Sole - Secret History of Underground Rap (Remixes)

Sole is back with a free for download version of a very rare mixtape he made back in 2009. It is comprised of interpretations of the music (from the 90s mostly) that served to inspire the artist known as Sole. On this outing, Sole steps down from the make and takes the role of beat maker. For a rabid Sole fan like tooth_eye, this is quite the treat. Sole is one of the most influential and outspoken rappers today, up there with the likes of Immortal Technique. For the real heads out there.

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swimming with models - hypnautix and pork produx

The cat (or cats, not particularly sure) who brought you Greencarpetedstairs also have this fine project, Swimming with Models. Greencarpetedstairs appear on a compilation from the Chicago based indie label Fake Four Inc, that we posted here a few months back. This cat also shows up on the new Sole joint, A Ruthless Criticism of Everything. While the Greencarpetedstairs material dwells more in IDM sing song realms, Swimming with Models appears to be a more traditional approach to hip hop. Reminiscent of early Anticon/Rhymesayers crew shit from back in the day. This guy likes auto-tune by the way... like alot....

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Waco Boyz - YUNG PLANETZ EP

Sole, Bluebird, and K-the-I??? are droppin some 40 oz soaked biblical knowledge on ya'll to get you jihadin' at a 4th grade level! This ain't no Atheist Jihad, they got values son! booyaka booyaka!

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Sole - Dispatches From The American Fall

tooth_eye says:

Sole has been putting righteous fire in my belly from close to 10 years now. You could say Sole is a modern day Bob Dylan, but when i compare the two in my mind, Bob Dylan seems nothing more than a close mouthed conformist. These are songs for a "dead", "lazy", "ignorant" generation.

Soleone.org says:

A 23 track mixtape of songs about economic issues covering 10 years of my career. Featuring tracks with, Sollillaquists of Sound, Lil B, Astronautalis, Pictureplane, Odd Nosdam, B. Dolan, Mac Lethal, Buddy Peace, Time, Jared Paul, and the pedestrian. Although the movement has already been dubbed “The American Autumn,” its “The Fall” that I’ve been documenting. Despite what “economists, lobbyists, and experts” have been telling us over the past 20 years the project of “American empire” could only end like all other empires in history… in Collapse.

Like the Folk aesthetic of protest songs that have inspired this work, this music serves as discourse, diatribe & documentation. For the first time in history, we have a global civilization… Corn in the Midwest being used for Ethanol effects the price of tortillas in Bolivia… A border dispute in the Middle East can bring down the World Trade Center… A mortgage bubble bursting in Phoenix can bring down the economy of Greece… And this is only the beginning.

For the first time in my life I’m watching a generation which has largely been written off as “lost” stand up and demand to have its best interests represented in the halls of the capitol. Who knew that our project of spreading democracy in the middle east would have thereverse colonizing effect? The actions in Egypt, Tunisia, & Libya serve as lessons to us all, hopefully we won’t have to call in China for air support.

I've been talking this shit for a decade. I felt it would be fitting to compile all the songs I made that touch on economic issues and throw em together for a free download. Here they are.

This is a free download with an option to make a donation. A few of the beats on here I do not make any claim to copyright ownership of, so for legal purposes, any $ that is given is for the labour I have put in, not the music itself.

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Sole - Nuclear Winter Volume 2 DEATHPANEL

my favorite MC, Sole, graces all us net junkies with a free release for download. i've always loved soul for his thoughtful, heartfelt, socially conscious lyrics. this release contains contributions from Busdriver, B. Dolan, Mac Lethal, Ceschi Ramos, Kool A.D. from Das Racist, Cadalack Ron, LuckyIAM, Time, Pictureplane, K-The-I??? and Bleubird. the Circle Into Square website says "This is folk rap in the truest sense", i dont know anything about "folk rap", to me this is Hip Hop at its finest. i've been fanatically listening to Sole since 2003, and i haven't gotten tired of a single song. it's always a treat when a quality artist like this drops something for free. you can't miss out. you'll regret it.

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