1 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:13,420 Told you I had the deal lined up. 2 00:00:13,421 --> 00:00:17,007 - [grunts] - [Keith] That's my motherfucking watch. 3 00:00:17,008 --> 00:00:18,058 Strip this nigga. 4 00:00:18,176 --> 00:00:19,926 Bring me the motherfucking chain. 5 00:00:19,927 --> 00:00:21,928 [James] You asked me to protect Lamar. 6 00:00:21,929 --> 00:00:24,222 I can't do that if he doesn't know the truth. 7 00:00:24,223 --> 00:00:26,349 [Gerty] This conversation probably should have happened a long time ago. 8 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:28,460 You don't want me to do music 'cause of Mom. 9 00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:31,521 I'm seeing on you right now the same thing I saw in her the night we lost her. 10 00:00:31,522 --> 00:00:35,100 - Maurice, I'm sorry, okay? Maurice. Stop! - [horn honks] 11 00:00:35,101 --> 00:00:37,235 [Wanda] We're about to push "Back 2 Da Hood." 12 00:00:37,236 --> 00:00:39,780 Y'all pick your songs? Who wanna make some extra cash? 13 00:00:39,781 --> 00:00:42,574 Artillery, that's our song. That's "Back 2 Da Hood." 14 00:00:42,909 --> 00:00:44,493 [? "Back 2 Da Hood" playing] 15 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:50,874 [Wanda] You right, cousin. "Back 2 Da Hood" is connecting. 16 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:54,285 [? song fades] 17 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:56,755 Smile, cuz. This is huge. 18 00:00:59,592 --> 00:01:01,301 [? jazz music playing] 19 00:01:05,223 --> 00:01:07,182 [person] Yo, what's good, LA? 20 00:01:07,183 --> 00:01:09,434 It's your boy, DJ Block, and I got a special treat for you today. 21 00:01:09,435 --> 00:01:11,603 It's been almost a month since I introduced you 22 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:14,606 to the hottest sound in hip-hop, and the band behind two hits, 23 00:01:14,607 --> 00:01:18,443 "Back 2 Da Hood" and "Rydah," LA's own, Artillery. 24 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:22,030 [Artillery] What up, LA? 25 00:01:22,031 --> 00:01:24,032 [DJ Block] Now "Back 2 Da Hood" has been out for a month and it's everywhere. 26 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:26,076 I'm talking about every block, every car wash, 27 00:01:26,077 --> 00:01:28,787 every beauty shop, and every car rolling down the Shaw. 28 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:30,497 [Artillery] That's the city talking back. 29 00:01:30,498 --> 00:01:32,541 [DJ Block] When's the album coming? 30 00:01:32,542 --> 00:01:35,752 [Artillery] Soon. Just waiting on new music from my homey Lamar. 31 00:01:35,753 --> 00:01:37,129 [? music continues] 32 00:01:38,422 --> 00:01:42,300 [DJ Block] You can work with anyone you want. DJ Quik, Battlecat, Pooh. 33 00:01:42,426 --> 00:01:44,236 But you're staying loyal to Lamar? 34 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:46,638 [Artillery] Hey, I got to give my little homey the chance. 35 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:48,306 [DJ Block chuckles] I'm just kidding. 36 00:01:48,307 --> 00:01:50,767 So is the music business as crazy as they say? 37 00:01:50,893 --> 00:01:53,270 [Artillery] It's been a wild ride, homeboy. 38 00:01:53,271 --> 00:01:55,939 [DJ Block chuckles] All right, well, tell the producer, Lamar, the pressure's on. 39 00:01:55,940 --> 00:01:58,110 The whole city is pumped for that new album. 40 00:01:58,111 --> 00:02:00,902 Look at these phone lines, man. They're going crazy. 41 00:02:00,903 --> 00:02:02,612 Let's take one. 42 00:02:02,613 --> 00:02:04,573 [caller] Hey, yeah, what up, Art? With your slob ass. 43 00:02:04,574 --> 00:02:06,892 You know me, T-Lane, One Eight Crip. 44 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:10,495 All that banging you been doing on tape? Nigga, we own you with your mark-ass- 45 00:02:10,496 --> 00:02:13,865 [DJ Block] Wait, wait. We can't really talk like that on the air. 46 00:02:13,866 --> 00:02:15,667 All right, just... Next caller, Terry. 47 00:02:15,668 --> 00:02:17,919 [caller 2] Hi, my name is Gina from Inglewood. 48 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,338 And I just wanna say, Artillery, you fine... 49 00:02:20,464 --> 00:02:22,090 [? music continues] 50 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:29,055 [? music stops] 51 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:33,059 [? theme music playing] 52 00:03:29,492 --> 00:03:30,617 [? music stops] 53 00:03:30,618 --> 00:03:33,411 [? "Droppin' Rhymes On Drums" playing] 54 00:03:33,412 --> 00:03:35,330 ? Cause a brother like me Is known to get down ? 55 00:03:35,331 --> 00:03:37,624 ? So get up from the rhyme And you'll find ? 56 00:03:37,625 --> 00:03:40,001 ? It's designed To give sight to the blind And enlighten the mind ? 57 00:03:40,002 --> 00:03:42,170 ? And the lines are arranged In a strange unorthodox style ? 58 00:03:42,171 --> 00:03:44,089 ? That knocks you out the box And blocks the competition ? 59 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:45,590 Hey, could you cut that off? 60 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:47,342 ? Comin' up blank ? 61 00:03:47,468 --> 00:03:48,802 [? song ends] 62 00:03:50,513 --> 00:03:52,389 Andy, where's the Janet album? 63 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:55,667 I don't know, man. 64 00:03:55,768 --> 00:04:00,105 Andy, I cannot prepare for tomorrow's meeting in this chaos. 65 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,940 There's a million songs to sample. 66 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:04,192 Really? Choose one. 67 00:04:05,778 --> 00:04:07,654 - [sighs] - Exactly. 68 00:04:13,244 --> 00:04:14,828 ? Ah, yeah ? 69 00:04:15,621 --> 00:04:19,916 You get eight seconds of a song to sample for free. 70 00:04:20,042 --> 00:04:21,126 Which song? 71 00:04:21,585 --> 00:04:23,878 Which eight seconds, or is it four? 72 00:04:23,879 --> 00:04:26,715 That's a random chunk of "More Bounce" 73 00:04:26,716 --> 00:04:29,606 where Roger's just going cocaine crazy on the keyboards. 74 00:04:29,802 --> 00:04:32,887 Then they loop the synths from "Funky Worm." 75 00:04:34,557 --> 00:04:36,307 So you're just saying, "Do that"? 76 00:04:36,350 --> 00:04:38,476 Then do that, Andy. Go ahead. 77 00:04:38,602 --> 00:04:40,061 Look, don't turn on me. 78 00:04:40,062 --> 00:04:42,981 Fuck, I'm just trying to get you fired up. 79 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:48,220 We need to mix live instruments, live music with these samples. 80 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:50,238 We need a signature sound. 