The Impossible Kid
by Aesop Rock
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Aesop Rock bestography
The Impossible Kid is ranked as the best album by Aesop Rock.
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The Impossible Kid track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Impossible Kid rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 20 Music Albums of 2016 | 20/20 | 0 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 57 Music Albums of 2016 | 30/57 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | videoheadcleaner's 201-300 | 61/100 | - |
| 2026 | kevinrob4 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 60/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 61 Music Albums of 2016 | 36/61 | 2 |
| 2026 | MATTYOHHH | Top 33 Greatest Music Albums | 22/33 | 35 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 41 Music Albums of 2016 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 42 Music Albums of 2016 | 36/42 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 83/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 132 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 619 | |||
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The Impossible Kid ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 12:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,224 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 06:06 | NicholasSanchez | 14 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 16:15 |  pedro1976 | 1,580 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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The Impossible Kid forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5455): By ThaCrookedSpokeView latest topic →
pedro1976 05/14/2026 19:43 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
CharlieBarley 06/25/2024 17:03 in Working My Way Through The BEA Overall ChartView all forum mentions
The Impossible Kid comments
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I'm not much of a hip-hop fan, but this album had me straight up addicted for a long time. I'd listened to aseop in highschool during the "none shall pass" era, but stopped for years. When I looked him up and found this newest album I was blown away by how someone I thought had perfected his craft had improved so vastly. Every day I'd listen to it start to finish until I knew every lyric to my favorite tracks, not that I'd claim to understand the meaning behind every bar. Still my favorite in his catalog. Although Skelethon and Malibu Ken have some bangers, there's not a single skip on this track list. That's impossible.
Absolute classic, can't believe this is so low on the 2016 chart. His voice, flow, lyrics, concepts, beats! Way too good, the fact that Aesop can put out what might be his best album yet this late shows his staying power.
Favorite Track: Dorks
I spent all summer trying to understand every lines from this album and there is still a lot that I have to understand, great album from one of the most creative hip hop artist.
This album really introduced me to the dept of Aesop Rock's lyrics as I spent a good part of 2017's summer trying to understand this album's lyrics. Incredibly addictive album.
Aesop is probably the most technical rhymers ever in hip hop. That remains true here while giving the songs a more direct meaning and more accessible production.
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