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Trust me. 5 00:00:10,928 --> 00:00:12,971 - Prince Rakeem strikes again. 6 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:14,223 RZA: Hey, I left Prince Rakeem 7 00:00:14,223 --> 00:00:15,641 in a cell in Ohio. 8 00:00:15,641 --> 00:00:17,267 DENNIS: Nefertiti was a beautiful, 9 00:00:17,267 --> 00:00:20,521 powerful African queen, know what I mean? 10 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:21,897 You the modern version. 11 00:00:21,897 --> 00:00:23,899 - Dennis, I told you we need our own place. 12 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:26,235 DENNIS: And I told you we can't rent another spot, 13 00:00:26,235 --> 00:00:27,694 because we gonna blow through our savings 14 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:29,321 in, like, two months. 15 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:31,156 - Take it. - Ma. 16 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:32,448 - Please. 17 00:00:32,448 --> 00:00:34,952 - A young buck selling drugs and such 18 00:00:34,952 --> 00:00:36,578 who never had much. 19 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:38,455 U-GOD: I'm down to commit with this Wu-Tang shit, 20 00:00:38,455 --> 00:00:39,748 but that music shit ain't putting 21 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:41,291 no food on the table right now. 22 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:43,210 - I'm just asking y'all niggas to take the first step. 23 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:45,420 After that, I got y'all. 24 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,298 We produced a single that's getting mad airplay. 25 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:50,509 - We feel like now it's time for us to sign with a label 26 00:00:50,509 --> 00:00:53,095 and, uh, you know, take over this whole game. 27 00:00:53,095 --> 00:00:55,305 - ♪ I smoke on the mic like "Smokin' Joe" Frazier ♪ 28 00:00:55,305 --> 00:00:57,933 ♪ The hell-raiser raising hell with the flavor ♪ 29 00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:00,852 - "Protect Ya Neck" got me wet. 30 00:01:00,852 --> 00:01:02,854 - This could be our one shot, know what I mean? 31 00:01:06,942 --> 00:01:09,945 [light music] 32 00:01:09,945 --> 00:01:16,952 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:27,546 - You might have gotten me with that 34 00:01:27,546 --> 00:01:29,423 if I didn't catch it, 35 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:30,966 but I did. 36 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:33,802 Now your ass ain't going nowhere. 37 00:01:33,802 --> 00:01:36,263 [laughs] 38 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:38,724 Yo, that move is short money. 39 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:42,603 You gotta think long money, you dig, Prince Rakeem? 40 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:44,479 - You think you got it all figured out, huh? 41 00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:48,984 I used to be just like you... 42 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:54,698 Once upon a time. 43 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:57,576 ♪ ♪ 44 00:01:57,576 --> 00:02:00,537 [hip-hop music] 45 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:01,538 [blade resounds] 46 00:02:05,334 --> 00:02:09,295 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:16,053 [gun cocks] 48 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:28,273 ♪ ♪ 49 00:02:28,273 --> 00:02:30,942 [dice thud] 50 00:02:35,614 --> 00:02:42,621 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:57,386 --> 00:02:58,637 [blade resounds] 52 00:02:58,637 --> 00:03:00,722 - Just because you changed your name, RZA, 53 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:02,724 don't mean you on top of the game. 54 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:05,018 - You're one to talk, motherfucker. 55 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,938 You fell for that shitty single deal. 56 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:09,856 At least I know 57 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:13,026 I need a guaranteed album and a release date. 58 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:16,238 - Oh, because you're so much smarter after you got dropped? 59 00:03:16,238 --> 00:03:19,282 Yo, how did Ohio work out for you? 60 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:20,409 - Hey, I'm here now, ain't I? 61 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:22,703 - You're here talking shit, nigga. 62 00:03:22,703 --> 00:03:25,247 What does that-- that long money-- 63 00:03:25,247 --> 00:03:26,957 long money shit mean anyway? 64 00:03:26,957 --> 00:03:28,250 - Freedom. 65 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,419 Creatively and business-wise. 66 00:03:35,674 --> 00:03:36,675 Checkmate. 67 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:42,556 - You know what? Yeah. 68 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:46,810 I may have taken an L, but that was just me. 69 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:48,437 You, on the other hand, 70 00:03:48,437 --> 00:03:51,398 are responsible for a lot more people, RZA. 71 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:54,025 I mean, you basically demanded that your family, 72 00:03:54,025 --> 00:03:58,280 your brothers, put their fate in your hands. 