Aesop Rock
None Shall Pass
Release Date: Aug 28, 2007
Genre(s): Rap
Record label: Def Jux
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Album Review: None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
P.O.S. :: Chill, dummyDoomtree RecordsAuthor: Patrick TaylorI've been a fan of Stefon "P.O.S." Alexander since his debut nearly 10 years ago. On "Audition" and 2009's "Never Better," he proved himself to be one of the few artists who could successfully meld punk rock and hip-hop. Fellow Minnesotans ….
Opinion: Excellent
It's weird to think that Def Jux preceded 9/11 by a year or two. Part of what made it so exciting around the turn of the millennium was the novel way it surveyed the fragmented aesthetics of modernity, staking the chaos of a broken world and proposing proliferation rather than reconciliation. By the time national tragedy brought the rest of us around to a similar wide-angle scowl, the label was already secure in its niche: complicated, ugly hip hop for complicated, ugly times.
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