Aesop Rock & TOBACCO Are Malibu Ken (January 18, 2019)

Aesop Rock has been credited as one of the most verbose MC's in Hip-Hop today. Known for his dense and abstract wordplay, he manipulates language to illustrate elaborate stories and difficult concepts with sharp clarity. TOBACCO is also recognized as Black Moth Super Rainbow. Known for working with pre-digital electronic instruments like analog synths and tape machines, he crafts distorted, experimentalist beats that intertwine feelings of tension and anxiety with sensations of bemusement and pleasure. Together, Aesop Rock and TOBACCO are Malibu Ken.

1. Corn Maze
2. Tuesday
3. Save Our Ship
4. Sword Box
5. Dog Years
6. Acid King
7. Suicide Big Gulp
8. 1+1=13
9. Churro
10. Purple Moss

Pre-order live on Fifth Element

Hell yes

just caught this vid on my fb feed, delightfully disgusting... looking forward to more, love aesop's flow, i'll probably make a short trip to pick it up directly from the Fifth Element shop.

I also love Aesop Rock. Labour Days, None Shall Pass and Impossible Kid are some of my favorite discoveries since I signed up to Spotify. 

i want to hear what a "banger" from this album sounds like

Love Aes. His production skills are great but I’m really looking forward to a whole album produced by TOBACCO

Here’s their last collab:

Fuck yes. Been waiting for Tobaxx to do something like this for a while.

Dope AF. Impossible Kid was such a solid outing after a few albums that felt like he lost his way a bit. Stoked. 

This would be a great tour.

  On 12/18/2018 at 6:23 PM, silentvision said:

holy shit, i remember TOBACCO playing this live in 2017. finally released

putting this shit on repeat . . .

This is the first Tobacco release I’ve been hyped for in years, especially notable because BMSR has not really been doing it for me since Eating Us. Glad Seven Fields of Aphelion seems to be back in the game though because her work is also stellar.

This is so fucking good. Sword Box is Zelda rap

does this album have swears on it

This is really great! Exactly what you'd expect. Tobacco's production is top notch here, imo.

Yeah Tobacco’s production and vocals are great. They add a lot of emotion to the tracks

This album fucks.

Yep this album is a low-key banger... Tobacco handling the production allows Aesop to just focus on lyrics and delivery, both bring their A games on this one.

purple moss

  On 11/20/2018 at 10:54 PM, T3551ER said:

Dope AF. Impossible Kid was such a solid outing after a few albums that felt like he lost his way a bit. Stoked. 

Did you not like Skelethon?... I think that's the point where he truly matured lyricaly and adopted the slightly slower but more poignant flow he's had since. He had a lot to say on that album.

Anyone not posting here is sleeping on this, so good.

meh. peaks with the opening track. 1+1=13 and churro are kinda funny. definitely not the best tobacco stuff

Save Our Ship through Acid King is an unfuckwithable run. 

on the first listen a lot of it drifted over me, though i woke up to it from 1+1=13 onward; those last 3 tracks are really damn nice.

Yes! Got something to look forward to tomorrow