DORROUGH - Ozone Magazine

Discovered by DJ Mr. Rogers at
Prairie View A&M, The Party Boyz
were known for a dance they had
everyone doing around campus –
but they weren’t actually rappers.
After linking up with Rogers,
they recorded their first song
ever, “Flex,” and quickly entered
THE Billboard charts. Here the
newly signed Hitz Committee/Jive
artists explain how they fit into
the new Dallas music movement.
How did the whole Party Boyz’ group situation
come to be
Iceberg Slim: It all started when we were at
school at Prairie View. We had a dance we were
doin’ at parties and everyone at the school was
doin’ it so we had a lil buzz goin’. Everyone was
tellin’ us we should get a song to go with this
dance. We didn’t pay it no mind, we just kept
doin’ us. We got call from Mr. Rogers and he
said he had an opportunity for us. We met up
with him and got a beat. We took it home to all
our friends, and everyone was excited about it.
A couple weeks later we did the song.
Did “Flex” catch on fast with everyone already
being familiar with the dance first
Iceberg Slim: Everybody at school jumped on
board right off the bat. We got a lot of love just
‘cause of who we were at the school. We were
always the cool kids at school, but we didn’t
know we could end up doing this. That was
our first time ever being recorded. We’re fresh
in the game.
Besides Texas, where else has the “Flex”
record gotten a lot of play
Iceberg Slim: We took over the whole south
really quick – Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Mississippi. We’re working on the
Midwest.
Is everyone in the group from Dallas Did
you know each other before going to Prairie
View
Iceberg Slim: We’re all from Dallas. There’s a
misconception because we went to school at
Prairie View, but we all grew up in Dallas.
Duce Phat: Lil Pudge is my brother. Everyone
thinks we’re twins ‘cause we look just alike, but
we’re not.
Lil Pudge: He’s older than me. And Big Chris,
that’s our blood cousin.
Big Chris: That’s me, a.k.a. HiC. I’m from the Cliff,
which is a hood in Dallas. My granny is the one
that talked me into going to going to college.
When I graduated high school I was just tryna
get this money, but after two years I finally
went [to college]. A year later we started doin’
this.
So did y’all finish school or did you put it on
hold for now
Iceberg Slim: Some of us put it off. Some of us
are still in school.
Duce Phat: Well, I put school on hold for now.
Big Chris: I was never really into school. I was
just seeing where it would take me.
What’s your perception on the boogie movement
in Dallas
Iceberg Slim: As far as all the haters, I think the
reason they’re hatin’ is ‘cause they can’t do it.
We don’t do it for the haters – we do it for the
ladies. Think about it like this: when rap music
came out it was made for people to dance to,
and then it evolved into the lyrical stuff. If they
don’t like it, oh well. We’re just gon’ boogie our
way to the top.
Duce Phat: We’re from Dallas. We like to party,
handle our business, get money, and boogie.
We don’t hate on nobody. Life’s too short. We
just boogie and do us.
What are each of you like as individuals
Describe your personalities.
Iceberg Slim: I’m the player, the ladies man, the
lover. I’m always takin’ my shirt off. All I wanna
do is have fun by any means necessary. I love
to party. I love Polo – Polo is the only thing I
know. Shout out to Ralph Lauren.
Duce Phat: I have a 2 year old son. I love to
party. Coogi is all I wear. I wear Coogi from my
boxers, to my promotional T’s, I might even
get a Coogi part in my head.
Lil Pudge: Since I’m the youngest out of the
group, everyone thinks I’m the one raising
all the hell. But not me personally. I love the
ladies, I enjoy what I’m doing. And yeah, me
and my brother are Coogi fanatics.
Big Chris: I’m the more laid back one. You can
hear it in my lyrics.
What else do you have going on right now
and coming up
Iceberg Slim: The first day our video was on
WorldStarHipHop we got 2.3 million views.
Before the video was even put up, we had
1,000 radio spins a week. We got our Welcome
to Dallas mixtape droppin’ All Star Weekend.
We’re #43 on the Billboards. We’re coming
soon to BET, Spring Bling, MTV, TRL, all of that.
Dallas got next. PartyBoyzFlex.com. //
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