Aesop Rock - Shrunk (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 11 жов 2016
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    Featuring:
    Aesop Rock
    Rob Sonic
    Eric Swisher
    Andrew Root
    Crew:
    Director/Editor/8-bit Animator: Rob Shaw
    Producer: Robert D'Esposito
    Director of Photography: Rodrigo Melgarejo
    Gaffer: Kevin Forrest
    Steadicam Operator: Sam Naiman
    Art Director: Emily Yurek
    Animator: Neisje Morrell
    Character Design: Alex Pardee
    Additional Character Design: Mackenzie Peterson
    Background Illustrator: Kamela Howard
    DIT: Jim Birkett
    Colorist: Orland Nutt
    Production Assistant: Janie Faison
    PA: Cypress Chvatal-Jones
    PA: Alex McGregor
    Special thanks to Art Santana, JohnNils Olson, Ground Kontrol Arcade and Bent Image Lab.
    #TheImpossibleKid
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  • @nicheneisj6423
    @nicheneisj6423 7 років тому +1156

    Honored to have the opportunity to animate part of this. Thanks Aes!

    • @Dat_Dude_Danny1
      @Dat_Dude_Danny1 7 років тому +54

      Whatever part u did came out great cause the whole video is cool!

    • @penguindog1799
      @penguindog1799 7 років тому +20

      If you look in the description he is the Animator, so I assume he did all of it.

    • @eduardovillalobos353
      @eduardovillalobos353 3 роки тому +5

      great work!! it's amazing

    • @jasondice6332
      @jasondice6332 3 роки тому +1

      Great job thank you for your contribution!!!

    • @TakHavocOfficial
      @TakHavocOfficial 3 роки тому +1

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @nathanwoods8849
    @nathanwoods8849 7 років тому +730

    "She said when you start getting all expressive and symbolic it's impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic. I said when you start getting all exact and algebraic I'm reminded it's a racket and not a rehabilitation" Bars for fucking days.

    • @oVerTheToP5o
      @oVerTheToP5o 7 років тому +26

      it's impressive how i like rap but i also read classics, this song is perfect, his literary skills are impressive seeing as i haven't seen anyone else rap so coherently and have such a poetic structure.

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal 7 років тому +2

      oVerTheToP 5o you should google rappers compared to Shakespeare.

    • @MrhibyeTV
      @MrhibyeTV 7 років тому

      Nathan Hell yeah that's my favorite part honestly

    • @dr.ligmahnutts2993
      @dr.ligmahnutts2993 7 років тому +2

      go listen to his old stuff this is not his most impressive stuff lyrically

    • @Krod50
      @Krod50 3 роки тому +1

      Okay

  • @karabatakpoezie
    @karabatakpoezie 7 років тому +626

    Aesop Rock for Nobel Prize Literature 2017. I'm serious.

    • @JamesGuitarStuff
      @JamesGuitarStuff 7 років тому +3

      fr tho he does

    • @aliecat1999
      @aliecat1999 7 років тому +11

      Kid Koon bob dylan doesnt have merit?

    • @dertsegway1238
      @dertsegway1238 6 років тому +1

      Agreed

    • @No2moking89
      @No2moking89 6 років тому +11

      He actually does have the biggest vocabulary in rap

    • @notswush
      @notswush 5 років тому +4

      there're so many i feel like deserve that tbh. aesop is definitely on the list. So's kendrick, Will Toledo, and maybe even Earl Sweatshirt

  • @iangrieve9202
    @iangrieve9202 2 роки тому +116

    It's not as complex as it seems, especially if you've seen more than one therapist. Verse one is struggling through the onboarding paperwork while simultaneously trying to wrap your head around what it is that you want to talk about, verse two is sitting in the waiting room, preparing yourself for the encounter and knowing that you're going to be expected to open your veins and bleed your insecurities, verse three is battling with your ego to break down your walls as you try to address your anxieties with someone who doesn't know anything about you and is trying to help you using standardized, formulaic processes that begin to feel condescending after they become so familiar. It's hard not to approach it with the cynicism Aes so acutely describes, but you always wind up going back, despite the standoffishness and discomfort because of the pressure, both internal and external, just to make it work. "Will you be needing another appointment?" "Absolutely, I'm shrunk".
    Side note, shrunk is a superb play on words, because of the obvious connotation of the word "shrink" to describe a psychiatrist (as derived from the Amzonian Jivaro tribe, who would literally shrink the severed heads of their enemies) but also because of the denotation of becoming small, as in trying to compress your baggage into a one hour session with a complete stranger who practically demands the kind of intimacy you might have trouble feeling with your own family.

    • @bodhidharmashmarma5179
      @bodhidharmashmarma5179 Рік тому +1

      Wow - great explanation.

    • @markforsey547
      @markforsey547 11 місяців тому +6

      As far as aesop rock goes this is one of his easier to understand songs, even people who have trouble understanding him can process this song with little effort. I swear you could create college level classes based on the break down and possible meanings of some songs but this song is a total break from his normal complexity.

    • @viceroy1281
      @viceroy1281 7 місяців тому +2

      Currently seeing a "shrink" for reasons I won't go on about here. I really feel this, thanks for putting into words what I probably couldn't by myself.

