Why did So Solid Crew Disappear??

[mos dan]

Plus the police kept shutting down there raves

this was definitely a factor. they essentially became public enemy number one for a while, and the combined pressure (internal/media/record label) became too much.

hold tight the so solid haters on here, you will never in your grubby coki-biting lives make a beat even half as good as this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUEP7jQPN8. give up now.

[thomas]

Coz they where shit.

lol @ 'only roll with the originators'

wasteman

Yeh, Big L is wack, always talking shit on his records.

you're missing the point...

so solid = originators.

who do you roll with again?

ahh mate, i get the comment now.... I mean it in a different way, like i said my UK Garage knolwedge aint upto par.

[twatty vagitis]

@ mos dan: what u on bruv, that beats substandard to say the least

so solid were alright i spose, had some okish traks hidden in the albums, most of what they released tho was a bit waste.

Originaters? maybe, but remember there were many ppl on the underground doin similar shit b4 so solid. Not forgettin the vast majority of the MCs in so solid were quite shit

[virus human race]

Wasnt Asher reppin Ghetto at some point or someting?

megaman was on that programme wit the lifelike courtcase about footballer roastings, cos he was in and out of jail on the appeal system innit

Ive gotta say here, I thought So Solid was heavy at the time. Respect. 21 seconds riddims still doin the rounds, Im sure I heard Boy Better Know usin a rehash unless Im mistaken. I dunno.

[step correct]

Had a couple of tunes from them in my 2-step days. They were pretty cool,...........I guess.

[enzyme]

Damn, Asher got full on destroyed in that 'battle'. Not much of a battle though, when one guy can't actually freestyle. Career suicide right there.

So Solid had some huge 2-step anthems, but I think what killed them off was that grime came about and had much better lyricists (Dizzee, Wiley, etc) and garage mc's mostly went back to straight party rhymes (Creed, PSG, etc). So Solid was stuck somewhere in between and eventually lost out.

[the wiggle baron]

Plus the police kept shutting down there raves

this was definitely a factor. they essentially became public enemy number one for a while, and the combined pressure (internal/media/record label) became too much.

hold tight the so solid haters on here, you will never in your grubby coki-biting lives make a beat even half as good as this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUEP7jQPN8. give up now.

But...thats one of the worst things ive heard in...ever?

Im guessing you were joking...?

Oh, and stig smacks it in that! "metaphor, metaphor you're metafour foot tall!"

[feasible_weasel]

Plus the police kept shutting down there raves

this was definitely a factor. they essentially became public enemy number one for a while, and the combined pressure (internal/media/record label) became too much.

hold tight the so solid haters on here, you will never in your grubby coki-biting lives make a beat even half as good as this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUEP7jQPN8. give up now.

But...thats one of the worst things ive heard in...ever?

Im guessing you were joking...?

Oh, and stig smacks it in that! "metaphor, metaphor you're metafour foot tall!"

they dont know >>>>> that

[djslate]

So Solid crew are awful. Standard. The fact some people on this topic are calling them originators is a complete joke.

I've been buying garage, 2-step etc for 10 years now and they never made any real quality tunes just generic, boring ones which reached a more commercial audience and was firmly a zeitgeist in the early 2000s.

[shonky]

So Solid crew are awful. Standard. The fact some people on this topic are calling them originators is a complete joke.

I've been buying garage, 2-step etc for 10 years now and they never made any real quality tunes just generic, boring ones which reached a more commercial audience and was firmly a zeitgeist in the early 2000s.

They've got more to do with the origins of grime than garage (although I doubt anyone would credit them with this). The production was pretty stark and minimal, was brushing out the swing from the 2 step beat replacing it with harder, more militaristic riddims.

Commercial immediately equals shit though doesn't it

[tronman]

if you are from south london and were about 14 years old when they were peakin on pirate radio station Delight FM in the late 90s early 00s then they were the fucking dogs bollocks mate.

[djslate]

^^

I never said commercial equals bad, simply trying to locate So Solid in context more than anything else.

And I also believe innovators tend not to be too commercial, hence my previous post.

[shonky]

^^

I never said commercial equals bad, simply trying to locate So Solid in context more than anything else.

And I also believe innovators tend not to be too commercial, hence my previous post.

A lot of innovators tend not to actually be good either. Being original and talented is the path seldom travelled.

I think they would be appreciated better if they hadn't been so big at the time and weren't remembered mostly for being banned from venues and criminal proceedings. The thing I liked about them was that you could hear the early 90's hardcore atonality drifting in on a few tunes which I quite liked in comparison to the smoother vibes of some of their contemporaries.

[docdoom]

Dilemma = huge tune.

They were garage-rap originators, nobody can deny that.

They also made some fairly awful tunes.

[baraka]

only really gd tune was rap dis even tho it was oxide lol

[chef]

if you are from south london and were about 14 years old when they were peakin on pirate radio station Delight FM in the late 90s early 00s then they were the fucking dogs bollocks mate.

True stories, So Solid played a big part in the making of grime before it was called grime.

[thc]

I remember really liking them at the time, but now looking back and comparing them to everyone else, they dont seem as impressive.
Dilema was a big tune. I like 21 seconds too. The Roll Deep redo of Oh No is big as well.

[ufo over easy]

So Solid crew are awful. Standard. The fact some people on this topic are calling them originators is a complete joke.

I've been buying garage, 2-step etc for 10 years now and they never made any real quality tunes just generic, boring ones which reached a more commercial audience and was firmly a zeitgeist in the early 2000s.

It's not my vibe either but they did something. They made their mark on this music, and on music in london full stop.

[dom]

if you are from south london and were about 14 years old when they were peakin on pirate radio station Delight FM in the late 90s early 00s then they were the fucking dogs bollocks mate.

innit. they are some of the people who got me into the sound. I still listen to some old sets i taped off Delight.

[Rob H]

so solid sundays were the lick