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RealVideo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Norris: Has there been a best show so far on this tour?Juvenile: I can't recall which one... where was that, Detroit? Detroit was the best one.MTV: You guys are starting the tour up East. Is everybody as into Cash Money as they are into Ruff Ryders?J: Yeah. I mean, it's more of them, because this is they section, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, our family's big up here. It's surprising us right now. It's our first time actually going out there and really seeing how it is.MTV: People are saying if this tour is a success, there's gonna be even more arena hip-hop tours. Do you feel there's pressure on you guys to succeed in that sense?J: Yeah, because we got the feds following us who want to search the buses and all, but you got have your game tight when you on tour with a major artist. You know how that go, man.MTV: You're getting hassled by the authorities a little bit? Well, how many of you guys bring family out on the road with you? Do you get to bring family and friends?J: Most of the employees at Cash Money are family. My daddy, my father, my cousin, my partners, we kind of like family, for real, with all if us 'cause all of us know each other. All my dogs."MTV: Kids -- would you want them here out on the road with you?J: Sometimes. Maybe not all the times, but sometimes.MTV: Maybe not with the cognac in your hands.J: Oh, hell no.MTV: "Back That Thang Up," "Back That Azz Up" -- you've got some audience participation in that song onstage.J: Yeah. Mostly when it gets to Mannie Fresh's part. They get hype when they get to his part.MTV: You do have ladies onstage for that.J: Yeah, we break it all the way down for them. We enjoy ourselves up there. We make sure everybody gets their money's worth, because I know, me personally, if I was going to a concert and if they was just standing in a spot singing a song, I'd be real pissed off.MTV: And so far, so good. Cash Money and Ruff Ryders are getting along good.J: Yeah, man. It's all love, man. It's all love. Ain't nobody beefing. We trying to make money together. That's why the tour came together like this. There's a reason for everything.MTV: Now for your teeth, are you sticking with gold? Not gonna upgrade to platinum?J: I'm getting rid of this, man. As soon as we go home, I'm going to the dentist.MTV: I know Wayne likes to say he's got a $20,000 mouth, or something like that. How much is yours, would you say?J: About $65,000, or something like that. Baby got a $100,000 mouth.MTV: I saw that. That's shiny.J: Some activity in his grill.
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