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Hip-hop artist

Aesop Rock, born Robert Thomas, is an American hip-hop artist known for his unique lyrical style and musical talent. He has made a distinctive mark in the hip-hop community with his fusion of hardcore, punk, and hip-hop elements. Aesop Rock's music has been widely appreciated by audiences.

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“The block I grew up on had a lot of kids, some of which were the kind your parents didn’t want you to be friends with. These kids always had those crazy firework catalogs in the months leading up to July.”

Growing Up Friends Parents July Fireworks

Author:Aesop Rock

“I never really understood who was actually buying them or how, but on the Fourth, the amount of explosions was absurd—and safety was not a priority. I’d find myself in the middle of it all, sh- exploding all around me, begging friends to break me off a couple firecrackers.”

Friends Safety Confusion Explosions Begging Fourth Of July Firecrackers

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“Skate videos constantly introduced me to music I would have never heard otherwise. So many days and nights from my youth were spent piling into someone’s car and traveling to other towns and cities to hit some skate spots and inevitably meet all sorts of people from different backgrounds.”

Friends Skating Traveling Skate

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“You can't be cooler than the corners where you source all your parts”

Inspiration Advice Respect Heroes Aesop Rock Cite Your Sources The Impossible Kid

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“Everything I ever needed to know about life I learned from growing up skateboarding.”

Life Learning Skateboarding Skateboard Skate

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“Growing up, any sort of fireworks were strictly prohibited by mom (and the law?). That said, the Fourth of July was a bit of an insane clusterf- of lights, bangs and danger.”

Growing Up Danger Mom Insane Fireworks Lights Fourth Of July Bang Cluster

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“It should also be mentioned that since 2006, a relatively mysterious fungal disease known as White-nose syndrome has killed more than six million bats in North America. The cause and cure is currently being researched, but I believe as of now the decimated populations remain a sad mystery. Here’s to hoping these little dudes prosper in the face of terrible times.”

Mystery Sad Bats North America Prosper White Nose Syndrome Little Dudes

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“When sh- got intense, I’d play the sidelines, dodging errant sparks and waiting for the perfect time to head back into the danger. As an adult, not much has changed.”

Danger Intense Sparks Adult Sidelines Dodge Kid Perfect Time

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“There’s few things I love more than scoring a bag of fireworks and spending an evening, alone or with company, lighting them. It feels exciting and fun and dangerous and youthful and awesome. I love the smell. I love watching a bottle rocket soar up into the sky and explode. And I love being the one who lit the fuse.”

Love Fun Sky Dangerous Excitement Fireworks Awesome Fuse Bottle Rocket

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“I'm a muckin' gem in the refuse even when the world's ending - what the F is your excuse?”

Refuse Excuse Excuses Jerks Gem World Ending

Author:Aesop Rock

“I had a great aunt, Leona, who would sit and eat raw onions with me like apples as a kid. She would pour salt on the table cloth, dip it in and take a bite. What a genius.”

Apples Salt Aunt Table Onion

Author:Aesop Rock

“Find some grass, or some wetlands, a pond, a lake, a stream, etc. Move some rocks, some branches, some vines, some leaves. It’s easier to spot [frogs] when they hop, otherwise they just blend into their habitat, so a little disturbance goes a long way.”

Rocks Grass Branches Frogs Disturbance Habitat Lake Stream Wetlands Hop

Author:Aesop Rock

“I have long found bats to be one of the more fascinating creatures our animal kingdom has to offer. From the dog-sized Malaysian flying foxes down to the adorable and puffy Honduran white bats, they intrigue me to no end.”

Bats Intrigue Animal Kingdom Hoduran White Bats Malaysian Flying Foxes

Author:Aesop Rock

“My uncle used to take me and my brothers fishing in northeastern Pennsylvania, and when it started getting dark, small bats would dart around, occasionally colliding with our fishing lines sitting out in the water. I loved it.”

Water Dark Bats Brothers Pennsylvania Uncle

Author:Aesop Rock

“There are more than 1,000 different species of bats in the world, and many of them can be seen with relative ease if you know the environments they like. Bat houses can also be installed in one’s yard to attract some leathery-winged friends, which are great at keeping insects to a minimum.”

Environment Bats Insects Bat House

Author:Aesop Rock

“I used to catch frogs in my backyard in Long Island. I don’t know, maybe they were toads. It doesn’t matter.”

Frogs Toads Long Island Backyard It Doesn T Matter

Author:Aesop Rock

“I always find that just after dinner, when it’s still light out but beginning to get dark is a great time to find [frogs]. They are fun to play with, and you can place them in a jar with some holes in the top for closer inspection. Also a night time hunt is always fun, flashlights, etc.”

Fun Dark Dinner Frogs Hunt Inspection Flashlights Jar

Author:Aesop Rock

“I find the act of searching for, catching and releasing frogs to be awesomely rewarding, and really one of my favorite activities to do since I was young, scouring my backyard with my brothers. They make for fascinating creatures, and I think catching frogs will always be something I find relaxing.”

Creatures Fascinating Catching Frogs Brothers Searching Relaxing Releasing Rewarding

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“While their may be some exceptions (the aforementioned patty melt, French onion soup, etc.), by in large the flavor and crunchiness of a raw onion in comparison to its cooked version is vastly superior.”

