Aesop Rock is an American hip hop rapper who is currently signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment. His discography consists of nine studio albums, three extended plays, ten singles, four collaborations, one compilation, nine music videos, and many appearances on other artists' tracks and on compilations.
| Aesop Rock discography | |
|---|---|
 Aesop Rock performing in 2006 | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| Guest appearances | 43 |
| Production credits | 13 |
| Appearances on compilations | 14 |
| Collaborations | 4 |
Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records: Music for Earthworms in 1998 and the Appleseed EP in 1999. After being signed to the Mush label, Aesop Rock released his first studio album, Float, in 2000. Shortly thereafter, Aesop Rock signed to the Manhattan-based hip hop label Definitive Jux, where he released Labor Days in 2001, Bazooka Tooth in 2003, and None Shall Pass in 2007. His albums since then – Skelethon (2012), The Impossible Kid (2016), Spirit World Field Guide (2020), Garbology (2021), and Integrated Tech Solutions (2023) – have been released by Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B /HH [2] |
US Rap [3] |
US Ind. [4] |
UK [5] | |||
| Float | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Labor Days |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Bazooka Tooth |
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112 | 44 | — | 7 | — | |
| None Shall Pass |
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50 | 35 | — | — | — | |
| Skelethon |
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21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| The Impossible Kid |
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30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 189 | |
| Spirit World Field Guide |
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54 | 26 | 24 | 9 | — | |
| Garbology (with Blockhead) |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Integrated Tech Solutions |
|
169 | — | — | 27 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
Mixtapes
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Music for Earthworms |
Soundtrack albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Bushwick |
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Downloadable mixes
edit| Title | Album details | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| All Day: Nike+ Original Run[8] |
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| The Blob |
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Extended plays
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B /HH [2] |
US Heat. [10] |
US Ind. [4] | ||
| Appleseed |
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— | — | — | — |
| Daylight |
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— | — | — | 15 |
| Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives |
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190 | 100 | 9 | 21 |
| Cat Food[11] |
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— | — | — | — |
| Freedom Finger (Music from the Game) |
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— | — | — | — |
| The Recycling Bin[12] |
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— | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Coma" | 2001 | Labor Days |
| "Boombox" | ||
| "Daylight" | 2002 | Labor Days & Daylight |
| "Limelighters" | 2003 | Bazooka Tooth |
| "Freeze" | ||
| "Easy" | ||
| "All in All" | 2004 | Def Jux Presents 3 |
| "The One That Got Away" | 2006 | The Next Best Thing |
| "None Shall Pass" | 2007 | None Shall Pass |
| "Coffee" | ||
| "Zero Dark Thirty" | 2012 | Skelethon |
| "ZZZ Top" | ||
| "Rings" | 2016 | The Impossible Kid |
| "Blood Sandwich" | ||
| "My Belly" | Non-album singles | |
| "Hot Dogs" | 2017 | |
| "Klutz" | 2018 | |
| "Rogue Wave" | 2020 | |
| "The Gates" | Spirit World Field Guide | |
| "Pizza Alley" | ||
| "Long Legged Larry" | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Mindful Solutionism" | 2023 | Integrated Tech Solutions |
| "By the River" | ||
| "Infinity Fill Goose Down" |
Music videos
editAs lead artist
edit| Year | Album | Title | Director | Other featured artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Music for Earthworms | "Abandon All Hope"[13] | Ian Bavitz | |
| 2003 | Bazooka Tooth | "Freeze" | Michael Kuhn | |
| "No Jumper Cables" | Joey Garfield | |||
| 2005 | Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives | "Fast Cars" | Asif Mian | |
| 2007 | None Shall Pass | "None Shall Pass" | Michael Kuhn | |
| "Coffee" | Ace Norton | John Darnielle | ||
| 2012 | Skelethon | "Zero Dark Thirty" | Isaac Ravishankara | |
| "ZZZ Top" | Pete Lee | |||
| "Cycles to Gehenna" | Ben Fee & Pete Lee | |||
| "Homemade Mummy" | — | Rob Sonic | ||
| 2016 | The Impossible Kid | "Rings" | Rob Shaw | |
| "Blood Sandwich" | ||||
| "Lazy Eye: Live from the Peculiarium" | ||||
| "Dorks" | ||||
| "Kirby" | Toben Seymour | |||
| "Shrunk" | Rob Shaw | |||
| "Lotta Years: Live from the Hill" | ||||
| 2017 | "Get Out of the Car" | |||
| Hot Dogs | "Hot Dogs" | Kurt Hayashi | ||
| 2018 | Klutz | "Klutz" | Rob Shaw | |
| Malibu Ken | "Acid King" | Tobacco (musician) | ||
| "Corn Maze" | ||||
| 2019 | "Tuesday" | |||
| 2020 | Rogue Wave | "Rogue Wave" | ||
| Spirit World Field Guide | "The Gates" | |||
| "Pizza Alley" | ||||
| Freedom Finger | "Drums on the Wheel" | Jim Dirschberger | ||
| Spirit World Field Guide | "Coveralls" | Rob Shaw | ||
| 2021 | Long Legged Larry | "Long Legged Larry" | ||
| Garbology | "Jumping Coffin" | |||
| "Jazz Hands" | Blockhead | |||
| "Flamingo Pink" | ||||
| 2022 | "All the Smartest People" | Aesop Rock | ||
| 2023 | Integrated Tech Solutions | "Mindful Solutionism" | Justin "Coro" Kaufman | |
| "By The River" | Aesop Rock | |||
| "Kyanite Toothpick" | Kalil Justin | Hanni El Khatib | ||
| "All City Nerve Map" | Aesop Rock | |||
| 2024 | "Pigeonometry" |
As featured artist
edit| Year | Artist | Title | Director | Other featured artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hail Mary Mallon | "Garfield" | Alexander Tarrant and Justin Metros | |
| "Meter Feeder" | ||||
| "Grubstake" | ||||
| "Breakdance Beach" | ||||
| 2013 | Dark Time Sunshine | "Take My Hand" | X:144 | Swamburger |
| The Uncluded | "Earthquake" | / | ||
| "Alligator" | ||||
| "Delicate Cycle" | Pete Lee & Ben Fee | |||
| "The Aquarium" | Rob Shaw | |||
| "Organs" | ||||
| 2014 | Hail Mary Mallon | "Jonathan" | ||
| "Kiln" | Galen McKamy | |||
| "Whales" | Toben Seymour | |||
| 2015 | "4AM" | Gerald Anekwe | ||
| 2021 | Atmosphere | "Barcade" | Rob Shaw | MF Doom |
Guest appearances
edit| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Put Your Quarter Up" | Molemen with Slug + MF DOOM | Ritual of The... Revisited and Remastered |
| "Water" | Atoms Family | Euphony | |
| "Coma" (Remix) | |||
| "Sinister" | Atoms Family with Yeshua DaPOeD + Vast Air | ||
