| Product Summary | | Label: Def Jux | | UPC: 00600308884021 | | Release Date: 9/18/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60501996 | | Item#: MFWYXF | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Labor ~ Aesop Rock |  | | 2. Daylight ~ Aesop Rock | | | 3. Save Yourself ~ Aesop Rock | | | 4. Flashflood ~ Aesop Rock | | | 5. No Regrets ~ Aesop Rock | | | 6. One Brick - (featuring Illogic) ~ Aesop Rock | | | 7. Tugboat Complex Pt. 3, The ~ Aesop Rock | | | 8. Coma ~ Aesop Rock | | | 9. Battery ~ Aesop Rock | | | 10. Boombox ~ Aesop Rock | | | 11. Bent Life - (featuring C-Rayz Walz) ~ Aesop Rock | | | 12. Yes And The Y'All, The ~ Aesop Rock | | | 13. 9-5ers Anthem ~ Aesop Rock | | | 14. Shovel ~ Aesop Rock | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Aesop Rock, Illogic, C Rayz Walz. | | Producers: Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Omega One. | | Personnel: Aesop Rock (vocals); Omega One (scratches). | | Recording information: The House. | | Every once in a while an MC comes along who has the ability to 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-centered 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. |
Musical Guests | | Illogic | | C-Rayz Walz |
| | Artist Overview | | New York MC and beat-maker Aesop Rock offers rapid-fire, often stream-of-consciousness lyrics, stuttering beats, and a frequently murky, atmospheric production aesthetic, making him one of the most distinctive hip-hop artists of his era. Though he began making music in the '90s, Brooklyn-based rapper became known in the early 2000s through his work for the feted underground hip-hop label Def Jux. His 2001 album LABOR DAYS was only the beginning of a series of releases that found Aesop Rock pushing the hip-hop envelope ever further. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/18/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 13 | | Label : Definitive Jux Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00600308884021 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (12/00, p.233)
- 7 out of 10 - "...Aesop's voice is a rich, flat bass cut with a thin growl....exploring variations within timbre to access a vast emotional range....he purrs contentedly, knowing that his vision will always poke through the haze."Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.74)
- "...[The] ambient grooves make the Wu-Tang Clan seem tired, while the hyper-enunciated rhymes make KRS ONE sound like a stutterer..." - Rating: A Uncut (11/01, p.103)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...An esoteric and gripping ride..." The Wire (1/02, p.40)
- Ranked #45 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001". |
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