Aesop Rock discography

Aesop Rock discography
Aesop Rock performing in 2006
Studio albums10
EPs4
Singles17
Music videos17
Guest appearances43
Production credits13
Appearances on compilations14
Collaborations4

Aesop Rock is an American hip hop rapper who is currently signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment. His discography consists of nine studio albums, three extended plays, ten singles, four collaborations, one compilation, nine music videos, and many appearances on other artists' tracks and on compilations.

Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records: Music for Earthworms in 1998 and the Appleseed EP in 1999. After being signed to the Mush label, Aesop Rock released his first studio album, Float, in 2000. Shortly thereafter, Aesop Rock signed to the Manhattan-based hip hop label Definitive Jux, where he released Labor Days in 2001, Bazooka Tooth in 2003, and None Shall Pass in 2007. His albums since then – Skelethon (2012), The Impossible Kid (2016), Spirit World Field Guide (2020), Garbology (2021), and Integrated Tech Solutions (2023) – have been released by Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		US
R&B
/HH
[2] 		US
Rap
[3] 		US
Ind.
[4] 		UK
[5]
Float
  • Released: September 5, 2000
  • Label: Mush
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — —
Labor Days — — — — —
Bazooka Tooth
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 112 44 — 7 —
None Shall Pass
  • Released: August 28, 2007
  • Label: Definitive Jux
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 50 35 — — —
Skelethon 21 5 2 1 —
The Impossible Kid
  • Released: April 29, 2016
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 30 3 2 2 189
Spirit World Field Guide
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 54 26 24 9 —
Garbology
(with Blockhead)
  • Released: November 12, 2021
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 — — — — —
Integrated Tech Solutions
  • Released: November 10, 2023[6]
  • Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 169 — — 27 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Mixtapes

Title Album details
Music for Earthworms

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details
Bushwick
  • Released: August 11, 2017
  • Label: Lakeshore
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

Downloadable mixes

List of downloadable mixes, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Sales
All Day: Nike+ Original Run[8]
The Blob

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		US
R&B
/HH
[2] 		US
Heat.
[10] 		US
Ind.
[4]
Appleseed
  • Released: 1999
  • Format: CD-R, Cassette
  • Label: self-released
 — — — —
Daylight
  • Released: February 5, 2002
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Definitive Jux
 — — — 15
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
  • Released: February 22, 2005
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Definitive Jux
 190 100 9 21
Cat Food[11]
  • Released: January 5, 2015
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
 — — — —
Freedom Finger (Music from the Game)
  • Release date: April 7, 2020
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
 — — — —
The Recycling Bin[12]
  • Release date: January 28, 2022
  • Format: LP, Digital Download
  • Label: Rhymesayers
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Coma" 2001 Labor Days
"Boombox"
"Daylight" 2002 Labor Days & Daylight
"Limelighters" 2003 Bazooka Tooth
"Freeze"
"Easy"
"All in All" 2004 Def Jux Presents 3
"The One That Got Away" 2006 The Next Best Thing
"None Shall Pass" 2007 None Shall Pass
"Coffee"
"Zero Dark Thirty" 2012 Skelethon
"ZZZ Top"
"Rings" 2016 The Impossible Kid
"Blood Sandwich"
"My Belly" Non-album singles
"Hot Dogs" 2017
"Klutz" 2018
"Rogue Wave" 2020
"The Gates" Spirit World Field Guide
"Pizza Alley"
"Long Legged Larry" 2021 Non-album single
"Mindful Solutionism" 2023 Integrated Tech Solutions
"By the River"
"Infinity Fill Goose Down"

