Aesop Rock discography explained

Artist:Aesop Rock
Studio:10
Ep:4
Singles:17
Music Videos:17
Option:43
Option Name:Guest appearances
1Option:13
1Option Name:Production credits
2Option:14
2Option Name:Appearances on compilations
3Option:4
3Option Name:Collaborations

Aesop Rock is an American hip hop rapper who is currently signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment. His discography consists of nine studio albums, three extended plays, ten singles, four collaborations, one compilation, nine music videos, and many appearances on other artists' tracks and on compilations.

Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records: Music for Earthworms in 1998 and the Appleseed EP in 1999. After being signed to the Mush label, Aesop Rock released his first studio album, Float, in 2000. Shortly thereafter, Aesop Rock signed to the Manhattan-based hip hop label Definitive Jux, where he released Labor Days in 2001, Bazooka Tooth in 2003, and None Shall Pass in 2007. His albums since then – Skelethon (2012), The Impossible Kid (2016), Spirit World Field Guide (2020), Garbology (2021), and Integrated Tech Solutions (2023) – have been released by Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B<br>/HH
[2]
US
Rap
[3]
US
Ind.

[4]
UK
[5]
Float
  • Released: September 5, 2000
  • Label: Mush
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette
Labor Days
Bazooka Tooth
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
112 44 7
None Shall Pass
  • Released: August 28, 2007
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
50 35
Skelethon 21 5 2 1
The Impossible Kid
  • Released: April 29, 2016
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
30 3 2 2 189
Spirit World Field Guide
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
54 26 24 9
Garbology
  • Released: November 12, 2021
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Integrated Tech Solutions
  • Released: November 10, 2023[6]
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
169 27
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack albums

! Title! Album details
Bushwick
  • Released: August 11, 2017
  • Label: Lakeshore
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

Downloadable mixes

Title! scope="col" style="width:22em;"
Album detailsSales
[8]
The Blob

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
US
R&B<br>/HH
US
Heat.

[10]
US
Ind.

Appleseed
  • Released: 1999
  • Format: CD-R, Cassette
  • Label: self-released
Daylight
  • Released: February 5, 2002
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Definitive Jux
15
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
  • Released: February 22, 2005
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Definitive Jux
190 100 9 21
Cat Food[11]
  • Released: January 5, 2015
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
Freedom Finger (Music from the Game)
  • Release date: April 7, 2020
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
The Recycling Bin[12]
  • Release date: January 28, 2022
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Coma"2001Labor Days
"Boombox"
"Daylight"2002Labor Days & Daylight
"Limelighters"2003Bazooka Tooth
"Freeze"
"Easy"
"All in All"2004Def Jux Presents 3
"The One That Got Away"2006The Next Best Thing
"None Shall Pass"2007None Shall Pass
"Coffee"
"Zero Dark Thirty"2012Skelethon
"ZZZ Top"
"Rings"2016The Impossible Kid
"Blood Sandwich"
"My Belly"rowspan="4"
"Hot Dogs"2017
"Klutz"2018
"Rogue Wave"2020
"The Gates"Spirit World Field Guide
"Pizza Alley"
"Long Legged Larry"2021rowspan="1"
"Mindful Solutionism"2023Integrated Tech Solutions
"By the River"
"Infinity Fill Goose Down"

Music videos

As lead artist

YearAlbumTitleDirectorOther featured artist
1997Music for Earthworms"Abandon All Hope"[13] Ian Bavitz
2003Bazooka Tooth"Freeze"Michael Kuhn
"No Jumper Cables"Joey Garfield
2005Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives"Fast Cars"Asif Mian
2007None Shall Pass"None Shall Pass"Michael Kuhn
"Coffee"Ace NortonJohn Darnielle
2012Skelethon"Zero Dark Thirty"Isaac Ravishankara
"ZZZ Top"Pete Lee
"Cycles to Gehenna"Ben Fee & Pete Lee
"Homemade Mummy"Rob Sonic
2016The Impossible Kid"Rings"Rob Shaw
"Blood Sandwich"
"Lazy Eye: Live from the Peculiarium"
"Dorks"
"Kirby"Toben Seymour
"Shrunk"Rob Shaw
"Lotta Years: Live from the Hill"
2017"Get Out of the Car"
Hot Dogs"Hot Dogs"Kurt Hayashi
2018Klutz"Klutz"Rob Shaw
Malibu Ken"Acid King"Tobacco (musician)
"Corn Maze"
2019"Tuesday"
2020Rogue Wave"Rogue Wave"
Spirit World Field Guide"The Gates"
"Pizza Alley"
Freedom Finger"Drums on the Wheel"Jim Dirschberger
Spirit World Field Guide"Coveralls"Rob Shaw
2021Long Legged Larry"Long Legged Larry"
Garbology"Jumping Coffin"
"Jazz Hands"Blockhead (music producer)
"Flamingo Pink"
2022"All the Smartest People"Aesop Rock
2023Integrated Tech Solutions"Mindful Solutionism"Justin "Coro" Kaufman
"By The River"Aesop Rock
"Kyanite Toothpick"Kalil JustinHanni El Khatib
"All City Nerve Map"Aesop Rock
2024"Pigeonometry"

