Aesop Rock- DayLight / NightLight

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  • @TheGuardianStylez
    @TheGuardianStylez Před 8 lety +1009

    When I tell my friends to listen to aesop rock they tell me you mean asap rocky I'm like no nigga!

    • @bouazizforever
      @bouazizforever Před 8 lety +10

      +GuardianStylez Both are/were good imo ; Aesop Rock is still good and Asap Rocky used to be good

    • @RellumRellum
      @RellumRellum Před 8 lety +2

      +Idir why do you say were for rocky

    • @bouazizforever
      @bouazizforever Před 8 lety

      Jamie Muller He did a song with Selena Gomez..
      But you're right, he can still be as good as he was

    • @RellumRellum
      @RellumRellum Před 8 lety

      +Idir I mean yea I'm not A Selena fan but A.L.L.A was top 5 of the year last year imo

    • @chasinghappyxo
      @chasinghappyxo Před 8 lety +2

      ugh yes -.-

  • @cloudcloudzy7640
    @cloudcloudzy7640 Před 3 lety +367

    Who's still playing this?
    Aesop Rock is awesome

    • @ajobdunwell2585
      @ajobdunwell2585 Před 2 lety +6

      Someone is

    • @aadliafiq
      @aadliafiq Před 2 lety +3

      this song is the first thing that cross my head the moment i loss my job due to covid

    • @cloudcloudzy7640
      @cloudcloudzy7640 Před 2 lety +1

      @@aadliafiq damn im sorry to hear it. What made you think about it exactly?

    • @aadliafiq
      @aadliafiq Před 2 lety +2

      @@cloudcloudzy7640 'life's not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman you only call her a bitch because she won't let you get that pussy' is my first thought when i got dropped now a year later i starting to disagree with that line, i guess that's why aesop wrote nightlight

    • @cloudcloudzy7640
      @cloudcloudzy7640 Před 2 lety

      @@aadliafiq Yes its one of my faveriote things to quote lol

  • @briandolan9724
    @briandolan9724 Před 5 lety +805

    Anyone who says his raps are just big words with no meaning isn't thinking hard enough. This is literature. It forces you to think critically and is open to multiple interpretations.

    • @alexhaile7957
      @alexhaile7957 Před 3 lety +66

      Some people ain't ready. And never will be.

    • @stevo8782
      @stevo8782 Před 3 lety +47

      Same people putting the new trash mumble rappers on a pedestal.

    • @richardallsop9554
      @richardallsop9554 Před 3 lety +41

      @@stevo8782 people with a ten second attention span.

    • @MrJedimedic
      @MrJedimedic Před 3 lety +31

      I’m not trying to be elitist, but even if you don’t like the genre, you HAVE to respect the genius. Hater:”Aesop Rock is just gibberish”. Me: “I actually feel sorry for you.”

    • @pianoman7753
      @pianoman7753 Před 3 lety +15

      Literally just concepts too large for people to swallow cant choke it down today or tomorrow so they try to pick it apart but cant digest the pieces and I get tired of explaining my side so I get ripped tryina push the leases

  • @Basskickity
    @Basskickity Před 5 lety +120

    who still comes back to this and gets goosebumps 10 years later

    • @stargazer4359
      @stargazer4359 Před rokem +2

      I still admire this lyrics and the style of music. Literally art.

    • @calebwolf8127
      @calebwolf8127 Před rokem +1

      Still banging

    • @Sheahova
      @Sheahova Před rokem +2

      one of the last new lyricists that transcends time

    • @nuckinfuts420
      @nuckinfuts420 Před 6 dny

      Yessir didn't know they would hit so hard

  • @kylebroussard5952
    @kylebroussard5952 Před 5 lety +303

    Night light is so hard bro. What a concept to dub his own song on the evil side. Unreal creativity

    • @FromMic
      @FromMic Před 3 lety +10

      I especially like the homages and reiteration of messages from his own previous song '9-5ers anthem' it's a cool tie in.

    • @ilexise7362
      @ilexise7362 Před 3 lety +6

      @I am The Lobster CooCoo Cahcoo! all it took was the loss of his friend.

    • @NotAHumanYT
      @NotAHumanYT Před rokem +1

      Ong

  • @Armistotle
    @Armistotle Před 10 lety +102

    "Have you heard of Aesop Rock? No bitch, not A$AP Rocky, AESOP ROCK. Jesus..."

    • @evanmarcy2637
      @evanmarcy2637 Před 9 lety +2

      Literally every time I mention Aes Rock.

    • @evanmarcy2637
      @evanmarcy2637 Před 9 lety

      Either that or I say 'Aes' to someone who claims to know underground and they think I'm talking about Tyler the fucking Creator.

