''Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives'' is an EP by American hip hop artist

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. Released via the

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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

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. Vocals are handled by Aesop Rock, with guest appearances from

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and Metro of

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and Definitive Jux label head

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. 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, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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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

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: "The Most Peculiar Creatures in All The Land", proclaims the back cover, while a

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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

* {{Authority control 2005 EPs Definitive Jux EPs Aesop Rock albums Albums produced by Aesop Rock Albums produced by Blockhead (music producer)