History Music / AesopRock

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] Harlem rapper Music/ASAPRocky. And yes -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29xjvbYk4U&ab_channel=RosenbergRadio they have met]].

* 1997 -- ''Music for Earthworms''

* 2011 -- ''Are You Gonna Eat That?'' (With Rob Sonic as Hail Mary Mallon)

* 2013 -- ''Hokey Fright'' (With Music/KimyaDawson as The Uncluded)
* 2014 -- ''Bestiary'' (With Rob Sonic as Hail Mary Mallon)

* 2019 -- ''Malibu Ken'' (With TOBACCO as Malibu Ken)

* 2021 -- ''Garbology'' (With Blockhead)

* 2021 -- "Barcade" (With [[Music/{{Atmosphere}} Slug]] and Music/{{MFDOOM}}, with the latter [[PosthumousCollaboration rapping from beyond the grave]])
* 2022 -- "Pumpkin Seeds" (With Blockhead and Music/LupeFiasco)

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Gets subverted in the lyrics to "Get Out Of The Car", off of ''The Impossible Kid'':

'''Aesop Rock:''' Yeah, I had 'em up all night prayin' I'd re-release ''Music For Earthworms''

* FoodSongsAreFunny: Skelethon's "Grace" follows a young Aesop Rock adamantly refusing to eat his peas, and his father's attempts to get him to chow down.
* FunWithAcronyms: The second verse of Bazooka Tooth's "The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History" [[ExaggeratedTrope takes this to a whole new level]], for the whole thing is a sequence of words that begin with the letters L, S, and D, ''in that order.''

* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: Bestiary, his second album with Rob Sonic as Hail Mary Mallon, has interspersed bits of dialogue between songs telling of Aes and Rob putting on a fundraiser concert to raise enough dough to keep a bowling alley from shutting down. In the end, [[spoiler:it turns out that the bowling alley was already closed, since ''1995,'' and the two had unwittingly garnered $211 for false pretenses. Whoops.]]

* ListSong: Float's "6B Panorama" lists off various New York City sights that Aesop sees from his apartment's fire escape.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: "Float," which is just Aes's face in a corner over a black and red backdrop with the album's title near the middle

** "Lotta Years" Doubles as this and a ConceptVideo showing the events of the song as they transpire.

* SpaceIsolationHorror: Two of his songs delve into this, the ''Freedom Finger: Music From The Game EP''[='=]s "Drums On The Wheel" and ''Spirit World Field Guide''[='=]s "Button Masher". Both of them narrate Aesop living his days out in deep space with dwindling supplies and nobody to communicate with, but Button Masher appears to {{subvert|edTrope}} it by implying that it's a drug-fueled trip that his apartment-neighbors are privy to.

* TakeThat - Quite a few, but they're usually hidden among as many layers of metaphor as everything else, making it hard to tell just ''who'' it is that he's applying this trope to.
** "We're Famous" featuring El-P is one against rapper Esoteric.

In addition to his solo work, Aesop is a former member of underground hip hop supergroup ''The Weathermen'' he was one half of ''Hail Mary Mallon'' alongside Rob Sonic, and he has released albums with [[Music/KimyaDawson Kimya Dawson]] and TOBACCO as The Uncluded and Malibu Ken respectively. As a producer, he's also well known for producing hip hop duo Felt's 3rd album ''Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez'', as well as the soundtrack to the movie ''Film/{{Bushwick}}''. He also contributed three songs to the 2019 video game ''Freedom Finger'' which he released as an EP in 2020.

* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: Bestiary, his second album with Rob Sonic as Hail Mary Mallon, has interspersed bits of dialogue between songs telling of Aes and Rob putting on a fundraiser concert to raise enough dough to keep a bowling alley from shutting down. In the end, [[spoiler:it turns out that the bowling alley was already closed, since ''1995,'' and thw two had unwittingly garnered $211 for false pretenses. Whoops.]]

* 2004 -- ''Fishtales''
* 2016 -- ''My Belly''
* 2017 -- ''Hot Dogs''
* 2018 -- ''Klutz''
* 2020 -- ''Rogue Wave''
* 2021 -- ''Long Legged Larry''
* 2021 -- ''Barcade'' (With [[Music/{{Atmosphere}} Slug]] and Music/{{MFDOOM}}, with the latter [[PosthumousCollaboration rapping from beyond the grave]])
* 2022 -- ''Pumpkin Seeds'' (With Blockhead and Music/LupeFiasco)

In addition to his solo work, Aesop is a former member of underground hip hop supergroup ''The Weathermen'' he was one half of ''Hail Mary Mallon'' alongside Rob Sonic, and he has released albums with [[Music/KimyaDawson Kimya Dawson]] and TOBACCO as The Uncluded and Malibu Ken respectively. As a producer, he's also well known for producing hip hop duo Felt's 3rd album ''Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez'', as well as the soundtrack to the movie [[{{Film/Bushwick}} Bushwick]]. He also contributed three songs to the 2019 video game ''Freedom Finger'' which he released as an EP in 2020.

She called me up on tour sounding emotionally scarred\\
But it may have scared her more that I wasn't really alarmed\\

->''There's something you should probably know before we go too far--\\

* MissingEpisode: The original "Night Train" cypher--one of the very first recordings Aesop ever showed up on--is considered lost for good. An edited version shows up on ''Music for Earthworms'', itself difficult to find.

* ReclusiveArtist: In the song "Leisureforce", he exults in being one.

* SatanicPanic: Since Aes was raised in the 1980s and '90s, some of his songs feature this theme.

* RageQuit: After the titular Jonathan beats the Devil at poker for the umpteenth time in the music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGz1b9M9u0 Jonathan]]", the Devil angrily sweeps the cards off of the table and storms away.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers Must not sleep. Must warn others.]]]]

* 2005 -- ''Fast Cars, Danger, Fire, & Knives EP''

** "Acid King" is about the Ricky Kasso murder case, which was closely connected to the Satanic Panic.

-->From packed in a menagerie to cheese and crackers at the apogee!\\
Add a little finding God and trying not to atrophy!\\
I know you're whispering about me at the corner store!\\

--> Knowin' ain't half the battle, that's a bullshit quip written by some asshole!

He coulda snatched two unicorns and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative left behind]] the motherfuckin' pigs!

Shake a 5150 in shades and a fake stache!

They don't like it when I waltz in and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_at_Cana turn wine back]]!

--> Anyone object, come stand in my way, you can be my little Snake River Canyon today!

--> I will not bow to a God that I can't look in the face!

'''Aesop Rock:''' Yeah, I had 'em up all night prayin' I'd re-release ''Music For Earthworms''!

* FadingIntoTheNextSong happens frequently throughout his albums.

--> Late Show, Dave Letterman, shitty diner lip-slide dutch!\\
Low self-discipline leaders see dead lung self-destruct!

You only call her a bitch cause she wouldn't let you get that pussy!\\

Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess!

Who keeps the villagers circling the marketplace out searching for the G-spot!\\
Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests!\\

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness is present in almost every line of every song. His vocabulary is incredibly wide, and a hallmark of his lyrical style is adding layers of meaning into his lyrics while obscuring said meaning through phrasing.

* BadassBaritone: He has a very deep and distinctive voice.