This Man Is DIFFERENT | Aesop Rock- DayLight / NightLight | Reaction
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2023
- This Man Is DIFFERENT | Aesop Rock- DayLight / NightLight | Reaction
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Please please check out Prof. Even if you don’t show it, I think you would be missing out. Try Andre The Giant or Fire Lessons maybe😁
You definitely have to check out my channel bro, I’ve been reacting to Prof even before I discovered Aesop! 🥶 feel free to check out my reactions to both of those songs and let me know what you think 🙏🏾💪🏾
Aesop made this song when he was like 24-25 man is a genius
"... counting on one hand what he's accomplished" *adlibs: OK*👌
Cute little punchline I never picked up on before
13:14 to answer your question that was a Wizard of Oz rererence: “ 1) I'll try to meet the *wizard* , 2) but a tailgating *tin-man* man holding an oil can , 3) won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes.”
It basically means, “1) I’m trying to get my goals, 2) but people are pressing me like a tailgating driver, 3) they won’t leave me alone so I’m like a hermit crab and I will never go outside and break in my new shoes”
"breaking in new shelltoes" is talking about having a clean pair of adidas shelltoe sneakers. it was a thing back in the day (when we were in grade school) for the homie whose parents hooked them up with all the nicest new clothes to loan them out to a friend to wear them for the first time, which is how we get the term "breaking in". i still remember to this day getting to break in a pair of shell toes back in 3rd grade.. the cleanest black stripes on white you ever seen
To this day, this is still my favorite Aesop Rock song he’s ever made. A true classic!
If you liked NightLight, another song that goes HARD off that album is Nickel Plated Pockets. Also, if I am not mistaken, El-P was the producer on this track.
good one right there
Banger.
Crazy how EL-P went on to such great heights and Ace still cruises the underground
One of my favorite writers period. I love the balance between these two. Almost like how some people's personalities change when it becomes night.During the day the sun is out and showing us the beauty and making other things clear ..but at night the darkness doesn't have to hide. And it has sharper teeth
That verse you asked about was a Wizard of Oz reference. They have to follow the yellow brick road to get to the wizard. One if them is a tin man who needs an oil can to keep him lubed up, lol. But Aesop is saying that the tin man is keeping him from breaking in his new shell toes (Adidas)
"I'm tryna meet the wizard but a tailgating tin man holding an oil can won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes"
Shell-toes are a style of shoes, The Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz is often described as dim-witted in the plot, and the wizard could represent a big opportunity. He is most likely the hermit crab, kinda stuck in his shell and not willing to venture further out.
This line could mean that people, who he deems as less bright than he is, are actively preventing him from moving further in the game or stepping (hence the line about breaking in his shoes). This is someone who's tailgating him or is right behind him in line. This could lend a double meaning to the hermit crab bar as the scenario illustrates an old idiom, "crabs in a bucket". No one crab will let the other reach the top and get out."
He's actively being held down by people who aren't bright enough to understand what he's saying.
A good one Aesop did with MF DOOM and Slug from Atmosphere called barcade is an great song and also has a good video ;)
Agreed. He should listen to Put Your Quarter Up first, though, by Molemen, featuring Slug, Aes, and DOOM. Barcade was a Put Your Quarter Up 20-year reunion.
For another amazing beat, try Aesop's 'Cat Food.' Produced by Blockhead, frequent Aes collaborator and fellow indie legend.
So the difference in sound is basically old Aes vs new. Old Aes is DENSE, can be overwhelming for the uninitiated and might even turn people away if they're not used to this style of rap. I feel like his old stuff is him doing what he wants and not giving a fuck about fitting into this form or that, and just focusing on lyricism. New Aes seems to takes a more "fun" approach and plays around more with the beats and even "simplifies" his lyricism to make it more palatable. Tldr: old Aes is a hammer to the head, new Aes is a haymaker.
Heads ripped! Watch red bricks turn yellow
I'll try to meet the wizard
But a tailgating tit-man holding an oil can
won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes...
Wizard of Oz bars! The red bricks turning yellow can be a reference to the Yellow Brick Road or, the bricks are turning yellow because you're so scared (heads ripped!) you pissed yourself and changed the brick color. The tit-man is just a swap with the tin-man and Aes is the hermit crab just trying to break in his new shoes (shell toe Adidas). And, I'm sure you've caught on by now but, Daylight is the call and Nightlight is its response, that's why a few bars sounded similar (but flipped).
