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Talib: You know, he's
such an unassuming person.
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When you meet him, he doesn't
scream peanut butter wolf.
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(Lively music)
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A-trak: Peanut butter wolf.
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I mean, yeah he's a character
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and I think that the quirks of
his personality are a big part
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of what has made stones
throw such a cool label.
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Krondon: Stones throw created
a home for all musicians.
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It created a home-producers,
rock groups, whatever.
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Motherfuckers.
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(Lively music)
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?uestlove: I admire wolf's strive
for embracing the unembraced.
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He's able to pull all
these acts together
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and cultivate an underground.
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Common: The work that
peanut butter wolf does
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I think is like, necessary.
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There's no limitations to the things
that he chooses to do with music.
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No regard for like well,
these are the rules.
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I think that's like what
we wanna hear in music.
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Dam-funk: Wolf, what's up
with you? That's right, y'all.
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What's happening, world?
This is dam-funk.
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You're tuned in to peanut butter
wolf's 12/12/12, y'all.
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Boiler room, check it out.
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Fl (lyrics) Don't go
swag, just stay cool.
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Don't go swag, just stay you.
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You know we gonna keep
on funking you till I die, y'all.
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Got the afro now you motherfuckers
can't hate on my perm, no.
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You know I'm gon' keep on funking
you till you fucking learn, y'all.
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Don't go swag, just stay cool.
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Don't go swag, just stay you.
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And if I ever hear
you motherfuckers
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tell me this bullshit,
trying to walk up to me
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and you ain't black
singing that n word
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imma fuck you up, y'all.
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(Crowd laughing)
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Don't go swag, just stay cool.
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Don't go swag, just stay you.
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Give it up for pb wolf keeping
this shit real true, y'all.
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(Crowd cheering)
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Fifteen years, you know we gonna
keep on doin' it y'all, yeah.
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Worldwide, L.A., bay area,
San Jose, Fresno, San Diego
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L.A., Pasadena. You know we
gonna keep it real true, oh yeah.
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Make some noise if
you're feeling this shit
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y'all right now y'all, oh fl
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(crowd cheering)
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Kanye: It's just those moments
where you meet with these people
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and you understand that this
is a culture and a lifestyle
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and an inspiration for so many
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and it feels amazing when you
can walk into these spaces
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and you know, live inside
of that creative zone
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when people just keep it, you
know, to that level of purity.
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Voiceover: This is
j“ stones throw j“
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voiceover: The tomorrow people.
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Fl (lyrics) What is the
magic that makes one's eyes
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sparkle and gleam,
light up the skies
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the name of the
game is lightworks fl
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(upbeat intro music)
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Wolf: I think the first song
I remember from my childhood
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was the entertainer from
the movie the sting.
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(Piano music playing)
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Lori: He was a sweetie pie
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and very focused at
a young age on music.
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(Piano music playing)
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Wolf: My dad was in the service.
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After I was born he went
away to the Vietnam war
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and he came back when I was 2.
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(Piano music playing)
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We moved around.
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We had to have moved to like
5 or 6 houses in 3 years.
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Boston, south and north Dakota,
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3 or 4 different cities in
Texas, southern California
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and then eventually
settled in San Jose.
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(Ship horn)
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(Piano music playing)
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I was literally on the
moving truck and I came out
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and a kid like knocked
on the moving truck door.
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Steve: And I went
up to him and said,
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"hi, my name is Steve.
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Do you wanna be my friend?"
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So that's how long
I've known him.
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(Piano music playing)
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Wolf: And I thought it was so
funny and like nerdy and weird
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but I was like, I don't
have any friends here.
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I might as well give
this guy a chance.
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Chris: So, that's how
they got together
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and they started singing or playing
this music in the garage.
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Wolf: We kinda got into disco
and soul and funk together.
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(Lively music)
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Voiceover: Hi, this
is your dj Chris
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with the top 50
hits of our record.
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Michael Jackson's new song...
That was sexual healing by Marvin gaye.
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A super old time
singer, I mean old.
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Here's a song for all
of us kind of people dj.
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Next song on our countdown
is a song by Diana Ross,
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who's been in a lot of
our countdowns before.
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Well, I'm gonna have to go now
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because I have to do
a dumb book report.
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Lori: Poor boy didn't eat his lunch.
He'd take the lunch money.
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He thought I didn't know.
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He took the lunch money
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and he'd get a ride
to the record store.
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Steve: We'd just like
buy a candy bar for lunch
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and save the rest of the
money and go buy records.
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Wolf: Between the two of us,
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like if one of us bought the record
then the other one wouldn't
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because he lived across
the street from me
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and then we would have twice
as many records that way.
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(Upbeat music)
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By the time I got
into high school,
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I started getting into
more new wave and punk
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and that was around the
time when I met Jeff jank.
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(Upbeat music)
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Steve: We were just
kind of the music clique.
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Me, Chris, Jeff jank, Dave gatt.
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Dave: I know Chris
wasn't just into hip-hop.
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I knew he liked the cure,
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I knew he liked new order.
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I knew he liked all these
other types of music.
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(Upbeat music)
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Steve: We didn't really fit
in to one particular clique.
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We were friends with all
of the different cliques
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because we were into all of
the different types of music.
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Alternative or new wave crowd.
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We were friends with the jocks, we
were friends with the hip-hop crowd,
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we were friends with
just about every crowd
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except for the heavy metal crowd
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because that's the type of
music that we weren't into,
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but we're still cool with them.
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John: We were 80's kids
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but were basically into counter
culture no matter what it was.
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(Upbeat music)
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Hip—hop, punk rock, new wave.
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Anything that was like opposite
of the mainstream we were into.
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Wolf: And it was at that
time I started experimenting
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and playing instruments
and playing in bands.
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First band I was in
was with Jeff jank.
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(Loud music)
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He was the guy in my high school
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that I thought was gonna really
be like a successful musician.
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I was like a super fan,
you know, from afar
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and then he asked
me to be in his band.
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I felt like that was
a dream come true.
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(Loud music)
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I loved what I was doing with Jeff but I
think my talents and my passion at that point
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were more into hip-hop.
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(Hip-hop music)
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Charizma: Come on,
come on, come on.
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Charizma: I said, the hip hop.
Wolf: It don't stop.
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Charizma: The hip-hop.
Wolf: It don't stop.
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Charizma: The hip-hop.
Wolf: It don't stop
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charizma: The hip-hop.
Wolf: It don't stop.
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Charizma: Now do you
got the flavor?
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Come on Jeff, let's
go in the studio.
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Charizma that's my name or shall I
introduce myself, self live and direct.
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Yo I'm movin' off this—-
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wolf: How are you doing?
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My name's peanut butter wolf.
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I'm here at the studio.
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(Upbeat music)
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Amy: Charizma ended up
being kinda my 3rd brother.
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He was at the house nonstop.
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We had like this
wall on the staircase
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that had like all
our family photos,
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and we took a picture of
charizma and put it up there.
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Jonny: That time period was kind
of the will Smith kind of era.
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Like when will Smith
was like radio friendly.
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Like, "oh, this hip-hop stuff
isn't so bad son," you know?
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Chris and charizma
had that kind of appeal
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but with still being like
edgy, still being punks.
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(Hip-hop music)
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Fl (lyrics) Beat box
play one for me fl
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(beatboxing)
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(Upbeat music)
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Amy: They were
really silly together.
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Chris was really shy
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and he brought out like a
really funny, creative side.
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So, it wasn't unheard of for the two
of them to, you know, get in costume.
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Jonny: He would talk
Chris into getting like
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dressed up with
wigs and like 70's,
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like really weird clothes
from thrift stores.
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(Upbeat music)
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Wolf: Okay, public
enemy? No, too violent.
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Charizma: No. Beastie
boys, that's too old.
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Beastie Boys. X-clan.
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My name's Mike d.
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Mike d: I'm psyched to hear
Chris was somehow inspired by
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or encouraged by
what we were doing
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because I think
they're a great example
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of just being really independent
being really creative.
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B fap: Here we
go mystic television.
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We're sitting right here.
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You know who I am, I'm b fap,
the brother from another planet.
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We got charizma on one side
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and we got the peanut butter
wolf over there, no jelly.
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How did you get that
name peanut butter wolf?
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Wolf: Oh, that's a
secret, that's a secret.
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Charizma: We're
from the bay area.
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Basically, Chris was about
you know, the crazy styles,
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being different, the apple
juice, the cut off hat
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you know, which I
originated and all that.
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Wolf: Am I supposed to
look like into there or?
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B fap: Why not?
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Wolf: I'm a new Jack,
I'm a new Jack.
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Charizma: We get categorized
as the west coast group
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and people think that you know,
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just because you're
from the west coast,
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you got like this stigma on you.
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Like you're doing
this gangster rap
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or you're doing this or that,
you ain't got no skills.
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So basically, charizma's out
here just to let you know
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that they are some brothers
from the west coast,
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they got skills, you know?
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We're here trying to do what
we got to do and be different.
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Voiceover: Look at that crazy
hat and that apple juice there.
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This guy is nuts.
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Fl (lyrics) I'm pulling skin
since I'm the real McCoy
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I take girls and line
them up like corduroys
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this ain't a hand-me-down
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everyone loves a superstar
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I love my mom
call breaks red light fl
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charizma: My advice to
any up and coming artist
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be true to what you do
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and be different, be
original, be yourself.
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You know, this hip-
hop industry is crazy.
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Voiceover: What is the mc
if you can't green light.
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Fl (lyrics) Check 1, 2
with the check 1, 2
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I like to come back like 3
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charizma: Kind of hard to
categorize charizma.
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I'm hard then I'm cool then
I'm apple juice, you know?
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We're just trying
to be different.
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Fl (lyrics) A thousand
people shot
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and all the hoods that ran
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thinking how could all this
happen in front of one man
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I made a move on the
girls with the good looks
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that's overdue like
a library book fl
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voiceover: Yo,
Chris, rewind that man.
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Woman: He's still unsigned
but not for long
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because charizma is south
bay large and rising.
240
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All, I feel y'all, peace.
241
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(Crowd clapping)
242
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Grand the visitor: Very
few people leave San Jose
243
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and blow up and become
super stars in music.
244
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It's just a little
suburb, you know,
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attached to the back
end of San Francisco.
246
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(Upbeat music)
247
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You think about it.
248
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You're trying to
tell your family
249
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that you're gonna be
successful as an mc.
250
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This is like winning
powerball, right?
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This is like winning the lottery.
I'm gonna be successful in music
252
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and we're not gonna ever
have to worry about this.
253
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Right, right dude.
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(Chuckles) Right.
255
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Kermitt: Notoriety you know,
makes people look at you strange.
256
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It was interesting.
257
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Being with him there
was a lot of crews
258
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that they weren't happy
that we were so prominent
259
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but there was a
love for the fact
260
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that San Jose was coming up.
261
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You know, there was a lot of hope
behind charizma and what was going on.
262
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Joanne: In the south bay,
charizma is ready to blow up.
263
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Negotiations for his plat
single are going on right now.
264
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They got signed up with of
course Hollywood basics out of la.
