Aesop Rock & TOBACCO are Malibu Ken - Acid King (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2018
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    “Acid King” is the first single from Aesop Rock and TOBACCO's album, "Malibu Ken," which is available everywhere on streaming, Mp3, CD, and vinyl LP. Order now: rse.lnk.to/MalibuKen
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    Video credits -
    Director: Rob Shaw
    Producer: Brianna Vitale
    Character Designs: James Quigley
    Art Direction: James Quigley
    2D Animator: Jesse McManus
    Reference Video: Jim Birkett
    Compositor: Cameron Carson
    Editor: Rob Shaw
    Record Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
    Lyrics:
    The magic is black, backyard happy and fertile, for Kasso, the acid king of the black circle, same year Bowie dropped, 2 horns hatched and matured, to gore Northport's 84, Here is 84: Mary Lou Retton, Excitebike, AIDS, Jeopardy!, wake up the Orwell in me, crack rock, anyway - 17 summers in developing, would it be the middle school or ketamine? Guess, left home in the dark, to curl up in the bear hug of Suffolk County's arms, with a bevy of heavy metal records and leather bibles, more Anton Levee than St. Michael, more sherm in a Ford on bricks behind Midas, fly with the pentagram pilot, Sabbath and Judas and all tunes prudent, seems tame now but then it was devil music, Rick 6, the nick name clicks, makeshift alter in a clearing in the sticks, forfeit a kitten by the forks from the kitchen, with horsemen who drew the same symbols, pitchforks waving out a grand theft 4 x 4 support system, alas, Angus on the ax in the back, foreground offering a pitch-dark animal corpse in backyard black mass, and a brash curiosity opt for grave robbery, to puff and pluck skulls out of cemetery property, cops cuff him and stuff him in Amityville Asylum, that's fantasy island for Noah's Lions, at the time South Oaks, but focus on the environment, and how it couldn't loosen the lucifer out it’s client who would flee, pale moon, pale horse howling death, and LSD to make it mean more than it meant, Pay attention - here's where the whole thing sours, and goes from Intriguing to wowzers, at a party, a passed-out drunk Kasso gets got for 10 bags of dust, Now it's not a big town and people have big mouths, so he fishes around ’til he figures it out, Gary Lauwers, 17 years young, you have no idea what you've done, track him down, beat him pissy, got 5 bags back, stills owes him 50, oh Ricky Ricky, do he hound him for loot, or show him how the hell bound do? hm… Kasso waves all debt, says “Let's just go and get baked instead”, 2 Shake hands and the beef play dead, though its more like a skeeter shaking a web, and along came a spider with 2 of his friends, It was into the woods, a delusional mess, 4 kids dipped in a black hole bath, June 16, Kasso snaps, off-guard Gary tackled and pinned, sees Rick pull a knife from his jacket and grin, raise that knife like a sword to the moon, plunge that knife through a portrait of youth, going “Say you love Satan! Say you love Satan!", Lauwers ain't say it, just cave to the facelift, 32 stab wounds, gouged out eyes, burns on his skin, not a cloud in the sky, Kasso would later explain he was told, by Satan himself in the form of a crow, to murder the kid cold, a part of a pristine whole, no no no no no… and just had to brag, until somebody sad just had to rat, sat in cell as a merchant of hate who would hang from his sheet before the 3rd day, some say Kasso was part of a cult but I'm sure there was more than we're told, more than adults or authority could rightly decode, or maybe I'm wrong and he's finally home, Kasso . - It's starting to feel like a nice night, hold close to the highs and the white light, hold close to the good you are drawn to, these woods were grown to disarm you.
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  • @SobekVT
    @SobekVT 2 роки тому +43

    Malibu Ken is my favorite Vtuber

  • @brennanbundy7634
    @brennanbundy7634 5 років тому +552

    "Gary Lauwers, seventeen years young, you have no idea what you've done" What a legitimately unsettling line.

    • @calebheney302
      @calebheney302 4 роки тому +62

      Ikr, I have an older friend whos brother went to school with Kasso and Garry. A lot of kids stopped going to school right after that happened, even some who got to see the body.

    • @roddydykes7053
      @roddydykes7053 4 роки тому +14

      Caleb Heney that’s insane, I’d imagine the news of that just rocked the place

    • @wrestlar3246
      @wrestlar3246 4 роки тому +3

      Caleb Heney you from Long Island ?

    • @calebheney302
      @calebheney302 4 роки тому +5

      @@wrestlar3246 no, i was in buffalo for a while though

    • @keithmichael112
      @keithmichael112 4 роки тому +19

      I like 'And LSD to make it mean more than it meant' - it's not unsettling, but insightful, the psychedelics are effecting their judgement

  • @wzrdofgore9845
    @wzrdofgore9845 4 роки тому +301

    "2D Animator: Jesse McManus" Did just one guy animate this? Christ.

    • @smashfam1
      @smashfam1 4 роки тому +12

      yeah just one

    • @EXTENDEDWARRANT
      @EXTENDEDWARRANT 3 роки тому +4

      I read somewhere they used motion capture with this video I’m sure they had to do some animation still tho

    • @TheRealElectrofox
      @TheRealElectrofox 3 роки тому +1

      @@smashfam1 Alas, only one...

    • @agyratingmonkey
      @agyratingmonkey 3 роки тому +1

      >just one
      Just one 2d artist for the textures and non 3d motion. Idk if you need an entire team for mocap but I imagine that's also doable with one artist

    • @ndrocefalo
      @ndrocefalo 3 роки тому +1

      Search for 'Gunsho' (Quigley's Magic Shop) You'll thank me later.

