Comeback talk has revolved around one Whitney Houston for some time now, and god willing, fingers crossed, that album WILL drop in September. But let us defer for a moment to an admittedly sexier, arguably saner act: Butch & Bellie, Brooklyn-based gay rap duo non pareil and the real comeback queens for 2009. They’re campy, crude, and über-talented. Sonically, the Beastie Boys comparisons are both inevitable and warranted; a roster of equally stellar guest emcees adds a dash of Wu Tang to the mix. I’ll throw in some Cher and Spank Rock too for good measure. Intrigued? You should be. Go see them this SATURDAY, JULY 11th at LIT LOUNGE!!!!

INTERVIEW BELOW!

In the meantime, check out their lyrical prowess (and their MySpace). A sampling:

From “Curtains”
Bellie
Kevin Federline
Get the fuck out the line
Your 15 is up and it’s about time
to let some real rappers rhyme

Butch
Gilmmer and glam like the high school car wash
really dope jams like a lyrical goulash
Every time I look at Butch & Bellie in the mirror
The future and horizons of the rap game they get clearer

Bellie
Ladies and Gents
Faggots and Straights
Listen up to the all time greats!

Butch
Aretha? Marvin Gaye?

Bellie
Nah! It’s Butch & Bellie
We ain’t that loose like a bitch named Nelly

Butch
We’re a super dooper hella cool killer rap team

Bellie
Every rapper on the scene I know how to make him cream

Butch
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-BUTCH & BELLIE
Everybody in the crowd get smelly
After the show free samples on this jelly

I spoke with one half of B&B, the fabulous Mr. Butch Beurre-Blanc. Here’s what he had to say re: fame, icons, and not so famous, decidedly non-iconic ersatz rapper Brian Austin Green.

How long have you and Bellie been in the game?

We met in summer camp in 1991, later rapping in many a hotbox from the early years of high school on. In 2005 I began a career under the mic name Egg and Cheese. Then we came together to do a collabo, and went out for sushi and met DJ Diamond Eagle and he gave us the miraculous beats that you hear today.

In addition to you and Bellie, the act is comprised of DJ Diamond Eagle, Kaylamodda, DJ Pretty Hair, Tic Tac and Heidi Ho. How did you find one another?

It was really people that we just knew in New York City. Tic Tac is actually my sister. It’s never been tested via DNA, so we can’t be completely sure. Heidi Ho is someone who went to university with me. Kaylamodda is just like–I don’t know anyone in Brooklyn who doesn’t know Kaylamodda.

Eminem’s one of the very few talented, well-known white rappers. Your take?

I’ll refer you to a quote from Bellie: “8 Mile was actually a pretty good movie, and the sex scene with Brittany Murphy was really good.” I will say to Eminem’s credit–I like how he teabagged Brüno.

What about Brian Austin Green, aka “David Silver” from 90210? He had that um, space-themed video, “You Send Me?”

Upon viewing Mr. Austin Green’s video, my first thought is that I would bang him. My attraction to him lies in vein of a fantasized animalistic sweat fuck with an individual too dense to understand exactly what is going on. I can’t comprehend why he is lifting weights in a Los Angeles planetarium, but that confusion does not inhibit me from being turned on by his hot hot bod.

In terms of rapping skills, he seems to be acting like the Pharcyde, but success, she keep on passin him by. Like a blender, his voice is on frapp`e. Brian’s concerned with some space lady and his voice is just whiny enough to take my caffeine headache to a splitting new level, the very solar system she inhabits.

I hope one day that Brian could be like a Princess Laia to the Jaba the Hut that is Butch & Bellie. He could be mostly naked and chained to something in my immediate vicinity. I wouldn’t be mean. He could say things from time to time. Maybe even rap.

Who are some of your non-white, non-gay icons?

I really like–and this is gonna sound strange–DMX, even though he’s insane and a homophobe. He’s the kind of person who’s so crazy he actually thinks he’s a pit bull or dog and I find that kind of anthropomorphism inspiring. I also like Slick Rick, Ludacris–rappers who have this playful spirit to them. Initially, in a lot of early rap, ’seriousness’ predominated. But then there are some people in the game who take it so seriously, like DMX, who just don’t even know that they are in fact being conjured to absurdity by like, mental illness.

Tell me about your pre-performance rituals:

Generally it involves tequila. Growing up a big inspiration to me was the movie What’s Love Got To Do With It? When Tina first left Ike she did this thing called nomyaynomnana so I do that before each show. I do a number of nomyays. Bellie usually just uses the Gold Bond powder in his midsection region because he has jock itch. Kayla will work on makeup and do dances and generally smoke a little opium before each show.

Can you envision one day playing MSG and charging $300 a ticket?

Oh yes, definitely.

Say you’re headlining a series of concerts across the country and you need an opening act. Who would be your ideal tourmates?

Lady GaGa: Love her foot piano playing.

Jermaine Jackson: Who dat?

Celine Dion: Luke warm lay.

Da Brat: Most successful lesbian midget ever.

+Sarah+