73 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,909 You explain that long money- short money shit to them? 74 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:04,744 Hmm? 75 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:07,747 [tense music] 76 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:10,000 ♪ ♪ 77 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,419 LABEL EXEC: I have to say, I fucking love the record. 78 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,879 I love that it doesn't have a hook, 79 00:04:13,879 --> 00:04:15,755 that it represents what hip-hop was, 80 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,173 and that it doesn't follow any rules. 81 00:04:17,173 --> 00:04:18,425 I love that. 82 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:20,886 I want us to ride the momentum of the single. 83 00:04:20,886 --> 00:04:22,637 - We're happy that you believe in the single. 84 00:04:23,805 --> 00:04:25,182 What are your thoughts about an album? 85 00:04:25,182 --> 00:04:27,726 - [sighs] 86 00:04:27,726 --> 00:04:29,561 I can't tell you how excited I am 87 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:31,104 to discuss the possibilities. 88 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:34,649 RZA, you are such a creative guy. 89 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:36,693 Putting out "Protect Ya Neck" independently. 90 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:39,237 Doing all the artwork yourselves. 91 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:40,363 [snaps fingers] 92 00:04:40,363 --> 00:04:43,408 And that sword? That was dope. 93 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:45,911 But I think I can do you one better in that department. 94 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:50,874 - Oh, shit. 95 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:52,417 - There's a message on there for you. 96 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,800 [dramatic music] 97 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:00,967 ♪ ♪ 98 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:03,887 - Ooh, that's a lot of zeros, kid. 99 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:05,305 That's a nice little flip, right? 100 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,848 - Mm-hmm, straight up and down, huh? 101 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:09,059 - [laughs] 102 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:12,813 - Yeah. I don't know, yo. 103 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:16,316 I feel like that suit didn't really answer my questions. 104 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,194 - Aw, come on, Bobby. He's a businessman. 105 00:05:19,194 --> 00:05:20,821 Course he ain't gonna guarantee you an album 106 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,030 if he doesn't have to. 107 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:23,240 - Right, right. - Yeah, well, 108 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,617 if he wants Wu-Tang, he'll have to. 109 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:27,369 I did this shit the label's way before. 110 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:30,163 Now this time, they gotta agree to our terms. 111 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,082 - Ah, it's all good, little bro. 112 00:05:32,082 --> 00:05:33,667 This is our first meeting. 113 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,252 You know, we're just getting started, 114 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:36,378 know what I mean? [pager beeps] 115 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:37,504 POWER: And Def Jam wants to meet last, 116 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:39,005 know what I'm saying? RZA: Yeah. 117 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:42,217 ♪ ♪ 118 00:05:42,217 --> 00:05:43,844 - I've been paging Divine all day. 119 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:46,805 He hasn't called me back. - Yeah. 120 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:48,974 They were just at Mr. Chow's with you-know-who. 121 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:52,018 - Fuck. We need more money, Rich. 122 00:05:53,562 --> 00:05:55,313 - Steve, we're a brand-new label. 123 00:05:55,313 --> 00:05:57,190 Can't break the bank before we start it. 124 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,109 We signed Mad Kap, we paid 30 for Tha Alkaholiks, 125 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:01,278 and now you wanna blow through the rest of our budget? 126 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:03,029 Once we spend that money, that's it. 127 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,573 We're betting it all on Wu-Tang. 128 00:06:04,573 --> 00:06:06,283 - Yeah. They're worth it. 129 00:06:06,283 --> 00:06:08,285 I just need ten minutes with them, okay? 130 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:09,744 Face-to-face. 131 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:11,121 - I'll keep asking around. 