Aesop Rock has delivered a video out of the blue in the form of “Get Out Of The Car,” a track taken from his latest album, The Impossible Kid. Directed by Rob Shaw, the partly-animated visual serves as a tribute to Aes’ late friend, Camu Tao, who passed away nine years ago on May 25.
“[His death] is an event that serves as an emotional and narrative anchor in both this song and my life,” Aes said in a press release. “I wanted to reflect on things that had changed since, and try to connect some events I hadn’t realized were potentially related.
“Camu was entirely singular as an artist and human,” he added. “You may notice those who knew him speak of him often still — his presence and humor and imagination and energy and impact. It’s all still right there. I hope some of you that may not be familiar go check out his music. This man was something special.”
Aes has worked on seven other videos with Shaw, including “The Impossible Kid” album stream, “Dorks,” “Rings,” “Shrunk,” “Blood Sandwich,” Lazy Eye” and “Lotta Years,” all from The Impossible Kid.
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The Portland-based MC also teamed up for a track with Billy Woods, Blockhead and Homeboy Sandman, which debuted on Wednesday (May 24) with HipHopDX.
Check that out here and watch the video above.
