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I don’t know if most of the country has heard of the boys that call themself Dirty, out of Alabama these guys have been with Rap A Lot for a minute and they’ve already released 2 albums. Ballerstatus.net caught up with them to find out what’s up and what they’re getting into. It’s some good shit and they’ve got some nasty flow and real dirty south feel, being from the deep south themselves. Check it out and then check them out to see what’s up.

Dirty: Hood Stories
By: Ruben Diaz

With the Southern part of the U.S. currently dominating the urban world of music, it’s safe to say that labels are having field days with their Southern acts. However, before the days of the South’s mass appeal, Dirty, a group composed of Daniel “Big Pimp” Thomas and Tavares “Gangster Webster were battling out below the radar during a two album stint with Universal Records.

After departing from the media conglomerate, the group headed to a smaller gig by joining Rap-A-Lot Records in 2003. Now, with a single featuring Bun B surfacing and a new album, entitled Hood Stories, on the way, BallerStatus checked in to see to talk to one half of the group to talk about their experiences in the game and more.

BallerStatus.net: First of all tell people a little bit about Dirty.

Gangster: Well Dirty, you know what I’m saying, is originally from Mobile, Alabama. I’ve been in the game for three years. I’m Gangster, obviously. We’ve been down, and we’re first cousins, but we’ve been together for since we’ve been knowing each other — since we’ve been boys. We started rapping maybe like 10-15 years ago. I was like 8 and he was 13; we started at a young age. We did the little concerts, you know performances, then we meet up with this one dude [in] maybe ‘98. We got with him, and he said he wanted to start a record label. Within a year, he got up a deal with Universal. But at first, we did a second album with Universal that didn’t get that much promotion and a lot of things went wrong with [our] management. I don’t really want to discuss all of that, but to make a long story short, we ended up at Rap-A-Lot.

BallerStatus.net: How long have you been with Rap-A-Lot?

Gangster: We’ve been on Rap-A-Lot ever since about 2003.

BallerStatus.net: Is this the first time coming out on Rap-A-Lot?

Gangster: Nah, first record come out 2003; we did pretty good. The first single was “I Will.”

BallerStatus.net: Now tell me about the new album and the name of it.

Gangster: The new album is called Hood Story, which is a follow-up to let people know what we’ve been doing; let them know we’re still here. [We] pretty much just telling them what’s going on in the hood. It’s pretty much self-explanatory. [It's about] what we’ve done heard and done.

BallerStatus.net: Ok, and the single’s “Rolly Pollie?”

Gangster: Yeah that’s the first single with Bun B on it.

BallerStatus.net: How did you hookup with Bun B?

Gangster: Well, we had been knowing him from ‘96 and ‘97. We’re label mates.

BallerStatus.net: What was it like growing up in Alabama?

Gangster: It’s pretty much the same as any other hood, we just country. The only difference is we might talk a little slower than everybody else or we might wear our hat a little different and our clothes, but it’s pretty much the same thang than any other hood. My hood ain’t no harder than your hood. and your hood ain’t no harder than mine. We from Alabama; we from the country, you know what I’m saying? We represent us, but at the same time, we hood ni–as just like everywhere else.

BallerStatus.net: Now from the time you guys were underground to the when you got signed with Universal, then to Rap-A-Lot, how would you describe your experience in the music industry and are you guys happy where you’re at now?

Gangster: Yeah we happy. Coming from where we came from, it’s a hard struggle. Then the trial and tribulations that we done been through, we feel like we’re blessed right now to still be in the game. Man, there’s a lot of ni–as who came into the game and one album they gone, you know what I’m saying? You won’t hear from them no mo, but us, like we’ve been through a lot. To help us be better our situations, we follow-up on stuff and we do our thang. There’s a little thing we went through with Universal…everything from now made us stronger. We just trying to get in the spotlight.

BallerStatus.net: What do you look to happen with this album?

Gangster: We looking forward to going platinum! You know this is our second album with this label. The first did pretty good, but this second album right here, we’re trying to make a statement. This is our fifth album in the game — four with Universal, but six all together. We did an underground album before we even did anything with Universal, so really man this is our sixth album in the game and we feel like this isn’t really where we should be at.

BallerStatus.net: Where do you see yourself and Dirty a year from now?

Gangster: Let me correct you on that, the group name is Dirty, I’m the Gangster. If rap doesn’t work, we still gonna do our thang. Rap is our first love, but at the same time, we know that there’s a possibility that it might not work out. We have to move onto other things.

BallerStatus.net: There’s a lot of other artist coming out and you guys have been in the game for a while. What are you guys doing different from those other southern artists?

Gangster: Well for one thing, that kinda says a lot right there. To come from Alabama, we’re coming from a whole other side, and with whole other flavor of music.

BallerStatus.net: Do you have any last words?

Gangster: The album hit stores August 15th, come through!

Source: Ballerstatus.net