265
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(Knocking)
266
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(Hip-hop music)
267
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Fl (lyrics) Now this little
rhyme goes to the hood
268
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and this little riddle-rhyme
is up to no good
269
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so why don't you just come
selector, come selector
270
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the beat will flip it up
271
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and like a recipe
why don't you mix it up
272
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and mix it up, right.
273
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Yo, well, here we go,
well, here we go
274
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the reggae style is not, not me
275
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but I go buck-buck on, one time
276
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buck-buck, two times
277
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so what, so call it coffee
'cause this all grind—grinds.
278
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Swell, can't you tell I'm flowin
that fast, you can't lie
279
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I put on my hat, my shirt and then
my sneakers and my pants sag down fl
280
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voiceover: Yo, it's the Hollywood basic
segment, you know what I'm saying?
281
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I got charizma in the house.
That's right.
282
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Voiceover: Real quick
and then charizma.
283
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Coming out of San Jose, when
your music coming out, yo?
284
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Charizma: April, may, may-ish April,
we're droppin' a 12-inch.
285
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Red light, green light.
Here's a smirk
286
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voiceover: Why don't you
talk about a little bit
287
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about your little
adventure up in la?
288
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Joanne: I'll never forget the day, how
happy they were when they came home.
289
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He says, "I really feel like a celebrity."
290
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And just happy, happy.
291
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Just ecstatic two kids.
292
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We threw them a big party
when they got back, too.
293
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So, I think at that point, he
really felt like he was a star.
294
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Wolf: It was nice. They had
a little party for us.
295
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And they were like snapping photos
of us signing the contracts.
296
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It was sort of crazy.
297
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The pictures were all
(Rapid camera sound).
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Joanne: You guys got
like celebrities, huh?
299
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Charizma: Yeah.
Wolf: A little bit of starstruck.
300
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Grand the visitor: The record
business is not clear cut.
301
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They got hooked up into a label
that has some constraints to it.
302
00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:58,059
They wasn't able to get
their hands on their money
303
00:16:58,268 --> 00:16:59,561
though they knew it was there.
304
00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:03,565
(Soul music)
305
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I think there was a lot of
people depending on them.
306
00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,820
(Soul music)
307
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You know, with his family, with his
friends, people around them.
308
00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:14,117
(Soul music)
309
00:17:14,326 --> 00:17:16,369
There was a lot of
pressure to make it work
310
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and to make it look
like it's working.
311
00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:25,587
(Soul music)
312
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Charizma: Thank you, grandma.
313
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(Soul music)
314
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Voiceover: You kids have
fun, I know you will.
315
00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:53,482
(Soul music)
316
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Grand the visitor: They
didn't really have it all yet.
317
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So, I think he was trying
to keep that image.
318
00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:07,087
Kermitt: Charizma got caught up in
something that was longstanding
319
00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:11,174
that really didn't have
much to do with him at all.
320
00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,070
Grand the visitor: He was in a area
where people are starving to death.
321
00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:17,973
Voiceover: East palo alto is the
poorest city in San Mateo county.
322
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Kermitt: Really anybody
from San Jose at that time
323
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in those areas was dangerous.
324
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Voiceover: 42
homicides last year.
325
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Has the highest number of killings per
capita of any us city.
326
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Wolf: He was driving his car and
somebody tried to carjack him
327
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and he resisted.
328
00:18:36,575 --> 00:18:41,955
(Soul music)
329
00:18:42,163 --> 00:18:44,749
B fap: Together forever
like a love song.
330
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Charizma: Together forever.
331
00:18:50,714 --> 00:18:52,090
(Gun shots)
332
00:18:52,299 --> 00:19:00,299
(Soul music)
333
00:19:04,686 --> 00:19:06,206
Wolf: Yeah, I got
the call the next day
334
00:19:06,271 --> 00:19:08,898
and you know, it was
335
00:19:09,107 --> 00:19:12,694
I mean, you never
in a million years
336
00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:14,571
can believe something like that.
337
00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:19,951
Maria: I remember that day
because it was my Christmas ball,
338
00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:25,040
my senior Christmas ball and we had,
I had seen him on that Wednesday
339
00:19:25,248 --> 00:19:28,543
and we said, "oh, yeah,
let's not talk tomorrow
340
00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:30,295
because it'll be more exciting
341
00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,088
when we see each
other on Friday."
342
00:19:32,297 --> 00:19:36,009
So, I didn't plan to
talk to him on that day.
343
00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:40,263
I was at home watching
TV and Chris called.
344
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He told me that he was gone,
345
00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:43,975
that charizma was gone.
346
00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:46,311
Wolf: I didn't know what to do.
347
00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:47,520
I mean I was just
348
00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:50,106
I took a break from everything
349
00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:52,776
and just didn't really
350
00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:55,320
I just turned off basically.
351
00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:06,865
(Hip-hop music)
352
00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:46,496
I was determined for the music
we had done together to be heard
353
00:20:47,372 --> 00:20:50,041
and every label I
sent it to was either
354
00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:53,712
no thanks or just no response.
355
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,005
So in 1996 I started
stones throw.
356
00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:11,930
(Alarm beeping)
357
00:21:28,163 --> 00:21:29,706
(Finger snapping)
358
00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:40,917
(Ticking sound)
359
00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:48,349
(Beating sound)
360
00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:51,936
(Rattling sound)
361
00:21:52,145 --> 00:22:00,145
(Up tempo music)
362
00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:06,075
(Rattling sound)
363
00:22:06,284 --> 00:22:13,166
(Up tempo music)
364
00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:16,753
(Upbeat music)
365
00:22:16,961 --> 00:22:19,964
Jonwayne: I feel like we're all
one and the same around here.
366
00:22:20,173 --> 00:22:22,359
We're all striving for the same
thing for you know, more or less
367
00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:24,761
which is the advancement
of independent music.
368
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:29,098
Ariel: It almost feels like
stones throw is a home of sorts.
369
00:22:29,307 --> 00:22:30,683
It's a very welcoming vibe.
370
00:22:30,892 --> 00:22:33,186
It's almost like peanut butter
wolf created his own genre.
371
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:39,567
(Upbeat music)
372
00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:41,816
Wolf: Most of the time it's
an uphill battle anyways
373
00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:46,032
because most of the things I sign
are things that nobody's heard of.
374
00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:50,995
(Upbeat music)
375
00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:52,484
?uestlove: I think as a curator,
376
00:22:52,664 --> 00:22:54,874
peanut butter wolf is
absolutely needed
377
00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:57,669
and we need more people
to follow his example.
378
00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:00,922
Smaller movements make
for a bigger better culture.
379
00:23:02,257 --> 00:23:04,717
Royal kush: I feel like
the lost boys is a term
380
00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:06,845
that shouldn't be
thrown around lightly
381
00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:12,183
but I think a lot of the people that Chris
brings into the family are looking for a place.
382
00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:16,688
(Upbeat music)
383
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:17,981
Myron: La. Is a big place
384
00:23:18,189 --> 00:23:20,692
and everything is all
about how big, how fancy,
385
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,569
how Hollywood you are
386
00:23:22,777 --> 00:23:26,489
and after coming across stones throw
it just feels a lot more free.
387
00:23:30,535 --> 00:23:38,535
(Funk music)
388
00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:41,355
Dam-funk: Today let's
just see if we could, you know-...
389
00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:43,172
I don't know, we'll
see but it's easy.
390
00:23:43,381 --> 00:23:46,885
It's fast, like a drum
and bass type sound.
391
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:48,219
You know, we'll see.
392
00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:49,512
Man, this sounds great.
393
00:23:49,721 --> 00:23:51,115
I'm just gonna get
set up real quick.
394
00:23:51,139 --> 00:23:52,974
1, 2, 3, 0h.
395
00:23:53,182 --> 00:23:57,896
(Upbeat music)
396
00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:00,024
Being on stones throw
has really changed my life.
397
00:24:00,148 --> 00:24:02,567
I mean before I was on stones
throw I was driving trucks.
398
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:06,446
I was delivering tools to places, I was
working for the American red cross.
399
00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:08,448
All that stuff was fun I mean
400
00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:11,951
but all the while I was always
recording and doing music
401
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,078
and I never gave up the dream.
402
00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:22,287
(Upbeat music)
403
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,640
At the end of the day
when I'm smoking a cigar
404
00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:30,178
and at a beach somewhere
like you know, chilling
405
00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,889
with a Cadillac Margarita,
you know later in life
406
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:36,059
I like to look back and say I
never did you know, sell out.
407
00:24:36,267 --> 00:24:38,686
And that's the type of
artist I wanna continue to be
408
00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:41,856
and that's the kind of artist that
stones throw has at this current time.
409
00:24:42,065 --> 00:24:46,819
(Upbeat music)
410
00:24:47,028 --> 00:24:50,573
A-trak: It takes someone with
unusual personality I think
411
00:24:50,782 --> 00:24:54,869
to sort of see these little
nuggets of potential in people
412
00:24:55,078 --> 00:24:56,398
and actually invest
the friendship
413
00:24:56,496 --> 00:25:02,418
and spend time with people
that have that potential.
414
00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:10,627
(Piano music)
415
00:25:13,888 --> 00:25:16,057
Mayer: Put on my first
album with stones throw
416
00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:18,267
and it's been a
wild ride since then.
417
00:25:18,476 --> 00:25:21,771
Fl (lyrics) Well I wish
that it would rain fl
418
00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:26,109
I was trying to
make hip-hop music.
419
00:25:26,317 --> 00:25:28,611
I had just moved to
la. From Detroit.
420
00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:30,196
I didn't really know anybody.
421
00:25:30,405 --> 00:25:31,447
I got introduced to wolf
422
00:25:31,656 --> 00:25:34,909
and I was trying to get him to
put out some of my hip-hop music.
423
00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:39,747
He was more interested in these demos
that I did in my bedroom of soul music.
424
00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:43,626
It was stuff that I never really had
any plans on making into a full album
425
00:25:43,835 --> 00:25:46,129
but you know,
he's got that vision.
426
00:25:46,337 --> 00:25:48,798
He's really pretty
magical in that sense.
427
00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:50,734
Wolf: I feel like I'm
kind of a stomping ground
428
00:25:50,758 --> 00:25:52,051
to start people's careers
429
00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:54,721
and then they can kind of
do what they want after.
430
00:25:54,929 --> 00:25:57,724
I think that's why I like working
with a lot of younger artists.
431
00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:04,272
Vex: I made a demo with like 8
songs and I sent it to like 6 other labels.
432
00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:08,067
Only label that hit me
back was stones throw, wolf.
433
00:26:08,276 --> 00:26:13,322
Fl (lyrics) Fancy, I'll show you
434
00:26:13,531 --> 00:26:14,615
you'll see fl
435
00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,952
I work at the ups airport
436
00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:21,581
and I just drive tugs
around the airport.
437
00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:25,043
Fl (lyrics) 'Cause I've
been on a lonely road
438
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:27,837
and I still got a
long way to go fl
439
00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:31,924
wolf is the godfather
of my son now.
440
00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:33,801
Anika: You know
there are these kids
441
00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:35,404
that are making records
in their own rooms.
