The water ain't safe no more

1,000 Deaths
Aesop Rock
Appleseed
1999
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9-5 ers Anthem
Aesop Rock
Labor Days
Definitive Jux : 2001
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Big Bang
Aesop Rock
Float
Mush : 2000
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Attention Span feat. Vast Aire
Aesop Rock
Float
Mush : 2000
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Commencement at the Obedience Academy
Aesop Rock
Float
Mush:2000
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One Brick feat. Illogic
Aesop Rock
Labor Days
Definitive Jux : 2001
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Water
Aesop Rock
Euphony
Centrifugal Phorce Records : 2001
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Must not sleep, must warn others.

I’m not going to pretend I know jack when it comes to hip-hip, because I don’t. In my unfamiliarity, I’ve latched onto any sounds that catch my ear, which is why Busta Rhymes and Method Man have found homes in my library.

My introduction to Aesop Rock came via lan-party, where media is swapped like body fluids at an orgy. And in keeping with that analogy, it was years later when I discovered I’d caught a case of the Aesop.

Looking for something new to listen to, I burned all I had onto a CD and listened on my drive to work. What a trip that was.

First, dude is abstract and imagistic at the same time, and so fast that I can’t keep up without looking up a lyrics sheet and dissecting the verse.

Second, dude has lines that snap like a whip:

I'll take my senior top of the Brooklyn Bridge with a Coke and a bag of chips / To watch a thousand lemmings plummet just because the first one slipped.

Uh-oh!

Third, I love the production. Attention Span is my favorite. Even though I’m not a huge fan of Vast Aire’s appearance here, nothing kicks ass more than this track with the volume way up. It’s been getting me through the day, every day for a month now.

That's it for now kids. I’d love to stay, but there’s Wii to play, bills to pay, family to visit, and all that happiness. And besides, I’ll be back soon.

Give it up for etherbOx, who’s joined the ranks to bring you quality with quantity, unerringly and often.