Aesop Rock - Bug Zapper Lyrics

this is raw af

More symbolism in 7 syllables, than any of this new shit has on their entire collection...

“I walk with Hawaii on a green screen behind me so even the awkward pauses seem inviting.” Come the fuck on

New speak referring 1984

Mad respect from Bboy Ninja to Aesop Rock! He wishes to make music with you one day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVOqO3kTrh4

that lead foot fauna

This will be attending my next trippp 👾

"I got my shit hooked up to the clapper, so everytime the audience applauds... tzzz, tzzz... On goes the bug zapper."
-me (Chief)

01:23 the dislikers didn't know how to install their headphones,

*"YOU TOO FREAKED OUT TO EVEN LEAVE YA HOUSE!"* 0.0

YUP!!!!
Just like a tweeker with no liquor or beer to mellow him out

I did a verse to this beat. Check out the track "Nail Bomb" on my channel :)

awesome

Aesop victim of melanin. Audible shark bites.

Fuck yeah

this beat is so damn addictive

incredible

Muthafuckin fiiiiiiiiiiiiiire.

This particular song is so incredibly hot, partially because it's so relatable for me and that's my kind of beat. It's the beginning of the aggressiveness to get me hyped. I'm not going to get into who's the best even if Aesop is to me. Too many years of "KRS or Rakim?", it's all about our opinions and experiences. I have been able to write dopeness for many years, but only the past few years could I rhyme or even sing decently. You have to be able to let out your emotions for real. I'm glad to actually read wisdom on here. Nice change for you tube.

There's not 1 single rapper who does it like Aes. Bruh bruh preserves the ART.

huffin butane fuel challenging witch to deul bout to turn her into fool until I realize I'm the one with the drool

Fucking drenched

ice cold, Aesop.

Dope as beat!lyrics r wild

these two songs are fucking unreal, man..

Jam Baxter

My god hes evolved to another level of un inhibited truth. Bring our ears the joy they crave! Glad you back Aes.

brennan eaton. Uninhibited truth. fuck yes!!! Brilliance.

I walk with Hawaii on a greenscreen behind me, so even the awkward pauses feel inviting.

Breakdance Beach music video

yes!!!!!!

Padooshka how incredibly bounce stepping is that? I'm more confident already, and I didn't say shit!

I'm fourteen again, too much pcp. But I'm not bothered, as my rep precedes me. Whoa!

...........soooo?

he's such a legit producer as well as the most lyrical genius

Well when you're best friends with Block since college you learn a thing or two

Yup this instrumental is lethal

@Phoebe Xavier No it's not. This one is produced by Aesop

I think Sandman has witty bars and says some funny shit.

Steven Candelaria yeah i listened to all 3 lice albums and he's not BAD i'm just like why out of all artists did aesop make THREE whole albums with this dude 😂

sounds like he's been listening to run the jewels

Fucking hell bruvs. This was some other level shit.

Bug Zapper is better than Cat Food by a long shot, this may be one of Aesop's best songs ever. No joke. <3

@DIMENSION Hip Hop Yea! However the Live EP wasn't too much what I wanted. I don't really like Sandman. I like Aes and Blockhead, just them two. Or Hail Mary Mallon. 

@556FATHOMS ya, I am not really a fan of sandman either. I did see him live this year when he opened for Aes and HMM. I am not really sure why Aes wanted to do that EP with him lol he is too above and beyond sandman in intelligence, lyrical ability, style, etc. At least Rob Sonic can hold his own

@DIMENSION Hip Hop Rob and Aes are the duo of the century. Sandman is a weirdo. 

It took me 3 months to realize I rhymed that? Do I have a natural talent?

They're both dope but the beat on this one ... 0_o

this one is a sleeper

The birth of an old slang, the death of a newspeak

This fucking beat is legit. Movie intro-worthy

Just spent 8 hours analyzing this song with my gf. (yeah she's dope). This is why I say fuck Kendrick Lamar and logic and all those over over rated simple rappers. Kendrick has moments, but dude. Aesop. 8 hours. this song is incredibly dense. a lit major wet dream. fucking genius.

Kendrick used to have a ghostwriter didn't he? I think butterfly is the first album he wrote himself. I saw this radio host talking to him about it, the guy seemed a little jealous he blew up maybe lol

+Redsparrowe123 I agree. Kendrick is the only one that comes close to the realm of Aesop, Lupe, and Run The Jewels in my opinion

no way! a friggin ghostwriter? in today's world? That's some real bitch shit if it's true. suckers today are too starstruck to face the fact that easy e always had ghostwriters and that was a long time ago, and easy to point out if people listen to the music. so many dope mcs and Kendrick Lamar? he's no Aesop, of course, but I liked him sometimes

Too bad a Lit Major is fruitless.

