Slim Thug & THE Boss Hogg Outlawz
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ince entering the rap game, Slim Thug has referred to himself as Tha Boss. And in the rap game, a boss is a CEO of his own label. Slim Thug meets this Boss criteria, with his Boss Hogg Outlawz label. With the release of Boss Hogg Outlawz’ album Serve & Collect, featuring Slim Thug, PJ Tha Rap Hustla, J Dawg, Sir Daily, Chris Ward, Killa Kyleon, Young Black and R&B singer, Rob Smallz, only a few weeks away, OZONE caught up with Tha Boss and his Outlawz to find out what this new Houston record label has in store for 2007. How did the Boss Hogg Outlawz come about? Slim Thug: Me, PJ, J Dawg, we been together since Swishahouse. A lot of these niggas I’ve been knowing for years. Chris Ward, we hooked and we ended up working together, clicking up. And he brought through Killa. And it all came together like that. Everybody else fell in place while we been grindin’. What’s the difference between the Boss Hogg Outlawz and the Boyz N Blue? Slim Thug: Boss Hogg is the whole label, that’s 22
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everybody. The Boyz N Blue only consists of like three, four dudes. The Boss Hogg Outlawz is everybody. We got Young Black, he’s a Young Hogg. We got Rob Smallz, he’s a R&B dude, so it’s the whole click. You’ve had a lot of independent success but your album didn’t do as well. Why’d you choose to put out the Boss Hogg album before releasing your next album? Slim Thug: Really the Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Collect shit is just some street shit to keep the streets feed. We got my shit coming out April 24th, Boss of All Bosses. Then we gonna drop Boys N Blue. It was like, we didn’t put nothing out, so we had to keep the streets fed. They are a lot of members in the group. Was it to get everyone some shine? PJ Tha Rap Hustla: It was really simple because like in the way we work in the studio people come and go, so it’s like if it’s a hot beat or hot song we’re working on whoever jump on it first, that’s who makes the cut. If you participate that’s what determines whether you get put on