Sol-T records with the legendary Hochii of Technicali sound on a track called REO NASTY.
"Not only is Hochii one of the deffest emcees I've ever seen live, (he) can keep a crowd moving, and plus he's from my town! His songs are about REAL shit, and make his lyrics aren't written in a minute, or about the same old shit you hear all day on the weak-ass radio... they make you think," says Sol-T.
Sound like a regurgitated review? Not even close. With hits about cheating bitches, like Pool Party, big thinkers and political jams like American Hero, and classic emcee work as heard in his song, Walk that Talk, Hochii is poised for greatness on his new CD, "Bullets Through Speakers"... (Not to mention amazing special guests like LMNO and 2Mex (of the Visionaries), Trek Life, Ariano (also out of the Technicali Camp), and more!
Make sure to pick up a copy of Hochii's album, Bullets Through Speakers by clicking the cd picture below, or contacting him on his Myspace!
Be ready for REO NASTY! It'll be on Sol's Myspace later this week!
Mike
News: 9/14/2007
Sol-T LIVE on the Air with Somaya Reece! Monday, Sep. 17th @ 8pm PST!
Log on and listen!
Napalm Squid
News: 9/10/2007
Sol-T remains in URB Magazine's NEXT 1000 "Top Movers" List!
Thank you to all who've given their support!!!
In other news, Sol-T's new jam "What Used to be Def" is banging on his Myspace. Be ready for the Oranje Crusche LP to drop with some amazing guest star spots and a glorious return to true funk, old school hip-hop, and swanky styles!
For those of you who haven't voted, pls visit Urb Magazine's Next 1000, register, login, and then vote for Sol-T!
Mike
News: 8/28/2007
Sol-T Reviewed by URB Magazine & Named in URB's NEXT 1000!
Click Article Below to Visit/Comment!
This is not only a big occasion for Sol-T & Buttasopht Musilk, and all of us @ Sol-T.com, but for Orange County & Los Angeles musicians, and those who keep the funk alive!
Mike
News: 8/7/2007
Add Sol-T's New Big Band-Hip Hop Crew, The Liquor Store Hookers On Mypspace!
Click Flyer Above to Visit Them!
Mike
News: 7/29/2007
Listen to the EXCLUSIVE
Electro-Grime
Remix of Sol-T's "Oranje Crusche" by producer, PASTEK from South France!
Napalm Squid
News: 7/20/2007
New Sol-T Project Info From Kadillac Krush Weekly:
If you're a fan of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, The Rat Pack, Eazy-E, and Too $hort, then look no further. Southern California rapper/musician, Sol-T has teamed up with Scotty B. The Digital Assassin of Beef Productions in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to create a "Big Band Hip-Hop Experience" available on Beef Productions and Buttasopht Musilk in early 2008. If you know Sol-T, you know it's going to be 'different' to say the least, and expect more details to come as the record and sound develops.
"Expect some swanky Dean Martin drinking a little too much type of music on this record," said Sol-T when Mike Masters from KKW approached him about their upcoming project. "I'm excited to be working with such talent and doing this from across two continents and doing it RIGHT is even more fascinating. We're already working on the first three-or-so tracks and they're good times, baby..."
Mike
News: 7/19/2007
Sol-T Does France and Australia!!!
Sol-T to work a one-album, Big Band - THAT'S RIGHT - BIG Band rockabilly rap record with Beef Productions' Aussie producer, Scotty B. The Digital Assassin!
Scotty is already revving up the classic tracks, said to be a mix of Count Basie and upright basses, crackling snares and tingy ride cymbals! It's that big Aussie underground flavor that made his sound stand out in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
"I'm just a simple hot-rod, rockabilly kid with mad raps and creativity. I live for this kinda Big Band breakthrough shit," said an excited Sol-T when asked about the project.
Sol-T is also working with French Electro Producer PASTEK on a few remixes of Sol-T's Oranje Crusche single!!!Stay tuned lovers, the air gets thick...
The following letters are in regard to Rex Reason’s July 5 Aural Reports, about OC rapper Sol-T.
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I’ve been a fan of Sol-T for many years now. I am so glad the Weekly is staying up on real OC hip-hop. Sol continually brings flavor, class and a uniqueness you don’t find much anymore in the world of MCs. Mad props to the OC Weekly. And to all the readers out there, you better keep your eyes and ears open. Sol-T is bringing it back.
Herbie
via e-mail
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Yeah. Sol-T’s a hip kid, got a very interesting attitude. Thanks for the article.
Dr. Pepper
via e-mail
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Kid looks fresh. This is what I want to see coming out of our community when it comes to hip-hop. Thanks to the OC Weekly for not rep-ing the gangster-wannabe shit. I like his songs on the MySpace, too. Peace.
Hello everyone, please be patient as the long-awaited Sol-T "Oranje Crusche" LP is on it's way!!!
Fear not, Sol-T is also doing a ton of new shows and has a soon-to-be-announced, FALL 2007 Tour to back up the new record.
