Name: Labor Days
Brand: Aesop Rock

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RSE356lp-C1

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Colour

silver

Colour details

Metallic Silver Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

196006803186

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / silver

RSE356cd

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Extended format: No

885686633915

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Aesop Rock

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Rhymesayers Entertainment

​His first release for the Def Jux label, Aesop ignores the mainstream and displays an unshakable confidence rarely seen in independent hip-hop. Although a staccato, Dadaist delivery is his trademark, subsequent listens reveal his storytelling gifts and rhyme structures to be thick with purpose. There's also a sensitivity only hinted at on Float, his first mass release. On "Daylight," he informs, "Life is not a bitch / Life's a beautiful woman," while "No Regrets" tells the life story of a woman who only communicated through her drawings until her death in a nursing home. Thanks to production by Omega One, Blockhead, and Aesop himself, Labor Days is built upon strings, loping bass lines, nodding beats, and expert programming. Surely, this is a fine example of hip-hop's formidable underground.

Labor Days

Music US