Midway through my interview with Christopher “Free Sol” Anderson, the talkative, laid back front man of the Memphis-based “hip-hop fusion” band Free Sol, I ask Anderson if he thinks their own blend of hip-hop, rock, jazz, R&B, soul—even metal—will be easily accepted by the mainstream. He laughs. “I think we’re gonna be the biggest in the world. It’s gonna blow up,” he says. Despite Anderson’s jubilant tone, he isn’t joking.
