Aesop Rock's hip-hop experiments pay off in None Shall Pass'

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA | September 6, 2007| | Copyright

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Lyrics roll off Aesop Rock's tongue like evenly paced soldiers, orderly but cryptic.

The indie rapper covers everything from Pluto's fall from grace to snow cones to Jolly Roger. But disillusioned with the typical hip- hop obsession with self-inflation, one topic Aesop doesn't get into much is the "I."

Citing the unchanging "machismo and acrobatics" of most hip-hop artists, Aesop Rock told SuicideGirls.com that he's into making hip- hop that's less self-congratulatory and more experimental. And with the unapologetic "None Shall Pass," Aesop Rock has ...

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