The other day, I picked up a slightly scratched/worn copy of Sole's "Bottle of Humans" on vinyl locally out of the $1 bin. I remember first getting into Anticon back around 1999-2000 when the first sampler dropped. There was something that I was drawn to...either the production, the eccentric angle of the music, Slug on "Nothing But Sunshine." But here I am, over a decade later, rummaging through a $1 bin at a local record store finding a beaten copy of Sole and wondering what is their legacy, if any?
Did they blow it with the whole "Hip Hop Music for the Advanced Listener"/"Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop" shit? Is their legacy some small camp of furry guys from Nova Scotia and Maine who made weird heavy poetry raps? Is their legacy Sole getting his ass handed to him by El-P and Len, being made the laughing stock of the independent rap scene? Is their legacy guys like Sage Francis, Buck 65? Was "Bottle of Humans" ever respected? Deep Puddle Dynamics? Is their legacy bizarre left field stuff from Restiform Bodies, Why?, Odd Nosdam, Dose One? Is is the production of Jel, Sixtoo, Signify? Misunderstood? Ahead of their time? Do they even leave a legacy or is it just too early to tell?
What's the feeling on Anticon now that they're showing up in the $1 bin?
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