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[hip-hop plays]

We got one of the best krumpers in the world here today!

Do not embarrass yourself in front of Tight Eyez!

Do not embarrass me! Let's go!

[music plays]

[shouting]

Whoa! Yo, yo, yo. Good job, y'all. That was raw.

But let's take it from the three-part breakdown into the animal style breathing.

Make it raw. Start from the slam.

Grit your teeth! Get ugly! I need to see it on your faces!

-Zo, take over. -Aight.

Aight, cue music. Five, six, seven, eight!

[music plays]

Yo! Hey, yo, fix your elbows!

You like a chicken trying to fly away.

Power! Krump is about power!

Hey, great job last week, ladies.

Sage is going to be thrilled to know that your boy is in.

Yes. I will get you dates next week.

Okay.

-Hey. -Hi.

Sorry. Sage offered your office out.

The calls are kind of sensitive.

Yeah, no, of course. I mean, look,

we've shared more intimate spaces than an office.

Well, that seems like a lifetime ago.

Sort of was.

But look, it's actually really good to see you.

-Actually? -Yeah, I'm sorry.

I just, you know, I was caught off-guard.

I hadn't seen you in like five years.

Get used to it. Because I am going to be here

until that album and this tour are ready for the public.

No problem.

But I'd just caution you, though,

I know you love to speak your mind, but that probably won't work with Sage.

[laughs] I work with artists all the time.

Yeah, but not Sage.

See, if you want to get any traction with him,

you need to flatter him and defer to him,

treat him like the genius that he knows he is.

Then maybe once you've earned his trust,

you can start throwing out suggestions just here or there.

Whatever you say, Collette.

I mean, you are the expert on all things Sage.

Oh, hey, Nine.

If there's anything you need, please don't hesitate to ask.

Oh, you don't have to worry about that.

If I need anything, I'll ask Sage.

Oh my--

All right, Dondre, I see you!

You almost don't make me wanna throw up.

But you do. You just an open book, huh?

Just a little mama's boy looking to be coddled your whole life.

That's why when Tight Eyez says that krump is a raw dance,

you don't know what that shit means.

'Cause the only thing on your mind

is getting home to your mother.

Ain't that right? Mama's boy.

Zo! You doing too much.

-And you're wrong, by the way. -No, actually, I'm right.

No, you're fucking wrong. And if my absolute motherfucking

authority is not enough to convince you of the fact,

-Tight Eyez, what you think? -Look, old boy need work.

But with work, Slim could be one of the best in the crew.

[scoffs] That's 'cause you ain't seen me yet.

Yeah, we don't need to see you. You've done enough for the day.

Have a fucking seat. We going back to the top.

I can't believe the fucking cops tossed your house, man.

I can't believe they stole your pop's jewelry.

Yeah, that's what they do.

It's just what Uncle Matty said was gonna happen too.

I can't believe you called that motherfucker.

Marquise, look around, dog!

Did the cops ever do this to my dad? No.

The cops were scared of my dad. They're not scared of us.

All our money, gone! All of it!

Uncle Matty is gonna be the one to help us too, watch.

Uncle Matty ain't gonna help shit, man. He just wants to take over.

Maybe that's what Rigo needs.

For someone that can handle things to take over.

Your dad never trusted him, and I don't either, man.

All right, he trusted me, for good reason too.

Uncle Matty comes in and he promises all this shit, but I see through it.

He just want the power, man!

And once he gets that power, you ain't got no protection, Rigo.

Yeah, but this don't look like much protection to me, man.

Son of East-O, that's a hell of a trophy for a corner boy. That's all I'm trying to say.

[Poppy] Look, Rigo is gonna do what he needs to do for him. Okay?

Hey, the reason your pops is in the ground is because of this drug shit.

-Look, you ain't gotta meet up with him. -[phone rings]

Just don't even communicate with him until we... Fuck is that?

-Shit. -[phone rings]

-It's him. -Do not answer that phone.

Shut the fuck up, Marquise! Damn!

Go.

Hello?

[Davis moans]

-Babe. -Mm-hm?

What are you doing?

-Round two? -Mm-hm.

Okay.

What building are your biology classes in?

-The Rollins building. -Correct.

-And what's Emory's mascot? -Dooley.

Mm-hm.

And where do we brunch every Sunday?

-Wait, what? -Brunch.

It's between breakfast and lunch.

No, I know what brunch is. I just... I didn't realize it was a verb.

It's a noun, a verb, and, to people like my parents, a religion.

When they went to Emory, they went to Murphy's every Sunday.

Yeah... do I look like I brunch?

[laughs] Just trust me.

If you get the school stuff down, they'll believe you and they'll get off my ass.

Right, 'cause that ass belongs to me.

Not yet it doesn't. Brunch.

Murphy's.

I get the French toast while milady favors the eggs Benedict.

Good.

Last question.

What's my name, bitch?

-Ashley. -Mm-hm.