  • @catatafish22
    @catatafish22 Рік тому +11

    "hold close to the good you are drawn to, these woods were grown to disarm you"

  • @beatrix.squiddo
    @beatrix.squiddo 5 років тому +147

    Apparently, Aes went to the same High School as Ricky Kasso. (After him of course) makes this song a lot more haunting

    • @davego2160
      @davego2160 5 років тому +19

      @ALEXANDER MELVIN i find that hard to believe

    • @calebheney302
      @calebheney302 4 роки тому +10

      @@davego2160 especially with that pfp

    • @meetwheatpodcast9078
      @meetwheatpodcast9078 4 роки тому

      @@calebheney302 😂😂😂

    • @mason0190
      @mason0190 3 роки тому +12

      this is actually true, look at the notable alumni section of the wiki page for northport high school

  • @Forwardslashhug
    @Forwardslashhug 5 років тому +160

    This may very well be the best song Aesop Rock has ever written. Like, the speed and precision, the hectic beat it's matched with. It's unreal, and it gives you a feeling that really represents the subject matter. I understand it's hard to truly make that assertion.... but god if this isn't one of the most impressive things I have heard Aes rap on.

    • @medotata5356
      @medotata5356 4 роки тому +6

      Yup, can't imagine anyone else riding this beat like him.

    • @ianthompson4038
      @ianthompson4038 2 роки тому +6

      What's more impressive is this story is based on actual events that unfold the way he explained it...

    • @Crackpot_Astronaut
      @Crackpot_Astronaut Рік тому +2

      ​@Sugmi Richards
      Are you being sarcastic? If you're not, you should definitely check it out. Yes it is, and it makes the song even more awesome and impressive. He told this story incredibly.
      There's a video on UA-cam by Twisted Minds called (I believe) "The Case of the Acid King Murderer" that's good. It's only 14 minutes and it goes through a lot of what's in this song.

  • @drphiI
    @drphiI Рік тому +22

    the last line "..Or maybe I'm wrong and he's finally home - Kasso." coupled with Tobacco's synth lines never fails to give me chills.

  • @CreativeYousername
    @CreativeYousername 5 років тому +1780

    I love you and this song Aesop, but I am never going to watch that video again.
    Edit: Two months later and I've watched this video a solid 20 times

  • @wrytte
    @wrytte 5 років тому +88

    The demonic voice that follows Aesop's lyrics is fucking awesome. Makes the song so much darker

    • @maxgauntlett6341
      @maxgauntlett6341 8 місяців тому +2

      I think that’s TOBACCO

    • @Bambino_60
      @Bambino_60 5 місяців тому

      Things that never happened for 200$ Aaron

    • @wrytte
      @wrytte 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Bambino_60 you don't hear it?? If not you probably need better speakers lol

  • @Mrbronx127
    @Mrbronx127 5 років тому +835

    Rejoice the GOAT Aesop Rock has returned

    • @Christopher-rt2hh
      @Christopher-rt2hh 5 років тому +17

      Yep. The best, still years ahead of the mumble rap shitheads like Fetty, Tekashi, Migos and all that dirt.

    • @tigelton
      @tigelton 5 років тому +34

      he never left sir

    • @hardsoftworks
      @hardsoftworks 5 років тому +5

      the goose among goats.

    • @dbspaceoditty
      @dbspaceoditty 5 років тому +11

      has returned? he has been cranking out music at a higher rate then most rich and famous hiphop artists.

    • @aceyoshy6
      @aceyoshy6 5 років тому

      REJOICE MY BROTHERS I SAY REJOICE

  • @jordanashford715
    @jordanashford715 3 роки тому +4

    Damn. I didn't know this is a true story.

    • @hoagielamp6543
      @hoagielamp6543 2 роки тому +1

      Right? I was suggested a video dissecting this song and I realized it told a true story. The exact years and dates probably should have clued us in lmao

  • @RCCola339
    @RCCola339 5 років тому +17

    Gary Lauwers, 17 years young, you have no idea what you've done
    So much fire in here

  • @charlieredmond7805
    @charlieredmond7805 5 років тому +53

    Aesop is the greatest lyricist of all time

  • @lucidmemer4456
    @lucidmemer4456 5 років тому +148

    I love Tobacco's beats and synths

  • @matshbocks
    @matshbocks 5 років тому +39

    This... This is dark. Just from reading the lyrics... Good god.

    • @wrytte
      @wrytte 5 років тому +2

      Jeezus I didn't even think about reading them.

    • @evans7665
      @evans7665 3 роки тому +1

      google ricky kasso

    • @matshbocks
      @matshbocks 3 роки тому +1

      @@evans7665 a bit late on finding this comment, but I did in fact. Thanks on behalf of those who also stroll by this comment.

  • @elfalco101
    @elfalco101 5 років тому +188

    Malibu Ken took a dark turn when Barbie broke up with him

    • @I.luv.evildeadrise
      @I.luv.evildeadrise 4 роки тому

      @ALEXANDER MELVIN wrong heccin comment.

    • @fancylion6687
      @fancylion6687 4 роки тому +1

      @ALEXANDER MELVIN uhuh, the person with a anime PFP was the friend of a high school murderer in the 80s/90s

    • @PartnershipsForYou
      @PartnershipsForYou 4 роки тому +1

      Fancy Lion he watches anime and is edgy as fuck. Is it a wonder he’s still a virgin?

    • @theshamanite
      @theshamanite 3 роки тому +1

      Malibu was only where one of her many Kens were (-_-)

  • @TB-vj1un
    @TB-vj1un 5 років тому +519

    is this supreme patty

    • @ButterBossTV
      @ButterBossTV 4 роки тому

      Beuh

    • @loltom3703
      @loltom3703 4 роки тому

      Your comment is savagely underrated.

