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Like Raz-B says, B2K's stages keep getting bigger and bigger. They have to. Malls were shut down and traffic was stopped all along B2K's path of promotion for their self-titled debut. They had to move their tour with IMX from clubs to theaters in order to contain their fans, and a summer arena tour with Lil' Bow Wow was in the works before their debut album even hit stores. The guys are happily awash in all the attention.
"The tour has been great," Raz-B said. "The
fans have been showing us a lot of love."
"It's so overwhelming dealing with all our fans," Omarion added.
"It's so much love that they give us — we appreciate everything.
When fans run up to us, it's never a problem. They make us happy. When they
run up to us, it's so exciting for us too. It's like, 'You like us, oh my
God.' "
Hearts were still fluttering after the end of the Five Borough Tour. The
quartet had just finished an in-store bonding session with fans to coincide
with the release of B2K and found themselves unable to leave because
fan-atics formed a human barricade around them.
"There were 4,000 girls out there," Raz said of the incident.
"The barricade ran two blocks. It was so cute. We wanted to get out and
hug them, but unfortunately our security wouldn't let us get out."
One admirer did break through the iron curtain of B2K's security guards at
another engagement that same day. "We did a autograph signing at the
[Times Square] arcade Barcode," Fizz recalled. "When it was time to
leave, there were still a whole bunch of girls outside. Unfortunately we
couldn't sign all their autographs because we had to do a [TV] taping. We
didn't know they were out there. Our security guards were trying to rush us
out and I slipped in some water and one girl grabbed me and kissed me on the
lips."
Situations like these are why Omarion feels it's imperative to keep his
mouth clean at all times. "You gotta have your toothbrush," he
said. "Your grill gotta smell fresh." Omarion's other gotta-haves
for the road? "We gotta have our 2way [pagers] and cell phones," he
added. "I gotta have a notepad so I can write. You gotta have a big old
CD case and a CD Walkman, because you gotta enjoy your music."
The Inglewood, California native, who said he had Brandy's new Full Moon disc in heavy rotation, wouldn't have to worry about his essentials later
in the week, because he was right at home for a show at L.A.'s House of Blues.
"It was dope," Omarion said of the gig. "Everybody came out,
our family and friends, it was tight."Before we got on, we were really nervous," he continued. "Every time we go to the stage, we get nervous. It's kind of like an assurance thing, if were not nervous, we all feel like the show is not going to be that good. If we're all like, 'Man, I'm nervous,' we know the show is
going to be good. It was overall one of the best shows we had on the tour,
because we're home and so excited."
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Photo: MTV.com
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