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.
INSTAGRAM : @sounditsme
TWITTER : @sounditsme
SOUNDCLOUD : sounditsme
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Theme
Sole Lyrics
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Libera animas omnium fidelium
Defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo
Lacu libera eas de ore leonis
Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriae
Libera animas omnium fidelium
Defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo
Ne absorbeat eas tartarus
Ne cadant in obscurum
Sed signifer sanctus Michael
Sanctus Michael.
The lyrics of Sole's song "Theme" are a Latin chant commonly known as the "Dies Irae." These lyrics are often used in Catholic requiem masses and refer to the Day of Wrath, a day when all souls will be judged. The repetition of "Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriae" translates to "Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory." The plea in these lyrics is for the deliverance of all faithful souls from the punishments of hell and the deep pit.
The lines "Libera animas omnium fidelium / Defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo / Lacu libera eas de ore leonis" express the desire for the release and salvation of all faithful souls from the pains of hell and the mouth of the lion. The references to inferno and the lion's mouth evoke the imagery of danger and potential damnation.
The next part of the lyrics, "Ne absorbeat eas tartarus / Ne cadant in obscurum," implores that the souls should not be swallowed by Hell nor fall into darkness. Tartarus is a Greek concept of the deepest pit of the underworld, and darkness represents spiritual oblivion or the absence of divine light.
The final line, "Sed signifer sanctus Michael / Sanctus Michael," refers to Saint Michael, the Archangel often depicted as a warrior and protector against evil forces. As the "signifer" or standard-bearer, Michael is called upon to lead and guide the souls to safety and salvation.
Overall, Sole's use of these Latin lyrics creates a somber and introspective atmosphere, reflecting on themes of judgment, redemption, and the struggle between light and darkness.
Line by Line Meaning
Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriae
Master Jesus Christ, King of glory
Libera animas omnium fidelium
Deliver the souls of all the faithful
Defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo
From the punishments of Hell and the abyss
Lacu libera eas de ore leonis
Free them from the mouth of the lion
Ne absorbeat eas tartarus
So that Tartarus doesn't engulf them
Ne cadant in obscurum
So they don't fall into darkness
Sed signifer sanctus Michael
But the holy standard-bearer, Saint Michael
Sanctus Michael
Saint Michael
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@cubittsound
One of my favorite lines as well. A hard truth that many ignore. So many great lines in this song!
@SipsiBach
thanks for making us more aware!
@christhompson1979ct
glass half empty
@chronic440
i love sole's style and flow very influencial to some of the work i'm doing
@makingwinewidraisins
i can't believe this only haves 7,292 viewssssssssss wtf
@Gorydayyz208
such an truee song alot like my shitt,
@kittyrifle
someone got the lyrics? can't find them anywhere...
@proficee
sickness
@bakedto420
Any other similar artists?
@edwardholst2446
Sage Francis, Mr. Lif, Eyedea & Abilities, Brother Ali, Black Thought (The Roots), Dead Prez, Public Enemy, KRS-ONE, Run the Jewels, busdriver. Just off the top of my head....