Its been a long time coming! I dedicate everything to you.

Last week I rocked w/ my dude Grynch at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party. This year’s festival featured groups such as MGMT, Atmosphere, Holy Fuck, Yeasayer, !!!, and The Dead Weather, as well as homegrown NW talent such as Blue Scholars, Macklemore, Shabazz Palaces, Fresh Espresso, Mad Rad, State Of The Artist, Victor Shade, Truckasauras, Spaceman, Stay Hi Brothers,The Physics, Candidt, J.Pinder.

Bellow, I’ve also posted footage from my solo performance at the 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party.

Check out the footage from the live interview I did on Seattle’s Kube 93.3 “Sunday Night Sound Session” w/ DJ Hyphen.

​Artist: Sol
Album: Dear Friends, EP Vol. 2
Release date: May 21 (Today)
Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Download for free!

In a recent e-mail, Sol wrote about his latest EP, a free six-track release: “I write these songs free of premeditation and creative limitation, but not free from hard work and pursuit of perfection.” For many other musicians this level of high-minded artistic contemplation might seem disingenuous–but not for Sol, and that becomes explicitly clear once you listen to the second installment of his Dear Friends, series. Simply put, this is the best Sol has ever sounded; the rhymes are tighter, the flow smoother, the swagger bolder, the stoner raps higher. Even his singing voice sounds better on the hooks. The guest appearances from some of the city’s finest, including Grynch, Prometheus Brown, Thig Nat and J.Pinder, only accentuate that Sol has an ability that makes him undoubtedly deserving of the company. For an emcee up to this point frequently referred to as “young and talented,” the distance he’s come even since the last installment of Dear Friends, and the obvious self-consciousness he displays proves an already skillful rapper has come into a whole new level of maturity. The life he loves is the life he’s living, and the music just keeps getting better and better.

Dear Friends,

I present to you my best work yet, “Dear Friends, Vol. II”. This series of EPs is not just a collection of free music, but art I have made for you from me. I write these songs free of premeditation and creative limitation, but not free from hardwork and pursuit of perfection. If you know me, you already know this about me.

Its been a good journey. Twenty-One years old, and now four records deep! I can honestly say I enjoy making music more than anything in the world. The dopest part is that this is just the beginning! My second full-lenth album is already in the works…

Please spread the music, the love, life.

Yours Truly,

Solzilla