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AESOP ROCK

THE IMPOSSIBLE KID (LTD. NEON PINK & NEON GREEN VINYL) (RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT)

AESOP ROCK - THE IMPOSSIBLE KID (LTD. NEON PINK & NEON GREEN VINYL) 145443
format:
2 LP
release:
29.04.2016
label:
RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT
genre:
Hip Hop
item ID:
145443
barcode:
0826257021311
The Impossible Kid, released in 2016 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, marked Indie-rap mainstay Aesop Rock's first solo venture since 2012's Skelethon.

Aesop continued finding new ways to improve on the skills that have made him one of the kings of indie hip-hop.

His creative process now includes a newfound willingness to open up about his personal life, going deep on topics like depression, his sometimes rocky relationship with his family, and the turbulent handful of years that culminated in Aesop leaving his adopted home of San Francisco to live in a barn out in the woods, where he recorded the foundations of The Impossible Kid.

There's also moments of levity though, as Aesop taps into the funny side of his persona that he suppressed during the period where being taken as a serious lyricist was more of a priority.

Like Skelethon, Aesop exercised complete creative control over every aspect of the album, from the production (which he handled himself, with instrumental help from Philly's Grimace Foundation) to conceptualizing the cover art by his friend Alex Pardee.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. MYSTERY FISH
  • 1.2. RINGS
  • 1.3. LOTTA YEARS
  • 1.4. DORKS
  • 1.5. RABIES
  • 1.6. SUPERCELL
  • 1.7. BLOOD SANDWICH
  • 1.8. GET OUT OF THE CAR
  • 2.1. SHRUNK
  • 2.2. KIRBY
  • 2.3. TUFF
  • 2.4. LAZY EYE
  • 2.5. DEFENDER
  • 2.6. WATER TOWER
  • 2.7. MOLECULES