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T he P ortland O bserver • O ctober 12, 1994
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J i r t r Ä ENTERTAINMENT
Bloods And Crips Bangin On Wax
tract enough talented gang members
and associates to put together Bangin
On Wax
The first o f two album s so far.
B angin O n W ax h a s sold
325,000 copies todate. Areas of sales
are diverse as Seattle WA, Cleveland
OH. and Omaha NE.
The Portland O bserver had a
chance to interview three members
of the recording team o f the first
Bangin On W ax album.
Portland O bserver: W hat at­
tracted you to joining the Crips, and
In what may prove to be a novel
a p p ro ach to re so lv in g co n flict.
Com pton Crips and Blood members
expressed them selves on a record
"Bangin On W ax” as a alternative to
bangin, and violence
Both Bloods and Crips were in­
volved in recording Bangin On Wax,
and Bangin On Wax II The Saga
Continues.
Brought together by the presi­
dent of D angerous Records Ronnie
Phillips and hard core rapper Twitty
Bird Loc. They have manage to at­
Aaliyah Strikes Gold
T he m a n with th e s u n g la s s e s a n d th e p la tfo rm s is back, a n d h e 's
g o n n a te a r th e ro o f o ff th e s u c k e r again, with tw o h o u rs o f loopy,
sla m m in ', b la ste r-p o w e re d S p a c e Funk!!!
on B illb o a rd ’s to p R&B album s
ch art. H er rem ak e o f the ro m a n ­
tic Isley B ro th e r hit “ A t Y our
Best (Y ou A re L o v e )” has been
e n th u s ia s tic a lly re c e iv e d , c u r ­
ren tly c h a rtin g at n u m b e r 2 (H ot
R&B sin g le s c h a rt), p ro d u c e d by
su p e rsta r sin g e r/so n g w rite r/p ro -
d u c e r R. K elly , A ge A in ’t N o th ­
ing But A N u m b e r is heavy with
hits and fe a tu re s K e lly ’s sig n a ­
ture bass heavy b e a ts and b a l­
lads.
C u rre n tly , A a liy a h is on a
fo u r-w e e k p ro m o tio n a l to u r.
P ro v in g tiu e the title o f her
d e b u t d isc, y o u n g Jive reco rd in g
artist A aliyah is w atching her Age
A in ’t N o th in g But A N u m ber go
p la tin u m , w h ile “ B ack & F o rth ”
and “ At Y o u r B est (Y ou A re
L o v e ) ,” h e r f ir s t a n d se c o n d
sin g le s, have both been c e rtifie d
gold.
T h e D e tr o it s o n g b ird has
been a hit from the seco n d “B lack
and F o rth ” w as re le a se d on Jive
in M ay, c a u sin g the rush release
o f her d isc , A ge A in 't N o thing
B ut A N u m b e r now n u m b er 10
Troll Loc: To me I have stopped
bangin, however what I am saying
with my rapps are bits and pieces
from my memories of the past My
experiences and the feelings associ­
ated with the memories. Rap becomes
a substitute for violence.
Twitty Bird Loc: W e’re reach­
ing out trying to give an opinion from
what we went through. W e can 't save
or stop people from killing but if we
save one life we have done our job.
Bangin On Wax is a hard core
gangsta rap album.
how old were you when you joined?
Troll Loc: What I liked was hang­
ing with the homeboys doing what I
wanted to do when I wanted to do it.
It seemed like away to get attention,
and thats where the love came from.
I was about 11 when 1 got involved
with gangs.
Key Low G: I never really offi­
cially joined a gang. I considered
m yself more of a hustler - Kelly Park
Hustler.
Portland Observer: W hat is it to
producing these albums?
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