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[cassette clicks]

2
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[♪ hip-hop plays]

3
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♪<i>♪ Red Chucks, burgundy fleece
Baggies with a crease ♪</i>

4
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[Lamar] <i>The music, it passed
down from Big Daddy to Mom
to James and then to me,</i>

5
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and you just
want me to waste it?

6
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Wanda, do not encourage
the rap dreams.

7
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And that boy's going
to play for the church.

8
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Nigga, you sign
this shit already?

9
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[Lamar] <i>Yeah.</i>

10
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The whole reason
this all came together is

11
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because this pretty young
thing walked into your life.

12
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I figured we'd start
with a single with your artist.

13
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[Wanda] <i>When that music came on
and Artillery started rapping,</i>

14
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a new world opened up.

15
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[groans]

16
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[groans]
[gangster 5] Strip this nigga.

17
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[gangster 5] Strip this nigga.

18
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Money or war. Can't be both.

19
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- Gonna put your name
behind this truce?
- On everything I do.

20
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[Darryl] <i>He just dropped
that song about the cop who
got killed a few weeks ago.</i>

21
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[gunshot echoes]

22
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- [helicopter whirring]
- [sirens wailing]

23
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♪<i>♪ Come and go with me
to my father's house
To my father's house ♪</i>

24
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♪<i>♪ Come and go with me
to my father's house
To my father's house ♪</i>

25
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♪<i>♪ There'll be no crying there ♪</i>

26
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♪<i>♪ There'll be no dying there ♪</i>

27
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♪<i>♪ Come and go with me
to my father's house
To my father's house ♪</i>

28
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♪<i>♪ In my father's house ♪</i>

29
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♪<i>♪ There's so
many mansions there ♪</i>

30
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♪<i>♪ If it were not true... ♪</i>

31
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- [Artillery]
Yeah, come on with it.
- [customer] Thank you, baby.

32
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Ain't nuthin', man.

33
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- [siren blares]
- [officer] Freeze!

34
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- [♪ "In My Father's House"
playing]
- [tires screech]

35
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[officers shouting]

36
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- [officer] Quit running! Stop!
- Shit.

37
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[tires screech]

38
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[siren blaring]

39
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[officer] Call it in!

40
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- [tires screech]
- [grunts]

41
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[grunts]

42
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- [officers shouting]
- [officer 1] Oh, shit.
Where'd he go?

43
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[officer 2] I don't see him.

44
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[officer 1]
Where the fuck is he?

45
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[♪ theme music plays]

46
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[♪ hip-hop music p The final mix on "Rydah" is
due this week. The ask is 150.

47
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Photo shoot, press packets,
radio servicing--

48
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Rap is one hour a week on MTV.
That's the market we bet on.

49
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Hip-hop is
bigger than Black folks.

50
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This artist is a gangbanger
who taunts the police on
every track.

51
00:04:07,027 --> 00:04:09,732
Okay, so we only care about
criminals who carry guitars?

52
00:04:09,733 --> 00:04:11,936
Come on. Guys, <i>Straight
Outta Compton's</i> about to go--

53
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Alternative sales are climbing.
Grunge is the future.

54
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Forty fucking million dollars.

55
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That is how much
we blew following Cal's vision.

56
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Come on. This Artillery
kid is a star, Zo.

57
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Maybe. But your father spent
30 years building his legacy.

58
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And as his COO,
I gotta protect that, Jen.

59
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- What's left
in the dev allocation?
- 300,000.

60
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- [Enzo] Cut it in half.
- Reallocate the other 150
to alternative.

61
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[Jenny] Enzo.

62
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I'm sorry, kid.

63
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[Leonard] Fuck.

64
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[sighs heavily]

65
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How close is "Rydah"?

66
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- Uh, a couple days, but we--
- Make it tomorrow.

67
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- Uh, a couple days, but we--
- Make it tomorrow.
I'm moving up the photo shoot.

68
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I'm moving up the photo shoot.

69
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Bring me Artillery
and the masters. I'm gonna
take care of the rest.

70
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[Darryl] I'll handle the plug.

71
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You just better make
damn sure your people deliver.

72
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- You hear me?
- They will, Darryl.

73
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Let's go.

74
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[Big Daddy]
I appreciate you stopping by.

75
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No problem. So, look,
your grandson might need
a conversation.

76
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I mean, the boy's been doing
great since we let him
back home.

77
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Not James. Lamar.

78
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Yeah. An officer was
killed a few weeks ago,

79
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and this rapper made
a song disrespecting him.

80
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- Disrespecting a dead man?
- Right.

81
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And that cop was CRASH.

82
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[Big Daddy exhales forcefully]

83
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And word in the street is
Lamar's working with this guy.

84
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He could get
himself in trouble.

85
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Hey, please. My wife
cannot know about this.

86
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Quick dip to the right.

87
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And welcome to
where history is made.

88
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Oh, my God. They got
an SSL console. [giggles]

89
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You young cats need me,
I'll be in the reception area.

90
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Andy, it's a quad set. [gasps]

91
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We-We could use the back bus
instead of the groups for
the drum subs, man.

92
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- [door closes]
- Lamar, they got an SP-1200.

93
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And a Roland keyboard!

94
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- [laughing]
- Let's cook.

95
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Hell, yeah. We can finish
the mixdown on "Rydah" real
quick in here.

96
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Uh...

97
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About that, I-I kinda wanna
wait until Artillery gets here
to finish that.

98
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Fuck you mean? We already
got the verses and the ad libs.

99
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Um, just feel like we need
some punch-ins around the hook.

100
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You know, clean
it up a little bit.

101
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Also kinda wanted to
work on something new.

102
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Goddamn it, I knew it.

103
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No. Lamar, we not
in your bedroom no more.

104
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We on deadline, homie.

105
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Come on.
This shit is big for me too.

106
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Nothing new until
we finished the mix on "Rydah."

107
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Nothing new until
we finished the mix on "Rydah."
Why are we fucking around
with a single when we are
so much more?

108
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Why are we fucking around
with a single when we are
so much more?

109
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[playing piano]

110
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This nigga...

111
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[♪ playing "Ain't Nobody"]

112
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Fuck, that shit hard.

113
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[Lamar] Come on, man.
This is our chance.

114
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Okay, all right. When... When
Art get here, we get to work?

115
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Yes, okay?

116
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I just wanted to
experiment with these...

117
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beautiful elements.

118
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- What you thinkin'?
- I'm thinking album, Andy.

119
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Come on.

120
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- [resumes playing]
- Mm-hmm.

121
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[both moaning]

122
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Wow. [panting]

123
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[chuckles]

124
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Sound like you missed that.

125
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- She did.
- Oh, yeah?

126
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[breathes heavily]

127
00:08:33,292 --> 00:08:35,330
But for real...

128
00:08:36,566 --> 00:08:39,237
You know, I could feel it
on you when you walked in.

129
00:08:39,839 --> 00:08:41,108
What?

130
00:08:43,814 --> 00:08:45,817
That edge is back.

131
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Look, I ain't back
in the streets, Swan.

132
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Well, you fuck like it.

133
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[scoffs]

134
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You know, I, uh...

135
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I do everything
that Big Daddy asks me to.

136
00:09:02,552 --> 00:09:06,092
You know, I keep the machines
running at the Wash House,

137
00:09:06,626 --> 00:09:08,630
keep the apartments in line.

138
00:09:12,104 --> 00:09:15,277
I really be trying to
show cuz that, like, I'm...

