Good stuff bro. You did a good job. The fact that you could just choose any song on any album over a 20 year span and get this exact reaction shows how great he really is.
💪🏾💯 I really did try my best to understand what he was putting down. Lol. I definitely felt like I was in tune with him. Thanks Jake. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I always thought the "cut you down so they can count your rings" line meant the tree metaphor, of course, but also alluded to people distilling their heroes down to a certain criteria. Like focusing an athlete's career/life down to how many championship rings they had. Like, these are the people everyone looks up to and they poured their entire existence into this one thing but it's only important how many times they were the best, not the dedication to their art. It signifies the divide between what you put into and get out of doing something versus what others get from you doing the thing that defines you.
Nobody listens once and gets everything. I appreciate you acknowledging that theres a difference between a song to dance and vibe too and a song you need to sit down and absorb and listen to.
Nice work, man. The video kind of reflects Aes dissecting his own psyche and what happened in his past to influence who he is now, similar to how a trees rings can give you insight on their history and what may have affected them.
I like your interpretation of the lyrics haveing hidden meanings inside the overarching message of doing what you love and not worrying abbout being "good anuf"
Mind if I correct every mistake you make? Cool. Aes isn't throwing double meanings into this track. It's nearly 100% direct. When he says he used to draw he's just saying he used to draw. He stopped drawing and the first part of this song laments that loss of a loved activity. Same with the paint portion of the song. He's describing the joy and discovery of painting that he has let slip away from his life. He didn't quit because it was difficult or he didn't have the skills he just got busy becoming the best rapper ever to hold a mic. OHHHH!!! You NAILED the theme of the autopsy but allow me to elaborate. Aes wrote a few songs called Crows. It describes his feelings on strangers dissecting his dead best friend. The chorus of Rings is heavy and describes a way he thinks about being dissected by people who wont know, as you said, the secret parts of him that can't be weighed and measured. Last edit. Aes has been my number 1 pick since 1998. I speak Aes. Any song, any meaning, I can help :P
@@crispydog4832 In short, 39 thieves is a perspective piece on a dangerous culture blossoming up in the streets and the influence money has on keeping otherwise intelligent people in reach of the dangerous elements. It's a little about the difference between living in a city and running off to the woods. 39 Thieves being quicker than 40 winks is another way to suggest that one MUST NOT SLEEP.
@@mrc3885 MUST NOT SLEEP, MUST WARN OTHERS... One of the first things that captured my attention and made me dig deeper into his work. Guy is a genius, his brother is also very intelligent and successful although in different more accepted area in society. There is definitely some good genetics and good parenting there. Well spoken, unfortunately very misunderstood because of his sophisticated vocabulary and sentence building. Nice message very well summaries the life as it is in the western world.
Aes spent the first 20 years of his life working on his visual artistry, and attended art school to focus on those pursuits. Then, he walked away from it all to focus entirely on rapping. The song is about what he left behind, the regret that he feels, and wondering what might've been. As he said in the Lice song So Strange Here, 'I walked a million miles away from my original muse.'
bro, there is no "accurate" read on any of his songs, that is the beauty of it. everyone takes a little bit of a different meaning, his songs are cryptic, and I love it. Thanks for your commentary on one of my fave songs from him
It also helps to know who Midas is when he says "The trials of the anti midas". A myth in Greek legend, it was said everything he touched turned to gold.
@thejavilobby On this same album in a later song called Get Out the Car there is a line "Everything that he touch turns promptly to shit" referencing the anti midas. A good three songs to listen to would be Get out the car, Shrunk and Kirby. It deals a lot with his mental health
Remember though, Midas was a tragedy. He wanted riches more than anything, but once given the ability to change all he touched until gold, he found he lost everything important. His food, clothing, bedding and even children were turned to gold...infinite wealth and power and can't hug his own kids.
