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Aesop's fables: Hip-hop artist crafts lyrics full of metaphor.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20031121
Author:Ovalle, David
Byline: David Ovalle
With every carefully crafted reference to city tap water, wingless angels, homeless men with bags on their feet and a "50-foot Bob Barker deployed to incinerate New York, which in a way is more scary than thermonuclear war," Ian Bavitz bolsters his case as the most ingenious lyricist in hip-hop.
So when Bavitz, aka Aesop Rock, performs in clubs around the country, fans often bombard him with questions about the meanings of his rhymes. Don't bother.
He makes it a point not to discuss individual lyrics.
"It's gotten overboard. I don't want to ...
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