Artist Aesop Rock
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El-P’s Definitive Jux, arguably one of the most vital labels from the hip-hop underground, may be on the way out (a recent announcement puts it on indefinite hiatus), but flagship artist Aesop Rock is definitely not. None Shall Pass, his 2007 effort, is a record of warp-speed rhymes and a Shakespearean jester’s mix of self-deprecation and incisive urgency. Fans have waited for its full-length follow-up—2008 single “Tomorrow Morning” just isn’t going to cut it—but Rock’s been busy working on other people’s projects, including lending verses to nearly half of Kimya Dawson’s upcoming Thunder Thighs. That album—whose leaked first single, “Miami Advice,” features Rock carrying the disarmingly twee anti-folk song to a rousing, choir-backed close—sprang enough material for another album.
Updated 05/03/2011
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