What albums should I start with? Any must-listen tracks? I've been meaning to check Aesop Rock out for like... a couple years now. 
here a thing i listen to recently for thrad:
4AM POURING SWEAT
PATIENT ZERO COURTING DEATH
Dopethrone is so solid of an album it just feels like one long song. Nice little interlude to give a feel for the whole thing.
More stoner metal:
Black Dice is mostly experimental noise but this is more listenable if you aren't into that kind of thing. Real bumpin beat.
I sing this song every time it comes on my ipod and I'm in the car. Wish it was something karaoke bars had in their collection. I sang it on one of the CRPG karaoke nights a long while ago...
I heard they had a space program
when they sing you can't hear
there's no air
Well, if you're looking for an album to start with, that can be a tough one.
Aes has been around for awhile and while his style is still largely identical to his early work, the sound has changed remarkably.
None Shall Pass was his big release that got him some popularity, but his fan base seemed to grow massively with his latest release of
Skelethon in 2012.
Labor Days is one of my favorites due to the complexity of the writing.
It's not as metaphorical and dense as his first release titled
Float.
The big difference between HMM and Aesop Rock is the seriousness/harshness of the message in the tracks (and, of course, HMM is a duo with Rob Sonic).
I guess I'll list a few favorites, one or two from each album, starting with
Float, then following in order of album releases.
Never got too much into this album, but it's still good. Very dense.
A good quote from the video:
Make your mark in society, not on society.Bazooka Tooth
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and KnivesThis song is a criticism on Christianity/organized religion. It's fucking brilliant.
Until priest's laps are slapped with parental advisory warnings,
I'll be auditioning gods in my office on Monday morning.
None Shall Pass is the album where Aesop Rock becomes a little more "listenable," in my opinion.
Here's one with John Darnielle of "The Mountain Goats," a folk-rock group.
SkelethonI could easily link the entire fucking album here because it's so damn good.
The first track on the album, Leisureforce, is almost a rock song with hip-hop influence.
The music video is almost
too distracting here, but it's great, so whatever.
Give those a shot and let me know what grabs your attention!
As for the stuff you linked, I absolutely cannot do metal.
I'm expanding my horizons, slowly but surely.
I will have to check out Dopethrone. That little interlude deal sounds
reeeeal nice. A little bluesy, and I like that!
Black Dice is interesting. Dat beat, yo. Are there any star tracks you'd suggest from either Dopethrone or Black Dice? I could see myself getting into either of those groups.
Heh. TMBG was practically ruined for me by my dickhead asstronomy professor last semester.
He was fucking obsessed with them and required we listen to them for homework:
