Sole is an American alternative hip hop artist based in Denver, Colorado. His discography consists of eighteen studio albums, four collaboration albums, ten EPs, two mixtapes, three remix albums, three compilations, twelve singles, one audiobook, one DVD, and many guest appearances on other artists' tracks.
Discography Studio albums YearTitleNotes 2000Bottle of Humans Released: 2000 Format: CD Label: AnticonDebut solo album. 2001uck rt Released: 2001 Format: CDr Label: Self-releasedCDr of demos sold on tour in 2001. Includes early versions of several tracks that would later appear on Selling Live Water. The title is a play on the phrase "Fuck Art" and is alternately rendered "uck rt", "_uck _rt" or "uckrt" in various listing on the internet. 2003Selling Live Water Released: 2003 Format: CD, vinyl Label: AnticonMansbestfriend Pt. 2: No Thanks Released: 2003 Format: CD Label: Self-released (2004 re-release on Morr Music)Entirely self-produced. Inititially self-released, the album was repackaged and remastered with additional tracks in 2004 and released by Morr Music under the title The New Human Is Illegal, with Sole using "Man'sbestfriend" (with an apostrophe) as an alternate moniker rather than as a title for the first time, as he would again (without an apostrophe) for his 2007 instrumental project Poly.Sci.187. 2005Songs That Went Tin Released: February 21, 2005 Format: CD Label: Self-releasedA collection of rare or previously unreleased tracks recorded for Bottle of Humans, Selling Live Water, Live from Rome and the Mansbestfriend series.Live from Rome Released: February 22, 2005 Format: CD, vinyl Label: AnticonMansbestfriend Pt. 3: My Own Worst Enemy Released: June 6, 2005 Format: CD Label: Self-releasedEntirely self-produced. 2007Poly.Sci.187 Released: 2007 Format: CD Label: AnticonInstrumental project. Entirely self-produced. Sole adopted the "Mansbestfriend" moniker for this album (as he had first done for the Volume 2 re-release), intending upon releasing instrumental work under that name.However, "Mansbestfriend" has since reverted to the title of a series of self-produced albums (as it began) with the release of fifth and sixth entries in the series in 2011. Poly.Sci.187 thereby retroactively became Mansbestfriend 4.Sole and the Skyrider Band (with Skyrider) Released: 2007 Format: CD, vinyl Label: AnticonEntirely produced by Skyrider.Desert Eagle Volume One Released: 2007 Format: CDr, CD Label: Self-releasedEntirely self-produced. Initially sold as a CDr on tour in 2007. Re-released on CD in 2008 without the "Volume One" subtitle. 2009Plastique (with Skyrider) Released: 2009 Format: CD, vinyl, download Label: Fake Four Inc.Entirely produced by Skyrider. 2011Hello Cruel World (with Skyrider) Released: 2011 Format: CD, vinyl, download Label: Fake Four Inc.Entirely produced by Skyrider. 2012A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing Released: November 13, 2012 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon Records 2013No Wising Up No Settling Down Released: May 1, 2013 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon RecordsNo More Dystopias (with Yasamin Holland, as Whitenoise) Released: September 17, 2013 Format: Cassette, download Label: Black Canyon RecordsInstrumental project. Whitenoise started out as a moniker for Sole's new instrumental music, but he collaborated closely with his wife Yasamin on this album, and in the process Whitenoise became their name as a duo.Crimes Against Totality Released: November 5, 2013 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon Records 2014Death Drive (with DJ Pain 1) Released: May 6, 2014 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon RecordsEntirely produced by DJ Pain 1. 2015Ruins (with Yasamin Holland, as Whitenoise) Released: March 24, 2015 Format: Cassette, download Label: Black Box TapesMansbestfriend 7 Released: September 4, 2015 Format: CD, download Label: Black Box TapesEntirely self-produced. 2016Nihilismo (with DJ Pain 1) Released: April 22, 2016 Format: CD, vinyl, download Label: Black Box TapesEntirely produced by DJ Pain 1. 2018Let Them Eat Sand Released: February 2, 2018 Format: CD, download Label: Black Box TapesEntirely self-produced. 2019Destituent Released: February 22, 2019 Format: Vinyl, download Label: Black Box TapesEntirely self-produced.No God nor Country (with DJ Pain 1) Released: November 18, 2019 Format: CD, vinyl, download Label: Entirely produced by DJ Pain 1. 2021MBFX Released: March 5, 2021 Format: Vinyl, download Label: Black Box TapesEntirely self-produced. The tenth entry in the Mansbestfriend series, retroactively positioning Let Them Eat Sand and Destituent as the eighth and ninth entries respectively. 2022Post American Studies (with DJ Pain 1) Released: February 4, 2022 Format: TBA Label: eMERGENCY heARTSEntirely produced by DJ Pain 1.