    • @IntertemporalTraveler
      @IntertemporalTraveler 6 місяців тому +1

      That sounds like a burnt out or maybe even bad therapist to me.

    • @michaelmartinx714
      @michaelmartinx714 6 місяців тому

      shrunk or shrink refers more to shrinking of our thought, fears and anxieties. Deflating of the ‘self’ or ego. I don’t know about all the shrunkin native head nonsense..

  • @nobodyspecial9097
    @nobodyspecial9097 7 років тому +443

    She says, "I'm not your enemy."
    I said, "That sounds like something that my enemy would say"

    • @fatkid504
      @fatkid504 6 років тому +50

      shes says "you're being difficult"
      i said, "i'm being guarded. you're a quarter mil in debt i get more guidance from my barber."

    • @scrantonpa7408
      @scrantonpa7408 6 років тому +1

      Wiid Lives so damn good

    • @keiganm1287
      @keiganm1287 6 років тому +2

      Iseriouslydoubtthatscheese only part i dont understand in this song is the quarter mil in debt line.

    • @ADarkFoxx
      @ADarkFoxx 6 років тому +40

      Keigan M I take it that he's alluding to the cost of his therapist's school loans.

    • @175griffin
      @175griffin 4 роки тому +4

      @@keiganm1287 You must be from outside the US. Here you gotta rack up an absurd amount of debt to get an education.

  • @Coriolis11245
    @Coriolis11245 7 років тому +190

    I don't think it's physicaly, literally or philosophicaly possible for this music video to get any better.

    • @Dwight_Lee
      @Dwight_Lee 7 років тому +2

      you forgot to put possible between philosophicaly and for

    • @Coriolis11245
      @Coriolis11245 7 років тому +2

      Kenny Sullivan I corrected it, thank you :)

    • @Dwight_Lee
      @Dwight_Lee 7 років тому +2

      no worries bud, happy trails!

    • @Coriolis11245
      @Coriolis11245 7 років тому +1

      Kenny Sullivan You too man!

    • @MrElixir75
      @MrElixir75 7 років тому

      Abso-fuckin-lutely T is for T!

  • @calimango7926
    @calimango7926 3 роки тому +170

    Aes is somehow able to encompass relatability, mystery, wit, humor, brutal honesty, lyrical mastery, and self-deprecation all in the span of three minutes and thirty two seconds in a densely wrapped lyrical gift box.
    For real, mad props to the absolute G.O.A.T.

    • @stinthedude
      @stinthedude 2 роки тому +4

      Yaaas mate! Couldn't agree more

    • @_Jake.From.Statefarm_
      @_Jake.From.Statefarm_ 2 роки тому +1

      yeah, on every single song since 97 too... and they are all different, and they all make you feel the same way, especially if you've went through or experienced one of them. You are spot on Cali!

    • @Ty91681
      @Ty91681 2 роки тому +2

      He also produced the beat too. It's unreal.

    • @aburritosnake7526
      @aburritosnake7526 8 місяців тому

      He's the current Greatest rapper alive, but he isn't the G.O.A.T, the true G.O.A.T of Rap sadly passed away a few years ago, R.I.P MF DOOM!!!

    • @chemicaldeath9866
      @chemicaldeath9866 7 місяців тому +1

      @@aburritosnake7526 Come on bruh don't make this a fight, not only could MF DOOM NEVER rhyme this densely, but MF DOOM's discography has a vocab count of 6,169 unique words while Aesop Rock's is at 7,879.... MF DOOM is definitely #2 as he is MILES ahead of any mainstream rapper, but mathematically speaking Aesop Rock is at least 1 mile ahead of MF DOOM

  • @dinnerbucket9
    @dinnerbucket9 7 років тому +68

    Dudes been shredding for 20+ years. He is so dedicated to his art. He is the next Shakespeare.

  • @WarbossRB
    @WarbossRB 7 років тому +100

    I always wondered what the video would look like for this song. And the symbology of using the arcade as a therapist's office is amazing. Designed to throw your money at them in order to get better or level up against all odds.

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 7 років тому +2

      What? I didn't notice any kind of symbology. I wasn't paying attention to anything like that. lol! That's pretty neat.

    • @rahcvastenrihc5667
      @rahcvastenrihc5667 7 років тому +4

      cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/58678339.jpg

    • @travisbrown6814
      @travisbrown6814 7 років тому +4

      RB Newell
      Stop saying symbology!!! That's not a real word!!! Damn you Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code!!!!!!!!
      Use symbolism instead please... PLEASE!

    • @gywnsfirstborn5002
      @gywnsfirstborn5002 7 років тому +8

      its actually amazing symbolism: You can never truly win some games (think tretris) theoretically its impossible to master or perfect. So to with the human condition and yourself. Yet the brilliance of this analogy is you do need to put in effort and money to succeed in therapy. you are the larger half of the equation of success. Its fun but still elegant.

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 7 років тому +2

      Travis Brown Symbology is the study of Symbolism. Makes perfect sense to me. If some playwright can make up a couple hundred words on the spot, a legitimate author can make up one.

  • @mattbustos522
    @mattbustos522 4 роки тому +74

    Just a reminder Aesop schedules a follow up. He's pessimistic about meeting with therapist, but obviously he goes back. Plus they recommend he get Kirby.

    • @amostech5820
      @amostech5820 3 роки тому +3

      Holy shit...

