He’s been a huge part of a couple of important and collaborative rap scenes, he’s got tons of admirers and collaborators, and yet he always comes off as a solitary figure, a monastic artist who ...

Aesop Rock has a new album on the way. The rapper-producer enlisted Armand Hammer’s billy woods and Elucid, Open Mike Eagle, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, and Hanni El Khatib for Black Hole ...