Producing an artistic form of hip-hop music knows as conscious rap, Aesop Rock takes many liberties in his music. Because he is not weighed down by commercial and popular burdens, Aesop gets to break away from traditional rap beats, sounds, and subject matter. He is known for intense, rapid lyrical rapping, which, unfortunately, we will not hear in this song. Forest Crunk is very different than many of the other tunes by this artist due to the fact that it is purely instrumental. There are only brief uses to the clarinet in this track, and they are very subtle, but as in many of the other songs that have been evaluated here, these subtleties add a lot to the sonic value. Listen for the low tremolos that take place between phrases, almost as bookends between musical ideas.
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Sources:
Aesop Rock (n.d.). Discogs. Retrieved from http://www.discogs.com/artist/Aesop+Rock.
