Biography

Building on the rapping style of eccentrics Kool Keith and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Def Jux headliner Aesop Rock became one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground. After a pair of self-released LPs (Appleseed, Music for Earthworms), he recorded Float for Mush in 2000. The former Ian Bavitz then issued a pair of singles — "Coma" and "Boom Box" — for another underground rap label paragon, Definitive Jux. His second full-length, 2001's Labor Days, earned positive reviews and featured production from El-P and Blockhead. The Daylight EP kept his name in the papers, and his Def Jux follow-up, Bazooka Tooth, was released in September 2003. A seven-track EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, followed in early 2005. In early 2007 Aesop Rock composed a 45-minute piece for Nike's Original Run series, a continuous track meant to be listened to while jogging (other artists included LCD Soundsystem and the Crystal Method), and by September his much-anticipated full-length, None Shall Pass, which included guest appearances from El-P and John Darnielle (from the Mountain Goats), came out.

Top Albums
1. Zero Dark Th..	2. None Shall P..	3. Daylight - E..	4. Labor Days	5. Fast Cars, D..
6. Bazooka Toot..	7. Labor Days	8. None Shall P..	9. Coffee 12&qu..	10. None Shall P..
11. Daylight	12. Fast Cars, D..	13. Float	14. Fast Cars, D..	15. None Shall P..
16. Fast Cars - ..	17. Quiet (feat...	18. Daylight EP	19. The Baskervi..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Zero Dark Thirty	Zero Dark Thirty - Single	3:21	$0.99
2.	Daylight	Daylight - EP	4:25	$0.99
3.	None Shall Pass	None Shall Pass (Bonus Trac..	4:03	$0.99
4.	Coffee	None Shall Pass (Bonus Trac..	9:33	$0.99
5.	Zero Dark Thirty (Instrumental)	Zero Dark Thirty - Single	3:21	$0.99
6.	Zero Dark Thirty	Zero Dark Thirty - Single	3:21	$0.99
7.	Numb (To The Guns)	Prof In…Convexed	4:37	$0.99
8.	Explanation (feat. Aesop Rock)	Camobear Green	2:58	$0.99
9.	Preservation	Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Cul..	2:26	$0.99
10.	Preservation	Babygrande Presents Beat Do..	2:26	$0.99
11.	D-Up	Definitive Jux Presents 4	3:32	$0.99
12.	Reports of a Possible Kidnapping (fe..	Definitive Jux Presents 4	4:40	$0.99
13.	Shovel	Labor Days	4:45	$0.99
14.	9-5er's Anthem	Labor Days	4:38	$0.99
15.	Yes and The Y'all	Labor Days	4:04	$0.99
16.	Bent Life	Labor Days	4:49	$0.99
17.	Boombox	Labor Days	5:05	$0.99
18.	Battery	Labor Days	5:07	$0.99
19.	Coma	Labor Days	3:56	$0.99
20.	Tugboat Complex pt. 3	Labor Days	3:46	$0.99
21.	One Brick	Labor Days	4:32	$0.99
22.	No Regrets	Labor Days	4:31	$0.99
23.	Flashflood	Labor Days	3:54	$0.99
24.	Save Yourself	Labor Days	4:59	$0.99
25.	Daylight	Labor Days	4:26	$0.99

Top Music Videos
1. None Shall Pas..	2. Coffee	3. Fast Cars	4. Freeze	5. No Jumper Cabl..

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