81 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:54,868 I need something that feels like it's coming from inside of me, you know? 82 00:04:54,869 --> 00:04:57,495 [? "Slipping Into Darkness" playing] 83 00:04:57,496 --> 00:04:59,486 ? You've been slipping Into darkness ? 84 00:04:59,498 --> 00:05:01,583 I found your sample, nigga. 85 00:05:05,087 --> 00:05:06,137 Not funny. 86 00:05:06,255 --> 00:05:09,174 ? Pretty soon you gonna pay ? 87 00:05:12,386 --> 00:05:13,928 [? song ends] 88 00:05:15,097 --> 00:05:16,264 [door opens] 89 00:05:17,099 --> 00:05:18,391 Hey, cousin. 90 00:05:18,809 --> 00:05:21,186 [stammers] Can we move some of this furniture 91 00:05:21,312 --> 00:05:23,855 - out of here so I can get my DX7 in- - [Wanda] No. 92 00:05:25,191 --> 00:05:27,942 - Where are my cups, Negro? - [Lamar] I moved 'em. 93 00:05:28,736 --> 00:05:31,446 By the sink. It made more sense there. 94 00:05:34,909 --> 00:05:38,279 Not to stress you out, but the sit-down at Black Banner's tomorrow. 95 00:05:38,662 --> 00:05:39,996 Yeah, I know. 96 00:05:41,332 --> 00:05:42,707 We got to postpone. 97 00:05:43,334 --> 00:05:46,586 You gotta chill, Lamar. "Back 2 Da Hood" is a hit. 98 00:05:46,587 --> 00:05:48,338 That's how Jenny got her job back. 99 00:05:48,339 --> 00:05:50,298 And nobody's expecting you to show up tomorrow 100 00:05:50,299 --> 00:05:52,951 with a whole album ready to go. 101 00:05:53,052 --> 00:05:58,807 I haven't made a single song in three fucking weeks, Wanda. 102 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:03,520 - [groans] - [knocks on door] 103 00:06:03,979 --> 00:06:07,565 [Wanda] Maybe moving back home would help. [sighs] 104 00:06:14,156 --> 00:06:16,157 Forgot I was bringing these, huh? 105 00:06:16,951 --> 00:06:18,743 [? gentle music playing] 106 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:22,223 Got the rest of your stuff in the car. 107 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:31,589 You all right? 108 00:06:32,091 --> 00:06:33,324 Yeah. 109 00:06:33,634 --> 00:06:36,052 So I guess it's real this time, huh? 110 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:39,180 Yeah, feels weird. 111 00:06:39,598 --> 00:06:40,832 [Wanda sighs] 112 00:06:41,517 --> 00:06:44,602 Well, look at you, Miss AandR. [chuckling] 113 00:06:45,604 --> 00:06:47,147 That's good, right? 114 00:06:47,148 --> 00:06:49,315 Shit, it'd be better if you told them people to pay me. 115 00:06:49,316 --> 00:06:50,775 Shit. Maybe I will. 116 00:06:50,776 --> 00:06:53,236 - People be thinking I'm a producer. - [chuckles] 117 00:06:53,237 --> 00:06:56,573 [chuckles] A walk-in at the clinic tried to slip me his demo tape this morning. 118 00:06:56,574 --> 00:06:57,866 No, he didn't. 119 00:06:57,867 --> 00:07:00,076 We trying to help this fool beat a weed charge 120 00:07:00,077 --> 00:07:02,871 and he's rapping about getting high. [chuckles] 121 00:07:04,123 --> 00:07:07,193 When you gonna admit this is more than just a one-off hustle? 122 00:07:07,626 --> 00:07:10,962 It ain't a one-off, but it's your hustle, not mine. 123 00:07:11,088 --> 00:07:13,715 You know, it was your play that moved all them units. 124 00:07:14,675 --> 00:07:19,137 Lee, running a clinic ain't your future, so just... 125 00:07:22,808 --> 00:07:23,975 [sighs] 126 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:35,445 I just want to say it feels good to be back. 127 00:07:35,571 --> 00:07:37,489 Okay, we all know why we're here. 128 00:07:37,615 --> 00:07:40,865 "Back 2 Da Hood" has picked up a lot of spins in the last few weeks, 129 00:07:40,868 --> 00:07:42,952 - and it turns out to be a real hit. - Mm-hmm. 130 00:07:43,078 --> 00:07:48,291 So, we've ordered 250,000 copies with "Rydah" on the B-side. 131 00:07:48,417 --> 00:07:49,834 [chuckling] 132 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,294 [Wanda] 250,000? 133 00:07:51,295 --> 00:07:53,546 [Jenny] Cali heat means we'll expand to sister markets. 134 00:07:53,547 --> 00:07:56,925 That's Houston, Detroit, Kansas City. And now the big news... 135 00:07:57,051 --> 00:07:59,211 They're giving us an album, motherfuckers. 136 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,304 - Hell yeah! - [Darryl] Here we go. 137 00:08:01,305 --> 00:08:03,681 [Jenny] The album comes with an advance, but Darryl will decide how much. 138 00:08:03,682 --> 00:08:06,893 Wanda, I want you to set up a whole list of producers for Artillery. 139 00:08:06,894 --> 00:08:08,645 - What do you mean? - Wait, producers? 140 00:08:08,646 --> 00:08:10,813 - Lamar did the music for this. - No way. That's me. 141 00:08:10,814 --> 00:08:15,927 You are a producer and a gifted one, but you're also fucking green. 142 00:08:16,028 --> 00:08:18,404 Look, trust me, you want this. 143 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:22,066 Every artist you love works with multiple producers, okay? 144 00:08:22,201 --> 00:08:23,993 And we need to work fast. 145 00:08:24,119 --> 00:08:27,830 And these vets will ease off whatever pressure you're feeling right now. 146 00:08:35,256 --> 00:08:37,741 [laughing, chattering] 147 00:08:38,217 --> 00:08:42,887 ? You've got me Like no one has before ? 148 00:08:43,013 --> 00:08:44,722 [chuckling] 149 00:08:47,518 --> 00:08:48,851 All right. All right. 150 00:08:49,603 --> 00:08:51,062 [Dara] What you smiling at? 151 00:08:52,308 --> 00:08:54,357 [chuckles] 152 00:08:54,358 --> 00:08:55,650 What the fuck is so funny? 153 00:08:55,651 --> 00:08:58,736 [chuckles] Man, I was just thinking, you know, how... 154 00:08:58,737 --> 00:09:01,087 You know how NASA sent that record into space? 155 00:09:01,088 --> 00:09:03,366 What if aliens find it, but they can't listen to it 156 00:09:03,367 --> 00:09:05,827 because they ain't got no ears, you know what I'm saying? 157 00:09:05,828 --> 00:09:07,495 Bro, what? You hear this nigga? 158 00:09:07,621 --> 00:09:10,206 I told Danny not to roll up like that. 159 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:12,041 Hey, fuck y'all! 160 00:09:12,167 --> 00:09:14,335 Hey, get down. Get down. Get down. Get down. 161 00:09:14,336 --> 00:09:16,921 - Get inside. Get! Go, go, go. Go. - [people screaming] 162 00:09:16,922 --> 00:09:18,298 - [gunshots] - [shooter] Hey, roll out! 163 00:09:18,299 --> 00:09:19,924 [person 2 crying] 164 00:09:20,342 --> 00:09:22,051 Let's get these motherfuckers! 165 00:09:23,304 --> 00:09:24,929 [gunshots] 166 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:34,355 [Keith] Motherfuckers. 167 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:38,192 Damn, nigga. Fuck! 168 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:46,367 Darryl, the other option, if we actually like them both, 169 00:09:46,368 --> 00:09:48,995 then what we do is we have both of them come in here- 170 00:09:48,996 --> 00:09:50,246 Let me ask you something. 