So Solid: The Crew's All Here
Ben Thompson, ES, November 2000
WITH MEMBERSHIP currently standing at twenty plus, Battersea's upsurgent underground garage crew So Solid seem to be trying to overwhelm the opposition by sheer weight of numbers. Alongside silver-tongued 21-year old linchpin Megaman, charismatic rapper Romeo and hyperactive vocalist Lisa Maffia, this teeming South London collective can also call upon the services of Mr C (no relation to the one from The Shamen), G-Man, and DJ's Static, Swiss and Timeless, as well as MC's Skat D, Mac and Asher D.
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