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- It's nobody else's job
to chase your dreams for you.
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Checkmate.
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- This is perfect.
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It looks great.
Trust me.
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- Prince Rakeem strikes again.
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RZA: Hey, I left
Prince Rakeem
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in a cell in Ohio.
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DENNIS:
Nefertiti was a beautiful,
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powerful African queen,
know what I mean?
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You the modern version.
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- Dennis, I told you
we need our own place.
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DENNIS: And I told you
we can't rent another spot,
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because we gonna blow
through our savings
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in, like, two months.
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- Take it.
- Ma.
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- Please.
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- A young buck selling drugs
and such
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who never had much.
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U-GOD: I'm down to commit
with this Wu-Tang shit,
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but that music shit
ain't putting
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no food on the table right now.
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- I'm just asking y'all niggas
to take the first step.
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After that, I got y'all.
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We produced a single
that's getting mad airplay.
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- We feel like now it's time
for us to sign with a label
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and, uh, you know,
take over this whole game.
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- ♪ I smoke on the mic
like "Smokin' Joe" Frazier ♪
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♪ The hell-raiser
raising hell with the flavor ♪
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- "Protect Ya Neck" got me wet.
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- This could be our one shot,
know what I mean?
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[light music]
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♪ ♪
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- You might have gotten me
with that
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if I didn't catch it,
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but I did.
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Now your ass
ain't going nowhere.
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[laughs]
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Yo, that move is short money.
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You gotta think long money,
you dig, Prince Rakeem?
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- You think you got it
all figured out, huh?
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I used to be just like you...
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Once upon a time.
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♪ ♪
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[hip-hop music]
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[blade resounds]
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♪ ♪
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[gun cocks]
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♪ ♪
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[dice thud]
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♪ ♪
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[blade resounds]
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- Just because you changed
your name, RZA,
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don't mean
you on top of the game.
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- You're one to talk,
motherfucker.
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You fell for that
shitty single deal.
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At least I know
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I need a guaranteed album
and a release date.
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- Oh, because you're so much
smarter after you got dropped?
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Yo, how did Ohio
work out for you?
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- Hey, I'm here now, ain't I?
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- You're here talking shit,
nigga.
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What does that--
that long money--
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long money shit mean anyway?
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- Freedom.
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Creatively and business-wise.
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Checkmate.
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- You know what?
Yeah.
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I may have taken an L,
but that was just me.
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You, on the other hand,
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are responsible
for a lot more people, RZA.
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I mean, you basically demanded
that your family,
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your brothers,
put their fate in your hands.
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You explain that long money-
short money shit to them?
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Hmm?
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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LABEL EXEC: I have to say,
I fucking love the record.
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I love that it doesn't have
a hook,
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that it represents
what hip-hop was,
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and that it doesn't follow
any rules.
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I love that.
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I want us to ride
the momentum of the single.
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- We're happy that you believe
in the single.
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What are your thoughts
about an album?
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- [sighs]
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I can't tell you
how excited I am
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to discuss the possibilities.
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RZA, you are
such a creative guy.
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Putting out "Protect Ya Neck"
independently.
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Doing all
the artwork yourselves.
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[snaps fingers]
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And that sword?
That was dope.
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But I think I can do you
one better in that department.
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- Oh, shit.
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- There's a message
on there for you.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Ooh, that's a lot
of zeros, kid.
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That's a nice little flip,
right?
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- Mm-hmm,
straight up and down, huh?
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- [laughs]
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- Yeah.
I don't know, yo.
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I feel like that suit didn't
really answer my questions.
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- Aw, come on, Bobby.
He's a businessman.
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Course he ain't gonna
guarantee you an album
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if he doesn't have to.
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- Right, right.
- Yeah, well,
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if he wants Wu-Tang,
he'll have to.
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I did this shit
the label's way before.
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Now this time,
they gotta agree to our terms.
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- Ah, it's all good,
little bro.
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This is our first meeting.
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You know,
we're just getting started,
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know what I mean?
[pager beeps]
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POWER: And Def Jam wants
to meet last,
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know what I'm saying?
RZA: Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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- I've been paging Divine
all day.
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He hasn't called me back.
- Yeah.
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They were just at Mr. Chow's
with you-know-who.
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- Fuck.
We need more money, Rich.
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- Steve, we're
a brand-new label.
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Can't break the bank
before we start it.
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We signed Mad Kap,
we paid 30 for Tha Alkaholiks,
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and now you wanna blow
through the rest of our budget?
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Once we spend that money,
that's it.
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We're betting it all
on Wu-Tang.
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- Yeah.
They're worth it.
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I just need ten minutes
with them, okay?
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Face-to-face.
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- I'll keep asking around.
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I think I know
where they're recording.
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[light hip-hop music]
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♪ ♪
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[glass shatters]
[indistinct shouting]
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[door clicks shut]
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- Hey.
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- Your favorite.
- My favorite?
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I think you like those
more than me.
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- Hey, yo, I wasn't the one
that finished
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the whole box last time,
know what I mean?
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- [laughs, scoffs]
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- What's all that?
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- A job application.
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- Job application?
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SHURRIE: Nia says
she can hook me up
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with a job at Bay Video.
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Mm-hmm, every dollar counts.
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- Hey, yo, we gonna be
signed soon, all right?
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The money coming any day now.
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- It's not just about money.
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It's about purpose.
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You and the guys have been
going town to town
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and college to college,
pushing the record.
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I wanna do something
like that for myself.
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It's kind of like
when you got me this necklace.
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You were saying how Nefertiti
is beautiful and powerful.
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Real power is taking life
into your own hands.
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- Yeah. I feel that.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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MAIN SOURCE:
♪ So in the year of 1992 ♪
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♪ Now, this is how we do ♪
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♪ At the age of 19,
heard the scene ♪
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♪ A lot of MCs
that do not come clean ♪
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♪ Frontin' on dealin'
hard times in rhymes ♪
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♪ You see 'em in the streets
and you see no signs ♪
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♪ Of the hell, and they get
onstage and tell ♪
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♪ Some old cornball war story ♪
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♪ Ring the bell ♪
- Word!
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- ♪ You're fakin' the funk ♪
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♪ Talkin' that extra hard junk,
you're probably a punk ♪
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♪ And I'ma let you know
that this way ♪
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♪ You just don't cut
with the artificial flow
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- ♪ Neek the Exotic
breaks backs and necks ♪
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♪ When fakes try to front ♪
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♪ They'll get smoked
like blunts ♪
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♪ My rhymes
penetrate like skunk ♪
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♪ Hey, yo, word up, I think
you're fakin' the funk ♪
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- ♪ You're fakin' the funk ♪
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[delicate hip-hop music
playing over speaker]
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♪ ♪
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- Yo, what up?
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RZA: Hey, yo.
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So Ray was thinking about
replacing that "Gigante" verse
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with the 16 from
"Lifestyle of the Mega Rich."
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How you feel?
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- I don't know.
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- What you mean--
what you mean you don't know?
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- How we gonna talk about
lifestyles of the mega rich
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when we all broker
than a motherfucker?
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[laughs]
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- Well, shit, we still
taking meetings with labels.
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You know, if we had the money
to break y'all off--
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- Yo, I wasn't saying
like that.
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I'm just saying...
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♪ ♪
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- So what you thinking?
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- I wrote this when I was
locked up, you know.
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I ain't never really spit
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nothing like this
before, though.
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- All right.
Let's hear it.
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- It's been
22 long, hard years.
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I'm still struggling.
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Survival got me bugging,
but I'm alive on arrival.
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I peep at the shape
of the streets.