The line about "invisible hand", thats a ...Milton Freedman (I think) economic theory about how a free markey would self govern. So maybe Aes was in art school thinking he was gonna make it selling his art. Or also how he may have been drawing with a hand he did not see as his own. Not making the art he wanted
@6:10 ish you can NEVER read too muc into aesop lyrics! i could see u started to get giddily expanding out into some higha level thoughts of ur own & i would urge u to glide & float along all streams of consciousness that aesop opens. any of us who love watching aesop reaction, GET HIGH WHEN REACTOR STARTS READING TONS TONS TONS OF STUFF INTO HIS LYRICS!!
Aesop Rock is definitely an artist that you need to have the lyrics pulled up... and a couple of search tabs to look up the references. Honestly, his videos are so theatrical and involved, it's almost better to do the lyrics first, then watch the show.
I have plenty of videos of me disagreeing with those guys. I'm not a tate or Shapiro fan, while I listen to Tom macdonald to give my reaction to his music. I try to judge music on its quality and breakdown what the artist is saying. I'm an atheist and I've done reactions to religious music. I try not to limit myself and try to put myself in others shoes. I've read more books than I can remember. I'm sorry you feel that way.
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Aes isnt underrated. Everyone knows justhow good he is. The heads that dont talk about him? .. they're scared
Seriously, can't be a hip hop head for 20+ years and not know about Aesop.
Good stuff bro. You did a good job. The fact that you could just choose any song on any album over a 20 year span and get this exact reaction shows how great he really is.
💪🏾💯 I really did try my best to understand what he was putting down. Lol. I definitely felt like I was in tune with him. Thanks Jake. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@thejavilobby It's alot of very specific art stuff, but i think you did well to grasp the overall
Aes has always been underrated, in my opinion. Love to see him getting love. ❤
I always thought the "cut you down so they can count your rings" line meant the tree metaphor, of course, but also alluded to people distilling their heroes down to a certain criteria. Like focusing an athlete's career/life down to how many championship rings they had. Like, these are the people everyone looks up to and they poured their entire existence into this one thing but it's only important how many times they were the best, not the dedication to their art. It signifies the divide between what you put into and get out of doing something versus what others get from you doing the thing that defines you.
Im loving this content. I hope you continue these deep dives of aesop, it is really fun to hear another persons view on his lyrics.
Nobody listens once and gets everything. I appreciate you acknowledging that theres a difference between a song to dance and vibe too and a song you need to sit down and absorb and listen to.
I do.
This song is about his days at art school and how he misses it
Aesop is one of the best lyricist of all time!! And he’s been rapping since 1997. If you haven’t already, GO LISTEN TO ALL His albums. You’ll thank me
This video truly captures what it feels like to listen to an Aesop Rock song for the first time. NIcely done sir
Nice work, man. The video kind of reflects Aes dissecting his own psyche and what happened in his past to influence who he is now, similar to how a trees rings can give you insight on their history and what may have affected them.
🎯 Spot on!!! Thanks for watching. Good to know i did a decent job on this one.
I like your interpretation of the lyrics haveing hidden meanings inside the overarching message of doing what you love and not worrying abbout being "good anuf"
Mind if I correct every mistake you make? Cool. Aes isn't throwing double meanings into this track. It's nearly 100% direct. When he says he used to draw he's just saying he used to draw. He stopped drawing and the first part of this song laments that loss of a loved activity. Same with the paint portion of the song. He's describing the joy and discovery of painting that he has let slip away from his life. He didn't quit because it was difficult or he didn't have the skills he just got busy becoming the best rapper ever to hold a mic. OHHHH!!! You NAILED the theme of the autopsy but allow me to elaborate. Aes wrote a few songs called Crows. It describes his feelings on strangers dissecting his dead best friend. The chorus of Rings is heavy and describes a way he thinks about being dissected by people who wont know, as you said, the secret parts of him that can't be weighed and measured. Last edit. Aes has been my number 1 pick since 1998. I speak Aes. Any song, any meaning, I can help :P
Yo! Mrc can I get the meaning of 39 Thieves?
@@crispydog4832 In short, 39 thieves is a perspective piece on a dangerous culture blossoming up in the streets and the influence money has on keeping otherwise intelligent people in reach of the dangerous elements. It's a little about the difference between living in a city and running off to the woods. 39 Thieves being quicker than 40 winks is another way to suggest that one MUST NOT SLEEP.
