The Impossible Kid (album)
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| Studio album by Aesop Rock | ||||
| Released | April 29, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | Rhymesayers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| Consequence of Sound | B+ |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.2/10 |
| PopMatters |   |
| Spin | 5/10 |
The Impossible Kid is the seventh studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on April 29, 2016 through Rhymesayers Entertainment. The production is handled by Aesop Rock himself. The cover art is created by Alex Pardee.
Music videos were created for "Rings", "Kirby","Blood Sandwich", and "Lazy Eye".Rob Shaw directed a 48-minute video for the entire album, which is a shot-for-shot remake of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, using small figurines.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Impossible Kid received an average score of 85% based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10 and said: "For years, Aesop Rock has been beloved for his ambitious, loquacious lyricism, but on The Impossible Kid, he's reached new artistic heights by using that elaborate wordplay to offer us a simple yet powerful glimpse at his scarred psyche."
All songs written by Ian Matthias Bavitz
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