Maybe I'm wrong, but I categorize Aesop Rock with Atmosphere, Deltron 3030, the Roots, etc... as 'indie' or even 'hippie' rap that appeals (whether it's meant to or not) to white kids in the suburbs looking to get past top 40 rap so they can show off to their friends. Yeah, Aesop Rock is crap.

Mama Clortho wrote:

Skronk wrote:Well, for one, Sage Francis. Then there's Mr. Lif, Doseone, Slug, Buck 65, Atmosphere. Cannibal Ox is good too. Edan is a good rapper. There's El-P, if you're into him. Aesop had a couple of good albums, but the new thing he's doing isn't it.

I like most things Dose has done and Lif is a lot of fun live. I have a seething hatred for Sage Francis and the others I don't care for. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to suck it or some such.

What's the beef with Francis? He's just a guy that can rap well. I should suck it 'cause what? Have fun jogging to Aesop's 44 minute Nike track.

I've hated him since I first heard that "I'm different, in a different way" song. It just infuriated me. It's irrational, but that song is the worst. The whole album is embarressing and he should be ashamed. My girlfriend would play A Healthy Distrust a lot, and I guess it was ok in that music that my girlfirend plays that I can tolerate kind of way.

My request for you to suck it was a joke and I'm unsure as to whether that was clear. Now I'm all neurotic. I have no defense for the 40 minute jogging song. So stupid.

Mama Clortho wrote:but I could care less about Anticon.

Mama!

Ha, I actually thought of the poll when I wrote that. It just rolls off the tongue so nicely.

I was just jokin' myself.

steve wrote:So, it's some sort of cultural peak -- we're supposed to recognize as special -- that a hip-hop rapper can read?

Raise the motherfuck bar, people.

Damn, and I was gonna come to Electrical Audio to do my new hip hop album, like some "next level shit." Fuck, guess I gotta go to Puffycombs. And I have a whole track where I be quotin' straight Paradise Lost and shit! Man and samplin' Denholm Eliot readin' Bill Shakeyshake's The Tempest- fuck a bitch!

aesop rock blooowwws

Mama Clortho wrote:

burun wrote:

Mama Clortho wrote:There is a new song available for download here:
http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music ... index.html

It's very good and pretty different from anything else he's done. I am now really excited about the new album.

Did you watch the David Banner cartoon they had on last night?

No. Other than that it is apparently very good, I know next to nothing about adult swim.

Skronk wrote:Well, for one, Sage Francis. Then there's Mr. Lif, Doseone, Slug, Buck 65, Atmosphere. Cannibal Ox is good too. Edan is a good rapper. There's El-P, if you're into him. Aesop had a couple of good albums, but the new thing he's doing isn't it.

I like most things Dose has done and Lif is a lot of fun live. I have a seething hatred for Sage Francis and the others I don't care for. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to suck it or some such.

lif is not that fun live... i dunno, he's just sort of a nerd and not in a fun way. el-p is good but was grating the one time i saw him as well, he kind of came off (in attitude) as hip hop's kid rock (ok, although i know about 10,000x more talented and produces some very nice stuff)--although they're playing here with mr. dibbs in a couple of weeks and we're gonna check that shit out. i liked sage francis quite a bit for a few months but then out of nowhere i hated the guy--maybe it was the strait edge thing or that fact that he takes himself SO seriously. now i can't listen to any of it. atmosphere sucks. oh yeah, and once again, aesop rock suuuucks. oh... and cage... man... what happened to that guy?

Sucks dick.

Completely.

Crap.