132 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,249 I think I know where they're recording. 133 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:17,210 [light hip-hop music] 134 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,796 ♪ ♪ 135 00:06:19,796 --> 00:06:21,464 [glass shatters] [indistinct shouting] 136 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:22,924 [door clicks shut] 137 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:28,138 - Hey. 138 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:30,557 - Your favorite. - My favorite? 139 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:31,975 I think you like those more than me. 140 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:33,768 - Hey, yo, I wasn't the one that finished 141 00:06:33,768 --> 00:06:36,229 the whole box last time, know what I mean? 142 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:38,398 - [laughs, scoffs] 143 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:39,774 - What's all that? 144 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:42,027 - A job application. 145 00:06:42,027 --> 00:06:44,029 - Job application? 146 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:45,238 SHURRIE: Nia says she can hook me up 147 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,157 with a job at Bay Video. 148 00:06:47,157 --> 00:06:49,367 Mm-hmm, every dollar counts. 149 00:07:00,712 --> 00:07:02,631 - Hey, yo, we gonna be signed soon, all right? 150 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,051 The money coming any day now. 151 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:08,637 - It's not just about money. 152 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:10,555 It's about purpose. 153 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:12,724 You and the guys have been going town to town 154 00:07:12,724 --> 00:07:15,935 and college to college, pushing the record. 155 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,438 I wanna do something like that for myself. 156 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:22,901 It's kind of like when you got me this necklace. 157 00:07:22,901 --> 00:07:26,571 You were saying how Nefertiti is beautiful and powerful. 158 00:07:27,864 --> 00:07:29,991 Real power is taking life into your own hands. 159 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,788 - Yeah. I feel that. 160 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:43,672 [dramatic music] 161 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:48,760 ♪ ♪ 162 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,222 MAIN SOURCE: ♪ So in the year of 1992 ♪ 163 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,515 ♪ Now, this is how we do ♪ 164 00:07:53,515 --> 00:07:55,892 ♪ At the age of 19, heard the scene ♪ 165 00:07:55,892 --> 00:07:58,269 ♪ A lot of MCs that do not come clean ♪ 166 00:07:58,269 --> 00:08:00,563 ♪ Frontin' on dealin' hard times in rhymes ♪ 167 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:02,691 ♪ You see 'em in the streets and you see no signs ♪ 168 00:08:02,691 --> 00:08:04,859 ♪ Of the hell, and they get onstage and tell ♪ 169 00:08:04,859 --> 00:08:06,569 ♪ Some old cornball war story ♪ 170 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:08,071 ♪ Ring the bell ♪ - Word! 171 00:08:08,071 --> 00:08:09,572 - ♪ You're fakin' the funk ♪ 172 00:08:09,572 --> 00:08:12,701 ♪ Talkin' that extra hard junk, you're probably a punk ♪ 173 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:14,494 ♪ And I'ma let you know that this way ♪ 174 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,788 ♪ You just don't cut with the artificial flow 175 00:08:16,788 --> 00:08:18,790 - ♪ Neek the Exotic breaks backs and necks ♪ 176 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:19,999 ♪ When fakes try to front ♪ 177 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,918 ♪ They'll get smoked like blunts ♪ 178 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,420 ♪ My rhymes penetrate like skunk ♪ 179 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:25,463 ♪ Hey, yo, word up, I think you're fakin' the funk ♪ 180 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:27,340 - ♪ You're fakin' the funk ♪ 181 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,301 [delicate hip-hop music playing over speaker] 182 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:37,308 ♪ ♪ 183 00:08:40,477 --> 00:08:42,647 - Yo, what up? 184 00:08:42,647 --> 00:08:44,357 RZA: Hey, yo. 185 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:47,444 So Ray was thinking about replacing that "Gigante" verse 186 00:08:47,444 --> 00:08:49,571 with the 16 from "Lifestyle of the Mega Rich." 187 00:08:49,571 --> 00:08:50,739 How you feel? 188 00:08:50,739 --> 00:08:53,199 - I don't know. 189 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:55,869 - What you mean-- what you mean you don't know? 190 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:58,163 - How we gonna talk about lifestyles of the mega rich 191 00:08:58,163 --> 00:08:59,706 when we all broker than a motherfucker? 192 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:02,000 [laughs] 193 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,753 - Well, shit, we still taking meetings with labels. 