Hail Mary Mallon Hail Mary Mallon Hail Mary Mallon is an American hip-hop group consisting of Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz. The group's name is a reference to Typhoid Mary. Their first release was the song "D-Up", featured on the compilation album, "Definitive Jux Presents 4". Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic first heard of each other in the mid to late ‘90s through the New York City hip hop scene. Soon after, the two would become label mates on El-P's independent hip hop label Definitive Jux, with DJ Big Wiz contributing to Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic's earlier albums. On
Hail to the Thief "A Wolf at the Door" and "We Suck Young Blood", the reference to the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" in "2 + 2 = 5", and the allusion to the giant of "Gulliver's Travels" in "Go to Sleep". The liner notes give the album's full title as "Hail to the Thief (Or, The Gloaming)." Each track also has an alternative title, an idea Radiohead took from Victorian playbills showcasing moralistic songs played in music halls. Radiohead struggled to name the album; they considered titling it "The Gloaming" (), but this was rejected for being too "poetic" and "doomy" and so became