Dose and Jel “discuss” their new album Crownsdown.
Peace,
Employee
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Is Sole a racist (white-on-white crime)?
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Sole’s rendition of Young Jeezy’s “My President” continues to stir controversy among the thin-skinned legions he caters to. Whining from the limp-wristers and rebellious vegans is expected. But now even Sole is confused:
“im gonna say… “my president is black, and thats cool and shit…
but i wont call you president till you show me your birth certificate….”
. gotta wait for my mother in law to leave so i can record it though!
and for the record, this is not a parody.
its less of a parody actually, then the version of “this land is my land” they sing in elementary schools. (… the socialist messages are taken out of the woodie guthrie version). in the mainstream world, everyone is reworking each others’ tracks, kind of covering them, but adding their two cents and making it a new song. its in the folk tradition, a song is passed down, improved, changed, adapted to fit the times…. so why does it make it parody when i do it? is calling my shit a parody…. is that like… reverse-reverse-reverse racism? black hole racism? white dwarf racism? is it kneejerk-faux-libertarian-collegeboy-selfhate-backtalk? what is the meaning of life?”
Ummmm……..WTF? It’s a parody. Then it’s not. Then it is. Then it’s kind of a parody, but not really. Then he reverts to being the perennially misunderstood, tragic indie artist.
Not long after that we stumble across another heaping serving of Sole’s inverted political message fuckery:
“its a hiphop mixtape, its not a parody, you do know what hip-hop is right? you should look up “detournment,” a situationist tool for changing the meaning of something and giving it a new message. thats exactly what i had in mind with this shit, i cant wait till you hear “turn my swag on.”
white guilt is some 90s shit.
and no im not a birther, that was a joke.
im not dumbstruck, im dissappointed with how boring/literal/kneejerk some people are.
if i was black, wearing a scarf, making the same music sole had, yall wouldn’t say its a parody. so who is showing their white on white racism here?”
As I’ve said in the past, Sole is a firebrand in his own right and doesn’t strike me as a dumb mother fucker. But shouldn’t you be clearer about your purpose and intent than Gucci Mane’s diamond collection when you’re dropping material bound to incite?
Are white rappers allowed to criticize and/or mock the commander-in-chief? Is today’s white rapper at a disadvantage “solely” due to melanin deficiency?
Chuck D lights a candle and cries.
Peace,
Employee
Sole & The Skyrider Band – “Plastique” (Album Review)
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
As Steady Bloggin’s sole Sole listener I’ve been peeping his effort on Tim Holland’s (Sole’s gubment name) brand new baby Plastique. A heady endeavor by any measurement when accounting for the often cacophonous marriage of samples and live instrumentation. While I applaud the idea, the enthusiasm invoked by the headphone result is claustrophobic when it should resemble something spacious, enraged and organically volatile (no complaints from vegans, please). Probably the most annoying aspect of Plastique is Sole’s constant struggle to audibly translate his fervor above the earthquake of beats hovering overhead.
Anyone remotely familiar with Sole’s past works knows the man is a professional purveyor of scathing quotables. And you needn’t fret now because Sole launches them with fervor (if you can manage to decipher them in the tornado of tunes tearing through every single song). One of Sole’s strong points is his ability to weave a thread that covers everything from Palestine to Wal-Mart to VH1 in the span of a three-minute song.
That being said, while I’ve read of this album being that of a pungent political manifesto reclaiming…….something? Tim Holland’s innumerable beefs with the world’s social injustices and class warfare is subject matter richly mined many moons ago by Public Enemy, X-Clan, Ice Cube etc. This reality puts an essentially unshakable damper over the nine songs comprising Plastique.
Sole deserves big kudos for continuing to redefine his artistry in 2009. But Live from Rome and even Uck Rt are infinitely more compelling. We’ll undoubtedly hear from the man again sooner than later. If nothing else, peep it because dude rocks Crocs in promo pictures. How can you front on that?
Peace,
Employee
Stream The Album In Its Entirety Here
5 Joints from the Odd Nosdam-Circus collabo “Circus Faux Prez”
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Would like to know which one of those was intended as the cover art.
The instrumentals for this shit are wild by themselves. Add Circus and the whole thing is downright bonkers. Fucking obese chance this is treated to a proper release, right..? Oh well, five trumps a fistful of nothing.
