Letter To A Young Rapper (beat by Ryan Hemsworth) by sole... published on 2012-10-18T16:54:38Z On Letter to a Young Rapper Sole teams up with Canadian super producer Ryan Hemsworth to draft a sarcastic yet poignant message to aspiring rappers. Although the hip–hop community wasn’t clamoring for a hip-hop take on James Joyce’s “Letter To A Young Poet” Sole delivers it with his trademark of wit & vitriol. Throughout the course of the song everyone from Rob Bass, Goldman Sachs, Emma Goldman, Nirvana, The Game, white rappers, dictators and Hologram Tupac are evoked to paint a portrait of “banality gone wild.” “Letter” hones in on the interests that control the music and manipulate artists, the artists that sacrifice content for image, and the spectacle that binds it all together. “To the rappers with skills who don’t wanna sell they souls, remain anonymous.” -sole (quoting Ras Kass circa 1994) A Ruthless Criticism Of Everything Existing Drops on 11/13 and is available for preorder exclusively at http://soleone.org Genre rap Comment by nah don't shit where you eat, and don't eat that shit that they forcefeed 2022-12-21T15:39:32Z Comment by nah 💯🌻 2022-12-21T15:36:52Z Comment by Duals Really dope remix, of course Ryan Hemswroth is a beast. 2016-01-12T20:13:25Z Comment by Slade Fidler lyrics too true sole hits you with a ton of bricks 2014-09-04T02:12:42Z Comment by Slade Fidler feels like some ol' slow motion bond golden eye terminator shit 2014-09-04T02:06:22Z Comment by Rob Wurlitzer Word to the producer. Dope sampling and ambiance noises 2012-12-11T07:09:21Z Comment by Vaunted365 wow, the word play..... servin the game. suc 2012-11-05T23:29:39Z Comment by DATAKOZM Just listen & Learn 2012-10-27T20:07:57Z Comment by btcwood #REALTALK 2012-10-23T02:51:36Z Comment by Hevy ☯ P Bless u motherfucker 2012-10-22T18:43:21Z Comment by Apostrophe' " get a little breath control, you don't need 30 muthafucka on stage backing you up" ....forever staying anonymous! -thank you sole 2012-10-22T17:56:12Z Comment by maxx damn sole. got chills on the first four bars. REST IN PEACE 2012-10-22T17:44:54Z Comment by METAMVDNESS Dope track! Big up! 2012-10-22T15:03:04Z