Easy
Jagged, industrial-tinged underground hip-hop from the Bazooka Tooth era. Dense lyrical labyrinths meet buzzing synths and rusted-out percussion.
November 2003 · Definitive Jux
Jagged, industrial-tinged underground hip-hop from the Bazooka Tooth era. Dense lyrical labyrinths meet buzzing synths and rusted-out percussion.
November 2003 · Definitive Jux
Easy is a misnomer that perfectly encapsulates the irony of Aesop Rock's mid-2000s output. This is the sound of the Def Jux era at its most uncompromising, where the melodic warmth of earlier underground hip-hop was stripped away in favor of something more mechanical, abrasive, and intellectually demanding. The title track is built on a foundation of buzzing, sawtooth synths and drums that feel like they were recorded in a shipping container. It is a sonic representation of urban claustrophobia, where every line is a puzzle piece in a larger, more abstract picture of survival and artistic integrity.
How does Easy sound next to the rest of Aesop Rock's catalogue?
Tense saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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