    • @erikgilson1687
      @erikgilson1687 4 роки тому +4

      Once when me and a buddy were on acid we somehow switched to a Guy Fieri marathon and couldn’t figure out how to change it. It was like a “best of” of him just cramming food into his mouth with his eyes wide and it was a combination of disgust and hilarity that we couldn’t turn it off. It was horrible but in the funniest way possible

    • @logicone5667
      @logicone5667 3 роки тому

      @@erikgilson1687 had tons of experiences like that.. lsd shows how grotesque humanity really is.. gotta hide.. dope name too.. my name is Eriks..

    • @erikgilson1687
      @erikgilson1687 3 роки тому

      @@logicone5667 Well LSD can also show how great humanity is and how we’re all one, but Guy Fieri probably isn’t the way to do it lmao. And yeah man Eriks with a k rule

  • @gullywabbit4494
    @gullywabbit4494 5 років тому +245

    Aes & Earl in the same day... there is a real possibility of the universe imploding

  • @NicDoesDumbThings
    @NicDoesDumbThings 11 днів тому

    I've known so many people in my time who think Aesop just raps nonsense to rhyme but this song's lyrics singlehandedly prove that notion wrong. He retells the story of Kasso vividly, bending his words masterfully to include tons of details. True poetry.

  • @UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos
    @UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos 5 років тому +269

    Okay, so the moral is not to talk to crows when you're on acid especially when they tell you they are Satan. I think the world needs this message rn.

    • @t4ngo_kilo
      @t4ngo_kilo 5 років тому +9

      Untitled Name Gang this rap is a true story about Ricky Kasso

    • @struckmatch3400
      @struckmatch3400 5 років тому +14

      Untitled Name Gang you should look into the story, the kids did LSD yes, but I’m almost positive what made the whole thing go south is the PCP

    • @ryanwhitfield100
      @ryanwhitfield100 5 років тому +10

      I took away "don't steal drugs in a small town."

    • @amberearheart3326
      @amberearheart3326 5 років тому +2

      Hold close to the good you are drawn to!! The man is a genius!

    • @nem3sys
      @nem3sys 3 роки тому +1

      But that's exactly when you should talk to the crows... the rest of the time they're all "caw! caw! look at this lunatic!"

  • @SnoopPogg
    @SnoopPogg 5 років тому +131

    Tbh I think this is up there with the greatest Aesop Rock songs of all time, which clearly says something. I'm very impressed by his surgical rhythmic precision, lyrics as a whole, and I think this is the best musical composition he's rapped to. The beginning beat throws you off by starting with a pickup note, which makes the higher pitched note sound like the quarter note pulse, but in fact the second, lower pitched note is the downbeat. Then he starts rapping on the quarter note before the fourth note in the measure saying "The Ma-gic is" and says "black" on the downbeat of the next measure. Those are just the first two examples of his rhythmic excellence. Aesop is not fair to compete against when it comes to lyrical and rhythmic creativity and precision.

    • @akillen77
      @akillen77 5 років тому +13

      Call me a normie but I still love None Shall Pass

    • @akillen77
      @akillen77 5 років тому +2

      @@universal_hyssoap yeah just he plays it at every show almost overplayed at this point

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee 5 років тому +1

      I didn't pick up on that the first time. So impressive.

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee 5 років тому +1

      I think I'd still say Watertower is my favourite

    • @thevoiceofthelost
      @thevoiceofthelost 5 років тому +3

      I fucking love corn maze, hot dogs, and the much lesser known next best thing. Honestly, next best thing is still one of my faves. Kiss the cook which dropped recently is also fucking amazing....
      You know what? How about i just say i love his production period, especially the more unconventional tracks. xD

  • @mohammedelshalwe777
    @mohammedelshalwe777 5 років тому +188

    EARL AND AESOP DROP IN THE SAME DAY. WHAT A MIRACLE

    • @alejandroramirez4470
      @alejandroramirez4470 5 років тому

      Wait, earl has another track now or the album is announced for the same day?

    • @EXTENDEDWARRANT
      @EXTENDEDWARRANT 5 років тому +3

      Alejandro Ramirez he came out a song like last week, today he came out with a new song and announced his new album which is coming out on the 30th

    • @mohammedelshalwe777
      @mohammedelshalwe777 5 років тому +2

      @@alejandroramirez4470 its called the mints bro, go check it out.

    • @alejandroramirez4470
      @alejandroramirez4470 5 років тому +3

      already checked it and ordered the tape. Crazy last couple of months. Bad actress, oxnard and and now some rap songs. I'm sure the aesop collab will kick off 2019 just right though.

    • @jmeslau
      @jmeslau 5 років тому +1

      Christmas has come early

  • @jking0821
    @jking0821 5 років тому +147

    I love Aes songs where the beat lets the lyrics shine. The simplicity of the beat lets you really zone into the lyrics which are always the main event on an Aes song. This is fantastic

    • @DoobieFerguson
      @DoobieFerguson 5 років тому +2

      Justin King agreed!! I’ve always said one of the things that makes him different is that his lyrics make the beat better where as other artists make their lyrics with a beat.

    • @plantain.1739
      @plantain.1739 5 років тому

      That's the Magic of Tobacco friend

    • @DoobieFerguson
      @DoobieFerguson 5 років тому

      @@plantain.1739 Na I mean I give Tobacco mad props for this but this pertains more so in general throughout Aes' career. Blockhead will always be my favorite producer because of it.

    • @plantain.1739
      @plantain.1739 5 років тому

      @@DoobieFerguson I'm gonna be honest I know absolutely nothing about current Rap and from what I've heard, gonna kinda disagree with you.

    • @DoobieFerguson
      @DoobieFerguson 5 років тому +3

      @@plantain.1739 If you know nothing about the subject then how can you form an opinion on it? That's like me saying "Quantum mechanics is a load of malarky".

