“Solesides used to be a crew of smart-ass college-educated rappers from the Bay Area. Now they're Quannum Projects, talent incubator for the West Coast underground. Their latest project is the Lifesavas, two kids from Portland who rap but didn't start out as MCs: Jumbo the Garbageman is a sample-monger at heart, and Vursatyl is really a streetwise vocalist. This works, as Jumbo's punchy vamps only ”