[moans]

♪ Small voices speak seem silent to the masses ♪

♪ Deep sleep covers the fact that they been maskin' ♪

♪ Interractions intensifyin' distractions ♪

♪ While actin' like it ain't never happened ♪

♪ When all the while usin' the law of attraction ♪

-What you grinning at? -I've never seen anybody put Gatorade on ice.

-It's weird. -I like a cold drink.

Yeah, but it was in the refrigerator.

Refrigerator temperature is 40 degrees.

I prefer my drinks three to five degrees colder.

-You got a problem with that? -No. No, nothing. It's fine.

Oh, okay, I see what's going on here.

Sage give you one little compliment, and now all of a sudden

you think you can just speak on anything.

Well, I mean... [laughs]

No, actually...

I don't know what his problem is, you know?

But I don't like having beef with anybody.

In fact, it's kind of making the whole Sage tour

not fun for me.

Well, that's not Zo's fault. It's Sage's.

Doing the same shit over and over again could make anyone into an asshole.

-Repetition is your friend. -I don't need any more friends.

This shit he got us in there doing is straight up the opposite of dance.

Dancing isn't about repetition or following orders.

It's about feeling yourself and letting the whole world see that.

Yeah, I get that. But we're backup dancers. That's our job.

And we need to get away from our job.

Which is why I'm throwing this Lit Luau tonight.

So you're doing the exact thing that Sage told us to avoid?

-And why do you think that is? -So we don't get hurt.

So we don't grow a brain.

A thinking backup dancer is Sage's worst enemy.

The last thing he wants for us is to remember how good we are when we can express ourselves.

So you're coming or not?

I mean, I wasn't going to.

Come on, Tal. Are you serious?

There will be battles. A chance for you to really express yourself for once.

-Yeah, but what if Sage finds out? -You serious right now?

-Yeah. -What do you mean, if Sage finds out?

Just battle tonight. Dudes like you can just pop in and kill it.

-All tall and lean. -I don't know.

Okay, you can roll with me. I'll pick you up.

-[laughs] -Uh...

-Come on! -All right, fine. Fuck it.

Cool. I'll pick you up at 8:00.

[laughs]

Sorry. Is it good?

-Hi. -Are you being nice to Nine?

Yes. Nice enough. Why?

Because she's a guest in our home.

And I'm a dope host. I need you to be an equally dope hostess.

Okay, yes, I will be super nice.

Yeah, sarcasm. Not feeling it.

I'm not messing around, man. Like, for real.

Okay, it's fine. I got you. Don't worry.

-What are you doing tonight? -I don't have any plans.

You wanna come by the studio? I want you to lay ears on something I'm sending to SZA.

-Yeah, of course. -10:00?

Sounds good. Is this like the old days?

Something like that.

-See you then? -Yeah, yes. I will see you then.

Luau, luau, luau...

Hawaii's in America, so...

-Yo. Big Al let me in. -Hey. Uh...

-Yeah? -Nah...

It's more safari than luau,

but it's better than that Fourth of July situation.

-Fuck it. -Come on, put it on, let's roll.

-Now? -Now.

Your man woulda burned that other shirt if he saw you wearing it.

-My man? Oh. -Mm-hm.

Johnny-One. How are things with him anyway?

Honestly, long-distance is brutal. You know?

It doesn't feel like a relationship, it's like... it's work, you know?

Yeah, I hear that.

You, uh, you got any tips?

You know me, the ladies, we kickin' it till we ain't.

Yeah. Now you look like someone I can roll with.

-Tal, let's go! -Okay.

[soft music plays]

Are you kidding me?

-I can feel how tense you are. -I'm sorry.

It's just... just all this lying and parents... and I'm in the freaking suburbs.

I'm just a little freaked out.

Just breathe. Going in there nervous

is the worst thing you could do.

Plus, they're nice people.

And they're going to love you.

It's just a couple of cocktails and then we can get out and go to Dondre's party.

-Promise? -Yeah.

-Ashley! -Mom!

Mom, I thought you said it was just gonna be us four.

Oh, well, we had this get-together planned for a while.

And you know how we love a good consolidation.

Plus, we get to roll out the red carpet for the future doctor.

Pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Duncan.

-Hey, sweetie. Hey, man. -Hey.

Come on in. Let's meet the guys.

[man] Davis, do you play a sport at Emory?

He played tennis at UGA.

And game recognizes game, right?

Not in this case, sir. I actually spend most of my time in the Rollins building.

The physics building?

You know what? It was physics,

but it's been renovated so it's bio now.

You know, Davis, my son got rejected from Emory.

3.8 GPA, starting catcher on varsity.

I'm sorry to hear about that.

-Hey. Can I ask you a question? -Yeah. Go ahead.

How does a guy like you feel about affirmative action?

-A guy like what, Gus? Come on. -[Gus] No, it's a big deal.

He's obviously bright, refined, worthy.

I just want to hear his take. So, educate me.

I think your son got screwed, sir.