As featured artist

YearArtistTitleDirectorOther featured artist
2011Hail Mary Mallon"Garfield"Alexander Tarrant and Justin Metros
"Meter Feeder"
"Grubstake"
"Breakdance Beach"
2013Dark Time Sunshine"Take My Hand"X:144Swamburger
The Uncluded"Earthquake"/
"Alligator"
"Delicate Cycle"Pete Lee & Ben Fee
"The Aquarium"Rob Shaw
"Organs"
2014Hail Mary Mallon"Jonathan"
"Kiln"Galen McKamy
"Whales"Toben Seymour
2015"4AM"Gerald Anekwe
2021Atmosphere (music group)"Barcade"Rob ShawMF Doom

Guest appearances

YearSongArtist(s)Album
2001"Put Your Quarter Up"Molemen with Slug and MF DOOMRitual of The... Revisited and Remastered
"Water"Atoms FamilyEuphony
"Coma (Remix)"
"Sinister"Atoms Family with Yeshua Dapoed
"Blacklist"Prefuse 73, with MF DOOMVocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
2002"Take me to the Basement"The OpusFirst Contact 001
"Killing Time"IllogicGot Lyrics?
"Dry Bones (remix)"Oddjobs with Vast Aire, Kimani"Dry Bones" 12"
"Flesh (remix)"Atmosphere"Godlovesugly" 12"
"Success"Mr. LifI Phantom
"Delorean"El-PFantastic Damage
2003"Obsolete"Blueprint with Slug, Eyedea, and IllogicThe Weightroom
"Secret Agents"Chase PhoenixCut to the Chase
"Kill 'em All (remix)"RJD2Loose Ends
"Final Frontier (remix)"RJD2 with Blueprint, Murs and Vast AireThe Horror
"Happy Pillz"MursThe End of the Beginning
"Love to Fuck"S.A. SmashSmashy Trashy
"Shut Down"Push Button ObjectsGhetto Blaster
2004"Encounter"BlueprintChamber Music
"Hold Mine"Blueprint with Slug, Illogic, and EyedeaPrintmatic: Vitamins and Minerals EP
"Apocalypse Zone"Cryptic OneThe Anti-Mobius Theory
"Time Capsule"Illogic with Vast AireCelestial Clockwork
"Crooked"Evil NineYou Can Be Special Too
"Jet Son"Blockhead with Camu TaoSunday Seance
"Kill Switch"DJ KrushJaku
"Posse Slash"Vast Aire with Karniege, Breez Evahflowin, Poison PenLook Mom... No Hands
2005"Worlds Collide"RascoThe Dick Swanson Theory
"Lo-Fi Funk"Blueprint1988
"Sabbatical with Options"Prefuse 73Surrounded by Silence
"Poems 4 Post Modern Decay"Zion ITrue & Livin'
"Voltronic Instructional Espionage"GrayskulDeadlivers
"Try to Remember"Hangar 18The Donkey Show Volume 1
"Helium"Vordul MegaYung World
"Akinesia"Tame One & The Dusted DonsSlow Suicide Stimulus
"Nuclear Five"The Presence with Karniege, and Masai BeyCommon Man's Anthems
"Left it to Us"Cage with El-P, Tame One, and Yak BallzHell's Winter
2006"Take, Hold, Fire"Mr. Lif with El-PMo' Mega
"Side Two"DJ Ese with BabbletronSide Two
2007"Run the Numbers"El-PI'll Sleep When You're Dead
"The Office"Grayskul with SlugBloody Radio
"Smoke if You Got'um"Rob SonicSabotage Gigante
"Catch 22"Grimace FederationTasted by Chemists
"Borrowedtime"Luckyiam with SlugMost Likely to Succeed
"The Dirt and the Filth"Percee PPerseverance
2008"Dirt"TobaccoFucked Up Friends
"Alchemy"BlueprintIron & Niacin
"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" remixThe Mountain GoatsHeretic Pride
"Side Two (CCP Remix)"Cool Calm PeteLoosies - Remixes and Other Oddities
"The Explanation"The GiganticsDie Already
2009"Diabolical Fun (Remix)"IllogicDiabolical Fun
"Low Tide"DJ SignifyOf Cities
"Sink Or Swim"
"Molly"Tame OneAcid Tab Vocab
"Stand Up"Awol OneOwl Hours
Wood-Chip GrinderMac LethalLove Potion Collection Vol. 5
"Give It Up"Felt
2010"Primor"Dark Time SunshineVessel
2011"Miama Advice"
"Zero or a Zillion"
"The Library"
"Walk Like Thunder"
"Captain Lou"
Kimya DawsonThunder Thighs
"Shout It In"Dirty GhostsShout It In (Aesop Rock Remix) 7"
2012"Superhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)"BusdriverSuperhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)
"Take My Hand"Dark Time SunshineANX
2013"Tumbleweed"billy woodsDour Candy
"Not Going Anywhere"GrayskulZenith
2014"Ego Death"BusdriverPerfect Hair
"Castles"CunninLynguistsStrange Journey Volume 3
"Air Pegasus (Le Cadeau)"MarQ Spekt & BlockheadAir Pegasus (Le Cadeau)
"Kill Joy"Rob SonicAlice in Thunderdome
2015"Jailbreak"B. DolanKill the Wolf
2016"I Went Outside Today"Open Mike Eagle & Paul WhiteHella Personal Film Festival
"Speak Truth"Homeboy Sandman with Kurious and Breeze BrewinKindness for Weakness
2021"Field of Dreams"Your Old Droog with ElzhiTime
"Barcade"Atmosphere with MF DOOMWORD?
2022"CD Only Bonus Track"Open Mike Eagle with Diamond DComponent System with the Auto Reverse
2023"Waiting Around"Billy Woods and Kenny SegalMaps
"Mississippi"BlockheadThe Aux
"Ponzu Sauce"Blockhead with Breeze Brewin