171 00:09:50,247 --> 00:09:52,832 What the fuck we gotta do to get this fucking advance? 172 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:54,709 Artillery is out here exposed. 173 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:57,754 - Bitch, you walking up in here. - Listen, I wasn't fucking talking to you. 174 00:09:57,755 --> 00:09:59,297 DG, I'm trying to do this shit right. 175 00:09:59,298 --> 00:10:01,090 - [Deon] Like the car wash? - [Keith] Hold on, nigga. 176 00:10:01,091 --> 00:10:03,301 - Don't make me smoke you! - [choking] 177 00:10:03,427 --> 00:10:05,657 [Darryl] Doing it right as opposed to what? 178 00:10:05,971 --> 00:10:07,021 The Cobra Clutch? 179 00:10:07,097 --> 00:10:10,308 Let her go or kill us both. 180 00:10:10,434 --> 00:10:12,644 [choking, panting] 181 00:10:15,856 --> 00:10:17,148 Mind your manners. 182 00:10:19,610 --> 00:10:20,860 [coughing] 183 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:28,357 - [Keith] Good? - [Dara] Yeah, I'm good. 184 00:10:31,997 --> 00:10:33,581 Fuck is your name, gangster? 185 00:10:34,291 --> 00:10:35,792 My name? 186 00:10:36,794 --> 00:10:38,795 My name is her family. 187 00:10:38,796 --> 00:10:42,340 Every day that I wake up, I kiss my son goodbye like I'm never coming home. 188 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:45,968 Y'all might have got the drop on me, but I ain't afraid to die. 189 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:48,930 Respect. 190 00:10:49,056 --> 00:10:51,286 What happened to strangling that bitch, D? 191 00:10:52,309 --> 00:10:56,437 DG, look, I think that I can solve this problem. 192 00:10:57,314 --> 00:10:59,549 Let me explain to you guys how this works. 193 00:10:59,650 --> 00:11:05,071 Now, we can advance you a stipend until the record starts to earn. 194 00:11:05,489 --> 00:11:08,533 What do you say we start you off at... 195 00:11:09,368 --> 00:11:11,577 - $2,000 a month? - Ten. 196 00:11:12,037 --> 00:11:14,205 - Three. - Eight. 197 00:11:15,332 --> 00:11:16,582 No. 198 00:11:22,965 --> 00:11:24,298 Come on. 199 00:11:26,135 --> 00:11:27,468 [Leonard clears throat] 200 00:11:31,849 --> 00:11:33,109 [Leonard clears throat] 201 00:11:44,153 --> 00:11:45,236 [door closes] 202 00:11:45,362 --> 00:11:47,530 You paid them $3,000, 203 00:11:48,282 --> 00:11:50,766 and the motherfuckers didn't even have a gun. 204 00:11:51,368 --> 00:11:53,958 - [Leonard] Paid? - How was that a dope move, Vance? 205 00:11:54,037 --> 00:11:57,206 Paid who? The word was "advance." 206 00:11:57,207 --> 00:12:00,209 Darryl, we just lent them their own money with interest, 207 00:12:00,210 --> 00:12:01,778 and they think they won. 208 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:05,281 Now we keep doing this, and we will train them to come to us. 209 00:12:05,282 --> 00:12:07,467 So even when their record is in the black, 210 00:12:07,468 --> 00:12:10,970 between the weed and the Hennessy and the strippers, whatever, 211 00:12:11,096 --> 00:12:13,097 they will owe us so much money 212 00:12:13,223 --> 00:12:15,892 that they will have to keep borrowing money from us 213 00:12:16,018 --> 00:12:19,061 - with interest on top of interest. - [chuckles] 214 00:12:20,189 --> 00:12:21,898 God, I love this game. 215 00:12:22,357 --> 00:12:24,233 Now that's pimping 101. 216 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:25,969 [Leonard] Um, 217 00:12:26,528 --> 00:12:29,989 that, uh, thing that I saw on his wrist? 218 00:12:30,699 --> 00:12:34,702 You guys may want to have a private conversation about that. 219 00:12:35,579 --> 00:12:36,996 - [scoffs] - [door closes] 220 00:12:37,122 --> 00:12:39,332 The way that motherfucker got my watch. 221 00:12:40,584 --> 00:12:43,795 Keith is wearing it so much he forgot it ain't his. 222 00:12:45,672 --> 00:12:47,089 Get it back, D. 223 00:12:48,008 --> 00:12:49,884 [? dramatic music playing] 224 00:12:58,435 --> 00:12:59,936 Now, step out on this side. 225 00:12:59,937 --> 00:13:01,979 Jenny, the album is already in motion. 226 00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:04,816 - We need to be on the same page. - [Jenny panting] Yeah, I agree. 227 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,360 You know, yesterday, when your cousin spoke up, 228 00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:09,070 I had, like, acid flashbacks 229 00:13:09,071 --> 00:13:11,239 of him furiously trying to rat-fuck us on the masters. 230 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,366 That's why you need to prop me up in those meetings. 231 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:15,368 I'd have more juice to help manage all this. 232 00:13:15,369 --> 00:13:17,695 Okay. Easy, killer. [panting] 233 00:13:18,163 --> 00:13:20,706 Let's unpack before we climb the ladder, huh? 234 00:13:23,669 --> 00:13:25,169 I can see two things. 235 00:13:25,504 --> 00:13:28,907 One, we are going to make some real money with this rap shit. 236 00:13:29,007 --> 00:13:32,260 And two, my experience with bat-eating rock stars 237 00:13:32,386 --> 00:13:36,264 isn't going to translate with, like, you guys. 238 00:13:36,390 --> 00:13:37,682 You can say "Black." 239 00:13:37,808 --> 00:13:40,752 Okay, but it's a specific kind of Blacks, okay? 240 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:42,812 Because Disco Blacks, that's easy. 241 00:13:42,813 --> 00:13:45,356 You give them a bump of cocaine and they'll happily sell a million records. 242 00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:48,150 But apparently Street Blacks like Darryl are so fucking macho, 243 00:13:48,151 --> 00:13:50,236 he's furious I overtalked him at the meeting. 244 00:13:50,237 --> 00:13:51,617 He's a star where we're from. 245 00:13:51,655 --> 00:13:54,574 Having a hit bought us half a hot minute. 246 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:56,080 That doesn't make any sense. 247 00:13:56,118 --> 00:13:59,069 Look, just because of you, I kept my job, 248 00:13:59,204 --> 00:14:01,330 and I think that deserves a reward. 249 00:14:01,456 --> 00:14:02,540 Like what? 250 00:14:03,834 --> 00:14:06,919 We are the only two women in this whole boat, okay? 251 00:14:07,045 --> 00:14:09,881 Aside from the mean girl with the sexy eyes. 252 00:14:10,299 --> 00:14:13,426 I don't trust Darryl any more than I trust my own dad. 253 00:14:13,552 --> 00:14:16,120 But you... I know you're essential. 254 00:14:16,221 --> 00:14:17,346 I would tend to agree. 