@@mrc3885 MUST NOT SLEEP, MUST WARN OTHERS... One of the first things that captured my attention and made me dig deeper into his work. Guy is a genius, his brother is also very intelligent and successful although in different more accepted area in society. There is definitely some good genetics and good parenting there. Well spoken, unfortunately very misunderstood because of his sophisticated vocabulary and sentence building. Nice message very well summaries the life as it is in the western world.
Really really good reaction, helps me alot with the song as a non english speaking native
Aes spent the first 20 years of his life working on his visual artistry, and attended art school to focus on those pursuits. Then, he walked away from it all to focus entirely on rapping. The song is about what he left behind, the regret that he feels, and wondering what might've been. As he said in the Lice song So Strange Here, 'I walked a million miles away from my original muse.'
bro, there is no "accurate" read on any of his songs, that is the beauty of it. everyone takes a little bit of a different meaning, his songs are cryptic, and I love it. Thanks for your commentary on one of my fave songs from him
Great reaction brutha. Keep being 🫵🏾✌🏾✊🏾
That was lit!!🔥
Wishes for a great week ahead Dear Javier 🙏❤
🥰🥰🥰 Thank you Demi. I wish you the same. Much love ❤️
It also helps to know who Midas is when he says "The trials of the anti midas". A myth in Greek legend, it was said everything he touched turned to gold.
Ohhhh that makes sense. Thanks! Didn't think of that, but it seems as if that's exactly what he meant. Thanks for watching
@thejavilobby On this same album in a later song called Get Out the Car there is a line "Everything that he touch turns promptly to shit" referencing the anti midas.
A good three songs to listen to would be Get out the car, Shrunk and Kirby. It deals a lot with his mental health
Remember though, Midas was a tragedy. He wanted riches more than anything, but once given the ability to change all he touched until gold, he found he lost everything important. His food, clothing, bedding and even children were turned to gold...infinite wealth and power and can't hug his own kids.
Although in this song, I think he means 'anti-Midas' in that everything he touches turns to shit instead of gold.
love your energy dude, i make bad blends but im glad you on the Rock
Check out the uncluded. It's aesop and kamil dawson
The line about "invisible hand", thats a ...Milton Freedman (I think) economic theory about how a free markey would self govern. So maybe Aes was in art school thinking he was gonna make it selling his art. Or also how he may have been drawing with a hand he did not see as his own. Not making the art he wanted
in the video he wasn't "shot" he was hit by a car
@6:10 ish you can NEVER read too muc into aesop lyrics! i could see u started to get giddily expanding out into some higha level thoughts of ur own & i would urge u to glide & float along all streams of consciousness that aesop opens. any of us who love watching aesop reaction, GET HIGH WHEN REACTOR STARTS READING TONS TONS TONS OF STUFF INTO HIS LYRICS!!
you can even see the front of the car hit him!!
Aesop Rock is definitely an artist that you need to have the lyrics pulled up... and a couple of search tabs to look up the references. Honestly, his videos are so theatrical and involved, it's almost better to do the lyrics first, then watch the show.
Do Water Tower.
Dude used to be a visual artists. The only thing he successful at was rapping.
Rapping at least not his first passion.
I think he feels like he lost a part of himself when he went all in on rap.
whats up with the sound on this video, it sounds so bad
Sorry, sometimes my software gets a little buggy. I do the best I can with it until I get a chance to upgrade to better equipment.
You listen to this, but then you listen to fascist propaganda like Shapiro, Tate and Tom McDonald, and I'm like, open a fkn book bro
I have plenty of videos of me disagreeing with those guys. I'm not a tate or Shapiro fan, while I listen to Tom macdonald to give my reaction to his music. I try to judge music on its quality and breakdown what the artist is saying. I'm an atheist and I've done reactions to religious music. I try not to limit myself and try to put myself in others shoes. I've read more books than I can remember. I'm sorry you feel that way.
@@impossiblekid0582 the first, obviously. Sort your head out