    • @kids5810
      @kids5810 Před 9 lety +2

      A$AP Rocky is great.

    • @TheWilburProductions
      @TheWilburProductions Před 9 lety +1

      Evan Marcy Its funny because Tyler isn't underground anymore.

    • @ConsciousThomas
      @ConsciousThomas Před 4 měsíci +1

      ON GODDD!!!!!!

  • @tyleralberty4993
    @tyleralberty4993 Před 7 lety +717

    Daylight....Fighter of the Nightlight...

  • @menik6575
    @menik6575 Před 4 lety +354

    Why I appreciate Aesop is because he started vastly different from everyone and stayed that way. He took an art, took the pieces apart and put them back together his way, and it resulted in a unique style of vivid storytelling and a lyric book for each song. I can't compare him to anyone else because he's doing his own thing in his own world and I love it.

    • @mTspaceEvolves
      @mTspaceEvolves Před 2 lety +9

      AND put out 'BUILD YOUR OWN BAZOOKA TOOTH' so folks could cre8 something diff w/ his color pallette, ARTISTRY

    • @rwdygaming
      @rwdygaming Před 2 lety +20

      all he ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together his way.

    • @ivaolo
      @ivaolo Před 2 lety +7

      absolutely my favorite rapper of all time because of it!

    • @D3XthaTriF3ctA
      @D3XthaTriF3ctA Před rokem +2

      He even told us in daylight, that’s all he wanted to do!

    • @DracoDikaryon
      @DracoDikaryon Před rokem +4

      I did not invent the wheel I was the crooked spoke adjacent

  • @Jaystub
    @Jaystub Před 3 lety +90

    Beat for Daylight is one of the heaviest most emotionally charged in hip hop history.

    • @Valleybucker
      @Valleybucker Před 3 lety +10

      Them Blockhead beats hit different.

    • @fcon8507
      @fcon8507 Před 3 lety +7

      Blockhead is fucking amazing. He's done a bunch of work with Aesop.

    • @HenryFlamez
      @HenryFlamez Před 3 lety +4

      I think they used the same melody in "Hold Mine" song where you had Blueprint, Eyedea, Slug, Aesop Rock basically the "Orphanage".

    • @carriebecker8383
      @carriebecker8383 Před 2 lety +4

      Check out his song "holy smokes" if you haven't already, the beat is my life now

    • @griffinmcelroy6598
      @griffinmcelroy6598 Před rokem

      One of four by aes is the top on my list but you can’t even find it online anymore, “it was originally not for public consumption”

  • @crossbowtim218
    @crossbowtim218 Před 8 lety +72

    Did a college project on this song. Aesop's words sting against a PERFECT flowing beat. One of my favorite songs of all time.

    • @matteli5844
      @matteli5844 Před 8 lety +7

      +Zack Raider I went on Genius , took me hours to dissect the lyrics.

    • @VMUDream
      @VMUDream Před 8 lety +7

      +Matt Eli This album has taken me years to dissect and I still find things that blow my mind

  • @calimango7926
    @calimango7926 Před 3 lety +83

    "And I hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed
    So I triple knot them then I forgot them
    This origami dream is beautiful
    but man those wings will never leave the ground
    Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down."
    You know that feeling when you hear a lyric and it sticks with you forever? Yeah, this is one of those times for me.
    I had a friend who was a damn good rapper and producer. He didn't like Aes's style, but when he heard those lyrics even he was like, 'damn...'

    • @scarymanlegs7578
      @scarymanlegs7578 Před rokem

      Everyone reacts the same way when listening to his music, it's kind of natural, what was your friends artist name?

    • @darrellshoub7527
      @darrellshoub7527 Před rokem +1

      I can totally relate. i like the way u said this. for me it is a rare event, after countless tracks, i know it is the rare ones that have the beautiful depth

    • @jonorwell7459
      @jonorwell7459 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Aesop is underrated most definitely. People say a lot of his lyrics don't make sense, but as far as I can tell they're not very good listeners and they don't understand metaphors very well. I personally think he's ahead of his time.

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      He said a bunch of random words and tried to make it sound smart. And you fell for it, lol.

    • @mydogsnameislucy768
      @mydogsnameislucy768 Před 6 měsíci

      L

  • @dizzysaurus
    @dizzysaurus Před 7 lety +20

    Two sides of a genius. His metaphors are like a peep hole into a more brilliantly coloured world.