255 00:14:17,472 --> 00:14:20,349 I need you, Wanda. Eyes and ears. 256 00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:24,395 Look, we could figure out a compensation package on the side, 257 00:14:24,521 --> 00:14:25,730 as long as you back me. 258 00:14:25,856 --> 00:14:27,465 Lamar comes first. 259 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:29,108 You come first to him? 260 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:31,193 Yep. 261 00:14:32,613 --> 00:14:35,023 - Whose album do you think this is? - Both of them. 262 00:14:35,073 --> 00:14:40,077 This is Artillery's album, which means I need a list of experienced producers. 263 00:14:40,203 --> 00:14:43,513 You want me to give you control over the album even over DG, right? 264 00:14:43,514 --> 00:14:46,250 - Not like you're saying. - It's exactly like I'm saying. 265 00:14:46,251 --> 00:14:49,211 Listen, you serve the label, the label serves Lamar. 266 00:14:49,338 --> 00:14:52,256 You serve the artist, who the fuck's he gonna serve? 267 00:14:54,092 --> 00:14:59,555 Look, I want you to think about you, okay? Think about your road to this moment. 268 00:14:59,681 --> 00:15:03,809 Lamar might not be up for this, but you don't have to go down with him. 269 00:15:05,479 --> 00:15:07,063 I don't know about you, 270 00:15:07,189 --> 00:15:10,019 but I'm not banking my entire career on your baby cousin. 271 00:15:10,020 --> 00:15:12,902 [Darryl] I'm trying to tell you, Lee. 272 00:15:12,903 --> 00:15:15,571 You ain't in LA unless you courtside at the Lakers. 273 00:15:15,697 --> 00:15:18,574 So what's up, man? What did you want to talk about? 274 00:15:24,957 --> 00:15:26,165 [James] Goddamn. 275 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:28,417 [Darryl] It's the money from the swap meet. 276 00:15:28,418 --> 00:15:29,627 You giving it back? 277 00:15:30,295 --> 00:15:31,345 You earned it. 278 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:33,923 You took it. It's yours. 279 00:15:34,758 --> 00:15:36,842 Just looking for the strings, Lee. 280 00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:39,303 [Darryl laughing] 281 00:15:39,429 --> 00:15:42,515 Hey, shit, I like bags. Let me hold that motherfucker. 282 00:15:43,392 --> 00:15:44,684 So you got to tell me, man. 283 00:15:44,685 --> 00:15:47,603 How do you help Wanda move so much product so fast? 284 00:15:47,604 --> 00:15:51,983 I mean, if you put this into a plan and repeated it nationwide, nigga... 285 00:15:52,109 --> 00:15:53,609 I got all kinds of secrets. 286 00:15:53,735 --> 00:15:56,696 Come on, man. No marketing, no label. 287 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:58,531 Lace me, man. 288 00:15:59,449 --> 00:16:02,493 Look, I tell you what, I'll look at your books, 289 00:16:02,619 --> 00:16:05,955 check out a few contracts, get a sense of how you run your business. 290 00:16:06,081 --> 00:16:07,289 Right. 291 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:09,375 My new girls will fax you. 292 00:16:10,085 --> 00:16:11,836 You got a knack for this shit, Lee. 293 00:16:12,295 --> 00:16:14,739 What, you over there making a play? [laughing] 294 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:17,008 [scoffs] Clinic is keeping me plenty busy. 295 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:19,635 Yeah, nah, it's probably smart you stay out. 296 00:16:20,053 --> 00:16:21,721 You know, plus your ex. 297 00:16:22,180 --> 00:16:24,473 Nigga, as for me, man, 298 00:16:24,599 --> 00:16:27,476 I'm breaking artists about to be bigger than N.W.A. 299 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:32,189 [scoffs] Who? Lamar and that hobo ass Blood? [chuckles] 300 00:16:32,315 --> 00:16:33,816 They too much alike. 301 00:16:33,942 --> 00:16:35,943 They on their higher calling bullshit. 302 00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:39,263 Nigga. What you know about my artists? 303 00:16:39,364 --> 00:16:40,740 He work for you? 304 00:16:41,658 --> 00:16:44,902 Hey, sure you don't wanna let me hold this bag right here? 305 00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:46,087 No. 306 00:16:47,205 --> 00:16:52,209 I guess Leon'll let me know when he can pulls those strings, huh? 307 00:16:52,210 --> 00:16:55,087 - Man, roll the dice. [chuckles] - [Darryl laughing] 308 00:16:55,088 --> 00:16:58,049 All right. All right. All right. All right. I got it. I got it. 309 00:16:58,425 --> 00:17:00,051 Oh! 310 00:17:01,219 --> 00:17:03,387 Come on, you got Art waiting, man. 311 00:17:05,265 --> 00:17:06,932 Let's just get in there and riff. 312 00:17:07,350 --> 00:17:08,960 I don't work like that. 313 00:17:10,228 --> 00:17:13,658 If I don't figure something out by this Friday with this album, dude... 314 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:15,816 [Andy] So what? You're panicking? 315 00:17:17,444 --> 00:17:20,138 Art. Art. Artillery. 316 00:17:20,822 --> 00:17:24,158 - Artillery. What's up, man? - I'm looking for you. 317 00:17:24,534 --> 00:17:25,993 [chuckles] Uh... 318 00:17:26,536 --> 00:17:29,955 - So, what-what Jenny said, right- - Fuck Jenny, she's white. 319 00:17:30,665 --> 00:17:35,795 Right, um, but-but you wouldn't do the album without me, though, right? 320 00:17:35,921 --> 00:17:39,548 Like-Like, you would say that if they tried to add more people? 321 00:17:39,674 --> 00:17:43,469 I don't understand you. Last month we split the atom. 322 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:47,723 This nigga over here stressing about some bullshit. Let's go. 323 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:52,103 Relax, Mar. 324 00:17:53,188 --> 00:17:55,940 Yeah. Let's go. I'm ready. 325 00:17:57,776 --> 00:18:01,506 All right, y'all, my producer's fixing to breathe some fire in this bitch. 326 00:18:01,613 --> 00:18:03,030 Come on, hit it. Let's go. 327 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:08,452 Uh, yo, Art, you think you could just ask them to leave 328 00:18:08,578 --> 00:18:10,496 so we can work on this in private? 329 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:13,124 This is how you work. 330 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:15,490 If the hood don't feel it, it ain't felt. 331 00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:17,086 Can you play a beat? 332 00:18:17,838 --> 00:18:19,964 All right. Yeah, right. 333 00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:27,471 [? lowkey beat playing] 334 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,430 [Artillery] No, yeah, play another one. That shit whack. 