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Stay awake
to the ways of the world,
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'cause shit is deep.
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RZA: That shit's fucking deep,
yo.
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DECK: Word.
- Word up.
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- Word, son.
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- That's deep, dog. Word.
- Yeah.
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- All right, let's see how
that shit sounds in the booth.
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Word, word.
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- Hey, what's up, fellas?
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- Hey, what's up, son?
Y'all from Def Jam, right?
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- No.
Uh...
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- Shit.
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Damn, when is that meeting
happening, son?
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- Bobby, Steve Rifkind.
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You remember me?
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- Oh, shit, yo.
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[laughs]
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What's up, man?
Yo, long time, no see, man.
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- I've been good, good.
You?
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- Word, word. Yeah, yeah.
Been good. Been good.
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STEVE: Right.
Is there, uh,
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somewhere
we can talk for a minute?
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I've always dug your sound.
My whole office does.
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I've been trying to track
you guys down for months.
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- Yo, word.
- That's cool and all that,
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you know what I'm saying,
but, no disrespect,
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what other acts
have you put out on your label?
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- Yeah, look, I've, uh--
I've managed and marketed
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some of the top acts
in the game,
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before starting my own label,
Loud Records.
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Right now, we got
Tha Alkaholiks
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from the West Coast,
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Twista from the Midwest.
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You guys can rep the East.
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You know, we're young.
We're hungry.
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We're gonna give you all
the fucking attention you need.
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I want Loud to be the house
that Wu-Tang built.
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- He means it.
Really.
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- We want freedom.
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Creative freedom.
Business freedom.
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- Yeah, well,
we're not A&Rs, okay,
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so you do
what you do creatively.
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Our job is, we just go out
and sell it.
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- Okay, respectfully, uh,
we have some big meetings
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with some bigwigs who have
made names for themselves,
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who have made history
with their artists,
253
00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:11,880
and who also have
bigger budgets
254
00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,173
to take bigger risks.
255
00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:16,467
So why should we go
with a new label, hmm?
256
00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:19,554
- [sighs]
257
00:11:19,554 --> 00:11:21,014
We need to get more money.
258
00:11:27,562 --> 00:11:28,855
- We made it work this far,
259
00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,231
but you and me made a deal
260
00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:32,066
to get on top of the rap game.
261
00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:34,402
To get on top,
I need a bigger budget.
262
00:11:36,404 --> 00:11:38,698
- Boys, I thought we were
going over marketing here.
263
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,993
- Wu-Tang already has
a six-figure bid on the table,
264
00:11:41,993 --> 00:11:43,953
and they're meeting
with other top labels soon.
265
00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:46,831
- That means higher offers.
STEVE: Right.
266
00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:48,917
Come on, Skip.
267
00:11:48,917 --> 00:11:54,088
- Steve...I like your dad.
268
00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:56,674
We both made our bones
in this industry.
269
00:11:56,674 --> 00:11:59,761
I think you've forgotten
you don't have a track record.
270
00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:02,305
Remember, I'm taking
a chance on Loud,
271
00:12:02,305 --> 00:12:04,849
but risk has its limits.
272
00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:09,520
I can't keep sticking
my neck out for Loud Records.
273
00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,397
- I get it, Skip, okay,
274
00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:13,983
but we both know that RCA's
in the shitter right now.
275
00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:15,276
And I'm telling you
276
00:12:15,276 --> 00:12:17,320
that Wu-Tang
can pull the label out from it.
277
00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:20,448
I don't expect you
to understand hip-hop, okay,
278
00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:22,742
so let me explain it
to you like this.
279
00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,913
This company was built
on American grassroots music,
280
00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:30,625
guys playing the banjo
and blowing into jugs.
281
00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:32,210
Well, hip-hop's
the modern version of that,
282
00:12:32,210 --> 00:12:33,878
and Wu-Tang can do
for this label
283
00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:35,922
what Elvis did in 1956,
284
00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:38,633
and don't you wanna be
on the right side of history?
285
00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:42,971
- The answer's no.
286
00:12:42,971 --> 00:12:45,765
- [sighs heavily]
287
00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:49,310
[low electronic music]
288
00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:52,146
- [scatting]
289
00:12:52,146 --> 00:12:55,400
♪ ♪
290
00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,694
What the fuck
is this shit, man?
291
00:12:57,694 --> 00:12:59,612
Yo, Ma.
292
00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,364
No.
293
00:13:01,364 --> 00:13:02,824
Come on, man.
294
00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:08,288
Yo, man.
[door rattling]
295
00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:14,127
What's going on?
296
00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:17,714
- Um,
297
00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:19,257
I fell behind on the rent.
298
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,719
- Why wouldn't you
tell me that?
299
00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:28,433
- Because I--I didn't want you
to go back into those streets.
300
00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:31,144
I'm really sorry.
301
00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:33,813
Just wish
I had gotten my Bible.
302
00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,815
Your grandmother gave it to me.
303
00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,859
The neighbors offered for us
to stay with them
304
00:13:37,859 --> 00:13:39,610
until we can figure out
where to go.
305
00:13:40,945 --> 00:13:42,363
Come inside.
306
00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:49,620
Where you going?
307
00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:52,165
- To get our spot back.
308
00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:55,543
[brooding music]
309
00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:57,211
POWER: Yo, yo.
What up, Sha?
310
00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:59,005
- I'm tired of this shit, man.
311
00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,256
- Yo, you good?
312
00:14:00,256 --> 00:14:02,675
SHA: One second, you on
the straight and narrow.
313
00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:04,802
You doing
what you supposed to do.
314
00:14:04,802 --> 00:14:07,638
Next second, you getting kicked
out your fucking crib
315
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:11,225
for being poor, Black,
and in the fucking hood, man.
316
00:14:11,225 --> 00:14:13,436
The fuck is we supposed
to do, man?
317
00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,772
It's like no matter
what you do,
318
00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:17,231
no matter where you go,
319
00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:19,901
shit's always gonna be fucking
stacked against you, man.
320
00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:24,530
We gotta get our families
out this shit, son.
321
00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:25,907
We gotta migrate.
322
00:14:25,907 --> 00:14:27,658
POWER: Yup.
323
00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,285
- Shit is fucking crazy, man.
324
00:14:29,285 --> 00:14:32,163
- Yo, son, it's always
about the money, yo,
325
00:14:32,163 --> 00:14:33,873
know what I mean?
326
00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:36,084
But don't get stagnated
in that shit,
327
00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:37,543
you know what I'm saying?
328
00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:38,920
You gotta do what you do,
329
00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,422
take the same energy
you got going on right now,
330
00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:45,051
take that shit, and put
that shit in the booth, nigga,
331
00:14:45,051 --> 00:14:46,719
you know I'm saying?
332
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:48,346
Yo, you heard Deck's verse?
333
00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,973
Yo, put that shit on, son.
334
00:14:51,432 --> 00:14:55,186
[delicate hip-hop music
playing over speaker]
335
00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:56,604
Yo, listen to this shit, nigga.
336
00:14:56,604 --> 00:14:58,356
DECK: ♪ It's been 22
long hard years ♪
337
00:14:58,356 --> 00:14:59,482
♪ I'm still struggling ♪
338
00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:00,983
♪ Survival got me bugging ♪
339
00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:02,652
♪ But I'm alive on arrival ♪
340
00:15:02,652 --> 00:15:04,403
♪ I peep
at the shape of the streets ♪
341
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,364
♪ And stay awake
to the ways of the world ♪
342
00:15:06,364 --> 00:15:07,907
♪ 'Cause shit is deep ♪
343
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,742
♪ A man with a dream
and plans to make cream ♪
344
00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:12,370
♪ Which failed, I went to jail
at the age of 15 ♪
345
00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:14,372
♪ A young buck
selling drugs and such ♪
346
00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:16,332
♪ Who never had much,
trying to get a clutch ♪
347
00:15:16,332 --> 00:15:18,042
♪ Of what I could not touch ♪
348
00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:20,211
DIVINE:
Babe, you made the lemonade?
