Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid (2LP) [RHYMESAYERS]

Why you'll love it

A 2LP set with all 15 songs, including the bonus track 'Molecules.' Aesop Rock wrote and produced it himself, and it earned a Metacritic score of 85, which counts as universal acclaim.

This edition

• 2LP set
• 15 songs over four sides, including the bonus track 'Molecules'
• Cover art by Alex Pardee

About the album

Ian Bavitz grew up in Northport, Long Island, came up through the underground on El-P's Definitive Jux, and by his seventh album had a reputation for verses so dense they could use their own glossary. The Impossible Kid keeps the wordplay and turns it inward, with songs about family and friendship, and 'Get Out of the Car' as a tribute to his good friend Camu Tao.

Alex Pardee painted the cover, and the rollout went well beyond the usual: videos for 'Rings,' 'Blood Sandwich,' 'Lazy Eye,' 'Dorks,' 'Kirby' and 'Shrunk,' plus Rob Shaw's abridged shot-for-shot remake of The Shining using small figurines, set to the whole album. We've watched it more times than we'd care to admit, and the figurines are still more frightening than they have any right to be.

He's reached new artistic heights.
Kyle Mullin, Exclaim!

Tracklist

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Out September 18, 2026 on Rhymesayers (cat# RSE213), a reissue of the 2016 album.