335 00:18:35,689 --> 00:18:38,107 [? upbeat music playing] 336 00:18:38,233 --> 00:18:40,192 [Artillery] Well, that ain't it. 337 00:18:41,528 --> 00:18:43,112 [? synth music playing] 338 00:18:43,113 --> 00:18:45,656 [Artillery] Hey, ladies, what y'all think about the beat? 339 00:18:45,657 --> 00:18:47,892 - No. - Hell no. 340 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:52,121 [Artillery] No, that's trash. I don't like that either. Try again. 341 00:18:52,122 --> 00:18:53,622 That's whack, too. Hell no. 342 00:18:53,623 --> 00:18:55,541 Play some hard shit. Where the Blood shit at? 343 00:18:55,542 --> 00:18:57,568 That beat sound too light-skinned. 344 00:18:57,569 --> 00:19:00,379 Play some gangster shit, nigga. You been kicking with them Crips too long. 345 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:02,131 [? tense music playing] 346 00:19:09,681 --> 00:19:13,309 ? You feel too good To be true ? 347 00:19:13,435 --> 00:19:16,745 - [Jenny] Who the fuck are you? - [Lamar] The producer for "Rydah." 348 00:19:19,608 --> 00:19:22,918 [James echoing] You ain't got no goddamn business in the rap game. 349 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:36,498 Hey, you know you're gonna have to start from scratch, right? 350 00:19:38,585 --> 00:19:41,587 Here, see what this do for you. Look. 351 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:48,802 [chuckles] "Exit Wounds." Shit sounds kind of dope, huh? [chuckles] 352 00:19:51,139 --> 00:19:53,789 I feel like that shit represent all the gangbangers 353 00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:55,522 that got out the hood, you know? 354 00:19:55,810 --> 00:19:58,160 I didn't know that that's what you wanted to do. 355 00:19:58,271 --> 00:20:00,689 Okay. Now you do. 356 00:20:01,483 --> 00:20:02,608 Right. 357 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,777 Oh, yeah, right. I-I feel that. 358 00:20:05,403 --> 00:20:07,363 And... [stutters] ...I'm in this place too. 359 00:20:07,489 --> 00:20:11,242 It's powerful. It's fucking me up, if I'm being honest. 360 00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:16,330 I feel like it has to be about my mom. 361 00:20:16,957 --> 00:20:18,887 The fuck your mama got to do with this? 362 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:22,628 No, she was, um, a singer, but she was... she was always... 363 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,381 controlled. 364 00:20:27,008 --> 00:20:30,511 It's gotta... It's gotta have her spirit. You know? 365 00:20:30,512 --> 00:20:33,639 I'm doing a really bad job at explaining this right now. 366 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,808 Look, man, the-the label loves you. 367 00:20:36,434 --> 00:20:38,336 Just buy me some time. 368 00:20:38,436 --> 00:20:41,746 Buy me a little bit of time to figure out the music side... [stutters] 369 00:20:41,815 --> 00:20:43,607 ...and I can tell you what we need to do. 370 00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:45,159 Hold on. 371 00:20:45,777 --> 00:20:48,445 You can tell me? Like it's your album? 372 00:20:48,446 --> 00:20:50,781 [stammers] I didn't mean it like that. 373 00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:52,408 What you mean then, nigga? 374 00:20:53,159 --> 00:20:54,852 [stammers] It's my sound. 375 00:20:55,495 --> 00:20:58,745 You-You didn't even wanna listen to... [chuckles] ..."Back 2 Da Hood" 376 00:20:58,748 --> 00:21:00,708 when I tried to play it for you. 377 00:21:01,126 --> 00:21:03,627 I was in them apartments running from CRASH. 378 00:21:03,628 --> 00:21:05,838 Cops trying to kill me, whole hood, nigga- 379 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:07,548 No, I'm sick and tired of people always acting 380 00:21:07,549 --> 00:21:09,959 like cops and murder is the only stress there is. 381 00:21:10,218 --> 00:21:13,554 Oh, I don't live up to some insane level of Blackness 382 00:21:13,555 --> 00:21:15,848 because I've never survived a gun battle? 383 00:21:15,849 --> 00:21:17,766 Nigga, my mom is a photograph. 384 00:21:20,270 --> 00:21:24,606 How many gunshot wounds add up to your missing mommy, Lamar? 385 00:21:25,233 --> 00:21:26,859 'Cause I got more. 386 00:21:27,694 --> 00:21:29,445 You know what I don't got, homeboy? 387 00:21:29,863 --> 00:21:31,238 A picture of my mom. 388 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:34,366 Nigga, move. 389 00:21:35,702 --> 00:21:38,037 You see your name anywhere on here, nigga? 390 00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:40,706 Where your name at? I don't see that shit, nigga. 391 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:41,882 You can't rap. 392 00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:44,793 And as of right now, nigga, you can't produce either. 393 00:21:44,794 --> 00:21:46,211 All that shit is wack! 394 00:21:49,591 --> 00:21:51,008 Fuck you. 395 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:55,387 [door closes] 396 00:21:58,767 --> 00:22:00,726 - [James]n. - [receptionist] Go ahead. 397 00:22:00,727 --> 00:22:02,561 [Leon] Hey, hold on. So you're telling me 398 00:22:02,562 --> 00:22:05,212 DG's got all his artists tied up in these contracts? 399 00:22:05,273 --> 00:22:07,143 [lawyer] That's right. It's all here. 400 00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:09,234 I'll walk you through the rest later. 401 00:22:09,441 --> 00:22:14,114 [Leon] I asked about you when you was in the streets. 402 00:22:14,115 --> 00:22:16,158 Your file A-1. 403 00:22:17,494 --> 00:22:18,744 For better or for worse. 404 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:19,953 That's real. 405 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:23,540 But you got down 'cause they took out your homeboy. 406 00:22:23,666 --> 00:22:24,792 That's family. 407 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:29,254 And your real family over here with DG and a bunch of Bloods. 408 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:31,590 My crazy-ass ex ain't enough. 409 00:22:31,591 --> 00:22:34,134 I was hoping him getting socked in the face 410 00:22:34,135 --> 00:22:36,169 would help him grow up a little bit. 411 00:22:36,304 --> 00:22:40,034 Ain't your whole deal with Mr. Kinsey is that he wants you to step up for him? 412 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:43,544 What you think I beat Trig's punk ass up for? 413 00:22:43,645 --> 00:22:46,146 [both chuckling] 414 00:22:46,815 --> 00:22:48,135 Fucked him up. [chuckling] 415 00:22:48,191 --> 00:22:50,692 [chuckling] True. That's true. 416 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:54,488 What's up, Lee? What's this all about? 