Ying Yang Twins from Crunk to EDM

Though it’s probably difficult for many jaded rap fans to admit, The Ying Yang Twins served a pivotal role in Southern Hip Hop during the last decade.

Before mainstream pop culture dubbed Miley Cyrus the progenitor of twerking, Kaine and D-Roc were using the term frivolously before Hannah Montana became a hit television show. Sure, the depths of their music was questionable.

Then again, who cares? “Salt Shaker,” “Whistle While You Twerk,” “Say I Yi Yi,” and “Wait (Whisper Song)” are still legitimate club classics years later. That doesn’t count their iconic collaboration with Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz “Get Low.” That ridiculously catchy hook “to the window, to the wall” or Dave Chappelle’s hilarious “Skeet Skeet” joke during The Chappelle Show were testaments to the Atlanta duo’s reach. It’s safe to say that Kaine and D-Roc could be considered trendsetters before everyone caught up.

Reinventing themselves, they’ve teamed up with popular Atlanta EDM duo Pyramid Scheme for rousing comeback “Thundercat.” Speaking with DX, The Ying Yang Twins talk their hometown’s transition from crunk to trap, going the EDM route and possibly collaborating with Lil Jon again.

SOURCE: HIPHOPDX