BING (LIFESTYLE)  (July 2004) | Interview By: Nima

       Dubcnn.com caught up with Bada Bing aka Pretty Tony from the group Lifestyle out in East Longbeach. Bing, who is also Snoop Dogg's little brother spoke about how Snoop asked him if he could take Goldie Loc from his group for the Eastsidaz album, their projects and mich more. We have both the video and the transcript available for you. Please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview to: nima@dubcnn.com



 

Huge thanks to Bada Bing for taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted to know! (Interview was done by camcorder in July 2004)

Questions Asked By : Nima

Filmed by: Yash

Watch the interview: Bing Dubcnn Video Interview

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dubcnn.com: You're from the group Lifestyle, introduce yourself!

Yes sir, Bada Bing aka Pimpin' Game Pretty Tony! If you didn't know me, this yo' chance to meet the one and only, I'm here for ya'll, hahaaaa, you know what I'm talkin' bout?


dubcnn.com: What's Lifestyle about?

Well as you can see, Long Beach right here, on Locus and 21st, we all about that. I got my man H.I.T. who stay on the phone, that's my co-pilot, I got my other partners from Pornostyle, PSC right here.


dubcnn.com: Oh yeah, I've heard them on that Snoop Dogg Presents Raw & Uncut Soundtrack?

Yeah, well that's what we presented! We put that shit together!


dubcnn.com: Okay, so you're part of Soulhood Entertainment. What's SoulHood?

Well SoulHood is basically a company that we put together. We was tired of muthafuckas half assing our projects, so we said we gone put our own company on and do it ourselves to show everybody that we're capable of making music AND be the owners and do all that type of thang, you know?


dubcnn.com: Aight. You're Snoop Dogg little brother..

Yeah, something like that! *laughs*


dubcnn.com: How was that like? How did it affect your career?

Oh man, it had a big effect on my career! I mean it got us to where we at, it taught us a big lesson! We lived with Snoop, my crew we lived with Snoop for like a good 4-5 months, it taught us how to make music, how to do all that type of shit. It was a big lesson! We went to Dogg Pound class for about 4-5 months, that's where we got our sound!


dubcnn.com: Goldie Loc used to be part of Lifestyle...

Well actually he was part of the company we was runnin' with, he was part of our crew, we all started together. And you know, Snoop asked me personally, can he take Goldie Loc from the group and make Tha Eastsidaz, and me being the good man I am, I'm like yeah, do your thang! I wanna hold people down, you know what I'm sayin'?


dubcnn.com: Okay, and you dropped a record called Liquid Cocaine.

Yeah, Lifestyle, we dropped that Liquid Cocaine, it's HOT! If you didn't get it GET IT NOW, cause it's comin' for ya!


dubcnn.com: How's it doing?

It's doing good man, the streets is buzzin', that's all we wanna do, create a buzz for it. Everybody drinkin' that liquid cocaine, now they gettin drunk, and we lovin' it!


dubcnn.com: Right now, what would you like to happen with your music? What are you trying to do? Trying to get signed...

Basically we just trying to get the biggest budget they can find for us, right now this minute, cause we the hot ones, we the West Coast princes, not stay it like that, but be like that, cause that's what it is, it's the truth, and we just trying to keep it constant, keep this buzz make it go crazy, and have people love us. It's about to happen! No matter what it's gone happen, so ya'll better take it now!


dubcnn.com: How would you rate the role of the internet when it comes to promotion for HipHop?

It's gotta be like 8 or 9 right now! Cause what's gonna happen is the internets gone be the new promotion, it's gone be called the Take Over! After the West Coast Take Over, it's gone be the Internet Take Over. Dubcnn!


dubcnn.com: Do you have any last words, anything you wanna send out to the fans?

Oh we'd like to let them know, HERE WE COME! If you ain't seen this face enough, you will be, you will get tired of this hair, you will get tired of this shit cause I'm comin' for ya'll, you know what I'm sayin? Look around, c'mon look around with the camera, you gone be tired of seein' these faces on MTV, on BET, EVERY where! You think you tired of 50? Wait till we come around!