Aesop Rock - Skelethon

14232949 · 07-18-2012, 04:46 PM

Meh, if you've heard one Aesop record you've heard them all.
Guy needs to work on his delivery, it's just so monotonous and if I were paying less attention I'd swear he was spitting the same verse on every track.

Some of the production was pretty nice, but I find Aesop as an MC quite boring, he doesn't possess any great story telling abilities, it's just metaphor on top of metaphor which I guess resonates for some. Not me.

As with the rest of his work, I felt it wasn't bad. It was not mind blowing either. It was alright. There's nothing necessarily blatantly wrong with the record, and the guy's had enough success with his style of hip-hop, it just doesn't really strike me as anything out of the ordinary when he just whitters on.

I gave it a 6/10.

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07-18-2012, 04:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Meh, if you've heard one Aesop record you've heard them all. Guy needs to work on his delivery, it's just so monotonous and if I were paying less attention I'd swear he was spitting the same verse on every track. Some of the production was pretty nice, but I find Aesop as an MC quite boring, he doesn't possess any great story telling abilities, it's just metaphor on top of metaphor which I guess resonates for some. Not me. As with the rest of his work, I felt it wasn't bad. It was not mind blowing either. It was alright. There's nothing necessarily blatantly wrong with the record, and the guy's had enough success with his style of hip-hop, it just doesn't really strike me as anything out of the ordinary when he just whitters on. I gave it a 6/10.