  • @ccconor728
    @ccconor728 Před 7 lety +33

    i love how he can describe an emotion like it's an object

    • @kerrodconnolly5338
      @kerrodconnolly5338 Před rokem

      Well lsd Is like that AES is like my own audio book of trip reports can't beat him

  • @sol-ze2xl
    @sol-ze2xl Před 8 lety +72

    Aesop makes me transcend. No other hip-hop is quite the same. Aesop is on another level

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      On a level of saying random words and not making any sense? LOL

    • @Samssassin420
      @Samssassin420 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@KeepItReal213 if you understand nothing then your missing
      all the context LMAO

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Samssassin420 Explain then genius. lol

    • @Samssassin420
      @Samssassin420 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@KeepItReal213 YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABSTRACT? thats goofy bro the damn songs about aes's life. can't read basic storytelling keys bro?

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Samssassin420 Exactly! You can't explain it because it's nonsense. I can look at any nonsense and call it "abstract" lol

  • @claytoncrooks7183
    @claytoncrooks7183 Před 6 lety +35

    This is a fucking masterpiece;
    Duality in verse.
    Beauty;
    Purity, Corruption.
    Harmony.

  • @imagineaworld
    @imagineaworld Před 4 lety +56

    "I DID invent the wheel in a PREVIOUS generation" 😈👌🎂

  • @mspray
    @mspray Před 3 lety +55

    I'll never lose respect for this guy. Rap is Art.

  • @shadedskys
    @shadedskys Před 2 lety +42

    I was listening to Aesop rock in 6th grade… still to this day, very few could follow, and even fewer could top their lyrical genius, metaphors, and brilliance…

    • @Distant_View
      @Distant_View Před rokem +9

      I was listening to this in my little suburb of Pittsburgh and playing it in my car about 15 years ago. Now I'm living in Bangkok and still listen to it walking through unreal scenes at night; nothing yet has come close to Aesop, he's definitely the greatest of all time.

    • @tlacayelice6156
      @tlacayelice6156 Před rokem +2

      Damn I've also been bopping to aesop rock since 6th grade, hella underrated

  • @andyec-fp7cc
    @andyec-fp7cc Před 2 lety +84

    still, to this day, one of the most brilliant tracks and response to said track ever laid down on tape.... aesop was on his totally own playing field back when this came out in '01, hasn't lost its edge or poignancy yet, 20 yrs on... good on ya aesop, forever stoked you gifted all of us with this aural masterpiece my dude. cheers. peec. 💯 🤙🏼 🎧

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      Brilliant in what way? He's just using random dictionary words and trying to sound smart.

    • @deanjph
      @deanjph Před 6 měsíci

      Why are you here?@@KeepItReal213

    • @lukesalazar9283
      @lukesalazar9283 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Loltroll ​@@KeepItReal213

    • @getoffmylawn36
      @getoffmylawn36 Před 5 měsíci +2

      😂 random dictionary words they say.

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 5 měsíci

      @@getoffmylawn36 It's not like he knows how to use those words. LOL.

  • @theculprit101
    @theculprit101 Před 8 lety +32

    As someone who is bipolar this duality rings SO true.

  • @anthonytruman
    @anthonytruman Před 3 lety +150

    This amazing Daylight beat is produced by Blockhead if anyone was wondering

  • @0oidiedinatimemachineo024
    @0oidiedinatimemachineo024 Před 8 lety +38

    this shit blew my brain open in like 2001 oh wowww high school smoking weed taking acid and mushrooms and tons of dope underground hip hop coming out. Memories!

  • @claudedavis201
    @claudedavis201 Před 5 lety +168

    This beat used to mesmerize me as a kid when my dad used to play this.

  • @deadboy1734
    @deadboy1734 Před 3 lety +47

    I first heard aesop rock playing tony hawk years ago. I listen on my way to work. I listen when I'm chilling. I listen all the time. I can't get enough. We love you Aesop! 👊

  • @MonkeyChoz
    @MonkeyChoz Před 8 lety +254

    I spent 35 min reading the lyrics' meanings on genius lyrics

  • @undyingentity7015
    @undyingentity7015 Před 3 lety +53

    Daylight: the guy is ready for a good day!
    Nightlight: guy gets fired.

  • @Melissa4164
    @Melissa4164 Před 2 lety +2

    shit still bangs in 2022.

  • @EnockMberego
    @EnockMberego Před 8 lety +448

    Daylight one of the best songs I'v ever heard...

  • @trajectoryunown
    @trajectoryunown Před 4 lety +825

    Eminem reads the dictionary.
    Aesop has memorized the thesaurus.