Music videos

As lead artist

Year Album Title Director Other featured artist
1997 Music for Earthworms "Abandon All Hope"[13] Ian Bavitz
2003 Bazooka Tooth "Freeze" Michael Kuhn
"No Jumper Cables" Joey Garfield
2005 Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives "Fast Cars" Asif Mian
2007 None Shall Pass "None Shall Pass" Michael Kuhn
"Coffee" Ace Norton John Darnielle
2012 Skelethon "Zero Dark Thirty" Isaac Ravishankara
"ZZZ Top" Pete Lee
"Cycles to Gehenna" Ben Fee & Pete Lee
"Homemade Mummy" — Rob Sonic
2016 The Impossible Kid "Rings" Rob Shaw
"Blood Sandwich"
"Lazy Eye: Live from the Peculiarium"
"Dorks"
"Kirby" Toben Seymour
"Shrunk" Rob Shaw
"Lotta Years: Live from the Hill"
2017 "Get Out of the Car"
Hot Dogs "Hot Dogs" Kurt Hayashi
2018 Klutz "Klutz" Rob Shaw
Malibu Ken "Acid King" Tobacco (musician)
"Corn Maze"
2019 "Tuesday"
2020 Rogue Wave "Rogue Wave"
Spirit World Field Guide "The Gates"
"Pizza Alley"
Freedom Finger "Drums on the Wheel" Jim Dirschberger
Spirit World Field Guide "Coveralls" Rob Shaw
2021 Long Legged Larry "Long Legged Larry"
Garbology "Jumping Coffin"
"Jazz Hands" Blockhead
"Flamingo Pink"
2022 "All the Smartest People" Aesop Rock
2023 Integrated Tech Solutions "Mindful Solutionism" Justin "Coro" Kaufman
"By The River" Aesop Rock
"Kyanite Toothpick" Kalil Justin Hanni El Khatib
"All City Nerve Map" Aesop Rock
2024 "Pigeonometry"
Year Artist Title Director Other featured artist
2011 Hail Mary Mallon "Garfield" Alexander Tarrant and Justin Metros
"Meter Feeder"
"Grubstake"
"Breakdance Beach"
2013 Dark Time Sunshine "Take My Hand" X:144 Swamburger
The Uncluded "Earthquake" /
"Alligator"
"Delicate Cycle" Pete Lee & Ben Fee
"The Aquarium" Rob Shaw
"Organs"
2014 Hail Mary Mallon "Jonathan"
"Kiln" Galen McKamy
"Whales" Toben Seymour
2015 "4AM" Gerald Anekwe
2021 Atmosphere "Barcade" Rob Shaw MF Doom

Guest appearances

Year Song Artist(s) Album
2001 "Put Your Quarter Up" Molemen with Slug + MF DOOM Ritual of The... Revisited and Remastered
"Water" Atoms Family Euphony
"Coma" (Remix)
"Sinister" Atoms Family with Yeshua DaPOeD + Vast Air
"Blacklist" Prefuse 73 + MF DOOM Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
2002 "Take Me to the Basement" The Opus First Contact 001
"Killing Time" Illogic Got Lyrics?
"Dry Bones (Remix)" Oddjobs with Vast Aire + Kimani "Dry Bones"
"Flesh (Remix)" Atmosphere "Godlovesugly"
"Success" Mr. Lif I Phantom
"Delorean" El-P Fantastic Damage
2003 "Obsolete" Blueprint, Slug, Eyedea and Illogic The Weightroom
"Secret Agents" Chase Phoenix Cut to the Chase
"Kill 'em All" (Remix) RJD2 Loose Ends
"Final Frontier (Remix)" RJD2, Blueprint, Murs and Vast Aire The Horror
"Happy Pillz" Murs The End of the Beginning
"Love to Fuck" S.A. Smash Smashy Trashy
"Shut Down" Push Button Objects Ghetto Blaster
2004 "Encounter" Blueprint Chamber Music
"Hold Mine" Blueprint, Slug, Illogic and Eyedea Printmatic: Vitamins and Minerals EP
"Apocalypse Zone" Cryptic One The Anti-Mobius Theory
"Time Capsule" Illogic + Vast Aire Celestial Clockwork
"Crooked" Evil Nine You Can Be Special Too
"Jet Son" Blockhead + Camu Tao Sunday Seance
"Kill Switch" DJ Krush Jaku
"Posse Slash" Vast Aire, Karniege, Breez Evahflowin and Poison Pen Look Mom... No Hands
2005 "Worlds Collide" Rasco The Dick Swanson Theory
"Lo-Fi Funk" Blueprint 1988
"Sabbatical with Options" Prefuse 73 Surrounded by Silence
"Poems 4 Post Modern Decay" Zion I True & Livin'
"Voltronic Instructional Espionage" Grayskul Deadlivers
"Try to Remember" Hangar 18 The Donkey Show Volume 1
"Helium" Vordul Mega Yung World
"Akinesia" Tame One + The Dusted Dons Slow Suicide Stimulus
"Nuclear Five" The Presence, Karniege and Masai Bey Common Man's Anthems
"Left It to Us" Cage, El-P, Tame One and Yak Ballz Hell's Winter
2006 "Take, Hold, Fire" Mr. Lif + El-P Mo' Mega
2007 "Run the Numbers" El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead
"The Office" Grayskul + Slug Bloody Radio
"Smoke If You Got'um" Rob Sonic Sabotage Gigante
"Catch 22" Grimace Federation Tasted by Chemists
"Borrowedtime" Luckyiam + Slug Most Likely to Succeed
"The Dirt and the Filth" Percee P Perseverance
2008 "Dirt" Tobacco Fucked Up Friends
"Alchemy" Blueprint Iron & Niacin
"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" (Remix) The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride
"The Explanation" The Gigantics Die Already
2009 "Diabolical Fun (Remix)" Illogic Diabolical Fun
"Low Tide" DJ Signify Of Cities
"Sink or Swim"
"Molly" Tame One Acid Tab Vocab
"Stand Up" Awol One Owl Hours
"Wood-Chip Grinder" Mac Lethal Love Potion Collection Vol. 5
"Give It Up" Felt Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
2010 "Primor" Dark Time Sunshine Vessel
2011 "Miama Advice"
"Zero or a Zillion"
"The Library"
"Walk Like Thunder"
"Captain Lou" 		Kimya Dawson Thunder Thighs
"Shout It In" Dirty Ghosts Shout It In (Aesop Rock Remix) 7"
2012 "Superhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)" Busdriver "Superhands Mantra (Fuck Us All)"
"Take My Hand" Dark Time Sunshine ANX
2013 "Tumbleweed" billy woods Dour Candy
"Not Going Anywhere" Grayskul Zenith
2014 "Ego Death" Busdriver Perfect Hair
"Castles" CunninLynguists Strange Journey Volume 3
"Air Pegasus (Le Cadeau)" MarQ Spekt & Blockhead "Air Pegasus (Le Cadeau)"
"Kill Joy" Rob Sonic Alice in Thunderdome
2015 "Jailbreak" B. Dolan Kill the Wolf
2016 "I Went Outside Today" Open Mike Eagle & Paul White Hella Personal Film Festival
"Speak Truth" Homeboy Sandman, Kurious & Breeze Brewin Kindness for Weakness
2021 "Field of Dreams" Your Old Droog & Elzhi Time
"Barcade" Atmosphere & MF DOOM WORD?
2022 "CD Only Bonus Track" Open Mike Eagle & Diamond D Component System with the Auto Reverse
2023 "Waiting Around" Billy Woods and Kenny Segal Maps
"Mississippi" Blockhead The Aux
"Ponzu Sauce" Blockhead & Breeze Brewin