5 Joints from Circus Faux Prez.
Peace,
Employee
Sole: The Early Years
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Werner von Wallenrod conducted a lengthy interview with Sole recently that basically spans his entire life/career. From that emerged a roughly sixty-megabyte file of all the music Tim Holland recorded between the ages of 14-16.
Peace,
Employee
Sole & The Skyrider Band – “Black”
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
“If ya bootleg, ya get ya leg broke….”
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
File this one under ingenious. With the impending release of Plastique, Sole has formally declared war on all bootleggers. This is from the front page of his recently redesigned site:
“on behalf of soleone.org & fakefour inc, and musicians everywhere
in the spirit of thomas jefferson and james madison
the forefathers of this here semi great nation
we have launched a forward offense against the pirates
those who roam the oceans of the internet
squandering our labor, stealing food from our children(and dogs) mouths
sucking the very wind from the mountain air
through sheer concient, arrogance, & butchery
they have plundered for too long
the first shot fired acrossed the bow was a megaupload zip
the second was to a far off land called sendspace
soon, isohunt, piratebay, will be overloaded with zip files
containing:
old albums, country music, animals being massacred
all in the name of sole & the skyrider band “plastiqueâ€
for those who think stealing isn’t stealing
tell that to my bank account
and the indigenous people of north america & australia
the IRS, Goldman Sachs, & AIG
we, are aware that the ground beneath our feet is shifting
that someday the world won’t need:
record stores
record labels
publicity companies
working artists
magazines
newspapers
video stores
locally produced goods, labor, & ideas
but i remember old voyages
while working at mcdonald’s
saving pennies
buying a turntable
driving 6 hours to fat beats with the pedestrian
roaming the cold polluted streets of new york
simply to buy records at fat beats, vinyl kings, and anything we could find
before mail order, itunes, & the internet
coming home with a swollen backpack
sore from the subway
and playing the music for my friends
i realize, that this is a losing war
the barbarians, as they say are at the gates
and we can’t hold them off forever
but we will die trying
for more information visit
http://www.soleone.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=15082
or, if you wish, upload a fake torrent called “plastiqueâ€
megaupload a copy of “gone with the wind†sound track
call it “plastiqueâ€
recite the NAFTA, CAFTA, & bill of rights on MP3
call it “plastiqueâ€
or not, its not your problem.
its up to the artists to work this out.
but when all thats left is major label artists
and the only place to buy records is at walmart
don’t say we didn’t warn you
just cuz we live in the society of the spectacle
doesn’t mean we have to submit to it.”
Blueprint for success or a freshly painted bulls eye for all bootleggers?
Peace,
Employee
Stuffed Animals (Doseone, Circus, Sole, Why? and Pedestrian)
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Fun for the whole family. From the era when Anticon reigned supreme. 73+ megabytes of reverie and rap by rappers you used to publicly admit to enjoying.
Peace,
Employee
Odd Nosdam – “Mixtape Super Delux”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
This has been around for a long time now, but I’ve been listening to it a lot lately. Thought I’d throw it out there for anyone who isn’t hip to it yet.
Peace,
Employee
Controller 7 – “Sonoro” Mix
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Controller 7 says: “Here’s that psych/rock/pop mix I made 2 or 3 years ago. It’s been sitting on my computer ever since. I was going to press up some cds, but just decided to give it away for free. It’s just a mellow mix of some songs I like. I spent a lot of time trying to keep a consistent mood and make the transitions fluid. Enjoy.”
Tracklisting:
1. Intro – “I Would Like To Know You Again”
2. The Fox – “As She Walks Away”
3. Zoot Money – “Landscape”
4. Fever Tree – “Death Is The Dancer”
5. Bo Grumpus – “Yesterday’s Streets”
6. Jimmy Campbell – “Half Baked” (C7 edit)
7. Dennis Olivieri – “I Cry In The Morning”
8. The Heads – “Seeing Mr. Spouth”
9. Osmosis – “Scorpio Rising”
10. “test # 6″
11. Ronald Stein – “Falling Bodies Ballet”
12. Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come – “Triangles”
13. “test # 7″
14. Salvation – “More Than It Seems”
15. Gale Garnett And The Gentle Reign – “The Trip Note Song”
16. Johnny Rivers – “Hey Joe”
17. “test # 8 – there’s nothing out there”
18. Arthur Brown – “Time”
19. The Collectors – “What Love”
Sonoro (Separated tracks with cover art)
G’yeah.
Peace,
Employee