    • @mattcorsaro7181
      @mattcorsaro7181 Před 4 lety +4

      Nice

    • @ravenouscatalyst9210
      @ravenouscatalyst9210 Před 4 lety +63

      think aes soaked up encyclopedias vs thesaurus...lines like in None Shall Pass 'you can be my little Snake River Canyon today" talkin bout Evel Knievel's attemptin 2 make it over Snake River Cyn aint in thesaurus. aes has me constant encyclo searchin & el-p got me reading legislation & history

    • @trajectoryunown
      @trajectoryunown Před 4 lety +8

      @@ravenouscatalyst9210 I'll have to look into him some more. I've only seen a little of his work with RTJ. Aside from their video for Nobody Speak, RTJ never struck me as overtly political. But that was just a feature. I always just saw them as maintaining a highly successful brand as opposed having serious lyrical depth. Dem beats are on another level, though.

    • @ravenouscatalyst9210
      @ravenouscatalyst9210 Před 4 lety +19

      @@trajectoryunown Killer Mike tried to run for office. Congress, House o Reps, Pres, but couldn't cuz of red tape restrictions. RTJ is best el-p beats since Cannibal Ox when he was like 19. As for lyrical depth here's lyrics from Patriotism from Soundbombing circa 1999-- "I'm the ugliest version of passed down toxic capitalist rabid emcee perversion -- I'm America!...
      ...with Bay of Pig tactics makin young men into martyrs
      ...This is where the pain grows like poppies, in a Field of Dreams I paid for,
      but we'll burn it down if operated sloppily, COPY?
      My economic sanction rhyme style got your syllables scraping for rice
      and riding in a pre-1960 jalopy. MY FAVORITE FLAVOR OF GAS IS MUSTARD.
      ....Hop over the border for amusement; try to test the waters
      That the other slaughter crews pay all they dues in
      Control the population and hide behind sacred covenants
      Fuckin with me?!?! i got wildlife burnin in gasoline seas
      And an automagnetic third world printed with metal plates in their knees..
      I replace humans like robots in a GM factory
      Then export metaphors to sweat shops, cause the price is satisfactory
      Your pious little cries of injustice get met with apathy
      (Awww, SHUT UP!!) Soaked, cloaked, hormone injected dairy products
      And conservative right-wing anti-eroticism; THE POISONOUS RESERVOIRS & POWER LINES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE BOTCHILIM..."-EL-P-founder of def jux aka art that makes life worth it just cuz i got to hear it. no matter what happens after i heard aesop's lyrics & i'm golden

    • @dabunnydabunny1243
      @dabunnydabunny1243 Před 4 lety +26

      This is such a CZcams comment lmfao

  • @justchillin6864
    @justchillin6864 Před 7 lety +10

    back in 05'-06' drinking 40's with the skater homies and they introduced me to underground rap. Ryhmesayers for life.

  • @ryan2798
    @ryan2798 Před 9 lety +67

    aesop soo far past its 2015 they just now given him his props

    • @TomEbbsjamasteroids
      @TomEbbsjamasteroids Před 9 lety +11

      RYAN F If he caved in and did a feat song with eminem people would notice....fuck that. Aesop's work won't lose it's authenticity the way 70% of solo attention crazed decent artists who abuse their power of word do. It's rappers like Him, Aristotle, Action Bronson and Watsky who need to watch their backs for big stinky hollywood snakes knocking on their door looking to give them hell to pay when they've been real a lot longer in their life than artists like Kanye and Jay-Z have been in comparison, and I'm not just singling them out due to white, polish, detroit and white comparisons. Aesop's a real MC.

    • @bextings7479
      @bextings7479 Před 8 lety +1

      +Tmo “Tebbzy” Ebsb Could you give me a link to Aristotle please, I'm always on the look for more real rappers but can't find this guy anywhere.

    • @josiahmycousin
      @josiahmycousin Před 8 lety +2

      Tmo Ebsb Aes and WATSKY are two of the best right now. Except Aes has been on his game since the early 2000s. Wish I had discovered him earlier than just last year.

    • @ryan2798
      @ryan2798 Před 8 lety +2

      Tmo Ebsb insightful comment brother also fully agreed

    • @TomEbbsjamasteroids
      @TomEbbsjamasteroids Před 8 lety +2

      One positive comment duly noted.

  • @dopemopey
    @dopemopey Před 7 lety +1200

    Aesop Rock isn't a rapper, he's a poet.

  • @AVFCMarcus
    @AVFCMarcus Před 9 lety +100

    Aesop's metaphors are just incredible, they can interpreted in so many ways. Genius.