It's said that the new record will be an amazing follow-up to The Great Angelino Secret and is written from Sol-T's new surroundings, nestled between Orange County and Long Beach, California...
We're all expecting greatness, with a ton of new production by Jud Nester, Wes the Mes, Scotty B. The Digital Asssassin, DJ Cocoe, Schlaut, Skrewfase Elle, Sol-T himself, and tons of other amazing hands-on-deck!!!
Also, please keep tuned to Sol-T on Myspace for any late-breaking info! Ciao for now peeps!
Napalm Squid
News: 7/5/2007
SOL-T in the OCWeekly!
Click Sol-T's image above to go straight to the interview/article!
Skewfase Elle
News: 8/10/2006
The Show Was A Huge Success!
Clip of the Sears/Richardson Benefit Show 08.03.06!
Thank you to all who came out to make the night such a memorable one. The debut with SOL-T & The Streetfevers band was off the chaingang!
Several more members were also added to the roster, so indeed - there is now a circus on stage... For a review, and more pics of the show, please click this link here.
Thank you to everyone again, and be ready for SOL-T & The Streetfevers' next show, probably at CLUB VEGAS in Costa Mesa / Newport Beach, CA in the coming Saturdays...
Napalm Squid
News: 8/10/2006
SEP/OCT SOL-T LIVE SHOWS!
Hi everyone! Since the 'Tours' section of the site hasn't been added, we are going to be listing shows here in the 'News' section, so stay tuned for updates!
THURS 9/21 @ The Blue Cafe in Long Beach
SAT 9/30 @ The Mensa Lounge in Long Beach
10/06 @ Hogue Barmichael's in Newport Beach
10/20 @ Club Vegas in Costa Mesa
10/28 @ Gauntlet House-Party in Garden Grove
PLEASE VISIT SOL-T on myspace.com by clicking here for more info/directions to the venues & updates.
Napalm Squid
News: 4/9/2006
To Everyone Shellin' Out Money for a CD
We all at SOL-T.com and Buttasopht Musilk - from Skrewfase Elle, to Mike Knox, to SOL-T himself, wanted to shout out a BIG thank you!!!
Keep the orders coming, and we will continue to provide you with only the finest & funkiest shitrap and story-telling flows available to mankind...
Once again, to everyone who's bought a CD, thank you and spread the word! To all those that haven't, hurry up - SOL-T doesn't plan on repressing this debut again for a while and supplies are running low on the beautiful full-color pieces, as he's putting most of his efforts towards touring and the '95 Stitches' project!
Tour dates for the TGAS album to follow, as well as a 95 Stitches LP for release in 2006! Also, the songs section is undergoing maintenence, and will be back up soon. For now, please visit SOL-T on his Myspace Page to listen to some of his tracks, or of course, buy the CD!
Site Admin
News: 4/8/2006
Cop the New Record!
The Great Angelino Secret
Support Your Local Musicians & Writers!
15 Brand New, Full-Length SOL-T Tracks for Only $9.99 USD!!!
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This Listing Has Expired, Visit Sol-T on Myspace to Purchase the Record!
Napalm Squid
News: 4/7/2006
SOL-T & 95 Stitches
What started out in as a simple on-the-water recording trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1995, ended in nothing but terror and melee on the big drink... The midsize fishing vessel, The Cat's Meow, that SOL-T [the creator of the "Shitrap" sound] and his friends from various Los Angeles, Long Beach, and OC underground music circles had boarded, was hijacked by a gang of cutthroat water ferals, known as The 95 Stitches...
They had stopped SOL-T and his crew of shylocks during an anchored-down, ultimate booze-binging session and nautical party - claiming that they were the local Haitian Coast Guard - even raising a Haitian flag before approaching them, hoping to board the ship and mix it up a little.
As expected, SOL-T's saxaphone player, and ladies' man extraordinaire, Kennie "Cunkweef" Gee was first to welcome the dread pirates aboard the ship without hesitation, once he saw they came bearing both girls and fine rum...
So while the pirates began boarding ship, the party raged on, as DJ TriZkuT dropped a needle on fresh cut after cut, and blew lightning out of the speakers - causing the boat to sway from left to right - aligned perfectly with the bpm of the background track he was scratching to... Everything was fine, everything was dandy, even the seagulls were happy... That was until a cry for help came shooting from down below, in the galley.
Upon reaching the ship's kitchen and bar, SOL-T and his extended family became witness to a gruesome site: His ex-wench stood there, hunched over and panting - blood spattered on her face and neck, and directly across from her, was one of the undercovers with his throat slashed, painting the billiards table-felt bright burgandy-blue... As SOL-T reached for his Rhymesaber, which was firmly attached to his waist, there was a knock on one of the portholes - it was another one of his crewmembers, pointing at the now-raised skull & crossbones flag on the ship that was knotted to their's... The whole crew knew now, that there was only going to be one way out of this one...