139
00:09:16,112 --> 00:09:18,148
I'm changed,
you know what I mean?

140
00:09:18,149 --> 00:09:23,093
But you can't just come back
home, start going to
church again,

141
00:09:23,994 --> 00:09:27,635
and think
Big Daddy's just gonna forget.

142
00:09:28,335 --> 00:09:29,973
Stop letting it drag out.

143
00:09:30,072 --> 00:09:32,411
He's waiting for
you to bring it to a head.

144
00:09:32,879 --> 00:09:34,582
Make him decide now.

145
00:09:38,857 --> 00:09:41,295
Lamar, you finished the mix
on "Rydah" yet?
Timeline's moved up.

146
00:09:41,596 --> 00:09:43,533
- Jenny needs it by tomorrow.
- I'm working on it,

147
00:09:43,733 --> 00:09:47,172
and I was finishing it right
now, but I wanna play
you something new first.

148
00:09:47,173 --> 00:09:51,549
Hell, no. We not doing
that today. Did you hear what
I just said?

149
00:09:51,749 --> 00:09:53,218
Jenny is desperate.

150
00:09:53,219 --> 00:09:55,658
If we deliver the mix to
"Rydah," we will own her ass.

151
00:09:56,325 --> 00:09:59,331
[♪ hip-hop beat with
"Ain't Nobody" sample plays]

152
00:10:04,876 --> 00:10:06,045
Lamar.

153
00:10:06,747 --> 00:10:09,985
This ain't street.
This is radio.

154
00:10:09,986 --> 00:10:11,455
Exactly.

155
00:10:11,756 --> 00:10:14,562
Do you think we could
play it for her tomorrow?

156
00:10:14,762 --> 00:10:16,197
Hell fucking yeah.

157
00:10:16,198 --> 00:10:17,968
Now that we past
the politics, we...

158
00:10:18,637 --> 00:10:20,741
She gonna be in a great
mood at the photo shoot.

159
00:10:20,941 --> 00:10:22,210
I just want her to hear it.

160
00:10:22,211 --> 00:10:24,380
I want her to know
I am more than one song.

161
00:10:24,381 --> 00:10:24,413
I want her to know
I am more than one song.
Maybe she likes it so much
that she swaps it out for
"Rydah" as the single.

162
00:10:24,414 --> 00:10:27,821
Maybe she likes it so much
that she swaps it out for
"Rydah" as the single.

163
00:10:27,822 --> 00:10:31,361
- I mean,
it might be too late, but--
- [scoffs] Who cares? Look.

164
00:10:32,063 --> 00:10:33,466
This is a hit.

165
00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:36,371
Either way, we might flip
this into something bigger.

166
00:10:36,372 --> 00:10:39,410
It's a win-win, and you
play it, you let her decide.

167
00:10:39,411 --> 00:10:41,248
I just love
that we growing into a unit.

168
00:10:41,249 --> 00:10:43,385
Me and you should probably
go and get a drink sometime.

169
00:10:43,386 --> 00:10:46,157
A little margarita
or somethin'.
Not on no romance shit.

170
00:10:46,158 --> 00:10:48,463
- Just, you know, business.
- Lamar?

171
00:10:49,130 --> 00:10:50,366
You got the winning hand.

172
00:10:50,667 --> 00:10:52,270
Just finish the mix
for "Rydah," all right?

173
00:10:52,271 --> 00:10:55,712
I will, I will. Just gotta
play the song for her, okay?

174
00:10:55,911 --> 00:10:59,785
I want it to be a-a mutual
relationship between me
and the label.

175
00:10:59,786 --> 00:11:02,489
It will.
Now, run that shit back.

176
00:11:02,490 --> 00:11:04,360
It's dope! [chuckles]

177
00:11:04,361 --> 00:11:04,393
It's dope! [chuckles]
[♪ muffled hip-hop plays]

178
00:11:04,394 --> 00:11:05,865
[♪ muffled hip-hop plays]

179
00:11:06,064 --> 00:11:07,267
[Trig exhales sharply]

180
00:11:09,037 --> 00:11:11,576
- Ooh!
- That shit smell booty as hell.

181
00:11:11,743 --> 00:11:13,781
[exhales sharply] Oh, my God.

182
00:11:14,682 --> 00:11:16,452
You too good for
a bologna sandwich now, huh?

183
00:11:16,753 --> 00:11:19,457
Are you too good for a fade?
Cut your hair.

184
00:11:19,458 --> 00:11:23,298
- Shut your ass up, man.
He in the studio.
- Shut up nothing.

185
00:11:23,299 --> 00:11:25,335
You know it's hard for me
to walk up in this Crip house.

186
00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:28,241
- Take your punk ass home then.
- [♪ muffled hip-hop continues]

187
00:11:28,242 --> 00:11:29,411
[knocking at door]

188
00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,532
Thought you was
slowing down with all that.

189
00:11:39,732 --> 00:11:42,237
[chuckles] Yeah, me too.

190
00:11:44,241 --> 00:11:47,314
So look. Macroscope set
up a photo shoot tomorrow,

191
00:11:47,413 --> 00:11:49,752
so Big Mo's gonna line
you up so you look right.

192
00:11:49,986 --> 00:11:51,155
I don't know.

193
00:11:51,790 --> 00:11:53,560
What you mean, you don't know?

194
00:11:53,827 --> 00:11:56,299
Just 'cause I signed
some papers don't change shit.

195
00:11:56,398 --> 00:11:59,037
The cops still trying
to put me in the ground.

196
00:12:01,610 --> 00:12:04,749
Cops ain't gonna disappear
a nigga with a record deal.

197
00:12:05,817 --> 00:12:08,022
So get your head right,
you hear me?

198
00:12:08,322 --> 00:12:11,662
Once you're famous, you won't
need to hide from cops no more.

199
00:12:11,663 --> 00:12:13,967
[music continues]

200
00:12:34,542 --> 00:12:36,913
[music ends]

201
00:12:43,459 --> 00:12:46,365
So your brother's
making songs about dead cops?

202
00:12:49,238 --> 00:12:51,007
Uh, that was before they met.

203
00:12:51,008 --> 00:12:53,946
LAPD don't care about that,
especially Gang Unit.

204
00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:58,055
Gerty ain't never got over
what music did to your mama
in this house.

205
00:12:58,188 --> 00:13:00,628
I already know.
You ain't gotta tell me.

206
00:13:00,827 --> 00:13:03,733
Look, I don't care what men do.

207
00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:08,242
But if it messes with my wife,
now I got a problem.

208
00:13:10,881 --> 00:13:13,687
Aight, now. Come on with it.

209
00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,256
[sucks teeth]

210
00:13:18,095 --> 00:13:19,832
Wanda got him a record deal.

211
00:13:22,705 --> 00:13:23,906
He signed a contract.

212
00:13:23,907 --> 00:13:26,078
How could you let this happen?

213
00:13:27,213 --> 00:13:29,284
[sighs]

214
00:13:45,015 --> 00:13:47,387
I want the family
business, sir.

215
00:13:49,558 --> 00:13:51,361
Lamar, he 19 now.

216
00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:56,170
He hardheaded,
and maybe it's time he,
like, learned on his own.

217
00:13:56,171 --> 00:13:58,610
[vehicle approaching]

218
00:13:59,545 --> 00:14:02,017
That's her. Let me think
about this, all right?

219
00:14:03,085 --> 00:14:07,160
We'll figure out this Lamar
business before it gets to her.

