After a bunch of Lil Jon guest spots and a remix album last year, Atlanta crunk tag team Ying Yang Twins are back at it with "Wait," an ultra-minimal, ultra-creepy track whose every rhyme is delivered in whispers. Today on Riff Central, we ask the question everyone wants an answer for:
RIFF CENTRAL: WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING
YING YANG TWIN#1: WE WERE SCREAMING A LOT AT EACH OTHER IN THE STUDIO
RIFF CENTRAL: WHAT WERE YOU SCREAMING ABOUT
YING YANG TWIN#2: MOSTLY ABOUT LYRICS. FOR INSTANCE, I WANTED TO CHANGE THE CHORUS FROM "AY BITCH! WAIT TIL YOU SEE MY DICK!" TO "HEY, WHERE'D MY DICK GO?"
YING YANG TWIN#1: AND I WANTED TO CHANGE THE OTHER PART OF THE CHORUS FROM "IMMA BEAT DAT PUSSY UP!" TO "PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY"
RIFF CENTRAL: AS A TRIBUTE TO
YING YANG TWIN#1: YEAH AS A TRIBUNE, LIKE A NEWSPAPER. LIKE I'M READING THE PUSSY
RIFF CENTRAL: LISTENING TO THE SONG I-- IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU GUYS ENDED UP CHANGING THE LYRICS THOUGH
YING YANG TWIN#2: NAH WE COMPROMISED, THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA
RIFF CENTRAL: BUT A COMPROMISE IS WHEN EACH OF YOU GIVES UP A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE, MAKE CONCESSIONS
YING YANG TWIN#1: NO A COMPROMISE IS WHEN YOU WHISPER. THAT'S WHY WE WHISPER
RIFF CENTRAL: SO YOU DECIDED TO KEEP THE CHORUS AS IT IS, EVEN THOUGH YOU BOTH KNOW IT'S SORTA TERRIBLE, BUT WHISPERING THE CHORUS MAKES IT BETTER SOMEHOW? I DON'T UNDERSTAND
YING YANG TWIN#2: NAH YOU SEE, THATS CAUSE YOU'RE BAD AT WHISPERING