Aesop Rock - "Rings" (Music Video Reaction)

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  • Aesop Rock Reaction - Rings Music Video
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 46

  • @Vertex_0101
    @Vertex_0101 Рік тому +7

    Aes isnt underrated. Everyone knows justhow good he is. The heads that dont talk about him? .. they're scared

    • @CliffSedge-nu5fv
      @CliffSedge-nu5fv 11 місяців тому +2

      Seriously, can't be a hip hop head for 20+ years and not know about Aesop.

  • @_Jake.From.Statefarm_
    @_Jake.From.Statefarm_ Рік тому +14

    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.

    • @thejavilobby
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому +3

      💪🏾💯 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.

    • @femka
      @femka Рік тому +1

      @@thejavilobby It's alot of very specific art stuff, but i think you did well to grasp the overall

  • @benscootin4329
    @benscootin4329 Рік тому +10

    Aes has always been underrated, in my opinion. Love to see him getting love. ❤

  • @ryandoyle2338
    @ryandoyle2338 2 місяці тому

    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

  • @weepy9622
    @weepy9622 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @andrewpegg
    @andrewpegg 9 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @dvancebum
    @dvancebum Рік тому +2

    This song is about his days at art school and how he misses it

  • @Alniemi
    @Alniemi 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @partdefjampartdischord5649
    @partdefjampartdischord5649 Рік тому +6

    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.

    • @thejavilobby
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому +2

      🎯 Spot on!!! Thanks for watching. Good to know i did a decent job on this one.

  • @mrc3885
    @mrc3885 Рік тому +12

    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
      @crispydog4832 7 місяців тому

      Yo! Mrc can I get the meaning of 39 Thieves?

    • @mrc3885
      @mrc3885 7 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

    • @DrMixelpixel
      @DrMixelpixel 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@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.

  • @karabomasibi2331
    @karabomasibi2331 Рік тому +2

    This video truly captures what it feels like to listen to an Aesop Rock song for the first time. NIcely done sir

  • @knutt81
    @knutt81 8 місяців тому

    Great reaction brutha. Keep being 🫵🏾✌🏾✊🏾

  • @HallvarBTW
    @HallvarBTW Рік тому +1

    Really really good reaction, helps me alot with the song as a non english speaking native

  • @unlikelysuspect5491
    @unlikelysuspect5491 Рік тому +1

    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"

  • @mikeredd8833
    @mikeredd8833 8 місяців тому +1

    Check out the uncluded. It's aesop and kamil dawson

  • @Alniemi
    @Alniemi 9 місяців тому

    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

  • @demikats
    @demikats Рік тому

    That was lit!!🔥
    Wishes for a great week ahead Dear Javier 🙏❤

    • @thejavilobby
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому +1

      🥰🥰🥰 Thank you Demi. I wish you the same. Much love ❤️

  • @datsneefa
    @datsneefa 11 місяців тому

    love your energy dude, i make bad blends but im glad you on the Rock

  • @sethlogee
    @sethlogee 11 місяців тому

    in the video he wasn't "shot" he was hit by a car

  • @sethlogee
    @sethlogee 11 місяців тому

    you can even see the front of the car hit him!!

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion Рік тому

    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.'

    • @l0kpcr397
      @l0kpcr397 Рік тому

      To supplement I feel like it’s also important to note in the context of understanding Rings is his lyric on Cycles to Gehenna that goes “Knows no zen in the art of maintenance, only as the orchestrated patron saint of changing lanes, baby”

  • @TexasGreed
    @TexasGreed Рік тому

    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
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому

      Ohhhh that makes sense. Thanks! Didn't think of that, but it seems as if that's exactly what he meant. Thanks for watching

    • @int537
      @int537 Рік тому

      ​@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

    • @Pcytripper
      @Pcytripper Рік тому

      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.

    • @Pcytripper
      @Pcytripper Рік тому

      Although in this song, I think he means 'anti-Midas' in that everything he touches turns to shit instead of gold.

  • @apatternedhorizon
    @apatternedhorizon Рік тому +1

    Do Water Tower.

  • @Pcytripper
    @Pcytripper Рік тому

    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.

  • @Giganfan2k1
    @Giganfan2k1 3 місяці тому

    Dude used to be a visual artists. The only thing he successful at was rapping.
    Rapping at least not his first passion.

  • @RavenousCatalyst594
    @RavenousCatalyst594 Рік тому

    @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!!

  • @TexasGreed
    @TexasGreed Рік тому

    I think he feels like he lost a part of himself when he went all in on rap.

  • @keithrose4227able
    @keithrose4227able Рік тому +1

    whats up with the sound on this video, it sounds so bad

    • @thejavilobby
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому

      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.

  • @willywonka7812
    @willywonka7812 Рік тому +1

    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

    • @thejavilobby
      @thejavilobby  Рік тому +8

      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.

    • @willywonka7812
      @willywonka7812 Рік тому

      @@impossiblekid0582 the first, obviously. Sort your head out