    • @AsAboveISoBelow
      @AsAboveISoBelow 3 роки тому +3

      What'cha doin' there, Kirby?

    • @schrome1019
      @schrome1019 2 роки тому +2

      Get out the car , then he gets out the car and is Shrunk. The doc says to get Kirby. It’s a trilogy and it’s perfect .

    • @damonedwards1544
      @damonedwards1544 2 роки тому +2

      I don't know, maybe get a kitten.

    • @ZachGatesHere
      @ZachGatesHere 3 місяці тому +1

      And what's honestly understated is how the doctor doesn't get dazzled by his verbosity. She sees through him and cuts him down to size (hence the title).

  • @MarcAlcatraz
    @MarcAlcatraz 7 років тому +527

    Aes's flow would be his highest stat

    • @MarcAlcatraz
      @MarcAlcatraz 7 років тому +17

      ***** lol i knew someone was gonna reply to this. I'm just talking about out of all the stats presented, theres no creativity or imagery stat

    • @MarcAlcatraz
      @MarcAlcatraz 7 років тому +3

      ***** lol yeah cause its always active

    • @upsidedownh3art
      @upsidedownh3art 7 років тому +28

      Next to his vocabulary.

    • @imwavey6905
      @imwavey6905 7 років тому +8

      BlueBerryJamOutlaw aes has a rly dope flow just listened to rings

    • @dubbiedowner
      @dubbiedowner 7 років тому

      Thanks for this.

  • @xXxLax4LifexXx
    @xXxLax4LifexXx 7 років тому +648

    Patient name: thats personal
    Birth Date: a while back
    Are you in a physicians care: Dr Izzo
    Are you taking any medications: Probiotics and Hot wings
    Are you on a special diet: Probiotics and Dumplings
    Are you pregnant: 7 weeks with a new beat
    Do you have pains anywhere: My hair doesnt hurt
    Do you have allergies: Large crowds and internet posturing

    • @andrewf6287
      @andrewf6287 4 роки тому +3

      @@mykilldarcshyne1648 This is a remix of an Aesop Rock song. Here's the actual song.
      ua-cam.com/video/EdvD3_9HeXE/v-deo.html

    • @izloc7131
      @izloc7131 3 роки тому

      What might I ask the explanation to internet postering is? In to me your best definitive.

    • @tnmoe-
      @tnmoe- 3 роки тому +3

      @@izloc7131 - I would say its something to do with putting out a persona to make yourself look better than you might be. I guess some people might call it 'virtue signaling' or simply 'hey, look at my brand new shoes, I make loads of money unlike you' while they're just scraping by.

  • @channelgong
    @channelgong 7 років тому +170

    I love the way that all of his Music Videos have used a different form of visual art. One of the best musicians ever right now, period.

    • @NaruTheBlackSwan
      @NaruTheBlackSwan 7 років тому +16

      He is an artist. Words and visuals. He used to draw, hard to admit that he used to draw.

    • @f0gman_
      @f0gman_ 7 років тому +2

      He went to Boston University for Visual Arts. Glad it shows up well in his vids.

    • @TheCavedude107
      @TheCavedude107 7 років тому +10

      Portraiture and the human form, doodle of a two headed unicorn.

    • @NaruTheBlackSwan
      @NaruTheBlackSwan 7 років тому +3

      TheCavedude107 It was soothing.

    • @farvezafridifaizurrahman6980
      @farvezafridifaizurrahman6980 6 років тому +1

      Moving his arm in a fusion of man-made tools and a muse from beyond.

  • @Benry1
    @Benry1 7 років тому +138

    i've been going through an Aesop Rock phase since 2002

    • @tyrannicalthesaurus4672
      @tyrannicalthesaurus4672 4 роки тому +2

      Its not really a phase if it lasted 15 years now, is it.

    • @arex82
      @arex82 4 роки тому +17

      Tyranical Thesaurus stop being so exact and algebraic

    • @tyrannicalthesaurus4672
      @tyrannicalthesaurus4672 4 роки тому +7

      @@arex82 ah shit, you got me.

    • @arex82
      @arex82 4 роки тому

      Tyranical Thesaurus 😉

    • @waynepowers7213
      @waynepowers7213 4 роки тому +3

      None shall pass hooked me, and I've never found anyone better

  • @IsaacPrinTheNerd
    @IsaacPrinTheNerd 5 років тому +14

    My last name, a thousand vowels fading down a sinkhole to a sussurus.
    Probably the most cryptic verse I've ever heard from Aesop Rock.

  • @Garblegox
    @Garblegox 7 років тому +176

    PATIENT NAME - Thats personal
    BIRTH DATE - A while back
    ARE YOU IN A PHYSICIANS CARE? - Dr Izzo
    ARE YOU TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS? - Probiotics and hot wings
    ARE YOU ON A SPECIAL DIET? - probiotics and dumplings
    ARE YOU PREGNANT? - 7 weeks with a new beat
    DO YOU HAVE ANY PAINS ANYWHERE? - My hair doesn't hurt.
    DO YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES? - Large crowds and internet posturing.
    Aes is fucking cool, man.

  • @Rusty._
    @Rusty._ 6 років тому +459

    Each quarter you put into the machine is a metaphor for each session with your therapist.
    Damn, Aes.