349
00:15:20,211 --> 00:15:21,629
- Doing it right now.
350
00:15:24,882 --> 00:15:28,386
- Hey, um, I got that.
Come here.
351
00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:29,887
- I'm just about done.
352
00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:31,848
DIVINE: Oh, no, no, no, no.
I got it. I got it. You know.
353
00:15:31,848 --> 00:15:34,517
You know Mama taught me
how to make some lemonade.
354
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,853
SHURRIE: Well, thanks
for saving me the extra swirls.
355
00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:43,151
DIVINE: I know
it hasn't been...ideal
356
00:15:43,151 --> 00:15:45,570
living here with me and Nia,
357
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:47,780
but it's been nice having you.
358
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,657
You know, you and--
you and the baby.
359
00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,826
D, not so much.
360
00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:53,744
- [laughs]
361
00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:56,497
Yeah.
It's been nice.
362
00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,167
[knock at door]
363
00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:04,797
DIVINE: [sighs]
364
00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:12,180
- Congratulations, Divine.
Passed your piss test.
365
00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:17,226
- Come on in, Officer.
366
00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:21,355
- Tell me what's going on
with the job search.
367
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:22,982
Your file shows
that your construction job
368
00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:24,150
ended a while ago.
369
00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:26,068
- Well, actually, sir,
I've, uh--
370
00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:27,069
- Thank you.
371
00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:28,905
- I've been punching my clock
372
00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:30,448
with a new venture.
373
00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:33,326
There you go.
374
00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:34,869
[baby fusses]
375
00:16:34,869 --> 00:16:36,287
- Okay.
376
00:16:36,287 --> 00:16:38,414
Where's your pay stub?
377
00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:41,292
- Uh, with all due respect,
sir, what do you mean?
378
00:16:41,292 --> 00:16:43,169
I've--I've been working harder
379
00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,796
than I ever had
in my entire life.
380
00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:48,674
My--my sister,
yeah, she will tell you.
381
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,301
PAROLE OFFICER:
Come on, Divine.
382
00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:51,928
Every ex-con tells me
they're in the rap game.
383
00:16:51,928 --> 00:16:53,346
That's not a job.
384
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:56,098
You need a W-4 to prove
you have a real job,
385
00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:57,600
or I'll be forced
to violate you,
386
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,185
and then they'll send you back.
387
00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:01,729
[tense music]
388
00:17:01,729 --> 00:17:04,648
♪ ♪
389
00:17:04,648 --> 00:17:06,025
Mmm.
390
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,693
Uh, who made the lemonade?
It's great.
391
00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:09,319
BOTH: I did.
392
00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:11,280
♪ ♪
393
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,782
[elevator bell dings]
394
00:17:13,782 --> 00:17:15,576
- You're lucky
he didn't fire us.
395
00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:16,993
- How the fuck are we supposed
to do this
396
00:17:16,993 --> 00:17:18,454
when our whole budget
is peanuts?
397
00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:20,665
- Maybe I can start
going to temple again.
398
00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:24,919
- Hey, guys,
nice work back there.
399
00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:26,462
RICH: Thanks, Mojoe.
400
00:17:26,462 --> 00:17:29,257
- Sorry it was a no-go.
You going to the BMG retreat?
401
00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:31,259
- For what?
MOJOE: Whole company's going.
402
00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:32,969
All of BMG's subsidiaries.
403
00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:34,345
Even BMG's CEO,
404
00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:36,097
Christoph Rainer,
will be there.
405
00:17:36,097 --> 00:17:38,391
Maybe he'll appreciate
your passion for Wu-Tang.
406
00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:44,605
♪ ♪
407
00:17:44,605 --> 00:17:46,941
SHA: It is what it is,
know what I mean?
408
00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:48,025
- Come on, man.
409
00:17:48,025 --> 00:17:49,485
DECK: I came at it raw.
- Hey, yo.
410
00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:52,363
- Hey, yo.
Sharpened my sword, man.
411
00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:53,489
RZA: Oh, word?
412
00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:55,449
- Wrote a new rhyme
for "Lifestyle."
413
00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:57,952
- Me and Rae's verse
together?
414
00:17:57,952 --> 00:17:58,995
Whoo!
415
00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:00,496
- Word.
Let's hear it.
416
00:18:00,496 --> 00:18:03,291
- Hey, yo.
GZA: Lay that down, God.
417
00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:05,501
ETHAN: Yo, what's up, man?
DECK: Soo!
418
00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:07,253
- Come on, son, I can't even
hear anything, man.
419
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,171
Turn up the fucking music, God.
420
00:18:09,171 --> 00:18:12,717
♪ ♪
421
00:18:12,717 --> 00:18:15,678
♪ I grew up on the crime side,
the "New York Times" side ♪
422
00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:17,430
♪ Staying alive was no jive ♪
423
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:18,556
♪ Had secondhands ♪
424
00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:20,391
♪ Moms bounced on old man ♪
425
00:18:20,391 --> 00:18:22,602
♪ So then we moved
to Shaolin land ♪
426
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,979
♪ A young youth, yo,
rocking the gold tooth ♪
427
00:18:24,979 --> 00:18:26,439
♪ 'Lo goose ♪
428
00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:28,316
♪ Only way I be getting
a G off is drug loot ♪
429
00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:30,234
♪ And let's start it
like this, son ♪
430
00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:32,320
♪ Rolling with this one
and that one ♪
431
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,904
♪ Pulling out gats for fun ♪
432
00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:36,782
♪ But it was just a dream
for a teen who was a fiend ♪
433
00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,993
♪ Started smoking woolies
at 16 ♪
434
00:18:38,993 --> 00:18:40,661
♪ And running up in gates ♪
435
00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:42,330
♪ And doing hits
for high stakes ♪
436
00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:44,457
♪ Making my way
on fire escapes ♪
437
00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:46,208
♪ No question I would speed ♪
438
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:49,086
- Yo. I told you.
439
00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:51,297
No distractions, yo.
What's up?
440
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,299
- And I told you
stop coming at me like that.
441
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,508
Damn.
442
00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,010
- Do you know Dennis
ain't even in there?
443
00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:57,303
- That's why I came.
444
00:18:59,013 --> 00:19:00,348
[sighs]
445
00:19:00,348 --> 00:19:02,933
Money's been kind of tight,
and I'm just nervous
446
00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:06,187
that he's gonna fall back
into his old ways.
447
00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:07,313
I mean, I don't know,
448
00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:09,523
but that's the vibe
I'm getting.
449
00:19:11,108 --> 00:19:12,693
- Oh.
450
00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:19,075
Hey, 'Rie, uh, I'm sorry
that no one is making
451
00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:20,201
any money right now, but--
452
00:19:20,201 --> 00:19:21,869
- I get it, Bobby.
453
00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,412
- Hey.
454
00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:24,997
[sighs]
455
00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:27,500
We gonna get a deal soon.
456
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:33,923
♪ ♪
457
00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,352
RUBEN: I can honestly say
that there's just
458
00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:48,062
no other group like Wu-Tang
out there.
