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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
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Bing Dubcnn
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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!
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Bing aka Pretty Tony
