Describe Mibbs in 5 words? Gemini, versatile, energetic, creative and superstar! As much as I love Pac Div, I’m really feeling your solo project! Is the solo ‘thing’ permanent or can we expect new material from you all? Yes, the solo music thing is permanent. Of course Pac DiV is still the crew and we will always make music together but we all understand the importance of doing our own solo ventures. How did your collaboration with Scoop devil come about? Scoop Deville and I met in 2012 through my girlfriend who’s also his lawyer. He came over to our apartment and we hit it off pretty well. We had good conversation about music and understood each other really well. Two weeks later we started out work on FREEBASS. You’ve had some really good features. If you could collaborate with anyone who would it be? With Pac DiV I’ve collaborated with a lot of different artists. My dream collaboration is yet to be seen, honestly. But if I had to say, at the end of it all, I’d like to get in the studio with Jay-Z.
Who/what influences your music? I’m influenced by a bunch of things. Real life, hip- hop, R&B, alternative, dance, my dad’s and mom’s, movies. So much inspiration to draw from, it depends on how I feel.
I love the LA west-coast feel in your music, You manage to successfully mix the old with a new fresh twist. What do you think of the LA music scene? I really love the fact that the world is tuning their ears to the LA hip-hop scene. We’ve been making good music out here for a while and it’s good to finally see us LA rappers getting back to the top spots in the music industry. Who are you playing on your iPod at the moment? I’m playing a lot of music out of the iPod right now. Not necessarily just hip-hop. In fact hip-hop is the least. Recently I’m playing Rhye, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mibbs, some of Kanye’s new album, old Wu Tang and a bunch of instrumental music from various producers and artist.
Advice for up and coming Emcee’s? I would tell young artists to understand the business and psychology of the music industry before just putting out music. If you’re in it to win you must put together a strong team because it’s pretty much impossible to do it solely by yourself. It’s about who you know. Build relationships and grow them. Can we expect to see you in London any time soon? I’d love to get out there to London soon. Get me out there so you can feel that FREEBASS in person!
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