220
00:14:07,427 --> 00:14:08,797
Yes, sir.

221
00:14:09,364 --> 00:14:11,401
[♪ pensive music plays]

222
00:14:17,681 --> 00:14:19,050
[vehicle door closes]

223
00:14:22,256 --> 00:14:22,290
[Artillery, on recording]
♪<i>♪ Oh, yeah
Muthafuck the police, nigga ♪</i>

224
00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:28,269
<i>♪ Red Chucks
Burgundy fleece ♪</i>

225
00:14:28,402 --> 00:14:29,972
<i>♪ Baggies with a crease ♪</i>

226
00:14:30,206 --> 00:14:32,010
<i>♪ Loaded Glock always in reach
Even when I'm asleep ♪</i>

227
00:14:32,243 --> 00:14:33,880
<i>♪ Suckers creep
But got this beat
till they... ♪</i>

228
00:14:34,147 --> 00:14:37,052
Okay, what if he's leaning
out the driver's side window,

229
00:14:37,053 --> 00:14:38,922
throwing up the set,
40 in the other hand?

230
00:14:38,923 --> 00:14:44,034
Mmm, feels like
he's trying too hard.
Needs to convey he's king.

231
00:14:44,502 --> 00:14:48,041
That's dope.
Like he's already on top.

232
00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:52,952
Have him sitting
on the windshield.

233
00:14:53,554 --> 00:14:55,957
Like the whole block
belongs to him.

234
00:14:56,491 --> 00:14:58,462
I like that. Yeah?

235
00:14:59,197 --> 00:15:01,636
Why don't you go check
on wardrobe for me, okay?

236
00:15:06,913 --> 00:15:08,383
Who's gonna wear that?

237
00:15:09,619 --> 00:15:13,325
Every rapper you know is going
to be wearing this next year.
[chuckles]

238
00:15:14,027 --> 00:15:15,964
Definitely not Artillery.

239
00:15:16,633 --> 00:15:18,903
Y'all hear "rap,"
and think New York.

240
00:15:19,304 --> 00:15:22,678
Whole time...
LA's coming for y'all asses.

241
00:15:24,047 --> 00:15:27,788
That says he's made it
but he hasn't forgotten
where he came from.

242
00:15:28,055 --> 00:15:32,162
Wanda, when am I gonna be
able to play Jenny my music?

243
00:15:32,163 --> 00:15:34,702
Not yet.
Business first, then move.

244
00:15:34,969 --> 00:15:37,073
[Darryl] This shit is
light as a Happy Meal toy.

245
00:15:37,273 --> 00:15:41,048
Y'all motherfuckers spending
$50,000 to take photos
of fake chains?

246
00:15:41,181 --> 00:15:42,985
Fuck is wrong
with y'all niggas?

247
00:15:43,185 --> 00:15:47,493
[chuckles]
Darryl, I need you and Dara
to just chill today, okay?

248
00:15:47,594 --> 00:15:49,632
I'm not asking you
to let shit go, but...

249
00:15:50,499 --> 00:15:51,969
be fucking professional.

250
00:15:52,403 --> 00:15:55,710
Jenny's emptying Daddy's
coffers to make me richer.

251
00:15:56,478 --> 00:15:58,716
Fuck I look like,
fucking up the game?

252
00:16:00,352 --> 00:16:02,623
[studio door opens]

253
00:16:02,624 --> 00:16:03,726
Wha...

254
00:16:04,762 --> 00:16:06,298
Where's Artillery?

255
00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:08,235
Dara.

256
00:16:08,870 --> 00:16:11,675
- He ain't coming.
- What the fuck you mean,
he ain't coming?

257
00:16:11,676 --> 00:16:14,113
- You were supposed
to bring him.
- Don't you put this on me.

258
00:16:14,114 --> 00:16:15,349
- Not now...
- [Jenny] Is there a problem?

259
00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:17,353
- No.
- Artillery ain't here.

260
00:16:17,554 --> 00:16:18,823
- What?
- What the...

261
00:16:19,123 --> 00:16:21,095
You motherfuckers
had one assignment, Wanda.

262
00:16:21,294 --> 00:16:23,632
Do you guys have any idea
the shit that I had to pull
to get this done?

263
00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:25,134
- I'll call him.
- Wanda,

264
00:16:25,135 --> 00:16:26,438
Enzo's gonna have my
fucking neck for this.

265
00:16:26,572 --> 00:16:28,041
- Jenny...
- Where the fuck's Artillery?

266
00:16:28,175 --> 00:16:30,781
Miss Favarella,
I'm sorry Art couldn't be here.

267
00:16:31,348 --> 00:16:35,591
- I have something that might--
- I'm so sorry.
Who the fuck are you?

268
00:16:36,292 --> 00:16:37,894
- The producer for "Rydah."
- What?

269
00:16:37,895 --> 00:16:39,798
- I have another record
I think--
- My God. Wanda,

270
00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:42,603
- what is this child
talking about?
- Lamar, I need you to...

271
00:16:42,604 --> 00:16:44,675
You said that I would be
able to play her my music.

272
00:16:44,676 --> 00:16:48,683
Does now look like the
fucking time? Shit is
on fire right now, Lamar.

273
00:16:49,552 --> 00:16:51,889
What does that have
to do with my music, Wanda?

274
00:16:52,189 --> 00:16:55,564
Okay, cousin, just
give me the mix to "Rydah."

275
00:16:58,069 --> 00:16:59,605
I don't have it.

276
00:16:59,606 --> 00:17:03,546
- What? Lamar. Lamar. Lamar!
- [Jenny] Hey, Wanda.

277
00:17:08,055 --> 00:17:09,357
Wanda.

278
00:17:11,061 --> 00:17:12,831
I need a fucking drink.

279
00:17:27,293 --> 00:17:30,033
Just so you know, Wanda,
you fucked it.

280
00:17:30,232 --> 00:17:34,273
If you don't listen
to anything I have
to tell you, listen to this:

281
00:17:34,742 --> 00:17:37,113
The artist never knows
what's good for them, okay?

282
00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:38,817
Never.

283
00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:40,419
How am I supposed to help them
make great music like that?

284
00:17:40,587 --> 00:17:43,057
They are
retarded children, okay?

285
00:17:43,058 --> 00:17:44,527
And it is your job to make sure

286
00:17:44,528 --> 00:17:47,501
they don't fuck
their careers and our asses.

287
00:17:47,502 --> 00:17:51,742
- His new song is actually--
- No. Fuck, man. [sighs]

288
00:17:51,842 --> 00:17:55,616
Look, you and I are
in the same boat, Wanda.

289
00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:56,920
I can tell.

290
00:17:57,219 --> 00:17:59,625
Okay, and when you're under it,
and you're a woman,

291
00:17:59,626 --> 00:18:01,494
you hit the day
like it's a fucking war.

292
00:18:01,629 --> 00:18:03,799
- Goddamn right.
- That's right, sister.

293
00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,904
Look, this entire
music industry looks at me

294
00:18:06,171 --> 00:18:08,342
like I am Mario Favarella's
inept fucking daughter,

295
00:18:08,543 --> 00:18:10,647
and that is my war, okay?

296
00:18:10,648 --> 00:18:12,818
And my dad is so fucked-up
that he plays into it.

297
00:18:13,118 --> 00:18:15,958
So if you, Wanda,
or Artillery, or your cousin,

298
00:18:16,157 --> 00:18:20,398
or that sinister
little fucking mulatto girl
are not in the same war,

299
00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:23,238
okay, my dad wins,
and we're dead.

