"Welcome to the manifesto." MC Solo was a young man with a mission from track one of The Grey Space, his 2008 debut with producer Adit Gauchan under the Horrorshow banner. From there to Inside Story the following year, his street-eye view from Sydney's inner-west was more about dignified, unblinkered self-determination than hip-hop bravado, buoyed by Adit's smooth and soulful undertow on synths, samples, and strings. Guest turns with Urthboy, Spit Syndicate, M-Phazes, Hilltop Hoods, and Thundamentals have honed a voice of clear sincerity and growing authority that leapt to the front line of Oz hip-hop with album three, King Amongst Many, in 2013.