  • @OhiIMEthan
    @OhiIMEthan 5 років тому +96

    "and they looked at us like swindlers with them Ricky Kasso jitters" -Catacomb Kids

    • @smokebombwizard3972
      @smokebombwizard3972 5 років тому +11

      KiNG KrEWL oh shit, nice job digging that up for us

    • @winstonelam5484
      @winstonelam5484 5 років тому +11

      Now I wonder (and really hope) that all the songs on the EP are Aes picking a random reference he made 15-20 years ago and giving us the wiki article on it

  • @jonathanturcotte2197
    @jonathanturcotte2197 5 років тому +36

    I'm sensing some empathy from Aes regarding Kasso. It's such an interesting/horrifying story to tell, but only Aes could tell it with such clarity and expertise.

    • @jpollackauthor
      @jpollackauthor 5 років тому +11

      Kasso came from an abusive home. The things he endured were horrific - not surprising he finally snapped that night. Terrible.

    • @jamesgarcia4341
      @jamesgarcia4341 5 років тому

      whos kasso

    •  5 років тому +2

      Jesse P. Pollack He didn't just snap he had that shit planned out.

    • @MFTMSS
      @MFTMSS 2 роки тому +1

      @@jamesgarcia4341 Ricky Kasso, a teenager who killed his friend. The song is about him.

  • @qhotdog9343
    @qhotdog9343 5 років тому +5

    A JOINT PROJECT OF AESOP ROCK AND TOBACCO IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SPLIFF EVER ROLLED

  • @jimthomas856
    @jimthomas856 3 роки тому +53

    This is art. It’s disturbing as hell but it’s a work of art. The animation & the song go together perfectly

  • @josephdavis2695
    @josephdavis2695 5 років тому +386

    I can’t wait to hear the track but for some reason, UA-cam won’t let me skip this Clearasil commercial.

    • @eci4
      @eci4 5 років тому +16

      I have reloaded this video 15 times in hopes of seeing a Clearasil commercial, but alas I just keep getting this amazing songs.
      Worse things have happened to better people.

    • @josephdavis2695
      @josephdavis2695 5 років тому +19

      eci4 wow bud..... woooooosh.

    • @silverknight2101
      @silverknight2101 5 років тому +12

      @@eci4 The biggest woosh there ever was

    • @AK-jk7co
      @AK-jk7co 5 років тому +1

      LOL

    • @555Gear
      @555Gear 5 років тому +1

      LOL 💀

  • @TheRealElectrofox
    @TheRealElectrofox 3 роки тому +3

    It's like a fairytale. For a forensic pathologist...

  • @eliquate
    @eliquate 5 років тому +24

    Am I the only one who thinks Aesop is the only rapper getting better and more interesting with age? Sure, plenty of rappers are as good or close to as good as their prime, but Aesop is like an aging scholar. Really unique for this genera

    • @gryphittikeys
      @gryphittikeys 2 роки тому

      This man is definitely dedicated to the craft. As an ex rhymer or whatever I see the growth. He knows his niche and how to capitalize on his perspective

    • @whatareyoudoingthis4
      @whatareyoudoingthis4 2 роки тому +1

      "The only rapper" defo objectively wrong but yeah I can see it

    • @eliquate
      @eliquate 2 роки тому

      @@whatareyoudoingthis4 who else would you say is improving in their late 40s? I’m not asking to be combative, I would genuinely like to know so I can listen.

    • @whatareyoudoingthis4
      @whatareyoudoingthis4 2 роки тому +2

      @@eliquate Killer Mike, Pharoahe Monch, Royce Da 5’9” (debatable depending on taste) and Pusha T come to mind

    • @jasongrace4005
      @jasongrace4005 Рік тому

      Black Thought!!!

  • @blaker544
    @blaker544 3 роки тому +2

    Aging like wine.

  • @b.jr.7816
    @b.jr.7816 5 років тому +741

    Richard Allan "Ricky" Kasso Jr. (March 29, 1967 - July 7, 1984) murdered his 17-year-old friend Gary Lauwers in Northport, New York, on June 19, 1984. Two other teens, Jimmy Troiano and Albert Quinones, were present at the murder, which took place in the Aztakea Woods of Northport while all four were high on what they believed to be mescaline, but was most likely LSD.
    The murder became sensational news in New York City and across the nation due to the alleged torture of Lauwers and supposed occult aspects of the murder. The murder took place during a period when there was much public concern over the effects of Satanic and occult content in heavy metal music and in role-playing games. Kasso was wearing an AC/DC T-shirt at the time of his arrest and was a fan of groups such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne.

    • @isayflowerband8158
      @isayflowerband8158 5 років тому +37

      how do you get confused between Mescaline and LSD?!

    • @rosco3516
      @rosco3516 5 років тому +98

      @@isayflowerband8158
      Bad dealer. Ive heard of people selling LSA as LSD.
      More to the point. Imagine being tortured and murdered while tripping. Holy shit. Tripping in the wrong direction is bad enough. Torture and death?

    • @mechagorilla518
      @mechagorilla518 5 років тому +3

      Hmm sounds pretty suss to me...

    • @DRTMaverick
      @DRTMaverick 5 років тому +17

      Still not sure how you'd confuse the two, mescaline is active in the milligram levels, like say 200-500mg, whereas lsd is microgram doses, so visibly they're completely different.

    • @Michellepunkrock
      @Michellepunkrock 5 років тому +87

      Dude ... all drugs are the same to people that don’t use drugs or have familiarity with them. Mescaline & pcp got confused in a friend’s police report & it was printed in the news etc

  • @deadsailorian
    @deadsailorian 5 років тому +63

    Pay attention, this is where the whole thing sours and goes from intriguing to wowzers.