300
00:18:24,508 --> 00:18:28,584
- Okay.
- No surprise songs, Wanda.

301
00:18:29,719 --> 00:18:34,360
"Rydah" is the single, and
that single is our life raft.

302
00:18:37,466 --> 00:18:40,573
[bass beat thumping]

303
00:18:44,648 --> 00:18:46,619
[Andy]
Yo, Artillery's not coming.

304
00:18:47,153 --> 00:18:48,255
Fuck you.

305
00:18:49,792 --> 00:18:52,798
Instead of sitting here,
why don't we finish the mix
on "Rydah"?

306
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:55,670
[scoffs] I already finished it.

307
00:18:57,340 --> 00:18:59,611
I'm just not giving it to 'em.

308
00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,161
You had it?

309
00:19:08,362 --> 00:19:10,399
What about me, man?

310
00:19:11,034 --> 00:19:12,637
Huh? Or Wanda?

311
00:19:13,305 --> 00:19:15,409
We only get paid
when we hit deadlines.

312
00:19:15,543 --> 00:19:17,814
The new song is better.
You heard it.

313
00:19:19,351 --> 00:19:20,820
[Wanda] Lamar...

314
00:19:24,460 --> 00:19:26,464
I came to say sorry.

315
00:19:28,669 --> 00:19:31,341
You didn't even
play her my song, Wanda.

316
00:19:33,546 --> 00:19:34,849
I'm not trying to fight.

317
00:19:34,948 --> 00:19:38,923
But you need to become
a businessman right now.

318
00:19:39,424 --> 00:19:42,196
We need that mix, or this dies.

319
00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:45,803
I know you.
You're a perfectionist.

320
00:19:45,804 --> 00:19:48,375
You probably got four different
versions of the "Rydah" mix

321
00:19:48,376 --> 00:19:50,245
ready to ship out.

322
00:19:50,446 --> 00:19:54,253
[stammers] I told you
I've already been just
working on the new song.

323
00:19:55,690 --> 00:19:57,493
You'd get it if you made music.

324
00:19:57,627 --> 00:19:59,532
- What? [sighs] Fuck you.
- [Andy] Agreed.

325
00:19:59,731 --> 00:20:02,670
Sitting here burning other
people's money instead
of finishing a song

326
00:20:02,671 --> 00:20:05,008
that could save Artillery's
life, and Jenny's, and mine--

327
00:20:05,009 --> 00:20:07,247
- And mine. [sighs]
- Shut the fuck up, Andy!

328
00:20:07,948 --> 00:20:10,085
The label picked
a single that you made them.

329
00:20:10,352 --> 00:20:13,058
Jenny's desperate, so she's
gotta put everything behind us.

330
00:20:13,291 --> 00:20:14,994
Jenny is a cog.

331
00:20:14,995 --> 00:20:19,438
Her entire legacy is aping
two-bit bands that ape
Black music.

332
00:20:19,605 --> 00:20:23,713
Really? Fuck her for being
the only person besides me
to back your music.

333
00:20:25,784 --> 00:20:29,525
Wanda, if I can't
choose the songs people hear,

334
00:20:30,259 --> 00:20:31,962
what is the point
of making music?

335
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:34,802
[sighs]

336
00:20:42,685 --> 00:20:45,422
[Andy] Man, you can't
hide that mix much longer.

337
00:20:49,865 --> 00:20:52,136
I know. I-I hear you, Jenny.

338
00:20:52,671 --> 00:20:56,812
No, there's still
no final mix, and no one
has eyes on Artillery.

339
00:20:57,514 --> 00:21:00,452
I know.
I'll get it handled. Bye.

340
00:21:01,387 --> 00:21:02,558
That little nigga finished yet?

341
00:21:03,391 --> 00:21:07,466
I need your help getting
the mix. But you gotta promise
to do it my way.

342
00:21:09,370 --> 00:21:10,840
[exhales heavily]

343
00:21:11,675 --> 00:21:12,944
- Lamar lied.
- What?

344
00:21:12,945 --> 00:21:15,315
He finished it.
Probably a long time ago.

345
00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:18,422
I could tell
the way his ass panicked
when I got near the reels.

346
00:21:18,990 --> 00:21:22,297
Little motherfucker.
Playing with my money.

347
00:21:22,564 --> 00:21:23,532
Fuck.

348
00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:25,837
[♪ tense music plays]

349
00:21:28,543 --> 00:21:30,311
So what you're
talking about is...

350
00:21:30,312 --> 00:21:32,750
getting these gangs back
structured and on protocol,

351
00:21:32,751 --> 00:21:34,621
but them days is long gone.

352
00:21:34,821 --> 00:21:37,693
[Big Daddy] Well,
we start by organizing men
like you to step in

353
00:21:37,694 --> 00:21:39,463
and speak directly
to these gangs.

354
00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:41,868
Men who mean
something in them streets.

355
00:21:41,869 --> 00:21:43,305
[bell dings]

356
00:21:43,506 --> 00:21:45,241
[Leon] I hear you.

357
00:21:45,242 --> 00:21:48,080
Come on, Big Daddy.
Already got the machines
working just how I want.

358
00:21:48,081 --> 00:21:51,321
- Why you messing
with my work, man?
- [Leon] Hey, look who it is.

359
00:21:51,555 --> 00:21:53,057
[both laughing]

360
00:21:53,058 --> 00:21:54,862
- What up, Lee? Hey.
- When you gonna hit
that pig iron?

361
00:21:54,995 --> 00:21:57,700
- You're looking weak, boy.
- Man, you crazy.

362
00:21:57,701 --> 00:21:59,437
Hey, these hands
still work, though.

363
00:21:59,671 --> 00:22:02,677
- Hey, they better still work.
[laughs]
- Let me see some.

364
00:22:07,654 --> 00:22:09,290
Hey, I'll leave y'all to it.

365
00:22:09,692 --> 00:22:11,394
[Big Daddy] We'll be in touch.

366
00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:13,866
All right, homie.

367
00:22:18,709 --> 00:22:21,280
Look, I know why you're here,
and I've thought about it.

368
00:22:21,281 --> 00:22:26,792
I'm gonna have you
fall back from the business
and focus on Lamar.

369
00:22:27,928 --> 00:22:31,100
Fall back... how?

370
00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:36,579
I mean, right now you're out.
'Cause family comes first.

371
00:22:37,881 --> 00:22:40,018
God. You tripping right now.

372
00:22:40,019 --> 00:22:42,190
Hey, hey.
You better watch that.

373
00:22:43,124 --> 00:22:46,632
Okay, then.
Help me understand how...

374
00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:49,304
how shit
always fall back on me.

375
00:22:49,470 --> 00:22:51,141
Y'all let this get to my wife.

376
00:22:51,374 --> 00:22:54,647
Big Daddy,
I've been back in this house
for two years now, man.

377
00:22:54,648 --> 00:22:57,420
Two years, Big Daddy. Following
every word that you say.

378
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,292
I told you to get this
situation under control.

379
00:23:00,492 --> 00:23:02,162
Lamar's not my son.

380
00:23:02,163 --> 00:23:04,166
No, motherfucker.

381
00:23:06,471 --> 00:23:08,041
But he ain't your daughter.

382
00:23:09,611 --> 00:23:11,481
And he ain't dead.