Redsparrowe123 nah dude. I actually really like Logic. he's not on the level of Aesop lyric wise but the guy is original. there's not another rapper like him. In terms of just being a guy that plays dungeons and dragons with gaming references throughout his music but also can talk about some dark moments in his past. It's unique. and hes still growing as an artist he hasn't peaked yet

Aesop's solo releases are like the elder scrolls series, both are in their own leagues receptively to their competitors, both have years insane hype within their equally insane cult following and both give you 1000's of hours of quality reputability until the next even better installment.

Damn that's awesome, one day they'll make it to lil ol' New Zealand and they'll sell out too. 

+DIMENSION ! Dont forget PROF he's no AESOP but he's rhysamesayers' partyboy

@Dylan Clark i just started listening to a bit of Prof. I did see him live once w/ Atmosphere but that was before I knew who he was. Bar Breaker is a sick track 

Does Aesop keep re-releasing slightly different variations of None Shall Pass like Bethesda does Skyrim?

Not too keen on the comparison. If you take a look at modern Elder Scrolls games from a design perspective they are quite shallow: the use and abuse the Skinner box technique and other Pavlovian technique to get you hooked up, but there is no depth to their narrative, no message to convey, no themes to explore, no choices that matter. It's Kafkaesque gaming.

Don't get me wrong I always buy them and always play them for hundreds of hours but they are glorified checklists. It's great entertainment but not great art.

On the other hand Aesop is all about meaning. He doesn't have the mass appeal of that franchise and is unfortunately often criticized by many (and I don't understand why, really)

to freaked out to even leave you house...

Insect Trainer, look around. Precisely because he's so good is why he'll never blow up. Only the people like us will ever think of him as "famous" or big time. I have known two people throughout my hip-hop life that make songs on this level. You will never hear of them without extensive looking and luck. we're lucky he has the exposure he does. thank def jux

so fucking relatable lol

UNREAL...Def Juxies never die.

+Alex Soricelli i wholeheartedly miss Def Jux

please! more!!!

He's really come along as a producer/beatmaker

Funky like a 70's vigilante flick.

Will anyone burn me a copy of Music for earthworms PLEASE!

Aes is the only man nuts yet genius enough to mention Tony Alva, H.P. Lovecraft and Pachelbel in the same song.

+NLuKa420 Bowie albums much?

+NLuKa420 Oversized Billy Joel Teeth

+ambskater97 and Eric Blair

MasterBerry youre funny.

@Jon Vaughn Billy Joel T*

poc marks, go team.

fuck you!! take my money!!!!!

This is how I feel when I hang out with my friend Derek sometimes..

Lol random, how does Derek make u feel like this?

@Kid Bizarre I get too freaked out to leave his house. lol

Aesop's getting better?  How is this possible?!!!

THEN HE GOT BETTER AFTER THIS. I don't understand it either, usually artists get worse.

Aesop Rock is not the best rapper out there. In terms of complexity? Sure. He is great at that. His rhymes are very cryptic. But mind you, (while I'm accepting the fact that he is the best for all intents and purposes), he is only the best we have seen so far. The crown can always be taken by another diamond in the ruff. Contested.

Furthermore, drifting away from the aforementioned, Aesop Rock simply cannot cover the myriad life lessons, challenges, what have you in his rhymes. No one can. All a rapper can do is string together vowels and consonants from the foundation of their own experiences. There are rappers who do a great job at talking about what they have faced or what others in their lives have gone through (just for topic examples). In that sense, can we really say that any one rapper is the best at all? The best rapper(s) are the ones whom pull on your heart strings in a way that no one else can. We need to stop focusing so much on who the best artist is because art is subjective. I.e., a consensus can NEVER be reached anyways. Intrinsic.

Lastly, there may be rappers whom are so underground you may never know that they were better than Aesop Rock. You never know. But in the end it doesn't matter. In the beginning it doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter. They all (the rappers you listen to) have an ingredient to bring to the kitchen to cook up a very unique soup in your mind. Salient.

@***** If by "we all know" you mean "I personally think" sure. 

I start my city with a brick....

r/IamVerySmart

Always leap years above other rappers.

@Detale78 No doubt. Easily said.

Aes got the science in hand.

Loving the lovecraft line. major props for that rock

YES. FUCK YES.

How is this cat so mad slept on?!?!? Easily the best rapper ever, if not one of them.

Old ass eminem boy

Redsparrowe123 obviously you haven't heard very many real hip hop artists....

Andrew Thoppil 😂😂😂 word.

@P digi317 Moron

@Redsparrowe123 Or you could both listen to the Orphanage Freestyle project and hear Illogic and Eyedea freestyle for over an hour together... :)

laptops for heaters, makin some dogecoin

Yes, yes, yes, fucking yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

I've listened to the Cat Food EP more than all of the HMM2 songs combined (not to diss HMM2), I was worried that Aesop was getting a little rusty but this EP gives me hope for his next solo release (which will probably sound more like this than HMM2 since thats a separate entity altogether)

Yes! The captain of gutter funk rolls back on a gnarly beat and laces it. Too freaked out!

Captain of gutter funk?

Think about it, man.

+Nathan Whitney Gutter funk, makes me think of Death Grips, but also a great way to describe Aesop's newer style haha.