Production credits

YearTrack(s)ArtistAlbum
2000"Float"
"Big Bang"
"Garbage"
"Fascination"
"6B Panorama"
"How to be a Carpenter"
"Prosperity"
"The Mayor and the Crook"
Aesop RockFloat
2001"Kill 'em All"Various artistsDefinitive Jux Presents
"Labor"
"One Brick"
"Battery"
"Boombox"
Aesop RockLabor Days
"Wise Up"Various artistsTags of the Times 3
2002"Bracket Basher"Aesop RockDaylight
"Dead Pan"Various artistsDefinitive Jux Presents 2
2003"Bazooka Tooth"
"N.Y. Electric"
"Easy"
"No Jumper Cables"
"Limelighters"
"Super Fluke"
"Freeze"
"The Greatest Pac-Man Victory
in History"
"Frijoles"
"Kill the Messenger"
"Mars Attacks"
Aesop RockBazooka Tooth
2004"All in All"
"You're Dead to Me"
Various artistsDefinitive Jux Presents III
2005"Zodiaccupuncture"
"Rickety Rackety"
"Food, Clothes, Medicine"
"Facemelter"
Aesop RockFast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
"Knowledge"C-Rayz WalzYear of the Beast
2007"All Day"Aesop RockNike + Original Run
"Keep off the Lawn"
"Catacomb Kids"
"39 Thieves"
"Citronella"
"Five Fingers"
None Shall Pass
"Give Me Love"GrayskulBloody Radio
2008"Ghosts of the Barbary Coast"Aesop RockGhosts of the Barbary Coast
2009"Protagonists"
"Felt Chewed Up"
"Get Cake"
"Bass For Your Truck"
"Like You"
"Permanent Standby"
"Kevin Spacey"
"Ghost Dance Deluxe"
"Revisiting the Styleetron"
"Whaleface"
"Glory Burning"
"Henrietta Longbottom"
"She Sonnet"
"Felt Good"
"Deathmurdermayhem"
"The Prize"
"G.I. Josephine"
"Clap"
"We Have You Surrounded"
"Give It Up"
"Paul Reubens"
Felt
"Strain"CageDepart From Me
2011"Church Pants"
"Garfield"
"Grubstake"
"Meter Feeder"
"Smock"
"Breakdance Beach"
"Mailbox Baseball"
"Knievel"
Hail Mary MallonAre You Gonna Eat That?
"Varsity Blues 2"MursVarsity Blues 2
2012"Leisureforce"
"ZZZ Top"
"Cycles to Gehenna"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Fryerstarter"
"Ruby '81"
"Crows 1"
"Crows 2"
"Racing Stripes"
"1,000 O'Clock"
"Homemade Mummy"
"Grace"
"Saturn Missles"
"Tetra"
"Gopher Guts"
Aesop RockSkelethon
2013"Not Going Anywhere"GrayskulZenith
2014"Cat Food"
"Bug Zapper"
BlockheadAesop RockCat Food
"Jonathan"
"Krill"
"Used Cars"
"Dollywood"
"The Soup"
"4AM"
"Hang Ten"
"Whales"
"Merlin"
"Picture Day"
"King Cone"
Hail Mary MallonBestiary
"Happyland Disco"Rob SonicAlice in Thunderdome
2015"U-Boats"Billy WoodsToday I Wrote Nothing
2016"Mystery Fish"
"Rings"
"Lotta Years"
"Dorks"
"Rabies"
"Supercell"
"Blood Sandwich"
"Get Out of the Car"
"Shrunk"
"Kirby"
"TUFF"
"Lazy Eye"
"Defender"
"Water Tower"
"Molecules"
Aesop RockThe Impossible Kid
"Vigilante Genesis"
"Not Sure Why I Came Back"
"Graffiti Writer Killed"
"Tears of a Drone"
"Corner Store Showdown"
"The Watering Hole"
"Ten Paces"
BlueprintVigilante Genesis

