Aesop Rock – Float (Vinyl)

In 2000, Aesop Rock released his first official album, Float, following his steady ascent in the underground from two previous releases, the collection of works CD of lore, Music For Earthworms (1997), and the Appleseed EP (1999). And, while every album Aesop has done since then has captured his continual evolution as both a producer and a writer, Float was undeniably exceptional in it’s own right. For one, there was something impacting about a full-length album, 20 tracks deep, that never had any singles. Every track only existed as part of the album experience. That in mind, the album’s production is split nearly in half between Aesop Rock and longtime collaborator and good friend, Blockhead, as well as one offering from Omega One, the Reggae-vibed Skip Town.

Twenty years after it’s debut,Float is a time capsule of an artist on the brink of fully tapping into creative freedom, while the industry was simultaneously in the middle of a notable shift, which still remains a powerful statement on it’s own, decades later. To celebrate, Rhymesayers is re-releasing Float on 2xLP vinyl, available in three different, limited edition colorways!

Tracklist

LP1
Side A
1.Float
2.Commencement At The Obedience Academy
3.Big Bang
4.Garbage
5.I’ll Be OK

Side B
1.Breakfast With Blockhead
2.Basic Cable
3.Fascination
4.Oxygen
5.Skip Town

LP2
Side C
1.6B Panorama
2.Lunch With Blockhead
3.Spare A Match
4.Attention Span
5.How To Be A Carpenter

Side D
1.Prosperity
2.No Splash
3.Drawbridge
4.Dinner With Blockhead
5. The Mayor And The Crook