442
00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:37,180
I mean, vex ruffin's a very
443
00:26:37,764 --> 00:26:39,432
he's a good example of that.
444
00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:43,269
What we're doing is trying
to go against the mainstream
445
00:26:43,478 --> 00:26:46,814
and go against this
kind of fake world
446
00:26:47,023 --> 00:26:49,275
that the music industry
is pasting for everyone.
447
00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:54,614
Fl (lyrics) I know how
the system works
448
00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:57,200
I know how the people work
449
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,954
I know how the system works
450
00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:03,623
and it doesn't
451
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,588
stop looking over your
shoulder, no one's there
452
00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:17,720
stop looking over your
shoulder, no one's there
453
00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:24,519
stop looking over your
shoulder, no one's there fl
454
00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:28,778
they're not resting on their laurels
which is what I admire about them.
455
00:27:28,898 --> 00:27:29,958
They're not scared of change
456
00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:33,778
and they're not scared of embracing
what's coming up in the future, so...
457
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:38,574
(Crowd screaming)
458
00:27:38,783 --> 00:27:42,578
Geoff: Majors, they've got individual
departments for taking a leak.
459
00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:45,248
Smaller labels and I know this
myself because I've run them.
460
00:27:45,456 --> 00:27:47,792
It's a very hands on business.
461
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,460
It's a very personal business.
462
00:27:50,461 --> 00:27:52,773
Homeboy sandman: You know, they
don't try to create artists,
463
00:27:52,797 --> 00:27:54,257
they try to find artists.
464
00:27:54,465 --> 00:27:55,465
You know what I mean?
465
00:27:55,550 --> 00:27:57,343
They don't...
466
00:27:57,552 --> 00:28:00,179
And nurture artists, you
know what I'm saying?
467
00:28:00,388 --> 00:28:01,889
Not trying to limit
what anybody does
468
00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:05,143
but try to have people reach
they full potential as an artist,
469
00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,102
you know what I'm saying?
470
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:06,811
Voiceover: We're
going to take 2.
471
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,021
On the count of 3, black power.
472
00:28:09,230 --> 00:28:10,230
1,2,3.
473
00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:11,190
(Clicking)
474
00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:14,193
(Upbeat music)
475
00:28:14,402 --> 00:28:15,802
Fl (lyrics) Yo what you
want from me
476
00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:17,422
who was saying this
nation's indivisible
477
00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:18,364
I don't care what they say
478
00:28:18,573 --> 00:28:19,758
if they paid,
cats is miserablefi
479
00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:22,618
talib: Artists like homeboy sandman
who's a New York based artist
480
00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:23,995
who's been around for years
481
00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:26,122
and he's been making
quality hip—hop records
482
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,090
and no one's taking a
chance on marketing it,
483
00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:29,542
promoting it or
getting out there.
484
00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:31,030
I think they were a perfect fit.
485
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:33,230
Fl (lyrics) Everything we say is
in vain the days are biblical
486
00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:37,049
(upbeat music)
487
00:28:37,258 --> 00:28:39,135
Yo what you want
from me, what you want
488
00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:41,596
yo what you want
from me, what you want
489
00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:43,598
yo what you want
from me, what you want
490
00:28:43,806 --> 00:28:45,850
yo what you want
from me, what you want
491
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:48,186
yo what you want
from me, what you want
492
00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:49,496
yo what you want from me... fl
493
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,280
Tyler: I was at McDonald's
and it's the ra...
494
00:28:51,439 --> 00:28:54,066
I don't know whose car it was
in but the radio was on real low
495
00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:55,568
and I just heard
496
00:28:55,776 --> 00:28:57,361
I heard my ear
just catching stuff
497
00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:59,822
and I heard some
(Beep) Progression
498
00:29:00,031 --> 00:29:01,699
I've never heard in my life.
499
00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,468
I was like, "turn that (beep),
turn it up, turn it up."
500
00:29:03,492 --> 00:29:04,202
So I was sitting there.
501
00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:05,578
I knew it was about to end
502
00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:09,123
so I tried to catch the last
lyrics of it or whatever.
503
00:29:09,332 --> 00:29:12,084
I went home and I sat
for like 2 hours (beep)
504
00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:15,588
Quoting those (beep)
Lyrics trying to find it
505
00:29:15,796 --> 00:29:17,089
and I found this forum
506
00:29:17,298 --> 00:29:20,343
and it some random
(Beep) Japanese (beep)
507
00:29:20,551 --> 00:29:23,346
And it said the stepkids
and it had the song title
508
00:29:23,554 --> 00:29:25,598
and I (beep)
Youtubed it, found it
509
00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:27,366
then found out they
was on stones throw.
510
00:29:27,516 --> 00:29:28,596
I was like what the (beep).
511
00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:29,786
Listened to the
album and I was like
512
00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:31,354
oh my gosh, this is crazy.
513
00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:34,190
Fl (lyrics) He's a
Shakespeare of his day
514
00:29:34,398 --> 00:29:38,861
like David when he plays
515
00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:42,990
I'm one of a kind
516
00:29:43,199 --> 00:29:46,118
he's dannin of his age
517
00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:50,373
a prophet and a sage
518
00:29:50,581 --> 00:29:54,418
a legend in my own mind fl
519
00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:57,797
Dan: It's just a reflection of wolf's
taste when he started the label.
520
00:29:58,005 --> 00:29:59,715
He was really just
interested in hip-hop.
521
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,677
Like the human mind
normally does,
522
00:30:02,885 --> 00:30:05,388
he wanted to expand and
get into some new stuff.
523
00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:11,370
Wolf: Stones throw's like a
commune or something at this point.
524
00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:15,147
We're just off like
doing our own thing.
525
00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:17,358
Diva: I'm diva
526
00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:24,699
and I am an intergalactic,
inter-dimensional immortal pop star,
527
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:32,206
and I'm here living a
few incarnations on earth
528
00:30:32,415 --> 00:30:36,335
to try to see what I can
contribute to the human population.
529
00:30:36,544 --> 00:30:43,634
And heal this planet.
530
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:50,641
(Up tempo music)
531
00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:51,930
Tyler: You mentioned jonti.
532
00:30:52,101 --> 00:30:52,852
He's such a sick dude.
533
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:53,602
He's awesome.
534
00:30:53,811 --> 00:30:55,021
Hey jonti.
535
00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:57,648
Earl: The vocals that he has
on this shit is so tight.
536
00:30:57,857 --> 00:30:58,482
I don't know if that
537
00:30:58,691 --> 00:31:02,069
does he like sing
that shit or is it
538
00:31:02,278 --> 00:31:03,487
wow dude.
539
00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:09,451
But then you got motherfuckers
like guilty Simpson
540
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:14,248
who is just like dirty ass,
real scary hip-hop music.
541
00:31:14,457 --> 00:31:16,601
Guilty Simpson: When I went
to stones throw about signing,
542
00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:20,046
the main thing he told me that
he didn't want to change me.
543
00:31:20,254 --> 00:31:22,131
He didn't wanna change my music.
544
00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:24,550
I can be as filth flarn' filth
as I wanna be,
545
00:31:24,759 --> 00:31:25,759
you know what I'm saying?
546
00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:27,803
Say what I want, do what I want.
547
00:31:32,099 --> 00:31:33,601
A-trak: They're all
interesting dudes
548
00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:36,979
but like each one of them injects their
personality in the projects.
549
00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:39,398
Afterjust a handful of
these records that come out
550
00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:41,043
you can look at them
together and be like,
551
00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:43,110
"oh yeah, this is
from the same stable."
552
00:31:49,033 --> 00:31:50,076
Royal kush: Right, right.
553
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,791
Yeah and the other thing is that
554
00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:59,335
stones throw is kind
of a meeting place
555
00:31:59,543 --> 00:32:02,922
for a lot of different
musical worlds.
556
00:32:04,715 --> 00:32:12,715
(Up tempo music)
557
00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:20,564
Wolf: James pants was an
intern for stones throw.
558
00:32:20,773 --> 00:32:22,691
He came to one of my
gigs when he was 15.
559
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,777
(Up tempo music)
560
00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:26,404
He went to his senior prom
561
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:29,407
and then he went to my gig
aftennards and took his prom date
562
00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:31,468
then he said, "hey, you
wanna go record shopping?"
563
00:32:31,492 --> 00:32:32,284
I said sure.
564
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:33,653
You know the way to my heart.
565
00:32:33,786 --> 00:32:35,246
(Up tempo music)
566
00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,214
And then he eventually
interned for the label
567
00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:38,916
then he started making mixes.
568
00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:42,211
(Up tempo music)
569
00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:44,620
I don't even think he really
told me he was making music
570
00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:46,465
but another employee
at stones throw said,
571
00:32:46,674 --> 00:32:48,193
"hey, have you ever
heard James' music?"
572
00:32:48,217 --> 00:32:49,343
I said no.
573
00:32:49,552 --> 00:32:51,762
I heard it and I was like
wow, he's holding out on me.
574
00:32:51,971 --> 00:32:55,015
(Up tempo music)
575
00:32:55,224 --> 00:32:57,202
And then I told him that I
wanted to put his stuff out
576
00:32:57,226 --> 00:32:58,826
and he, you know,
he couldn't believe it.
577
00:32:59,019 --> 00:33:04,692
(Up tempo music)
578
00:33:06,068 --> 00:33:07,945
James: Good evening,
Los Angeles.
579
00:33:08,154 --> 00:33:12,116
(Crowd cheering)
580
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:14,076
My name is James pants.
581
00:33:14,285 --> 00:33:18,205
I come from a land very far
away to be here tonight.
582
00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:20,124
I hope you have
an excellent time.
583
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,001
It's a variety show of sorts
584
00:33:22,209 --> 00:33:26,380
with song, dance,
drumming and screaming.
585
00:33:26,589 --> 00:33:27,089
Have fun.
586
00:33:27,298 --> 00:33:35,298
(Music)
587
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:44,982
Fl (lyrics) The eyes of the
lord are upon you today
588
00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:53,908
the eyes of the lord
are upon you today
589
00:33:55,826 --> 00:34:02,666
the eyes of the lord
are upon you today fl
590
00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:11,751
(upbeat music)
591
00:34:31,445 --> 00:34:39,445
(Upbeat music)
592
00:35:34,383 --> 00:35:36,802
Wolf: When I first heard
madlib it was the lootpack
593
00:35:37,011 --> 00:35:38,220
and it was on college radio.
594
00:35:38,429 --> 00:35:40,429
I was working at the record
distributor at the time
595
00:35:40,556 --> 00:35:42,099
and I had just
started stones throw.
596
00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,893
(Hip-hop music)
597
00:35:45,102 --> 00:35:46,288
Madlib: I was with stones
throw in the beginning
598
00:35:46,312 --> 00:35:48,022
because of the first
records he put out.
599
00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:50,274
We joined with them because we
600
00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:52,192
heard charizma,
peanut butter breaks
601
00:35:52,401 --> 00:35:54,778
and this dude was playing
all this crazy music,
602
00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:56,238
all the hip-hop we like.
603
00:35:56,447 --> 00:35:58,073
I'm like he's playing this shit?
604
00:35:58,282 --> 00:35:59,825
I'm like damn, this dude crazy.
