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2008-05-05
SoleSides in 1995: Gift of Gab freestyle
How about some serious old school SoleSides madness? Check out a video of the Gift of Gab doing a serious freestyle back in 1995 we found for y'all:

CLICK HERE to watch

DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef are also in the video.

2008-04-24
DJ Shadow and Nokia-trends
A new little project that involves DJ Shadow is over @

nokiatrendslab.com
MP3 DOWNLOAD

What Does Your City Sound Like ?

2008-04-18
EVERYWHERE AT ONCE; a few SoleSides words...
Although the album hasn't been released just yet, the people at the SoleSides Messageboards are hyped about Lyrics Born's new album already. This is partly thanks to a short review written by us at SoleSides. Here are a few quotes;

"Differences;" Just love the vibe on this
"Cakewalk;" This one not only sounds good, it sums up a lot of what LB/Quannum stands for; And that's working hard day in day out and focus on what you want to achieve.
"I like it I Love it"; If "Lady Don't Tek No" was part 1 and "Callin Out" was part 2, than this one is part 3. No further explanation needed. Pure niceness.
I Can't Decide"; Gotta love the "pumpin" beat / bass and LB's energy filled MC style over this

other honourable mentiones:

Joyo's singing on "The World is calling"
'un deux trois' on "Hot 2 Deff"
The uptempo / almost happy vibe on "Do You Buy It" vs the not so happy subject. Quite a unique contrast.
The summer-vibe on 'Rules Were Meant To Be Broken' - which makes it a timeless track (or even the underdog on this album)- we can imagine this one popping up on several summer mixtapes for years to come.

We at SoleSides have to agree with most reviews that are already online; it's a great album. The term 'monumental' comes to mind. Not only because this is a giant step (forward) for Lyrics Born, "Everywhere at once" also sets the norm for a lot of funky/dancy hiphop to come.

Well done, Mr Shimura, Well done...

2008-04-15
Lyrics Born / Everywhere at Once: APRIL 22
Only one week to go, people. The new album 'Everywhere At Once' will be released on April 22. Be sure to cop your copy the day it comes out. The reviews so far are great.

lyricsborn.com
lyricsborn.solesides.com

Can't wait to listen to the album? Listen while you can as it's only going to be up until the 17th -- then you have to wait until the 22nd to buy this masterpiece...where? HERE:

myspace.com/lyricsborn

Funk for the Future

2008-04-02
New DJ Shadow DVD....?
Although Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are still on tour for their amazing 'The Hard Sell' project that we're sure y'all already know about, we at SoleSides bumped into a video that shows clips from the tour for 'The Outsider' album that DJ Shadow did in 2006/7. The filmclip has the visuals by Ben Stokes as well as live footage from several live shows. The footage is most likely filmed by Dean Fernando (check him out @ myspace.com/dinobullet). You can find the movieclip in question over at the site for Ben Stokes, which is holofonic.com. More info on this soon! Remember; SoleSides gave you this scoop first!

2008-03-25
Lyrics Born / Rapreviews.com Interview
There's a really nice interview with Lyrics Born over at rapreviews.com where he talks about his upcoming album "Everywhere At Once" - CLICK HERE to read it.

Lyrics Born Myspace
Lyrics Born messageboards (which are, powered by your own SoleSides.com / SoleSides Boards !)
Lyrics Born Official

The "Everywhere At Once" album is out April 22.

2008-03-20
DJ Shadow signing in from the EURO-Hard Sell Tour
The European leg of the tour for The Hard Sell has begun. DJ Shadow himself took the time to look back at the US/Canada dates and to look forward to the new dates;

THIRD ENTRY (Hamburg, Copenhagen, Luxembourg)
SECOND ENTRY (About the London and Dublin shows)
FIRST ENTRY (US Tour, Looking forward to Europe

We here at SoleSides are very much looking forward to the Amsterdam show this friday. Stay tuned for updates on that night!

2008-03-17
New QUANNUM mixtape
Here's a special exclusive treat for you: Fresh from the hands of DJ E Da Boss:

SXSW Exclusive Quannum Projects Snippet Mixtape by DJ E da Boss: Hosted by JUMBO THE GARBAGEMAN

Tracklist:

Intro
"Mr. Gusto" by Vursatyl prod. Rev Shines
"Badder Than Bullets" by Tommy Guerrero
Interlude
"Strong Possibility" by Joyo Verlarde feat Lyrics Born
"Salve" by Tommy Guerrero feat Curumin
Interlude
"Gutterfly" meets Stardust by Lifesavas
"Indio Danca Na Roda" by Curumin feat Instituto

DOWNLOAD:

LINK 1 / LINK 2 (mirror)

That's right...the mix features a never-heard-before track by Joyo Velarde! Check it out.

2008-03-04
The Hard Sell DVD excerpt
The DVD for the Hard Sell show (the mind expanding DJ Set by Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow) at the Hollywood bowl has just been released No one else than Ben Stokes delivered the background visuals for the show and he has contributed to the DVD as well. There's an excerpt of the DVD available on youtube already:

CLICK HERE to check it out

and check out:

Check out www.djshadow.com to buy the CD and/or DVD

2008-02-28
Lyrics Born article / Interview
There's a pretty good interview with Lyrics Born, talking about his new album 'Everywhere At Once' (street date April 22). CLICK HERE to check it out.

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