    • @arealhuman826
      @arealhuman826 Před 6 lety +2

      AVFCMarcus not really

    • @marselmusic
      @marselmusic Před 4 lety

      @@coaiemandushman1079 fucken oaf

    • @Junyca3
      @Junyca3 Před 4 lety +1

      up the villa

    • @dylanferner-rose8355
      @dylanferner-rose8355 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Junyca3 seeing Villa related content on an alternative hip hop comments section - defo been a glitch in the matrix here lmao

    • @musaka2022
      @musaka2022 Před 2 lety +1

      You say this as if Rumplestiltskin does not know his own reality. Interpret? Does he interpret every action of every ant that greases his withered palms? Or does he not even pay it a minute thought long enough for interpretation itself to even be viable?

  • @stargazer4359
    @stargazer4359 Před 2 lety +14

    This is not going to fade. This is a masterpiece!

  • @chelsea6671
    @chelsea6671 Před 7 lety +85

    that hook for Nightlight is one of the best hooks ive heard. Its so catchy for a dark song like this. Daylight is one of my favorite songs of all time so Rock was 2/2 with this shit.

    • @hogslyedgy9yearoldscumlord609
      @hogslyedgy9yearoldscumlord609 Před 7 lety +11

      I'd say daylight's hook was better, but every one to his own I guess.

    • @chelsea6671
      @chelsea6671 Před 7 lety +15

      Hogsly, Edgy 9 Year Old Scumlord i LOVE Daylight's hook, but feel like The way he flipped the hook for Night Light was so fantastic that it made it unintentionally catchy.

    • @medotata5356
      @medotata5356 Před 6 lety +2

      That bass maaaan

    • @brandonadams999
      @brandonadams999 Před 2 lety

      @@hogslyedgy9yearoldscumlord609 haha vbyy6yh hi ddddA. M. .am ñkJakâjjajânnnnnnnnnnnnjjjjp

  • @jordanpoopsalot1797
    @jordanpoopsalot1797 Před 4 lety +18

    This was his single best track IMO especially the genious of conflicting light and dark by changing some of the lyrics in the other track to oppose the first while still keeping a mutual message. When this first dropped my mind was completely blown.

    • @MisterSmylie
      @MisterSmylie Před 3 lety +1

      Heavily under rated artist. Unfortunately he goes over the majority of people's heads... also pre sure he won't blow cause media don't want his messages out there lol

  • @quartzteeth8429
    @quartzteeth8429 Před 3 lety +6

    All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, swallow up the pieces, spit em at your species, beached in a city of lost barnacles and leeches, night light got me when the day light went to evening.

  • @omga14
    @omga14 Před 3 lety +11

    One of the hypest joints for me. "I'll hang my boots to rest when I'm impressed. So it triple knot em and forgot em". DAMN! Era of lyrics fo sho! So many artists in the underground people now don't even know. It's funny that I still introduce this man to people I know have been into Hip Hop for YEARS! They all head bop to this no matter who it is.

  • @wickedras934
    @wickedras934 Před měsícem +1

    Bumping for life, Aes is just in the league of his own

  • @drboom.
    @drboom. Před 5 lety +11

    Daylight is one of the deepest songs ever

  • @trevorcory678
    @trevorcory678 Před 10 lety +91

    this origami dream is beautiful, pull the tail watch the wings flap, but you really cant do a thing with that.. Aesop continues to astound

  • @freeradical901
    @freeradical901 Před 7 lety +250

    Dayman! Fighter of the nigtman!

  • @tommyg420g5
    @tommyg420g5 Před 2 lety +5

    This song helped me thru dark times at a young age a long time ago and I never forgot...

  • @MeAuntieNora
    @MeAuntieNora Před 8 lety +69

    Fuuuuck I forgot about these tracks. So great.

  • @shoshoni1985
    @shoshoni1985 Před 9 lety +12

    Speechless, some serious mind cracking rhymes, Aesop rock is simply defeatless, in a couple of minutes Rock did his PhD thesis.

  • @hiphophead4891
    @hiphophead4891 Před rokem +4

    Aesop Rock might be the best poet in the history of hip hop. To have a vocabulary bigger than Shakespeare when being confined to make words rhyme is legitimately mind boggling.

  • @vapid6311
    @vapid6311 Před 4 lety +30

    whenever I break down, I sing daylight, something about it seems to help.

  • @JoshMKWii
    @JoshMKWii Před 8 lety +37

    i honestly think daylight is the best song i've ever listened to, and i wouldnt use that lightly. truly incredible music

    • @iamdrewlowe
      @iamdrewlowe Před 7 lety +2

      This has been true for me a long time... i include Night Light as well as I believe that it is crucial to the work.