605
00:36:00,451 --> 00:36:01,744
We just connected from there.
606
00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:08,584
Wildchild: That was at the time
when we were shopping deals
607
00:36:08,792 --> 00:36:11,378
and they weren't
really interested
608
00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:12,981
or at the same time
we weren't willing
609
00:36:13,005 --> 00:36:16,050
to change what we wanted
to do for the labels.
610
00:36:16,258 --> 00:36:19,053
And then it luckily got in
the right hands through wolf.
611
00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:24,558
Wolf: When I heard madlib's music,
that immediately became my focus.
612
00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:35,728
(Hip-hop music)
613
00:36:38,614 --> 00:36:42,409
Oh no: Oxnard is actually
called the little Chicago
614
00:36:43,077 --> 00:36:47,206
because al Capone and them used to
transport drugs and stuff back and forth
615
00:36:47,414 --> 00:36:49,166
from you know,
oxnard to Chicago.
616
00:36:49,375 --> 00:36:51,126
A lot of gangs out here.
617
00:36:51,335 --> 00:36:53,545
A lot of gangs, you know the
rappers too, you know?
618
00:36:53,754 --> 00:36:55,214
In the music world in oxnard,
619
00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:57,007
everybody is really
trying to get along
620
00:36:57,216 --> 00:36:59,277
because there's really no time
for that bullshit, you know?
621
00:36:59,301 --> 00:37:00,969
Everybody's trying to
do this music thing.
622
00:37:01,804 --> 00:37:03,222
Voiceover: This is all live.
623
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:07,351
As you can plainly hear and see there's
no lip—sync business going on here.
624
00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:10,604
This is the real jam,
the jam of the jams
625
00:37:10,813 --> 00:37:12,231
and we doing it
something like this.
626
00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:14,858
(Rap music)
627
00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:16,902
Talib: First time I
heard of stones throw
628
00:37:17,111 --> 00:37:18,737
was when I bought
the lootpack album.
629
00:37:19,446 --> 00:37:22,449
The first thing I noticed
was how dense that album was.
630
00:37:22,658 --> 00:37:23,242
It was packed.
631
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:26,620
It was like over 20 songs,
maybe 22, 23 songs
632
00:37:26,829 --> 00:37:28,330
and I just couldn't believe
633
00:37:28,539 --> 00:37:32,292
that they were doing
this level quality music
634
00:37:32,501 --> 00:37:33,919
but so underground.
635
00:37:34,128 --> 00:37:39,967
(Hip-hop music)
636
00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:44,221
?uestlove: Stones throw
came crashing into our world
637
00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:46,598
like just came crashing
like a meteor.
638
00:37:46,807 --> 00:37:50,811
(Hip-hop music)
639
00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:52,980
Woman: Could you please
just introduce yourself?
640
00:38:06,493 --> 00:38:11,039
(Upbeat music)
641
00:38:11,248 --> 00:38:13,288
Fl (lyrics) If you're not
flipping cuts like dj Rome
642
00:38:13,417 --> 00:38:15,919
well then you're not
representing with the lp
643
00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:18,630
now, if you're not
dropping tracks like madlib
644
00:38:18,839 --> 00:38:21,300
then you're not
representing with the lp
645
00:38:21,508 --> 00:38:23,969
well, if you're not kicking
styles like wild child
646
00:38:24,178 --> 00:38:26,722
then you're not
representing with the lp
647
00:38:26,930 --> 00:38:29,475
but if you're not
supporting hardcore hip-hop
648
00:38:29,683 --> 00:38:32,603
well, then you're not
a real hip-hop mc
649
00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:35,022
if you're not in tune
to this, total bliss
650
00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:37,691
nowadays a lot of
rappers I like to diss
651
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:39,193
because yo, all up in your songs
652
00:38:39,401 --> 00:38:40,881
you'd be talking
about your glocks. Fl
653
00:38:41,069 --> 00:38:42,505
wildchild: Wolf has already
taken us on the road.
654
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,365
He was showing us stuff that other
cats I know didn't even get to see
655
00:38:45,574 --> 00:38:47,367
until their 2nd,
maybe 3rd album.
656
00:38:47,576 --> 00:38:49,053
Fl (lyrics) When the camera's
off you'll be acting soft
657
00:38:49,077 --> 00:38:50,472
because you'll be in
that mental state
658
00:38:50,496 --> 00:38:51,663
thinking that you're great
659
00:38:51,872 --> 00:38:54,666
but everywhere around the gates
people saying that you're fake
660
00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:57,228
like dropping out of weight while
you're trying to have your cake
661
00:38:57,252 --> 00:38:58,438
but with yourjams
ain't got no weight
662
00:38:58,462 --> 00:38:59,713
and many niggas won't debate
663
00:38:59,922 --> 00:39:02,257
we keep it hot like benihana
664
00:39:02,466 --> 00:39:04,760
with no drama while you
bite like a piranha fl
665
00:39:04,968 --> 00:39:07,346
Steve: It wasn't until
meeting lootpack
666
00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:11,850
to where Chris finally
was able to move on.
667
00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:16,814
There was a long period
between the passing of charizma
668
00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:19,233
and the meeting of lootpack.
669
00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:21,318
And it was after the
success of the lootpack
670
00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:24,822
that he moved out
to la. To do more.
671
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:28,617
(Upbeat music)
672
00:39:28,826 --> 00:39:31,161
He risked everything
to come to la.
673
00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:33,330
But it was a move
that he needed to do.
674
00:39:33,539 --> 00:39:36,250
He needed to be with madlib.
675
00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:40,879
He needed to be there because
madlib was the next thing.
676
00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:44,716
Voiceover: And now
the competition begins.
677
00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:50,097
J rocc: The four horsemen
riding through town.
678
00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:54,726
Egon, Jeff jank,
wolf and madlib.
679
00:39:54,935 --> 00:39:55,978
That was the label.
680
00:39:56,186 --> 00:39:57,813
Like it was just out the house.
681
00:39:58,021 --> 00:40:01,358
Like literally, out the house.
682
00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:03,902
A-trak: Egon was
just this very diligent
683
00:40:04,111 --> 00:40:07,239
and responsible passionate guy
684
00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,408
that came in and moved to la.
685
00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:16,790
And came on board to help make
sure that things were getting done.
686
00:40:16,957 --> 00:40:20,168
The gaslamp killer: Jeff
jank is also a visionary
687
00:40:20,377 --> 00:40:26,967
and he is more involved in the
decision making at stones throw
688
00:40:27,175 --> 00:40:28,844
than anyone cares to realize.
689
00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:32,389
Mayer: He plays an enormous
role in stones throw
690
00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:34,641
and he is the grumpiest
motherfucker
691
00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:36,977
that you will ever meet
in your entire life
692
00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:39,688
but I love that dude to death.
693
00:40:39,897 --> 00:40:41,165
Wolf: He knew nothing
about computers
694
00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:44,026
but he taught himself
basically everything
695
00:40:44,234 --> 00:40:46,236
as far as like starting
stonesthrow. Com
696
00:40:46,445 --> 00:40:48,113
and he's like a big
697
00:40:48,322 --> 00:40:50,490
he's like the secret weapon
of stones throw, you know?
698
00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:53,368
So this is literally
a bomb shelter.
699
00:40:54,703 --> 00:40:57,372
That was made in
the 50's I guess
700
00:40:57,581 --> 00:41:00,292
when the us and ussr
were in this cold war.
701
00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:03,670
We called this studio the bomb
shelter, you know, because of that.
702
00:41:03,879 --> 00:41:07,215
J rocc: That's where they ran
everything out of that damn house.
703
00:41:07,424 --> 00:41:09,551
Egon out of his
room in the front.
704
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,138
Jeff jank downstairs
doing nothing but artwork.
705
00:41:13,347 --> 00:41:16,183
Madlib right around
the corner smoking
706
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:20,270
and just playing drums or
beats just cranking out.
707
00:41:20,479 --> 00:41:22,230
I loved going over there.
708
00:41:22,439 --> 00:41:25,025
Oh my goodness,
I used to love going.
709
00:41:25,233 --> 00:41:33,233
(Upbeat music)
710
00:41:35,452 --> 00:41:39,289
By then like stones
throw you know,
711
00:41:39,498 --> 00:41:42,417
it was like wasn't no
longer stones throw.
712
00:41:42,626 --> 00:41:46,672
It was like stones
throw like oh shit.
713
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,508
This is the house over here,
it's going down over here.
714
00:41:50,175 --> 00:41:51,945
Madlib: Reality shows
weren't popular back then
715
00:41:51,969 --> 00:41:53,129
but it would have been crazy.
716
00:41:53,303 --> 00:41:55,806
You see a couple dudes
arguing over here
717
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:58,350
and I'm eating up his frozen
dinners because I'm broke,
718
00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,184
you know what I mean?
719
00:41:59,393 --> 00:42:01,103
He's like, "where
my dinners at?"
720
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:03,814
Over here I'm playing music
at 5 in the morning and drums
721
00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:05,649
and Jeff jank comes in yelling.
722
00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:08,443
The next day we're drinking
martinis like nothing happened.
723
00:42:08,986 --> 00:42:10,186
That's how we live. (Chuckles)
724
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:11,113
It was crazy.
725
00:42:11,321 --> 00:42:15,951
(Hip-hop music)
726
00:42:16,159 --> 00:42:18,759
Fl (lyrics) Hey yo we headed to a
party to go see what's happening
727
00:42:18,912 --> 00:42:21,289
smoking the iah in the
car turn on some rappin
728
00:42:21,498 --> 00:42:23,917
start to freestyle,
we'd be up on our way
729
00:42:24,126 --> 00:42:25,210
finish up the blunt
730
00:42:25,419 --> 00:42:26,837
somebody pass me that spray fl
731
00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:29,381
wolf: You know, I appreciated
lootpack for what it was
732
00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:34,928
but on one of the tapes
on the backside of it was
733
00:42:35,595 --> 00:42:38,181
this guy with a high voice
rapping over the beats.
734
00:42:38,390 --> 00:42:40,076
Fl (lyrics) Police pulling
us over for no reason
735
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:41,560
searching the car like fl
736
00:42:41,768 --> 00:42:44,312
to me it seemed like the beats
were a little more experimental.
737
00:42:44,521 --> 00:42:47,566
The whole project just seemed
more experimental than lootpack.
738
00:42:47,774 --> 00:42:48,894
Fl (lyrics) You got warrants
739
00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:50,736
you all niggas ready
for some torment fl
740
00:42:50,944 --> 00:42:52,654
I asked madlib about it.
741
00:42:52,863 --> 00:42:53,363
I was like
742
00:42:53,572 --> 00:42:56,074
I found myself listening to
that over and over, you know,
743
00:42:56,283 --> 00:42:58,618
and I asked madlib,
"what is this?"
744
00:42:58,827 --> 00:43:00,454
And he was like, "oh man!
745
00:43:00,662 --> 00:43:01,782
"I forgot that was on there.
746
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:03,057
"Yeah, you know,
like you weren't
747
00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:04,100
even supposed to hear that."
748
00:43:04,124 --> 00:43:05,484
I'm like, "no,
that's really good."
