Aesop Rock: I did not. AllHipHop.com: Let’s go back a little bit, were you trying to write and record music when you were a freshman in high school? Aesop Rock: Yeah. I was writing and recording ...

The contrast between Lupe and Aesop Rock is notable. The former fights against injustice, whether in national politics or the music industry, through deftly rendered yet sentimental opuses like ...

Aesop co-directed the “Send Help” video with longtime collaborator El Coro, and it’s got him co-starring with his Irish wolfhound. Watch it below. Black Hole Superette is out 5/30 on ...

In roughly a decade as one of the biggest names on the New York underground hip-hop label Definitive Jux, Aesop Rock developed a distinctive style, as well as a solid support base to back it up.

“By The River,” by contrast, is literally just a song about how Aesop Rock likes rivers. Aesop Rock produced “By The River” himself, and he spends most of the song listing all the pleasant ...

Aesop Rock, whose real name is Ian Bavitz, exemplified the indie-rap scene of the early 2000s with popular albums like 2001's "Labor Days" and 2003's "Bazooka Tooth." But these days, the acclaimed ...

Latest release: Aesop Rock hasn't released any new solo material since 2007's None Shall Pass, his fourth full-length, which found the MC pitching absurdly dense lyrics spread thick on classical ...

But the emergence of solo auteurs like Aesop Rock is a reminder that there’s much to enjoy about this current, weird moment, too. The 48-year-old rapper is rooted in the underground ...