Soft Money is the fourth solo album of California

California

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n hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 producer/rapper

Rapping

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 Jel

Jel

Jel is a hip hop producer and rapper for the Anticon label. He is a part of the hip hop duo Themselves and is also heavily involved in the bands Subtle and 13 & God.-Style:...

, released in 2006 on the anticon. label

Record label

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 (see 2006 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

).

Produced entirely by Jel, the album features appearances from many of his anticon colleagues, including Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam is a musician, DJ, artist, and co-founder and ex-art director of record label/collective Anticon.Nosdam was first noticed for the drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD ; he has worked closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixed tracks by a variety of...

, Pedestrian, and members of Why? and Subtle

Subtle (music)

Subtle is a music group consisting of Adam Drucker, Jeffrey Logan, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, and Marty Dowers. Although both Adam and Jeff have strong ties to the anticon. music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. Subtle started as an Oakland-based band in 2001...

, as well as from Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers

Poor Righteous Teachers

Poor Righteous Teachers is a hip hop group from Trenton, New Jersey, founded in 1989. Often referred to as PRT by its fans, Poor Righteous Teachers are known as pro-Black conscious hip hop artists, with musical content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Wise Intelligent, as...

 and Stefanie Böhm of Ms. John Soda

Ms. John Soda

Ms. John Soda is an indietronic band from Weilheim, Germany. Their members are Stefanie Böhm singing, and Michael Acher the main composer and programmer of the songs.A side project of sorts, Ms...

. The album was mixed by Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam is a musician, DJ, artist, and co-founder and ex-art director of record label/collective Anticon.Nosdam was first noticed for the drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD ; he has worked closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixed tracks by a variety of...

. Artwork was provided by Adam Drucker

Doseone

Adam Drucker, better known as Doseone , is an American MC, artist, and poet from Idaho. Dose is known for his nasal, high pitched, fast polyrhythmic rapping style and abstract lyrics. He often simultaneously performs synth, sampler, or keyboard on stage. His words tend to express upon topics of...

 and Erin Perry.

Track listing

1. "To Buy a Car" – 2:55
2. "All Day Breakfast" – 4:18
   • Bass
     Bass guitar
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     : Josiah Wolf
   • Piano
     Piano
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     , synthesizer
     Synthesizer
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      - Yoni Wolf
3. "No Solution" – 3:37
   • Cello
     Cello
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     : Alexander Kort
     Subtle (music)
     Subtle is a music group consisting of Adam Drucker, Jeffrey Logan, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, and Marty Dowers. Although both Adam and Jeff have strong ties to the anticon. music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. Subtle started as an Oakland-based band in 2001...
     
     
   • Guitar
     Guitar
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     : Andrew Broder
     Fog
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   • Rhodes: Dosh
     Dosh
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4. "All Around" – 3:21
   • Synthesizer: HV Salters
   • Vocals
     Human voice
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     , guitar: Stefanie Böhm
     Ms. John Soda
     Ms. John Soda is an indietronic band from Weilheim, Germany. Their members are Stefanie Böhm singing, and Michael Acher the main composer and programmer of the songs.A side project of sorts, Ms...
     
     
5. "Thrashin" – 4:03
6. "Sweet Cream in It" – 2:16
7. "Soft Money, Dry Bones" – 3:39
   • Vocals: Stefanie Böhm
   • Lyrics: Pedestrian
8. "Know You Don't" – 3:34
   • Featuring Odd Nosdam
     Odd Nosdam
     Odd Nosdam is a musician, DJ, artist, and co-founder and ex-art director of record label/collective Anticon.Nosdam was first noticed for the drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD ; he has worked closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixed tracks by a variety of...
     
      ("Drone
     Drone (music)
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      Madness")
   • Keyboards: HV Salters
9. "WMD
   Weapons of mass destruction
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   " – 4:36
   • Featuring Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers
     Poor Righteous Teachers
     Poor Righteous Teachers is a hip hop group from Trenton, New Jersey, founded in 1989. Often referred to as PRT by its fans, Poor Righteous Teachers are known as pro-Black conscious hip hop artists, with musical content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Wise Intelligent, as...
     
     
10. "Mislead" – 1:56
11. "Nice Last" – 4:25
12. "Chipmunk Technique" – 1:36