Aes is a maniac and you're doing a great job keeping up! I still vote you give KLUTZ (with closed captions) a listen, then dive into some old stuff with Big Bang, Shovel, Coffee (with the bonus track Pigs) or Zodiaccupuncture!
aesop is one of the unsung heroes of music dog
I've loved seeing you introduced to Aesop, definitely give Pumpkin Seeds ft lupe a look, it's one of the most recent tracks he's done and a great track.
A dope couple songs to listen to would be Put Your Quarter Up by Molemen, featuring Slug (from Atmosphere), Aesop Rock, and MF DOOM, followed by Barcade by Atmosphere, featuring Aesop Rock and MF DOOM, which is kind of a sequel to Put Your Quarter Up. Same vibe, same references, same three MCs, twenty years apart. Barcade also features one of the last verses DOOM ever did. RIP
...."Aesop Rock - Untouchable". And "Cat Food"....... Also the 'Dark Heart News (Conspire Remix)'
Thank you for reacting to these classics! Suicide Big Gulp ... Aesop Rock and Tobacco ... just listen to it even if you don't react. ✌
Listened while i was at work, BANGER
I use this song to introduce Aesop to people because of his opening lines and the image that easily can be exposed. "I did not invent the wheel (hiphop) crooked spoke adjacent ( Imagine a wheel with one spoke bent out like the handle of an umbrella) While 666'rs (harmful rap) I walk the block with a halo on a stick (he's picked up the wheel of hip hop and holds it as a halo over his head ) poking your patience (he's challenging hip hop listeners)" He goes on with a line about the listener catching his 30 second visual as a hint on how to listen to him. Aesop Rock has been my #1 since 1998. After that much practice when I listen to him I see a music video in my thoughts. He translates visual images into words so you've got to build visuals with his lyrics. Welcome to Aesop Rock Dreamer! I'll recommend something after I see how you finish reacting.
Bricks yellow, wizard, oil can.... that's a Wizard of Oz reference.
Break in their shell toe.... Run DMC Adidas.
I haven't listened to this before and yes, the pause button is necessary.
Dude is incredible.
Its two sides to the same story 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
This shit is like 20 years old so yeah this is young aesop
Reaction was dope! Got a like & subscribe from me. Aes is like those pictures where you constantly find new things in the longer you look, like those iSpy books us 90’s kids grew up with.
“No City” by Aesop rock would be my reaction suggestion. Bars are just on another plane altogether. Also “Fast cars” is another banger.
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Bomb reaction dude. I’m hyped.
I left a like
Tinman verse= Imagine Aesop imagining himself as a hermit crap trying to move into the Tinman's armored suit and claiming it as his new shell before Aes goes on to find the wizard. A funny verse from another song talks about how Aes wants to adopt dogs just to tell them they're not in Kansas.
Hey if you were to watch Lupe Fiasco's video on Aesop Rock I would for sure watch that.
I'd like to see you watch the next video with lyrics on screen. I think it'd help but if it's not how you like to do it I totally get that.
So you asked to explain a bar @12:40. I'll give it a shot:
To understand Nightlight you gotta start with Daylight. The lyric in Daylight is:
I could, zig, zag, and zig 'em again
Before the badge gleam sparkled in my brick wall windows
Another thick installment of one night in Gotham
Without the wretched 'Houston we have a problem'
Attached to the festive batch of city goblins
Who split holiday freak on a box cut cinema high road bellow
Head gripped watch red bricks turn yellow
Sorta similar to most backbones at camp Icarus
Where all fiddler crabs congregate and get pampered for bickering.
I could, zig, zag, and zig 'em again (Aes could cut up the street scam artist before the cops could ever catch him/juke your average petty thief or cop) Before the badge gleam sparkled in my brick wall windows (before the law catches up with him) Another thick installment (comic series) of one night in Gotham (Aes = Batman, vigilante) Without the wretched 'Houston we have a problem' (Apollo 13 space mission had a run of bad luck culminating in this famous quote) Attached to the festive batch of city goblins (Aes is from NYC. He isn't buying the "run of bad luck/criminal of circumstance" defense applied to the common street thug that spends his time partying) Who split holiday freaks on a box (I dunno here. He is describing what kind of festive villain I suppose. Falcone?) CUT! Cinema. (He is changing metaphors, this is a "cut" like "end scene") High Road (He wants a way out of the messy streets) bellow, head gripped (Frustrated) watch red bricks turn yellow (red bricks = brick wall that turns yellow, like the yellow brick road of Wizard of Oz that will lead you to resolution & confrontation with the problem). Sorta similar (He is alluding back to the goblins now, but a different type of low-life) to most backbones (backbone = pride/courage, like the expression "have some backbone") at camp Icarus (Icarus who flew too close to the sun, too prideful) Where all fiddler crabs (fiddler crabs fight with one another) congregate (think crabs in a bucket holding each other back) and get pampered for bickering (our society is built to glorify this type of behavior, belittling and pulling others down because their pride won't accept someone else being better. The "sorta similar" is a comparison of culture between the "festive goblins" and "Icarus Hermit Crabs".
