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Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Def Jux headliner Aesop Rock became one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground. After a pair of self-released LPs (Appleseed, Music for Earthworms), he recorded Float for Mush in 2000. The former Ian Bavitz then issued a pair of singles -- "Coma" and "Boom Box" -- for another underground rap label paragon, Definitive Jux. His second full-length, 2001's Labor Days, earned positive reviews and featured production from El-P and Blockhead. The Daylight EP kept his name in the papers, and his Def Jux follow-up, Bazooka Tooth, was released in September 2003. A seven-track EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, followed in early 2005. In early 2007 Aesop Rock composed a 45-minute piece for Nike's Original Run series, a continuous track meant to be listened to while jogging (other artists included LCD Soundsystem and the Crystal Method), and by September his much-anticipated full-length, None Shall Pass, which included guest appearances from El-P and John Darnielle (from the Mountain Goats), came out. ~ Greg Prato, All Music GuideMore

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Aesop Rock
Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Def Jux headli...
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Fan Comments

Jul 31st, 8:44pm
waaaaaayy the best rapper i've ever heard. waaay too sick. the lyrics are like really fast literary works of non fiction. keep aes rockin
Jun 1st, 9:51pm
Best of def jux
Jan 11th, 5:25am
best rapper alive man
May 28th, 3:33am
Chea Homeboi
Keep rockin Tha Mic Aesop
Mar 3rd, 11:23pm
= ] awesomeness
Dec 31st, 4:28am
Happy Birthday son, keep bringing the bangers for the '08
Dec 31st, 4:27am
happy birthday son...keep the bangers coming for the '08
Oct 25th, 7:23pm
i love your work. propz :P
Sep 6th, 10:22pm
i love you!
Sep 6th, 6:20pm
Wow, I never realized your new album cover is from the low-brow art movement.. I recently saw that work in person in San Francisco at the gallery attached to the Shooting Gallery. !!