Spirit World Field Guide

by Aesop Rock

Spirit World Field Guide cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: Rhymesayers
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:17
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: Conceptual, conceptual, complex, forest, fantasy, alienation, rap, underground, experimental, storytelling, classic

Tracklist

  1. Hello From The Spirit World (2:05)
  2. The Gates (3:50)
  3. Button Masher (3:45)
  4. Dog At The Door (1:28)
  5. Gauze (3:12)
  6. Pizza Alley (4:35)
  7. Crystal Sword (2:19)
  8. Boot Soup (4:07)
  9. Coveralls (3:38)
  10. Jumping Coffin (3:29)
  11. Holy Waterfall (3:48)
  12. Flies (0:46)
  13. Salt (3:36)
  14. Sleeper Car (3:41)
  15. 1 to 10 (0:53)
  16. Attaboy (2:59)
  17. Kodokushi (3:52)
  18. Fixed and Dilated (2:38)
  19. Side Quest (1:20)
  20. Marble Cake (4:15)
  21. The Four Winds (2:50)

Credits

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