    • @jamtime4978
      @jamtime4978 6 років тому +22

      The Superforge no shit

    • @grahamentwistle2081
      @grahamentwistle2081 6 років тому +8

      @JamTime - Using your comment as an accidental Aes reference: ua-cam.com/video/vkHMn8q6Jlg/v-deo.htmlm2s

    • @thomaspaine9284
      @thomaspaine9284 5 років тому +6

      Not really. My guess it was written over a period of several appointments; first the primary visit, where he fills out the standard paperwork in an unusual manner. I see it as him in the office, making a mundane task more self enjoyable by pulling his identity from various, but fitting, often sarcastic, references, viz, a combination of his immediate surroundings and thoughts. Almost like
      Verbal Kint and his barber shop quartet in Skokie Illinois, Aesop’s “bullentin board” is the generic waiting room reading material found in healthcare facilities across America. waiting meshed with his own sarcasm and wit.
      Second verse is still in the waiting room, but , personally feel it’s a separate visit.This time, no paperwork to occupy and amuse himself, boredom gives way to some anxiety, anticipation, eventually triggering a “pull urself” together and accept the evisceration response .
      Them last verse is the only dialogue between him and his healthcare professional. He absolutely murdered it. Honestly, for me, this album was an epiphany, I’ve been rocking Aesop for close to twenty years, but it was actually the first time I read his lyrics. His vocabulary is amazing and most likely, at some point, most everyone will need a dictionary, But it’s his the but the true genius of ry “get it.” His vernacular hato references to esoteric proper nouns across a spectrum of niche type areas is and but not to approcryptic abstraction how to had trouble had wawhole album was I have been rocking Aesop to Aeso dialogue

    • @shroomologist
      @shroomologist 5 років тому +23

      @@thomaspaine9284 The quarter metaphor is definitely valid (as is your analysis tbh). Arcade games are generally very hard and require a certain level of commitment if you wish to get anywhere with them. There is pretty much no chance of you reaching the end in a single session, you will inevitably have to keep coming back and pouring more and more money into them if you want a realistic chance of doing so. With all this in mind the parallels with psychotherapy are pretty obvious.
      Once you have invested a certain amount of time and money into familiarising yourself with a game you will find it more and more difficult to keep yourself away from it as you feel that you are close to that end goal, similar to how people can become emotionally dependent on psychotherapy. Even when you think that you have finally reached that end point you may find that the machine might still try to give you reasons to keep coming back, be it being put back on the first level at a higher difficulty or simply trying to beat a high score, given that it is primarily a business rather than a service.
      It's actually really clever when you think about it.

    • @ThouArtEverywhereAndNowhere
      @ThouArtEverywhereAndNowhere 3 роки тому +1

      dude its one of his most literal songs cmon now

  • @iheartjimothy
    @iheartjimothy 7 років тому +401

    She said, "You're being difficult."
    I said, "I'm being guarded; you're a quarter mil in debt
    I get more guidance from my barber
    Look, I'm not good at this, I grew up in a noogie-fest
    You built your walls up high
    Or say goodbye to all your Cookie Puss
    Here's one: every time my telephone buzzes
    I see images of hooded riders setting fire to hundreds."
    She said, "When you start getting all expressive and symbolic
    It's impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic."
    I said, "When you start getting all exact and algebraic
    I'm reminded it's a racket, not a rehabilitation."

    • @TommyGFPV
      @TommyGFPV 4 роки тому +18

      Agree to disagree as grown-ups from opposing clans
      Honoring the push and pull I should have called the Scholomance
      Oh well. Preservation is a doozy
      Will you be needing another appointment?"
      "Absolutely"
      I'm shrunk

    • @nobodyschannel
      @nobodyschannel 3 роки тому +7

      Realest lyrics ever spit.

    • @grishmar
      @grishmar 3 роки тому +6

      Aes summed up my thoughts on therapy perfectly with this line. Genius

    • @ollicron7397
      @ollicron7397 2 роки тому

      Never trust a female therapist.

    • @ShapezPuller64
      @ShapezPuller64 2 роки тому

      Dude. Who hurt you.

  • @dgrantvh
    @dgrantvh 7 років тому +1674

    I don't know.... maybe get a kitten?

    • @calebmauer1751
      @calebmauer1751 7 років тому +44

      Ionno know know maybe get a kitten Ion Ionno know know maybe get a kitten.

    • @atjshow
      @atjshow 7 років тому +8

      he did and then it died. didn't you listen to the last album Skelethon?

    • @calebmauer1751
      @calebmauer1751 7 років тому +43

      No!!! Kirbyyyyyyy!

    • @redcassette
      @redcassette 7 років тому +80

      but he sang about getting kirby on impossible kid which was released after skelethon....

    • @TheAlmightyFrowny
      @TheAlmightyFrowny 7 років тому +16

      I don't know about all that. He does post pictures he is sent of his cat while out on tour, titles it "pictures from home"

  • @Grayscape.
    @Grayscape. 7 років тому +42

    things that get better with age. Aesop Rock

  • @arex82
    @arex82 4 роки тому +52

    I might sound like a complete fan-boy here - I’m both a fan and student of music in general.. I listen to MANY different genres.
    But when it comes to hip hop, I dont think there’s been a more dense and complex wordsmith than Aesop Rock - EVER. I’m not just talking about making words rhyme - but the complexity of his metaphors, the way he structures his ideas and words, vocabulary usage, I’ve never heard anyone tell stories the way he does. He doesn’t seem to care if it makes sense to you, either. He says it the way he sees it - many can’t decipher it on first listen. Too complex. Too deep. That’s why I respect him so much.
    IMO, probably the best to ever touch a mic. Period.