Yeah. [laughs] Me too.

[video game sound effects]

Man!

-Yo, what's up? -What's up?

Uh, what's up with your clothes? You ain't taking me to no luau dressed like that.

I ain't going to no fuckin' luau, shit.

Well, shit. If my boyfriend would rather play

fuckin' video games than go to a Lit Ass Luau with this,

then we got a problem.

Damn.

Look, this is all so complicated right now, aight?

I don't feel comfortable burning Marquise like that.

Rigo, it's the only thing to do.

Marquise just got out of high school. You're an entertainer.

Y'all two can't just partner up in some fantasy version of thug life

and think y'all own these streets.

You've got to take your uncle's deal and get on with your life.

Our life, remember?

And delete that juvenile ass Fortnite app, okay?

-Please. -[camera shutter clicks]

Bye!

[laughter]

So we had this amazing band at our wedding.

-They were the... What were they? -Los Cohetes.

-That's right. -Have you heard of them?

Have I heard of a Mexican wedding band?

-Yeah. -No.

Too bad, man. They rock.

[woman] They're so good.

[whispers] I thought you said this was just drinks.

We can leave after dinner.

I went down to the border myself.

It's unbelievable what they did to the people there.

It is. Davis, can you pass the cilantro?

But what are you gonna do? Clinton, Bush, Obama,

they all tried to stem the tide, but the onslaught just keeps coming.

So you're in favor of separating families?

You know me, Nate. I'm not a monster. I hated it.

But I hate lawbreakers too. Davis, you're the son of immigrants, right?

-Yep. -And I'm sure they came here

through proper channels, didn't they?

Why would you assume that?

Because, I mean, look at him.

All right? Good-looking guy, well-spoken.

He got into college, he's studying to be a doctor.

He obviously comes from good stock.

I... I mean that as a compliment.

-Well, it's not. It's disgusting. -[Nate] Ashley.

-Look, let's just change the subject. -[Odalie] What?

The idea that illegal immigrants are of lesser stock is disgusting.

I mean, do you have any idea what goes on in places outside of Buckhead?

-How dangerous it can be? -Ashley, it's okay.

No, it's not.

His parents weren't legal. Okay?

They fled horrific conditions

so that Davis could just have a shot.

And then, after working their asses off for 15 years,

they got deported because of people like you.

Hey, hey. Gus is our guest.

Which is why he's living with me.

-Wait, what? -Otherwise, he'd be homeless...

-Homeless? -And in constant fear that his brother

-will get taken away from him. -Ashley, please stop.

You don't gotta do this right here, okay?

No. She's not stopping until she tells me

what she's talking about.

It's not the biggest deal in the world.

Right, Nate?

She fell for a boy she met at college,

they moved in together. We did the same thing.

Right? You two fell for each other at Emory?

He doesn't go to Emory.

Neither do I.

What, you're not fucking going to college?!

Okay.

-[upbeat music plays] -[cheering]

♪ Got to take fight with competition in sight ♪

♪ Pressure make spite or pressure make diamond ♪

♪ Born for the night Pressure make spite ♪

[Tal laughing] Damn!

Yo, where do you find the time to put this kind of shit together?

Don't worry about that.

-Thank you. -How you feeling, dude?

♪ Iery, [indistinct] ♪

♪ Mighty, burn it up, Fiery ♪

♪ Iery, [indistinct] ♪

Oh, my God.

♪ Pressure too high Pressure too high ♪

♪ Pressure too high ♪

♪ Pressure too high Pressure too high ♪

-You look incredible. -Thanks.

-No Rigo? -Nah. Wasn't feeling it.

Good. That means you're dancing with me.

Oh. [giggles]

Whoa.

[music continues]

[Dondre] Well, hello Zo.

-Oh, hell no. -Okay, bitch! Didn't expect to see him here.

You know what? I'm gonna go say what's up.

-Yeah. -Be careful.

♪ Mighty, we burn it up, Fiery ♪

♪ Born for the night Pressure make spite ♪

Hey. Hey.

What's up? Hey, man, I... I like your look.

You look hot. All right, look, man,

I just want to apologize for what happened today.

I don't know what's happened. Sage is singling me out.

Or he's singling you out, I don't know.

Boy, I forgot about that shit just as fast as I forgot your name.

-Okay, well, it's Tal. -Tal, look.

The shit that happens in that studio, I don't take that personal.

Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose.

And sometimes... in your case, you get lucky.

And there's nothing wrong with getting a little lucky.

Fine. So any issue or whatever between us is squashed? We're good?

Squashed like a grape, baby.

♪ Pressure too high Pressure too high ♪

♪ Pressure too high Pressure too high ♪

♪ Pressure too high Pressure too high ♪

♪ Pressure too high Blow it up to the sky ♪

[soft music plays]

[phone rings]

[Sage] Hey gorgeous. I'm waiting.

[laughs] Yeah. I will be right there.