    • @mindflowers1792
      @mindflowers1792 Před 7 lety

      JoshMKWii Indeed. Aesop is dope. Cool Subaru by the way

    • @jeniquekasai9423
      @jeniquekasai9423 Před 6 lety

      JoshMKWii I fullheartedly agree

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      What made it incredible? He used random dictionary words and didn't know how to use them to make any sense lol.

  • @melo4087
    @melo4087 Před 8 lety +79

    Till this day my fav Aesop Rock songs!

  • @alexsawyer60
    @alexsawyer60 Před rokem +14

    Sickest part about these songs is their story from Aesops perspective as a rapper.
    He's stated as hating DayLight and loving NightLight, so my theory is this:
    Aesop wrote NightLight as a parody of DayLight, a song he hates to perform, and made it specifically something he knew he'd love performing every single time.

    • @wesleytwiggs7687
      @wesleytwiggs7687 Před rokem

      I hate when artists say they hate their hit songs. Makes the fans feel stupid for listening to them.

    • @PSYCHE3
      @PSYCHE3 Před rokem

      @@wesleytwiggs7687 I think it gives the song a turn of character. Not to imply songs they enjoy don't, just that if an artist spent HOURS if not DAYS writing and producing and theoretically performing a song, just to at some point heavily dislike it.... I wonder what that song means for them. Like what kind of nuanced life experience and perspective led them to reject their own creation. Was it the era of the song, linked to life events? Is it how the song is structured or how it makes them feel? Shreds of many reasons I assume. Idk it usually fascinates me when I hear about it.

    • @alexsawyer60
      @alexsawyer60 Před rokem

      @@wesleytwiggs7687 there's plenty of reasons a performer might not like their own work. Radiohead's Creep is a good example. It can be anything from "this song doesn't mean what it was supposed to anymore" to "i'm sick and tired of people asking me to sing this", among countless other reasons. Doesn't mean we shouldn't like the song, its their business if they don't like it, they wouldn't want us to hate it just because they do.

    • @wesleytwiggs7687
      @wesleytwiggs7687 Před rokem

      @@alexsawyer60 I just wouldn’t want to diminish the joy my song gives people by publically stating those kinds of feelings.

    • @ThirteenAmp
      @ThirteenAmp Před 10 měsíci +1

      An artist is always working on the new, when people tell you whatever new doesn't matter because you made this old thing that's as good as you can get, they don't wanna hear that, they want you to hear the newest work because it's the most advanced in the artists eyes

  • @ConsciousThomas
    @ConsciousThomas Před 4 měsíci +2

    still can't believe this was 13 years ago waoahh this man was truly ahead of his damn timeeee!!!???

  • @davidneuenfeldt6330
    @davidneuenfeldt6330 Před měsícem +1

    One of the greatest writers/poets/literary geniuses of all time. All ❤

  • @BoozertheArtist
    @BoozertheArtist Před 10 lety +489

    Aesop rock is the greatest of all time

    • @MaJetiGizzle
      @MaJetiGizzle Před 10 lety +36

      The funny thing that makes this post poignant is that you can actually make a good argument for such a statement.

    • @BoozertheArtist
      @BoozertheArtist Před 9 lety +7

      ***** go fuck your self

    • @MaJetiGizzle
      @MaJetiGizzle Před 9 lety +24

      Boozer Oner YAY! Reasonable dialogue and logical discourse on CZcams! :P

    • @BoozertheArtist
      @BoozertheArtist Před 9 lety +5

      ***** I came here for the music not to argue with you but I wont stop, I listen to this shit all the fucking time

    • @iKilLaMoDz
      @iKilLaMoDz Před 9 lety +15

      ***** And who would you call better?
      The only one up there is MF DOOM, Madlib (Quasimoto), Pharaoh, RZA, Big Pun, Black Thoughts.
      No artist no days compare to Aesop Rock.

  • @Sunprism
    @Sunprism Před 10 měsíci +6

    When I heard Nightlight for the first time, I could barely believe it. Name one other rapper who can revisit and completely change a verse like that, it's truly impressive.

  • @joebaumgart1146
    @joebaumgart1146 Před 3 lety +8

    What I enjoy about Aesop Rock 8s that unlike many mainstream rappers his is an active not passive listening experience. You have to pay attention like a movie, not just hear it like a show.

    • @cFull_Rtrd
      @cFull_Rtrd Před 2 lety

      hip hop was always about the lyrics, looping breaks and rapping, just need a dude juggling a couple records... hip hop is now garbage with people just repeating shit like a chant cause they couldnt write rhymes that flow to save their life, this is just standard hip hop right here but with some deeper lyrics. This is modern poetry.