    • @kainpendlebury7007
      @kainpendlebury7007 3 роки тому +2

      I know this comment is old, and that you're probably not going to see this, but I just wanted to give my thought on why a lot of people can't get the meaning of what he's trying to say. I don't think it's because it's too complex or deep, I think it's because he doesn't give context for the things he's talking about. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Aesop, and I'm not trying to say this is a bad thing, just that it might be the reason other people can't pull meaning from it.

    • @Cvo-581
      @Cvo-581 3 роки тому

      @@kainpendlebury7007 agreed

    • @stepshutch1974
      @stepshutch1974 3 роки тому +2

      Maybe mf doom??? A-f-r-o could be in with a shout eventually imo.

    • @SkateFallen1424
      @SkateFallen1424 3 роки тому +1

      100% the most complex and dense, definitely one of if not the most intelligent lyricists, but I'm not sure about greatest ever. I think he's too niche to call him that. Dope as fuck nonetheless

    • @Ty91681
      @Ty91681 2 роки тому

      @@SkateFallen1424 piss off with niche. Idk what that even has to do with the conversation other than it's your own subjective opinion.

  • @TuRaTic
    @TuRaTic 3 роки тому +19

    Wow this video, the lyrics, its like suddenly i realize im not alone anymore. this is the most profound piece of art iv found in the last few years

  • @seon3403
    @seon3403 4 роки тому +10

    She said, "When you start getting all expressive and symbollic, its impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic"
    I said "When you start getting all exact and algebraic, I'm reminded it's a racket not a rehabilitation"
    JINKIES, ZOINKS, & WOWZERS!

  • @Ashtarte3D
    @Ashtarte3D 5 років тому +66

    It took me at least four or five viewings of this video to get the message it's supposed to be conveying about therapy; that you put more and more money in and just hope you reach the next level much like an arcade game. Fucking hell, even Aesop's videos are deep.

    • @Ty91681
      @Ty91681 2 роки тому

      Yes!

    • @gmork1090
      @gmork1090 Рік тому

      Beats getting medicated and hoping for the best.

  • @FSquid
    @FSquid 7 років тому +91

    Hell yeah! This was my fav off Impossible Kid. The beat is vicious and the first verse is amazing.

    • @seanwattsmoore8507
      @seanwattsmoore8507 7 років тому

      So it's not a new song

    • @Terminado907
      @Terminado907 7 років тому +2

      FSquid the last verse is absolutely my favorite, but every one of them kills.

    • @calebmauer1751
      @calebmauer1751 7 років тому +8

      "My first name is a random set of numbers and letters and other alphanumerics that changes hourly forever". I love this whole song.

    • @dubbiedowner
      @dubbiedowner 7 років тому +6

      I love the way that all of his Music Videos have used a different form of visual art. One of the best musicians ever right now, period.

    • @voidking9597
      @voidking9597 7 років тому +1

      oh the cat. got it.

  • @CrochetedCoyoteCreations
    @CrochetedCoyoteCreations 3 роки тому +3

    SHOUT OT TO PORTLAND, OREGON! Ground Kontrol is an AWESOME barcade

  • @EJKusH420
    @EJKusH420 7 років тому +25

    when a rapper can flow something vicious for 3 and a half minutes and it's so complex you can't comprehend anything he's trying to say, but you know it's on another level. I love it lmfao

    • @Punjabispitta
      @Punjabispitta 7 років тому +14

      1st verse: Aes is filling out an application in a physciatrist's office,
      2nd verse: In a waiting room describing what he sees,
      3rd verse: Conversation with the physciatrist that only lands him another appointment
      Also a shrienk is another word for a female physciatrist, and he's shrunk by being there.
      It's insane how he told this story with paranoid and deranged thoughts (the reason he's there in the first place lol)

    • @Punjabispitta
      @Punjabispitta 7 років тому +4

      ^taken from rapgenius, they did a great job breaking this song down with the rest of the album

  • @timmteller871
    @timmteller871 7 років тому +11

    Hes easily the best rapper that ever existed in this world so far. Praise him and Blockhead.

  • @2FadeMusic
    @2FadeMusic 4 роки тому +9

    The very first lyric on this song is definitely in contention for my favorite lyric of all time. "My first name is a random set of numbers and letters and other alphanumerics that changes hourly forever. My last name a thousand vowels fading down a sinkhole to a susurrus, couldn't just be John Doe or Bingo." That shit gets me every fucking time. Insanely remarkable how he writes this stuff.

  • @Distant_View
    @Distant_View 7 років тому +5

    I can't believe how quality this is... that last verse was crushing

  • @randomjunk3987
    @randomjunk3987 Місяць тому +1

    Very rare to have an artist make me pause the music after a particular verse, take off my headset, and just think for a few moments.

    • @GeekCreek
      @GeekCreek 10 днів тому

      He's the lyrical equivalent to the novelist Cormac McCarthy.

