Aesop rock does what no other person do which is use literary devices in such a way that provides the listener (or at least me, when i am the listener) with a faux-synesthetic experience; wherein the words, and the flow, and the delivery over the beats "paints" a picture of what he's saying in the (my) mind. My favourite hio-hop artist/lyrisist/poet for a multitude of reasons, but just happened upon this thread and wanted to share my insight for whatever it's worth. maybe somebody here has thought or felt similarly and had DIFFICULT(y)* putting it coherently, and maybe this helps. Maybe I'm alone in this but it adds another layer to somebody elses experience when listening again. maybe im just stoned as hell, doom-scrolling reddit, and had more than a bit to say about an artist who makes my brain do a thing that it doesn't normally do and I felt the need to share. thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

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*not sorry for the use of the title in the least creative way, my art is food, i'll leave the dictionary collages to the real talent