    • @deadsailorian
      @deadsailorian 5 років тому +14

      Damn I love how fucked up and dark it gets after that warning line.

    • @matshbocks
      @matshbocks 5 років тому

      The whole song is based in dark territory.

    • @deadsailorian
      @deadsailorian 5 років тому +2

      @@matshbocks yeah the story is really crazy. I like the distorted voice near the end too. He does that again in the corn maze song. I'm digging that.

    • @topper24hours
      @topper24hours 5 років тому

      That’s a dope line! Where’d you get it from? You write that?

    • @matshbocks
      @matshbocks 5 років тому +1

      At a part a drunk passed out Kasso wakes up with 10 bags of dust

  • @IchKomentiereNur123
    @IchKomentiereNur123 5 років тому +552

    RIP to anyone watching this on acid

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee 5 років тому +13

      Just watched it very high. Was super fuckin trippy haha.

    • @th3SyLvEsTeR
      @th3SyLvEsTeR 5 років тому +16

      It basically felt like the dude was 3d on acid

    • @whiterabbit4016
      @whiterabbit4016 5 років тому +28

      I made that mistake, freaked me out. Tried to watch fucking animal planet but that freaked me out more.

    • @justkevin09
      @justkevin09 5 років тому +2

      What is acid? I thought acidic things could not be sat upon?

    • @voltpikachu7419
      @voltpikachu7419 5 років тому +3

      Nope but watching this high on weed and it's was a fucked up experience

  • @grindcoremaniac
    @grindcoremaniac 5 років тому +377

    Dude, Aes coming back with new music with Tobacco from BMSR?????? Holy shit. My brain exploded.

    • @dankzappa7705
      @dankzappa7705 5 років тому +14

      He worked with him long ago, too. Cool to see them on another collab.

    • @robotxul
      @robotxul 5 років тому +4

      he has tracks with tobacco from a while back too

    • @grindcoremaniac
      @grindcoremaniac 5 років тому +4

      @@dankzappa7705 i had no idea. Gonna have to delve into the back catalogue.

    • @dankzappa7705
      @dankzappa7705 5 років тому +4

      @@grindcoremaniac ua-cam.com/video/ME9cHn6j88o/v-deo.html here you go, bub.

    • @BboyDonnie8
      @BboyDonnie8 5 років тому

      Yyyyaaaaasss!!!!

  • @isopodshuffle
    @isopodshuffle 2 роки тому +4

    it's like someone took the grossest, edgiest Pog we all had in 1992 and animated it

    • @echelonrank3927
      @echelonrank3927 2 роки тому

      or just stole the idea entirely from Lorn - 'Ghosst(s)' 2012 .

    • @hoagielamp6543
      @hoagielamp6543 2 роки тому +1

      @@echelonrank3927 "The idea" of a face centered on a screen with gross imagery? That shit is way older than 2012.

    • @echelonrank3927
      @echelonrank3927 2 роки тому

      @@hoagielamp6543 ok they didnt steal the general idea, they stole the specific way it looks. cartoon, worms , insects, pimples, all the small details

    • @z39836
      @z39836 Рік тому

      @@echelonrank3927 similar idea, completely different execution

  • @bstillwell5950
    @bstillwell5950 5 років тому +7

    "...Made it mean more than it meant."

  • @anonymous709
    @anonymous709 5 років тому +8

    The character in the video represents Aesop's flow altogether.
    It just keeps getting sicker, and it's falling apart in such an intricate way that you can't look away even though the textures may be unpleasant. It all stays together.

  • @om3g4z3r0
    @om3g4z3r0 2 роки тому +4

    You can hear the devil repeating the lyrics on your right ear.

    • @DavvyDarko
      @DavvyDarko 2 роки тому

      Good catch

    • @om3g4z3r0
      @om3g4z3r0 2 роки тому +2

      @@DavvyDarko ur a good catch

    • @DavvyDarko
      @DavvyDarko 2 роки тому

      @@om3g4z3r0 i appreciate that

  • @Mo11y_Mi11ions
    @Mo11y_Mi11ions 5 років тому +28

    . . .Or maybe I'm wrong and he's finally home.
    Kasso

  • @feastmode7931
    @feastmode7931 5 років тому +59

    please don't watch this on acid
    don't make the mistakes i've made in life
    i beg you

    • @dragoon3084
      @dragoon3084 3 роки тому +1

      You good now fam?

    • @feastmode7931
      @feastmode7931 3 роки тому +3

      @@dragoon3084 -- yeah and kinda ready to come back to this on a trip just for kicks lmao

    • @dragoon3084
      @dragoon3084 3 роки тому +3

      @@feastmode7931 hell yeah brother

  • @jonsense4937
    @jonsense4937 Рік тому +4

    i don't know what to write to describe how top notch aesop's storytelling is....Perfection... Aesop really knows how to paint a scene with words.... top 3 rapper for me easily...his skill is almost unmatched.....and i absolutely LOVE the beat

  • @parimenides
    @parimenides 5 років тому +2

    Watching this in a coffee shop on repeat, loving the gritty vibe, watching over my shoulder before hitting 'replay' to try and avoid freaking out the old man on the laptop next to me with the puking scab-faced rapping Malibu Ken on my screen.

  • @randomfrankp
    @randomfrankp 5 років тому +146

    New Earl and Aesop on the same day?!

    • @daniellopez732
      @daniellopez732 3 роки тому +3

      Yooooo it’s Frank! I didn’t know you liked Aesop! Love the content.