  • @Spencercf614
    @Spencercf614 Рік тому +4

    Going to therapy for the first time in seven years today. I've needed it. Thanks for the music, Aes.

  • @BridgetDeLaCruzda1dlcbadnaz
    @BridgetDeLaCruzda1dlcbadnaz 7 років тому +5

    WHAT A PERFECT SONG. I CAN AND DO RELATE

  • @DmitriyPoot
    @DmitriyPoot 7 років тому +85

    1:23 rob SONIC

  • @fathersun6413
    @fathersun6413 5 років тому +3

    Aesop has always been on another level. The whole impossible kid album was amazing

  • @jmontis2
    @jmontis2 7 років тому +9

    this is the best hip hop album i've heard in 10 years, keep holdin the torch aesop

  • @darrengee936
    @darrengee936 7 років тому +19

    I hope he just does a video for every fucking song on this masterpiece

  • @THEJPIndustry
    @THEJPIndustry 2 роки тому +3

    This line kinda goes over the top of many people (i had to look up the lyrics)
    but can we talk about how genius
    "You built your walls up high or said goodbye to all your Cooky-Puss"
    is?
    It just shows how small childhood interactions, like the fight for snacks have lasting effects on your behavior throughout your live
    as a middlechild myself, i feel that, if you arent on your guard, your belongings (mostly food) are taken away from you

  • @alexjoseph4665
    @alexjoseph4665 7 років тому +68

    Are you pregnant? -7 weeks with a new beat, hahahah

    • @kareemshams4541
      @kareemshams4541 6 років тому +2

      "Do you have pains anywhere?
      My hair doesn't hurt" 0:42

  • @jossephcruces4130
    @jossephcruces4130 6 років тому +1

    So much to unpack in the song AND the video

  • @zachmiller5831
    @zachmiller5831 7 років тому +15

    couldn't imagine a better video for this track. this is definitely one of my favorite songs from the album and this video is the perfect companion. as a gamer I appreciate the shit out of this

  • @thelorebooger
    @thelorebooger 3 роки тому +12

    man, he is the most lyrically talented rapper to ever exist.

  • @Alexxgone
    @Alexxgone 7 років тому +1

    thats insane dude ull never get older

  • @JeffyPop247
    @JeffyPop247 7 років тому +8

    ever since I heard Rings....I find myself addicted to his lyrics and flow. even tho it's hard to understand him sometimes.

  • @chelsea6671
    @chelsea6671 7 років тому +22

    of course his flow would be maxed out. Love this video and track. Ive been wanting a video for this since the album released.

    • @aiwbraids
      @aiwbraids 7 років тому

      chelsea6671 same here

  • @poughkeepsieblue
    @poughkeepsieblue 3 роки тому +6

    This song is genius.
    The vid, is pure art set to words.
    I can't watch this without seems ng something new, and smiling big everytime.

  • @dvntew3020
    @dvntew3020 3 роки тому +2

    Stumbled on this dude's music by randomly and HO MY......

  • @WorldLaughsWithYou
    @WorldLaughsWithYou 3 роки тому +2

    This is the best fucking way of saying "therapy is working" I have ever heard. God damn aes is a legend

  • @808Deathmetal
    @808Deathmetal 7 років тому +77

    Portland!!!!

    • @RandomDealer
      @RandomDealer 7 років тому +1

      Braden Munafo is that where that Ground Kontrol is at?

    • @JulyCausesCancer
      @JulyCausesCancer 7 років тому +5

      that place is dope. spent many a dollar at that fine establishment

    • @RandomDealer
      @RandomDealer 7 років тому +13

      JulyCausesCancer sooo...Oregon has legal herb and a dope arcade?!

    • @JulyCausesCancer
      @JulyCausesCancer 7 років тому +8

      the arcade serves alcohol too.

    • @808Deathmetal
      @808Deathmetal 7 років тому +10

      Yep.
      Other then that we just got assholes and homeless people.

  • @IndirectCogs
    @IndirectCogs 5 років тому +3

    That framing device of an arcade is GENIUS.
    As anyone who's tried to find good therapy knows:
    INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE.

  • @Hedra718
    @Hedra718 3 роки тому +2

    Love this track. I've been shrunk for years.

  • @douggreg9852
    @douggreg9852 3 роки тому +2

    The first verse is the best first verse in a song ever.

  • @melo4087
    @melo4087 7 років тому +4

    One of the best of all time! Top 5 in my book!

  • @perilthinking
    @perilthinking 7 років тому +4

    i love that arcade!!!!

  • @poesgro9022
    @poesgro9022 3 роки тому +2

    Bro! And he mentioned Arcadia which is Washington and Oregon wanting its own independence. I know he wrote impossible kid here in the Pacific northwest. Really stunk you took the time to be out here Aesop. You're mine and my little late brother Jacob's favorites. Thanks man much love

  • @wrarmatei
    @wrarmatei 6 років тому +2

    This song is such a great description of how the psychology/cognitive therapy game works for most people. Easily my fav album because it's about struggles that people generally have to face alone. I still listen to it a few times per month.

