turn of the decade found more humor …

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The Uncluded: Hokey Fright

By Chaz Kangas
May 28, 2013
in :  Music, Music Reviews

[xrr rating=3.25/5]For the third consecutive year, we’ve been treated to a brand new release from one-time Def Jukie and longtime underground hip-hop favorite Aesop Rock. Unlike last year’s solo outing Skelethon, this year he hits store shelves as part of duo the Uncluded with Juno-soundtrack mastermind and former half of the Moldy Peaches Kimya Dawson. While I can’t imagine much …

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Concert Review: Aesop Rock

By David Harris
May 5, 2013
in :  Concert Reviews, Music, Music Features

Twelve years and three albums later, Labor Days still remains Aesop Rock’s masterpiece. Yes, there are proponents for debut Float out there, but Labor will likely remain Aesop’s (aka Ian Bavitz) defining record. I believe it, his fans know it and Aes himself likely agrees. Yet, the rapper waited until the last two songs to reward us with Labor material …

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Concert Review: Aesop Rock

By David Harris
August 16, 2012
in :  Concert Reviews, Music, Music Features

(Photos: Don Martino) If someone tells you that Aesop Rock’s July performance in Portland was hot, they could just as easily be talking about the Wonder Ballroom itself rather than the performance. As rare thunderstorms encroached in the Oregon skies, an unusual stickiness coated the city in something like a shellac coating. The venue itself, normally cool with its high …

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Aesop Rock: Skelethon

By Chaz Kangas
July 11, 2012
in :  Music, Music Reviews

[xrr rating=3.25/5]Now that a considerable amount of time has passed, a look at the mid-2000s pinpoints it as the time a love of playing with language returned to hip-hop. While the rise of trap-hop is the most easily remembered trend of this era, across the board the established favorites began making an attraction out of unorthodox word choices and making …

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Interview: Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz of Hail Mary Mallon

By David Harris
July 7, 2011
in :  Music, Music Features, Music Interviews

We haven’t heard from Aesop Rock since 2007 but that doesn’t mean the MC isn’t working. Teaming up with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Aesop has a new supergroup of sorts under his belt with Hail Mary Mallon. Though the show was billed as Aesop Rock, instead we got his solo hits along with new material, as well as …

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Hail Mary Mallon: Are You Gonna Eat That?

By Chaz Kangas
June 9, 2011
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Hail Mary Mallon Are You Gonna Eat That? Rating: 3.6/5.0 Label: Rhymesayers Irish cook Mary Mallon, AKA “Typhoid Mary,” was known as the first carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Bringing the disease with her after she moved to America in the late-1800s, her profession caused the pathogens to spread to at least 53 confirmed victims before she …

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