    • @pelicanpelican2055
      @pelicanpelican2055 3 роки тому +1

      from og joji, ye, to aesop. I never expected you to have this great of a music taste but thats awesome dude

    • @Alexb72219
      @Alexb72219 Рік тому

      The good ol days lol

  • @tentativeentertainment3363
    @tentativeentertainment3363 5 років тому +10

    So i tend to draw alot. usually monsters and weird shit. Ive just started experimenting with this style of art in the last month... ive drawn a series of increasingly gross and goopy pieces, with the aim of making something truly disgusting. at the moment its a super grimey burger covered in dead fish and fecal matter. I LOVE THIS. Its great to see this kind of style getting out and about, being used with established artists etc...

  • @mtveltri
    @mtveltri 5 років тому +774

    I respect the artistic vision behind the video, but my gosh that was unpleasant to look at lmao

    • @vuvffufg
      @vuvffufg 5 років тому +40

      imagine it in a VR video

    • @Buttermi1kJesus
      @Buttermi1kJesus 5 років тому +44

      @@vuvffufg on LSD

    • @zackrose6925
      @zackrose6925 5 років тому +25

      I thought it was perfect for the music that was being explained

    • @T3n50r
      @T3n50r 5 років тому +1

      @@Buttermi1kJesus Why can't we have both?

    • @lounowell4171
      @lounowell4171 5 років тому

      imagine living it

  • @verypnk2203
    @verypnk2203 3 роки тому +4

    oh this guy's the acid king alright

  • @edwardteach6560
    @edwardteach6560 8 місяців тому +2

    The writing in this song backs up the study that you have used more unique words than even Shakespear. You are a genius.

  • @calebheney302
    @calebheney302 4 роки тому +87

    Found this song looking up the metal band Acid King. Knew the second he started rapping what it was about. Dark shit, awesome song. Not dissapointed.

    • @maximusprime9389
      @maximusprime9389 4 роки тому

      So true

    • @poughkeepsieblue
      @poughkeepsieblue 3 роки тому

      Did you know of aesop rock before you viewed this? Or was this an intro to his incredible work?

    • @calebheney302
      @calebheney302 3 роки тому +2

      @@poughkeepsieblue this was my intro, i dig this dudes music though.

    • @poughkeepsieblue
      @poughkeepsieblue 3 роки тому

      @@calebheney302 I'm glad to hear that, he is amazing, and some like his older work, some like his newer, but I like going through it as long as I have, and watching it evolve.
      Hope you find more you like, he would probably appreciate any support he can get, case it all helps him out.

    • @shelbybrown8312
      @shelbybrown8312 2 роки тому +1

      It's about an actual murder

  • @elektrozil9728
    @elektrozil9728 4 роки тому +10

    This legally passes through the blood-brain barrier.

  • @troyhenquinet5953
    @troyhenquinet5953 2 роки тому +9

    I've listened to this song many of times. Tonight was the first night I realized the demonic sounding under tone is only played on the right stereo. I love you Aes

  • @ryanjohnson9620
    @ryanjohnson9620 2 роки тому +5

    insanely sick beat

  • @kylepass08
    @kylepass08 5 років тому +624

    Living in a barn makes you rap better.

    • @rainsweptflower3840
      @rainsweptflower3840 5 років тому +42

      nah m8, re honing your ability to draw makes you rap better. he posts his drawings to instagram often and has been for many moons. ♥♥♥

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 5 років тому +37

      @@rainsweptflower3840 He was making a joke. And partially right. Apart of his artistic elevation came from isolation. A lot of great minds live isolated.

    • @rainsweptflower3840
      @rainsweptflower3840 5 років тому +11

      @@prototype8137 you're telling an artist who has agoraphobia nothing she isn't already aware of. ^_~

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 5 років тому +7

      @@rainsweptflower3840 ah, well it sounded like you shut down the guys comment by saying no, when in reality it did certainly help. : )

    • @rainsweptflower3840
      @rainsweptflower3840 5 років тому +5

      @@prototype8137 it's all good. Text is even more easily misinterpreted then spoken word, no worries.

  • @TheJuicebox3030
    @TheJuicebox3030 5 років тому +29

    This is a masterpiece. Nuf said.

    • @echelonrank3927
      @echelonrank3927 2 роки тому

      STOLEN from Lorn - 'Ghosst(s)' 2012 . same maggot face thing happening at 0:45 . CHEKMATE.

  • @vernie_in_hell
    @vernie_in_hell 2 роки тому +17

    this was my little brother's favorite song. he loved it so much he nicknamed himself "kasso." rest easy, mike. ❤️

    • @trecoolman23
      @trecoolman23 11 місяців тому

      Did he die?

    • @Approvaled
      @Approvaled 11 місяців тому

      ​@trecoolman23 you just blow in from stupid town?

  • @Qinfinite0
    @Qinfinite0 5 років тому +11

    Aesop killing it once again. Has he legitimately ever made a song that hasn't blew your eardrums apart with his witty lyricism?

  • @modtheband.746
    @modtheband.746 5 років тому +18

    tobacco rules, perfect fit

  • @mayu9586
    @mayu9586 5 років тому +151

    Wow this is terrifying

    • @mastermeme
      @mastermeme 5 років тому +1

      I am on 1P-LSD

    • @vic5254
      @vic5254 5 років тому +6

      If this is terrifying, I recommend looking to the story of Kasso that the song is based off of. Wild stuff.

    • @mayu9586
      @mayu9586 5 років тому

      @@vic5254 i know all about that, look at some of my other comments

  • @RockHumble42
    @RockHumble42 5 років тому +70

    There's my medication, thanks Aes

  • @brothersonwhatevershow9271
    @brothersonwhatevershow9271 5 років тому

    Aesop Rock = Untouchable

  • @diapysik
    @diapysik 5 років тому +5

    Aesop+Tobacco is one of my favorite combos can't wait for this new album.