Original contributions to compilations

YearTracksAlbumOther contributing artists
1999"Tugboat Complex"Inside Out: Vol. 1
2000"The Active Element"Ropeladder 12'[14]
2001"Kill 'em All"Def Jux Presents
"Wise Up"Tags of the Times 3
2002"Skip Town"
"Dinner with Blockhead"
Modern Montra
(DJ Spooky mix album)
"Dead Pan"Def Jux Presents 2
"Train Buffer"Urban Renewal
"Inner City Hustle"Embedded Studios Presents:
The Bedford Files
with L.I.F.E. Long[15]
2003"Numb (To the Guns)"Nature Sounds Presents:
The Prof. In... Convexed Sampler
"Dragon Coaster"The Bastard EP 12'with Mojo
"Miss By A Mile"We Came From Beyond, Vol. 2with Slug and Eyedea
2004"All in All"Def Jux Presents 3
2005"Preservation"Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culturewith Del tha Funkee Homosapien
"Junkyard"NBA 2K6: The Tracks

Collaborations

Lice

Hail Mary Mallon

The Uncluded

The Weathermen

Malibu Ken

See also

References

General

Specific

External links

Notes and References

  1. Aesop Rock – Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. November 21, 2023.
  2. Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Billboard. June 6, 2020.
  3. Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Rap Albums. Billboard. June 6, 2020.
  4. Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Independent Albums. Billboard. November 21, 2023.
  5. Peaks in the UK:
    • The Impossible Kid: Web site: Chart Update . October 9, 2020 . The Zobbel Website.
  6. Web site: Aesop Rock Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch. Strauss. Matthew. Pitchfork. September 14, 2023. September 15, 2023.
  7. Web site: The 15 Best Aesop Rock Songs. Complex.
  8. Web site: Nike+ Aesop Rock: New "Original Run" Mix This Tuesday. Podophile.com. February 11, 2007. March 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070312162411/http://podophile.com/2007/02/11/nike-aesop-rock-new-original-run-mix-this-tuesday/. March 12, 2007. live.
  9. Book: Billboard. 24. aesop rock - all day soundscan.. Internet Archive. June 2, 2011. June 6, 2009. Nielsen Business Media .
  10. Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Heatseekers. Billboard. June 6, 2020.
  11. Web site: Aesop Rock "Cat Food" EP Fifth Element. Fifth Element. April 13, 2016.
  12. Web site: Aesop Rock - The Recycling Bin - EP . . January 28, 2022.
  13. Web site: SpiritStereo . Abandon All Hope . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/s6BEpiEC7nU. December 12, 2021 . live. Youtube.com . November 24, 2010.
  14. Web site: MH-401 Various Artists - Ropeladder 12 Tracklist . MushRecords.com . November 20, 2010.
  15. Web site: Various Artists (Embedded Music) – 'Embedded Studios Presents: The Bedford Files' Item Detail . Undergroundhiphop.com . January 8, 2008 . February 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221113854/http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/detail.asp?UPC=BED004LP . dead .