Aesop Rock- Basic Cable

[pkacua]

Why'd he have to disapear... keep rapping Aesop Rock... ur one of a kind BREH... dont leave us with lil wayne or ill og back 2 classical...

[tairi2009]

holy shit this dude is a MONSTER lyricist

[BenGCPersall]

This song is about watching mad TV

[andersingram]

this is an amazing song

[Ratboymafia]

its mad nice to listen to a genius every once in awhile

[TheScienceofArt]

riddle me with glee...aesop is one the dopest lyricist

[sofuknossum]

this song pretty much sums up a generation or two

[doctorsmash]

art at its finest

[Drikua]

Sounds like a demon to me :)

[DARQIKSKID]

heres to the three dick heads that wouldnt know good music if it hit the in the face

[TheRealReQuisite]

This is why i love Aesop Rock. He is a Genius.

[therealtruth123]

Nah, better without the lyrics.

[insideoutpantaloons]

Hey like whatever you want, but only a few can actually "feel" it. And those of you who 'want' to feel it and those of you who disagree or wonder what I am speaking of will never know the feeling that I and others like me enjoy from this and almost all other Aesop poetry.

[sludgeco]

let the once divine soul feel the function of the hypnotist

[spscarter]

"it's a beautiful sight with the most ugly intentions

but i taste it every day and bathe inside the consequences"

just about the most poetic lyric i've ever heard

[GanjaKreww]

I don't really think of tv that harshly...

[TheMoTucker]

The teacher played this song in my Mass Media class. Sick ass song! If you don't like rap that's one thing, but if you don't respeect it you have no taste for good talent like this. People who don't respect rap for the musical poetry that it is have lost touch with open mindedness.

[megamaneggaman]

@TheMoTucker this isnt rap, its hiphop. u dont need a lot of talent to b a rapper, but u have to b awesome if u wanna b an MC. Aesop Rock is an MC, not a rapper.

[fluppyXC]

@megamaneggaman You're a moron.

[megamaneggaman]

@fluppyXC please inform how i am a moron.

[fluppyXC]

@megamaneggaman

"this isnt rap, its hiphop" -- if something has rapped lyrics (which it does), then it is rap music. Rap music and hip-hop aren't mutually exclusive. A song can be one, both or neither. In the case of Aesop Rock, it's both.

"u dont need a lot of talent to b a rapper" -- A rapper is someone who raps lyrics. Aesop Rock is a rapper. Aesop Rock has a lot of talent.

And an MC is the same thing as a rapper.

[megamaneggaman]

@fluppyXC ok, respect. you have seen the error in my ways. i am not impressed, but i am relieved that you are smart enough to know that what i said is actually dumb as fuck.

[fluppyXC]

@megamaneggaman Mad props for the humility.

[megamaneggaman]

@fluppyXC thanks, i try to have humility on youtube so i dont spawn flamewars. but yea thanks for the props, and im actually not a moron, i just have a very specific opinion about music.

[fluppyXC]

@megamaneggaman Also your spelling and grammar is abysmal at best.

[wirelesscps]

"dish kit on my wish list"

[Zachdudeio2]

kill your TV

[TheyCallMeSteve0]

this dude hates tv lol

[razvaNazdravan]

You can only reach this stage of lexical complexity if you read tons of books of the right kind and intelligently use creativity boosters( psychedelics ). 

[JOEYSTAX]

@razvaNazdravan sorry...your a fuckin idiot sir...

[Televisionaer]

Too Real TeleVisions tellin lies to your Visions :(

Peace from a TV Junkie

[primusayso]

OMG, Its so good, love this man

[armsinmotion]

I love this tune, in my opinion some of the best lyrics ever written. Aesop is a poet.

[DavidMihaelovich]

Aesop Rock is the shit! Best underground hip hop artist.

[TheHNIC88]

@DavidMihaelovich Blu,Rek, One Be Lo, Jean Grae>>>>>>>>>>> Aesop Rock

[DavidMihaelovich]

@TheHNIC88 Hell no.

[primusayso]

@TheHNIC88 U've been mislead son

[Supralobe]

This song is genius as fuck, perfect blend of satire and reality.

