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Labor Days (CD)

By: Aesop Rock (Artist)

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Aesop Rock Artist Snapshot:

New York MC and beat-maker Aesop Rock offers rapid-fire, often stream-of-consciousness lyrics, stuttering beats, and a frequently murky, atmospheric production aesthetic, making him one of the most distinctive hip-hop artists of his era. Though he began making music in the '90s, Brooklyn-based rapper became known in the early 2000s through his work for the feted underground hip-hop label Def Jux. His 2001 album LABOR DAYS was only the beginning of a series of releases that found Aesop Rock pushing the hip-hop envelope ever further.

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DISC 1 for Labor Days (CD) Album By Aesop Rock (Artist)
1   Labor
2   Daylight
3   Save Yourself
4   Flashflood
5   No Regrets
6   One Brick - (featuring Illogic)
7   Tugboat Complex Pt. 3, The
8   Coma
9   Battery
10   Boombox
11   Bent Life - (featuring C Rayz Walz)
12   Yes And The Y'All, The
13   9-5ers Anthem
14   Shovel
 

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Review

Spin (12/00, p.233) - 7 out of 10 - "...Aesop's voice is a rich, flat bass cut with a thin growl....exploring variations within timbre to access a vast emotional range....he purrs contentedly, knowing that his vision will always poke through the haze."
Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.74) - "...[The] ambient grooves make the Wu-Tang Clan seem tired, while the hyper-enunciated rhymes make KRS ONE sound like a stutterer..." - Rating: A
Uncut (11/01, p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...An esoteric and gripping ride..."
The Wire (1/02, p.40) - Ranked #45 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001".

Title Note

Personnel includes: Aesop Rock, Illogic, C Rayz Walz.

Producers: Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Omega One.

Every once in a while an MC comes along who has the ability to reaffirm listeners' faith in hip-hop as a medium for intelligent, poetic, personal expression. Aesop Rock is one such MC, and LABOR DAYS is his defining statement. A flagship artist of the underground label Def Jux, Aesop Rock brings a style that is blisteringly fast, impossibly dense, and overflowing with metaphors, images, puns, references, and narratives. Rock's voice and attack--a rapid-fire, somewhat nasal monotone--borrows from Kool Keith and Eminem, yet his highly literate rhymes are uniquely his own.

Aesop Rock's music is the antithesis of flashy, R&B-based commercial hip-hop, and his politically conscious, culturally aware lyrics are galaxies removed from the thug/gangster themes of hardcore rap. Intriguing samples, featuring instruments like flute and sitar, flesh out the beats, but this is lyric-centered hip-hop, and Rock gives us plenty to absorb. Absorbing character-based narratives ("No Regrets") and slicing, alliterative tunes ("Daylight," with its infectious, memorable chorus) are testaments to the rapper's sophisticated lyrical superiority.

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