♪ And the way you hold me I just can't stand it ♪

♪ So I sit this one all through ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm laying next to you ♪

[needle scratches on record]

[door slams]

Um, hi.

Turn up the bass and reverb in the chorus.

[King] You know what? I can actually make this sound

like somebody's coming up from behind you.

[music plays]

-Yeah. I like that. -Yeah?

It kinda reminds me of "Ghostface Killers"

-by 21 Savage. -Yeah.

Well, that's great for 21 Savage,

but I don't really think that that's Sage's vibe.

Hey, Sage, um, are you vibing to this?

Yeah, I fuck with it. Collette, you fuck with this?

Mm-hm. Hard.

Looks like Sage has a new vibe.

So why don't you just sit back,

maybe pour me a glass of that?

Or did you not bring enough for everyone?

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you always preferred white.

Hm. I did, but, you know,

these days, I'm kind of down for whatever.

All right, Sage. You wanna lay down your vocals?

[Sage] Yeah. Yeah, open me one up. Here we go.

I think I'm a pretty understanding father, actually.

Understanding? You don't understand me at all.

There's one thing that your mother and I wanted for you,

and that was to graduate college.

-I don't even want to go to college! -One thing, Ashley!

Look, I have put up with the dancing. I've put up with the lying.

I'll even put up with your homeless boyfriend.

-Nate! -But dropping out of college

is where I draw the goddamn line, Ashley!

-It's Odalie. -What?

My name is Odalie.

And I'm old enough to make my own decisions.

And if you don't like that, you can fuck off!

[Nate] Wow.

You know what, Odalie?

You fuck off.

What?

I'm selling my damn soul six ways to Sunday in there for you,

and you can't keep your mouth shut till it's over?

I mean, you...

...you're gonna talk to me about immigration

-and homelessness? -I had to say something.

No, Odalie, you didn't.

Jesus.

Don't you realize it was your apartment

that convinced Child Services to let Justin stay with me

in the first place?

Once your dad gives us the boot, we're totally fucked.

I'm sorry.

I can reverse it with a phone call.

[laughs] Yeah.

But your never gonna stop making me feel like a prop.

What?

It's all so clear to me now.

I'm just your act of rebellion at home.

Your passport to the hood at High Water.

Is there anywhere in there where I'm just your boyfriend?

I just chose you over my parents.

If that's not enough, I don't know what to say.

No, no, 'cause you already said it best.

Okay? You can reverse it with one phone call.

You're always gonna have this safety net,

but here I am, with a hundred bucks to my name.

Then just get a job, Davis! Any job! It can't be that hard!

Are you kidding me?

You know how fucking hard it is to get a job with no experience?

Even this minimum wage bullshit, they laugh me out the damn door.

God, we just...

We just have such different realities.

Maybe that's where it should stay.

Pull over.

Why? What did I do?

I've reorganized my entire life to take care of you.

-And Justin. -Just pull over, please. I need to be alone right now.

-For the night? -Odalie, pull the car over!

-[hip-hop plays] -Ladies and gentlemen!

Y'all came here to see a battle, right?

[cheering]

I think we can get a little louder than that. I said, y'all came here

-to see some battles, right? -[loud cheering]

Yeah! All right! Then let's battle in this motherfucker then!

Tonight, we got some of the hottest dancers in all of the A-T-L.

The first competitor on the floor is a legit Sage Odom dancer.

-[crowd] Oh! -Not me, not me, calm down.

-Give it up for my man, Tal! -[cheering]

Who's gonna get up here and give my boy a challenge?

Uh-oh! Looks like we got ourselves a brave one!

Thank you, brother. A hundred to enter, big man.

-What? -It's easy money. You'll get it right back.

Dude, I don't have a hundred bucks.

All right, don't worry about it.

I'll spot you. All right!

-Y'all ready? -Yo! 250 on white hat.

250 on white hat. A lot of money coming in on my man in the white hat,

which means a lot of y'all are about to get your money taken.

-[crowd boos] -What, you all not feelin' me?

Y'all will after this. DJ!

[music plays]

Ah, shit!

Who gonna throw the first punch?

Let's go!

♪ Oo I'm too lit, watch me hop up out the grave ♪

♪ Yeah, they too scared to swim while we making waves ♪

♪ I just made a splash, I just made a splash ♪

♪ I just made a splash... ♪

Nah, nah, ain't nothing new in the whole shit!

-Wait, wait. What was that -Ain't nothing new in the whole shit.

-He doing the same move! -[crowd boos]

Tal, let 'em know what's up.

♪ That song, that's my tempo ♪

♪ H-Town with my kinfolk ♪

♪ It's as big like a Mack truck ♪

♪ Tell these haters back up ♪

♪ You don't want a problem ♪

♪ Do the math, that don't add up ♪

♪ Now we're [indistinct] ♪

♪ I got a fraction of my patience ♪

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Ooh!

Ooh!

Word! Whoa, whoa! All right, my man in the white hat!

Time to go! Let's go!

