''Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives'' is an EP by American hip hop artist
Aesop Rock. Released via the
Definitive Jux label on February 22, 2005, the record is produced by
Blockhead and Aesop Rock himself, with the former producing three tracks and the latter producing four, with one track produced by
Rob Sonic
Robert Smith, better known by his stage name Rob Sonic, is an American rapper and record producer from the Bronx, New York (state), New York. He has been a member of the groups Sonic Sum and Hail Mary Mallon. He is a founder of the record label S ...
. Vocals are handled by Aesop Rock, with guest appearances from
Camu Tao and Metro of
S.A. Smash and Definitive Jux label head
El-P
Jaime Stuart Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has ...
. All scratches are performed by DJ Big Wiz.
Release
The initial pressing of the EP on CD (catalogue number DJX106) was packaged as a slimline CD case inside a cardboard cover along with an 88-page booklet named ''The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow'', which contained the EP's lyrics as well as the never-before published lyrics to Aesop's other in-print records, ''
Float'', ''
Labor Days'', ''
Daylight
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'', and ''
Bazooka Tooth'', and new photographs and artwork.
The record's art as a whole, in keeping with the title of the lyric book, is designed around the theme of an early 20th-century
freak show
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: "The Most Peculiar Creatures in All The Land", proclaims the back cover, while a
triptych of
blackly humorous portraits on the inner CD case depict Bruce The Giant Baby ("7 years old & 600(+)
pounds"), Three Legged Louis ("3 shoes, 6 laces, 15 toes") and Ms. Sally Small ("the world's tiniest woman").
The subsequent pressing of the EP (catalogue number DJX117) omitted the lyric booklet but included a bonus track, "Facemelter".
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2005 EPs
Definitive Jux EPs
Aesop Rock albums
Albums produced by Aesop Rock
Albums produced by Blockhead (music producer)