Believe it or not, as soon as a notification popped up that you posted a thread titled "Shrunk", the first thing that popped in my mind is this song. I've said this a million times, and I will die on that hill without a doubt - Aesop Rock is the most original, different, and absolutely genius producer in the entire genre of hip-hop, second to none.
If you think about it, there's two kinds of people - those that love Aesop Rock, and those that don't understand him yet. For me, his music was like Pink Floyd or Tool - it took a while for it to grow on me, but once I carefully listened to it and felt it over the course of multiple psychedelic journeys, a moment came where it clicked with me, and from that point onwards there was no turning back. I cannot not see the genius in it.
Absolute legend. My latest obsession of his is Holy Waterfall (not the least because of the absolutely MAD instrumental):
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