383
00:23:13,519 --> 00:23:17,026
You don't know
nothing about sacrifice.

384
00:23:19,130 --> 00:23:21,802
If you did, you'd say,
"Thank you, sir,

385
00:23:22,804 --> 00:23:26,578
for giving me an opportunity
you never had."

386
00:23:29,050 --> 00:23:31,789
[♪ sorrowful music plays]

387
00:23:35,196 --> 00:23:37,499
[bell dings]

388
00:23:38,970 --> 00:23:40,606
[door closes]

389
00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:55,202
Oh, yeah,
we got the fruit punch.

390
00:23:55,603 --> 00:23:58,375
- Do we need
all this milk, though?
- Nah, I don't think so.

391
00:23:58,643 --> 00:24:01,181
Y'all little nigglets enjoying
the Black Banner perks?

392
00:24:01,715 --> 00:24:03,920
I want my shit now.

393
00:24:04,453 --> 00:24:06,123
Nigga, where's my reels?

394
00:24:06,124 --> 00:24:08,327
Give me my reels.

395
00:24:08,328 --> 00:24:09,865
Hey!

396
00:24:13,238 --> 00:24:18,014
I... I never mark my music
with the real name.

397
00:24:18,883 --> 00:24:20,386
You lost this one, my man.

398
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,194
But if this catches on
at radio,

399
00:24:25,196 --> 00:24:27,734
you might get a chance
to do that other song.

400
00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:29,571
Get out of here, little nigga.

401
00:24:30,138 --> 00:24:31,642
[chuckles]

402
00:24:40,993 --> 00:24:42,764
Hold on. I'm coming.

403
00:24:48,174 --> 00:24:51,615
Caught his little
Smokey Robinson-looking ass
up the block.

404
00:24:53,786 --> 00:24:55,957
Get your ass in the house.

405
00:24:57,259 --> 00:24:58,562
Thanks.

406
00:24:58,829 --> 00:25:00,232
Sure, D.

407
00:25:03,539 --> 00:25:06,177
Fuck is wrong with you
coming up here? You trying
to get yourself killed?

408
00:25:06,512 --> 00:25:08,114
I need you to
help me find Artillery.

409
00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:10,219
We have to find a way to get
this tape to Jenny in time,

410
00:25:10,553 --> 00:25:12,925
before "Rydah"
goes out to the radio.

411
00:25:13,091 --> 00:25:14,928
Can you take me
to where he's at?

412
00:25:15,062 --> 00:25:17,801
Can I... Baby,
that's not a place for rabbits.

413
00:25:17,901 --> 00:25:19,771
I'll be fine
if you're with me, right?

414
00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:26,819
Wanda's gonna have
to sign off on that.

415
00:25:26,952 --> 00:25:30,392
Oh, no, no, no.
Do not call Wanda.

416
00:25:31,061 --> 00:25:32,797
She's just
gonna call my family.

417
00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:34,734
She wants to push "Rydah."

418
00:25:34,735 --> 00:25:36,606
It's not gonna be good
for the song we want.
It's gonna be too--

419
00:25:36,772 --> 00:25:39,712
Hello. Wanda. Yeah, it's me.

420
00:25:39,845 --> 00:25:41,914
- [huffs]
- Yeah, he's up here with me.

421
00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:44,487
Well, look, I'm about to take
him up to the blue apartments

422
00:25:44,654 --> 00:25:46,123
regardless of what you say.

423
00:25:46,124 --> 00:25:49,229
[Wanda] <i>What the fuck, Dara?</i>
[continues indistinctly]

424
00:25:49,230 --> 00:25:52,202
I know, I know. Fuck me.
But you better come up here
before we leave.

425
00:25:52,203 --> 00:25:54,941
- [Wanda]
<i>What the fuck, Dara--</i>
- [hangs up phone]

426
00:25:55,977 --> 00:25:57,548
[♪ playing beat]

427
00:25:57,714 --> 00:25:59,584
[gang member] Let's go, OG.

428
00:26:01,187 --> 00:26:05,763
- Yeah, there you go.
- Yeah. Come on. All that.

429
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,966
Come on. Yeah.

430
00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:10,138
♪<i>♪ Uh, there goes
the neighborhood... ♪</i>

431
00:26:15,348 --> 00:26:17,219
This ain't smart, Lamar.

432
00:26:18,355 --> 00:26:20,292
Rolling up unannounced.

433
00:26:21,762 --> 00:26:24,399
And how Artillery chilling
in a Crip neighborhood anyway?

434
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,974
He used to stay there
till Granny died,
so they don't really sweat him.

435
00:26:27,975 --> 00:26:30,647
Well, we don't
know these people.

436
00:26:31,314 --> 00:26:34,220
Can't be that much worse
than that house full of Bloods.

437
00:26:35,222 --> 00:26:40,032
That's normal, Lamar. That's
where this music comes from.

438
00:26:40,165 --> 00:26:42,202
Well, then this
will be a learning trip.

439
00:26:43,405 --> 00:26:45,543
[gang member] <i>Come on now.</i>

440
00:26:45,676 --> 00:26:47,815
- ♪<i>♪ There goes
the neighborhood ♪</i>
- What type of shit you on?

441
00:26:47,947 --> 00:26:49,484
♪<i>♪ Look, look, look, look ♪</i>

442
00:26:49,751 --> 00:26:51,453
- ♪<i>♪ There goes
the neighborhood ♪</i>
- Yeah.

443
00:26:51,454 --> 00:26:53,858
♪<i>♪ Anytime when I blow that loud
They like ♪</i>

444
00:26:53,859 --> 00:26:56,031
♪<i>♪ "There goes
the neighborhood" ♪</i>

445
00:26:56,164 --> 00:26:58,736
♪<i>♪ I represent that,
don't forget that
Don't forget that shit ♪</i>

446
00:26:58,869 --> 00:27:00,540
♪<i>♪ There goes the neighborhood ♪</i>

447
00:27:00,773 --> 00:27:02,877
♪<i>♪ All good, back to business
Mental peripheral ♪</i>

448
00:27:03,044 --> 00:27:05,181
♪<i>♪ Free lunch, well, punk,
Catch your
fat ass centennial ♪</i>

449
00:27:05,182 --> 00:27:07,520
♪<i>♪ Birds fly, spotlight on us
There goes the birds-eye ♪</i>

450
00:27:07,687 --> 00:27:09,890
♪<i>♪ Thick hood bitches
that's with it
Give them the third eye ♪</i>

451
00:27:09,891 --> 00:27:12,295
♪<i>♪ Curbside out here
Hanging, banging
whatever you claiming ♪</i>

452
00:27:12,296 --> 00:27:12,329
♪<i>♪ Curbside out here
Hanging, banging
whatever you claiming ♪ ♪♪ Ready to die for it
Bullshit,
ain't got time for it ♪</i>

453
00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:14,199
♪<i>♪ Ready to die for it
Bullshit,
ain't got time for it ♪</i>

454
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,036
♪<i>♪ New life trying
to get East side ♪</i>

455
00:27:16,037 --> 00:27:18,141
♪<i>♪ We're shining again
Niggas know what's up ♪</i>

456
00:27:18,308 --> 00:27:20,613
♪<i>♪ I'm from the home
Of the baby daddies
and baby mamas ♪</i>

457
00:27:20,614 --> 00:27:22,718
♪<i>♪ Where the baby mama fucking
Their baby daddy cousin now ♪</i>

458
00:27:22,917 --> 00:27:25,055
♪<i>♪ But the BD ain't tripping
'Cause his baby mama sister ♪</i>

459
00:27:25,222 --> 00:27:28,028
♪<i>♪ Is who this nigga
is fucking now
Shit fucking wild, ain't it? ♪</i>

460
00:27:28,194 --> 00:27:30,633
♪<i>♪ The best artist
couldn't paint
A picture this vividly ♪</i>

461
00:27:30,766 --> 00:27:33,237
♪<i>♪ Roll a gram, hit Tam's
And pray he catches
the enemy, though ♪</i>

462
00:27:33,238 --> 00:27:35,543
♪<i>♪ 'Cause niggas know
where I'm from ♪</i>

463
00:27:35,710 --> 00:27:37,547
♪<i>♪ Every time they see me
They like, "There goes
the neighborhood" ♪</i>

464
00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:39,852
- ♪<i>♪ Yeah, and it's like that ♪</i>
- ♪<i>♪ Like that ♪</i>

465
00:27:40,051 --> 00:27:41,923
What you got, OG?

