Inspired by gritty comic book stories, Columbus rapper Blueprint has created Vigilante Genesis with the help of producer Aesop Rock, and it’s an entirely new direction in storytelling for him. The world of the album feels like the dark realism of Frank Miller and Alan Moore with a cynical superhero element and an ending that hardly … Read more
Aesop Rock has built his career on his massive vocabulary, abstract wordplay, and a talent for taking the mundane and making it sound deep and complex. Over the years, he’s experimented with his style and became more hands-on with his production. He jumped into projects with unlikely collaborators like Kimya Dawson and John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats). He gets … Read more
If one line Blueprint ever spit on a record could serve as a mantra for his career path, it might be this one from 2011’s “Radio-Inactive”: “Make it more commercial, Print/ You probably would sell more” But I’m eating now, so I’m like, “What the hell for?” Blueprint is one of the most prolific producers, rappers, … Read more
On the morning of April 20th I woke up to an exciting e-mail! Once a year, at least one e-mail like it arrives. The e-mail announced a new project by one of the longest standing and most prolific underground hip-hop artists, Blueprint. This time, the project had a surprise. There’s a special guest…Aesop Rock! Also, in what might be … Read more