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~ Aesop Rock
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (24 Sep 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • ASIN: B00005O4UY
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,097 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Labor [Explicit] 2:32£0.79
Listen  2. Daylight [Explicit] 4:26£0.79
Listen  3. Save Yourself [Explicit] 4:59£0.79
Listen  4. Flashflood [Explicit] 3:54£0.79
Listen  5. No rEgrets [Explicit] 4:31£0.79
Listen  6. One Brick [Explicit] 4:32£0.79
Listen  7. The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3 [Explicit] 3:46£0.79
Listen  8. Coma [Explicit] 3:56£0.79
Listen  9. Battery [Explicit] 5:07£0.79
Listen10. Boombox Apocalypse [Explicit] 5:05£0.79
Listen11. Bent Life [Explicit] 4:49£0.79
Listen12. The Yes & The Y'all [Explicit] 4:04£0.79
Listen13. 9-5ers Anthem [Explicit] 4:38£0.79
Listen14. Shovel [Explicit] 4:45£0.79

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Amazon.co.uk Review

With Labor Days, his first release on New York independent hip-hop label Def Jux, run by Company Flow's El-P, Aesop Rock exceeds the promise of his early limited edition albums (Music For Earthworms, Appleseed and Float), confirming himself as a modern day Gil Scott Heron. A hyper realist and as cynical as they come, but engaging with it, Aesop's gritty tales of street-life are a million blocks away from the cash-guns-girls glamour of his major label counter-parts. His rhymes dissect the mundane everyday slog, depicting a society long past caring, and too caught up in the daily grind to notice. Pouring his deepest thoughts over mournful backing tracks of down-tempo ghetto funk, cinematic grooves, sleazy jazz laments or eastern influenced orchestrals--and in the case of "Battery" all at once--Labor Days is a powerful concoction. Granted it's gloomy, but his dexterous flows and the social commentary delivered in his caustic couplets--see Coma's scathing attack on society's lethargy "If the revolution ain't gonna be televised, f*ck I'll probably miss it"--are imbued with a level of intellect that's refreshing to say the least. --Dan Gennoe


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Every once in a while an MC comes along who has the abilityto reaffirm listeners' faith in hip-hop as a medium for intelligent, poetic, personal expression. Aesop Rock is one such MC, and LABOR DAYS is his defining statement. A flagship artist of the underground label Def Jux, Aesop Rock brings a style that is blisteringly fast, impossibly dense, and overflowing with metaphors, images, puns, references, and narratives. Rock's voice and attack--a rapid-fire, somewhat nasal monotone--borrows from Kool Keith and Eminem, yet his highly literate rhymes are uniquely his own.
Aesop Rock's music is the antithesis of flashy, R&B-based commercial hip-hop, and his politically conscious, culturally aware lyrics are galaxies removed from the thug/gangster themes of hardcore rap. Intriguing samples, featuring instruments like flute and sitar, flesh out the beats, but this is lyric-centred hip-hop, and Rock gives us plenty to absorb. Absorbing character-based narratives ("No Regrets") and slicing, alliterative tunes ("Daylight", with its infectious, memorable chorus) are testaments to the rapper's sophisticated lyrical superiority.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How time should be spent!, 19 Jul 2004
Aesop rock is a master of his art, the embodyment of originality. you won't ever be able to grasp how good this album actually is, its like a never-ending drip of lyrical, musical and mental asthetic pleasure. Not only has he almost created his own language in his method of delivery but the content too leaves even the most detailed critical decipherers lost! when you buy this album, and you will if you have sense, it will grow inside you. even if on first listen you feel he's trying to be too original or pretentious you will prove yourself wrong, it speaks for you. of all his albums labour days and float are inspirational in a subliminal and sublime way. buy them, then get the rest! obviously the whole album is good, it just depends what your looking for. I admit, like everyone, beats and flow are what rock a tune, so listen to "no regrets" over and over and over again!!!!!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, 9 April 2002
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this album is fantastic...no other way to describe it. It takes some getting into, it is not like your average hip hop album from the likes of Jay Z or Tupac. This is completely different, with the choppy flow of Aesop sounding more like poetry mixed with underground lyricism. It is very abstract and metaphorical, but after a couple of listens you wont be able to turn it off, you will just be desperate to catch on to some more of the complex nature of his lyrics. Give it a chance....you will find it a dimond in the rough
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding album...never heard anything like it, 23 Feb 2004
This is one of the best albums I have ever listened to. It is packed with incredible lyrics over excellent beats. Aesop rock is definately one of the best lyricists around which he proves on this album. All of these songs have good meaning just it is hard at first to understand what is being told. This is because most of aesops lyricism is very metaphorical and complex. Which makes it great to listen to. Aesop shows he is very wise and you learn alot from listening to him. I have never heard a rapper like him which is a shame because i would love to hear more rap like this. For everyone out there this is a must have even if this album was on sale for £50 you still will not regret buying it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aesop Rocks Masterpeice
A definitive jux classic, this is by far aesop rocks best album, although this sounds very different from his other (good) but inferior releases it should definately be in every... Read more
Published on 11 April 2006 by A. Norman

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic
I first heard of aesop when my friend stumbled across a copy of the Appleseed EP, since then aseop had me hooked. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2003 by simplychris

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat a let down
I was expecting much from this release, maybe too much after recently having listened to RJD2's stunning "deadringer" and el-p's equally competant debut; the man can do... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Def Jux rocks, can this label do no wrong
Def Jux rocks can this label do no wrong ; Aesop Rock is the bomb. Listen to this album and open your mind to a very talented modern day poet. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2001 by bradmac79@aol.com

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