Production credits

Year Track(s) Artist Album
2000 "Float"
"Big Bang"
"Garbage"
"Fascination"
"6B Panorama"
"How to be a Carpenter"
"Prosperity"
"The Mayor and the Crook" 		Aesop Rock Float
2001 "Kill 'em All" Various artists Definitive Jux Presents
"Labor"
"One Brick"
"Battery"
"Boombox" 		Aesop Rock Labor Days
"Wise Up" Various artists Tags of the Times 3
2002 "Bracket Basher" Aesop Rock Daylight
"Dead Pan" Various artists Definitive Jux Presents 2
2003 "Bazooka Tooth"
"N.Y. Electric"
"Easy"
"No Jumper Cables"
"Limelighters"
"Super Fluke"
"Freeze"
"The Greatest Pac-Man Victory
in History"
"Frijoles"
"Kill the Messenger"
"Mars Attacks" 		Aesop Rock Bazooka Tooth
2004 "All in All"
"You're Dead to Me" 		Various artists Definitive Jux Presents III
2005 "Zodiaccupuncture"
"Rickety Rackety"
"Food, Clothes, Medicine"
"Facemelter" 		Aesop Rock Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
"Knowledge" C-Rayz Walz Year of the Beast
2007 "All Day" Aesop Rock Nike + Original Run
"Keep off the Lawn"
"Catacomb Kids"
"39 Thieves"
"Citronella"
"Five Fingers" 		None Shall Pass
"Give Me Love" Grayskul Bloody Radio
2008 "Ghosts of the Barbary Coast" Aesop Rock Ghosts of the Barbary Coast
2009 "Protagonists"
"Felt Chewed Up"
"Get Cake"
"Bass For Your Truck"
"Like You"
"Permanent Standby"
"Kevin Spacey"
"Ghost Dance Deluxe"
"Revisiting the Styleetron"
"Whaleface"
"Glory Burning"
"Henrietta Longbottom"
"She Sonnet"
"Felt Good"
"Deathmurdermayhem"
"The Prize"
"G.I. Josephine"
"Clap"
"We Have You Surrounded"
"Give It Up"
"Paul Reubens" 		Felt Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
"Strain" Cage Depart From Me
2011 "Church Pants"
"Garfield"
"Grubstake"
"Meter Feeder"
"Smock"
"Breakdance Beach"
"Mailbox Baseball"
"Knievel" 		Hail Mary Mallon Are You Gonna Eat That?
"Varsity Blues 2" Murs Varsity Blues 2
2012 "Leisureforce"
"ZZZ Top"
"Cycles to Gehenna"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Fryerstarter"
"Ruby '81"
"Crows 1"
"Crows 2"
"Racing Stripes"
"1,000 O'Clock"
"Homemade Mummy"
"Grace"
"Saturn Missles"
"Tetra"
"Gopher Guts" 		Aesop Rock Skelethon
2013 "Not Going Anywhere" Grayskul Zenith
2014 "Cat Food"
"Bug Zapper" 		Blockhead

