![]() “It’s the kind of low-down, up-tempo hip-hop they didn’t think would sell around the country. “A big problem was that they didn’t like the record’s Southeastern sound, which has a lot of bass and a raw, sort of amateurish sound,” Roll’n says. Last October, they recorded “Whoomp! (There It Is),” which was resoundingly rejected by all the major labels. Roll’n, a hair stylist, moved there first and Glenn followed after college, landing a job as a deejay at an Atlanta nightclub called Magic City. Their collaboration started in Denver, where they grew up, and continued in Atlanta. “Whoomp! (There It Is)” was a turning point for Roll’n, 27, and Glenn, 26, who had been recording underground singles, basically financed by their own money, for 10 years without any success. We saw the light -the cussing was hurting rather than helping.” ‘Whoomp! There It Is’ had some swearing on it when we first did the single last year, but it’s been edited out. “Kids listen to this stuff, and they don’t need to hear all that. “We used to cuss on records but we decided we should be responsible and mature,” Glenn says. They weren’t always champions of inoffensive pop rap. The challenge in hip-hop these days is to get your point across without cussing and raunchiness.” There are some suggestive songs on the album-but just suggestive. “But there’s nothing offensive or sexist in the video. “We’re not against sex-just stuff that’s offensive to women,” Roll’n explains. The single may sidestep violence and vulgarity, but the video does feature some women in sexy attire. In a conference room at Bellmark headquarters on Hollywood Boulevard last week, the duo-both outgoing, talkative and in a merry mood-had finished perusing the just-completed video and were gleefully speculating about how it would increase sales. ![]() Even more surprising: The single shot into the Top 5 without a video. ![]() The pair’s debut album-also called “Whoomp! (There It Is)”-just came out Tuesday on Bellmark Records, a tiny Hollywood company. Remarkably, the Tag Team single exploded without an album or a major-label push. ![]()
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