Aesop Rock (born Ian Bavitz on June 5, 1976) is an alternative hip hop arti… Read Full Bio ↴Aesop Rock (born Ian Bavitz on June 5, 1976) is an alternative hip hop artist/producer from Long Island, New York, United States. He has released ten albums: "Music for Earthworms" (1997), "Float" (1999), "Labor Days" (2001), "Bazooka Tooth" (2003), "None Shall Pass" (2007), "Skelethon" (2012), "The Impossible Kid" (2016), and "Spirit World Field Guide" (2020), "Garbology" (2021), and "Integrated Tech Solutions" (2023). He is also a member of the groups Hail Mary Mallon, The Weathermen, Two of Every Animal and The Uncluded.
Bavitz was born in Syosset, New York and grew up in Northport, New York. While attending college, Bavitz initially recorded and released two self-financed efforts, Music for Earthworms (1997), a full-length featuring underground artist Percee P on two tracks. Bavitz also released a music video to "Abandon All Hope", which was one of the tracks on the CD. The album sold over 300 copies, largely from a grassroots internet-based promotion at his website AesopRock.com and then-popular web portal, MP3.Com. It was a success. With the money he made from his previous release, he then released his Appleseed EP in 1999 which received critical acclaim in the underground hip hop circuit.[citation needed] Both of his early records were produced by long-time friend Blockhead, and underground producer Dub-L. He completed these albums while also working as a waiter.
After his breakthrough success in the underground hip hop and indie rap community, he was eventually noticed by the Mush label and obtained his first record deal in 1999, just a year after he graduated from college. Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One. During this time, Aesop worked at a photography gallery. In August 2001 tragedy struck when Bavitz had a nervous breakdown. The song "One of Four" on his Daylight EP documents his struggles.
Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days (2001), an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of "wage slaves". This album was most well known for its single "Daylight". Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a seven-track EP, including an "alternative" new version of the song "Night Light", whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to, the original's. The song "Labor" (from Labor Days) was featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4; it also was the first album in his catalog to break through the Billboard charts, peaking at number 15 at the United States Independent Charts, giving Aesop Rock more recognition.
Labor Days was followed by Bazooka Tooth in 2003. For the first time, production was mostly handled by Rock himself, with three tracks from longtime collaborator Blockhead and one from close friend and Definitive Jux label CEO El-P. Guest appearances include Party Fun Action Committee, El-P, and Mr. Lif (all Definitive Jux labelmates) and Camp Lo. With this release Aesop hit a higher level of recognition, releasing "No Jumper Cables" as a single and music video, then another single, "Freeze", shortly after. A remix of "No Jumper Cables" was featured on Tony Hawk's Underground 2, furthering Aesop's recognition. In 2004, He released Build Your Own Bazooka Tooth and created a contest in which you had to create a remix of an Aesop Rock song using the a cappellas and instrumentals.
In February 2005, Aesop Rock released a new EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives. The first pressing of the EP included an 88-page booklet with lyrics from every release from Float until this EP (the lyric booklet is titled The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow); later pressings of the album come without the booklet, but with an additional bonus track, "Facemelter". In addition, a limited number of albums were available direct from Def Jux with Aesop Rock's graffiti tag on them. In response to demands from his fans, Rock did less production on the EP: three songs are produced by Blockhead, three produced by Aesop, and one by Rob Sonic. During this time he was asked to join The Weathermen to replace Vast Aire.
Aesop Rock was commissioned to create a 45-minute instrumental track for the Nike+iPod running system, entitled All Day. It was released in February 2007. Distributed via the iTunes Music Store and featuring his wife Allyson Baker on guitar and scratches from DJ Big Wiz, Aesop has described the release as "something that evolved enough that the sound was constantly fresh and attractive, as though the runner were moving through a set of differing cities or landscapes."
All Day was followed in August of the same year by Bavitz's fifth full-length album, None Shall Pass released in 2007. The album also contained original artwork by Jeremy Fish. About Jeremy Fish, Aesop Rock said: "Man that guy is my hero. We have a friend in common who hit me up a while back saying that this guy Jeremy Fish had an opportunity to pitch a cartoon to Disney and wanted me to be involved in the music side. I flipped out cuz I was also a fan of his, and owned some of his work." Aesop Rock also teamed up with Jeremy Fish again in a project called Ghosts of the Barbary Coast. Aesop Rock made a song called "Tomorrow Morning", to go along with a slideshow of drawings that Jeremy Fish drew. This was displayed in San Francisco, but was also made available for download online. None Shall Pass had positive reviews from critics and fans, applauding Aesop for his change in sound.
In 2011, Rhymesayers released "Are You Going to Eat That?", the debut album from Hail Mary Mallon, a collaboration between Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz.
