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What: Ying Yang Twins
When: Sunday, April 15, 9 p.m. (doors open)
Where: Club Antro, 7959 Fredericksburg
How much: $15-$30
Info: antro.net, groovetickets.com
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Since hitting it big with the 2000 radio smash, “Whistle While You Twurk,” the Ying Yang Twins have cultivated a loyal mainstream following. The duo, D-Roc and Kaine, has released a handful of albums since and brings its live show to Club Antro on Sunday, April 15. Before their trip to S.A., Kaine took some questions from 210SA:
How does it feel heading back out on the road?
It feels a little rough when you get back out there. Luckily, I stay moving around, whether I'm out of town or at home. It's like a normal thing, going back and forth on the road and off the road, being home and stuff like that. I prefer it. No. 1, because it's a job. No. 2, because we always look forward to making people feel good. Everyone has people that like them and people that don't, but the part of the game that we're interested in are the people that love us.
How have you managed to make it in this business?
The point of it is, this job don't owe you anything. You've got to bust your ass to get it. The industry is no different than the actors' careers or anybody else. The stuff is the same. Out of sight, out of mind. The more you stay seen, the better chance you'll have of getting the green.
How tough was it struggling to get by in the early days?
When we started, we were eating burgers, drinking courtesy cups of water and eating small fries. Everyone wants to think or somehow say (our success) happened out of nowhere, but that's never been true.
When did you realize that you had finally made it?
I think in our career, we noticed what we've done because of all the fans. Every businessperson you can name in the industry, man, they just don't get it. They don't get it, or at least they don't get what the Ying Yang Twins do. The more they don't get it, the more our own fans get it.
What do you think of today's rap climate?
Me, myself, Kaine, I've had it up to here with this game. I can't speak for anybody else in the situation, but nobody wants raw talent. Every time we pop something on the radio, it sounds different. We're thinking when we put songs together, man, a lot of stuff on the radio don't sound like that. A lot of people make songs according to how they might think they should sound. The reason our records sell is because they sound fun, they feel fun.
How did you first get into music?
My parents plugged every record they could plug into my head. I know more music than some will ever know — Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Sly and the Family Stone. I listen to everything. A lot of people don't think a person that does what I do would be thinking on that level, but they don't think right all the time.
What can fans expect from the live show at Club Antro?
I know this. We've got one of the crunkest stage shows ever. And might I add, that's how we blew up, man. TV didn't take to us like that, but we were doing so many shows, sound crews started talking about the Ying Yang Twins. From there, we grew up, but we only grew into the industry because of the live concerts.
Clint Hale | 210SA
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