Track Listings
| 1. Class Action Suit Against Earth |
| 2. Idol Victim |
| 3. How to Be Rich and Powerful |
| 4. Ode to Clean Air |
| 5. Little Bank Anthem |
| 6. No Thanks |
| 7. Devil's a Travelling Man |
| 8. Numb |
| 9. Dream About Afghanistan or Oakland |
| 10. Form Plus Prime Matter Equals Substance |
| 11. Be Happy |
| 12. Attack Russia |
| 13. Poor Is Cool |
| 14. Dream I Had on 25th Birthday |
| 15. Great Open Grey |
| 16. If You Don't Like My Music |
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About the Artist
sole, born 1977 in Portland, Maine, recorded his first demo in '92. He shopped the demo toEntertainment Resources International, the management company responsible for Da Brat, Kris Krossand Xscape. He wanted DJ Premier beats, but all they could offer him were Jermaine Dupris remixes. Eventually the deal fell through.By age 15 sole had become disenchanted with the mainstream music industry and decided he wanted to go indie. So with friends moodswing9, alias, jd walker, and dj mayo, he founded 45 Below Records. Hereleased his first independent release in '93 called " Northern Exposure: Mad Skillz and Unpaid Billz ,"and sold 300 units! Next, sole got a job at McDonalds and began saving up to release the first "Live Poets" 12" to distribute at an industry convention with hopes of landing a major label distribution deal.At the '95 Gavin Convention sole personally handed out 300 of the "Live Poets" singles, but the million-dollar check never showed up in his mailbox. sole went on to independently release " Live Poets :What's It All About " in '96, which was primarily soldover the internet. This album was unmistakably East Coast rap influenced, but it also contained thedark, depressing and poetic. However, it wasn't until Bottle of Humans that sole began to develop his calling card non-rhyming, stream of consciousness, sarcastic, gloomy, conceptual social rants.An inspired sole started up an online web-zine and online radio station out of his bedroom and used this as a starting point to launch the next phase of his career, anticon. Through his website he got in touchwith artists and industry schmucks from all over the world. He quickly discovered that even the"independent" hip-hop industry was closed off to outsiders like him. But sole would allow nothing to stand between himself and his vision - which, with the help of some friends, would become anticon.In '97 he released "Live Poets: Respect " and was able to sell 3000 copies, and get some press and college radio play. Although he was making progress, his savant approach to hip-hop was making itdifficult for him to gain the hip-hop audience that he was aiming for. It was obvious that he would haveto create a machine outside of the box. Around the same time, sole discovered likeminded artists such as Shapeshifters, doseone, jel and the Sebutones.Overly idealistic, outspoken, uncompromising, and frustrated, sole began bumping heads with various indie hip-hop establishments. In response, he released the controversial, hip-hop music for theadvanced listener EP as an introduction to the anticon collective. "I had worked too hard to water myshit down just to gain acceptance by people who don't share the same values." So sole left the East Coast hip-hop scene behind and headed west with early anticon pioneer the pedestrian. The rest of theanticon collective soon followed. Within a year anticon, was embarking on its first tours, and releasingbigger and better records. To date, sole has toured the country four times, and sold out shows in Europe, Japan and Australia. As always, he keeps his hopes high, his expectations low, and his back to the wall.
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Sole has been independently releasing hiphop music since 1994. Despite a cold industry reception, he has sold over 15,000 copies of each of his major releases "Bottle Of Humans" and "Selling Live Water," and recieved countless accolades from magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone, down to indy-websites and punk fanzines. Sole has garnered a mass cult following worldwide completely grassroots over the past five years. Till now sole has stuck to rapping and hasn't released any of his own production. This is about to change with Man'sbestfriend, the first record Sole has done on a label outside of anticon since "Bottle Of Humans" dropped. His crusade against conformity has led him to ally with his friends at Morr Music, who share the same philosophy, approach and DIY ethics. Man'sbestfriend is the impulsive and self indulgent side of sole running shitty guitars through broken reel to reels, rusted keyboards, overcompressed radioshack mics. The lyrics have been written out the window on various tours in alien places, some songs have been freestyled. Originally released as a limited tour cd, „The New Human Is Illegal" has now been re-visited with additional tracks. All songs are not supposed to sound clean, poppy, or to play like the new "indy hip-hop" smash hit. The music was made purely for fun with an "experimental" spirit, with additional music and assistance from Odd Nosdam, Jel, and Telephone Jim Jesus. The lyrics on „The New Human Is Illegal" come from dreams, quotes from people, reading too much, occasionally responding to so called critics, and a basic frustration with how anti-human the world has become. Songs like „How To Be Rich'n'Powerful", „Little Bank Anthem" and „Poor Is Cool" are oded to poverty and the artistic struggle. Songs like „Dream About Afghanistan Or Oakland" and „Dream I Had On 25th Birthday" are detailed accounts of various dreams touching on war, love, and growing old. Songs like „Be happy", „Attack Russia", „Form Prime Matter" and „Numb" could be considered anti-imperialist, anti-war, or anti-capitalist, but they're more just attempts at trying to sort through religion, media, war, america and beyond, and the ignorance that keeps it propped up. A good understanding of „The New Human Is Illegal" might require multiple listens as all these songs touch a ton of subjects.
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Sole has been independently releasing hiphop music since 1994. Despite a cold industry reception, he has sold over 15,000 copies of each of his major releases "Bottle Of Humans" and "Selling Live Water," and recieved countless accolades from magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone, down to indy-websites and punk fanzines. Sole has garnered a mass cult following worldwide completely grassroots over the past five years. Till now sole has stuck to rapping and hasn't released any of his own production. This is about to change with Man'sbestfriend, the first record Sole has done on a label outside of anticon since "Bottle Of Humans" dropped. His crusade against conformity has led him to ally with his friends at Morr Music, who share the same philosophy, approach and DIY ethics. Man'sbestfriend is the impulsive and self indulgent side of sole running shitty guitars through broken reel to reels, rusted keyboards, overcompressed radioshack mics. The lyrics have been written out the window on various tours in alien places, some songs have been freestyled. Originally released as a limited tour cd, „The New Human Is Illegal" has now been re-visited with additional tracks. All songs are not supposed to sound clean, poppy, or to play like the new "indy hip-hop" smash hit. The music was made purely for fun with an "experimental" spirit, with additional music and assistance from Odd Nosdam, Jel, and Telephone Jim Jesus. The lyrics on „The New Human Is Illegal" come from dreams, quotes from people, reading too much, occasionally responding to so called critics, and a basic frustration with how anti-human the world has become. Songs like „How To Be Rich'n'Powerful", „Little Bank Anthem" and „Poor Is Cool" are oded to poverty and the artistic struggle. Songs like „Dream About Afghanistan Or Oakland" and „Dream I Had On 25th Birthday" are detailed accounts of various dreams touching on war, love, and growing old. Songs like „Be happy", „Attack Russia", „Form Prime Matter" and „Numb" could be considered anti-imperialist, anti-war, or anti-capitalist, but they're more just attempts at trying to sort through religion, media, war, america and beyond, and the ignorance that keeps it propped up. A good understanding of „The New Human Is Illegal" might require multiple listens as all these songs touch a ton of subjects.Customer Reviews:
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