Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Haters
3. Oh No (Remix)
4. They Don't Know
5. Envy (They Don't Know Vocal Remix)
6. What Could You Do?
7. If It Was Me
8. Friend of Mine
9. Deeper
10. In My Life
11. Way Back When
12. Skyla
13. Woah
14. Solid Soul
15. Ride Wid Us
16. Fuck Wid Us
17. 21 Seconds
18. Something New
19. Rave Scene
20. Outro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3653 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
UK-Garage albums by a single artist can be counted on one hand (Artful Dodger, MJ Cole, Wookie), making the So Solid Crew's They Don't Know a welcome addition to this small but growing pantheon of urban UK music. The 30-member group's debut album is a hard, rough mixture of garage, drum and bass and hip-hop, far removed from the smoothness of MJ Cole or the sunny idealism of Lonyo or The Pied Piper. So Solid splay deep, dark beats for their in-your-face lyrics of their small army of MCs (Romeo, Asher D, Mac, to name just a few), creating an apocalyptic, heavy, sound of the street. So Solid's number 1 UK hit "21 Seconds" is here in full as well as a (much sparser) remixed version of "Oh No", the track that would have been their first number one had it not been for a format mix up. They've actually left off quite a few of their best cuts. "Nasty", "Dangerous" and "That Feelin'" are all missing with only the hyper, apocalyptic "Woah" surviving from their "early days". But despite being the bright hopes of UK urban music there's still some dodgy tracks that betray the crew's relative inexperience (most are around 21, the oldest 26). The tacky "Ride Wid Us" uses the Knight Rider theme (Busta Rhymes did this to disastrous effect on "Fire it Up") and Skyla lacks any central idea. They Don't Know isn't a perfect album but an impressive debut by one of the UK's most ambitious young urban groups. They have already wiped out competition from the UK garage underground, with They Don't Know, So Solid are getting their teeth deeply into the mainstream. --Jake Barnes

CD Description
Debut album from this 30 member UK Garage crew, includes their no.1 hit '21 Seconds' and a remixed version of 'Oh No'. A much grittier sounding UK Garage than some of their contemporaries (such as Wookie and MJ Cole) with drum 'n' bass andhip hop roots more obvious in the music.

Customer Reviews

This group are not very good
I must admit I'm not a big fan of this kind of music in general, but this band really takes the biscuit. If you listen carefully to the depth of their songs, it mystifies me how 3 people could contribute to that sound, let alone 31, or how ever many people they have in that band claiming to be musicians. The simple beats and nonsensical lyrics are not original and require no talent to create. It angers me that this kind of music dominates the charts and the radio stations in such a way that kids are led to believe that this is good music and this is what they should be listening to. Give people a chance to hear a range of good music rather than drumming this dull, repetitive sound into their brains.

About what you'd expect
This album is exactly what I expected.

I like to own a wide variety of music so I bought this on someone elses recommendation, and partly because I wasn't expecting much, it didn't really dissappoint. That said, I can't see it being played very often in my car or house.

As with most stuff in this kind of genre it's forgettable kids stuff, unilkely to be remembered in ten years and not terribly musical. However, if attitude and posturing are your thing then, I suppose this does the same for the 21st century disaffected youth as the UK subs for example did for that generation. It only means something to those kids, and therein lies its success. I'll admit it's fun to turn it up and put the roof down on the car, but at the end of the day if you buy this expecting anything of sustance you'll be disappointed.

All of the songs sound the same.
I bought this cd and I was very dissapointed. I only liked about 4 of the songs,(21 seconds, Haters they dont know and the envy remix.) All of the songs sound the same. It's only really the chorous's of their songs which I like and I think are catchy, the rest is just pure pants and personally I could make up better lyrics. I took the album back and bought a bag with the money instead. Sorry So Solid Crew!!!