| "Blacklist" | Prefuse 73 + MF DOOM | Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives | |
| 2002 | "Take Me to the Basement" | The Opus | First Contact 001 |
| "Killing Time" | Illogic | Got Lyrics? | |
| "Dry Bones (Remix)" | Oddjobs with Vast Aire + Kimani | "Dry Bones" | |
| "Flesh (Remix)" | Atmosphere | "Godlovesugly" | |
| "Success" | Mr. Lif | I Phantom | |
| "Delorean" | El-P | Fantastic Damage | |
| 2003 | "Obsolete" | Blueprint, Slug, Eyedea and Illogic | The Weightroom |
| "Secret Agents" | Chase Phoenix | Cut to the Chase | |
| "Kill 'em All" (Remix) | RJD2 | Loose Ends | |
| "Final Frontier (Remix)" | RJD2, Blueprint, Murs and Vast Aire | The Horror | |
| "Happy Pillz" | Murs | The End of the Beginning | |
| "Love to Fuck" | S.A. Smash | Smashy Trashy | |
| "Shut Down" | Push Button Objects | Ghetto Blaster | |
| 2004 | "Encounter" | Blueprint | Chamber Music |
| "Hold Mine" | Blueprint, Slug, Illogic and Eyedea | Printmatic: Vitamins and Minerals EP | |
| "Apocalypse Zone" | Cryptic One | The Anti-Mobius Theory | |
| "Time Capsule" | Illogic + Vast Aire | Celestial Clockwork | |
| "Crooked" | Evil Nine | You Can Be Special Too | |
| "Jet Son" | Blockhead + Camu Tao | Sunday Seance | |
| "Kill Switch" | DJ Krush | Jaku | |
| "Posse Slash" | Vast Aire, Karniege, Breez Evahflowin and Poison Pen | Look Mom... No Hands | |
| 2005 | "Worlds Collide" | Rasco | The Dick Swanson Theory |
| "Lo-Fi Funk" | Blueprint | 1988 | |
| "Sabbatical with Options" | Prefuse 73 | Surrounded by Silence | |
| "Poems 4 Post Modern Decay" | Zion I | True & Livin' | |
| "Voltronic Instructional Espionage" | Grayskul | Deadlivers | |
| "Try to Remember" | Hangar 18 | The Donkey Show Volume 1 | |
| "Helium" | Vordul Mega | Yung World | |
| "Akinesia" | Tame One + The Dusted Dons | Slow Suicide Stimulus | |
| "Nuclear Five" | The Presence, Karniege and Masai Bey | Common Man's Anthems | |
| "Left It to Us" | Cage, El-P, Tame One and Yak Ballz | Hell's Winter | |
| 2006 | "Take, Hold, Fire" | Mr. Lif + El-P | Mo' Mega |
| 2007 | "Run the Numbers" | El-P | I'll Sleep When You're Dead |
| "The Office" | Grayskul + Slug | Bloody Radio | |
| "Smoke If You Got'um" | Rob Sonic | Sabotage Gigante | |
| "Catch 22" | Grimace Federation | Tasted by Chemists | |
| "Borrowedtime" | Luckyiam + Slug | Most Likely to Succeed | |
| "The Dirt and the Filth" | Percee P | Perseverance | |
| 2008 | "Dirt" | Tobacco | Fucked Up Friends |
| "Alchemy" | Blueprint | Iron & Niacin | |
| "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" (Remix) | The Mountain Goats | Heretic Pride | |
| "The Explanation" | The Gigantics | Die Already | |
| 2009 | "Diabolical Fun (Remix)" | Illogic | Diabolical Fun |
| "Low Tide" | DJ Signify | Of Cities | |
| "Sink or Swim" | |||
| "Molly" | Tame One | Acid Tab Vocab | |
| "Stand Up" | Awol One | Owl Hours | |
| "Wood-Chip Grinder" | Mac Lethal | Love Potion Collection Vol. 5 | |
| "Give It Up" | Felt | Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez | |
| 2010 | "Primor" | Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel |
| 2011 | "Miama Advice" "Zero or a Zillion" "The Library" "Walk Like Thunder" "Captain Lou" |
Kimya Dawson | Thunder Thighs |
| "Shout It In" | Dirty Ghosts | Shout It In (Aesop Rock Remix) 7" | |
| 2012 | "Superhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)" | Busdriver | "Superhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)" |
| "Take My Hand" | Dark Time Sunshine | ANX | |
| 2013 | "Tumbleweed" | billy woods | Dour Candy |
