A few months in the past, the world was offered with a wierd spectacle: A video of Mark Zuckerberg, one of the highly effective males on the planet, wakeboarding whereas listening to Aesop Rock. (It turned out to be an Aesop visitor verse from an Proof track, however nonetheless.) That should’ve been bizarre for Aesop Rock, a loyal weirdo who’s put in years upon years of service to the underground rap recreation. It’s nearly sufficient to make me ponder whether that have knowledgeable the creation of Aesop Rock’s subsequent LP, an idea album referred to as Built-in Tech Options.

Built-in Tech Options, which Aesop simply introduced as we speak, is his first full-on solo album since 2020’s glorious Spirit World Area Information. Within the time since that file, Aesop has put out loads of music. He teamed with producer and longtime collaborator Blockhead for the 2021 album Garbology. He produced his good friend Homeboy Sandman’s 2022 EP Anjelitu. Again in December, he got here out with the Lupe Fiasco collab “Pumpkin Seeds.” Now, he’s on the point of launch a brand new LP a few fictional firm that gives “lifestyle- and industry-specific functions designed to curate a desired multi-experience,” which seems like some true Zuckerberg shit.

Aesop Rock produced most of Built-in Tech Options himself, and the album riffs on the sort of company jargon that the title evokes. The LP options contributions from billy woods, Hanni El Khatib, Rob Sonic, Nikki Jean, and Lealani Teano. At the moment, Aes has shared the Schoolhouse Rock-looking animated video for first single “Conscious Solutionism.” It’s a wordy, energetic four-minute reflection on humanity’s lengthy historical past with know-how — beginning with stone weapons, wheels, and fireplace, and main as much as “3D-printed physique elements, dehydrated onion dip.” The inescapable conclusion: “We can’t be trusted with the stuff that we provide you with/ The equipment might eat us, we simply actually simply love our buttons.” Under, take a look at the Justin “Coro” Kaufman-directed video and the Built-in Tech Options tracklist.

TRACKLIST:
01 “The ITS Means”
02 “Conscious Solutionism”
03 “Infinity Fill Goose Down
04 “Residing Curfew” (Feat. billy woods)
05 “Pigeonometry”
06 “Kyanite Toothpick” (Feat. Hanni El Khatib)
07 “100 Ft Tall”
08 “Salt And Pepper Squid”
09 “Time Strikes In another way Right here”
10 “Aggressive Steven”
11 “Bermuda” (Feat. Lealani Teano)
12 “By The River”
13 “All Metropolis Nerve Map”
14 “Ahead Compatibility Engine” (Feat. Rob Sonic)
15 “On Failure”
16 “Stable Gold”
17 “Vititus”
18 “Black Snow” (Feat. Nikki Jean)

Built-in Tech Options is out 11/10 on Rhymesayers.