  • @Codoft
    @Codoft Před 3 lety +12

    Love you so much Keiren, i still think of you everyday and i cant thank you enough for showing me this song. Fly high brother and ill see you one day soon

  • @SnapeSnape
    @SnapeSnape Před 6 lety +5

    Something about Aesop Rock's flow keeps me on the bright side of life

  • @biglord02
    @biglord02 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Truly one of the best rap songs. I keep coming back to it.

  • @deadboy1734
    @deadboy1734 Před 3 lety +6

    I wanna see Aesop Rock in concert. Here's a little list of what I want to hear... Everything he ever fuckin wrote! This man is a fucking genius!!! Huge fucking fan man 👊

  • @soadboy66
    @soadboy66 Před 8 lety +9

    NightLight has the sickest beat I swear. Aesop flows like water over it

  • @MarcSkatesBooty
    @MarcSkatesBooty Před 4 lety +4

    His words are like a collideascope, you don’t see the beauty till it’s almost gone.

  • @StevePeckatr0n
    @StevePeckatr0n Před 4 lety +7

    Daylight is responsible for getting myself as well and a few other people heavily into actual lyrics. This is art at it's finest, beautiful

  • @gotrusty
    @gotrusty Před 2 měsíci +1

    Feels like 100 years. Somebody just posted this. Used to bump it in the headphones snowboarding as a kid.

  • @mynameisnobody99
    @mynameisnobody99 Před 2 lety +2

    Best hook I ever heard

  • @thatguy8667
    @thatguy8667 Před 6 lety +1220

    It's whack that so many people listening to aesop can't help but be condescending towards other artists (and fans of other rap).
    There's good mainstream rappers. They won't provide you this, but they have their place. Stop being pricks and enjoy each artist's contributions.
    Aes is who got me into rap many years back. Much love for him, hes my favorite.. but I guarantee he's not agreeing with y'all talking shit constantly.

    • @infinitory9993
      @infinitory9993 Před 5 lety +109

      Fucking finally someone who just wants to listen to THEIR music and doesn't want to spread negativity but just spread the love of music in general, much love!

    • @mateodavidgutierrezgonzale6556
      @mateodavidgutierrezgonzale6556 Před 5 lety +7

      Hope this was directed at that Kendrick comment.

    • @StreetForceMafia
      @StreetForceMafia Před 5 lety +24

      Wanna hook me up with some artists. I'm a metalhead but I found Aesop a few years ago and love it. Only other hip hopo I really enjoy is Nujabes, Eyedea, and Deltron 3030.

    • @nuclearsun13
      @nuclearsun13 Před 5 lety +1

      I thought this Higgs boson was black

    • @shrek3747
      @shrek3747 Před 5 lety +4

      keep that shit to yourself lmao get rekt

  • @thedankgoat7972
    @thedankgoat7972 Před 3 lety +5

    The most underrated rapper

  • @KingDaliPantshwa
    @KingDaliPantshwa Před 10 měsíci +2

    god bless aesop rock. my teen years and parenthood this still feels like the first time I heard it.

  • @andyriley992
    @andyriley992 Před 5 lety +6

    The beat, the lyrics, the delivery... So tight

  • @anthonyfilla4195
    @anthonyfilla4195 Před 3 lety +369

    who’s still bumping this in 2021?

  • @ashleycolvinable
    @ashleycolvinable Před 7 lety +17

    So good! All Blockhead tracks...💞

  • @clapclapscream
    @clapclapscream Před 7 lety +2

    I haven't tired of this song for over a decade. This should have 8 million likes at least, not just 8,000

  • @MarAn-ou5ns
    @MarAn-ou5ns Před 10 lety +11

    damn aesop is so deep i can feel him in my heart

  • @paulwillis592
    @paulwillis592 Před 9 měsíci +3

    If this song passed me by in my last hour time lasted a try I bat a smile at God and thank he got me through all times

  • @madscientistkicks
    @madscientistkicks Před 3 lety +2

    I come here every now and then for my fix. I get sad/happy in a weird nostalgic way. Happy tears filled with rage....

  • @lumencosmo
    @lumencosmo Před 2 lety +6

    still a banger till today

  • @YoungChunds
    @YoungChunds Před 8 měsíci +3

    Only an unconscious mind can make art like this. The lyrics are just riding the wavy contours of the primordial soup. What that is, we’ll never know. This is Greek Tragedy distilled into rap

  • @cookeidough
    @cookeidough Před 7 lety +20

    I love the complexity of this shit

    • @wakkawakka420
      @wakkawakka420 Před 7 lety +3

      Aesop is nothing if he is not complex, and to call him calculus multiplied by astrophysics would be an understatement.

