For over three decades, Aesop Rock has used the syntax of the moment to identify fault lines in the supposed solid foundations of that moment. On his tenth album, Integrated Tech Solutions, Aesop uses the insidious language of corporate speak as a tool to pry a parasitic worldview away from the aspects of life that truly matter. A concept album telling the story of a company that offers “lifestyle and industry-specific applications, designed to create a multi-experience,” Integrated Tech Solutions dismantles the charlatan language that app inventors use to place themselves on a continuum from caveman to da Vinci. Aesop is funny and profound, and as expected, the album sounds retro and futuristic all at once. Largely self-produced, Integrated Tech Solutions allows Aesop to be at his most stripped back and most innovative. The result is a record that feels like an organism that grows, mutates, speeds towards profitability—then destruction