Underground veteran of hiphop Aesop Rock crafts lyrics that are both wonderfully poetic and bizarrely chaotic; resulting in a comically jarring mix of vivid imagery and cartoonish mashups. I thought I'd try and breakdown and explain the lyrics behind his song Cycles To Gehenna from the album Skeleton because I love that song, basically. Hopefully what I've managed here is a video essay that served both as an indepth analysis of the song, and of Aesop Rock's music in general.

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Music (in order):
Aesop Rock Cycles To Gehenna
Chopin Prelude No. 4
Aesop Rock Supercell
Aesop Rock Tetra
Aesop Rock Catfood
Aesop Rock TUFF
Aesop Rock None Shall Pass
Aesop Rock Shrunk
Aesop Rock Crows 1
Aesop Rock Water Tower
Nymano Departure
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