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I Heard It’s a Mess There Too
Hip-Hop · 2025 · 12 tracks · 41m

I Heard It’s a Mess There Too

Aesop Rock

Dense, hyper-literate rhymes layered over gritty, tape-saturated beats. A masterclass in abstract storytelling for the overthinker and the urban explorer.

October 27, 2025 · Rhyme Sayers Entertainment

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A dense, restless exploration of isolation and the strange beauty found in the mundane.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 41m
01
Crystals and Herbs
1:31
02
The Cut
4:03
03
Full House Pinball
3:29
04
Bag Lunch
2:39
05
Spin to Win
3:51
06
Opossum
3:49
07
Oh My Stars
3:29
08
Potato Leek Soup
3:40
09
Pay the Man
2:49
10
Poly Cotton Blend
3:56
11
Call Home
4:03
12
Sherbert
3:57
Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden transition from the ambient herb-shop textures of the intro into the driving, distorted bassline of track 2.
A sequence of rapid-fire internal rhymes on track 6 that mimics the frantic movement of the titular animal.
The way the beat on track 11 slowly disintegrates into a wash of static and distant telephone rings.
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