On July 10, 2012, Rhymesayers released Aesop Rock's sixth studio album, "Skelethon". Its first single, "Zero Dark Thirty", was released four months earlier on April 10. A second single, "ZZZ Top", was released on June 29.
In 2011, Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches formed the duo The Uncluded. The duo's debut album, "Hokey Fright" was released on May 7, 2013.
In 2018, Aesop Rock teamed up with TOBACCO to form Malibu Ken
Bavitz was born in Syosset, New York and grew up in Northport, New York. While attending college, Bavitz initially recorded and released two self-financed efforts, Music for Earthworms (1997), a full-length featuring underground artist Percee P on two tracks. Bavitz also released a music video to "Abandon All Hope", which was one of the tracks on the CD. The album sold over 300 copies, largely from a grassroots internet-based promotion at his website AesopRock.com and then-popular web portal, MP3.Com. It was a success. With the money he made from his previous release, he then released his Appleseed EP in 1999 which received critical acclaim in the underground hip hop circuit.[citation needed] Both of his early records were produced by long-time friend Blockhead, and underground producer Dub-L. He completed these albums while also working as a waiter.
After his breakthrough success in the underground hip hop and indie rap community, he was eventually noticed by the Mush label and obtained his first record deal in 1999, just a year after he graduated from college. Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One. During this time, Aesop worked at a photography gallery. In August 2001 tragedy struck when Bavitz had a nervous breakdown. The song "One of Four" on his Daylight EP documents his struggles.
Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days (2001), an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of "wage slaves". This album was most well known for its single "Daylight". Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a seven-track EP, including an "alternative" new version of the song "Night Light", whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to, the original's. The song "Labor" (from Labor Days) was featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4; it also was the first album in his catalog to break through the Billboard charts, peaking at number 15 at the United States Independent Charts, giving Aesop Rock more recognition.
Labor Days was followed by Bazooka Tooth in 2003. For the first time, production was mostly handled by Rock himself, with three tracks from longtime collaborator Blockhead and one from close friend and Definitive Jux label CEO El-P. Guest appearances include Party Fun Action Committee, El-P, and Mr. Lif (all Definitive Jux labelmates) and Camp Lo. With this release Aesop hit a higher level of recognition, releasing "No Jumper Cables" as a single and music video, then another single, "Freeze", shortly after. A remix of "No Jumper Cables" was featured on Tony Hawk's Underground 2, furthering Aesop's recognition. In 2004, He released Build Your Own Bazooka Tooth and created a contest in which you had to create a remix of an Aesop Rock song using the a cappellas and instrumentals.
In February 2005, Aesop Rock released a new EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives. The first pressing of the EP included an 88-page booklet with lyrics from every release from Float until this EP (the lyric booklet is titled The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow); later pressings of the album come without the booklet, but with an additional bonus track, "Facemelter". In addition, a limited number of albums were available direct from Def Jux with Aesop Rock's graffiti tag on them. In response to demands from his fans, Rock did less production on the EP: three songs are produced by Blockhead, three produced by Aesop, and one by Rob Sonic. During this time he was asked to join The Weathermen to replace Vast Aire.
Aesop Rock was commissioned to create a 45-minute instrumental track for the Nike+iPod running system, entitled All Day. It was released in February 2007. Distributed via the iTunes Music Store and featuring his wife Allyson Baker on guitar and scratches from DJ Big Wiz, Aesop has described the release as "something that evolved enough that the sound was constantly fresh and attractive, as though the runner were moving through a set of differing cities or landscapes."
All Day was followed in August of the same year by Bavitz's fifth full-length album, None Shall Pass released in 2007. The album also contained original artwork by Jeremy Fish. About Jeremy Fish, Aesop Rock said: "Man that guy is my hero. We have a friend in common who hit me up a while back saying that this guy Jeremy Fish had an opportunity to pitch a cartoon to Disney and wanted me to be involved in the music side. I flipped out cuz I was also a fan of his, and owned some of his work." Aesop Rock also teamed up with Jeremy Fish again in a project called Ghosts of the Barbary Coast. Aesop Rock made a song called "Tomorrow Morning", to go along with a slideshow of drawings that Jeremy Fish drew. This was displayed in San Francisco, but was also made available for download online. None Shall Pass had positive reviews from critics and fans, applauding Aesop for his change in sound.
In 2011, Rhymesayers released "Are You Going to Eat That?", the debut album from Hail Mary Mallon, a collaboration between Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz.
On July 10, 2012, Rhymesayers released Aesop Rock's sixth studio album, "Skelethon". Its first single, "Zero Dark Thirty", was released four months earlier on April 10. A second single, "ZZZ Top", was released on June 29.
In 2011, Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches formed the duo The Uncluded. The duo's debut album, "Hokey Fright" was released on May 7, 2013.
