Independent
hip hop group in
Seattle. SoL seems to be
omnipresent; if there's a hip hop show in Seattle, they'll be there in some capacity. According to the website, Source of Labor is
Wordsayer backed up by
Negus 1's beats; however, for the past 3 years at least, at live shows SoL is
Wordsayer,
Vitamin D spinning, Kevin Hudson on
bass, Reggie Watts on
keyboards, and
someone whose name I've forgotten on drums.
The live show is excellent. Wordsayer does his best to get everyone in the crowd into the show. He also includes different stuff every show -- poetry, b boys and b girls, different instrumentation for songs. Very cool shows. Their first album is a little bit of a letdown; the music lacks the energy of the live show's. Still pretty good.
Albums
Stolen Lives - Jasiri Media Group, 2000