Nickel Plated Pockets
2001 · Definitive Jux DJX21 · Syosset, New York
- Artist
- Aesop Rock
- Title
- Nickel Plated Pockets
- Release
- Daylight / Night Light / Nickel Plated Pockets
- Year
- 2001
- Label
- Definitive Jux # DJX21
- Format
- Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Syosset, New York, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · East Coast Hip Hop · Abstract Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
"Nickel Plated Pockets" "I got a poltergeist on a leash trained by Carroll Ann herself / Two Thousand something... / When technology ate itself glutton / Every move I make's from a robot gepetto pressing a red button / It's Vietnam in the fumes..."
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
East Coast Hip Hop / Abstract Hip Hop artist, born Ian Matthias Bavitz on 5 June 1976, Syosset, New York, USA, released the song "Nickel Plated Pockets" (Definitive Jux # DJX21) which contained a minor reference to the Vietnam War violence / conflict metaphor: "it's Vietnam in the fumes".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
East Coast Hip Hop / Abstract Hip Hop artist, born Ian Matthias Bavitz on 5 June 1976, Syosset, New York, USA.