NR: People know you from 187 and OPM. What made you decide to do a solo album?

BIG B: I just did a solo CD... actually I'm good friends with D-Loc, Richter and Bobby B from the Kottonmouth Kings. I own a company called Controversy. We make free-style motocross films and we have clothing and stuff. So I got to be good friends with them through that. They just asked me to do a record, a solo record. At the time I was on Atlantic with OPM and they asked me to do a solo record and Johnny Necro from OPM kind of said, yeah go do it, so that's how that came about. So I went and did the first record with them. Then OPM got dropped from Atlantic. Then Suburban Noize picked OPM up. So it was good for all of them.

NR: How long did it take you to write and record "White Trash Renegade?"

BIG B: I wrote it all year long. Then I went into the studio and recorded it and had it finished in 11 days. So I went down to LA and did it in 11 days.

NR: You've done two covers, at least that I know of. "Big B Does It" from Eazy E and "Hey Joe" from the Rock VS. Rap compilation. Do you plan to do anymore covers?

BIG B: I always just use bits and pieces of all kinds of stuff like old school hip-hop. It's what I grew up on. "Hey Joe" is for a compilation. They had the song already and asked me to do my interpretation of it. So that's how that came about. So it did good and it was cool. I got to be on a CD with a lot of heavy-hitters like KRS-1 and different people. So that was good. I'll probably end up doing something, I never know. It just depends on what I feel like doing.

NR: You shot two versions of the "Hooligan" video.

BIG B: The first video I filmed, I had no budget or anything. I was near Suburban Noize and no one asked me to do a video. So me and my partner Dave just grabbed a camera. NMO Recordings is OPM studios in downtown Hollywood. Right in downtown. I just grabbed a camera and shot it in 2 hours. Then edited it and that was the first video. Then the record started doing half way decent and Suburban Noize came up with a budget for the second video. The first one is like the underground video and the second one was the actual video.

NR: Being signed do you feel people from vegas have more respect for you?

BIG B: I don't know. My thing is I kind of distanced myself from people in Vegas that would be the people that would give me respect or wouldn't give me respect. I have fans of course. It doesn't matter if i'm from Vegas or whatever for the fans. Other artists and stuff I don't know. People always think it's bigger than it is being on Sub Noize. I can't really say if they give me more respect. I never changed I'm still the same guy. I don't know what people's opinion is towards me.

NR: You do a lot of shows, basically a set every night. Is there any songs in the set that you are tired of or are they still fresh when you do them?

BIG B: As far as the songs they are always fresh because if you can still do the songs and people get into them that much it's good. "Hooligan" I've probably done over a thousand times I think. I know it hasn't been that many, but I don't get sick of them. I go to Japan and travel all over the world doing it now and they like the songs. You really can't get sick of them. If I did it to get sick of them it wouldn't work. Kind of like when I was in 187 doing the set. We never really moved forward. I didn't get sick of it and the fans didn't get sick of it, it was just really time to do more. So you just keep adding more songs to the list. The more records you put out the longer your set gets because your more in demand. So it just keeps getting bigger and you keep doing it.

NR: With the stigmata that was given to white rappers in the early 90's for not being taken too seriously do you think it's faded?

BIG B: The thing with Sub Noize is we are a whole different thing. We are still punk rock and rock. We are like lifestyle music. It is definitely hip-hop and I am definitely a hip-hop artist. As far as Vanilla Ice and Eminem we aren't even the same category of music. Eminem and guys like that don't represent me. The only thing I have in common with them is that we rap over a beat. It depends how you look at it. It's definitely fading but we still get no love. It's not like I get played on an Urban station. So obviously it hasn't gone away. Kottonmouth Kings and Dirtball it's not like we can get played but we make good records, high quality records. There's people who are hip-hop artists who get played that still can't sell out venues but we do it all across the U.S. and in other countries. And we still get no love so it's faded but it's still definitely there.

NR: With your other group OPM can we expect anything from them?

BIG B: Our old record "For The Masses" is just now coming out in Europe, next month. We leave on May 27th, to back go over there an tour for 2 weeks. Then I come back here and go on the King's tour. So we'll put that out over there and as soon as we get done pushing the Big B record, then after that we are going back in to the studio to record. We just did a deal with Pepper who has Law Records so this new record will be Suburban Noize/Law Records. They're real good friends of ours. And it should do well.

NR: With "High Class White Trash" and "White Trash Renegade" being out and the video's. What can we expect?

BIG B: Just to keep on pushing it. I just made Billboard for internet sales and probably for independent record label. I went from selling 100 records to keep on going and now I'm selling 1,000's. Just doing shows and I'm on a reality-show on A&E called "Inkd" that's air's July 20th, with Kerry Hart, based out of the Palm's. I did a softball game on "Surreal Life" that will be out in September on VH1. Just keep on working, putting stuff out. Same with OPM. I'm addicted to being successful. That's my biggest thing, the money and stuff doesn't matter to me. It's nice not having to worry about paying your bills. I use to be behind but at least now I can pay them. Yea I'm just addicted to success. Success is the ultimate revenge. There's a lot of people who talk smack and that I didn't get along with and I use to hold a grudge. Now I just keep moving forward. I just keep getting bigger and bigger and more successful. Now I can headline shows all over the U.S. Granted they may not be 2000 seater's like with the King's but I can still headline shows. It's not just a Vegas thing or a California thing.