In 2018, Aesop Rock teamed up with TOBACCO to form Malibu Ken
Freeze / Honeycomb
Aesop Rock Lyrics
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It goes welcome the pop off, some pop soft
We bang b bang b bang bang out loud
Ready on the left with a face full of death
We slanged out fang mouth bang out now
This is a never dug disco zoo York tycoon
Memorandum bonanza banter clamp crunk
Out the fish bowl
Gorgeous how struggling gills
Wriggle out water, ain't it?
Same scape as the walls
Crawling with paranoia's plaintiffs
The robo-komodo promo Zen patience a-alike
To this jittery drooling mess
Bitterly unruly on mud hugger alert
He usher dirt to the kick circus
Deflected labor ethic questions peeled
At the field workers
(Is it raw?) Please does a
Priest need a ten-foot pole
To baptize little Linus minus the
Lap ride and tease?
Evolution is a leader depleter
Seeker needy sheep idol feeder beware
Once complete you might not want to be there
Dead straw to gold bar spin fiber
Lost and found in a smitten kitten's incisors
They Aphrodite all over the burgle
Of a purple heart compartment
Marched a burgundy carpet alarmed and far
To parched to bark it
Lil' Abner, a real firecracker
Grows to throw 'bows with vehicular hijackers
To eavesdrop plots cops hired a wire tapper
That's a whipper snapper trapped beneath my
Grip on the fire ladder
Took drums over to deril' to once over
The line tones punch toothy ticks
'til they find homes like three ruby clicks
The roof is on fire where
Snoopy sit's right now
You should have shot yourself in the foot
When it was in your mouth
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
This is a never dug disco defamation of
Dog and pony grappled out chincey
Chipping Leo Da Vinci
Phonies pushing kill of hill
Bloated nobody got you
While biggest brother's watching
Bigger brother
Watching big brother watch you
Nothing says circus fun quite
Like nuclear holocaust over
Breakfast on the terrace hash
Browns and peril
Old ironsides or good ship lolli-popper
Davy Jones still got a locker, ak
The opera's more than docs and soccer moms
Now before you kick your feet up
I married and divorced mother
Nature after sweet talking
That old hag out of a pre-nup
This information's neither braggadocio
Nor secret just know as of now the
World is technically not yours, peanut
It's a day in the life of
The carnie dog-faced boy escapist
Living large, watching Springer
Smoking beedies wrapped in bacon
At night his get busy disease leakage peaketh
Merk the he say she say
BK Jesus turn peg legs to
Adidas on the down stroke
And they like 'what's up with the name?'
I tell'em y'all made Bazooka Tooth I's
About to ask the same
But before you curfew the city
And shut down every block
I'd like to say I still Aesop
The fuck out of the Rock
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
This is a never dug disco spread
Feelers tonka zonk Gepetto bred beezers
Jeepers, gee wilikers, goshes
Galoshes, Christ, god almighty
They tore his limbs off kilter
Still the hostage moshes slightly
Hung off the balcony by the
Skin off his doctor's psyche
He hopes it holds but knows
The locusts kamikaze nightly
He woke, promoted bug-eat-face
Insect chopper's biting
He's only bones by the time
The ungodly body's sighted
He saw the puddle
Full color hideous monster Viking
He used to survey if the vermin
Dined on others like him
He found the fucks indigenous to
Him and awfully feisty
He grew old awkward grinch and
Settled into bonkers nicely
I alert vital spider works to cultivate grit
Ship the bulk grade shit
Herbie the love bug drugs pulsate whips
Tie in spite for commoner idiocy
And good old-fashioned biblical plague
We move unit's off your pagan escapade
And it's pit's to the peg legged
Make us eclipse cripple, so that pimp's limp
Wheel chair basket bow when
15 minutes fizzles
Your flimsy frame marks Hip-Hop's
Second most tragic event
And will 'til Jam Master Jay's
Resurrection and second death
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
We bang b bang b bang bang out loud
Ready on the left with a face full of death
We slanged out fang mouth bang out now
This is a never dug disco zoo York tycoon
Memorandum bonanza banter clamp crunk
Out the fish bowl
Wriggle out water, ain't it?
Same scape as the walls
Crawling with paranoia's plaintiffs
The robo-komodo promo Zen patience a-alike
To this jittery drooling mess
Bitterly unruly on mud hugger alert
He usher dirt to the kick circus
Deflected labor ethic questions peeled
At the field workers
(Is it raw?) Please does a
Priest need a ten-foot pole
To baptize little Linus minus the
Lap ride and tease?
