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Dr. Teeth: Its was a great and surprisingly shocking. I never expected for it to be nominate for a Viewers Choice Award. It means that people liked it and respect the work that Im doing. Before I made Still Tippin I was up for shooting Nellys Tip Drill. Unfortunately, he decided to go in another direction. When we were going to make Still Tippin’, we wanted to go more street, like for BET Uncut – we wanted to go with that street Swishahouse style. We shot it in Houston, which was the way that I wanted to go. I wanted to show its culture. The girl dancing in front of the tables is like the Pied Piper. You also have candy-colored cars swaying in and out on the street. Its hood, but also artistic at the same time. It all goes together. The amazing thing is that people got it.
Dr. Teeth: I left BET to work with Tracey Hicks. I wanted to develop a company and to do a few projects – that was April. Til then, no one wanted to sign me. In June, Mike [Jones] came to me to do his video. After that all the companies that wouldnt even look at my stuff started calling me on the phone. Its funny because I had spent like two years sending stuff to them, only receiving either a negative feedback or no response. Now they all want me to do work for them. By the time they started calling, I was doing it all on my own. I developed Filming Company because I needed a place to work and develop ideas for videos and artists. Besides, it cuts out the middle man. No one works [harder] for you than you. Ive been doing all of this for four years now. In the first year I did three videos, the second it was four and now, this year alone Ive done 15. I have three more left to do for this year. It never stops.
Dr. Teeth: Its a double-edged sword. Melvin Van Peebles really made it all possible with Sweetback’s Bad Ass Revenge. Afterwards, Hollywood jumped on the bandwagon and made their versions. Gordon Parks directed Shaft. Weve had some good films – Super Fly, The Mack, and Cleopatra Jones. Max Julian [The Mack] developed, directed and produced the film. It opened gates and gave us opportunities in film that normally wouldnt have been possible.
Dr. Teeth: Ive already done it – DJ Screw, The Legacy. Its in a couple of volumes, 1 through 3. I had developed it while in Houston. I just shot different shows and saved the footage of Screw and a few of the original artists that did it. Part 2 has cats like Trey and Slim Thug. Part 3 is more up to date featuring Mike Jones and others. Its a hot documentary.