And so the battle began... Licks and lasers, freaks and ballgazers, smack habits and jack rabbits versus crack addicts in black habits... The war of the words and battle of the beat raged on for what seemed to be days... All rum, vodka, whiskey, tequila, ale, wine, and even the water was at its end... It finally came down to the last of the last. Many of SOL-T's cohorts lay dead and gutted on the freshly-scrubbed and blood-spattered deck. Pirate after stinkin' pirate lay hanging and stunkfunk over the edge - at broadside, stern, and bow...
It was at this point that SOL-T decided that he'd had enough of these trashy bastards, who thought they were big name flowfaxers, taking what was rightfully his... He was tired of these punks who felt they were somehow owed something by every musician, just because they had a connection somewhere ashore that granted them some level of abyssal notoriety. In the Western-Pacific waters, these same clowns were the barbacks that wiped SOL-T's black beard with a clean rag after each sip of his ale, in between verses... As SOL-T made his final steps towards the deck and raised his Rhymesaber to the air, the Shitrap Gods smiled and let out a behemothic belch, just as TriZkuT slammed the kickdrum trigger on his MPC-Sampler and knocked the last of the filthy flow-pirates high into the air, off of their ship, and into the black sea...
Four men survived that fateful recording trip on the blackwaters: rhyme-sayer/beatslayer SOL-T, saxapone player Kennie "Cunkweef" Gee, quick-fist DJ TriZkuT, and the guitar-slingin' "Kaziah" Burton... Together they jumped ship on their midsize bucket, and took full control of their adversaries' funky cabin cruiser. The quartet not only took all of the drink, red meat, and imprisoned wenches that were left on the ship, but they also took the maniacal mercenaries' name... The 95 Stitches vowing to bring order and truth to the all that are small on the high streets...
Site Admin
News: 4/6/2006
Just thought I'd drop everyone a line, and let you guys know that you can now contact SOL-T once again through the contact page on this site, and that the new Great Angelino Secret album photos and covershots are coming back, as well as the Tours section which was erased, and the forums.
Hope everyone's having a great week, and enjoy the weekend!
Our dear people. It is our unfortunate duty to inform you that the site you've been coming to for SOL-T news, exploded yesterday - April 4th, 2006. Yup, just like a pineapple grenade in 'Nam, this site went down, as our asshole net hosting decided they were going to stop business. Yes. Just up and quit, without warning. Well a half-day warning, and since Mikey was in Mexico during the warning, getting drunk and enjoying the times (as he should be), we were left pretty much screwed, with a capital "D" for dildo. That also meant they didn't give us (or anyone) a chance to grab our most up-to-date files off of their servers...
What this all means is that there are going to be some changes on the site. For the better. Hell, there may even be an entirely new site. It also means that all that you're seeing on the site is from a year ago. We lost all news from an entire year ago. Lost all comments and blogs, songs, as well as photos, and pretty much the forums that we just got done building all over again. What's worse is some of the bugs are back, and will need re-testing to fix.
As you can see, we are now on a new hosting service, but the work remains ahead of us. We're waiting on a new design and re-vamp of the site to go with the new album, The Great Angelino Secret, but we fear that it's gonna be a while.
In the meantime, please feel free to visit and contact SOL-T through Myspace, or if this is a label or club trying to get a hold of us for a sit-down or booking, please use the number we provided you with, as that is the most failsafe method at this point.
Again, we sincerely apologize, and hope that we can get things under way again... For now, you can contact SOL-T using the link provided below, as the contact page on the site is down, as is SOL-T's personal email through the site.
Not to mention new T-Shirts featuring the Suicide-Gun Logo, and the Legs!
In other news, SOL-T is said to have confirmed having one of Hip-Hop's brightest and hypest writers, musicians, and performers, Jud Nester (of Imagination Sound & The Abstract Workshop) as one of the producers for the next album, which is already being recorded!
Jud Nester has worked with the likes of everyone from DJ QUIK, to Prodigy of Mobb Deep, to members of the Wu Tang Clan, and then some...
Be sure and look for their new track, entitled "Sick," available soon! Also be sure and peep here at his own site periodically, to see when it's totally up and fully functional.
Napalm Squid
News: 3/26/2005
Hey Everyone !
As Admin of the site, I was informed of some of the bugs with the posting and they have all been taken care of. So post away!
Also if you find more problems go to the Contact Page, and select Admin in the drop-down menu and let us know what happened!
Thanks again.
Mike
News: 3/15/2005
Well everyone, this is the new site!
We hope you like the new look and feel. Some of the stuff that you might remember are of course, the Guest Book, Fan-Flow, and the Forum.
Some of the new stuff you might notice are the Songs, Photo and Tours sections. While these are not new, they have new features on them that let you comment on the photo or song, and even rate them on how much you did or did not take a liking to them. So take a look around and play with stuff. Also join the mailing list if you haven't already, on the homepage here!
