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A Rap Masterpiece?

Myself | The Pits | 03/29/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I usually don't care for rap/hip-hop, except when comically thudding the base out the car windows, flashing gang signs at the 8-year-old neighbors and pretending to be the pimpin' scourge of the town. Yes, it's good fun.



Sole is not a ganster; he is more of a creative "loser". Basically all the songs are stating in some obscure way or another that he doesn't like anyone and is unhappy with life. I like it! "Save the Children" is really a cool song, no other way of putting it. "I Don't Rap on Bumper Stickers" is another classic with original, honest lyrics. "Suicide Note" is catchy and bizarre as hell. This is rap for people who hate rap."

The heart and sole of Anticon ... 4.5 Stars

Alan Pounds | Minneapolis, MN | 04/29/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

""I've got a thousand ways to say nothing," Sole yells out in the album opener. I can't help but connect that phrase to most of the artists on Anticon. They bring something new and totally unconventional to the table, that scares a lot of people away; including myself. But Sole, founder of Anticon, is definitely the cream of the crop as far as the Anticon label is concerned. When listening to artists such as Pedestrian, or Dose-One, the lyrics are ridiculously incomprehensible; you have to wonder if the artist even knows what their talking about. Sole is much different in that respect. He actually raps about his life, feelings, and things he's familiar with. He flows with a lot of anger, pain, desire and feeling. It's all wrapped up in a dark autobiography. His tone is varied in overwhelming earnest self-deprecation. Sole has a lot of ideas though, and they are laid out quite nicely this epic 73-minute album.



"Dismantling of Soles Ego" kicks off the album nicely with one of many interesting concepts. "I don't rap on bumper stickers, I'm witty with 40-liners" Sole yells out on the second cut. My favorite track as got to be the tongue twisting darkness of "Famous Last Words". "Center City" featuring Why? is also one of my favorites; but like Dose-One, I wouldn't be to interested to hear a whole Why? album. Other highlights include "Suicide Song" and "MC Howard Hughes".



Sole has combined the strange, minimalist darkness that Anticon is known for, with his accessible charismatic personality. Personally, I wish Anticon would wake up and start releasing more albums like this, instead of working the artsy, "I'm the weirdest rapper out there" angle. It also helps that Sole's voice isn't suffering from helium inhalation."

Really surprised nobody's rated this

N. Mills | Renton, WA USA | 01/09/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is an awesome album. Sole trumps Cannibal Ox's Vast Aire in the lyrics dept. This is true poetry by a truly pissed off young man. Bizarre, and completely worth the title of "art". I listen to it again and again."