SOLE Talks ANTICON, Making SELLING LIVE WATER, EL-P Beef, & Collabs with DJ PAIN 1 (Full Interview)

Portland, Maine-based emcee/co-founder of Anticon/independent hip-hop legend—Sole joins Milkcrates & Microphones for a full-length exclusive interview. Throughout this special conversation, Sole dives into a number of topics including growing up in Maine and how the state has changed, how he discovered hip-hop at an early age, being involved with gang activity, almost getting signed to a major label deal at 14-years old and demanding to work with DJ Premier, meeting Pedestrian and coming up with the idea for Anticon, relocating to the Bay Area, working as a cab driver, meeting Oakland legend, L*Roneous, the reception Anticon received from other hip-hop groups, his unique style of rapping, musical influences, the iconic track—Bottle of Humans, writing the classic album—Selling Live Water and how the album differed from his previous release, his writing process, Alias as an artist, living in Europe, a scary overseas story, meeting and collaborating with Grammy-winning producer—DJ Pain 1 for over 10 years, their latest album—Vault 1312, what music he listens to, the Drake & Kendrick Lamar beef, the Dear El-Pee diss track that still has Run the Jewels fans angry, becoming a family man, having his son sampled in a track, upcoming projects, the importance of being self-sustainable, growing food, curating and selling vegan meats, an unscheduled interruption from the family dogs, plus so much more. Enjoy! Subscribe & tell a friend.​⁠​⁠​⁠ ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠ Follow Sole on Instagram here: @youngsole Subscribe to Sole on YouTube here: ‪@soleonedotorg‬ Cop the new Sole x DJ Pain 1 album, ‘Vault 1312’ here: https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/vault... Follow us on Instagram @milkandmics and on Facebook @Milkcrates & Microphones Download Milkcrates & Microphones and listen to us on Spotify, Apple, PodBean, and everywhere else you get your podcasts. Thanks for riding with us Milk People. #anticon #sole #djpain1 #hiphopshow #exclusiveinterview #milkcratesandmicrophones