  • @boredbyheaven
    @boredbyheaven 5 років тому +337

    aesop rock is the best rapper change my mind

    • @Neimonster
      @Neimonster 5 років тому +34

      ༼ʘ̚ل͜ʘ̚༽ - he's right, you know

    • @DawnOfNihil
      @DawnOfNihil 5 років тому +34

      no changing our minds on that one brother

    • @persenseofficial1579
      @persenseofficial1579 5 років тому +27

      It is reassuring to know other people know what's up.

    • @bdy420
      @bdy420 5 років тому +9

      No sir I won't do it.. Change nothing

    • @harrisonreed1502
      @harrisonreed1502 5 років тому +17

      Can I call MC ride a rapper. I suppose he's more of a vocalist ...

  • @incognito3698
    @incognito3698 5 років тому +7

    I think I just shit my pants twice. The first listen I shit my pants from just listening to the actual sound of the song. After I took a shower and changed clothes and burned the previous ones, I listened to the lyrics and the story. Lemme tell you, the look on my face was staggering to say the least. Im going to go change again.

  • @sonsofsparda22
    @sonsofsparda22 Рік тому +4

    I love how his cadence harmonizes with the synth beats. It's so amazing

  • @Mariappetite
    @Mariappetite 4 роки тому +34

    The magic is black
    Backyard happy and fertile
    For Kasso the acid king of the black circle
    Same year Bowie dropped, two horns hatched and matured
    To gore Northport's '84
    Here is '84: Mary Lou Retton, Excitebike, AIDS, Jeopardy!
    Wake up the Orwell in me
    Crack rock, anyway, seventeen summers in developing
    Would it be the middle school or ketamine, guess
    Left home in the dark, to curl up in a bear hug in Suffolk county's arms
    With a bevy of heavy metal records and leather bibles
    More Anton LaVey than Saint Michael
    More sherm in a Ford on bricks behind Midas
    Fly with the pentagram pilot
    Sabbath and Judas and all tunes prudent
    Seems tame now, but then it was devil music
    Rick six, the nickname clicks
    Makeshift altar in a clearing in the sticks
    Forfeit a kitten by the forks from the kitchen
    With horsemen who drew the same symbols
    Pitchforks waving out a grand theft four by four support system, alas
    Angus on the ax in the back
    Foreground offering a pitch-dark animal corpse and backyard black mass
    And a brash curiosity opt for grave robbery
    To puff and pluck skulls at a cemetery property
    Cops cuff him and stuff him in Amityville Asylum
    It's fantasy island for Noah's Lions, at the time
    South Oaks, but focus on the environment
    And how it couldn't loosen the Lucifer out his client who would flee
    Pale moon, pale horse howling death
    And LSD to make it mean more than it meant
    Pay attention, here's where the whole thing sours
    And goes from intrigue into wowzers
    At a party, a passed out drunk Kasso gets got for ten bags of dust
    Now it's not a big town, and people are big mouths
    So he fishes around 'til he figures it out
    Gary Lauwers, seventeen years young
    You have no idea what you've done
    Track him down, beat him pissy
    He got five bags back, still owes him fifty
    Oh Ricky, Ricky, do we hound him for loot,
    Or show him how the hellbound do? Hm
    Kasso waives all debts, says "Let's just go and get baked instead"
    Two shake hands and the beef play dead
    Though it's more like a skeeter shaking a web
    And along came a spider with two of his friends
    It was into the woods, a delusional mess
    Four kids dipped in a black hole bath
    June 16, Kasso snaps
    Off-guard Gary tackled and pinned
    Sees Rick pull a knife from his jacket and grin
    Raise that knife like a sword to the moon
    Plunge that knife through a portrait of youth, going
    "Say you love Satan, say you love Satan"
    Lauwers ain't say it, just cave to the face lift
    Thirty-two stab wounds, gouged out eyes
    Burns on his skin, not a cloud in the sky
    Kasso had later explained he was told by Satan himself in the form of a crow
    To murder the kid cold, a part of a pristine whole
    No, no, no, no, no
    And just had to brag, until somebody sad just had to rat
    Sat in the cell is a merchant of hate,
    Who would hang from his sheet before the third day
    Some say Kasso was part of a cult,
    But I'm sure there was more than we're told
    More than adults and authority could rightly decode
    Or maybe I'm wrong and he's finally home
    Kasso

    • @codyuhrinek1659
      @codyuhrinek1659 3 роки тому

      Incredible!

    • @sirbibton
      @sirbibton 3 роки тому

      You missed the last part but close enough?

    • @3en847
      @3en847 3 роки тому +2

      @@sirbibton also the lyrics are literally in the description. People who do this are just like farming lol

    • @CLardPercussion
      @CLardPercussion 5 місяців тому

      Thanks. Had to scroll way too long for it.

  • @cyprzhill2323
    @cyprzhill2323 5 років тому +3

    THIS IS RAP, THIS IS HIP HOP. thanks to Aesop Rock. lyrics that tell a story. refreshing like reading a book. i don't read books. thanks again Aesop and TOBACCO.

  • @Mophead4eyes
    @Mophead4eyes 3 роки тому +1

    This man just sets the bar so fucking high with his lyrics, god damn.

  • @morningfaroe612
    @morningfaroe612 3 роки тому +1

    “hold close to the good you are drawn to. these woods are going to disarm you.”

  • @skeeterskeet2546
    @skeeterskeet2546 5 років тому +3

    Aesop, anytime I mention the name to somebody else they’ve never heard of em. It’s unfortunate, He’s got amazing talent and voice.

  • @danielvoltaire5581
    @danielvoltaire5581 5 років тому +4

    Aesop is top 5 writers of all time I don't give a fucc what anyone thinx

  • @TheFunkytownGotcha
    @TheFunkytownGotcha 5 років тому

    Aesop really is the best there is.