Collaboration albums YearTitleNotes 1996What's It All About (with Moodswing9, as Live Poets) Released: 1996 Format: , CD, cassette Label: 45 Below 1999The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (with Alias, Doseone & Slug, as Deep Puddle Dynamics) Released: 1999 Format: CD Label: Anticon 2001Paint by Number Songs (with Alias & DJ Mayonnaise, as So-Called Artists) Released: 2001 Format: CD Label: Mush Records
EPs YearTitleNotes 1994Madd Skills & Unpaid Bills (with Moodswing9, as Northern Exposure) Released: 1994 Format: Cassette Label: 45 Below1998Music Without a Face Released: 1998 Format: Cassette Label: 45 Below2002Mansbestfriend Released: May 2002 Format: CDr, CD Label: Self-releasedWe Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (with Anticon & Deep Puddle Dynamics) Released: 1999 Format: CD Label: Anticon"More from June" is a song by Deep Puddle Dynamics, featuring Eyedea. "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)" and "Pitty Party People" are posse cuts by Anticon.2007Exhile Released: May 21, 2007 Format: CD Label: Anticon2009Battlefields (with Skyrider) Released: October 13, 2009 Format: CD, vinyl, download Label: Fake Four Inc.Entirely produced by Skyrider.2011Mansbestfriend Vol. 5 Released: February 14, 2011 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon RecordsMansbestfriend V. 6: Radioactive Rain Released: May 26, 2011 Format: CD, download Label: Black Canyon MusicThe Challenger EP (with Skyrider) Released: December 13, 2011 Format: CD, download Label: Fake Four Inc.Entirely produced by Skyrider.2012Yung Planetz EP (with Bleubird & K-the-I???, as Waco Boyz) Released: June 19, 2012 Format: Download Label: Fake Four Inc.Songs That Went Void Released: August 3, 2012 Format: Download Label: EP of previously unreleased tracks, made available exclusively to backers of Sole's Kickstarter campaign for A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing (2012). The majority of these songs later appeared on Crimes Against Totality (2013).2014Warfare (with DJ Pain 1) Released: April 11, 2014 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon MusicPattern of Life (with DJ Pain 1) Released: August 26, 2014 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon Music2019Destituted Released: March 20, 2019 Format: Download Label: Patreon-exclusive companion EP to the album Destituent.2020Worlds Not Yet Gone Released: February 4, 2020 Format: Download Label: Patreon-exclusive EP of science fiction-themed songs.
Mixtapes YearTitleNotes 2001Red Dawn: A Baybridge Epic (with Pedestrian, as Da Babylonianz) Released: 2001 Format: CD-R Label: Gangsta rap parody album. Sole and Pedestrian adopted the names Blazefest and Whitefolks (respectively) for this album. 2009Nuclear Winter Volume 1 Released: October 30, 2009 Format: Download Label: Topical political songs recorded over commercial hip hop beats. 2011Nuclear Winter Volume 2: Death Panel Released: June 21, 2011 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon MusicTopical political songs recorded over commercial hip hop beats.
Remix albums YearTitleNotes2008The Secret History of Underground Rap Released: 2008 Format: CD, download Label: Remixes of classic hip hop songs from the 1990s.2009Sole and the Skyrider Band Remix LP Released: February 3, 2009 Format: CD, download Label: Remixes of songs from the album Sole and the Skyrider Band by a variety of artists.2010Spring Offensive Volume 1: Nuclear Winter Remixes Released: August 10, 2010 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon MusicRemixes of songs from the mixtape Nuclear Winter Volume One by a variety of artists.2015Death Drive: First as Tragedy, Then as Remix Released: January 6, 2015 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon MusicAn EP of remixes of songs from the album Death Drive by a variety of artists.
