TAG: Sole

Feb02

Premiere: Kaigen – “Gold Lining” (f/ Ceschi) (Video)

Japanese emcee Kaigen, who has earned props courtesy everyone from Chuck D to Project Blowed for his light speed flow, has a new album out featuring guest shots from Sole, Myka 9, 2Mex, Awol One and Ceschi along with production from the likes of Jel (anticon) and Thavius Beck. Kaigen uses his platform to speak on a variety of social ills and the importance of hope. Lest his message be lost in translation, Re: bloomer comes complete with transcribed lyrics. Ceschi contributes a powerful chorus and elastic, fiery verse to the Shunsuke Endo-directed clip for “Gold Lining,” which you can check out below.

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Oct13

Sole Drops “I Think I’m Ben Bernanke” + New Mixtape (Video & MP3)

As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to stretch its tendrils across the nation, anti-establishment emcee Sole has unleashed a timely video and mixtape to further document the world on fire. In “I Think I’m Ben Bernanke,” Sole portrays the head of the Federal Reserve in the not-so-distant future as a homeless drunk aimlessly wandering the streets. The track is taken from Dispatches From The American Fall, a 23 track mixtape chronicling a decade worth of Sole’s scathing diatribes on the economy and inevitable collapse of the empire. The mixtape, which features collaborations with Solillaquists of Sound, Lil B, Astronautalis, B. Dolan, Mac Lethal and Jared Paul, is available for free download here with an option to donate via bandcamp.

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Jun23

Sole Premieres “Hustle Hard” Video + Nuclear Winter 2 Mixtape Download (Video & MP3)

“Hustle Hard” is the latest chapter in Sole’s Woody Guthrie-like détournement of the modern mainstream. This blistering track comes from the rap-as-journalism project Nuclear Winter 2 and features the anticon expat alongside Fake Four labelmates Bleubird and K-the-I??? ripping apart Ace Hood’s hit with their own unique brand of anarchy. Though the three emcees never go airborne over a sand dune in the cart a la Johnny Knoxville, they do get in a good round of Modelo tall can-fueled golf while bringing a fresh, challenging perspective to the original song. It’s surprising how quickly this beat transforms K-The-I??? from space rap weirdo to the long lost cousin of Rick Ross. His new instrumental album Synesthesia, which dropped this week, is streaming over at Soundcloud. Bleubird, who has turned life into one nonstop tour thanks to the Freeebird van, also has a new record coming out later this year.

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May05

Video Premiere: Sole – I Think I’m Noam Chomsky (Video)

For a hyper-literate emcee who routinely references everyone from Guy Debord to Shakespeare, it’s only natural that Sole’s newest song and video be titled “I Think I’m Noam Chomsky.” Properly situated at the lectern, Sole drops science over a cinematic backdrop in the latest installment of his rap-as-journalism project Nuclear Winter 2, which he has been releasing as it is created. This week also saw the unveiling of Sole’s Pedestrian-penned Drake detournement “It Ain’t Over,” which puts the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a larger context.

Sole’s otherworldly output over the last year is rivaled only by that of Lil B, who believe it or not, collaborated with Sole for a track off of his third full-length with the Skyrider Band. Aside from the Based God, the album also features a who’s who of indie elite ranging from Sage Francis to Ceschi to Xiu Xiu. Hello Cruel World, which many are calling Sole’s most focused and accessible work to date, drops July 19th on Fake Four. Check out the first single here.

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Mar28

J-A-P-A-N: A Fake Four, Inc. Japan Relief Benefit EP (Video)

Much like Tom Waits before them, the indie rap collective better known as Fake Four, Inc. is big in Japan. When disaster struck recently in the form of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear devastation, Japanese emcee Kaigen reached out to the Connecticut-based label to help in the relief effort. The result is a four track EP featuring impassioned narratives and beats from the likes of Sole, Myka9, Ceschi, Awol One, Moka Only, Factor, Jared Paul, Radical Face, Leif Kolt, Gregory Pepper and greencarpetedstairs. Eight bucks gets you the J-A-P-A-N EP with all proceeds benefiting Relief International’s efforts to help survivors in Japan. Great music for a great cause.

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