Spirit World Field Guide

by Aesop Rock

Spirit World Field Guide cover art

Conceptualized as a survival manual for an interdimensional terrain, the underground veteran utilizes dense, hyper-verbal storytelling to mask reflections on isolation and physical health. The album is entirely self-produced, featuring gritty, layered boom-bap beats infused with obscure rock samples and synthesizers. It continues to solidify his reputation as one of the most lyrically complex and consistently innovative writers in hip-hop history.

Genres

  • Abstract Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. Hello From The Spirit World
  2. The Gates
  3. Button Masher
  4. Dog At The Door
  5. Gauze
  6. Pizza Alley
  7. Crystal Sword
  8. Boot Soup
  9. Coveralls
  10. Jumping Coffin
  11. Holy Waterfall
  12. Flies
  13. Salt
  14. Sleeper Car
  15. 1 to 10
  16. Attaboy
  17. Kodokushi
  18. Fixed and Dilated
  19. Side Quest
  20. Marble Cake
  21. The Four Winds