Skelethon

by Aesop Rock

Skelethon cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 July 2012
  • Label: Rhymesayers
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:43
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 13 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Entirely self-produced, 'Skelethon' marks a revitalization of Aesop Rock's sound with faster flows and dense, guitar-heavy beats. The lyrics are characteristically verbose and cryptic, tackling themes of death, isolation, and oddball eccentricities. The album balances his complex wordplay with a newfound energy and sonic directness.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, rap, underground, experimental, storytelling, classic, conscious, wordplay, lo-fi, narrative

Tracklist

  1. Leisureforce (4:43)
  2. ZZZ Top (4:15)
  3. Cycles To Gehenna (4:00)
  4. Zero Dark Thirty (3:21)
  5. Fryerstarter (3:28)
  6. Ruby '81 (2:33)
  7. Crows 1 (4:19)
  8. Crows 2 (2:30)
  9. Racing Stripes (3:23)
  10. 1,000 O'Clock (3:58)
  11. Homemade Mummy (2:46)
  12. Grace (3:38)
  13. Saturn Missiles (3:37)
  14. Tetra (4:41)
  15. Gopher Guts (3:58)
  16. Dokken Rules (feat. Rob Sonic) - Bonus Track (3:59)
  17. BMX (feat. Blueprint & Rob Sonic) - Bonus Track (3:34)

Credits

  • Aryz - artwork, layout
  • Jason Cook - coordinator
  • Skye Rossi - coordinator
  • Michael Nazzario - engineer [assistant]
  • Brent Sayers - executive-producer
  • Ian Bavitz - executive-producer
  • Sean Daley - executive-producer
  • Lisa Klipsic - management
  • John Greenham - mastered by
  • Joey Raia - mixed by
  • Aesop Rock - producer, written-by
  • DJ Big Wiz - scratches

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