Aesop Rock - Drums On The Wheel (Official Video)

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VIDEO CREDITS:
Directed By Jim Dirschberger
Illustrations By Travis Millard
Animated By Steven Gong

SONG CREDITS:
Written and produced by Aesop Rock
Additional instrumentation by Grimace Federation
Mixed by Eddie Sancho
Mastered by Joe LaPorta

#DrumsOnTheWheel #FreedomFinger #AesopRock

[chu]

There are recent Nobel prize winning poets and songwriters that I would rate below Aesop Rock. Guy transcends hip hop. He's one of America's greatest poets ever.

[wildernesswolff]

Aesop Rock is amazing. Still remember seeing him in concert. He stayed after the show for an extra 45 mins just to meet every fan who wanted to and take pics for free.

[captaingritty]

Aes killin it.
So thrilled he’s not fading away, his bars could move pyramids

[walkerflocker]

This shit is so good. This dude is new to me, I'm glad I found him

[j_white]

I'm new to Aesop Rock, but after hearing this I bought his whole discography. Well done sir.

[dunkan]

When aes is 60, I hope he releases a few more albums so I can make sure my kid goes down the right path.

[bobbobs]

Reminder that Aesop Rock is truly the greatest ever

[Messori__]

Quarantine with a new Aesop tape?!

I knew I died an went to heaven

[MilestheMechanic]

While mainstream still argues over who's the 🐐. Living legends are still hard at work and making it look easy.

[chris]

Jesus, I've probably listened to this 1000 times in the last 2 weeks

[blakebutler]

Rhymesayers, you've gotten me threw some of the darkest parts of my life, suicide attempts, deaths in th family, depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction and everything in between.

Now that I'm sober and healthy you guys are still in my corner and thank each and every one of you for being there when no one else was. Special thanks to Aesop Rock in particular. "Thank you for helping me not die" man. From the bottom of my heart.

[skumkwat]

[Verse 1]
Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV?
Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini
I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs
And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase
It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti
Deep end of some hellhole, come detect this tempo
I been feeding back in these headphones, beating back a profound fear
Farewell to my bread crumbs, is anybody even out there?
I'm like out there, in that true 3D, that new ether, that do you read me?
You don't read me, I'm barely a thing, staring off, I'm too scared to blink
I might shrink some and I shrink more, shrink past this pink dwarf
No sign of my pole star, although up here, it don't mean north
Deep space in no G-force, I more tumble out to some death bell
Some bleep bleep, robot voice, some red lights, some send help
Street meat for some E.T. to come deep fry in old frites grease
And re-home, reach out, reap what he sow, Jesus, do you read me? We don't

[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel

[Verse 2]
Bomb sites and blackouts and fog lights in gas clouds
Jockey through vacuums, none of our flaps down
It's shocking, shot off as one small part of some squadron
That ain't once chosen to abort shit, now we've honed in on our problem
Nonstop until he stop and see what kinda quadrant he got lost in
Do you read me? That option when y'alls options are exhausted
I been dropped off in this moshpit, instead of locked in to one orbit
Knock knock, call back or this cockpit is my coffin
Boss levels I'm doomed to repeat, new dance I call it "Do you read me?"
It evolve as a beyond the yonder mantra, once none pinging my transponder
Once what macabre y'all planned to conjure, been handed back to y'all unresponsive
Ten hut and I'm in sync, phone home, it just ring and ring
Asteroids that leave marks and blackholes that eat stars
Green cheese and GPS bedecked with detours
Fuel gauge around E-street, and my beacons are all blinked out
I might slink up in that junk heap you can't read and or pin down

[Chorus]
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel
And I play drums on the wheel
Whether feeling out of touch
Or outgunned in the field
Drums on the wheel

[noah]

Love that he’s got a second cigar in his hand

[ExiledSaint]

The only issue I have with this song is that it ends. So perfect.

[alexbaptista]

Definitely able to simplify his dense and heavy style for a larger audience, but without losing his edge.

[dinolandshark]

Aesop Rock is one of the rare rappers who just gets better and better. Most of them get worse but he's an altogether different artist.

[fairweathertrains]

I’m so jealous of people who hear this for the first time. It blew my fucking mind and I cannot stop listening to it. What an absolute diamond

[themastertater]

2022, september, ..im awake at fuckearly all in the thank you for existing Aesop.

[Mkaurene]

The things that Aesop and company cultivates are amazing. How often is it that you scroll through comments and find only love? Aesop is the dopest hip-hop artist, he makes magic through art and honestly I feel like we are all lucky to experience a positive powerhouse like him. You can really tell he is a true artist. Big props to A-E-S-O-P the peak twister!

[MegaFlorest]

"Do you read me? Do you read me? Do I need to reach through the TV?
Do I need to reach through the ouija? Houston, I may have gone too Houdini
I'm too uneasy, I'm out of phase, and I'm orange Tang, and I'm powdered eggs
And my radio has been down for days, I just stand around and sound out the phrase
It go do you read me, shook up shoe to beanie, y'all look for the moon graffiti"

JEEbus!... cadence and lyrics are on fucking point.