749
00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:09,588
I wanna put that out too
and he's like, "really?
750
00:43:09,796 --> 00:43:10,898
"Cool, I'm with it, whatever.
751
00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:11,922
"You know, fuck it."
752
00:43:12,966 --> 00:43:14,718
Talib: Quasimoto sound
is the madlib sound.
753
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:16,762
Quasimoto is a piece of madlib.
754
00:43:16,970 --> 00:43:18,638
It allows madlib to
say and do things
755
00:43:18,847 --> 00:43:20,367
that maybe he wouldn't
do as an artist.
756
00:43:20,515 --> 00:43:22,768
Fl (lyrics) The other day
Mr. Buddha had this plan
757
00:43:22,976 --> 00:43:25,771
get grands off the man so
our whole crew could expand fl
758
00:43:26,938 --> 00:43:28,065
we all need that as artists
759
00:43:28,273 --> 00:43:31,818
and quasimoto is
a genius invention.
760
00:43:32,027 --> 00:43:36,323
Fl (lyrics) In my garage thinking large
puttin' together the entourage
761
00:43:36,531 --> 00:43:38,950
my niggas straight hit the
bank and broke the hell out
762
00:43:39,159 --> 00:43:41,745
so much money you couldn't
even get that smell out fl
763
00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:45,082
flying lotus: Hearing
that shit, at the time,
764
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:48,251
there was nothing like it.
765
00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:51,129
You didn't even need
mushrooms or weed or nothing.
766
00:43:51,338 --> 00:43:52,047
You didn't even need it.
767
00:43:52,255 --> 00:43:54,841
You could just listen to that
shit and just be like what?
768
00:43:55,050 --> 00:43:57,177
That shit'ii just trip you
the fuck out, man.
769
00:44:03,058 --> 00:44:06,311
Madlib: Yeah, that's the only
time quas comes out, yeah.
770
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,605
Yeah, that's the only
time quas would come out.
771
00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:12,835
Madlib: I mean not for
weeks but like a month or 2,
772
00:44:12,859 --> 00:44:13,859
you know what I mean?
773
00:44:16,029 --> 00:44:19,032
Madlib: I wouldn't advise that
but yeah my man does it.
774
00:44:29,459 --> 00:44:30,779
Madlib: Same, he's
just more loud.
775
00:44:30,961 --> 00:44:32,129
You know what I'm saying?
776
00:44:32,337 --> 00:44:33,964
Same type of vibe if
you get to know me
777
00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:36,633
but he's just loud and
I'm more, you know, calm.
778
00:44:37,509 --> 00:44:39,553
I think I'm loud when
I'm drunk, I don't know.
779
00:44:40,095 --> 00:44:41,221
I have no idea.
780
00:44:41,847 --> 00:44:49,847
(Upbeat music)
781
00:44:50,147 --> 00:44:52,399
Fl (lyrics) I remember
ultramagnetic and stetsasonic
782
00:44:52,607 --> 00:44:54,067
afrika bambaataa
and the soul Sonic
783
00:44:54,276 --> 00:44:56,653
mc shy d, public enemy,
784
00:44:56,862 --> 00:44:58,238
boogie down, mc shan, mc ren
785
00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:00,782
the disco 3, Mr. Magic
with the rap attack
786
00:45:00,991 --> 00:45:03,034
all day kday
mix masters, Craig mack
787
00:45:03,243 --> 00:45:06,830
steady b, schoolly d, heavy
d, mantronix with mc tee fl
788
00:45:07,038 --> 00:45:10,292
Mike d: Madlib had you know,
this reinvention cycle.
789
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:12,043
Quasimoto was a big departure.
790
00:45:12,252 --> 00:45:15,005
You know, he was not afraid to
then go out and make something.
791
00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:16,631
That's not what people expect.
792
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,968
That is not even what people think
is gonna be a madlib album.
793
00:45:20,177 --> 00:45:23,263
Fl (lyrics) Ccb, take
it back like ions
794
00:45:23,471 --> 00:45:25,640
remember daddy fresh
or maestro fresh Wes
795
00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:28,351
I know rap, my man fl
796
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:36,560
(upbeat music)
797
00:45:36,902 --> 00:45:39,654
Madlib: And it sounded
like what it looked like.
798
00:45:39,863 --> 00:45:42,199
I didn't disagree when
they showed me.
799
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,047
I was like, "yeah,
that's it right there."
800
00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:49,039
A pig face, alf nigga, like I don't know,
you know what I mean?
801
00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:50,957
That's what he
sounded like. (Chuckles)
802
00:45:51,166 --> 00:45:59,166
(Upbeat music)
803
00:46:02,802 --> 00:46:05,305
Wolf: And then madlib started
telling me, "I wanna make jazz."
804
00:46:06,306 --> 00:46:07,933
I said, "you wanna make jazz?
805
00:46:08,141 --> 00:46:10,620
"How are you gonna make jazz,
you don't even play instruments?"
806
00:46:10,644 --> 00:46:12,938
"Oh, I don't have to play
instruments, I could sample."
807
00:46:13,146 --> 00:46:14,898
Madlib: At a point I
got tired of hip-hop,
808
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:16,106
you know what I mean?
809
00:46:16,274 --> 00:46:17,275
Because it gets boring.
810
00:46:17,484 --> 00:46:19,712
Anything is boring after you
do it for a while, you know?
811
00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:22,447
Got into jazz about 2001.
812
00:46:23,782 --> 00:46:26,660
Mike: It's sort of a
reverse manifestation
813
00:46:26,868 --> 00:46:28,828
of people who got into hip-hop
814
00:46:29,037 --> 00:46:32,332
then sort of explored the
music that hip-hop sampled,
815
00:46:32,540 --> 00:46:34,376
and then fell in love with that
816
00:46:34,584 --> 00:46:36,962
and manifested a
new approach to it.
817
00:46:37,170 --> 00:46:40,423
And when you go to create
original music based on that,
818
00:46:40,632 --> 00:46:43,593
your interpretation of it is
something completely original.
819
00:46:43,802 --> 00:46:47,555
Wolf: We were playing the music for
weldon irvine, who was like a jazz great
820
00:46:47,764 --> 00:46:49,891
from the 70's that a
tribe called quest sampled.
821
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:51,744
And we played the music for
weldon then he was like,
822
00:46:51,768 --> 00:46:54,145
"this guy did not just learn
how to play instruments.
823
00:46:54,354 --> 00:46:56,064
"He's been playing
his whole life, like—-"
824
00:46:56,856 --> 00:46:59,859
I said no, I'm telling you,
he just started learning.
825
00:47:00,068 --> 00:47:02,788
He said, "well, I'm gonna look this
brother in the face and ask him."
826
00:47:03,613 --> 00:47:05,407
Madlib: He's like,
"show me what you do."
827
00:47:05,615 --> 00:47:09,119
Put in the cd he's
just like (chuckles)
828
00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:10,537
And I was like woohoo!
829
00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:12,609
Wolf: And that's when I realized
830
00:47:12,706 --> 00:47:15,792
that actual musicians are
like giving it up to this guy.
831
00:47:17,043 --> 00:47:20,463
Who was like a producer who just kind
of makes do with whatever he has.
832
00:47:27,262 --> 00:47:30,473
Geoff: I always will
say that the...
833
00:47:31,224 --> 00:47:33,476
I think that madlib is
834
00:47:34,227 --> 00:47:37,814
you know, I would compare
him really to frank zappa.
835
00:47:38,023 --> 00:47:45,697
(Drumming)
836
00:47:45,905 --> 00:47:48,700
Hip-hop essentially
was just stale.
837
00:47:49,534 --> 00:47:51,953
Absolutely like the worse bread,
838
00:47:52,162 --> 00:47:53,872
you know, you don't
wanna feed ducks.
839
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:58,793
And viciously commercial,
you know like ja rule.
840
00:47:59,002 --> 00:48:01,504
You know that was kind of I
suppose around that kind of time.
841
00:48:03,965 --> 00:48:06,259
J rocc: I don't think wolf
made it a conscious decision
842
00:48:06,468 --> 00:48:12,599
to make it madlib, the
producer of stones throw.
843
00:48:12,807 --> 00:48:14,952
I mean, he had other stuff
coming out at the same time.
844
00:48:14,976 --> 00:48:18,229
It's just that you can't
compete with somebody
845
00:48:18,438 --> 00:48:24,110
that was making 5 albums every 2
or 3 weeks or something, you know?
846
00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:30,700
Madlib: I'm here from 7 to
7 the next day, everyday.
847
00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:33,203
You know what I'm saying?
I sleep like 2 hours, 3 hours.
848
00:48:33,411 --> 00:48:39,584
(Upbeat music)
849
00:48:39,793 --> 00:48:41,669
I'm a quiet dude, I hate
people looking at me,
850
00:48:41,878 --> 00:48:43,254
you know what I'm saying?
851
00:48:43,463 --> 00:48:44,732
I don't like too much attention.
852
00:48:44,756 --> 00:48:48,510
Wolf: I don't know him to be
anywhere but in his studio creating.
853
00:48:48,718 --> 00:48:51,888
He's not concerned about
how popular he's gonna be.
854
00:48:52,097 --> 00:48:54,974
The money and the fame don't seem
to be the main reason why he creates.
855
00:48:55,183 --> 00:48:56,559
He creates to create
856
00:48:56,768 --> 00:48:58,561
and to just get it
out of his system.
857
00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:00,581
Respect everybody who
listens to my shit, though.
858
00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:01,106
You know what I mean?
859
00:49:01,314 --> 00:49:04,401
Othennise, I'll still be
bumping it for myself,
860
00:49:04,609 --> 00:49:05,902
you know what I mean?
861
00:49:06,111 --> 00:49:08,154
?uestlove: I got a
call from j dilla.
862
00:49:08,363 --> 00:49:11,658
He's like, "madlib is
killing me right now."
863
00:49:12,575 --> 00:49:13,701
I said, "really?"
864
00:49:14,411 --> 00:49:15,036
He said, "yeah man.
865
00:49:15,245 --> 00:49:18,581
"Like he's going
where I wanna go."
866
00:49:18,790 --> 00:49:23,670
He does little nuances and
tricks in his music that like-...
867
00:49:24,504 --> 00:49:26,256
That I know only I get.
868
00:49:26,464 --> 00:49:28,174
Like even if I were
to play it for you,
869
00:49:28,383 --> 00:49:29,717
it would go over your head.
870
00:49:29,926 --> 00:49:33,847
Madlib is talking to
me and only me.
871
00:49:34,055 --> 00:49:42,055
(Upbeat music)
872
00:49:48,236 --> 00:49:52,282
Kanye: The purest and greatest
musicians come out of that environment.
873
00:49:52,490 --> 00:49:55,160
Also, just a struggle that we
deal with in those environments.
874
00:49:56,119 --> 00:49:57,579
Where you're fighting.
875
00:49:57,787 --> 00:49:59,289
You're fighting
for your freedom,
876
00:49:59,497 --> 00:50:04,252
you're fighting for your
economic equality with your talent.
877
00:50:04,461 --> 00:50:05,712
That's all you got.