194 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:06,463 You know, if we had the money to break y'all off-- 195 00:09:06,463 --> 00:09:07,672 - Yo, I wasn't saying like that. 196 00:09:07,672 --> 00:09:09,174 I'm just saying... 197 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:13,011 ♪ ♪ 198 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:15,930 - So what you thinking? 199 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:18,558 - I wrote this when I was locked up, you know. 200 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:19,684 I ain't never really spit 201 00:09:19,684 --> 00:09:21,019 nothing like this before, though. 202 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:22,645 - All right. Let's hear it. 203 00:09:22,645 --> 00:09:24,814 - It's been 22 long, hard years. 204 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:26,066 I'm still struggling. 205 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:30,028 Survival got me bugging, but I'm alive on arrival. 206 00:09:30,028 --> 00:09:32,655 I peep at the shape of the streets. 207 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:34,949 Stay awake to the ways of the world, 208 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:37,660 'cause shit is deep. 209 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:39,829 RZA: That shit's fucking deep, yo. 210 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:41,122 DECK: Word. - Word up. 211 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:42,248 - Word, son. 212 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,084 - That's deep, dog. Word. - Yeah. 213 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:46,669 - All right, let's see how that shit sounds in the booth. 214 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:48,129 Word, word. 215 00:09:48,129 --> 00:09:49,547 - Hey, what's up, fellas? 216 00:09:49,547 --> 00:09:52,300 - Hey, what's up, son? Y'all from Def Jam, right? 217 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:53,760 - No. Uh... 218 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,261 - Shit. 219 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,222 Damn, when is that meeting happening, son? 220 00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,765 - Bobby, Steve Rifkind. 221 00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:00,100 You remember me? 222 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:03,728 - Oh, shit, yo. 223 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:05,271 [laughs] 224 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,190 What's up, man? Yo, long time, no see, man. 225 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:08,650 - I've been good, good. You? 226 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:10,443 - Word, word. Yeah, yeah. Been good. Been good. 227 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,070 STEVE: Right. Is there, uh, 228 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:14,572 somewhere we can talk for a minute? 229 00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:16,783 I've always dug your sound. My whole office does. 230 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,827 I've been trying to track you guys down for months. 231 00:10:18,827 --> 00:10:20,912 - Yo, word. - That's cool and all that, 232 00:10:20,912 --> 00:10:23,123 you know what I'm saying, but, no disrespect, 233 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:25,041 what other acts have you put out on your label? 234 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:27,210 - Yeah, look, I've, uh-- I've managed and marketed 235 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:28,962 some of the top acts in the game, 236 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:31,881 before starting my own label, Loud Records. 237 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:33,591 Right now, we got Tha Alkaholiks 238 00:10:33,591 --> 00:10:35,009 from the West Coast, 239 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:37,512 Twista from the Midwest. 240 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:39,055 You guys can rep the East. 241 00:10:39,055 --> 00:10:41,558 You know, we're young. We're hungry. 242 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:44,060 We're gonna give you all the fucking attention you need. 243 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:46,604 I want Loud to be the house that Wu-Tang built. 244 00:10:46,604 --> 00:10:49,649 - He means it. Really. 245 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,110 - We want freedom. 246 00:10:52,110 --> 00:10:54,404 Creative freedom. Business freedom. 247 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:57,198 - Yeah, well, we're not A&Rs, okay, 248 00:10:57,198 --> 00:11:00,326 so you do what you do creatively. 249 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:01,911 Our job is, we just go out and sell it. 250 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:04,581 - Okay, respectfully, uh, we have some big meetings 251 00:11:04,581 --> 00:11:06,958 with some bigwigs who have made names for themselves, 252 00:11:06,958 --> 00:11:09,669 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. 75651

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