♪ Yeah, they too scared to swim while we making waves ♪

♪ I just made a splash, I just made a splash ♪

[crowd] Ooh!

♪ I just made a splash, I just made a splash ♪

Go ahead, Tal!

♪ Legendary, my clique on that legendary ♪

♪ I just made a splash, I just made a splash ♪

Yeah, watch the beat. Yeah!

♪♪♪

-[cheering] -Oh, shit!

Oh, shit! Tal, you did it!

[Dondre] Oh, shit!

Huh? What'd I tell you? What'd I tell you? What'd I tell you?!

-Yo! Ohio. My boy Tal! -Dondre, put me on the list, bro.

You ready right now? I'm about to start up another circle.

Yeah.

Is that enough?

You got yourself a battle.

All right, everybody. The night's not over.

♪♪♪

Can you loop the hook?

-You already did. -Check this out.

♪♪♪

-[Nine] Okay. -[King] Like that?

Yeah, you're not just an engineer, are you?

-Nah. These are my beats. -Well, damn.

It is a rare pleasure to work with someone who actually knows what the fuck they're doing.

[groans]

-Hey. Sage, that was fire. -Oh, no, this shit is about to be a smash.

I just wish that we could get the girl part recorded.

We could send the shit to SZA in the morning.

-[Nine] I know. -I'll do it.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

You... shit. By all means.

All right.

-[hip-hop plays] -[Dondre] I got real money up here.

Who want it?! Show me somethin'!

Hey! Get live! Let's go! Come on!

♪ 'Cause we go hard or not at all ♪

♪ Go hard or not at all ♪

♪ Go hard Go hard ♪

♪ It's the rat-a-tat revenge ♪

♪ It's the rat-a-tat revenge ♪

♪ It's the rat-a-tat revenge ♪

♪ It's the rat-a-tat revenge ♪

♪ RIP you hatin' ho ♪

♪ Makin' plays Eat good like buffets ♪

-Who you got money on? -My boy Davis.

♪ Goin' amaze ♪

♪ Fresh to the grave Be in the... ♪

♪ I need some more money! I need some more bets! ♪

♪ Got a couple stacks Then go celebrate, eh ♪

♪ Done great And great, ready ♪

♪ Higher than the attic You don't want static ♪

He won! You're barking up the wrong tree!

-[cheering] -Put another one on the board for Davis!

Louie, you had a good run. Sorry, brother. Your luck run out.

You're up 800. Might be a good time to take this home.

No, man. Just set up the next one.

Bruh, it's getting hot out here. You already made your money.

It's not enough, Dondre. I need more.

All right.

My boy Davis is embarrassing you fools out here.

Who's gonna get up here and give him a real challenge?

-Any takers? -[cheering]

-Oh, the floral shirt. -No, no. Fuck that, bro.

We been going double or nothing all night.

Eight hundred if you wanna battle me.

You heard the man.

I usually make that in about an hour,

today I'm gonna make it in three minutes.

[crowd] Oh!

-Let's go. -It's real. DJ!

♪ Rosé Rosé ♪

♪ White times Rosé ♪

♪ [indistinct] Bud Light, White time couldn't... ♪

♪ Snitch these Done good ♪

♪ Oh, shoot [indistinct] ♪

♪ No thanks Just hangin' ♪

♪ Yours keep me up Yours keep me up ♪

Woo-hoo-hoo!

♪ My eyes may be rollin' ♪

♪ But down here I'm holy ♪

♪ I'm just outside my body ♪

[Dondre] He's stylin' on you Davis.

[Dondre] Oh!

Whoo! What you gonna do? What you gonna do, Davis?

What you gonna do?

♪ 93 octane ♪

♪ Smokin' on that green crack ♪

♪ Sip liquid cocain ♪

♪ Bone deaths [indistinct] Tomorrow I'll go vomit ♪

♪ Tonight I'm gonna toss shit ♪

♪ Then hit the streets and run it ♪

♪ My date look astonished ♪

♪ All she pay is homage ♪

♪ Told her love me now 'Cause when I come down... ♪

[crowd groans]

Fuck!

Hey, give me my money! Give me my money!

Smells so good, and I don't even need this shit!

I'm gonna wipe my ass with this one!

-Fuck you! -Hey, what you doin'. You lost.

Hey. You lost. Okay?

Go get some air.

Go ahead. Keep the party going.

You're doing the right thing, Rigo.

For you, for your friends.

Doing the right thing for your career.

I'm just happy you see it.

That's why I'm here.

Uncle Matty, we family, right?

Of course.

And family looks out for each other, right?

No doubt.

All right, look. I'm in, all right?

I'm down with you with everything.

But... look, I can't burn Marquise.

-Aight? That dude is family. -That dude is a liability.

You keep hanging around with him,

you may as well pick out a plot next to your pops.

-You don't understand, man! -I do.

That Marquise is crazy. This is non-negotiable.

It's your last chance.