878
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:07,630
There's no other
chance right there
879
00:50:07,839 --> 00:50:09,841
and you know, that
pressure bust pipes.
880
00:50:10,049 --> 00:50:11,426
You know, you're gonna
881
00:50:11,634 --> 00:50:12,927
something great.
882
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:15,847
A Rose is gonna grow
out of that concrete.
883
00:50:16,055 --> 00:50:21,227
(Upbeat music)
884
00:50:21,436 --> 00:50:23,938
Dilla was definitely
one of those roses.
885
00:50:24,147 --> 00:50:27,442
(Upbeat music)
886
00:50:32,697 --> 00:50:34,457
Voiceover: And this guy
sitting over there...
887
00:50:34,699 --> 00:50:35,909
Y'all guys good?
888
00:50:43,791 --> 00:50:45,311
Dj house shoes: I kind of
introduced madlib to dilla.
889
00:50:45,335 --> 00:50:48,087
It's funny, I introduced dilla to
madlib through the lootpack album
890
00:50:48,296 --> 00:50:50,006
and then I introduced
madlib to dilla
891
00:50:50,882 --> 00:50:53,092
and wolf and madlib
came out for the first time
892
00:50:53,301 --> 00:50:54,969
and we were all in the studio.
893
00:50:55,178 --> 00:50:56,447
Madlib: It's madlib,
the beat conductor.
894
00:50:56,471 --> 00:50:58,306
House shoes was there
rolling up the blunts,
895
00:50:58,515 --> 00:50:59,682
you know what I mean?
896
00:50:59,891 --> 00:51:03,019
My man walked in with the
sp and the snow, j dilla.
897
00:51:03,228 --> 00:51:03,978
J dilla: I could explain it
898
00:51:04,187 --> 00:51:05,247
voiceover: Okay, come on man.
899
00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:07,166
J dilla: I hooked up with
madlib because I love his work.
900
00:51:07,190 --> 00:51:08,250
Voiceover: How did you do this?
901
00:51:08,274 --> 00:51:10,235
It's like I'MMA tell
you, I'MMA tell you.
902
00:51:10,443 --> 00:51:11,962
Voiceover: Start from
the beginning, come on.
903
00:51:11,986 --> 00:51:14,572
J dilla: I hooked up with madlib,
because I love his work.
904
00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:15,781
Bought his records.
905
00:51:15,823 --> 00:51:17,784
When I first heard
lootpack, I went crazy.
906
00:51:17,992 --> 00:51:19,244
Who was this cat?
907
00:51:19,994 --> 00:51:22,830
I actually got in touch
with madlib and flew him out.
908
00:51:23,039 --> 00:51:24,934
Let's do an album or something.
Let's do a ep, or
909
00:51:24,958 --> 00:51:27,043
let's just mess the industry up,
910
00:51:27,252 --> 00:51:28,002
you know what I'm saying?
911
00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:30,255
Hook up like that, do it.
And really do it.
912
00:51:31,881 --> 00:51:33,776
Wolf: You know, madlib
really looked up to Jay Dee
913
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:35,510
and Jay Dee looked
up to madlib too.
914
00:51:35,718 --> 00:51:39,264
So it was this real like weird
awkwardness when they met.
915
00:51:39,806 --> 00:51:40,890
They were in the studio.
916
00:51:41,099 --> 00:51:43,184
J dilla: Yeah.
917
00:51:43,393 --> 00:51:45,812
Wolf: And then house shoes
is like passing weed around.
918
00:51:47,063 --> 00:51:48,823
Dj house shoes: Dilla's
never been influenced
919
00:51:48,856 --> 00:51:51,568
by somebody so strongly
as he was by madlib.
920
00:51:51,776 --> 00:51:53,656
Talib: Then you see Detroit
not just with oxnard
921
00:51:53,820 --> 00:51:54,821
but with the west coast.
922
00:51:55,029 --> 00:51:56,715
Dilla did a lot of west
coast sounding thing.
923
00:51:56,739 --> 00:51:57,739
Something about Detroit
924
00:51:57,865 --> 00:52:01,119
and west coast sounds
did well in the midwest
925
00:52:01,327 --> 00:52:02,996
but in Detroit in particular.
926
00:52:03,204 --> 00:52:05,832
Mayer: There are no labels
like stones throw in Detroit.
927
00:52:05,999 --> 00:52:09,961
There's no entertainment
business there.
928
00:52:10,169 --> 00:52:12,422
We all had to look elsewhere
929
00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:16,092
to find somebody to
actually put our music out.
930
00:52:16,301 --> 00:52:18,970
Thankfully there is a guy
like peanut butter wolf.
931
00:52:19,178 --> 00:52:23,683
(Upbeat music)
932
00:52:23,891 --> 00:52:27,061
Common: That jaylib projectjust
turned out to be something, like...
933
00:52:27,270 --> 00:52:29,230
It's a hip-hop monument.
934
00:52:29,439 --> 00:52:37,439
(Hip-hop music)
935
00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,509
Fl (lyrics) It's frank
nitty in the place to be
936
00:52:40,533 --> 00:52:42,994
with Jay Dee to the
illa and the lib
937
00:52:43,202 --> 00:52:45,163
so let me see you
touch the sky fl
938
00:52:45,371 --> 00:52:46,932
the gaslamp killer: Madlib
and dilla got together
939
00:52:46,956 --> 00:52:49,125
and started challenging
each other super hard,
940
00:52:49,334 --> 00:52:50,585
and dilla moved to la.
941
00:52:50,793 --> 00:52:51,979
Fl (lyrics) In this bitch,
we raise the stakes
942
00:52:52,003 --> 00:52:54,714
up a little bit and
shut shit down
943
00:52:54,922 --> 00:52:56,716
tone to the toe to the
chrome to the zone
944
00:52:56,924 --> 00:52:58,964
you need to put your hands
up is what you need to do
945
00:52:59,093 --> 00:53:01,137
plus niggas got
game like the ps2
946
00:53:01,346 --> 00:53:02,847
it's dankery off and... n
947
00:53:03,056 --> 00:53:04,696
kanye: Dilla maybe
perhaps might have been
948
00:53:04,766 --> 00:53:07,060
a bit more of a
scientist perfectionist
949
00:53:07,268 --> 00:53:10,563
and madlib might have just
been a bit more crazy.
950
00:53:10,772 --> 00:53:11,874
Fl (lyrics) We are in
this motherfucker
951
00:53:11,898 --> 00:53:14,400
we are in this motherfucker fl
952
00:53:14,984 --> 00:53:16,864
common: As soon as he got
out here he loved L.A.
953
00:53:16,986 --> 00:53:17,986
He loved it.
954
00:53:18,029 --> 00:53:20,698
It was like I think a
breath of fresh air for him
955
00:53:20,907 --> 00:53:22,200
because you know,
no matter what,
956
00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:23,868
when you're at the crib,
957
00:53:24,077 --> 00:53:25,495
when you're in your hometown,
958
00:53:25,703 --> 00:53:29,082
everybody you know
is around usually
959
00:53:29,290 --> 00:53:29,957
and that could be
960
00:53:30,166 --> 00:53:31,406
obviously that's the foundation
961
00:53:31,501 --> 00:53:35,296
but at certain times if
you're the centerpiece
962
00:53:35,505 --> 00:53:37,340
then a lot of it is just-...
963
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:38,883
Everything is depending on you.
964
00:53:39,092 --> 00:53:39,759
It's easy.
965
00:53:39,967 --> 00:53:41,302
It's better to get
away sometimes
966
00:53:41,511 --> 00:53:43,262
just to kind of reboot yourself.
967
00:53:43,471 --> 00:53:45,640
(Upbeat music)
968
00:53:45,848 --> 00:53:47,688
Voiceover: Ladies and
gentlemen, direct from...
969
00:53:47,892 --> 00:53:49,772
At the lost gates of
sunny southern California.
970
00:53:49,811 --> 00:53:51,330
The gaslamp killer:
It wasn't like damn,
971
00:53:51,354 --> 00:53:53,022
these Detroit guys did it again.
972
00:53:53,231 --> 00:53:55,274
It was like this is now,
973
00:53:55,942 --> 00:53:57,610
this is us.
974
00:54:02,532 --> 00:54:04,367
Now he's moved
here for a reason.
975
00:54:04,575 --> 00:54:07,662
It's because he believes in
the energy of California.
976
00:54:07,870 --> 00:54:09,747
He wants to be in the
sunshine and the warmth
977
00:54:09,956 --> 00:54:11,433
with all the positivity
and all these people
978
00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:14,001
that are really like
loving what he's doing
979
00:54:14,210 --> 00:54:16,879
and loving what each
other are doing
980
00:54:17,088 --> 00:54:18,798
and really sharing and...
981
00:54:21,008 --> 00:54:22,552
It wasn't so dog eat dog.
982
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,346
We weren't like silver
lake, echo park, eagle rock,
983
00:54:25,555 --> 00:54:27,932
Hollywood, venice
beach, Santa Monica.
984
00:54:28,141 --> 00:54:29,642
No, we're like L.A.
985
00:54:29,851 --> 00:54:30,911
This is L.A. hip-hop, we all...
986
00:54:30,935 --> 00:54:33,062
You know, Compton, watts.
987
00:54:33,271 --> 00:54:38,693
We were all just in it.
988
00:54:38,901 --> 00:54:40,181
Common: Anyway, he came out here
989
00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:42,488
and I definitely felt
his energy being up.
990
00:54:42,864 --> 00:54:44,949
We would go get records
and give him records.
991
00:54:45,408 --> 00:54:46,576
He'll just be at the crib.
992
00:54:46,784 --> 00:54:50,455
We ended up moving to a
place near hancock park,
993
00:54:50,663 --> 00:54:53,082
an apartment that I
stayed in for a long time.
994
00:54:53,291 --> 00:54:56,210
And man, I would get
up in the mornings and
995
00:54:56,419 --> 00:54:59,839
man, go to the kitchen. There he
in the dining room making beats.
996
00:55:00,047 --> 00:55:01,382
I was like
997
00:55:01,591 --> 00:55:04,594
I mean, there's nothing
better I could dream of.
998
00:55:04,802 --> 00:55:06,637
Kanye: I met j dilla
at common's crib
999
00:55:07,889 --> 00:55:09,724
just down the street here in la.
1000
00:55:09,932 --> 00:55:11,100
They were staying together
1001
00:55:11,851 --> 00:55:14,353
and I just remembered
looking at that mpc
1002
00:55:15,313 --> 00:55:19,233
and thinking like those drums
that came out of that mpc.
1003
00:55:20,193 --> 00:55:23,571
You know, arguably the best
drums in hip-hop history
1004
00:55:23,780 --> 00:55:28,868
and just remember
just vibing with him
1005
00:55:29,076 --> 00:55:30,953
and having so much respect
1006
00:55:31,913 --> 00:55:33,831
and just wanted to
work with him more.
1007
00:55:34,415 --> 00:55:40,463
Dilla, every time it's like that kick
just sat so perfectly and like the...
1008
00:55:41,088 --> 00:55:43,758
His swings, his
shuffles on his beats,
1009
00:55:43,966 --> 00:55:49,096
his snare choices, the way he
sample shit, it was just like
1010
00:55:49,305 --> 00:55:54,101
it just sounded like,
it felt like drugs.