466
00:27:42,089 --> 00:27:43,323
♪<i>♪ It's your friendly
neighborhood player,
Partner PP ♪</i>

467
00:27:43,324 --> 00:27:43,357
♪<i>♪ It's your friendly
neighborhood player,
Partner PP ♪ ♪♪ Yeah, yeah ♪</i>

468
00:27:43,358 --> 00:27:45,195
♪<i>♪ Yeah, yeah ♪</i>

469
00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:47,667
♪<i>♪ If it's good to you
It must be good for you ♪</i>

470
00:27:47,668 --> 00:27:49,638
♪<i>♪ I ain't gonna
hold back the pickles
The lettuce and the mustard ♪</i>

471
00:27:49,838 --> 00:27:51,408
♪<i>♪ I'ma gonna give you
The whole hamburger, man ♪</i>

472
00:27:51,675 --> 00:27:52,744
♪<i>♪ Yeah, I'm coming
all the way live ♪</i>

473
00:27:53,746 --> 00:27:55,584
♪<i>♪ From putting
the wig on a pig
And the girdle on a turtle ♪</i>

474
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:57,452
[all whooping and cheering]

475
00:27:57,453 --> 00:27:58,488
[♪ song ends]

476
00:27:58,689 --> 00:28:00,058
[♪ tense music plays]

477
00:28:09,911 --> 00:28:12,851
[Big Daddy] <i>So your brother's
making songs about dead cops?</i>

478
00:28:13,719 --> 00:28:17,059
<i>I'm gonna have you fall
back from the business.</i>

479
00:28:17,225 --> 00:28:19,029
<i>'Cause family comes first.</i>

480
00:28:21,434 --> 00:28:23,739
[♪ hip-hop plays]

481
00:28:26,645 --> 00:28:30,251
[Artillery] So how you better
than this fool when he pro
and you ain't?

482
00:28:30,252 --> 00:28:33,157
[Trig] Who? Baron? Man, I used
to go to that nigga's hood.

483
00:28:33,158 --> 00:28:36,965
I'm talking about right in that
nigga's hood. Dog walk cuz.

484
00:28:37,499 --> 00:28:38,770
In house shoes.

485
00:28:38,902 --> 00:28:40,773
- In house shoes?
- [thudding at door]

486
00:28:43,011 --> 00:28:45,447
Fuck.
This better not be Detail.

487
00:28:45,448 --> 00:28:48,922
Dude acting like
I'm his homie since
I put this studio in here.

488
00:28:50,793 --> 00:28:52,062
Walking in like you pay rent.

489
00:28:52,162 --> 00:28:54,133
Lucky I ain't charge
you rent, little nigga.

490
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,070
Lucky I ain't pop your ass.

491
00:28:56,505 --> 00:28:59,710
Damn! What's up, baby? You need
some Crippin' in your life?

492
00:28:59,711 --> 00:29:02,918
- No, she don't.
- It's Wanda.

493
00:29:03,117 --> 00:29:05,422
- Aight.
- Lamar.

494
00:29:06,526 --> 00:29:07,561
What's that?

495
00:29:08,227 --> 00:29:10,297
I don't know.
I haven't figured it out yet.

496
00:29:10,298 --> 00:29:13,337
- We've been looking for you
for days.
- Can we holler real quick?

497
00:29:13,338 --> 00:29:15,877
Look like one of them
Monchhichi motherfuckers.

498
00:29:16,244 --> 00:29:18,114
I hate those ugly things.

499
00:29:18,816 --> 00:29:20,686
Hey, don't let this nigga
get the Niners.

500
00:29:20,886 --> 00:29:24,560
Just gonna do that
gay-ass move and run back
to his own end zone.

501
00:29:24,561 --> 00:29:26,932
[all laughing]

502
00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:39,891
So this is where you recorded
"Officer Blackman."
I can feel it.

503
00:29:39,892 --> 00:29:43,666
That rawness
in the record, it's, like,
living right here in the room.

504
00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:46,671
Still got the same energy
and everything.

505
00:29:46,672 --> 00:29:48,074
Hey, baby.

506
00:29:50,780 --> 00:29:52,382
Drawers.

507
00:29:53,452 --> 00:29:54,586
Needed them.

508
00:29:54,587 --> 00:29:55,723
Yeah.

509
00:29:56,323 --> 00:29:58,193
[video game character]
<i>Hut! Hut! Hut!</i>

510
00:29:58,194 --> 00:30:01,668
[inhales] What you come
here for anyway, blood?

511
00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:03,773
Uh, I really need
you to record something--

512
00:30:03,939 --> 00:30:06,879
Art, you keep dropping
that B-Dog hoo-ride
I'ma have to fuck you up again.

513
00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:08,649
Nigga, we one and one.

514
00:30:09,483 --> 00:30:12,156
But you're right. My bad.
What you saying?

515
00:30:12,322 --> 00:30:17,199
I need you to drop a verse
on this. Like, as soon as
possible. Like, tonight.

516
00:30:20,105 --> 00:30:21,041
Yo, my man.

517
00:30:21,742 --> 00:30:25,215
You give the slightest fraction
of a fuck about my existence?

518
00:30:25,382 --> 00:30:27,351
It don't gotta
be nothing crazy.

519
00:30:27,352 --> 00:30:29,523
I just need a rough so that
we can get it to Macroscope.

520
00:30:29,524 --> 00:30:31,160
They're gonna
hear your hot-ass--

521
00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:32,963
How could you look at
this fucked-up situation,

522
00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:36,237
while I'm on the run, and try
to talk to me about recording?

523
00:30:38,207 --> 00:30:39,645
Fuck wrong with you?

524
00:30:41,047 --> 00:30:44,521
He not in his right mind
right now. We should just
come back another time.

525
00:30:44,621 --> 00:30:47,325
No. No. Fuck, no.
I need this, Wanda.

526
00:30:47,326 --> 00:30:48,395
Nigga...

527
00:30:48,896 --> 00:30:50,031
I need this song.

528
00:30:51,602 --> 00:30:57,413
Maybe if he hears it, like
last time, he'll understand.

529
00:30:57,547 --> 00:30:59,850
This ain't like
last time. Lamar!

530
00:30:59,851 --> 00:31:01,387
[♪ hip-hop continues]

531
00:31:03,257 --> 00:31:04,795
[music stops]

532
00:31:05,028 --> 00:31:06,496
- [crowd murmuring]
- [person] What happened
to the sound?