417 00:22:55,657 --> 00:22:56,707 Hey, check this out. 418 00:22:57,492 --> 00:23:00,160 People have been asking me to jump in the music game, 419 00:23:00,787 --> 00:23:03,622 but I hate looking at the same old faces from the streets. 420 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,510 It make legit money feel dirty even when it ain't. 421 00:23:07,001 --> 00:23:10,611 And unfortunately, your family in the same room with these dirty faces. 422 00:23:10,630 --> 00:23:12,070 I got ahold of DG's contracts. 423 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:15,008 They're harder to read than Chinese arithmetic. 424 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:19,552 When they was out there slanging them tapes, 425 00:23:19,889 --> 00:23:23,142 I gave DG that money 'cause I wanted to see his reaction. 426 00:23:23,143 --> 00:23:25,519 Money's like crack to motherfuckers like him. 427 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,146 Exactly. 428 00:23:27,147 --> 00:23:29,857 When he saw that bag, he was just trying to play it cool, 429 00:23:29,858 --> 00:23:32,276 but for him to straight up ask me how we did it, 430 00:23:32,402 --> 00:23:34,695 that lets me know what we did is valuable. 431 00:23:35,196 --> 00:23:36,246 Yeah. 432 00:23:36,865 --> 00:23:39,658 We can't let Lamar and Wanda be in there solo. 433 00:23:44,873 --> 00:23:46,039 All right. 434 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:48,459 I think I get you. 435 00:23:49,210 --> 00:23:50,502 Like I said, 436 00:23:51,379 --> 00:23:53,797 I need to keep up on that little nigga anyways. 437 00:23:54,674 --> 00:23:56,904 Might as well keep up on everything else too. 438 00:23:57,218 --> 00:23:59,720 [? "Touch Me I'm Sick" playing] 439 00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:11,482 ? I've been bad ? 440 00:24:13,026 --> 00:24:14,943 ? I've been worse ? 441 00:24:16,654 --> 00:24:18,363 ? I'm a creep ? 442 00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:22,201 ? Yeah, I'm a jerk ? 443 00:24:22,744 --> 00:24:24,620 ? C'mon ? 444 00:24:24,621 --> 00:24:27,456 - What the fuck? - [Lamar] Wanda, Wanda, 445 00:24:27,457 --> 00:24:29,416 - Wanda, Wanda, we gotta talk. - I see that. 446 00:24:29,417 --> 00:24:31,710 I completely figured out exactly what the album is gonna be. 447 00:24:31,711 --> 00:24:34,129 - Lamar, I'm not fucking... - It's gonna do fucking amazing. 448 00:24:34,130 --> 00:24:35,255 Turn that off! 449 00:24:35,381 --> 00:24:36,924 I need more time. 450 00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:39,218 Slow down and fix this. 451 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:41,803 I've been here 24-7, every day, locked in, 452 00:24:41,804 --> 00:24:44,139 trying to figure out this album, and everybody hates me. 453 00:24:44,140 --> 00:24:46,099 Goddamn it, Lamar. I heard what happened. 454 00:24:46,100 --> 00:24:48,977 You need to learn to trust your people. 455 00:24:50,855 --> 00:24:51,939 You... 456 00:24:53,107 --> 00:24:56,318 You think I could do this? You think I could pull this off? 457 00:24:57,445 --> 00:24:59,780 Yes? But not alone. 458 00:24:59,906 --> 00:25:03,909 Having experienced producers to back you up might not be a bad idea. 459 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:10,524 Wanda, you, James, Leon, you have names in the streets. 460 00:25:10,625 --> 00:25:12,334 Shit, you can have mine. 461 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:14,194 No, you don't get it, Wanda. 462 00:25:14,295 --> 00:25:18,032 Androids like DG and Jenny, they don't give a fuck about art. 463 00:25:18,132 --> 00:25:19,392 All they see is packaging. 464 00:25:19,425 --> 00:25:22,669 I didn't come to them as-as J Loco 465 00:25:22,804 --> 00:25:26,807 or-or Easy E or Big Deon or Artillery. 466 00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:28,892 I came as fucking Lamar. 467 00:25:28,893 --> 00:25:31,061 Lamar, this is what the fuck it feels like making a name, 468 00:25:31,062 --> 00:25:34,106 so step the fuck up and stop shrinking. 469 00:25:37,318 --> 00:25:39,361 [? hip-hop music playing] 470 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:50,789 You know, I was thinking about what you said the other day. 471 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:54,376 That shit was kinda deep. About never seeing your son again. 472 00:25:56,129 --> 00:25:57,462 What was that about? 473 00:25:58,631 --> 00:25:59,965 That's the deal. 474 00:25:59,966 --> 00:26:04,511 But you've been slowing down for years. Why not just hang up the rag? 475 00:26:04,512 --> 00:26:05,929 [Keith] No. 476 00:26:06,306 --> 00:26:10,434 It's two dudes I gotta kill first, then I'm moving to Oakland. 477 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,645 So, what's that? The jacker that killed your brother and... 478 00:26:13,771 --> 00:26:15,355 Who makes number two? 479 00:26:15,356 --> 00:26:18,025 Man, there's some bitch ass nigga over in the Gates who... 480 00:26:18,026 --> 00:26:21,756 used to beat the shit out of his daughter every time the bus dropped her off. 481 00:26:22,071 --> 00:26:23,655 That motherfucker gotta go. 482 00:26:25,199 --> 00:26:27,789 And, shit, if you want, we get ole boy who choked you. 483 00:26:27,910 --> 00:26:30,912 But you know that motherfucker owes us some money, though. 484 00:26:34,125 --> 00:26:36,918 [Dara] No need. This rap shit gonna come together right. 485 00:26:37,045 --> 00:26:38,795 [Keith] True that. 486 00:26:38,796 --> 00:26:41,548 Man, ain't not one of us is getting out. What y'all talking about? 487 00:26:41,549 --> 00:26:42,799 Stop. 488 00:26:42,925 --> 00:26:46,136 Dara, you a manager that babysit gang members. 489 00:26:46,721 --> 00:26:49,097 I'm a Blood, and I don't even bang. 490 00:26:50,016 --> 00:26:52,606 Lamar a producer, and that nigga cannot make music. 491 00:26:52,685 --> 00:26:55,979 This shit going nowhere at the speed of bullshit. 492 00:27:04,572 --> 00:27:05,781 [James] What up? 493 00:27:08,618 --> 00:27:09,785 What's up? 494 00:27:11,996 --> 00:27:14,039 I brought these back. [sighs] 495 00:27:14,957 --> 00:27:16,041 Thanks. 496 00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:17,917 [James] You left them at the house. 497 00:27:18,586 --> 00:27:20,545 Wanda tells me you can't make music. 498 00:27:22,048 --> 00:27:24,341 [sighs] Unfortunately, not that I like. 499 00:27:24,467 --> 00:27:26,718 It's because you be trying too hard, cuz. 500 00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:30,430 You gotta, like, just chill. 501 00:27:31,599 --> 00:27:33,834 You know, sometimes music is... 502 00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:38,522 classical, and sometimes it's jazz, you know what I mean? 503 00:27:39,774 --> 00:27:42,567 Yeah. I-I write songs. I don't improvise. 