459
00:19:48,062 --> 00:19:50,815
You guys are at the vanguard
of your own movement,
460
00:19:50,815 --> 00:19:52,733
and we at Elektra,
we want--no,
461
00:19:52,733 --> 00:19:56,153
we need to be
a part of that movement.
462
00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:58,656
Wu-Tang's album
has to be out on Elektra.
463
00:19:58,656 --> 00:20:00,449
- Will you guarantee
an album release?
464
00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:01,742
- Absolutely.
465
00:20:01,742 --> 00:20:03,661
I'll put that in writing
if that puts you at ease.
466
00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:07,915
- All right.
- Yeah.
467
00:20:07,915 --> 00:20:09,375
We knew you'd be on board.
468
00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:11,502
And listen, we--
we don't mess with the music.
469
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,129
We don't do that
to our artists.
470
00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:14,338
That's what you do.
471
00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:16,716
What we do is marketing,
and image is key.
472
00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:19,844
So with you guys, we'll have
to discuss the presentation.
473
00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:22,888
We want you to be street
but not too street.
474
00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:25,057
And maybe give you
a more unifying look.
475
00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:26,517
- Unifying look?
476
00:20:26,517 --> 00:20:28,310
- Yeah.
Maybe some dancers.
477
00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,688
- I mean, with us, what you see
is what you get.
478
00:20:30,688 --> 00:20:32,273
DIVINE: Mm-hmm.
- You know?
479
00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:33,441
- Yeah.
Fuck that.
480
00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:34,650
- We just keep it real.
481
00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:36,902
RUBEN: What do you mean
by "keep it real"?
482
00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:40,448
Is this table not real?
483
00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:41,574
Is this office not real?
484
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,535
Come on.
Look, guys.
485
00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:46,495
Like I said, we're not trying
to change your music,
486
00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:47,955
and we don't wanna change
who you are.
487
00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:49,623
We wanna preserve
your authenticity.
488
00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:50,875
And matter of fact,
489
00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,626
we want you to be
the biggest rap group
490
00:20:52,626 --> 00:20:54,587
in the game.
491
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,380
Is that not what you all want?
492
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,219
To show you how serious we are,
493
00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:05,264
we're prepared to offer you
$200,000 to sign with us.
494
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,683
- How soon can we get that
to the rest of our crew?
495
00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:09,518
- If you sign today,
496
00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:10,811
you'll have a check
before you leave.
497
00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:13,397
- That's a solid offer,
but we need to discuss
498
00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:15,566
this whole image things
amongst ourselves.
499
00:21:15,566 --> 00:21:17,151
- I understand.
500
00:21:17,151 --> 00:21:18,861
Your shoes, they're nice.
501
00:21:18,861 --> 00:21:20,279
Jordans.
502
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:23,574
The hood loves Jordans.
You know who else does?
503
00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:25,534
Middle America.
504
00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:28,621
If you think I'm asking you
to sell out, ask yourself,
505
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,539
is Michael Jordan a sellout?
506
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,876
The answer is hell no.
507
00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:35,252
He makes more money
selling shoes
508
00:21:35,252 --> 00:21:36,837
than he does
playing basketball
509
00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:39,006
because he presents
a certain image.
510
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:43,177
He's cool, he's authentic,
but he's not threatening.
511
00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:46,013
- Nigga, yo, what the fuck?
512
00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:47,932
Yo, we thought a hundred thou
was a lot, yo.
513
00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:50,476
They just came out
with 200 thou, son.
514
00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:52,102
200.
DIVINE: Yeah, but okay, look.
515
00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:53,437
Listen.
- Come on, son.
516
00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:54,730
- He wants to change Bobby
and the team's image.
517
00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:55,856
We can't do that.
518
00:21:55,856 --> 00:21:57,024
- No, no, no,
that's not what he said.
519
00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:58,192
DIVINE: What'd he say?
520
00:21:58,192 --> 00:21:59,235
POWER: He doesn't want him
to sell out.
521
00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:00,569
He wants the albums
to sell out.
522
00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:01,779
DIVINE: That's not what he--
POWER: Come on, son.
523
00:22:01,779 --> 00:22:05,157
You heard him, right, RZA?
Yo, RZ.
524
00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:09,745
[pensive music]
525
00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:12,081
♪ ♪
526
00:22:12,081 --> 00:22:16,126
PRINCE RAKEEM: $200,000?
[exhales sharply]
527
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,378
Yo, just imagine
528
00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:19,296
what you and your boys
could do with that shit.
529
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:22,842
♪ ♪
530
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:27,012
- Yeah, till they start
telling you how to dress.
531
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,681
- Damn.
532
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:31,642
Yo, this would have
been way easier to put on
533
00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:33,435
with $200,000 in the bank.
534
00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:35,396
♪ ♪
535
00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:38,232
Shit.
536
00:22:38,232 --> 00:22:45,239
♪ ♪
537
00:22:59,753 --> 00:23:01,589
Shit.
538
00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:03,841
Well, sometimes
539
00:23:03,841 --> 00:23:05,968
you gotta sacrifice
some pieces to get that meat.
540
00:23:05,968 --> 00:23:09,013
- Oh, that's how you wanna
play, motherfucker?
541
00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:11,056
You look like one of the pieces
on the board.
542
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,725
[scoffs]
543
00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:18,522
♪ ♪
544
00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:20,232
You gotta take care
of that back rank.
545
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:22,651
♪ ♪
546
00:23:22,651 --> 00:23:24,361
Checkmate, Prince Rakeem.
547
00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:26,196
- Oh, fuck, man.
548
00:23:30,993 --> 00:23:38,000
♪ ♪
549
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:45,549
- You know, sacrificing
without thinking too far ahead,
550
00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,593
you're gonna risk everything.
551
00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:50,471
It all depends on what you
sacrifice and win.
552
00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:53,807
Dovetail mate.
553
00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:56,560
- Yeah. I don't know.
554
00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,189
I mean, maybe you're just
too smart for your own good.
555
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:07,237
It's 200K for the whole team.
Shit.
556
00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,573
Yo, think about what Dennis
and Shurrie can do with that.
557
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:13,535
- I have.
I've thought of it all.
558
00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:16,163
- Yeah.
You sure?
559
00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:21,752
- We don't want you
to just sell gold.
560
00:24:21,752 --> 00:24:24,129
We want you to sell millions.
561
00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:29,051
- So in terms of marketing
Wu-Tang's image, we can--
562
00:24:29,051 --> 00:24:31,595
- Look, we love Wu-Tang
just the way you are.
563
00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:34,056
Gritty, grimy, real.
564
00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:37,142
Def Jam stands for black
and white and shades of gray.
565
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,769
We don't want any
of that shiny shit here
566
00:24:38,769 --> 00:24:40,312
if it isn't platinum.
567
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,189
POWER: All right.
All right.
568
00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:44,817
I like how that sounds, so how
would you roll out the album?
569
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,860
- I'm glad you asked, Power.
570
00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,781
So I've talked to my team,
and we plan on releasing
571
00:24:50,781 --> 00:24:53,492
a Wu-Tang album
in the fourth quarter.
572
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,119
- That's the biggest quarter.
573
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,912
- Shows you how much
we believe in you guys.
574
00:24:56,912 --> 00:24:58,163
DIVINE: Word.
- And we've already mapped out
575
00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,873
plans for ODB and Meth,
576
00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:01,291
two of my personal faves.
577
00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:02,543
We see them as solo artists
578
00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:04,878
and plan on putting albums out
on them as well.
579
00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:08,424
- So when would Def Jam
want to put out Meth's album?
580
00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:10,384
- The target would be
probably next summer.
