Aesop Rock - Skelethon

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:23 pm

Blockhead wrote:
citizen wrote:
Employee wrote:
citizen wrote:block are you making beats for anyone else now?
A lot of people.
k, i'm pretty out of it with hiphop these days
No worries.
I'm currently working on a few projects:
A full length (as well as some EP's) With Illogic
Ep's with both Open Mike Eagle and Billy woods
An album with singer Joanna Erdos, and a few musicians under the group name "The Mighty Jones".
as well as a new solo album on Ninja Tune.

I'm hoping a t least a few of these projects will be out this year in some form..

real talk, The Mighty Jones are dope.

Will look out for most of these projects..

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:24 pm

Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
DLG wrote:kinda disappointed aesop is doing the whole album though.

his beats are nice, but your style seem to always give his albums a little more balance.
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. The albums got a nice balance of different types of beats.
Since you're a part of this communitay I believe it is your duty to #LEAKLEAKLEAK something for your fellow communitay members.

said this the moment i saw this topic

teasing f*cks.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:25 pm

for the mighty jones love. Hopefully we can get that shit off the ground this year. Working on some songs tomorrow.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:01 pm

A whole EP with billy huh? Dope, I didn't know if you'd have an actual project or a few one offs. How many songs have ya'll done? I'm jonesin' something serious for his new solo.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:05 pm

unclebengi wrote:A whole EP with billy huh? Dope, I didn't know if you'd have an actual project or a few one offs. How many songs have ya'll done? I'm jonesin' something serious for his new solo.

We're in a very early stages. He picked beats and he's writing. But he's also dealing with the release of his new solo joint so it's probably gonna be a minute.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:45 pm

Blockhead wrote:
unclebengi wrote:A whole EP with billy huh? Dope, I didn't know if you'd have an actual project or a few one offs. How many songs have ya'll done? I'm jonesin' something serious for his new solo.
We're in a very early stages. He picked beats and he's writing. But he's also dealing with the release of his new solo joint so it's probably gonna be a minute.

Can we get a precise release date, though (no homo @ "precise release")?

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:32 pm

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:29 pm

that beat

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:44 am

does busdriver ever chill the fuck out? at least a little?

GrimeyHippy · Post by **GrimeyHippy** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:37 am

Labor Days

Fast Cars is underrated and overlooked

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:35 pm

DLG wrote:does busdriver ever chill the fuck out? at least a little?

ROFL

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:20 am

DLG wrote:is that the cover?

pretty wack and hipstery taking into consideration his long streak of dope artwork.

Looks like ARYZ (semi-famous Barcelona painter) is handling the artwork. Should be awesome. Some of his stuff:

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:04 pm

Ridiculous

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:06 pm

when does this come out again and have we heard a sample to any song on the album yet

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:32 pm

Brougham33 wrote:
DLG wrote:is that the cover?

pretty wack and hipstery taking into consideration his long streak of dope artwork.
Looks like ARYZ (semi-famous Barcelona painter) is handling the artwork. Should be awesome. Some of his stuff:

extremely extremely awesome. but ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY HORRIFIC if on some psychotropic drug and naively wandering around at night

2012 rap needs to deeply inhale some of that ol' Aesop crack Rock

Rob Sonic · Post by **Rob Sonic** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:42 pm

Can't tell you guys how ill the record is.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:44 pm

Rob Sonic wrote:Can't tell you guys how ill the record is.

You've been forbidden to speak on it?

Rob Sonic · Post by **Rob Sonic** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:56 pm

Employee wrote:
Rob Sonic wrote:Can't tell you guys how ill the record is.
You've been forbidden to speak on it?

I had to sign a waiver, shit is cray.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:11 pm

Employee wrote:<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.sw ... 1"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.sw ... 2F35067001" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/busdriver-of-proj ... UPERHAND'S MANTRA( FUCK US ALL ) feat. AESOP ROCK prod. by Loden</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/busdriver-of-proj ... </a></span>

just: THANK GOD PEOPLE STILL MAKE RAP MUSIC LIKE THIS.

that is alll.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:37 pm

As far as stuff that I will enjoy, 2012 is going to be fucking great. I got this KA album, Machete Vision, Gibbs & Madlib, Boy Sand EP was cool, OME is killing these EP's.