Ok. So with that done let's move on to Nightlight:
Head gripped, watch red bricks turn yellow!
I'm tryin' to meet the wizard (the man behind the curtain at the end of Wizard of Oz, the pupeteer), but a tailgating tin-man (heartless) holding a oil can (this just sells the metaphor, another hint) won't let a hermit crab break in his new shell-toes (Aes wants to meet with wizard to find solutions for the everyman, but his meeting is shoved to the side/rushed so that a property owner [remember, NYC, so building owner, someone who is well off] "heartless tin-man" can settle an argument with his bottom floor "shell toes" tenant "hermit crab".
There's certainly other ways to interpret it man, Aesop is dense and there's tons of room for conjecture. But this is how I piece together his stuff. Like I said in the Shrunk video, the older his stuff is, the more difficult it is to puzzle out.
To reiterate because this shit is difficult to explain, we have 3 main characters in the metaphor. The Hermit Crab (9-5 grinder), the heartless Tin-Man (Landlord), and the Wizard of Oz (Mayor/Politician). In this metaphor, all the air in the room/all the space for discourse is being taken up and wasted by petty squabbles so no bigger issues can be addressed.
Ha, I just saw your comment and I didn't even think about all that regarding the Wizard of Oz. What I wrote up there is less compelling than your thoughts on it, lol. Good job, man!
red bricks turn yellow, meeting a wizard, a tailgating tinman... it's all wizard of oz references
I'd be curious to see what you think of Sublime, songs like April 29 1992 or Doin Time. Maybe some Rage Against the Machine like Rodeo, or Zach de la Rocha Windows, One Day as a Lion. El P, Run the Jewels, also lit. On the flip, maybe some comedy like Louis CK or Bill Burr?
It's actually awesome you've named 2 of my favorite comedians of all time:
1) Dave Chapelle
2) Louis CK
3) Bill Burr
4) Patrice O'Neal
5) George Carlin/Theo Von
@@DreamersDreamBig That is my list, give it back! lol
He is basically remixing the lyrics in a way but singing the same lyrics but a different version. If you want another dope example look up... Line Posting In Pedro on the Beneath the Surface album. (St Mark 9:23 & J Smoov) in that song is two verses with identical structure and flow but each rapper does their own version, it is dope af
Aes got much more relatable when he switched to rhymesayers… starting with skeleton but really on impossible kid… you listen to anything on bazooka tooth, it’s gonna take a handful of listens before ya crack anything… you started where the beast became yer friend… now you dive into the battle! Good luck 😂
This was an earlier album i bought it the day it came out
Daylight and nightlight are twin songs and share a lot of lyrics the names suggest the differences Daylight being more positive upbeat while nightlight is darker and more negative both beats are made by Aesop's friend dj/producer blockhead and the instrumental versions can be found on blockhead's music by cavelight album which is a really good album if you're into sort of lowfi chill beats
Stomach full of halo kibbles
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Stomach full of spaghettio’s
That’s about as far as my understanding of his older metaphorical lyrics go 🤣
I know you mentioned Long Legged Larry which is much much more recent than Daylight/Nightlight of course and is almost a children’s song, (some of) his more recent material is a lot less metaphorical and to the point of what he’s actually trying to convey. Even though he does still have the largest vocabulary of any rapper to date, songs like ‘Gopher Guts’, ‘Blood Sandwich’, ‘Dog at the Door’, and ‘Difficult’ are pretty straightforward and to the point.
The song “Big Bang” was my introduction to Aes and even though he’s being abstract af in his bars you can still sus out the meaning behind it if you’re reading along with lyrics.
Commencement At The Obedience Academy. That’s only one of his first hits.
I don't have the link..but the "life's not a bitch ' part is a shot at Lil Wayne..there's a clip floating out there.
3:01 this one is a lot older
or busdriver imaginary places
check out eyedea pushing buttons he destroys lyrics like aesop
Blackish University, intellectual breakdowns. Not a short attention span kinda thing.
Basically Aesop Rock will never be impressed by anything.