Soup Superior Crunchy Onion French Onion Soup Patty Melt

Author:Aesop Rock

“Zelda was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, a total genius of a game designer. I have found very few other action/rpg’s really match up to the immersive experience that the Zelda games offer.”

Video Games Rpg Zelda Shigeru Miyamoto

Author:Aesop Rock

“I feel like skating taught me to carve my own path and really applauded the weirdos in a way I could identify with.”

Identity Skating Skateboarding Weirdos Skate Skating Culture

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“marshmellows over magma from the mantle has been cancelled, & how adequately can you scaffold?' -- Marble Cake”

Magma Mantle Scaffold Marshmellows

Book:The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow

Source: The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow

“The flavor of a large yellow onion, freshly peeled and sliced, is one of my favorite things in the world.”

Food Best Favorite Onion

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“I’d advise looking into what types of frogs are native to your area so you know what to expect and when the best time to look is.”

Native Best Frogs Look Area

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“The alleycats manipulate the blocks with gutter magic”

Magic Block Manipulate Gutters

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“Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.”

Feels Years Done Pressure Honestly

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“I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I've been and my feelings about the world.”

Thinking World Writing Feelings Able I've Learned Imagery Snapshots

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“I've learned I don't like being around people too much. It's hard to stand around and make conversation with people I've learned. But I do want to be the guy that can do it easily.”

People Want Hard Guy Can Do Too Much Conversation I've Learned

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“In a time where everything's a flavor of the month, and it's hard to have any sort of longevity, I've been able to sell records still. I want to be the guy that stands out there and says thank you personally to everyone. And I try after my shows and kick it because I want to genuinely say thanks.”

Want Trying Stills Hard Shows Able Guy Records Months Sells Thanks Kicks Longevity Standing Out Flavor Saying Thank You Flavor Of The Month

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“If I had interesting things to say, I would have been a speechwriter. I think it gets to musicians' heads a lot of the time. Just because people like your records doesn't mean what you have to say is going to be interesting.”

People Ifs Thinking Mean Has Beens Interesting Records Like You Musician Interesting Things

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“You can't get someone to like something they aren't feeling. After you press play, there isn't anything you can do.”

Play Feelings Can Do Presses Like Something

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“For a guy who didn't expect a fan base whatsoever, I'm pretty stoked. People say they don't understand it, and I say that's okay. I don't think anyone can argue that I'm not trying to do my own thing at least.”

People Thinking Trying Guy My Own Fans Okay Arguing

Author:Aesop Rock

“People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so let's just keep doing that." The genre itself is just stuck in place. It's been treading water for a while.”

People Years Certain Three Sound Water Rap Stuck Eras Genre Three Years Maintaining Treading Adamant Treading Water

Author:Aesop Rock

“Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.”

Years Hip Hop Campaigns Hips Genre Hops Unsure

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“The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don't think that there's a problem with being too concerned about videogames, especially for me, because I'm not in the industry. I'm just a consumer. But hip-hop is constantly like, "What are you doing for the scene?"”

People Thinking States Problem Industry Scene Concerned Hip Hop Hips Consumers Hops Videogame

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“I started freestyling with friends about eight or nine years ago. I started writing also around the same time, but didn't meet blockhead until about '94. I started making beats not until about '96.”

Writing Years Beats Years Ago Eight Nine Nine Years Blockheads

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“God helps those who have no-cut contracts.”

Helping Cutting Contracts God Help

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“The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.”

Chance Cities Prosperity Legacy Bridges Burned Linked

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“...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew what I wanted, and did it till it was done. So I've been the dream I wanted to be since Day One.”

Stills Done Dream Wanted Havens Hip Hop Rap Pursued

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“Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow.”

Forget Hip Hop Rap Never Forget Sheep

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“Now we the American working population Hate the fact that eight hours a day Is wasted on chasing the dream of someone that isn't us And we may not hate our jobs But we hate jobs in general That don't have to do with fighting our own causes. We the American working population Hate the nine-to-five, day-in day-out When we'd rather be supporting ourselves By being paid to perfect the pastimes That we have harbored based solely on the fact That it makes us smile if it sounds dope.”

Ifs May Facts Dream Jobs Past Hate Fighting Causes Sound Hours Perfect Five Paid Population Eight Nine Chasing Dope Pastime

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“I'm just tryin to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile.”

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“Armchair hater, I wouldn't piss on your coffin But when I see your picture I draw dicks on it.”

Draws Coffins Armchairs

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“The older I get, the less I care about what’s cool. I realize I’m old and weird.”

Care Realizing I Care

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“I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine”

Men Water Behinds Focus Wine Hiding Tides Inconsistency

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“Dream a little dream, Or you can live a little dream I'd rather live it 'Cause dreamers always chase But never get it”

Littles Dream Causes Dreamer

Author:Aesop Rock

“There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids”

Smoke Sunny Eyelids Sunny Day Irises

Author:Aesop Rock

About the Author

Born: June 5, 1976
Known for: Hip-hop artist
Quotes: 47

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