| "Not Going Anywhere" | Grayskul | Zenith | |
| 2014 | "Ego Death" | Busdriver | Perfect Hair |
| "Castles" | CunninLynguists | Strange Journey Volume 3 | |
| "Air Pegasus (Le Cadeau)" | MarQ Spekt & Blockhead | "Air Pegasus (Le Cadeau)" | |
| "Kill Joy" | Rob Sonic | Alice in Thunderdome | |
| 2015 | "Jailbreak" | B. Dolan | Kill the Wolf |
| 2016 | "I Went Outside Today" | Open Mike Eagle & Paul White | Hella Personal Film Festival |
| "Speak Truth" | Homeboy Sandman, Kurious & Breeze Brewin | Kindness for Weakness | |
| 2021 | "Field of Dreams" | Your Old Droog & Elzhi | Time |
| "Barcade" | Atmosphere & MF DOOM | WORD? | |
| 2022 | "CD Only Bonus Track" | Open Mike Eagle & Diamond D | Component System with the Auto Reverse |
| 2023 | "Waiting Around" | Billy Woods and Kenny Segal | Maps |
| "Mississippi" | Blockhead | The Aux | |
| "Ponzu Sauce" | Blockhead & Breeze Brewin |
Production credits
edit| Year | Track(s) | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Float" "Big Bang" "Garbage" "Fascination" "6B Panorama" "How to be a Carpenter" "Prosperity" "The Mayor and the Crook" |
Aesop Rock | Float |
| 2001 | "Kill 'em All" | Various artists | Definitive Jux Presents |
| "Labor" "One Brick" "Battery" "Boombox" |
Aesop Rock | Labor Days | |
| "Wise Up" | Various artists | Tags of the Times 3 | |
| 2002 | "Bracket Basher" | Aesop Rock | Daylight |
| "Dead Pan" | Various artists | Definitive Jux Presents 2 | |
| 2003 | "Bazooka Tooth" "N.Y. Electric" "Easy" "No Jumper Cables" "Limelighters" "Super Fluke" "Freeze" "The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History" "Frijoles" "Kill the Messenger" "Mars Attacks" |
Aesop Rock | Bazooka Tooth |
| 2004 | "All in All" "You're Dead to Me" |
Various artists | Definitive Jux Presents III |
| 2005 | "Zodiaccupuncture" "Rickety Rackety" "Food, Clothes, Medicine" "Facemelter" |
Aesop Rock | Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives |
| "Knowledge" | C-Rayz Walz | Year of the Beast | |
| 2007 | "All Day" | Aesop Rock | Nike + Original Run |
| "Keep off the Lawn" "Catacomb Kids" "39 Thieves" "Citronella" "Five Fingers" |
None Shall Pass | ||
| "Give Me Love" | Grayskul | Bloody Radio | |
| 2008 | "Ghosts of the Barbary Coast" | Aesop Rock | Ghosts of the Barbary Coast |
| 2009 | "Protagonists" "Felt Chewed Up" "Get Cake" "Bass For Your Truck" "Like You" "Permanent Standby" "Kevin Spacey" "Ghost Dance Deluxe" "Revisiting the Styleetron" "Whaleface" "Glory Burning" "Henrietta Longbottom" "She Sonnet" "Felt Good" "Deathmurdermayhem" "The Prize" "G.I. Josephine" "Clap" "We Have You Surrounded" "Give It Up" "Paul Reubens" |
Felt | Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez |
| "Strain" | Cage | Depart From Me | |
| 2011 | "Church Pants" "Garfield" "Grubstake" "Meter Feeder" "Smock" "Breakdance Beach" "Mailbox Baseball" "Knievel" |
Hail Mary Mallon | Are You Gonna Eat That? |
| "Varsity Blues 2" | Murs | Varsity Blues 2 | |
| 2012 | "Leisureforce" "ZZZ Top" "Cycles to Gehenna" "Zero Dark Thirty" "Fryerstarter" "Ruby '81" "Crows 1" "Crows 2" "Racing Stripes" "1,000 O'Clock" "Homemade Mummy" "Grace" "Saturn Missles" "Tetra" "Gopher Guts" |
Aesop Rock | Skelethon |
| 2013 | "Not Going Anywhere" | Grayskul | Zenith |
| 2014 | "Cat Food" "Bug Zapper" |
Blockhead
Aesop Rock |
Cat Food |
| "Jonathan" "Krill" "Used Cars" "Dollywood" "The Soup" "4AM" "Hang Ten" "Whales" "Merlin" "Picture Day" "King Cone" |
Hail Mary Mallon | Bestiary | |
| "Happyland Disco" | Rob Sonic | Alice in Thunderdome | |
