Aesop Rock - Zero Dark Thirty (Official Video)

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Director: Isaac Ravishankara
DP: Kevin Hayden
Producer: Brooke Kennedy
EP: Danielle Hinde
Editor: Isaac Ravishankara
Artist: Coro
Production Company: Doomsday Entertainment

Lyrics:
Unsigned hype, front line aeronauts flurry, zero dark thirty, zero friends, minotaur-fugly stepchild, evoke lunch jumped over plunging necklines, up, beside tongue-tied hungry enzymes, devolved into mothmen munching textiles, punisher, out past go-time, back 10 fried worms chubbier, brown grass both sides, canned food, manmade tools, Lanacane, band-aids, mandrake root, bindle on a broom stick, pancaked shoes and handshake-proof campaign, can't lose, can't gain, smoke out moles like a force of nature, pray fortune return to his favor, swiftly, maybe in the form of a nest egg, maybe in the form of a tesla death ray, or a solid gold scene with something better to celebrate than powder on your face like a flat foot on jelly day, m-m-moral compass all batshit, spinning in the shadows of immoral magnets, are we supporting the artist or enabling the addict, I mean, I guess it matters to me, I wish it mattered to you, how a thousand virtues, kick the same bucket like chinatown turtles

Roving packs of elusive young, become choke-lore writers over boosted drums, in the terrifying face of a future tongue, Down from a huntable surplus to one

(check his own) Breakneck pulse over colors in a drain that emote sugar skulls in the rain, flower-eyes melting, guided by a levy made of bath tiles tilting, quarter up and headed for the kill screen, no corner cut, no build team, only a particularly menacing, angle perpendicular to everything, boys room cherry bomb, boy/goon very much runnin' with the devil in the mellotron, hello, here's where a tale of caution, pounds coffin nails to bootlegs of Hawkwind, saw tooth, nevermind straw to gold, spin hearts on sleeves into heads on poles, arm in the maw, fish out pith like a business card from a jar at the mall, A-alike androids dreaming of carbon applause get stuffed with cartoon cigars, cold pack, neti-pot, home to roost, around folk backed into what they most lampoon, shook to the fevered brow and broke ankles, daisy, declawed pound, no thank you, fade me, failed all basic training but I spent a couple groundhogs days with a changeling, silouhette the god last cigarette, anything less would be re-god-damn-diculous

[gonglefuhrer]

"I don't like seeing people who don't like my music dismiss it as "gibberish" or "nonsensical." It quite simply isn't. I get that the wordplay and overall verbiage can be pretty swelled up, but to dismiss it as nothing because it isn't for you is a bit strange"  - AESOP ROCK

[gator]

Can anyone acknowledge that one line that is brilliant? "Moral compass all batshit, spinning in the shadows of immoral magnets." Thats incredibly deep.

[aschemusicreations]

"Failed all BASIC TRAINING, but I spent a couple GROUNDHOG DAYs with a CHANGELING" -- He references 3 80's films in 2 bars, holy shit.

[BrandonTedrow]

Aesop Rock is always a go-to for me. It ages well and never gets "old". One of my favorite songs. His humility and assertion are like yin and yang. Dualities forever vying for the spotlight.

[rayh]

Every lyric is like 5 references, most of which are obscure. I think I've found my favourite artist.

[vinny]

The fact that I listened to this 24/7 when it first came out EIGHT YEARS AGO is tripping me out right now, damn. Still just as fire as the first listen honestly.

[aidenbouc]

Part of what makes aes great imo is that his beats are always incredible, his voice is great, his flow is impeccable, his vocabulary is massive, and he looks very normal/average to me which makes it all hit home a lot more like "woah, this is a real person"

[thistime]

I listen to mostly metal and rock stuff, but this is honestly one of the best things I have ever heard. I immediately liked it. I have nothing but respect and admiration for Aesop Rock.

[jackcravford]

The beat reminds me of what Mike Shinoda was doing with Fort Minor. Complicated drum schemes, odd bass, beeping keyboards.. i love it, the instrumental is just mind blowing. And of course, Aesop and his concrete like flow and expressive voice.

[brandonadams]

I slept so hard on Aesop that I don't even know if Im even awake. Stoked I found him this year but feel like I robbed myself of watching the growth of such a eclectic and talented artist.

[axtekk]

I honestly don't get how people can say this song is mysterious. A lot of Aes's stuff is, but this is just incredible, melodic, deep, true poetry over an insane beat.

[butterdrawls]

This guy has literally found his way in describing life in his songs better than anyone else.

[MrEpic-qett]

I don't need a dictionary when I listen to Aesop.

He IS the dictionary.

[DrCommaBarber]

that moment you absolutely love his music but you're just a little too dumb to understand what he means... Aesop Rock is one person I'd love to sit and just talk with.

[ryantillotson]

Welp, I've hit the pause and rewind about 100 times in 3 minutes, must be an AES song. This man is a genius from a different planet

[caprisun]

1:58

Aesop: "Hello!"

*English subtitles: "Hello! :3"*

[dr.ligmahnutts]

I cant be the only one who understands this song? he's writing about himself and flaunting his natural talent which is poetry, don't assume the fact you don't understand something it has no meaning that's ignorant.

[youngandsuccessful]

this guy is a 1000 years ahead of his time bruh

[wild-radio]

The internet is so wierd. To be able to see what he looks like after just hearing him for all these years. Just huge how good you are. Bangers every time.♡ love you Aesop.

[egno]

Truly amazing visuals. The strength of his vocals combined with a fast-paced beat, the dynamically changing background compared with the calm he keeps throughout the video altogether make an amazing effect. One of the best impressions a music video ever gave me I think.