581
00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:12,928
We don't want Meth stepping
on Wu-Tang, and vice-versa.
582
00:25:12,928 --> 00:25:16,765
- That's if Meth is on Def Jam.
583
00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:20,811
- If Wu-Tang is on Def Jam,
then Meth is on Def Jam.
584
00:25:20,811 --> 00:25:22,813
If we're utilizing
our time and resources
585
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:24,565
to make each one
of the guys a star,
586
00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:26,567
then Def Jam
should also benefit
587
00:25:26,567 --> 00:25:28,902
by putting out
their projects as well.
588
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:34,992
As businessmen,
it's to my understanding
589
00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:37,911
that all of the guys are signed
to Wu-Tang Productions.
590
00:25:37,911 --> 00:25:39,538
So if all of the guys
are signed to you,
591
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,123
why wouldn't it be the same
for us?
592
00:25:41,123 --> 00:25:43,042
It's just
a standard business practice.
593
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,585
Right, fellas?
DIVINE: Uh, yes, it is.
594
00:25:44,585 --> 00:25:47,421
Obviously, we are very,
very interested in your offer.
595
00:25:47,421 --> 00:25:49,256
RZA: Hold up.
We didn't come here
596
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:52,760
for no standard business
practices, all right?
597
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,219
Bottom line,
598
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:58,098
if you sign Wu-Tang,
you get them as a group.
599
00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:00,225
You don't get them
as solo artists.
600
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,061
Period.
601
00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:05,773
♪ ♪
602
00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,900
- Yo, what the fuck happened
in there, yo? Huh?
603
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,610
You spring that shit
without talking to us first?
604
00:26:09,610 --> 00:26:11,153
- Hey, hey.
POWER: Come on, Bobby.
605
00:26:11,153 --> 00:26:15,032
- Look, I'm not just working
on shit for Wu-Tang, all right?
606
00:26:15,032 --> 00:26:17,326
I'm working on shit
for all the guys,
607
00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:20,704
on some
take-over-the-world type shit.
608
00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:24,541
The solo rights belong
to Wu-Tang Productions.
609
00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:27,294
We cannot give them to Def Jam.
610
00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:29,963
Wu-Tang Productions
has gotta call all the shots
611
00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:31,590
and protect the solo artist.
612
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,258
- Yo, you thinking
about solo artists.
613
00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:35,969
That's great, but how about you
try thinking about the group,
614
00:26:35,969 --> 00:26:37,387
know what I mean?
615
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:40,390
Okay, and just try to let us
into that head of yours
616
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:42,601
so, you know, we're not in
there looking like dumbasses.
617
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,978
- Yeah. Come on, Bobby.
Talk to us. What's going on?
618
00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:47,731
- If they wanna send us out,
out of the same spout,
619
00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:50,192
we can only go one at a time.
Right?
620
00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:53,195
Say Meth's album ain't no hit.
621
00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:54,488
They're not gonna wanna
give us money
622
00:26:54,488 --> 00:26:56,115
for any other solo deals.
623
00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:58,700
Next thing we know, Dirty
ain't got no release date.
624
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:02,246
We cannot afford to put
all our shit in one spot.
625
00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:03,789
- I hear what you saying,
my nigga,
626
00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,249
but ain't you jumping the gun,
you know what I'm saying?
627
00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:06,750
We gotta deal
with one thing at a time.
628
00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,544
Yo, Sha and his mom
just got evicted, and--
629
00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:09,878
- Dude, the full crew is broke.
630
00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:11,046
- Yo, ain't gotta
fucking talk to me
631
00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:12,464
about that shit, all right?
632
00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:17,928
Look, if we
wanna win this game,
633
00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:20,597
we gotta play
on multiple boards,
634
00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:25,060
doubling down,
and knowing when to strike.
635
00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:29,064
[pensive orchestral music]
636
00:27:29,064 --> 00:27:31,525
♪ ♪
637
00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:33,569
- That's your brother.
638
00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:42,578
J-RO: ♪ I knock 'em out
the park
639
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:43,579
♪ When other rappers
are hitting blunts ♪
640
00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:44,830
♪ I'm a togger, not a fogger ♪
641
00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,373
♪ Step on runts
and don't do stunts ♪
642
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:48,750
- Thanks for coming by.
Have a seat.
643
00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:52,379
- I'm not staying long, yo.
I gotta get back to the studio.
644
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:55,632
- Okay, yeah. No. Sure.
I'll get right to it, then.
645
00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:57,843
So look, the parent company
to Loud, BMG,
646
00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,303
is having
their corporate retreat
647
00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:02,931
in Connecticut this week,
and I want Wu-Tang to perform.
648
00:28:02,931 --> 00:28:04,391
- Why?
649
00:28:04,391 --> 00:28:06,935
- RZA, what are you
looking for, man?
650
00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:09,021
In terms of a deal.
You said you wanted freedom.
651
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,398
I said you'll have complete
creative freedom at Loud.
652
00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:15,986
- Not just creative.
Business too.
653
00:28:15,986 --> 00:28:17,905
- Meaning?
654
00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:20,657
- Look, signing Wu-Tang
is one thing,
655
00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:23,785
but I want my brothers
to have the freedom to go out
656
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:29,541
and get their own solo deals,
you know, make their own money.
657
00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,668
Now, I know that's not
industry standard.
658
00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,003
- Yeah, but Wu-Tang's
659
00:28:33,003 --> 00:28:34,838
not industry standard
either, right?
660
00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:37,174
So I'm not gonna give you
that same boilerplate shit.
661
00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:38,175
I'll give you what you want,
662
00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:39,885
freedom for your guys,
all that.
663
00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:43,472
- Word?
664
00:28:43,472 --> 00:28:44,973
- But what I can't give you
is the kind of money
665
00:28:44,973 --> 00:28:46,475
you'll get
from those other guys.
666
00:28:46,475 --> 00:28:48,226
I mean, I want to.
I--I just don't have it yet.
667
00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:49,853
Not--not right now.
668
00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:51,772
- Yo.
669
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:56,234
Yo, my guys are--yo,
we hurting right now, Steve.
670
00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:58,445
Like, straight up.
671
00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:01,239
I can't afford
to--to hold out any longer.
672
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:02,866
- That's why I want you
to perform for my bosses.
673
00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:05,035
I just want them to see
how special you guys are,
674
00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:06,912
and then I can
get you everything.
675
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:09,915
[somber music]
676
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,877
[indistinct chatter]
677
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,212
SHA: You know
what I'm saying?
678
00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:16,672
No, son. No.
679
00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:19,257
It's not about going back.
It's about staying afloat.
680
00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:20,759
Niggas are still
in the studio.
681
00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:22,678
That don't mean I'm not
gonna take a nigga chain.
682
00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:24,763
God...
683
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,349
- Hey, yo.
You seen Ghost?
684
00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:28,642
- He was here a minute ago,
but then he said
685
00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:30,352
he had some business
he had to take care of.
686
00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:32,562
♪ ♪
687
00:29:32,562 --> 00:29:34,022
POWER: If the labels found out
about that--
688
00:29:34,022 --> 00:29:35,440
SHA: I ain't scared
about no label.
689
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,483
This shit ain't--
POWER: Yeah, but they the ones
690
00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:37,859
giving the deal, nigga.
691
00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:40,070
- Come on, know what I mean?
What about these bills?
692
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:42,114
- Yo, what the fuck?
693
00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:43,281
SHA: What are you doing, man?
694
00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,700
U-GOD:
Don't come into the studio.
695
00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,202
I told you to page me
if you needed me, nigga.
696
00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:49,997
If.
Give me the fucking bag.
