Released 1997 Release date 1997 | Recorded 1996-1997 | |
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Label None, self-released as a CD-R Genres Hip hop music, Alternative hip hop Similar Aesop Rock albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
Aesop rock abandon all hope
Music for Earthworms is American hip hop artist Aesop Rock's debut album. The album was recorded during summers and other occasions on which Aesop Rock would return home to New York City from college at Boston University. It was mostly recorded in a Manhattan studio where Dub-L and Plain Pat were working as interns. Although the studio was not typically used as a recording studio, it was equipped with impressive technology for the time, including Digital Audio Tape machines, ADAT machines and CD drives capable of burning discs. Aesop Rock's vocals were recorded on an SM58 microphone.
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Music for Earthworms was ultimately self-distributed. As an unsigned artist, Aesop Rock was responsible for cutting out the album covers and burning the album onto CDs himself.
Aesop Rock references the album and its rarity on his 2002 EP Daylight in the track "Alchemy." Blueprint asks:
"So why they blaming you for the cats that sleep while the earth turns?"
Aesop Rock responds:
"Yeah I had em' up all night praying I'd re-release Music For Earthworms."
Aesop rock troubled waters
Songs
1Abandon All Hope5:12
2Wake Up Call3:19
3The Substance5:59