1011
00:55:54,310 --> 00:55:56,562
I mean, his musicjust
sounded like good pussy.
1012
00:56:01,317 --> 00:56:02,517
Fl (lyrics) Get up in it, what
1013
00:56:02,568 --> 00:56:03,653
start her up, what
1014
00:56:03,861 --> 00:56:05,988
get her washed dog,
prime her armor up, what
1015
00:56:06,489 --> 00:56:08,741
big wheels, Cadillac grill, what
1016
00:56:08,950 --> 00:56:10,409
what, what fl
1017
00:56:10,618 --> 00:56:12,513
station dj: Talking about tryin
to put jaylib into circ...
1018
00:56:12,537 --> 00:56:13,680
And let's do this drop right here
1019
00:56:13,704 --> 00:56:15,248
104.9 London's xfm.
1020
00:56:15,456 --> 00:56:16,541
Voiceover: All city people.
1021
00:56:16,791 --> 00:56:19,001
J dilla: Turn it up live and direct.
1022
00:56:19,544 --> 00:56:20,878
Brand new.
1023
00:56:21,087 --> 00:56:22,839
(Laughs)
1024
00:56:23,047 --> 00:56:25,925
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
1025
00:56:26,133 --> 00:56:29,387
turn up another
notch, another notch.
1026
00:56:31,806 --> 00:56:36,477
Fl (lyrics) Yeah, holla, get it, popping
off from the bottle to the collar
1027
00:56:37,186 --> 00:56:38,354
clap your hands y'all
1028
00:56:38,563 --> 00:56:41,107
get live when you
party with your man, y'all
1029
00:56:42,191 --> 00:56:43,442
it's the official
1030
00:56:44,110 --> 00:56:46,404
hands in the air, let
me see the wrist glow
1031
00:56:46,612 --> 00:56:48,656
turn me up another
notch in the system
1032
00:56:48,865 --> 00:56:51,325
you say you want
the hot sh—- then listen
1033
00:56:51,534 --> 00:56:56,163
madlib and Jay Dee z doing
it like we're doing it for
1034
00:56:56,372 --> 00:56:58,207
and you don't want
to change your dial
1035
00:56:58,416 --> 00:57:00,668
world premier
rearrange, your style fl
1036
00:57:00,877 --> 00:57:01,502
what?
1037
00:57:01,711 --> 00:57:04,589
Common: You know, it was
a real like quality time
1038
00:57:04,797 --> 00:57:06,632
of making music for them too.
1039
00:57:06,841 --> 00:57:12,013
I've definitely seen a lot
of quiet power within them.
1040
00:57:12,221 --> 00:57:14,348
It was able to connect
and do something great.
1041
00:57:14,557 --> 00:57:16,976
Wolf: We've been working
with j dilla for a while
1042
00:57:17,184 --> 00:57:18,519
and you know, I asked madlib,
1043
00:57:18,728 --> 00:57:22,106
"who else do you see yourself working
with outside of our immediate crew?"
1044
00:57:22,315 --> 00:57:24,400
And he said mf doom.
1045
00:57:34,285 --> 00:57:36,704
Mf doom: Yeah, the whole
mask thing, really
1046
00:57:37,413 --> 00:57:39,624
all right, there's a
time in hip-hop where
1047
00:57:39,832 --> 00:57:41,918
things from my point of
view started going more
1048
00:57:42,126 --> 00:57:45,796
to what things looked like opposed
to what things sound like.
1049
00:57:46,005 --> 00:57:51,761
(Hip-hop music)
1050
00:57:51,969 --> 00:57:53,304
Talib: The madvillain album,
1051
00:57:53,512 --> 00:57:58,184
that's just almost as close to perfect as
you're gonna get for a hip-hop album.
1052
00:57:58,392 --> 00:58:00,019
You got madlib at
the top of his game,
1053
00:58:00,227 --> 00:58:01,646
you got doom at
the top of his game.
1054
00:58:01,854 --> 00:58:08,694
(Hip-hop music)
1055
00:58:08,903 --> 00:58:11,656
That's like one of the purest
hip-hop albums you're gonna hear
1056
00:58:11,864 --> 00:58:16,786
because doom focused so
heavily on the rhyme scheme,
1057
00:58:16,994 --> 00:58:18,579
and on what he's doing
with the rhymes.
1058
00:58:18,788 --> 00:58:21,415
Madlib focused so heavily what
he was doing with the samples.
1059
00:58:21,624 --> 00:58:22,624
It was like—-
1060
00:58:22,792 --> 00:58:25,336
it's just like this super pure,
1061
00:58:25,544 --> 00:58:28,798
unfiltered raw focus on
that madvillain album
1062
00:58:29,006 --> 00:58:30,758
that is just untouchable.
1063
00:58:30,967 --> 00:58:32,110
Mf doom: He's always
at the bomb shelter
1064
00:58:32,134 --> 00:58:33,445
and I'm always up on
the deck writing, right?
1065
00:58:33,469 --> 00:58:35,346
And then he would
give me another cd,
1066
00:58:35,554 --> 00:58:37,890
I get the cd and I'm writing,
you know what I'm saying?
1067
00:58:38,099 --> 00:58:39,284
And then he's back
in the bomb shelter.
1068
00:58:39,308 --> 00:58:40,935
I would hardly speak to him.
1069
00:58:41,143 --> 00:58:43,080
Wolf: We knew that we had
to put him up in a hotel
1070
00:58:43,104 --> 00:58:44,563
and stuff while he was out here.
1071
00:58:44,772 --> 00:58:46,899
He always ended up just
staying over at our house.
1072
00:58:47,108 --> 00:58:49,318
Mf doom: Yeah, I got a mini
mansion up on the hill.
1073
00:58:49,527 --> 00:58:51,946
It was a pretty big crib though.
1074
00:58:52,154 --> 00:58:54,949
Lot of space in there, you
know, overlooking the hills.
1075
00:58:55,449 --> 00:58:58,119
It was a good place to work
at, you know what I'm saying?
1076
00:58:58,327 --> 00:58:59,370
Real quiet up there.
1077
00:58:59,578 --> 00:59:02,415
Fl (lyrics) They say he accosted
the man with the sliced wig
1078
00:59:02,623 --> 00:59:05,126
allegedly; The investigation
is still ongoing
1079
00:59:05,334 --> 00:59:08,170
in this pesky mission he
gots the best con flowing fl
1080
00:59:10,756 --> 00:59:12,734
egon: I'm really curious because
you know, you've been hanging out
1081
00:59:12,758 --> 00:59:14,798
with one of the guys that
we all consider, you know,
1082
00:59:14,844 --> 00:59:16,324
one of the best
producers in the game.
1083
00:59:16,429 --> 00:59:19,390
In the game from independent
to commercial, whatever.
1084
00:59:19,598 --> 00:59:23,019
Has he influenced your way of
thinking about beats at all?
1085
00:59:23,227 --> 00:59:26,605
Mf doom: Oh yeah, "o" just got me
back into, the whole fun part of it,
1086
00:59:26,814 --> 00:59:27,814
you know what I mean?
1087
00:59:27,898 --> 00:59:30,026
Like until then I didn't
really have a partner
1088
00:59:30,234 --> 00:59:32,474
now I feel like I found my
partner, you know what I mean?
1089
00:59:35,448 --> 00:59:37,074
Prince Paul: Nobody
knows anybody 100%
1090
00:59:37,283 --> 00:59:39,363
and doom's pretty eclectic,
you know what I'm saying?
1091
00:59:40,911 --> 00:59:44,582
A lot of us musicians are kind of
in our world and our own thing.
1092
00:59:44,790 --> 00:59:46,167
We get to...
1093
00:59:47,043 --> 00:59:50,046
We only expose what we
want people to really know.
1094
00:59:50,254 --> 00:59:54,008
I'm sure there's layers to doom
that nobody's really gotten to.
1095
00:59:54,216 --> 00:59:56,927
I'm sure there's parts of himself
that he doesn't even understand.
1096
00:59:57,136 --> 01:00:02,850
Wolf: You know, I knew that he had
lost his brother and music collaborator
1097
01:00:03,059 --> 01:00:05,019
just like how I had lost
charizma and I never...
1098
01:00:05,227 --> 01:00:06,896
I went probably
like a year or so
1099
01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:09,190
without even
mentioning it to him.
1100
01:00:09,398 --> 01:00:15,863
(Upbeat music)
1101
01:00:16,072 --> 01:00:18,407
Then this subject kind of
finally came up, you know?
1102
01:00:18,616 --> 01:00:20,117
He really opened up to me
1103
01:00:20,326 --> 01:00:22,078
and it made me feel
a lot closer to him.
1104
01:00:22,286 --> 01:00:26,999
(Upbeat music)
1105
01:00:27,208 --> 01:00:30,503
Mf doom: Anybody here could
wear the mask and be a villain.
1106
01:00:30,711 --> 01:00:32,755
Male, female, any
race, so called race,
1107
01:00:32,963 --> 01:00:34,131
you know what I mean?
1108
01:00:34,340 --> 01:00:36,550
It's about where you're coming
from in your heart,
1109
01:00:36,759 --> 01:00:37,759
you know what I'm saying?
1110
01:00:37,885 --> 01:00:39,595
What is the message?
What you got to say?
1111
01:00:44,183 --> 01:00:46,560
Fl (lyrics) Wreak havoc,
beep beep it's mad traffic
1112
01:00:46,769 --> 01:00:49,230
sleek and lavish people
speaking leaking to the Maverick
1113
01:00:49,438 --> 01:00:51,899
he see it as just another
felony drug arrest
1114
01:00:52,108 --> 01:00:54,693
any day could be the one he
pick the wrong thug to test
1115
01:00:54,902 --> 01:00:56,737
slug through the vest,
shot in the street
1116
01:00:56,946 --> 01:00:59,448
for pulling heat on a father
whose baby's gotta eat
1117
01:00:59,657 --> 01:01:02,076
and when they get hungry,
it ain't shit funny
1118
01:01:02,284 --> 01:01:04,370
paid to interfere with how
a brother get his money
1119
01:01:04,578 --> 01:01:06,956
now, who's the real thugs,
killers and gangsters
1120
01:01:07,164 --> 01:01:09,875
set the revolution, let the
things bust and thank us
1121
01:01:10,084 --> 01:01:12,419
when the smoke clear,
you can see the sky again
1122
01:01:12,628 --> 01:01:16,465
there will be the chopped off
heads of leviathan, my friend fl
1123
01:01:17,133 --> 01:01:19,933
madlib: I knew his style, he knew my
style and we meshed them together.
1124
01:01:20,052 --> 01:01:21,262
We didn't talk about it.
1125
01:01:21,470 --> 01:01:22,555
It just happened.
1126
01:01:23,222 --> 01:01:27,560
I go and make my beat cds and he'd be
up in wolf's room sleeping or something.
1127
01:01:27,768 --> 01:01:29,520
Wake up and do a song.
1128
01:01:29,728 --> 01:01:31,897
I wake up and he
have songs done.