697
00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:00,716
- Everybody, check this out,
all right?
698
00:30:01,883 --> 00:30:04,886
[smooth vocal hip-hop music
playing over speakers]
699
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:11,893
♪ ♪
700
00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:16,440
SHA: ♪ I grew up
on the crime side ♪
701
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,025
♪ The "New York Times" side ♪
702
00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,860
♪ Staying alive was no jive ♪
- This shit needs a--
703
00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,403
needs a hook or something,
you know what I'm saying?
704
00:30:21,403 --> 00:30:23,780
- Well, "Protect Ya Neck"
ain't have no hook.
705
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,115
- But this shit's different.
706
00:30:25,115 --> 00:30:27,617
I'm feeling like this shit
actually needs that shit.
707
00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:29,161
METH: Yo, yo.
SHA: Yo.
708
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,121
RZA: Right on time, yo.
- What's up? What up?
709
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:32,873
- Peace.
- It's good.
710
00:30:32,873 --> 00:30:34,332
- What up, man?
Damn.
711
00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,792
- Need a chorus, yo.
712
00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:37,377
You be having
all them one-liners.
713
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,087
We need some, uh,--
some melodic shit for this,
714
00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:41,590
you know what I'm saying?
- No doubt.
715
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,175
Shit right here.
716
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:44,885
RZA: Yeah.
717
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:53,060
♪ ♪
718
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:57,355
- ♪ Cash rules ♪
719
00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:59,232
♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
720
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:00,525
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
721
00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,444
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all ♪
722
00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:04,446
♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
723
00:31:04,446 --> 00:31:05,739
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
724
00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:08,075
♪ Dollar, dollar bills, y'all ♪
725
00:31:08,075 --> 00:31:09,951
♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
726
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,244
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
727
00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:13,246
♪ Dollar, dollar bills, y'all ♪
728
00:31:13,246 --> 00:31:15,332
♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
729
00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:16,708
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
730
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:20,670
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all ♪
731
00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:21,963
Yeah.
732
00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:24,216
SHA: Soo!
733
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:28,011
[applause]
734
00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:29,471
- All right.
- Cash rules...
735
00:31:29,471 --> 00:31:30,806
SHA: Everything around me.
736
00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:32,974
SHA AND METH:
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
737
00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:36,019
ALL: ♪ Dollar, dollar bill,
y'all ♪
738
00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:38,146
METH: That's my man
Raider Ruckus right there,
739
00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:39,189
know what I mean?
740
00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:41,441
- Word. Word.
- Word.
741
00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:43,276
C.R.E.A.M. get the money.
742
00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:46,196
- Yo. Yo, where the fuck
you been at, nigga?
743
00:31:46,196 --> 00:31:48,198
- Nowhere, nowhere.
744
00:31:48,198 --> 00:31:50,158
- Yo, shit is--
745
00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:52,035
shit is going good, all right?
746
00:31:52,035 --> 00:31:55,664
Yo, we--we just gotta hold on,
you know what I'm saying?
747
00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,625
- Hell, unless you paying
my bills and shit,
748
00:31:58,625 --> 00:32:00,127
that's a lot easier said
than done,
749
00:32:00,127 --> 00:32:02,087
know what I mean?
750
00:32:02,087 --> 00:32:04,047
Yeah, what up
with the deal, son?
751
00:32:04,047 --> 00:32:06,716
That shit came through yet
or--or what?
752
00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:09,261
- Man, we got a--
753
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:12,973
we got another--
another label meeting.
754
00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:14,641
Just one more.
755
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:19,479
It's kind of like a showcase,
and all of us gotta be there.
756
00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:20,897
- Wait, wait, wait.
Says who, huh?
757
00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:22,107
POWER: Yo, you agreed to it
already?
758
00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:23,441
DENNIS:
Hey, yo, we getting paid, son?
759
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:24,901
We better be getting paid.
760
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:26,903
- If we ain't getting paid,
it ain't making sense, guy.
761
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:28,280
DENNIS:
Nigga, what's going on?
762
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,281
- Hey, yo.
Yo, yo, look.
763
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:30,740
All of y'all know
764
00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:33,368
that each label has
their own process, a'ight?
765
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,745
SHA: Son, I'm not about to keep
going through this, son.
766
00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:39,749
- I'm just asking y'all
for one night.
767
00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:42,711
[upbeat jazz music]
768
00:32:42,711 --> 00:32:45,797
♪ ♪
769
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,383
- What's up, fellas?
This is gonna be great.
770
00:32:48,383 --> 00:32:50,093
Yo, the whole company's here.
771
00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:51,970
They're excited
to see you guys.
772
00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:55,223
- Yo, this shit
better be worth it.
773
00:32:55,223 --> 00:33:02,272
♪ ♪
774
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:11,406
- Christoph.
775
00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:13,658
Hey, this is
the, uh, Wu-Tang Clan,
776
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,118
the group I was telling you
about.
777
00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:16,578
They're gonna be huge stars.
778
00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:20,790
Guys, this is Christoph Rainer.
He's the head of RCA.
779
00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:24,044
- I'm very interested
in hearing you perform.
780
00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:26,338
I'm a big fan of R&B.
781
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:27,631
- Oh, this ain't no...
782
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:28,798
- We'll let you get back
to business.
783
00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:30,342
- R&B.
784
00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:32,844
- 'Cause the guys need
to get ready.
785
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,971
Good to see you.
786
00:33:34,971 --> 00:33:37,474
- Hey, hey, uh,
787
00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:39,684
you sure these guys know
what we got going on here?
788
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:42,312
'Cause we ain't on
no R&B shit, yo.
789
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:43,980
- Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
790
00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:45,273
It's gonna be great.
791
00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,943
Come on.
It's gonna be great.
792
00:33:47,943 --> 00:33:49,486
- I'm gonna need one more
cheers for the night, yo.
793
00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:51,029
Put your pinkie out
when you drink.
794
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:52,948
- Yo, yo.
795
00:33:52,948 --> 00:33:58,453
We're, uh,
the Wu-Tang Clan, and--
796
00:33:58,453 --> 00:34:00,997
- Hey, yo.
797
00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:03,458
Coming straight
from the Shaolin land
798
00:34:03,458 --> 00:34:06,211
and the Brooklyn Zoo.
799
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:10,090
Introducing the Wu-Tang Clan.
800
00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:11,632
ALL: Soo!
801
00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:13,301
[applause]
802
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:16,888
- Yeah. All right, cousin.
Let's go, kid.
803
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,264
- Hey, yo, what's up?
804
00:34:18,264 --> 00:34:21,141
German niggas
don't like hip-hop?
805
00:34:21,141 --> 00:34:23,478
- Man, these cats have no idea
what's about to go down.
806
00:34:23,478 --> 00:34:30,527
- [atonally]
♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪
807
00:34:30,527 --> 00:34:33,487
♪ Where ♪
808
00:34:33,487 --> 00:34:37,742
♪ Bluebirds fly ♪
809
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:44,165
♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪
810
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:48,920
♪ Why, oh, why ♪
811
00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:52,340
I always wanted to do that.
Word.
812
00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:54,009
- All right. All right.
All right. All right.
813
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:57,262
Yo, everybody
put your hands together.
814
00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:59,723
Meth, yo.
Kick that shit, yo.
815
00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:02,475
["C.R.E.A.M."
playing over speakers]
816
00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:04,060
- ♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
817
00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:05,562
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
818
00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,647
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all ♪
819
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:09,608
ALL: ♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
820
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,192
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
821
00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:12,777
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all ♪
822
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:14,946
♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
823
00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:16,406
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
824
00:35:16,406 --> 00:35:19,200
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all ♪
825
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,121
- Hey, yo, uh,
I've been meaning to ask, man.