[faceunmasked]

Whoah I know the song he sampled. It's called "Offering" and it's off an album called "Passages" by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. If you like this song, I suggest checking it out. It's one of my favorite

[edwardrodger822]

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Aesop Rock- Basic Cable

[astumpe80]

best aesop track ever!!!!

[ripcity42]

nasty shit

[inthelifeanyway]

spiraling tangled in the star spangled wiring

fav part

[sampleh5180]

thank god for poets to make them/us question the chains we've put ourselves in.

big brother is not watching.

he is singing and dancing.

[Madabird]

one of his best in my opinion

[sonyhi8]

sample? anyone pm me

[inthelifeanyway]

@sonyhi8 you have ??

[d2thh725]

thank you for posting this

[lolakaulitz215]

good question...

[lolakaulitz215]

I want to just hug this guy, since that's the only way I could let him know how much I appreciate his talent. It's not like I'm as talented as him and could make a rap for him lol

[d2thh725]

why dont u fuck him

[LadyAstoreth]

Just found out where the string sample came from..."Offering" by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. This whole LP is damn sweet.

[projectmayhem2012]

thank you sir

[LoLIEf]

get the fucking bullet out of your head. duck from the in-house drive by.

[DJFreudian]

Rage and Aes together?

today IS a beautiful day

[mycultureisbetter]

i love televison

[AceOfJacka]

Great song Real HipHop

[Vlashchenko]

FYI It's "Intravenous plan" not "Intervenes plan".

[donniemonk11]

this is fuckin unreal, im gonna call my radio show next year channel zero.

[serkunder09]

this album is classic

[elmexicantge]

its like hes paranoid as fuck

jus sittin in his crib drinkin coffee and smokin ciggs writin crazy shit like this

=]

[guy70289]

bingo

[Damian2354]

haha Aesop is a fucking trip man

[BurnsideStudios08]

only b/c it the real real real truth.

[Garrrske]

@elmexicantge but that's why his shit is so genius.

[ESKgraffwriterBreC]

@elmexicantge coffee cigs??? yeah coffee and cigs dont do that to you. its the weed and all the other drugs he took down the road life...

[tidaking816]

@elmexicantge How is the highest rated comment the one that completely misses the point of the song? He's not writing paranoid or "crazy shit", he's talking about the mindless people who sit in front of the TV and buy into all the bullshit.

Don't just hear the song, LISTEN to it.

[blishere]

@elmexicantge or just awake as fuck..?

[coSMia2010]

@elmexicantge Nothing paranoid about it, sounds like an insanely accurate, and eloquent observation.

[sworder24]

I love how he doesn't say "Basic Cable" once during the whole song, but the title is so fitting.

[fetisboy]

i didnt notice that... but kool

[CRAZYDUTCHBASTARDS]

Lyrics are rediculus....wow

[bankaiAP]

Tune in to channel zero

[jamutka]

Aesop is genius

[sofuknossum]

it's either this or no splash for me. he rides those two tracks better than any other songs he's done

[PkSage89]

awsome... listened to it like 5 times already lol

[Scytale0facedancer]

jeah

[ORIF9]

This is Awesome! ^_^

[septoner]

The beat is by Blockhead, he has a bunch of stuff he did for Aesop released as instrumental, and a couple solo albums (also instrumental). Music by Cavelight is Blockhead solo, directing live musicians.

You may or may not already know that, but I thought I'd throw that out these, since I am a fan of both Aesop and Blockhead.

[guy70289]

appreciate it, i already hav most of his stuff, but while ur on the topic ill throw two others out. Uncle Tom's Cabin n Peanuts in Your Mouth.

worth checkin out if ur a fan. a dam good producer, one of my personal favs. really doesnt get the attention he deserves.

[ESKgraffwriterBreC]

@septoner duuuude block head is the shit! have you heard breakfast with blockhead or dinner with blockhead?

[murphyhurtme]

@septoner blockhead is the man he has some sick shit for certain all of the beats he did on none shall pass are awesome

[arod1122]

I like the beat.