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Releases:
"Oh No" That's The Word (2 versions)   Paper Money Recordings ... 2000
Dilema (12")   Paper Money Recordings 2000
No Good 4 Me (Single) (2 versions)   EastWest 2000
Oh No (Sentimental Things) (12")   Relentless Records 2000
Oh No (Sentimental Things) / Dilemma (Maxi) (3 versions)   Relentless Records 2000
Too Dark (2 versions)   Paper Money Recordings ... 2000
Why? (12")   Paper Money Recordings 2000
21 Seconds (Maxi, Single) (5 versions)   Relentless Records ... 2001
Album Sampler (12", Smplr, Promo)   Independiente 2001
Be True (12", W/Lbl)   Paper Money Recordings 2001
Best Of Your Love (12")   Solid City Records 2001
Haters (3 versions)   Relentless Records 2001
More Less More Soul (Wooh) (12")   Paper Money Recordings 2001
Oh No (Little Thing Remix) (12")   Paper Money Recordings 2001
Oh No (Sentimental Things) (CD, Single)   Vocal Bizz Recordings 2001
They Don't Know (Maxi) (3 versions)   Relentless Records 2001
They Don't Know (Album) (3 versions)   Independiente ... 2001
Ride Wid Us (Maxi) (6 versions)   Independiente ... 2002
2nd Verse (CD)   Independiente 2003
Broken Silence (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Independiente 2003
So Grimey (CD, Maxi)   Independiente 2003
Grimey (12", W/Lbl, S/Sided)   Not On Label  
So Grimey (12", Promo)   Independiente  
Remixes:
Bodyrock (So Solid & Full Crew Mixes) (12") Bodyrock (So Solid Cre... Edel Records 2001
Get Up (Maxi) (3 versions) Get Down (So Solid Remix) Independiente 2001
Get Up! (Maxi) (3 versions) Get Up! (So Solid Crew... Parlophone ... 2001
I Wanna Give U Devotion (Remixes) (12", Promo) I Wanna Give U Devotio... ETC Recordings 2001
Love Is The Key (12", Promo) Love Is The Key (So So... Universal Records 2001
Nasty (12") Nasty (So Solid Crew R... Pure Silk Records 2001
Number One (Maxi, Single) (6 versions) Number One (So Solid R... Source UK ... 2001
Round & Round (So Solid Remix) (12", Promo)   Rawkus 2001
Shake It Up! - Garage Sessions (3xCD) Round And Round (So So... Beechwood Music 2001
This Is... Ayia Napa (2xCD, Comp + CD, Mixed, Comp) Weakest Link (So Solid... Beechwood Music 2001
Turn Off The Light (12") Turn Off The Light (So... Polydor 2001
Whadda We Like? (12", Promo) Whadda We Like? (So So... Cooltempo 2001
You Are The Weakest Link (12") You Are The Weakest Li... House Of Bush Records 2001
You Are The Weakest Link (12", W/Lbl, Sti) You Are The Weakest Li... House Of Bush Records 2001
Young, Fresh N' New (Maxi) (4 versions) Young, Fresh N' New (S... Virgin ... 2001
Silk Cuts: Insession Volume One (CD) Young, Fresh n New (So... Universal Music (New Zealand) 2002
Whadda We Like? (CD, Maxi) Whadda We Like? (So So... Cooltempo 2002
Where's My..? (CD, Maxi, Enh) Where's My..? (Megaman... Chrysalis 2002
Playgroup (CD, Album + CD, Comp + , Ltd) Number One (So Solid C... Playgroup 2003
We're Ready (12", Promo) We're Ready (So Solid ... Independiente 2003
Production:
All Over (12", Promo)   Independiente 2003
Appears On:
Ayia Napa - The Album 2001 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Another One (Original ... Ministry Of Sound 2001
Real Garage (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Best Of Your Luv (Dub ... Ministry Of Sound 2001
Lickin' On Both Sides (CD, Album) They'll Never Know Telstar 2002
Tropical Storm (Album) (3 versions) Yagga Yo Virgin Records America ... 2002
Street Life (CD, Single) Yaggo Yo Virgin Records America, Inc. (Europe), Virgin Records America, Inc. (Europe) 2003
No Good 4 Me / Foot To The Floor (12") No Good 4 Me EastWest  
Tracks Appear On:
Bassline Classics (2 versions) Dilemma (Original Mix) Relentless Records 2000
Garage Nation (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) "Oh No" That's The Wor... Telstar TV 2000
Pure Garage II (2xCD) Dilemma (Instrumental) Warner.ESP 2000
Pure Silk In Ayia Napa (2xCD, Mixed, Comp + Box) Dilemma Pure Silk Records 2000
The Solid Sound Of The Underground (CD, Comp, Mixed) Oh No, Dilemma, Why EastWest 2000
UK Garage - The Album (The Sound Of 2000) (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Ministry Of Sound 2000
UK Garage Flava (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Dilemma United Dance Recordings 2000
2-Step - The Album (CD) Oh No (Original Version) Ministry Of Sound (Australia) 2001
Ayia Napa (2xCD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Decadance Recordings 2001
Ayia Napa - The Album 2001 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) 21 Seconds (Original V... Ministry Of Sound 2001
Ayia Napa: Return To Fantasy Island (2xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Telstar TV 2001
Booom! The Number 1 Dance Album - Best Of 2001 (2xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Sony Music Media 2001
Clubmix 2001 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Universal Music TV 2001
