Abstract-rap prince Aesop Rock is about to return with Skelthon, his first new solo album in five years. In the video for first single “Zero Dark Thirty,” he delivers the song while slumping against a wall, as a time-lapse ghost paints and unpaints it. Isaac Ravishankara directs. Watch it and download the track below. Aesop [...

Cryptic cult-rapper Aesop Rock is one of the chief architects of the skronky, disorienting underground rap sound that’s making an unexpected and welcome comeback lately; a guy like Danny Brown definitely picked up a few tricks from him. But Aesop Rock hasn’t released a solo album in five years. That’ll change in Jul...

MURS major label debut, the politically charged, kinda uneven Murs For President, came out about three years ago. Last year he did another collaboration with 9th Wonder (that’s where this photo is from), but now he’s back with a sample from his next project, Varsity Blues 2. It’s produced by Aesop Rock, who&#821...

Anticon regulars Jel and Doseone, aka Themselves, are sharing a 15-minute or so excerpt from their upcoming free online mixtape. The FreeHoudini sampler features big names from the Anticon corner of the world, including fast-paced wordplay from Aesop Rock and Busdriver, along with the rockier vocals of Yoni Wolf's WHY?. This mp3 also marks the ...

Photo by Sanchez and KitaharaShould you swing by San Francisco art gallery Fifty 24SF on the evening of December 4, you might leave with a new print for your wall and a new Aesop Rock song firmly lodged in your head.According to a MySpace blog post, the MC has contributed a tune called "Tomorrow Morning" to Bay Area artist Jeremy Fish's "Ghosts ...