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Aesop Rock's well-chosen words paint dense, fascinating pictures.(Ticket)(Ian Bavitz brings a literate and intelligent approach to hip-hop)

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From: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date: 20071026
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Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard

He shrugs off the genius label, doesn't want to be too famous to walk in the grocery store alone and thinks someone who keeps his home as messy as he does shouldn't be anyone's mentor.

But Ian Bavitz can't stop the wave of worshippers from heralding his work as Aesop Rock as the savior of hip-hop and maybe even music in general.

Look at a page of lyrics from his latest, "None Shall Pass," and it's as dense as an essay. But unlike some of the more literate lyricists out there (Colin Meloy from the Decemberists comes to ...

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