New Release Tuesday (A Day Late)

It would be wrong of me to hold off on this deal and all heads should be adding this album to their catalog so New Release Tuesday is coming to you on a Wednesday. The new album this week is Aesop Rock's latest, Skelethon.

Before I go into detail, you need to go to Amazon today and download this album because it's only $3.99 for the download and I'm not sure how long that price will be available to you. So go ahead and download it, I'll wait.

Now for the album itself, I've only sampled it as I'm downloading it this very second. I knew "Zero Dark Thirty" since he dropped that as the first single a month or two ago and I heard "Leisureforce" as Aesop is also streaming the album for free on YouTube right now (which led me to Amazon and got me the download for only $3.99). But from the reviews I've read, this may be his most introspective and personal record to date, which I'm sure will be also have to be deciphered after several spins. I also know Aesop produced the entire album himself, which is always a little disappointing to me because I've always preferred Aesop spitting over Blockhead beats, but that's me being picky.

If you don't know Aesop's work, in addition to downloading this disc, do yourself a favor and download Labor Days, the best album Aesop has crafted which was released in 2001. Now, Aesop is going to go over your head with a lot of his lyrics. In fact it'll take you a few listens to ever capture every thing he's spitting on a single track. But, that's part of the fun. The dude interweaves so much lyrical content it's crazy. Regardless, this disc is worth the $4.