DJ Luck & MC Neat Present ... III (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) 21 Seconds Universal Music TV 2001
Exclusives! (CD, Comp) Woah New Musical Express 2001
Execute (2xCD, Ltd) Oh No (Remix) Warner Music UK Ltd. 2001
Garage Nation Summer 2001 (2xCD, Mixed) 21 Seconds INCredible 2001
Groove Chronicles - 2 Step Vol. 2 (CD) Dilemma Azuli Records 2001
London's UK Garage Mafia (CD) Why, Lifestyles, Woah,... 303 Recordings 2001
Max Power Cruise Anthems (2xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Universal Music TV 2001
Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (2xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Virgin, EMI Records 2001
Pure Garage IV (2xCD) Woah (More Less, More ... Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2001
Real 2 Step Vol.2 (Comp) (2 versions) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... SMEJ Associated Records ... 2001
Real Garage (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Ministry Of Sound 2001
Relentless Summer Sampler (2 versions) 21 Seconds (Mr Shabz R... Relentless Records 2001
Shake It Up! - Garage Sessions (3xCD) 21 Seconds Beechwood Music 2001
The Annual 2002 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp + Box, Ltd) 21 Seconds Ministry Of Sound 2001
The Dreem Teem In Session (2xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... 4 Liberty Records Ltd 2001
Un Automne 2001 (CD) 21 Seconds (Radio Edit) Les Inrockuptibles 2001
Addicted To Bass (2xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Ministry Of Sound 2002
Ali G Indahouse - Da Soundtrack (CD, Enh) Ride Wid Us (AC's Dark... Universal Island Records, Universal Island Records 2002
Back In The Day: Ayia Napa Essentials (2xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2002
Bass In Yer Face (3xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Decadance Recordings 2002
Crews Control "MC's Inside The Ride" (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Ride Wid Us Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2002
DanceStar2002 (2xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Inspired (2) 2002
Garage Door Opener (CD, Mixed) Ride Wid Us (ACS Dark ... RudeBWOY SoundSYSTEM REC. 2002
Garage Nation 02 (2xCD, Mixed) Haterz, They Don't Kno... INCredible 2002
Kiss Hitlist Summer 2002 (2xCD) Ride Wid Us Universal Music TV 2002
Hot Joints (2xCD + Box) Broken Silence Universal Music TV 2003
Pure Garage Presents Classics (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) 21 Seconds Warner Dance 2003
Pure Urban Essentials 2 (2xCD) Broken Silence Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2003
DJ Only 61 (2xCD, Comp) So Grimey DMC 2004
Rewind - Garage Classics (3xCD) 21 Seconds Ministry Of Sound 2004
The Ultimate Summer Dance Mix (6xCD, Comp, Mixed) 21 Seconds Decadance Recordings 2004
Twice As Nice Urban Club Classics (3xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2004
Maximum Bass (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Ministry Of Sound 2005
DJ-Kicks (3 versions) Dilemma Studio !K7 2006
Grimey Vol. 1 (CD, Mixed + DVD-V, Bon) Envy (They Don't Know ... DMC 2006
The No. 1 R&B Classics Album (4xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Decadance Recordings 2006
DMC Presents Garage Anthems (CD, Comp) 21 Seconds DMC 2007
Original Garage Selection (2xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Original Selection Records 2007
Pure Garage Rewind: Back To The Old Skool (4xCD, Album, Mix) 21 Seconds Warner 2007
100 Hits Dance Anthems (Box + 5xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Demon Music Group 2008
Pure Garage Presents Pure Bassline (3xCD, Mixed) More Less More Soul (W... Warner Music TV 2008
The No.1 Garage & Bassline Album (4xCD) Oh No [Sentimental Thi... Decadance Recordings 2008
The Ultimate Garage & Bassline Album (3xCD) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Decadance Recordings 2008
The Ultimate Urban Album (3xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Decadance Recordings 2008
100% Garage & Bassline (4xCD, Comp) 21 Seconds Decadance Recordings 2009
Addicted To Bass 2009 (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) 21 Seconds Ministry Of Sound 2009
The Essential Garage Collection (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Oh No (Sentimental Thi... Ministry Of Sound 2009
G-Hop Classique (CD) Oh No! G-Hop  
Solid City Records (CD) Best Of Your Love (Dub) Deuce Magazine  
Unofficial Releases:
Oh No (Sentimental Things) (CDr)   Relentless Records 2000
Original Pirate Material Vol 1 (12") Round & Round (So Soli... Original Pirate Material 2005
UK Garage Innovators 4 (10xCass, Mixed + VHS, PAL + 2xCD, Mixed) So Solid Crew, So Soli... Sun City (2)  
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Review by matta120160 Apr 23, 2009
The so solid crew did contribute to the ''bastardisation'' of uk garage.