504 00:27:42,985 --> 00:27:44,178 [chuckles] 505 00:27:44,654 --> 00:27:48,407 Nigga, you just be saying shit sometimes, cuz. [chuckles] 506 00:27:53,871 --> 00:27:55,664 [sighs] Look... 507 00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:59,584 All great players, they can, like... 508 00:28:00,420 --> 00:28:02,671 They can get down in a moment, man. 509 00:28:04,006 --> 00:28:06,174 All right? That's what Artillery needs. 510 00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:09,790 Like that night that you was at the house, and he was, like, all shot up. 511 00:28:09,791 --> 00:28:11,596 You weren't controlling shit then, was you? 512 00:28:11,597 --> 00:28:13,527 So I gotta create with a gun to my head? 513 00:28:13,528 --> 00:28:16,727 I'm not doing that. Fuck that. That's what Mom was dealing with, right? 514 00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:19,354 Hey, cuz. Don't do that, bro. 515 00:28:23,317 --> 00:28:24,693 [sighs] 516 00:28:29,782 --> 00:28:32,617 How come you hid it from me? 517 00:28:34,996 --> 00:28:37,748 - Seriously. - [sighs] 518 00:28:40,209 --> 00:28:41,877 'Cause when I found out, 519 00:28:42,628 --> 00:28:44,337 I reacted like you. 520 00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:48,425 Except with pistols involved. 521 00:28:57,518 --> 00:28:59,311 When they told me, man... 522 00:29:00,229 --> 00:29:01,605 [sighs] 523 00:29:03,191 --> 00:29:05,650 I, like, really lost faith in Big Daddy. 524 00:29:08,112 --> 00:29:10,614 You know, as, like, a kid, that was... [chuckles] 525 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:14,910 Shit was like losing faith in God. 526 00:29:16,662 --> 00:29:18,205 Don't be like me, Mar. 527 00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:23,126 Don't stay gone too long, man. 528 00:29:27,006 --> 00:29:28,282 [sighs] 529 00:29:28,382 --> 00:29:30,050 [? gentle music playing] 530 00:29:46,818 --> 00:29:48,026 What? 531 00:29:49,695 --> 00:29:50,946 Stop playing. 532 00:29:51,531 --> 00:29:53,615 You should've been up in this rap game. 533 00:29:53,741 --> 00:29:55,575 This album is causing tension. 534 00:29:56,828 --> 00:29:57,911 So? 535 00:29:58,329 --> 00:29:59,412 So, 536 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:03,166 what we got going don't mean I inherit your beef. 537 00:30:03,292 --> 00:30:04,584 DG? 538 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:06,628 [scoffs] 539 00:30:07,004 --> 00:30:08,255 Please. 540 00:30:09,674 --> 00:30:13,093 Look, I'm not like little Ms. Wanda. 541 00:30:16,722 --> 00:30:20,058 I wanna learn, build... 542 00:30:21,811 --> 00:30:23,103 and fuck. 543 00:30:26,774 --> 00:30:28,316 Oh, yeah? 544 00:30:28,734 --> 00:30:29,901 Yeah. 545 00:30:34,657 --> 00:30:35,907 [kisses] 546 00:30:42,915 --> 00:30:44,875 - [door opens] - Sorry, we're closed. 547 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:47,335 - [Andy] Church ain't never closed for us. - Aye. 548 00:30:47,336 --> 00:30:48,920 Been looking for you, brother. 549 00:30:50,506 --> 00:30:51,556 Me too. 550 00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:56,928 I'm sorry I've been, uh, so out of pocket. Um... 551 00:30:57,597 --> 00:31:00,127 You think you'd be down to go to the studio with me? 552 00:31:00,766 --> 00:31:02,767 You talked to Wanda or Artillery? 553 00:31:03,561 --> 00:31:04,936 [sighs] 554 00:31:04,937 --> 00:31:07,522 Try to grasp the amount of pressure I'm under, okay? 555 00:31:07,523 --> 00:31:10,859 If I don't figure this album out before they take it from me, 556 00:31:10,985 --> 00:31:13,570 my entire career is stamped. 557 00:31:14,530 --> 00:31:16,990 That sounds terrible, Lamar. 558 00:31:18,326 --> 00:31:21,876 And I'm talking about being with you in that state of mind in the studio. 559 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:23,830 [sighs] 560 00:31:25,166 --> 00:31:27,336 You know, it's time to lose your virginity. 561 00:31:27,752 --> 00:31:30,503 It's time you witness Blur in action. 562 00:31:30,630 --> 00:31:32,005 [? jazz music playing] 563 00:31:37,053 --> 00:31:38,461 Lookout's job is simple. 564 00:31:38,462 --> 00:31:40,764 You see blue or hear whoop, just whistle quick. 565 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:42,057 [helicopter whirring] 566 00:31:50,232 --> 00:31:52,025 It starts with a name. 567 00:31:54,111 --> 00:31:55,612 [Lamar] I already have a name. 568 00:31:56,906 --> 00:31:58,281 DJ Lamar. 569 00:31:59,283 --> 00:32:02,285 Man, you think Artillery is a star if he's "Emcee Arthur"? 570 00:32:02,828 --> 00:32:04,120 [whispers] Lamar. 571 00:32:10,670 --> 00:32:13,129 Oven cleaner? The fuck are we doing? 572 00:32:13,255 --> 00:32:15,032 Stock nozzles flare like crazy. 573 00:32:15,716 --> 00:32:18,869 [Andy] Graffiti is sacred shit. Four pillars of hip-hop. 574 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:21,012 Respect my shit and make a name tonight. 575 00:32:21,138 --> 00:32:22,973 [? "Running" playing] 576 00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:25,308 ? Check this out Check this out Check this out, yeah ? 577 00:32:25,309 --> 00:32:27,644 ? One-two, one-two, one-two One-two, one-two ? 578 00:32:27,645 --> 00:32:29,980 ? Check this out Check this out Check this out, yeah ? 579 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:32,607 ? One-two, one-two, one-two One-two, one-two ? 580 00:32:32,733 --> 00:32:35,383 ? Check this out Check this out Check this out, yeah ? 581 00:32:35,444 --> 00:32:38,196 ? One-two, one-two, one-two One-two, one-two ? 582 00:32:38,698 --> 00:32:41,783 ? Can't keep running away ? 583 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,245 - Hurry up! - ? Can't keep running away ? 584 00:32:45,371 --> 00:32:48,415 [Andy] This crew right here made their name in the streets. 585 00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:52,252 And those names can be seen all over the city. 586 00:32:55,589 --> 00:32:57,639 ? There comes a time In every man's life ? 587 00:32:57,675 --> 00:33:00,260 ? When he's gotta Handle shit up On his own ? 588 00:33:00,386 --> 00:33:03,013 ? Can't depend on friends To help you in a squeeze ? 589 00:33:03,139 --> 00:33:05,432 ? Please, they got problems Of they own ? 590 00:33:05,433 --> 00:33:07,684 ? Down for the count On seven chickenshits Don't get to heaven ? 591 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:11,229 ? Till they faced these fears In these fear zones ? 592 00:33:14,358 --> 00:33:21,031 ? Can't keep running away Can't keep running away ? 593 00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:22,699 [Lamar] "Artis." 