533
00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:07,733
Stop. Ah!

534
00:31:07,734 --> 00:31:09,871
- Yo.
- [gang member] Ooh!

535
00:31:09,872 --> 00:31:12,308
Who the fuck told this nigga
to cut my music off?

536
00:31:12,309 --> 00:31:14,580
Why the fuck you hit him?
He don't even bang!

537
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:16,752
He's a church kid.

538
00:31:17,152 --> 00:31:19,189
Everybody calm
the fuck down. Damn.

539
00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:20,926
Why the fuck
you always tripping, cuz?

540
00:31:21,026 --> 00:31:23,463
- 'Cause I be tripping, cuz.
- Oh, blood!

541
00:31:23,464 --> 00:31:26,236
Trig done bombed on Teddy
Ruxpin. We got a squabble.

542
00:31:26,237 --> 00:31:28,842
Shut up, nigga. You ain't
even supposed to be over here.

543
00:31:28,843 --> 00:31:30,946
[banging on door]

544
00:31:32,951 --> 00:31:34,353
What, nigga?

545
00:31:34,788 --> 00:31:35,924
Mar!

546
00:31:36,323 --> 00:31:38,594
Well, if it ain't my nigga
J. Loco out the gates.

547
00:31:38,595 --> 00:31:41,132
- When you get out, cuz?
- Mar, get the fuck over here.

548
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:44,372
Me and this man held it down
at 4800. What up, homie?

549
00:31:44,373 --> 00:31:45,475
For real.

550
00:31:47,814 --> 00:31:49,216
You straight?

551
00:31:50,018 --> 00:31:51,621
How did you know we was here?

552
00:31:52,557 --> 00:31:54,226
Shit, Wanda told me.

553
00:31:55,963 --> 00:31:58,167
Cuz, what the fuck
happened to your lip?

554
00:32:01,373 --> 00:32:02,943
Nigga, I asked you...

555
00:32:02,944 --> 00:32:05,615
Hey, which one of you mark-ass
niggas hit my brother, cuz?

556
00:32:05,616 --> 00:32:07,086
Me, nigga.

557
00:32:07,219 --> 00:32:08,721
Nigga, OG tell you
he don't bang?

558
00:32:08,722 --> 00:32:11,260
I don't give a fuck
what that nigga said, nigga.

559
00:32:12,329 --> 00:32:15,468
- Nigga, I need that.
- [scoffs]
What's happening, nigga?

560
00:32:15,469 --> 00:32:16,838
[all clamoring]

561
00:32:16,839 --> 00:32:18,473
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

562
00:32:18,474 --> 00:32:19,812
We ain't gonna be in here
fighting like no animals!

563
00:32:20,179 --> 00:32:23,085
Let's do it right.
No rat packs.

564
00:32:23,251 --> 00:32:26,590
Back room.
Just like county, nigga.

565
00:32:26,591 --> 00:32:29,531
- [dogs barking in distance]
- [gangsters chattering]

566
00:32:32,369 --> 00:32:34,006
[♪ tense music plays]

567
00:32:37,980 --> 00:32:39,383
[blows landing]

568
00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:42,657
[James and Trig grunting]

569
00:32:45,696 --> 00:32:49,637
- [blows, grunting continue]
- [James] Step harder, nigga.

570
00:32:51,473 --> 00:32:53,110
[muffled thud]

571
00:32:58,087 --> 00:33:00,191
[panting]

572
00:33:00,192 --> 00:33:01,561
[Lamar] James.

573
00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:08,006
- Y'all, wake your homie up!
- [Detail] Oh, shit.
Look at that fool.

574
00:33:08,007 --> 00:33:11,113
- James.
- Your homie back there asleep!

575
00:33:12,249 --> 00:33:14,519
- Y'all should go
pick him up, nigga.
- James.

576
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,858
Y'all niggas acting like you
don't know who the fuck I am!

577
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,563
Which one of you
mark-ass niggas want next?

578
00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:22,002
- [Dara] One time!
- [all clamoring]

579
00:33:22,135 --> 00:33:23,638
[officer]
Go to your hands, boys!

580
00:33:23,639 --> 00:33:26,443
[officers shouting]

581
00:33:28,114 --> 00:33:30,484
Stop moving, stop moving.
Hands on the floor.

582
00:33:30,485 --> 00:33:33,091
- [clamoring continues]
- [officer] Fuck out of the way!

583
00:33:33,324 --> 00:33:37,667
- [officer 2]
Stay the fuck down!
- [officer 3] Do not move!

584
00:33:38,134 --> 00:33:39,571
Just stay cool. Stay cool.

585
00:33:39,671 --> 00:33:42,577
Fuckin' scum.
Against the wall! Let's go.

586
00:33:43,579 --> 00:33:46,216
- [clamoring continues]
- Keep moving.

587
00:33:49,389 --> 00:33:51,293
Stay the fuck off me!

588
00:33:56,170 --> 00:33:58,541
- Stay cool.
- [officer 4] You two,
down on the ground!

589
00:33:58,542 --> 00:34:00,412
Now!

590
00:34:00,579 --> 00:34:02,682
Hey, once we get to
booking, they gonna ask you
about gang affiliation...

591
00:34:02,683 --> 00:34:05,321
- [officer 4] Who's this?
- Hey! We got a problem?
I said...

592
00:34:05,689 --> 00:34:09,329
They gonna ask about
gang affiliation. Hey,
look at me. Look at me.

593
00:34:09,463 --> 00:34:10,733
Just tell them
that you don't bang.

594
00:34:10,833 --> 00:34:13,437
They're gonna see
you ain't in the system.

595
00:34:13,438 --> 00:34:14,541
Gun.

596
00:34:15,408 --> 00:34:18,014
Hey, look at me. We good.
Don't worry about that.

597
00:34:18,447 --> 00:34:19,751
Hey, once
you get to processing,

598
00:34:19,851 --> 00:34:22,856
there's gonna be niggas
hitting you up. Fuck!

599
00:34:22,857 --> 00:34:27,299
Hey, if them niggas
ask you where you from,
you tell them my name.

600
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:30,505
You hear me? Lamar,
you tell them niggas my name.

601
00:34:30,506 --> 00:34:32,341
Hey, Lamar, do you hear me?

602
00:34:32,342 --> 00:34:36,184
Hey, I love you, bro.
You tell 'em my fucking name!

603
00:34:36,317 --> 00:34:38,888
- [helicopter passes]
- [sirens blare]

604
00:34:38,889 --> 00:34:41,126
[clamoring continues]

605
00:34:47,606 --> 00:34:48,675
Fuck!

606
00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:02,335
[James]
They took your shoes, cuz?

607
00:35:02,336 --> 00:35:04,439
[door buzzing]

608
00:35:06,477 --> 00:35:08,849
Hey, you gave them
my name, like I said?

609
00:35:09,182 --> 00:35:10,820
They said you'd understand.

610
00:35:11,855 --> 00:35:14,292
They ain't put
their hands on you, then I do.

611
00:35:15,562 --> 00:35:16,832
[door slams shut]

612
00:35:17,132 --> 00:35:19,403
But you know that shit
shouldn't happen, right?

613
00:35:21,407 --> 00:35:23,444
I should've been
there from the get.

614
00:35:25,148 --> 00:35:27,587
- What's gonna happen
when we get home?
- [scoffs]

615
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:30,324
Oh, we for sure
getting kicked out, cuz.

