AllHipHop.com
July 15, 2005
By Clover Hope

Ying Yang Explains Origins Of 'The Whisper Song'

For those wondering how the Ying Yang Twins conceived their inventive single "Wait (The Whisper Song)," member D-Roc recently explained the origin of the song and the remix that has been heating up airwaves.

"In the club it is very unattractive to yell in [a woman's] face, but when you whisper in her ear it turns her on," D-Roc told AllHipHop.com.

Once he came up with the initial concept, the single was born after a label executive advised the Atlanta rap duo to whisper the entire song, said D-Roc.

But as much as the single has gained popularity, the remix has garnered even more attention, particularly due to the sassy rhymes of BET "106 and Park" host Free, whose inclusion on the remix seemed evident, according to D-Roc.

"I told [the label] how hype she was about the song," the rapper said. "Free did her thing. I wish we could do a video to it just so I could see what Free would wear. I think everybody would want to."

And despite the unconventional antics the Twins typically exhibit in front of the camera, D-Roc insisted that in reality he and his partner Kaine are just as sane as the rest.

"I am a character. Will Smith plays, when he's in a movie, a character. But when you see him, he's Will Smith," explained D-Roc. "Outside of Ying Yang, this [is] my job. When you see me I'm a grown man. Like Cedric the Entertainer said, 'I'm a grown man, dawg.'"

The Ying Yang Twins' latest album U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta ) recently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Charts, and a music video for their second single "Badd" featuring Houston rapper Mike Jones was released just this week