Compilation albums YearTitleNotes2002Learning to Walk Released: April 9, 2002 Format: CD Label: 6 MonthsA selection of Sole's early material, compiled from the years 1994-1998.2011Dispatches from the American Fall Released: 2011 Format: Download Label: Black Canyon MusicA selection of Sole's political songs, compiled from the years 2003-2011.
Live albums YearTitleNotes2008Live at The Middle East (with Skyrider) Released: November 18, 2008 Format: Download Label: 2010Live in Europe (with Skyrider) Released: 2010 Format: CD-R Label:
Singles YearTitleNotes1995"Sole" (with Live Poets) Released: 1995 Format: 7" vinyl Label: 45 Below1997"Respect" (with Live Poets) Released: 1997 Format: 7" vinyl Label: 45 Below1998"Respect" Released: 1998 Format: 7" vinyl Label: 45 Below1999"Rainmen" (with Deep Puddle Dynamics) Released: 1999 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Anticon"Bottle of Humans" Released: 1999 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Anticon2001"Sideshow" (with So-Called Artists) Released: 2001 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Mush Records2002"Salt on Everything" Released: 2002 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Anticon2003"Plutonium" Released: 2003 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Anticon2005"New Single" Released: 2005 Format: 10" vinyl Label: Anticon2011"Hello Cruel World" (with Skyrider) Released: 2011 Format: Digital download Label: Fake Four Inc.2012"Young Sole" Released: 2012 Format: Digital download Label: Black Canyon Records"The Untouchables" Released: 2012 Format: Digital download Label: Black Canyon Records
Audio books YearTitleNotes2010The Pyre Released: 2010 Format: CD Label: Self-released
DVDs YearTitleNotes2012Art Is War Released: 2012 Format: DVD Label: Self-released
Guest appearances Sixtoo - "Cave People" from The Psyche Intangible (1998) Themselves - "Lyrical Cougel" from Them (1999) Sixtoo - "When Freedom Rings" from Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments) (2001) Sage Francis - "I Apologize" from Sick of Waiting Tables (2001) Clouddead - "I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again (1)" from Clouddead (2001) DJ Krush - "Song for John Walker" from The Message at the Depth (2002) Bleubird - "Another Super Mario Cart Brothers Drive By" from Sloppy Doctor (2003) Pedestrian - "Arrest the President" from Volume One: UnIndian Songs (2005) Sage Francis - "My Head" from Still Sickly Business (2005) Mr. Nogatco - "Live Dissection" from Nogatco Rd. (2006) Scott Da Ros - "Humans Bury Deep" from One Kind of Dead End (2006) Noah23 - "Tragic Comedy" from Rock Paper Scissors (2008) Skyrider - "Infest" from Skyrider (2008) Themselves - "1 for No Money" from The Free Houdini (2009) Time - "Trouble with Kids" from Naked Dinner (2010) Ceschi - "Long Live the Short Lived" from The One Man Band Broke Up (2010) Factor Chandelier - "Living in a Vacuum" from Lawson Graham (2010) Factor - "Don't Jock the Dead" from 13 Stories (2010) Kay the Aquanaut - "Kill You" from Waterloo (2011) Noah23 - "Murder City" from Fry Cook on Venus (2011) The Bins - "Inspiration" from Inspiration (2011) Kaigen - "Don't Try to Stop It" & "Rust Belt Fellows" from Re: Bloomer (2011) K-the-I??? - "The Third Planet" from Synthesthesia (2011) Noah23 & Krem - "Darkside of the Moon" from The Terminal Illness EP (2011) Sixo - "Government Bonds" from Free Floating Rationales (2012) Sixo - "Dance with Stars" from Tracking Perception EP (2012) Bong-Ra - "Monolith", "Inspiration", "Trillion Nemesi" & "Pandora's Box" from Monolith (2012)
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