616
00:35:32,162 --> 00:35:35,569
Hey, hey. I've been with...
Look, I've been through
it before.

617
00:35:36,270 --> 00:35:39,176
All right?
I'm gonna be with you. Come on.

618
00:35:42,817 --> 00:35:44,252
- Is this your boys?
- Yeah.

619
00:35:44,253 --> 00:35:45,723
I appreciate
you jumping in so quick.

620
00:35:45,823 --> 00:35:48,895
It's my pleasure.
Pretty much live here anyways.

621
00:35:49,162 --> 00:35:50,065
Fellas.

622
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,373
Hey, we gonna get... You can
get them gun charges fixed?

623
00:35:54,874 --> 00:35:56,645
And the gang enhancements.

624
00:35:57,514 --> 00:36:00,284
The deputy DA, she's
coming over to my house tonight

625
00:36:00,285 --> 00:36:02,523
to talk shop and
watch the Laker game.

626
00:36:03,091 --> 00:36:04,493
That rookie Divac,

627
00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:07,767
he's gonna bring us
back to being champions.

628
00:36:08,334 --> 00:36:09,604
Good luck, fellas.

629
00:36:10,939 --> 00:36:13,377
- Art cool?
- That was a gang sweep.

630
00:36:14,212 --> 00:36:17,552
And they got Detail
on an open warrant,
so you know how that shit go.

631
00:36:17,553 --> 00:36:18,888
Fuck.

632
00:36:18,889 --> 00:36:21,493
- I'ma take y'all to the crib.
- [car engine starts]

633
00:36:26,336 --> 00:36:28,809
[♪ soul music plays]

634
00:36:46,443 --> 00:36:47,646
All right, homie.

635
00:36:50,151 --> 00:36:52,021
Maybe we could
wait till tomorrow.

636
00:36:52,022 --> 00:36:55,495
[scoffs] Come on, cuz,
let's just get it over with.

637
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,806
Look, trust me. All right,
Mar, he already know.

638
00:37:01,908 --> 00:37:03,310
Come on, man.

639
00:37:04,479 --> 00:37:06,015
[sighs]

640
00:37:06,016 --> 00:37:08,655
And plus, when
I came to get you last night,

641
00:37:08,789 --> 00:37:11,160
he saw me walking
out with my pistol.

642
00:37:11,326 --> 00:37:13,097
I don't know, he was calm.

643
00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:16,303
I ain't never seen
him like that before.

644
00:37:18,909 --> 00:37:20,679
Anyways, it should be quick.

645
00:37:21,915 --> 00:37:24,520
Probably already got
our bags packed and shit.

646
00:37:32,469 --> 00:37:33,972
You did good, James.

647
00:37:34,741 --> 00:37:36,544
Being there for your brother.

648
00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:42,322
I was unfair to shut
you down at the Wash House.

649
00:37:44,594 --> 00:37:48,234
- Meaning what?
- You deserve the business
when I retire.

650
00:37:48,835 --> 00:37:50,973
And that day is coming soon.

651
00:37:51,541 --> 00:37:55,348
Right now, it's
got to be you and him.

652
00:38:01,694 --> 00:38:03,263
You understand
that you're the reason

653
00:38:03,264 --> 00:38:06,470
for whatever happened to
your brother last night, right?

654
00:38:08,742 --> 00:38:09,877
Right?

655
00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:14,754
Whoa. You are so
much like your mother.

656
00:38:17,492 --> 00:38:19,530
What does that mean, though?

657
00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:26,343
You're my father, man, basically.

658
00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:31,954
When was the last time
we had a real conversation?

659
00:38:31,955 --> 00:38:35,562
If I'm so much like her,
why can't we just talk
about what actually--

660
00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:38,902
Hey, hey, hey.
Lamar. Relax, cuz.

661
00:38:40,806 --> 00:38:42,342
[sighs]

662
00:38:43,512 --> 00:38:46,917
Mama G thinks I made
y'all sleep in the car

663
00:38:46,918 --> 00:38:50,058
for not checking in,
so we have a reprieve.

664
00:38:50,860 --> 00:38:53,531
All right?
Go and get cleaned up.

665
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:56,504
Proud of you, James.

666
00:39:00,612 --> 00:39:02,015
Come on, cuz.

667
00:39:04,419 --> 00:39:07,693
[♪ hip-hop beat with
"Ain't Nobody" sample
plays on headphones]

668
00:39:23,023 --> 00:39:25,161
[Artillery] <i>♪ Gotta keep a gun
when you raised in violence ♪</i>

669
00:39:25,428 --> 00:39:27,232
<i>♪ Ghettoburg, hemmed up
Cuffed on the curb ♪</i>

670
00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:29,970
<i>♪ On our block
Where we protect and serve ♪</i>

671
00:39:29,971 --> 00:39:31,841
<i>♪ Packin' a cell
Young, wild as hell ♪</i>

672
00:39:31,842 --> 00:39:34,980
<i>♪ Back to the hood
I got hope to sell, fool ♪</i>

673
00:39:34,981 --> 00:39:37,017
<i>- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
- ♪ On my level ♪</i>

674
00:39:37,018 --> 00:39:39,590
<i>- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
- ♪ Puttin' on for the ghetto ♪</i>

675
00:39:39,591 --> 00:39:41,126
<i>♪ Ain't nobody... ♪</i>

676
00:39:41,127 --> 00:39:43,698
[chuckles] Yeah.

677
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:46,237
Remember last summer,

678
00:39:46,504 --> 00:39:48,974
we were sitting up
listening to <i>Talking Book,</i>

679
00:39:48,975 --> 00:39:50,746
and you were like,

680
00:39:50,946 --> 00:39:53,450
"I wonder what it's like
to know someone who makes
music like that"?

681
00:39:56,223 --> 00:39:57,826
That's how I feel now.

682
00:39:57,827 --> 00:40:02,001
Like, I'm proud to know
the person who made this shit.

683
00:40:04,272 --> 00:40:05,943
[chuckles]

684
00:40:06,544 --> 00:40:08,113
Being at those apartments.

685
00:40:09,383 --> 00:40:11,688
Artillery's lyrics.
I could see it.

686
00:40:11,788 --> 00:40:13,758
Then now you understand
where it comes from.

687
00:40:18,568 --> 00:40:20,806
You know, we still got time
to get this to Jenny.

688
00:40:21,641 --> 00:40:25,014
I want her to at least hear it
before she picks the single.

689
00:40:32,028 --> 00:40:33,163
What?

690
00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:34,900
I'm sorry.

691
00:40:36,169 --> 00:40:38,140
They've already gone
to radio with "Rydah."

692
00:40:40,011 --> 00:40:43,150
But having a song on
the radio is a win for you.

693
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,102
It was you.

694
00:40:52,903 --> 00:40:55,207
You told DG
where the masters were.

695
00:40:55,709 --> 00:40:57,914
What? No.

696
00:40:58,047 --> 00:41:00,050
You knew where
I had them, Wanda.

697
00:41:00,051 --> 00:41:02,155
Lamar, it's his studio.

698
00:41:02,255 --> 00:41:04,794
Someone who works
there must have told him.

699
00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:09,101
[♪ "I Can't Give Up" playing]

700
00:41:09,102 --> 00:41:10,539
Lamar!

701
00:41:16,851 --> 00:41:18,153
Lamar!

702
00:41:21,493 --> 00:41:22,796
Lamar!

703
00:41:23,932 --> 00:41:26,804
[♪ "I Can't Give Up" continues]


