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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Never Thought I
Sole Lyrics
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Yeah, heh
You know it's funny
The more things change, the more they stay the same
I'm sittin', watchin' these things around me
People doubting me, people questioning me
But everything's falling into place
Yeah, everything in time, feel me?
[Chorus]
Never thought I'd be this fly, what
Never thought I'd be this tight, what
Never thought I'd have my time, what
Never thought you'd hear me rap, what
Everybody want to a piece of my cut
That record deal got sour
It's a trip how people change in this game
But it's still the same
[Chorus]
Never caught behind, twist-ups of the mind
Why I can't bring that body ?
Flipped it last time, press rewind
Script it, that time, got ya mind
Boys wasn't wit it, had to recline
Laid back, fade back plenty of times
Tommy boy's filled with plenty of rhymes
Back there niggas never called me fine
One of the guys that scouts the scene
Roughed up, stuffed up, left the scene
Why'all bitches wouldn't never believe
That their niggas was checkin' for me
Little girl, curls, that was me
Little world, swirls, that was me
Drama unfold, that was me
Drama fun, girls that was me
Scrawny little thing, as a child
Men would chuck, runnin' wild
Me called names?
Not allowed
Gotta be something that was vile
Wide eyed, cried, takin' 'em blowin'
Start ridin', cried, ??
Flip that, start lookin' for shows
Spit that, time I have to go
On the car 'round the block, runnin' with boys
Only girl got slick mccoy
Had a little crush, name was troy
Got a little rush, loved the joy
Bent adolescent tryin' to get down
To werin' a frown
Steady comin' up, wonderin' how
Never been as fly, so look at me now
[Chorus]
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Started growin' up, started to bloom
Same damn thing, chased out the storm
E-lay see-lay caught at noon
Write more, fight more, stay in my room
Gettin' with the wrong guy, never again
Get it from the wrong guy, never a friend
Try to go straight, world tryin' to end
No such thing, 'cause I'm tryin' to mend
Niggas try to see me, never before
Bitches want to be me, never before
Niggas that would dis me, tryin' to score
Bitches now jealous of me whore
Heard they relay many of lines
Got played, got laid many times
Crushed inhibition, lookin' for signs
Love didn't live here, it was blind
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
"who's she?" everybody askin' me
"who's she?" everybody ask to see
Who? me? everybody tryin' to be
Game ain't never been a thing to me
Was broke, now tote plenty of g's
Got mad, get with l-o-v
Me be mellow and sweet
????
Came up, has lots of luck
Came up, heads like destruct
Write more, don't get stuck
Write more, then make a buck
Bitch can't be heard, ?or a thing?
Been that shit, heard runnin' schemes
Now I'm the hottest thing on the scene
Straight line, got mine, know what I mean?
Keep it on top, not a raid
Hope it don't fly, masquerade..
Myself from them days of play
Stories like this that I relate
Hopin' that, don't start to slip
Hopin' that, can keep a grip
Write rhymes that I can flip
Mothafuckin' business, it's a trip
Learned that life ain't a game
Passed up, passed by, it's a shame
Never let ya life go insane
Time go by, it's chain
Look up, look by, it remains
Still be sittin' there, still complain
Gold digger's dream ??
Look up at the sky, say my name
[Chorus]
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The song "Never Thought I" by Sole is an introspective piece about the artist's personal journey and growth. The chorus repeats the phrase "Never thought I'd be this fly, never thought I'd be this tight, never thought I'd have my time, never thought you'd hear me rap." The lyrics reflect on how far Sole has come in the rap game and how surprised she is by her own success. The song is a reflection on how people change over time and how surprising success can be.
The lyrics delve into Sole's personal experiences from her childhood, including being picked on and feeling like an outsider. At the same time, the lyrics are self-affirming, reminding the listener that Sole never thought she would reach this level of success or have her music heard by so many people. The song is a beautiful reflection on perseverance, hard work, and growth.
Overall, "Never Thought I" is an empowering song that encourages listeners to never give up on their dreams, no matter how difficult the journey may be.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: CHRISTOPHER A. STEWART, DEREK SOCHACKI, TONYA JOHNSTON
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