Then Metal Clergy coming, Skelethon, Life Is Good, EL-P solo, Killer Mike & El-P, Big Jus, Cult Favorite, HWAM, Schoolboy Q, Rob Sonic, I-Self...and it's still mad early.

The usual much awaited LP's from Despot, Madvillain, Brewin, Jay Elect, EARL or Goodie Mob would be nice but at this point that might just be more icing on the cake.

Unless of course a bunch of those records turn out to be weak but honestly, I am doubtful that that will be the case.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:43 pm

No doubt, been at least since '04 I've been this excited about hip hop. End of year rankings will be a bitch.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:47 pm

Rob man...I mean, come on, tell us something. If you had to name a something about the record that leaped out at you off the bat, what would it be?

Rob Sonic · Post by **Rob Sonic** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:06 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:Rob man...I mean, come on, tell us something. If you had to name a something about the record that leaped out at you off the bat, what would it be?

If I had to say it's the overall combination of insane production and his writing, the latter of course has always been there on his records for me, from fast cars on IMHO. He bodies shit flow wise and he just stepped in to a whole new world on his beats, in short it's just a complete record. Not something I've said about a rap record in a long time.

ric · Post by **ric** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:34 am

pretty psyched for this

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:32 am

sun ra · Post by **sun ra** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:59 am

Blockhead wrote:No worries.
I'm currently working on a few projects:
A full length (as well as some EP's) With Illogic
Ep's with both Open Mike Eagle and Billy woods
An album with singer Joanna Erdos, and a few musicians under the group name "The Mighty Jones".
as well as a new solo album on Ninja Tune.

I'm hoping a t least a few of these projects will be out this year in some form..

Funny to read this now 'cause last night I was out in a jazzit club in Salzburg/Austria and the guy I was talking with (apparently fro Barcelona) that seemed to be down with your stuff says something like you're not doing much these days but stay more on twitter and www lol Good to know and happy you're all busy with producing. Will pass that on :-)

reading all over this topic how great None Shall Pass is when most people on this board hated the record when it came out.

Always been my favorite. This is tremendous news for me.. I just hope and pray he didn't became a rockie zombie influenced by his wife so much.

morbidly-o-beats · Post by **morbidly-o-beats** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:00 pm

Rob Sonic wrote:
COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:Rob man...I mean, come on, tell us something. If you had to name a something about the record that leaped out at you off the bat, what would it be?
If I had to say it's the overall combination of insane production and his writing, the latter of course has always been there on his records for me, from fast cars on IMHO. He bodies shit flow wise and he just stepped in to a whole new world on his beats, in short it's just a complete record. Not something I've said about a rap record in a long time.

man... he stepped his beats up. dude was already killin the beats if u ask me so this has me jacked to hear it now.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:26 pm

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Cool teaser and all, but drop some shit already.

sh*tty.

these dudes need to stop making these low quality vids of samples to songs.

i dont get how they think it helps.

its like if someone was releasing a movie and they put out a half butt trailer shaky video camera.

you're not promoting your sh*t correctly as*holes.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:37 pm

^Now that you've seen the video and posted it for others to see, you're already talking about how you want to hear the real nu-nu. I'd wager its intended effect is working.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:38 pm

zombie wrote:
Brougham33 wrote:<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r8aSwI-aUkg?ve ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r8aSwI-aUkg?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Cool teaser and all, but drop some shit already.
sh*tty.

these dudes need to stop making these low quality vids of samples to songs.

i dont get how they think it helps.

its like if someone was releasing a movie and they put out a half butt trailer shaky video camera.

you're not promoting your sh*t correctly as*holes.

I think Aesop is kinda past the point of having to care about how shit is being promoted. He's in that EL-P upper-underground zone where a blurry screenshot of your next album's tracklist will immediately be posted by Pitchfork.

He's probably got Banksy doing the lead video for free on Super 8.

David Lynch shit, you really don't need to care because everyone else already does.