White rappers have been an anomaly in hip hop since the genre's inception. However, the white boys have always been affluent members of the underground scene. Take the label Anticon; it's roster (as well as founders) is majority white. One such member, Sole, came from the northeast (not NYC or even Boston but Maine) to create his music. Although his career hit a nearly unmatchable point in the late 90s with the amazing Bottle of Humans, he still puts out new material at an impressive clip. His latest is an EP entitled Battlefields which features a live band, the Skyrider Band, to accompany his trademark flow-of-consciousness lyrics. While once again he falls short of the standard he set at his outset, all the Sole intangibles are here to satisfy/baffle listeners old and new.
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