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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20070907
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DESCRIBING AESOP ROCK as hip-hop for indie rockers sounds so derogatory, as if to say that the hipsters who frequent the Black Cat require their own special version of the genre. But Aesop falls outside the mainstream more because of his lyrics and delivery than because of anything else. The metaphors and words he propels are more similar to underground rock lyrics than to radio-ready bling- and-broad raps. Even still, on his CD "None Shall Pass," a song ostensibly about Pluto's fall from planethood ("Bring Back Pluto") is more a showcase for his swirling stream-of-consciousness than a geeky ...

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