826
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,165
How's everything been,
you know, uh, money-wise?
827
00:35:25,165 --> 00:35:26,207
- Oh, shit.
828
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:27,959
You know
the messenger job pays good.
829
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,003
I ain't tripping.
830
00:35:30,003 --> 00:35:31,338
- I mean, it's just that,
you know, you haven't been
831
00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:34,007
asking about any
of the label meetings or...
832
00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:35,842
You know, just wanted to--
833
00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:38,219
- Bobby, we've been
here before.
834
00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:40,138
We know what it's like
to starve,
835
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,681
and we know what it's like
to eat steak,
836
00:35:41,681 --> 00:35:43,892
know what I mean?
837
00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:45,435
- Hey, it's gonna be different
this time.
838
00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:46,645
It's gotta be.
839
00:35:46,645 --> 00:35:49,147
Yo, yo.
Yo, how was that shit?
840
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:51,232
- They loved you guys.
RZA: Word?
841
00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:53,026
- Like, loved you guys.
Obviously.
842
00:35:53,026 --> 00:35:54,986
RZA: Yo.
- Yeah. Next level.
843
00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:56,863
Never seen
anything like it before.
844
00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,740
I'm gonna iron out the details
with Christoph,
845
00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:00,075
but everything's great.
846
00:36:00,075 --> 00:36:02,035
I gotta talk shop
with 'Vine and Power,
847
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:03,953
but there's one thing
I need you guys to do.
848
00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:08,917
If you could have fun tonight
with the boys, okay?
849
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,503
DAS EFX: ♪ Bum stiggedy,
bum stiggedy bum, hon ♪
850
00:36:11,503 --> 00:36:13,088
♪ I got the old
pa-rum-pum-pum-pum ♪
851
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,757
♪ But I can fe, fi, or fo
diddly-bum, here I come ♪
852
00:36:15,757 --> 00:36:18,343
♪ So, Peter Piper, I'm hyper
than Pinocchio's nose ♪
853
00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,470
- Whoo!
854
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,389
DAS EFX: ♪ I gave
my oopsy daisy ♪
855
00:36:22,389 --> 00:36:23,431
♪ Now you got the Crazy ♪
856
00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:24,808
♪ Drazy with the books ♪
857
00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:26,935
- Oh, word.
Word.
858
00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:28,978
All right, let me see this.
What's this?
859
00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:32,399
Yo, okay.
Hey, yo, where you going, son?
860
00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:33,650
- I ate something foul. Shit.
861
00:36:33,650 --> 00:36:34,984
- Oh, man.
How you gonna be sick
862
00:36:34,984 --> 00:36:36,611
on a night like this, huh?
863
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:38,863
On a night like this, y'all.
864
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:40,198
DAS EFX: ♪ Boy's about
to get his, dig ♪
865
00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,575
♪ My waist bone's connected
to my hip bone ♪
866
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:45,036
♪ My hip bone's connected
to my thigh bone ♪
867
00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:47,789
♪ My thigh bone's connected
to my knee bone ♪
868
00:36:47,789 --> 00:36:50,875
♪ My knee bone's connected
to my hardy-har-har ♪
869
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,378
[music fades]
870
00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:56,673
SINGERS: ♪ Your foot bone's
connected to your heel bone ♪
871
00:36:56,673 --> 00:37:00,009
♪ Your heel bone's connected
to your ankle bone ♪
872
00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:03,722
♪ Your ankle bone's connected
to your leg bone ♪
873
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,975
♪ Your leg bone's connected
to your knee bone ♪
874
00:37:06,975 --> 00:37:10,520
♪ Your knee bone's connected
to your thigh bone ♪
875
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,940
♪ Your thigh bone's connected
to your hip bone ♪
876
00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:17,527
♪ Your hip bone's connected
to your backbone ♪
877
00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:21,030
♪ Your backbone's connected
to your shoulder bone ♪
878
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:22,407
♪ Your shoulder bone's
connected ♪
879
00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:25,076
♪ To your neck bone ♪
880
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:27,412
- Ahh!
881
00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:30,540
SINGERS: ♪ Now hear
the word of the Lord ♪
882
00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:34,377
♪ Dem bones, dem bones
gonna walk around ♪
883
00:37:34,377 --> 00:37:36,004
- Kill y'all son of...
884
00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:37,672
SINGERS: ♪ Gonna walk around ♪
885
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:41,176
♪ Dem bones, dem bones
gonna walk around ♪
886
00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:44,596
♪ Now hear the word
of the Lord ♪
887
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,641
- Yo, we just ate
that nigga, fool.
888
00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:50,435
[indistinct chatter]
889
00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:51,895
Where the party at, man?
890
00:37:51,895 --> 00:37:53,855
- Hey, yo, God.
We need more Method.
891
00:37:53,855 --> 00:37:55,982
Know I'm saying?
- I got you.
892
00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:59,778
- Oh!
- Ladies, step aside.
893
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:01,946
Fuck is wrong with you?
894
00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,823
Fucking with my sleep.
895
00:38:03,823 --> 00:38:05,575
Waking me up.
Stupid.
896
00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,998
- Fuck.
897
00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:14,375
Damn, son.
- Yo.
898
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:16,544
Them motherfuckers
play too much.
899
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:19,881
- Yo, what the fuck, nigga?
900
00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:23,426
Well, I've been meaning
to ask you, yo.
901
00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:25,720
I thought you were stepping
away from that street shit.
902
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:29,682
- I'm just dabbling, yo.
Yo, it ain't shit, all right?
903
00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:32,060
I still gotta get that cream.
904
00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:33,353
- Yeah.
905
00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:36,731
Yeah, I feel it.
906
00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:44,489
But yo, the music...
it's a priority.
907
00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:45,698
- I get what you saying,
908
00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:48,159
but my priority is making sure
909
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,161
there's food on the table.
910
00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:52,872
Yo, that music shit ain't doing
nothing for me right now.
911
00:38:52,872 --> 00:38:55,542
[somber string music]
912
00:38:55,542 --> 00:38:57,460
- Remember, we have
that plan, yo.
913
00:38:57,460 --> 00:38:59,796
- Yeah. A five-year plan.
914
00:38:59,796 --> 00:39:01,589
- Which you agreed to, yo.
915
00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:04,259
- Well, I ain't agree
to starve, though.
916
00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:06,970
Yo, I gotta eat, son.
917
00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:10,139
Fuck that.
We all do.
918
00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:11,808
- You need to choose.
919
00:39:11,808 --> 00:39:18,857
♪ ♪
920
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:24,988
ALL: Soo!
921
00:39:41,838 --> 00:39:43,339
[siren wailing]
922
00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:45,633
OFFICER: Police!
Get your hands up.
923
00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:47,427
Get your fucking hands up.
924
00:39:47,427 --> 00:39:49,178
Turn around slowly.
925
00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:51,973
♪ ♪
926
00:39:58,354 --> 00:39:59,439
CHRISTOPH: Steve,
what are these charges?
927
00:39:59,439 --> 00:40:00,815
Can you explain this to me?
928
00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:02,275
STEVE: What do you want me
to say?
929
00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:04,068
CHRISTOPH: I have never seen
anything like this before.
930
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,320
STEVE: It's a--
931
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,238
CHRISTOPH: My artists
don't do these things.
932
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,241
[speaking German]
933
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,661
- I don't know
what you're saying.
934
00:40:13,661 --> 00:40:16,581
- You're lucky the hotel isn't
pressing charges for vandalism.