  • @DS-wd2fg
    @DS-wd2fg Před 4 lety +7

    Ten years later and still so relevant

  • @FreeggNinja3618
    @FreeggNinja3618 Před 4 lety +6

    Daylight has always made me feel some type of way..it's just got a whole vibe to it..ya'll know what I'm talking about. Not to mention his lyrics..wow..I don't know if I've ever heard anyone as lyrical as him

  • @sitonmyfacebeatch
    @sitonmyfacebeatch Před rokem +4

    This dude is incredible. The lyrics and beats in this song are just 🙌

  • @johndont6345
    @johndont6345 Před 7 lety +4

    mad skill to be able to write a positive and negative version of a song

  • @nicklewry3854
    @nicklewry3854 Před 3 lety +4

    The duality of man

  • @michaelking9568
    @michaelking9568 Před 5 lety +5

    Damn first time I've ever heard this. One of the greatest writers/MCs/producer in music. He can do so much of his own music. A true talent.

    • @KeepItReal213
      @KeepItReal213 Před 6 měsíci

      One of the greatest writers? How? He makes no sense and just says random things. LOL

  • @lucidlullaby894
    @lucidlullaby894 Před 7 lety +182

    When you're nodding off asleep listening to Daylight but then Nightlight just comes bye and dropkicks you out of it

    • @slcmt2
      @slcmt2 Před 6 lety +4

      This has happened to me a few times

    • @chaotic459
      @chaotic459 Před 5 lety +7

      The difference between Blockhead day/night sleep and Aesop Rock day/night *attempt* to sleep is significant. Both are effing fantastic. The amazing thing is the difference between the feel of b and a's night.

    • @acertainanimeindex420
      @acertainanimeindex420 Před 2 lety

      Nightlight sucka

  • @porkyoak
    @porkyoak Před 8 lety +5

    i'm so glad aesop rock is getting recognition for real, going through shit and still managing to shine!!! fuck yes aes love you man

  • @stargazer4359
    @stargazer4359 Před 2 lety +3

    As all of his publications are...
    Really great stuff 👏 👍 👌

  • @flatmac
    @flatmac Před 4 lety +3

    Now This Is Hip - Hop. from the beats to the wordplay and everything else about this.

  • @luiszaragoza2743
    @luiszaragoza2743 Před 3 lety +5

    Iv been playing this song since I was 15, now 30 and it still hits the same.

  • @featherycoffee1401
    @featherycoffee1401 Před 2 lety +3

    People saying that he just says random gibberish but can't name any songs where he does do that or even any line that doesn't have meaning without immediately getting proven wrong. Hmmmm

  • @putakunta1768
    @putakunta1768 Před 6 lety +4

    Adding this guy to the "dope MCs I've slept on list".

  • @josephparker9124
    @josephparker9124 Před 3 lety +2

    Great ad in the middle of the song

    • @tiraelmclemore6948
      @tiraelmclemore6948 Před 3 lety

      I hate the fact that they started doing that. Ads is getting worse by the day

  • @brycecarlson9088
    @brycecarlson9088 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Timeless banger!!

  • @RonstoOSRS
    @RonstoOSRS Před 3 lety +1

    Revisiting these songs after not hearing em for years is a fucking journey.
    Daylight is absolutely incredible. Wow.

  • @bigsmiles768
    @bigsmiles768 Před 19 dny +1

    I first heard this stuff via file sharing when the internet was still groovy. It was quite exciting to hear something so expressive and outside my own experience.

  • @Slaya108
    @Slaya108 Před 3 lety +7

    Just blasting through so much hip hop thinking positive thoughts for Dre. And always drawn back to Aesop. We’re all so far apart around the world, but comments here connect us somehow. Happy New Year. I think we’re all having the same temporary crisis when we listen to this so I guess we’re not alone.

  • @robertzaha6424
    @robertzaha6424 Před 7 lety +92

    day light is a slow cruise in the canyon enjoy the warmth and nightlight is an industrial complex reaking of high octane petrol and burnt rubber

  • @christianperez7846
    @christianperez7846 Před 26 dny

    The first song that got me hooked. Went home to look up the lyrics and memorized every syllable. Ever since then, I keep Aesop in my pocket.

  • @AnnoyedMilkSnake-pi6ol
    @AnnoyedMilkSnake-pi6ol Před měsícem +1

    I really appreciate this album.

  • @rebekahlikesmusic2723
    @rebekahlikesmusic2723 Před 3 lety +3

    He is so unbelievably talented. My favorite hip hop artist. By far. Amazing lyrics.

  • @willarmstrong398
    @willarmstrong398 Před 8 lety +6

    This guy is awesome.