Aesop Rock and Blockhead release their collaborative album Trouble Mountain

Aesop Rock and producer Blockhead have presented Trouble Mountain through Rhymesayers Entertainment. The official catalog dates the album to November 13, 2026, listing seventeen tracks and roughly an hour of music. It is another complete collaboration following Garbology. Their shared recording history reaches back to Labor Days, released in 2001.

Swedish Death Cleaning opens the album and Buffering closes it. Guests include Hanni El Khatib on Coyote Summer, Baby Dayliner on the brief TM Tours and Open Mike Eagle on One Thing. Cavalier and 4ize appear on Eat And Grow. Previously released Trouble Trouble now sits within the full program alongside Church Key, No Interviews, The Bag and the other tracks.

Rhymesayers frames Trouble Mountain as a fictional resort inspired by Poconos getaway advertisements remembered from the musicians’ childhoods. Beneath its promise of a holiday are everyday concerns and the wish to change an ordinary life. That is the creators’ explanation of the concept.