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“Coal” is the latest video from Sole & DJ Pain 1. The video takes place in a black site detention center that could be found in Yemen, Guantanamo or even Chicago. This work is not an Orwellan warning of days to come, rather a dramatic representation / video collage of what already exists, as told through fragmented visions of a …

Platinum producer DJ Pain 1 and experimental rap pioneer Sole are teaming up for an album. Dubbed DEATHDRIVE, the forthcoming set aims to “eschew the rapper persona of martyr/prophet and speak from the riot line,” combining the Anticon founder’s knack for incisive political invective with the trap-addled sonics of a beat-master best known for his work with Young Jeezy, 50 …