  • @NicDoesDumbThings
    @NicDoesDumbThings 7 років тому +12

    Bobby Freedom looks like the perfect change man, holy shit

    • @AlexM-fq5nb
      @AlexM-fq5nb 7 років тому +1

      NicDoesDumbThings he also makes a great sonic the hedgehog apparently

  • @jiakidiego
    @jiakidiego 2 роки тому +3

    Timeless and on point

  • @hyperbolicrecords
    @hyperbolicrecords 7 місяців тому +1

    That first verse was ridiculous, he's simply filling out a form...and he made a fucken renaissance painting out of it.
    The second verse, he's in the waiting room, figuring out how much its going to cost him and observing the other people in the room.
    The third verse, he's finally speaking to the therapist...
    If Aesop was born 100 years ago and he would be Bach or Wolfgang.

  • @arghurghurghurgh7184
    @arghurghurghurgh7184 4 роки тому +2

    Okay: There's Bubble Bobble in the background and there's an aggressive bear with glasses, there are some of the smartest Rap-Lines ever been written, there's an "007"-joke, there are those dudes who hang out at pretty much every psychiatrists waiting room I've ever been to. Could this get ANY better?

  • @Dat_Dude_Danny1
    @Dat_Dude_Danny1 7 років тому +7

    Love the whole album, viva Aesop!!
    Can't wait for the next Hail Mary Mallon album!!

  • @wadewilson3957
    @wadewilson3957 7 років тому +190

    god everyone's saying he's at the top of his game...? have y'all heard his old shit?? Aesop been dope

    • @stephaniem.7210
      @stephaniem.7210 6 років тому +13

      Wade Wilson is right Aesop has always been one of the best rappers ever!

    • @mikecooper7755
      @mikecooper7755 6 років тому +7

      Ase has been at the top of his game since birth! Dude never stops being a boss

    • @b1gBud00bo1
      @b1gBud00bo1 6 років тому +9

      Wade Wilson I dissected one line from his song Float off his debut album and I became an instant fan... that was yesterday

    • @enefiscrypt758
      @enefiscrypt758 6 років тому +11

      I first started listening to him in 02' before Bazooka Tooth dropped. Fond memories of getting stoned on my lunch breaks at Wal-Mart bumping Labor Days and Float in my 93' Nissan Maxima. 02' was also the year I discovered Sage Francis (btw Nonprophets 'Hope' is my favorite hip-hop CD of all time), Atmosphere, Eyedea & Abilities, Murs, Adeem, Musab, Copywrite, Grayskul, and Micranots.

    • @ttarkus
      @ttarkus 6 років тому +2

      Enefis Crypt Cage is the shit too

  • @justasran4218
    @justasran4218 3 роки тому +1

    “You’re a quarter mil in debt I get more guidance from my barber” ...this man

  • @GamingDistortion
    @GamingDistortion 7 років тому +1

    Everything this guy touches is gold.

  • @jamesleveroni1260
    @jamesleveroni1260 3 роки тому +3

    This song is brilliant! So much inspiration from this artist

  • @eyedeasneverdie3348
    @eyedeasneverdie3348 6 років тому +466

    Is it me, or after discovering Aesop pretty much every other rapper is just boring

    • @xSpaceSauce
      @xSpaceSauce 5 років тому +62

      no. that's pretentious as fuck. find new rappers to listen to; start with lee scott or chester p :)

    • @quasihomestead
      @quasihomestead 5 років тому

      Truth

    • @Bruno-ec8ft
      @Bruno-ec8ft 5 років тому +18

      Try Lupe Fiasco.

    • @mariocastillo8334
      @mariocastillo8334 5 років тому +41

      MF DOOM is still amusing AF

    • @cahlinatwell11
      @cahlinatwell11 5 років тому +25

      Eyedea tho...

  • @MinTiHotepnutiMaat
    @MinTiHotepnutiMaat 4 роки тому +2

    Never disappointed ✨👌🏽

  • @maryrose811
    @maryrose811 3 роки тому +1

    You're a level of genius that has yet to be matched .. inspiring and humbling .. I'm shrunk

  • @gywnsfirstborn5002
    @gywnsfirstborn5002 7 років тому +11

    "she said when you start getting expressive and symbolic it becomes impossible to actualize an honest diagnostic. I said when you start getting all exact and algebraic I'm reminded its a racket not rehabilitation." I'm psych major as I'm sure Aesop (having been in and around college-level thinkers/resources) knows psychoanalysis is fading fast, the methods and measures (psychometrics) arguably have been dead since behaviorism, which itself has been dead since Chomsky's paper. But besides that as someone who also likes to write similarly to him, this is so fucking sick. One the best rappers ever. Not even just by vocabulary size but creativity and fluidity. Never mind the twisting, layered, and reflexive content. I wonder how he developed his style

    • @zacharyvaughn2044
      @zacharyvaughn2044 7 років тому

      Gywn's First Born is your name from dark souls? and yea that's my favorite part of the whole song

    • @ishmaelseneca3389
      @ishmaelseneca3389 5 років тому

      Let's think... Been rapping professionally since he was 16.

  • @72721212
    @72721212 7 років тому +4

    That last verse tho.. Wow

  • @ArizonaGunGuy
    @ArizonaGunGuy 7 років тому +2

    Yes. Just yes. Thank you. Your sybolism and metaphors in your lyrical content and the people you worked with on this video made it all come together.

