Skelethon is the sixth studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock, released on July 10, 2012 through Rhymesayers Entertainment. "Zero Dark Thirty" was released as the first single on April 11th, with a corresponding video released on May 2nd. "ZZZ Top" was released as the second single on June 29th with a video released on the same day. A series of short videos featuring Aesop Rock taking his dead cat named Whiskers for a walk through San Francisco and fending off the Grim Reaper have been released. At the end of each video, samples of songs from the Read more on Last.fm.
The long-awaited sixth studio album from Aesop Rock was what anyone who has been following this lyricist would expect and nothing less.
The complexity and intelligence of Bavitz’s vernacular can only be appreciated by the beats in which they laced within. And, as his style, there are expected obscure cameos, the best of which comes from Kimya Dawson (The Moldy Peaches) in both “Crow 1” and “Racing Stripes.”
The Blockhead remix of “Zero Dark Thirty” is unsurprisingly eons better than the original mix.