How ever this was what the major lables wanted, they wanted something new and fresh to market, make money from and spit out! this country cannot handle groups such as so solid, unlike in the states with nwa, wu tang etc. we are a country of finger pointers, who like to push the blame on other people, and who better than a new bread of garage allstars. So solid aint thugs! granted some of them have had criminal pasts, but then again so has michael jackson and other well knowns! so solid are an immensly talented collective of young black english men and women, whom most of hooked up not thru crime but musical backgrounds.

So Solid Didnt kill garage, they helped put it back where it belongs, the uk underground!the sounds and influences filter thru to the mainstream in other ways. And the short lived legacy of mainstream success lives on. Garage i believe is made by people for the love of music! not for the uk umber 1 although that is a nice thought to have achieved as so solid did, but i feel that the love of the music weather it be dark and grimey, sexy and soulful or bumpy ukg shines thru this success. anyways who wants simon cowell for a fucking boss!

Garage is a self sufficent genre and has been thru alot of trasintions, as did jungle back in the day, it went back underground leaving the hevons saying jungle is dead, them along comes d'n'b a new and exciting genre taking on the elements of jungle. garage is the same thru grime bassline and dubstep!

Thats what ukg does it sneaks up in a new guise and bites the misers in the arse!
Review by originalnuttah Apr 21, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Surprised that there are no comments so far.
So Solid Crew were probably the main reason for the decline of UK Garage. They arrived just as it had hit its commercial peak and unfortunately brought all the bad press into the scene.
It seemed to change from being about the music into your attitude and how you dressed. There was also a shift from the 2-step or 4/4 beats with house vocals into a rap element and harder bass line than before. Prior to them you had good UK Garage music made by Artful Dodger, MJ Cole, Shanks & Bigfoot, Dreem Teem, Reservoir Dogs, Bump & Flex, Dem 2...
Very few UK Garage tracks since 2001 are worth a mention and although the scene carries along 'underground' in the UK, the music made now just isn't as good as it once was.
If you like UK Garage, then you would probably class 1997-2001 is the period that produced its finest music moments.

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