Evolution is a leader depleter
Seeker needy sheep idol feeder beware
Once complete you might not want to be there
Dead straw to gold bar spin fiber
Lost and found in a smitten kitten's incisors
They Aphrodite all over the burgle
Of a purple heart compartment
Marched a burgundy carpet alarmed and far
To parched to bark it
Lil' Abner, a real firecracker
Grows to throw 'bows with vehicular hijackers
To eavesdrop plots cops hired a wire tapper
That's a whipper snapper trapped beneath my
Grip on the fire ladder
Took drums over to deril' to once over
The line tones punch toothy ticks
'til they find homes like three ruby clicks
The roof is on fire where
Snoopy sit's right now
You should have shot yourself in the foot
When it was in your mouth
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
This is a never dug disco defamation of
Dog and pony grappled out chincey
Chipping Leo Da Vinci
Phonies pushing kill of hill
Bloated nobody got you
While biggest brother's watching
Bigger brother
Watching big brother watch you
Nothing says circus fun quite
Like nuclear holocaust over
Breakfast on the terrace hash
Browns and peril
Old ironsides or good ship lolli-popper
Davy Jones still got a locker, ak
The opera's more than docs and soccer moms
Now before you kick your feet up
I married and divorced mother
Nature after sweet talking
That old hag out of a pre-nup
This information's neither braggadocio
Nor secret just know as of now the
World is technically not yours, peanut
It's a day in the life of
The carnie dog-faced boy escapist
Living large, watching Springer
Smoking beedies wrapped in bacon
At night his get busy disease leakage peaketh
Merk the he say she say
BK Jesus turn peg legs to
Adidas on the down stroke
And they like 'what's up with the name?'
I tell'em y'all made Bazooka Tooth I's
About to ask the same
But before you curfew the city
And shut down every block
I'd like to say I still Aesop
The fuck out of the Rock
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
This is a never dug disco spread
Feelers tonka zonk Gepetto bred beezers
Jeepers, gee wilikers, goshes
Galoshes, Christ, god almighty
They tore his limbs off kilter
Still the hostage moshes slightly
Hung off the balcony by the
Skin off his doctor's psyche
He hopes it holds but knows
The locusts kamikaze nightly
He woke, promoted bug-eat-face
Insect chopper's biting
He's only bones by the time
The ungodly body's sighted
He saw the puddle
Full color hideous monster Viking
He used to survey if the vermin
Dined on others like him
He found the fucks indigenous to
Him and awfully feisty
He grew old awkward grinch and
Settled into bonkers nicely
I alert vital spider works to cultivate grit
Ship the bulk grade shit
Herbie the love bug drugs pulsate whips
Tie in spite for commoner idiocy
And good old-fashioned biblical plague
We move unit's off your pagan escapade
And it's pit's to the peg legged
Make us eclipse cripple, so that pimp's limp
Wheel chair basket bow when
15 minutes fizzles
Your flimsy frame marks Hip-Hop's
Second most tragic event
And will 'til Jam Master Jay's
Resurrection and second death
Thieves in the strobe deep freeze your pose
For the disease that grows
Underneath your toes
Holds up a reason y'alls gold
Never seems to glow
Now we can all breath slow
Once the fiend's exposed
It goes heave ho you never got the grit right
Bark fame but you never put the grit down
Hawk styles but you never got the grit right
Put the grit down grit right get down
In "Freeze / Honeycomb Interlude" by Aesop Rock, the lyrics paint a vivid and complex picture of a dystopian world filled with chaos and deception. The song tackles themes such as hypocrisy, societal decay, and the struggle for authenticity. Aesop Rock's lyrics are dense and rich with wordplay, making the interpretation open to various perspectives.
The first verse introduces us to a world where violence and aggression are prevalent ("pop off," "slanged out fang mouth bang out now"). Aesop Rock describes the city as a "disco zoo," a place where chaos ensues and people struggle to survive. The walls are crawling with paranoia's plaintiffs, indicating a pervasive sense of fear and distrust.
The second verse portrays a corrupt society, with references to phonies, the wealthy in power, and the loss of individuality. Aesop Rock criticizes those who bark fame and attention without truly embodying the necessary qualities ("you never got the grit right"). The verse also highlights the theme of surveillance, with bigger brother watching over its citizens.
The third verse delves deeper into the chaos of the world and the struggle for identity and personal freedom. Aesop Rock uses vivid imagery to depict the singer as a carnie dog-faced boy escapist, someone who is different and marginalized. Despite the challenges and hardships he faces, he asserts his individuality and identity.
The fourth and final verse confronts the audience with the consequences of their actions. Aesop Rock describes a grotesque and monstrous figure who preys on others. He highlights the destructive power of ignorance and conformity, urging listeners to break free from societal norms and think for themselves.
Overall, "Freeze / Honeycomb Interlude" is a dense and thought-provoking song that explores themes of societal corruption, the struggle for authenticity, and the consequences of conformity. Aesop Rock's lyrics are heavily layered with wordplay and imagery, inviting listeners to interpret the meaning from their unique perspectives.
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