I'm gonna do everything for you I said I was,

starting with this.

I need an answer. Now.

All right. I'm in.

We'll take care of Marquise on our own time, okay?

Mm-hm.

If you need anything, you know who to call.

Okay, y'all. Can't nobody take down the champ?

Is it really time to retire Tal's number?

-[Zo] Not yet. -What was that?

I said not yet. 'Cause I got next.

-Oh, he say he got next. -No, no. He's gonna crush me!

You keep talkin' like that, fuck yeah he will.

-So what do I do? -Remember, this is a battle.

Don't be afraid to lay some of that hot ass shit I taught you on his black ass.

-Right. Hot ass shit. -Think about how good it would fucking feel

to tell everybody at High Water how you destroyed Zo. Huh?

You got this. Go.

Oh! I can't wait for this.

Tal versus Zo. Zo versus Tal.

A battle of the ages. [laughs] Let's get this shit going.

Drop this motherfucker.

DJ.

♪ Bitch, I'm on top now Where your funds at? ♪

♪ Click, click, pow Where your guns at? ♪

♪ Show y'all really how to do it, bitch, bump that ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit Bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ Bitch, I'm on top now ♪

Oh, Tal, he says no friends on the dance floor.

♪ ...how to do it Bitch, bump that ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit Bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ Bitch, I'm on top now ♪

♪ Where your funds at? ♪

♪ Click, click, pow Where your guns at? ♪

♪ Show y'all really how to do it, bitch, bump that ♪

Whoa!

♪ Where your funds at? ♪

♪ Click, click, pow Where your guns at? ♪

♪ Show y'all really how to do it, bitch, bump that ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit Bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ BX broad to the grave ♪

♪ Grew up in the slums now I'm here for the rage ♪

Let's go, Tal.

♪ I'ma fuckin' beast better keep me in a cage ♪

What you got? What you got?

♪ I'm a rockstar, want a pic? ♪

What you got for me? Keep going. Keep going.

Yeah!

Oh! I see you, and I raise you.

I like the musicality, boy!

Oh, shit!

♪ Click, click, pow Where your guns at? ♪

Yeah!

♪ I'm the queen of this shit Bitch, fuck that ♪

In his space, in his face.

All up in his face!

Yeah! This is a battle!

♪ Quay Dash a problem and you know I'm hood ♪

♪ I don't need no friends I don't need no man ♪

♪ But I love them haters 'cause they all my fans ♪

♪ Want a autograph? Or you want a follow? ♪

♪ Got a heavy flow that these hoes could swallow ♪

♪ You don't want no beef better keep it cute ♪

♪ 'Cause Quay Dash taking all your loot ♪

♪ It's a fucking promise, it's a fucking deal ♪

♪ I don't give no fuck, 'cause they know I'm real ♪

Oh, my God!

Tal, let's go!

♪ I don't give no fuck, 'cause they know I'm real ♪

♪ I don't give no fuck, 'cause they know I'm real ♪

♪ 'Cause they know I'm real 'Cause they know I'm real ♪

♪ Bitch I'm on top ♪

Yeah!

♪ Click, click, pow Where your guns at? ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit Bitch, fuck that, yeah ♪

What you gonna do, Zo?

What you got, Zo?

This is a seasoned dancer, y'all.

♪ Fuck that ♪

Now we're getting jewels.

♪ Fuck that ♪

♪ Fuck that Fuck that ♪

♪ Fuck that ♪

♪ Fuck that Fuck that ♪

♪ Queen of this shit, bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ Queen of this shit, bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit, bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ I'm the queen of this shit, bitch, fuck that ♪

♪ Fuck that Fuck that ♪

Whoo! That was nasty!

[cheering]

All right, all right. Calm down, calm down.

Calm down.

[crowd chanting] Zo! Zo! Zo! Zo! Zo! Zo!

Yes, yes, yes. Tal, you had a killer run,

but it looks like we got a new champ. Give it up for Zo.

[cheering]

Uh-uh. You ain't done yet.

-Who wanna see me battle Zo? -[cheering]

You can't be done yet.

Because you ain't battled the king.

I'm good. I'm gonna take the cash and your boy's shirt.

Like I said, sometimes you win,

and sometimes you lose, and sometimes you get lucky.

Your luck just ran out.

♪ We ain't gotta waste no more time ♪

♪ We ain't putting feelings on the line ♪

♪ Anybody ask you ain't gotta lie ♪

♪ Ain't nobody bidness but you and I ♪

Sexy shit, 'Lette.

Good. Give it to me one more time.

-Okay. -Yeah? Same spot.

♪ We ain't gotta waste no more time ♪

♪ We ain't putting feelings on the line ♪

♪ Anybody ask you ain't gotta lie ♪

♪ Ain't nobody bidness but you and I ♪

-Yep. That was great. -Really?

-Yeah, yeah, come on out. -Okay.

Dope as fuck. You can sing your ass off.

-Thank you. -We all know this. Ain't nobody take that from you.

