aesop rock Float (CD, £12.50)

CD reissue of Aesop Rock’s long out of print, second album and first major release, Float, which was originally released on Mush Records in 1999. Float features appearances from Slug [Atmosphere], Vast Aire [Cannibal Ox], Doseone [Anticon]. Aesop Rock has been described as “one of the hottest MCs in the post-millennial underground” [Allmusic]. His 2007 Def Jux album None Shall Pass debuted at #50 on the Billboard 200, selling 13K in its first week. Aesop Rock’s highly anticipated new album Skelethon (Rhymesayers) will be released on July 10th, 2012. Tracklisting: 1. Float 2. Commencement at the Obedience Academy 3. Big Bang 4. Garbage 5. I’ll Be OK (featuring Slug) 6. Breakfast With Blockhead 7. Basic Cable 8. Fascination 9. Oxygen 10. Skip Town 11. 6B Panorama 12. Lunch With Blockhead 13. Spare a Match 14. Attention Span (featuring Vast Aire) 15. How To Be a Carpenter 16. Prosperity 17. No Splash 18. Drawbridge (featuring Dose One) 19. Dinner With Blockhead 20. The Mayor and the Crook