Q. Good day, Frank Vibes! We appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. The first thing we want to know is, how would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard your music before?
A. I would describe my sound to someone who’s never heard my music before as a clash of a plethora of genres. I listen to pretty much everything, so I include everything in my sound, but never get it twisted—I’m hip hop all day, every day. I would say, to best describe it in the simplest way possible, if Miles Davis, Tupac, Big L, Andre 3000, GZA, Machine Head, Nina Simone, and Bob Marley hit the fusion dance, you would get me.
Q. Is there a specific song in your catalog that you feel defines who you are as an artist? Why that one?
A. A specific song in my catalog that I feel defines who I am as an artist, I would say, is my song “Peace I Keep” off my new album, Kenkai’s Cave. That song in particular really speaks to the man I have grown to become, being how I just turned 30 on January 6th. I’m just realizing a lot about life, this industry, this world, and my place in it. That song in particular really voices my overall synopsis of how it all makes me feel at the end of the day.
Q. If you could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, who would it be and why?
A. If I could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, I would love to collaborate with Big L. He is hands down the greatest MC to ever do it, if you ask me. He is my personal all-time favorite and GOAT, and I wish he was still around today. I know for a fact that with both of our lyrical abilities, we would smoke a track together.
Q. What's the biggest risk you've taken in your career so far, and what did you learn from it?
A. The biggest risk I ever took in my career would have to be signing with this now defunct label out in Vegas. I only signed with them because the label head just so happened to be my fraternity brother, and one of our mutuals recommended I partner with him. I took the risk and lost a lot of money, time, and momentum. Before I signed to him, I had gotten myself charted—articles, performances, the whole nine. Once I got with him, everything started to slow down, and it didn’t pick back up until I left. For a while, I was depressed and questioned if I even wanted to continue rapping, but then I realized who I was, and those ideas left quickly.
Q. If this interview was the last thing someone read before listening to your music, what would you want them to know?
A. If this interview was the last thing someone read before listening to my music, I would want them to know that my music is pure honesty. It’s expressed through exaggerated personas, brashness, and overall controlled chaos, but most of all, it is me. When listening to any of my music or any of my albums, just know you are getting different facets of me. Personally, I would say if you really want to get to know me, listen to my new album, Kenkai’s Cave. It’s a very personal project where I show it all, and the production by my brother Wilderness is second to none—he made every beat on it. In conclusion, it’s “Black Urameshi Season,” empowered by JustUs Ent.
