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CD REVIEW: Aesop Rock continues to impress on 'None Shall Pass'

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From: University Wire
Date: 20070828
Author:Jeremy Rougeau

Jeremy Rougeau
University Wire
08-28-2007
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Many of you are already familiar with producer and emcee Aesop Rock thanks to a hardcore cult following and 10 years of recording experience. A fixture of the underground rap scene, Ian Matthias Bavitz hails from Long Island, N.Y., and is now based out of San Francisco.

Rock got his start by putting out two albums himself while working at a restaurant. He is now sponsored by label Definitive Jux, home to contemporaries El-P, Mr. Lif, Cannibal Ox and Murs. His new album, "None Shall Pass," combines the complex ...

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