-Thank you. -But... I feel...

Nine, you wanna try one?

-You just said it was great. -And it was.

It was. I just wanna get a different take on it, that's all.

Yeah, I'll do it. If that's what you want, Sage.

-That is what I want. -All right.

-From the same spot. -Okay.

All right, same spot. Here we go.

♪ We ain't gotta waste no more time ♪

♪ We ain't putting feelings on the line ♪

♪ Anybody ask you ain't gotta lie ♪

♪ Ain't nobody business but you and I ♪

Cut, cut.

-Yeah. Come on out. -Yeah?

Change the...

-Quality. Yeah. -Yeah?

I mean, listen, it doesn't have the theatrics

of Collette's, but it's a scratch track

that's not gonna scare off SZA.

Listen, simple, to the point, perfect.

Just what I needed. In one take, too, good shit.

What in the actual fuck is going on?!

-[Sage] All right, 'Lette, what is this about? -Nothing. I'm fucking good.

You are clearly not fucking good. I hate it when girls do that.

You ask what's wrong, they say, "I'm fucking good."

When you are clearly not fucking good. Will you talk to me, please?

Are you kidding me? Hm? You can't figure this out?

-What, you don't like Nine? -It's not about Nine.

It's about you.

I thought I earned your respect.

Look at what we've built together. Look.

And then it's like she just comes in,

and it's like... it's like you'd rather I just leave.

-'Lette, you know that ain't the case. -Not to mention,

we can't even talk any more, me and you.

[sighs] We've spent the majority of our adult lives together,

we do not have to hash all that shit out right now.

Then when?

-Ever? -I don't know.

I gotta be honest, that's not at the forefront

of my mind right now.

Look at me.

There is nobody that I trust or respect more than you, you gotta know that.

Okay.

Okay, the dimple popped out. Is that a smile trying to break through?

A little something?

Yeah. That was a nice thing to say.

It's a true thing to say.

But this is also true.

This next album and tour have to be fucking monstrous.

And Nine is who the label sent to make that happen.

So what I need you to do is make sure that she has

what she needs to make this shit the blazing success it has to be.

Because if it ain't, stock in Sage Odom goes to zero,

and that's not good for me or good for you or good for High Water.

Right?

Yeah. Mm-hm.

So you and Miss Jones? History, huh?

-[chuckles] Volumes of it. -Mm.

-You knew? -Hell, yeah.

Who at High Water don't know about Skyntite?

-Come on. -Oh, great.

At least Collette could actually sing. I was kind of the Posh Spice.

But do not judge me based on some one-hit wonder girl group

that I was in when I was a teenager.

One hit? Which one?

"Who Am I To You?," "Run, Mascara, Run"?

-Stop. -"Pleather"? Come on.

I'm sorry, were you on the mailing list or something?

I was a fan. Most guys my age were.

So... that was your work on Big, wasn't it?

-Nah. -Nah?

You don't think that I can hear your fingerprints all over that thing?

I don't know. Most execs can't.

Yeah, well, I'm not most exec types.

When I hear something great, I know it, I clock it,

and I don't forget it. And then I have to know why it's great

before YouTube or Spotify tells me.

Then I spend every waking hour making the great

into the irresistible.

-Sound more like a producer. -What did you think?

I was just some A&R chick?

[laughs] Okay, yeah.

-"Big," that was me. -No shit.

-[laughs] -But you didn't get any props for that either, did you?

Uh... nah, not really.

You know what?

As long as I'm here, that'll never happen again.

Well, I guess tonight was a success.

Unless you're Tal. Or Davis.

Or you, which you are.

I guess it ain't a bad day to be me.

[laughs]

-Hey. -Hey.

I was looking for you guys.

You opened up a lot of eyes tonight. Especially mine.

-Not mine. I knew you had all that. -Thanks, guys.

Shit, I just wish I didn't lose to Zo.

Ooh, I gotta speak on that. He did all that shit in heels.

In heels?

Okay, clearly, I need more girl friends.

Anyway, you wanna get outta here?

-I wanna go, man. -I'm gonna hang back with Poppy for a minute.

There's some shit I have to talk to him about. Is that cool?

You can handle finding your way home, right?

Uh... yeah. Sure.

I guess. Catch you guys later.

-What's up, man? -How you doing, brother?

-You looked great out there. -You killed it.

[laughs] I, uh...

I don't suppose you have a ride home, do you?

I was actually gonna ask you the same exact thing.

Shit. Odalie can't give you a ride back?

-You mean Ashley? -Hm?

Nothing, man, forget it.

Odalie and I, we had a rough night.

-Right. -So I'm just kinda killing time.

Well, I mean, seeing as we're both broke,

and got no ride, I'm about to start walking.

You wanna chill?

Hey, bro, these wings fair game?

[Tal] Yeah. Bring em out.

So I don't see you at High Water anymore.

That's cause I'm not currently going to High Water.

I mean, when are you coming back?

Don't think I am, man.