  • @paxtecum8699
    @paxtecum8699 5 років тому +1

    Aesop Rock definitely one of the best ones on this.Respect.I remember that Kasso case from back in the 80.

  • @alexgonzalez9138
    @alexgonzalez9138 5 років тому +209

    *God has entered the chat.*

  • @beng5775
    @beng5775 5 років тому +4

    Goddaaaamn, I've literally been waiting for this since they did the song dirt together like a lifetime ago

  • @al4385
    @al4385 5 років тому

    The only thing on UA-cam I'll click a bell for.

  • @windblownmariner
    @windblownmariner 5 років тому

    This is what I’m thankful for today

  • @BLSbrotheren
    @BLSbrotheren 5 років тому +19

    Love these people saying the video is disturbing.. clearly haven't heard the lyrics or know what the song is about.. the story is the disturbing part ;) great track though Aesop! love it!

    • @seabisquit
      @seabisquit 5 років тому +3

      went to the comments thinking people would be talking about the story or satanic panic instead of just saying "eww gross!"

    • @dysperdotted
      @dysperdotted 5 років тому +2

      both are disturbing, but the story is more disturbing.

  • @MADD-MANX
    @MADD-MANX 5 років тому +36

    This should be on Adult's Swim

  • @tukpunker
    @tukpunker 5 років тому +4

    i hope they drop a full album together. some of my favorite tracks ever. such a perfect combo. almost too perfect.

    • @Soupr5
      @Soupr5 5 років тому +1

      Strictly Rahmen it’s dropping in January, order in the description :)

    • @tukpunker
      @tukpunker 5 років тому

      @@Soupr5 yeah i noticed that right as i posted the comment actually. so excited for this. about to order the vinyl maybe a shirt.

  • @probablyaparent
    @probablyaparent 5 років тому +1

    This feels like it was made by Big Brother magazine circa mid-90's and I fucking love it.

  • @pogosama
    @pogosama 5 років тому +19

    Yooooooooooo. I'm always down for more Aesop. Hail to the king baby

  • @RealOwenWilson
    @RealOwenWilson 5 років тому +18

    Wow

  • @sirsmooth6835
    @sirsmooth6835 Рік тому +1

    We are absolutely fortunate to be in the era of this great artist.

  • @hildedank8965
    @hildedank8965 5 років тому

    THE KING, THE KING IS BACK BABY!

  • @nrall6703
    @nrall6703 5 років тому +8

    A beautiful retelling of a tragedy. Thank you guys for such amazing artworks.

  • @SamClarkschannel
    @SamClarkschannel 5 років тому +3

    Hope Aes never stops making music.

  • @britishcig5462
    @britishcig5462 5 років тому +1

    It's like nobody in this comment section has ever heard of art that is made deliberately to make its audience feel uncomfortable. "I would never watch this video again" GOOD! SOUNDS LIKE WHOEVER MADE THE VIDEO SUCCEEDED IN ELICITING A FEELING OF DISCOMFORT FROM THOSE WHO WHO WATCH THE VIDEO. THAT ISN'T A BAD THING. NOT ALL ART IS INTENDED TO LEAVE YOU WITH A WARM AND FUZZY FEELING

  • @Bambino_60
    @Bambino_60 5 місяців тому

    I can’t unsee this

  • @scaredfolks5923
    @scaredfolks5923 5 років тому +10

    So raw I love it. Animation is top notch. Matches Aesop's style so well.

  • @MrhibyeTV
    @MrhibyeTV 5 років тому +4

    Bro this is gonna be such a good collaboration. Ever since Tobacco did a song with him a while back I was hoping for this to happen.

  • @manarecs4255
    @manarecs4255 5 років тому +1

    Sick collab

  • @ivan1989619
    @ivan1989619 Рік тому +2

    2:49 has to be my favorite part

  • @illuminatidestroyerbear2231
    @illuminatidestroyerbear2231 5 років тому +7

    The goat lives.

  • @mayu9586
    @mayu9586 5 років тому +44

    Yooo Ricky "Acid King" Lasso went to the same school as aesop and this whole song is about how Lasso murdered this kid in the 80's.

    • @mayu9586
      @mayu9586 5 років тому +18

      And aesop mentioned ricky on catacomb kids off of his 2005 album None Shall Pass

    • @enscootandbmx123
      @enscootandbmx123 5 років тому +9

      I'm from the same town it's like a legend here pretty insane

    • @herpofderpopol7574
      @herpofderpopol7574 5 років тому

      Where can I find more tastes of this tale? Or can you do a solid on an old man like me and share in your own words?

    • @cai6972
      @cai6972 5 років тому

      Oh shit. That's why he's saying "say you love Satin" because people thought it was the satanic imagery in heavy metal

    • @mayu9586
      @mayu9586 5 років тому +6

      @@cai6972 and because that's what ricky said before he killed that Gary

  • @Blairskirock
    @Blairskirock 5 років тому

    THAT MANS AESOP IS BACK
    EVEN IF THE VIDEO IS PAINFUL TO WITNESS

  • @reportinglivefromhell222
    @reportinglivefromhell222 2 роки тому +2

    Just watched a doc on the acid King finally.. been listening to this for a good while and he killed it. It's perfectly the story👌

  • @OldieBones
    @OldieBones 4 роки тому +6

    This video is rad, and along with the song becomes something completely amazing.

  • @mayu9586
    @mayu9586 5 років тому +4

    I found a reason to live at least untill January, after that I'll play it by ear.

  • @darthstryk7169
    @darthstryk7169 5 років тому

    Aesop and Tobacco?!??! Dream team.

  • @the-dopamine-fiend
    @the-dopamine-fiend 5 років тому

    Holy crap, paint that picture Aes. Your flows are so ON POINT.