  • @0lionheart
    @0lionheart 5 років тому +2

    I literally only just noticed the nod to Rob Sonic at 1:26! :D

  • @lamarledennis3220
    @lamarledennis3220 5 років тому +7

    The spirit of Shakespeare resides in him

    • @paulsallee4889
      @paulsallee4889 4 роки тому

      Shakespeare on paper, more like beavis in person.
      His words.

    • @lorib360
      @lorib360 2 роки тому

      With Chaucer's sense of humour.

  • @CemD85
    @CemD85 7 років тому +3

    *Toss all of my coins* please continue! :)

  • @virtualobsession7478
    @virtualobsession7478 7 років тому +1

    The sign in sheet...I can't. I'm already losing it. Thank you Rob Shaw.

  • @ibroughtthebrownpants2068
    @ibroughtthebrownpants2068 Рік тому

    "Feeling like a baby tooth," is the most creative way of saying you're about to fall out I've ever heard.

  • @danklibertarianism3109
    @danklibertarianism3109 7 років тому +4

    This guy is so widely liked he only has 28 dislikes on a video with 110,000+ views

  • @jswann3389
    @jswann3389 7 років тому +165

    Who the hell disliked this, the rodent from Blood Sandwich?

  • @MollieStar
    @MollieStar 7 років тому +1

    I love Rob Shaw's videos!

  • @raoulmaul
    @raoulmaul 7 років тому +2

    the first few lines of this song always blow my mind

  • @kyphus3725
    @kyphus3725 7 років тому +14

    I'm glad I pre ordered Impossible Kid

    • @james-en8yn
      @james-en8yn 7 років тому

      Vik G vinyl?

    • @susubear13
      @susubear13 7 років тому

      +Asequii what's the point of vinyl?

    • @james-en8yn
      @james-en8yn 7 років тому +3

      susubear13 clearer sound, for a much better listen. also they're cool af

    • @notmynormalusername1
      @notmynormalusername1 7 років тому

      Clearer sound is so delusional. They recorded with digital equipment and stamped it on a master, there's no way it has more clarity - it's either equal or more likely: much worse.
      It's just cool, that's the only sensible argument I can see.

    • @james-en8yn
      @james-en8yn 7 років тому

      Jared Thomson I assume you've never listened to a vinyl album in person before. It blows my mind to think that you think that a vinyl recording, the purest form of an album, is equal or lower quality than a CD through a car CD player or a song through a phone/computer speaker or even regular headphones. Just try that out, and maybe you'll see what I mean. If the quality is still somehow bad to you, then you need a new fucccccking record player my dude. Nothing else that I can say there. Happy experimenting

  • @thereindeertherabbitthebat592
    @thereindeertherabbitthebat592 Рік тому +4

    I wonder if his therapist took notes from this one... 🤔

  • @Ixaglet
    @Ixaglet Рік тому

    "I finally crunched the budget up and punched the button". Man I just love how that sounds and how it feels to say.

  • @aries6663
    @aries6663 7 років тому +1

    this was weirdly dope

  • @rare5274
    @rare5274 7 років тому +28

    As a gamer I truly appreciate this.

  • @gayactorrichardinnass7422
    @gayactorrichardinnass7422 2 роки тому +3

    Had my mom tell me I need therapy today, now I’m here, sup

  • @Famezonen
    @Famezonen 9 місяців тому +1

    If you save up all your winnings . Then you get to count your blessings.

  • @lavaconda_
    @lavaconda_ 4 роки тому +1

    This man is something else. High level.

  • @RisingVandal
    @RisingVandal 5 років тому +3

    not only is the song good, it's 100% accurate down to the kids fighting with whoever's watching them buried in their phone half the time and the sessions feeling like a street fighter squash match.

  • @einlosen
    @einlosen 6 років тому +7

    When was the last time you heard anyone, much less a rapper, say "panacea"?

  • @BossInvader1
    @BossInvader1 4 роки тому +2

    I've lived in and around Portland all my life, had no idea he did as well. Haven't been to Ground Kontrol in years.

  • @ImARichard
    @ImARichard 6 років тому +1

    Jesus Christ. Ive watched this video dozens of times before but never realized how well it conveys the health care system we have to fuck with. Fucking love this song even more.

  • @brianban110
    @brianban110 7 років тому +9

    the older I get the weirder my taste in music becomes; I'm okay with it 😉

  • @mn_cj1910
    @mn_cj1910 4 роки тому +6

    Listen to Get out of the car first, then Shrunk, and then Kirby.

  • @Delucati81
    @Delucati81 5 років тому +1

    AES, you saved my life. Keep on doing what needs doing.

  • @wildxwillx6106
    @wildxwillx6106 6 років тому +1

    Aesop rock been rocking with out rocking

  • @MrMISTANOODLES
    @MrMISTANOODLES 7 років тому +8

    She sais I'm not your enemy. I said that sounds like something that my enemy would say.

  • @xDTHx
    @xDTHx 7 років тому +5

    im not a rap person but may i say this has an early late 90's and very earlry 2000's vibe to it.

    • @Chris-bz3iy
      @Chris-bz3iy 6 років тому +2

      Agerix Official nah it's just aes

  • @Lonewitchexists
    @Lonewitchexists 7 років тому +2

    I love this video,love this song and love Aesop's style.

  • @predictorbibulous3327
    @predictorbibulous3327 Рік тому +1

    So good.