935
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:18,625
STEVE: Okay, I told you they're
not just rappers, right?
936
00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:20,793
They're like the Beatles
or the Rolling Stones.
937
00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,503
Yeah,
they're fucking rock stars.
938
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:23,796
You don't get it, right?
939
00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:26,799
That's how they're
supposed to behave.
940
00:40:26,799 --> 00:40:28,176
CHRISTOPH:
I signed you to a deal,
941
00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:29,844
and you can do what you want,
942
00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:31,804
but your budget is your budget,
943
00:40:31,804 --> 00:40:34,474
and I'm not
giving you another dime,
944
00:40:34,474 --> 00:40:38,019
especially after what I just
spent on their mess upstairs.
945
00:40:38,019 --> 00:40:39,729
STEVE: Mm-hmm.
Hey.
946
00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:42,565
Listen, I didn't mean
for you to hear that guy.
947
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:44,943
You know, he's just--
- Yo, it's--it's all good.
948
00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:46,319
STEVE: Yeah.
He's just an emotional--
949
00:40:46,319 --> 00:40:47,445
- I don't wanna interrupt,
950
00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:49,489
but U-God
just got arrested last night.
951
00:40:49,489 --> 00:40:52,492
[ominous music]
952
00:40:52,492 --> 00:40:53,826
♪ ♪
953
00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:56,829
[R&B music playing
over speakers]
954
00:40:56,829 --> 00:41:03,795
♪ ♪
955
00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,880
- You just missed him.
956
00:41:08,925 --> 00:41:11,344
[baby fusses softly]
957
00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:17,600
♪ ♪
958
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,435
What's that?
959
00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:22,563
- Buy yourself something nice.
960
00:41:22,563 --> 00:41:24,315
- [sighs]
961
00:41:25,942 --> 00:41:27,443
Where'd you get that?
962
00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:32,031
- Hey, yo,
I got you
963
00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:35,410
and Infinite, all right?
964
00:41:35,410 --> 00:41:37,203
- Dennis...
965
00:41:37,203 --> 00:41:44,168
♪ ♪
966
00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:51,718
- You don't never gotta worry.
967
00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:55,930
Come here.
968
00:41:55,930 --> 00:42:02,937
♪ ♪
969
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,026
- Yo, come on, yo.
60 Gs?
970
00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:10,862
Yo, son. I can make 60 Gs
in my sleep, nigga.
971
00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:12,655
That don't even cover
what I spent so far.
972
00:42:12,655 --> 00:42:14,949
We gave 'em what they wanted.
We did our part.
973
00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:17,285
We gave them
the little horse-and-pony show.
974
00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:19,787
Now they wanna lowball us?
That's fucking bullshit.
975
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:22,123
- Yo, cash rules everything
around me,
976
00:42:22,123 --> 00:42:23,875
but that shit
don't rule me, yo.
977
00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:25,043
- I hear all of that.
978
00:42:25,043 --> 00:42:27,045
I heard
all of that shit, nigga.
979
00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:30,173
I'm just saying the difference
between what Loud is offering
980
00:42:30,173 --> 00:42:32,467
and the 200
that Elektra's giving?
981
00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:33,801
Come on.
982
00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:35,219
- Yeah, well, you know,
there's no more offer
983
00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:36,637
from Elektra anymore.
984
00:42:36,637 --> 00:42:38,598
- What you mean?
What happened?
985
00:42:38,598 --> 00:42:39,932
- I don't know
how they found out
986
00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:41,809
about the hotel room
getting trashed,
987
00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,853
but they also know about U-God
getting arrested too,
988
00:42:43,853 --> 00:42:46,064
so they pulled the offer.
989
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:48,816
They already had an issue
with our image, so, you know...
990
00:42:48,816 --> 00:42:50,651
they out.
- Come on, come on.
991
00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:52,445
Why they tripping off of that?
992
00:42:52,445 --> 00:42:56,157
- Elektra is owned
by Warner Brothers.
993
00:42:56,157 --> 00:42:59,786
Warner Brothers is
a publicly traded company.
994
00:42:59,786 --> 00:43:01,704
- All right, so look, boom.
995
00:43:01,704 --> 00:43:04,165
We still got Def Jam
on the table, right?
996
00:43:04,165 --> 00:43:07,752
- Yeah, but, you know, they can
also pull they offer too.
997
00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:09,712
We have to make a decision.
998
00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:12,715
[tense music]
999
00:43:12,715 --> 00:43:18,805
♪ ♪
1000
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:21,849
- ♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪
1001
00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:23,101
♪ C. R. E. A. M. get the money ♪
1002
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:26,395
♪ Dollar, dollar bills, y'all ♪
1003
00:43:26,395 --> 00:43:30,024
- Hey.
Think carefully, RZA.
1004
00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,359
You don't wanna play yourself,
1005
00:43:31,359 --> 00:43:34,487
or maybe you already have.
1006
00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:39,909
- Damn.
200K down the gutter.
1007
00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:45,665
That ain't no short money,
player, not at all.
1008
00:43:45,665 --> 00:43:49,961
- You only saying that 'cause
you ain't got no strategy.
1009
00:43:49,961 --> 00:43:52,338
No vision.
1010
00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:53,923
You're too scared
to play the game.
1011
00:43:53,923 --> 00:43:58,261
♪ ♪
1012
00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:00,513
Checkmate.
1013
00:44:00,513 --> 00:44:01,973
- All right.
1014
00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:04,934
Well, you may have beat me,
but did you really win?
1015
00:44:04,934 --> 00:44:06,686
- Fucking sellout, yo.
1016
00:44:06,686 --> 00:44:08,563
- Oh, shit.
1017
00:44:12,358 --> 00:44:14,152
RZA: Ah, yo.
1018
00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:20,658
- I don't really know
how to play.
1019
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,243
Can you teach me?
1020
00:44:22,243 --> 00:44:24,495
- Hey.
1021
00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:31,127
All right,
so when you start a game,
1022
00:44:31,127 --> 00:44:34,839
you never wanna show fear,
ever.
1023
00:44:34,839 --> 00:44:37,967
The way you start
determines how you finish.
1024
00:44:37,967 --> 00:44:41,179
You wanna step
into your bravery,
1025
00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:43,973
even if that means
being scared.
1026
00:44:43,973 --> 00:44:46,809
We gotta think
about the future.
1027
00:44:46,809 --> 00:44:51,397
We want Wu-Tang to be forever.
1028
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:54,275
You get it?
1029
00:44:55,568 --> 00:44:57,028
- I think so.
1030
00:44:58,654 --> 00:45:00,531
What do I do next?
1031
00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,534
[dramatic music]
1032
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:10,541
♪ ♪
1033
00:45:17,757 --> 00:45:20,134
- Know what I mean?
I was cozy and all that shit.
1034
00:45:20,134 --> 00:45:21,677
I was in my slippers
and all that.
1035
00:45:21,677 --> 00:45:23,429
You was there,
know what I mean?
1036
00:45:23,429 --> 00:45:26,140
[indistinct chatter]
1037
00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:28,684
- Yo, RZA, what's up, man?
1038
00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:30,561
- Hey.
1039
00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:32,772
- We just signed at Loud.
1040
00:45:32,772 --> 00:45:34,148
DIVINE: Wait,
you just fucking what?
1041
00:45:34,148 --> 00:45:41,155
♪ ♪
1042
00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:05,972
- Where y'all going?
1043
00:46:05,972 --> 00:46:12,979
♪ ♪
1044
00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:00,568
PERSON: Get on the line.
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