Interview - Webster "webbie" Gradney

[bosslady225]

Q: You got your single "Gimmie Dat" featuring Bun B in heavy rotation across the nation. How does it feel to get that nationwide success after all the independent hustle?

Webbie: It feel good; it feels like how it’s supposed to be. I feel like I deserve it; I'm finally getting what I deserve.

Q: How has the success of that single affected you career and life so far?

Webbie: Everybody wanna be my friend now, you know what I'm saying? And I was always a solo person; I only hung with like one or two people. That's about the only thing different. I don't really know how to communicate when people be coming around.

Q: You're 19 now, and about four years ago when you were 15, you signed a deal with Trill Entertainment (which is co-owned by Pimp C of UGK). How at that age were you able to gain the attention of Pimp C, and how were you able to get signed to them so young?

Webbie: On some street sh-t, my dude went to jail, and when he came out, he took me straight to Trill Entertainment. I stepped in the booth, flipped it, and ever since then I ain't missed a day in the studio. I just been thuggin' it, you know what I'm saying?

Q: Your single has the other member of UGK -- Bun B. How does it feel to be co-signed by these two legendary artists, being that you are only 19?

Webbie: It feel good. I used to bump they sh-t, and now they bump my sh-t. It's kinda funny, but it's all good. I know I got that real sh-t, and you know people wanna bump it 'cause it's that real.

Qt: Do you feel being co-signed by UGK adds any pressure to you to sell when your debut album drops?

Webbie: Nah, not at all. I ain't worried about any of that; I'm just doing my thang. They ain't put no pressure on me. They just family -- Pimp C and Bun B. When I drop this album, there ain't no "Oh, I gotta live up to this." There ain't none of that.

Q.net: Let's talk about Baton Rouge. I've been to New Orleans, but never to Baton Rouge. How would you say the two cities differ?

Webbie: New Orleans is more like the wards. They got the wards -- 7 ward, 3rd ward, 9th ward; we got the neighborhoods. They got the housing projects and stuff, but we got houses, little thug spots, click houses and sh-t. We right by each other. We can hear the gun shots from New Orleans, and they can hear the gun shots from Baton Rouge. It's going down in both places.

Q: Now I read that you say that every time you are on the road, you miss you hometown. Why do you feel it's important to stay ground and close to your roots?

Webbie: 'Cause that's what's real. All this other sh-t, is just stuff I wanted to see right quick. I live in Baton Rouge. That's where my heart is at, and that's where I always wanna be.

Q: Now, you also lost your mother at a very young age. Looking back, do you feel that the struggles and hardships you've had to endure throughout your life has brought you to where you are at so far?

Webbie: Yea, fo sho.

Q: I also read that when you were a kid, you were fond of playing sports, but because of bad grades in school, you weren't able to play...

Webbie: It started out when I used to go to my auntie's house. My cousins were all 12 and 13, and I used to play tackle with them. We'd play like 12 on 12. I used to run that bitch; I was a f--kin' fool. I was the littlest one, but they couldn't tackle me. They knew that once I got to school, I would f--k over those little boys. They let me play 7th and 8th grade, but once they started looking at the grades and sh-t, I couldn't never make it. So I just said f--k it, but if I would be able to play, I'd probably be in the pros or some sh-t.

Qt: Say you had the chance to do it over again. Would you concentrate more on your grades, so that you would be able to play throughout school?

Webbie: I did concentrate to the best of my abilities on my grades; I just couldn't do the sh-t. They say school ain't for everybody, 'cause I sure know it wasn't for me, man. Sh-t was just some bullsh-t. My advice to the kids is stay in school, but that sh-t wasn't for me.

Q: Now, how did you go from playing sports to rapping?

Webbie: I ain't move sh-t. I've been doing rap. All this sh-t is just life, man. I wasn't really ever a sport ni--a. I was never out there lifting weights and all that. I ain't with that sh-t. I just like getting the ball in my hand, and running with that bitch. Then I'd go back to some street sh-t when the game was over.

Q: Let's talk about your debut, Savage Life. Tell me a little bit about the album.

Webbie: That bitch gonna be guttered out. That bitch features the Trill family, Mannie Fresh and B.G., and Trina's fine ass is on there.

Q: With "Gimmie Dat" blowing up like it is, you've gained a lot of new fans. For the people that haven't heard a lot of your music, what can they expect from the album?

Webbie: They can expect me! They can expect Trill Entertainment, Young Savage aka Lil Baton Rouge on that motherf--ka. They just gotta see if they like how I'm rocking. If they like how I'm rocking, then they gonna like my album. If they don't, f--k em.

Q: Now are they getting party tracks on there, or...

Webbie: All that! I'm hitting them from all angles. That's how I do.

Q: Who are some of the producers you worked with?

Webbie: My main in-house producer, Mouse. I brought him to the table. Then I got Mannie [Fresh] on a couple tracks, and Steve Delo. Other than that, mainly Mouse and Mannie.

Q: Right now, the South is bigger than ever. Atlanta is huge, Houston is starting to take over, but Louisiana isn't as big as it used to be in commercial radio. Do feel you can bring the Louisiana flavor back to hip-hop?

Webbie: Fo sheezy! I'm bring back New Orleans and Baton Rouge, you f--king right! I'm a city ni--a; I'm representin' my city, and just trying to make noise all over the f--kin' country, you know what I'm saying? Yea, they about to be back down here in a sec. By the end of the summer, Baton Rouge is gonna be big, big, big.

Q: Now, you are all over TV and I even seen on you perform the song TRL, correct?

Webbie: Fo sheezy! We got the whole world screaming "Gimmie dat pu--y!" All the restaurants are getting mad 'cause they money done slacked up; ni--as not even taking these hoes out to eat anymore. But the hotel people are having a good time; they money done went up since "Gimmie Dat Pu--y" came out.

Q: What's next for Webbie?

Webbie: Street sh-t; we ain't got to talk about all that (laughs). Let's just talk about this rap sh-t.

Q: What's the first purchase you made since your song has blown up?

Webbie: Sh-t, I'm on some stock sh-t. I got an old school Cutlass on some regular, regular rims, with light tint, and the four 12s and TVs in that bitch. Those shakin' the rear view mirror. They don't need to know if I got a million dollars or two dollars. I'm a regular street ni--a. I ride that bitch through the hood everyday

[Fidel Casetro]

lol Webster

[DirtyDave]

Where did you plagarize this from?

[DMaj]

Where did you plagarize this from?

On some sites you can get in trouble for not mentioning the source.

[YaBoyP662]

lol Webster

Webster

[SexyPrincess]

lmao..why are yall laughin @ young webster's name

[KJ Armour]

Webbie: Fo sheezy! We got the whole world screaming "Gimmie dat pu--y!" All the restaurants are getting mad 'cause they money done slacked up; ni--as not even taking these hoes out to eat anymore. But the hotel people are having a good time; they money done went up since "Gimmie Dat Pu--y" came out.

everybody heading to tha ho-tel to
Restaurants when Webbie walks in to eat

[bosslady225]

i got it from www.webbiemuzik.com