1. Sole, born Tim Holland, is an alternative hip hop artist and a co-founder of the anticon. collective. Sole is known for his dense, often dark stream-of-consciousness writing style. His verses are often filled with abstraction, metaphor and sarcasm while avoiding or deconstructing traditional hip hop topics. His albums and record label have been featured in magazines such as Playboy and The Wire. Sole is also a producer and releases his self-produced experiments under the alias mansbestfriend, taken from the name of his Apple G4 computer
Sole was born in 1977 in Portland, Maine. He recorded his first demo in 1992. He shopped the demo to Entertainment Resources International. There was serious interest, and he was flown to Florida to record a few songs. However, the record deal fell through, and soon after, at age 15, sole got together a new group called "45 Below Records", which included Alias, JD Walker and a DJ Cuz the Highlander, now better known as Moodswing9, and together released an album titled "Mad Skillz and Unpaid Billz" under the moniker "Northern Exposure", selling more than 300 copies. At the age of 16, sole pressed up his first 12" and gave it away for free at the 1995 Gavin Convention. In 1996 sole started up a "Webzine" and online radio station, run directly from his basement bedroom in Portland, Maine. His Live Poets 12" from 1997 garnered some press and college radio play, selling a few thousand copies and leading to connections with other like-minded artists like Doseone (Adam Drucker), Jel (Jeffrey Logan), Atmosphere, The Shape Shifters, and the Sebutones (Sixtoo (Vaughn Robert Squire) and Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)). In early 1998, Sole and Pedestrian (James Brandon Best), coined the name Anticon, and together started the collectively owned record label of the same name. In the summer of 1998 Sole, Alias, and Doseone traveled to Minneapolis and together with Slug of Atmosphere recorded the first official Anticon album Deep Puddle Dynamics. Pedestrian and Sole eventually left for California, settling in the Bay Area. Anticon. is currently owned by eight members, Sole, Alias, Pedestrian, Jel, Doseone, Why? (Yoni Wolf), Baillie Parker, and Odd Nosdam (David Madson), well-known for his instrumental albums and his production work on Sole's albums.
Sole is married to Yasamin Holland. Her name and references to her can be heard scattered throughout his lyrics.
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2. SOLE (쏠; stylized as SOLE) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer under Amoeba Culture. She is a former member of the girl group Live High.
She made her solo debut on November 3, 2017 with digital single "Ride".
Stage Name: SOLE (쏠)
Birth Name: Lee So Ri (이소리)
Birthday: October 5th, 1993
Zodiac: Libra
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
• She makes her own songs, and gets inspiration from her life.
• Her role model is Beyonce.
• She sort of plays the guitar, but says that learning instruments is hard.
• She has a male kitten called Sinbi.
• Sole wants to be an artist on everyone’s playlist, not for fame but because her song felt relateable / touched the heart of the listener.
• She went to an all girls high school.
• She didn’t feel that she was a celebrity until she saw the number of views and comments on her debut MV.
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I Hope You Like My Stupid Painting
Sole Lyrics
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It won't be here next time, you'll burn it
I'm no matisse and never said I could paint
The way things are going..i dunno if I'm gonna finish it
I graduated with passin' colors
Into the world and directly through the other side
Fitting in isn't about what you know
It's what you don't know that makes you a team player
The lyrics of Sole's I Hope You Like My Stupid Painting convey messages of self-deprecation and existential questioning, as well as an anti-establishment sentiment. The singer, possibly denoting the artist persona, presents a work of art that, while calling it "stupid," shows an intense attachment to it, as if their entire value depended on it. The painting, however, is deemed disposable, condemned to destruction, reinforcing the idea that, in a world driven by consumerism, art has little value beyond its mere exchangeable property.
The lyrics also reflect a sense of struggle to fit into a world that imposes standards and norms that may not genuinely reflect one's values or beliefs. The singer feels incapable of meeting the expectations set by society or the art world when proclaiming, "I'm no matisse and never said I could paint." The lyrics suggest that conforming to a certain way of doing things to be accepted is not only detrimental to creativity but also antithetical to personal growth or success.
In conclusion, Sole's "I Hope You Like My Stupid Painting" offers an insightful critique of societal expectations and the value we place on art. It reminds us that conformity for the sake of fitting in suppresses creativity and individualism. Instead, we should embrace and celebrate our unique perspectives and creations.
Line by Line Meaning
I hope you like my stupid painting
I'm presenting to you something that I created, and I hope you appreciate it despite its perceived flaws
It won't be here next time, you'll burn it
I understand that it may not be to your liking, and that's okay, as its existence was brief and ephemeral
I'm no matisse and never said I could paint
I am not claiming to be a master artist, and I know my limitations when it comes to my creative abilities
The way things are going..i dunno if I'm gonna finish it
Due to my current circumstances, I am unsure if I will be able to complete this project
I graduated with passin' colors
I have completed my studies and achieved a level of education that I find satisfactory
Into the world and directly through the other side
Now that I have finished my studies, I am ready to enter the real world and take on whatever challenges lie ahead
Fitting in isn't about what you know
Being accepted by others and fitting in is not solely based on your knowledge or intelligence
It's what you don't know that makes you a team player
Being willing to learn and accepting your limitations can make you a valuable team player
So many ways to freeze but never taught us one...
There are countless ways in which we can fail, but we are not always taught the proper way to avoid them
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