Hip-Hop artist from Chicago just doing what I love to do best. Making Music! Hip-Hop is about experience. I am a man of many traits but writing music and making beats has come more naturally than anything else. I'm just here to share my experiences and visionary art with anyone who is willing to listen. My music talks about a real experience and pain. An experience that everyone can relate to. I poured my heart and soul into my album and it's something that I want to share with the world. I hope everyone enjoys what I have to offer and know that this is just the beginning. Reviews. Frank Right is one of those individuals who wants to make his living from music, but would probably do it even if he never got paid. Right writes his own songs and creates his own beats, born of some innate drive that practically requires him to do so. On his debut album, Said I Couldn't Do It, Right documents his own deeply personal experiences in life, love, and the rises and falls that characterize those two great adventures. Frank Right reminds us that Hip-Hop (and music, in general), isn't about color or ethnicity, but experience and desire. It's a lesson that comes through loud and clear. Right kicks things off with Thinking About You, documenting a long term relationship that eventually fell apart. Right's lyrics are introspective and real, driven by a deep-seated pain, but also by a philosophical grace that comes with time and understanding. Karen Alice provides the perfect counterpoint with her vibrant vocals on the chorus. Liberty tackles people's willingness to remain blind to the darker aspects of humanity. Racism isn't so much defined by specific acts here, but by people's willingness to turn a blind eye to the daily injustices that don't directly affect them. Right is politically on point here, and tells the tale in vibrant rhyme. On Top Of The World is a celebration of life turning out the way he might have hoped. The song works, but is a bit muddled by the difference between message and tone. There's a darkness here that's built of monotony and melancholy. This mix just doesn't blend well with overtly positive message of the song. Drop is ready for the dance clubs right now, and could be a breakout hit for Frank Right. This is one of those numbers that just needs the right break to break big. Said I Couldn't Do It is a quietly celebratory number about seizing your opportunities and making the most of them. Rather than rolling on anger and vitriol, Right is good natured about those who doubt his chances. It's a nice change of pace for the hip-hop genre. Life finds the anger that didn't make it into Said I Couldn't Do It. One gets the sense it's personal this time around. The reality of the lyrical slip is admirable, but the energy here is a bit flat. Like Me explores the emotional emptiness that follows the breakdown of a relationship, meted out in casual relations and self-destructive relationship tendencies. Once again, Right gets points for reality, and he manages to let it all flow with a poetic finesse that is surprising. Frank Right closes with Countdown, an urgent and searching number about hitting the brink. Right is edgy and poetic here, as he explores the costs of life on the streets and the violence that often goes with it. Frank Right isn't your typical rapper. Right drops deep insight and understanding into songs that explore the life of modern urban America. Stereotypes are left at the door, as Right tells stories from the perspective of real people with real problems. His rhymes and rhythms are fresh and original, and Right himself at times transcends his style and genre into that rarified place we call art. Artist: Frank Right Title: Said I Couldn't Do It Review by: Wildy Haskell Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5) In the brief publicity bio that he wrote for his FrankRight.com website, Chicago-based rapper Frank Right declares: Hip-hop is not about color. It's about experience. Very true. Hip-hop is about experience and skills, and skillful rappers come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Right is n