I think maybe my dance journey is coming to an end.

What? Come on, Davis. You're so good, man.

I mean, dude, you even got on Sage's tour!

I only got it cause Odalie showed me the steps.

-What? -Yeah, man. I cheated.

I'm sorry.

No, it's... it's cool.

No, it's not. I woulda taken your spot.

Just know you made it, not me.

Besides, I got other things I'm thinking about.

-Oh, yeah? Like what? -Mm.

I've been working on this new app

-for the iPhone, of course. -Oh, for real?

-You are so gullible, dog. -[laughs]

An app. [laughs]

Thank God. Coffee.

There are some mugs right there.

Look, I want to apologize

for trying to tell you what to do,

and my little outburst.

I just didn't understand what I was supposed to do in there.

Yeah, you thought it was a tryout, huh?

Yeah, I guess I did.

But your tryout days are over, aren't they?

[laughs] Okay. Look, Nine.

I really want to be friends, okay?

But you're giving me nothing but attitude.

Look, Collette, I'm here for one reason,

and that's to solve a problem.

Sage's tour went on sale on Tuesday and numbers are weak.

So I have to turn that around fast, which means I don't have time

to rekindle an old relationship or worry about how you're feeling.

I don't even have time to think about you right now.

So I just need you to stay out of my way so there's not more problems.

'Cause the last thing I need right now is another problem.

Got it?

Oh, yeah. I got it.

I'm just worried, that's all.

I wouldn't worry about Rigo.

He's been in and out of shit his whole life

and he always lands on his feet.

I know, but this isn't normal Rigo shit.

It's East-O shit.

Well, he's gonna have to deal with what his father left him,

good and bad, sooner or later.

You know, maybe he'll hit a rough patch here and there.

Who knows? Ain't much we can do about it,

people gonna be who they're gonna be.

Like, Rigo always gonna get in trouble.

Just like how you, even when you're worrying,

you're still gonna be shinin'.

-So how about you? -Me?

I ain't never gonna stop doin' me.

Now, I know that's true.

-[turns up music] -Like right now.

I just can't stop feelin' myself.

[laughs]

♪ I'm lyin' if I said I didn't want it ♪

♪ I can tell by your eyes That you focused ♪

♪ Come and hop on this pony ♪

-Oh! -Yeah!

♪ Can I dive in your ocean? ♪

♪ Can I take a dive in your ocean? ♪

Where you going? Don't leave me!

Dre!

♪ Can I take a dive in your ocean? ♪

♪ I swear I'm drowning Yeah, I'm drowning ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm drowning, babe ♪

♪ You fuck me good and I mean good till I'm lazy ♪

Dre, get back in the car! You are embarrassing me!

♪ It got me crazy, babe ♪

Ain't nobody watchin'.

Let's just leave all that pressure and shit behind

and be us.

♪ I'm in my zone for this ♪

♪ Might write a song for this ♪

♪ Used to drinking Hennessy ♪

♪ But I need Patron for this ♪

♪ Yeah, I gotta be strong for this ♪

♪ My name, she moanin' it Yeah ♪

♪ And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin' ♪

♪ Just admit it, baby, Yeah ♪

♪ I'm lyin' if I said I didn't want it ♪

♪ I can tell by your eyes That you focused ♪

♪ Can I take a dive in your ocean? ♪

♪ I need your attention Yeah ♪

♪ I know the last nigga failed the mission ♪

♪ You like the shower or the kitchen ♪

♪ I would be a fool if I didn't listen ♪

♪ Hit it from the back ♪

♪ Then I hit it from the side in the morning ♪

♪ And the way you callin' my name, baby, ♪

♪ I can tell that you want it ♪

♪ Tell that you want it ♪

♪ Am I pleasing you right? Is it me that you like? ♪

♪ Only me inside Waterfalls, I'ma dive ♪

♪ You scratchin' my back I'm all in, no cap ♪

♪ Only thing I speak is facts... ♪

-We can't do this. -Yeah.

It wouldn't be right.

I'm gonna go inside.

-See you at rehearsal. -Yeah.

♪ Come and hop on this pony ♪

♪ Come and hop on this pony ♪

♪ Can I dive in your ocean? ♪

♪ Ocean Your ocean ♪

♪ Can I take a dive in your ocean? ♪

♪ Ocean Your ocean ♪

♪ Can I take a dive in your ocean? ♪

[Marquise] Yo! What's up? What's going on?

-You was right. -About what?

Matty. We can't trust him, dog.

He was the one who tossed the crib.

-He was the one who robbed us. -How you know?

He's wearing my dad's watch right now.

♪ It's a ATL thang You already know ♪

♪ Yeah, step up, step up Yeah, step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, step up, step up ♪

♪ Real tough Step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

♪ Step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

♪ You gotta step up ♪

♪ You gotta step up ♪ [echoes fade]

[narrator] Made in Georgia.

[blows]

♪ Dat da dup da dup dat ♪