| 2015 | "U-Boats" | Billy Woods | Today I Wrote Nothing |
| 2016 | "Mystery Fish" "Rings" "Lotta Years" "Dorks" "Rabies" "Supercell" "Blood Sandwich" "Get Out of the Car" "Shrunk" "Kirby" "TUFF" "Lazy Eye" "Defender" "Water Tower" "Molecules" |
Aesop Rock | The Impossible Kid |
| "Vigilante Genesis" "Not Sure Why I Came Back" "Graffiti Writer Killed" "Tears of a Drone" "Corner Store Showdown" "The Watering Hole" "Ten Paces" |
Blueprint | Vigilante Genesis |
Original contributions to compilations
edit| Year | Tracks | Album | Other contributing artists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Tugboat Complex" | Inside OutVol. 1 - A Full Blown Compilation | |
| "The Active Element" | Ropeladder 12''[14] | ||
| 2001 | "Kill 'em All" | Def Jux Presents | |
| "Wise Up" | Tags of the Times 3 | ||
| 2002 | "Dead Pan" | Def Jux Presents 2 | |
| "Train Buffer" | Urban Renewal | ||
| "Inner City Hustle" | Embedded Studios Presents: The Bedford Files |
L.I.F.E. Long[15] | |
| 2003 | "Numb (To the Guns)" | Nature Sounds Presents: The Prof. In... Convexed Sampler |
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| "Dragon Coaster" | Atlantis Sessions & The Deadly Art of All Day Brainstorming | Mojo | |
| "Miss By a Mile" | We Came From Beyond, Vol. 2 | Slug and Eyedea | |
| 2004 | "All in All" | Def Jux Presents 3 | |
| 2005 | "Preservation" | Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture | Del tha Funkee Homosapien |
| "Junkyard" | NBA 2K6: The Tracks | ||
| "Side Two" | Side Two | DJ Ese + Babbletron |
Collaborations
editLice
edit- Lice (2015)
- Still Buggin' (2016)
- Triple Fat Lice (2017)
Hail Mary Mallon
edit- Are You Gonna Eat That? (2011)
- Bestiary (2014)
The Uncluded
edit- Hokey Fright (2013)
The Weathermen
edit- The Conspiracy (2003)
Malibu Ken
edit- Malibu Ken (2019)
See also
editReferences
editGeneral
- "Aesop Rock". Definitive Jux. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
- "Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
- "Aesop Rok – Inertia". InertiaMusic.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
Specific
- ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Peaks in the UK:
- The Impossible Kid: "Chart Update". The Zobbel Website. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (September 14, 2023). "Aesop Rock Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ^ "The 15 Best Aesop Rock Songs". Complex.
- ^ "Nike+ Aesop Rock: New "Original Run" Mix This Tuesday". Podophile.com. February 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. June 6, 2009. p. 24. Retrieved June 2, 2011 – via Internet Archive.
aesop rock - all day soundscan.
- ^ "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Heatseekers". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Aesop Rock "Cat Food" EP Fifth Element". Fifth Element. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ "Aesop Rock - The Recycling Bin - EP". Apple Music. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ SpiritStereo. "Abandon All Hope". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ "MH-401 Various Artists - Ropeladder 12 Tracklist". MushRecords.com. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ "Various Artists (Embedded Music) – 'Embedded Studios Presents: The Bedford Files' Item Detail". Undergroundhiphop.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
External links
edit- Aesop Rock Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at Definitive Jux
- Aesop Rock discography at Discogs