594 00:33:22,825 --> 00:33:24,451 One of your crew, huh? 595 00:33:25,286 --> 00:33:26,770 Dude could really burn. 596 00:33:27,329 --> 00:33:29,289 First of us to go all-city too. 597 00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:34,252 Gone way too soon. 598 00:33:44,221 --> 00:33:47,432 - I think I smell an "Andy-ism" coming. - [chuckles] 599 00:33:47,433 --> 00:33:49,559 - You smelling immortality, my nigga. - [chuckles] 600 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,310 I've been waiting for this moment. 601 00:33:51,311 --> 00:33:54,230 Know when we were slinging tapes and you said that you were 602 00:33:54,231 --> 00:33:56,483 "strangers asking for autographs" famous? 603 00:33:56,484 --> 00:33:57,968 Fame is when your name... 604 00:33:58,486 --> 00:34:02,906 your name lets people know who you are before they ever even meet you, 605 00:34:03,532 --> 00:34:05,658 including them record execs. 606 00:34:07,661 --> 00:34:12,582 This right here, 12 ounces of pure soul that can make you live forever. 607 00:34:14,335 --> 00:34:16,169 Lamar is you now. 608 00:34:17,505 --> 00:34:19,156 But the question is, 609 00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:21,966 do you know who the fuck you wanna be? 610 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:30,934 I got it. 611 00:34:32,394 --> 00:34:34,187 Well, let 'em know then, playboy. 612 00:34:40,111 --> 00:34:45,782 [Lamar] The album is all about rebirth and return, like the prodigal son. 613 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,369 It's me and Artillery's journey through LA leading up to now. 614 00:34:49,495 --> 00:34:52,789 The songs will capture the-the voice of LA. 615 00:34:53,374 --> 00:34:58,028 That, we think, is a city of lost people 616 00:34:58,379 --> 00:35:00,547 searching through danger, 617 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:04,367 drugs, parties, broken homes. 618 00:35:04,802 --> 00:35:09,389 These are songs that have stories you tell, to quote a great woman, 619 00:35:09,849 --> 00:35:12,851 "Over Hennessy and a card game." [chuckles] 620 00:35:13,310 --> 00:35:16,396 After the journey comes the awakening. 621 00:35:17,314 --> 00:35:18,648 What happens... 622 00:35:20,067 --> 00:35:21,627 when everything is destroyed? 623 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:23,361 [? uplifting music playing] 624 00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:25,488 You are reborn. 625 00:35:27,324 --> 00:35:28,491 [? music stops] 626 00:35:30,786 --> 00:35:31,953 Sorry, are you done? 627 00:35:32,621 --> 00:35:37,083 It just... it sounded like a whole lot of unspecific ideas. 628 00:35:41,505 --> 00:35:43,464 What about the list of producers? 629 00:35:43,591 --> 00:35:45,341 That would be me. 630 00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:47,594 But me now. 631 00:35:48,262 --> 00:35:52,182 As Nex, aka, DJ Nex. 632 00:35:57,396 --> 00:36:01,316 Right. So I don't really want to be the only bad cop in the room, 633 00:36:01,442 --> 00:36:04,194 so the floor is open. 634 00:36:05,237 --> 00:36:07,238 But... no. 635 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,742 I already got a whole list of producers who can put the whole thing together. 636 00:36:10,743 --> 00:36:11,993 Wanda. 637 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,630 He's been right since the beginning, every call. 638 00:36:23,756 --> 00:36:28,176 Unless you wanna share your vision for the album. 639 00:36:40,564 --> 00:36:43,066 This conversation is not over. 640 00:36:47,071 --> 00:36:51,574 Hell of a play, cousin. You didn't even stutter. [chuckles] 641 00:36:55,746 --> 00:36:57,497 I'ma let y'all keep going. 642 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,499 But keep me up to speed. 643 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:01,584 - I need to know what's going on. - Will do. Will do, yeah. 644 00:37:01,585 --> 00:37:04,055 [Darryl] 'Cause if you can't finish this joint, 645 00:37:04,255 --> 00:37:06,673 I need to keep this train moving without you. 646 00:37:09,343 --> 00:37:10,510 Let's go. 647 00:37:17,059 --> 00:37:20,687 You seem like you're finally learning how good money feels. 648 00:37:21,522 --> 00:37:24,565 You keep it that way, we're cool, all right? 649 00:37:27,152 --> 00:37:28,778 [? upbeat music playing] 650 00:37:32,032 --> 00:37:33,533 [kids chuckling] 651 00:38:04,481 --> 00:38:06,051 He was making fun of me earlier. 652 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:08,680 - Hey, come here, come here. - Gotta get out the road. 653 00:38:19,204 --> 00:38:21,497 [man] Quit playing, bro. You almost got that. 654 00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:27,170 - Slow ass car. [chuckling] - [chuckling] 655 00:38:32,176 --> 00:38:35,246 Nigga, what the fuck is you doing pissing around these kids? 656 00:38:35,429 --> 00:38:37,347 The fuck is you cussing around 'em? 657 00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:40,600 Hey, come on, y'all, I gotta use the bathroom. 658 00:38:44,438 --> 00:38:45,730 [lighter clicks] 659 00:38:48,025 --> 00:38:50,693 [Big Kev] You know Deon don't like you working high. 660 00:38:51,362 --> 00:38:52,742 [Lil Smoke] I ain't high yet. 661 00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,475 [Big Kev] Looks like the kids are leaving. 662 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:59,160 Hey, bro, I'm posted or you coming in? 663 00:38:59,286 --> 00:39:00,666 I'ma be right there with you. 664 00:39:01,455 --> 00:39:04,645 - Need some of that cake before it melts. - [Shawn] All right then. 665 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:08,461 I'll be over there. 666 00:39:15,469 --> 00:39:17,178 [? dramatic music playing] 667 00:39:27,898 --> 00:39:31,192 - [gunshots] - [grunting] 668 00:39:36,532 --> 00:39:39,325 - [Big Kev] Hey, let's go. - Hey, hold on. 669 00:39:39,743 --> 00:39:42,120 [Big Kev] What the fuck? Are you crazy, man? 670 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:48,418 Deon, let's go. 671 00:39:48,544 --> 00:39:50,253 This a real nigga right here. 672 00:39:53,549 --> 00:39:56,050 [Keith groaning] 673 00:40:06,019 --> 00:40:07,437 [Big Kev] Hey, hurry up. 674 00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:09,564 [Deon] You should die with your gun in your hand. 675 00:40:09,565 --> 00:40:12,515 - [Lil Smoke] Come on, man. We outta here. - [Keith groaning] 676 00:40:20,325 --> 00:40:21,617 You show off, nigga. 677 00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:30,501 [? hip-hop music playing] 678 00:40:30,551 --> 00:40:35,101 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0