Aesop Rock

Cat Food
"Jonathan"
"Krill"
"Used Cars"
"Dollywood"
"The Soup"
"4AM"
"Hang Ten"
"Whales"
"Merlin"
"Picture Day"
"King Cone" 		Hail Mary Mallon Bestiary
"Happyland Disco" Rob Sonic Alice in Thunderdome
2015 "U-Boats" Billy Woods Today I Wrote Nothing
2016 "Mystery Fish"
"Rings"
"Lotta Years"
"Dorks"
"Rabies"
"Supercell"
"Blood Sandwich"
"Get Out of the Car"
"Shrunk"
"Kirby"
"TUFF"
"Lazy Eye"
"Defender"
"Water Tower"
"Molecules" 		Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid
"Vigilante Genesis"
"Not Sure Why I Came Back"
"Graffiti Writer Killed"
"Tears of a Drone"
"Corner Store Showdown"
"The Watering Hole"
"Ten Paces" 		Blueprint Vigilante Genesis

Original contributions to compilations

Year Tracks Album Other contributing artists
2000 "Tugboat Complex" Inside OutVol. 1 - A Full Blown Compilation
"The Active Element" Ropeladder 12''[14]
2001 "Kill 'em All" Def Jux Presents
"Wise Up" Tags of the Times 3
2002 "Dead Pan" Def Jux Presents 2
"Train Buffer" Urban Renewal
"Inner City Hustle" Embedded Studios Presents:
The Bedford Files 		L.I.F.E. Long[15]
2003 "Numb (To the Guns)" Nature Sounds Presents:
The Prof. In... Convexed Sampler
"Dragon Coaster" Atlantis Sessions & The Deadly Art of All Day Brainstorming Mojo
"Miss By a Mile" We Came From Beyond, Vol. 2 Slug and Eyedea
2004 "All in All" Def Jux Presents 3
2005 "Preservation" Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Del tha Funkee Homosapien
"Junkyard" NBA 2K6: The Tracks
"Side Two" Side Two DJ Ese + Babbletron

Collaborations

Lice

  • Lice (2015)
  • Still Buggin' (2016)
  • Triple Fat Lice (2017)

Hail Mary Mallon

Main article: Hail Mary Mallon § Discography

The Uncluded

Main article: The Uncluded § Discography

The Weathermen

Main article: The Weathermen (hip hop group) § History

Malibu Ken

Main article: Malibu Ken § Discography

See also

References

General

  • "Aesop Rock". Definitive Jux. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  • "Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  • "Aesop Rok – Inertia". InertiaMusic.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.

Specific

  1. ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Peaks in the UK:
    • The Impossible Kid: "Chart Update". The Zobbel Website. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Strauss, Matthew (September 14, 2023). "Aesop Rock Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "The 15 Best Aesop Rock Songs". Complex.
  8. ^ "Nike+ Aesop Rock: New "Original Run" Mix This Tuesday". Podophile.com. February 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
  9. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. June 6, 2009. p. 24. Retrieved June 2, 2011 – via Internet Archive. aesop rock - all day soundscan.
  10. ^ "Aesop Rock – Chart History: Top Heatseekers". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "Aesop Rock "Cat Food" EP Fifth Element". Fifth Element. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  12. ^ "Aesop Rock - The Recycling Bin - EP". Apple Music. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  13. ^ SpiritStereo. "Abandon All Hope". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  14. ^ "MH-401 Various Artists - Ropeladder 12 Tracklist". MushRecords.com. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  15. ^ "Various Artists (Embedded Music) – 'Embedded Studios Presents: The Bedford Files' Item Detail". Undergroundhiphop.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2008.