1129
01:01:32,106 --> 01:01:35,943
Only thing we did together
was a lot of chocolate shrooms.
1130
01:01:37,236 --> 01:01:39,738
Egon: Ladies and gentlemen, boys
and girls, egon, stones throw,
1131
01:01:39,947 --> 01:01:41,547
all the way from
Los Angeles, California.
1132
01:01:41,657 --> 01:01:44,326
I'm here with the madvillain
tour, record release parties
1133
01:01:44,535 --> 01:01:48,873
featuring superstars like madlib,
peanut butter wolf, j rocc,
1134
01:01:49,039 --> 01:01:53,335
special guest j dilla and of course,
the metal face man, mf doom himself
1135
01:01:53,544 --> 01:01:55,384
and we're about to go
check in with the fellas.
1136
01:01:55,504 --> 01:02:02,428
(Hip-hop music)
1137
01:02:02,636 --> 01:02:04,263
?uestlove: By this point,
1138
01:02:04,471 --> 01:02:09,518
dilla is like our
Dalai Lama, all of it.
1139
01:02:09,727 --> 01:02:12,313
He is our spiritual leader.
1140
01:02:12,521 --> 01:02:18,611
(Hip-hop music)
1141
01:02:18,819 --> 01:02:21,363
What donuts represented was like
1142
01:02:21,572 --> 01:02:23,616
you know, the return
to old soul loops
1143
01:02:23,824 --> 01:02:26,452
and the old motown
breaks and that stuff.
1144
01:02:26,660 --> 01:02:27,804
I mean, that's
where hip-hop was.
1145
01:02:27,828 --> 01:02:29,788
It was like the
post-blueprint era.
1146
01:02:29,997 --> 01:02:33,667
You know, Jay-Z had
rhymed over a lot of these...
1147
01:02:34,793 --> 01:02:36,438
Well, they were calling
them like chipmunk breaks
1148
01:02:36,462 --> 01:02:39,048
because kanye would put
them on 45 or whatever.
1149
01:02:39,256 --> 01:02:44,303
But it was basically like cats rhyming
over these old soul ballads on 45.
1150
01:02:44,511 --> 01:02:46,805
And I was like, this is almost
like your answer to that.
1151
01:02:47,348 --> 01:02:50,351
Okay, you know a lot of you cats
are bringing back the soul records
1152
01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:56,941
but you know, I'm gonna show you
just one more time how to do it.
1153
01:02:57,149 --> 01:02:58,317
And I was like, "yo man,
1154
01:02:58,525 --> 01:03:00,337
it's almost like you were
sending a message out there
1155
01:03:00,361 --> 01:03:02,029
to all the beat makers
using soul records
1156
01:03:02,238 --> 01:03:06,575
that you know, like I'MMA
show you how to do this, right?"
1157
01:03:06,784 --> 01:03:07,824
He was just like, pshhh...
1158
01:03:08,244 --> 01:03:10,287
He would never
take credit for it.
1159
01:03:10,496 --> 01:03:13,415
Common: His mother told us stories
about how when he was a little kid
1160
01:03:13,624 --> 01:03:18,671
he used to just walk to the park
with the 45s on his, um, wrists.
1161
01:03:18,879 --> 01:03:20,881
He would carry
453 like bracelets,
1162
01:03:21,090 --> 01:03:22,549
45 records on his wrists.
1163
01:03:22,758 --> 01:03:25,261
He wanted to go to park
with them on his wrist.
1164
01:03:25,469 --> 01:03:29,765
That's what would make him happy
so he was born into this music.
1165
01:03:32,935 --> 01:03:36,814
Fl (lyrics) Okay, okay,
there comes a time fl
1166
01:03:37,022 --> 01:03:44,822
(hip-hop music)
1167
01:03:57,793 --> 01:04:02,047
Jay Dee had gotten sick and it
happened when he was overseas.
1168
01:04:02,256 --> 01:04:06,844
He felt something going on and
when he got back here, you know,
1169
01:04:08,053 --> 01:04:09,638
he'd been diagnosed
with something,
1170
01:04:09,847 --> 01:04:12,349
with like a blood, a
rare blood disease.
1171
01:04:12,558 --> 01:04:15,227
Dj house shoes: It kind of
became public that he was sick
1172
01:04:15,436 --> 01:04:17,354
and he was in the
hospital not doing good.
1173
01:04:17,563 --> 01:04:23,610
Flying lotus: I just remember
seeing him looking that way
1174
01:04:25,070 --> 01:04:29,825
just like he was
already on borrowed time.
1175
01:04:32,328 --> 01:04:33,120
And I just
1176
01:04:33,329 --> 01:04:35,497
I couldn't even look him
in the eye, you know?
1177
01:04:36,707 --> 01:04:40,002
Because I had a feeling that he
wouldn't want anyone to see him like that.
1178
01:04:41,045 --> 01:04:47,926
Wolf: He always bounced back and
when I saw him in the hospital you know,
1179
01:04:48,719 --> 01:04:50,554
and I remember I
went like one time,
1180
01:04:50,763 --> 01:04:52,083
I picked him up
from the hospital.
1181
01:04:52,139 --> 01:04:54,933
He called me to like
take him back home.
1182
01:04:55,142 --> 01:04:56,935
You know, that was
like a huge celebration
1183
01:04:57,144 --> 01:04:58,424
in the wheelchair
and everything.
1184
01:04:58,479 --> 01:05:04,735
Put in the wheelchair in my car
and he usually always bounced back.
1185
01:05:06,528 --> 01:05:08,530
?uestlove: I'll say I was
in denial at that point
1186
01:05:09,448 --> 01:05:11,825
but then James
started filling up
1187
01:05:12,034 --> 01:05:13,702
and he instantly walked outside
1188
01:05:15,496 --> 01:05:18,123
and I was like oh god, this is
1189
01:05:19,875 --> 01:05:21,210
this is goodbye.
1190
01:05:21,418 --> 01:05:29,418
(Crowd cheering)
1191
01:05:36,850 --> 01:05:38,143
(Crowd chanting)
1192
01:05:38,352 --> 01:05:40,687
Mc: Yeah, say
it, say it, say it.
1193
01:05:40,896 --> 01:05:42,940
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
1194
01:05:43,148 --> 01:05:47,486
(Crowd chanting)
1195
01:05:47,694 --> 01:05:55,694
(Crowd cheering)
1196
01:06:01,250 --> 01:06:07,381
J dilla: Yo, it's a blessing to be out here
right now bringing you this celebration.
1197
01:06:07,589 --> 01:06:08,340
M.c.: It's what it is, yo.
1198
01:06:08,549 --> 01:06:10,259
J dilla: From the d
I'm like fuck it.
1199
01:06:10,467 --> 01:06:13,137
(Crowd cheering)
1200
01:06:13,345 --> 01:06:15,597
Make some noise if you're
feeling me out there.
1201
01:06:15,806 --> 01:06:22,855
(Crowd cheering)
1202
01:06:23,063 --> 01:06:31,063
(Hip-hop music)
1203
01:06:46,962 --> 01:06:49,089
Madlib: When dilla passed
everything changed.
1204
01:06:49,298 --> 01:06:50,298
He was like a Coltrane.
1205
01:06:50,466 --> 01:06:52,134
When Coltrane was there,
1206
01:06:52,342 --> 01:06:54,386
everybody tried to
follow what he did
1207
01:06:54,595 --> 01:06:56,805
and when he died, motherfuckers
didn't know what to do.
1208
01:06:57,014 --> 01:07:05,014
(Hip-hop music)
1209
01:07:05,564 --> 01:07:08,233
Fl (lyrics) All I give to you fl
1210
01:07:08,442 --> 01:07:11,111
(hip-hop music)
1211
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,489
Mc: Make some noise for j dilla.
1212
01:07:13,697 --> 01:07:18,202
(Crowd cheering)
1213
01:07:18,410 --> 01:07:19,661
Fl (lyrics) I give to you fl
1214
01:07:19,870 --> 01:07:27,870
(hip-hop music)
1215
01:07:48,732 --> 01:07:53,654
Common: We felt like we had
lost one of the greatest.
1216
01:07:53,862 --> 01:07:56,281
The people that I've
seen at the funeral
1217
01:07:56,490 --> 01:08:00,160
you could just tell that he
had touched a lot of people.
1218
01:08:00,369 --> 01:08:02,249
Dj house shoes: The music
stopped when Jay left.
1219
01:08:02,454 --> 01:08:04,414
That's the most accurate
statement I could make is
1220
01:08:04,540 --> 01:08:06,750
when Jay left the
music fucking stopped
1221
01:08:06,959 --> 01:08:08,585
and it was like a
moment of silence.
1222
01:08:08,794 --> 01:08:10,504
A very long moment of silence.
1223
01:08:12,005 --> 01:08:17,177
Wolf: Dilla passed away,
doom was no longer recording
1224
01:08:17,386 --> 01:08:19,304
and madlib didn't
wanna rap anymore.
1225
01:08:19,513 --> 01:08:25,519
It was really kind of the wild
west for stones throw at that point.
1226
01:08:25,727 --> 01:08:26,727
Like anything goes.
1227
01:08:37,531 --> 01:08:39,241
Gary Wilson: I can hear it now.
1228
01:08:43,287 --> 01:08:44,287
Speak to me.
1229
01:08:48,959 --> 01:08:50,377
I love Gary.
1230
01:08:52,337 --> 01:08:53,505
Speak to me.
1231
01:08:55,132 --> 01:08:56,258
I love Gary.
1232
01:08:57,843 --> 01:08:59,219
Speak to me please.
1233
01:09:01,013 --> 01:09:04,516
I love Gary, I love Gary.
1234
01:09:11,857 --> 01:09:19,857
(Music)
1235
01:09:36,298 --> 01:09:39,926
Fl (lyrics) Linda wants to be
alone, Linda wants to eat alone
1236
01:09:40,135 --> 01:09:43,972
Linda wants to sleep
alone, all into the night
1237
01:09:44,181 --> 01:09:47,934
Linda wants to be alone,
Linda wants to eat alone
1238
01:09:48,143 --> 01:09:52,064
Linda wants to sleep
alone, all into the night
1239
01:09:52,272 --> 01:09:54,149
Linda wants to be alone fl
1240
01:09:54,358 --> 01:09:56,836
dj house shoes: Up to that point
it was a fucking hip-hop label
1241
01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:58,254
and it seems like after
that point, you know,
1242
01:09:58,278 --> 01:10:00,364
stones throw is really not
a hip-hop label anymore.
1243
01:10:00,572 --> 01:10:03,700
And I think Jay's passing kinda
led him to set foot on that path.
1244
01:10:03,909 --> 01:10:05,069
Geoff: The Gary Wilson start.
1245
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:09,831
I was enthralled
by that whole thing.
1246
01:10:10,499 --> 01:10:12,542
Fl (lyrics) Linda she's
so out of reach
1247
01:10:12,751 --> 01:10:16,588
the girls are swimming at
the beach all into the night
1248
01:10:16,797 --> 01:10:21,093
Linda wants to be alone,
Linda wants to eat alone
1249
01:10:21,301 --> 01:10:24,513
Linda wants to sleep
alone, all into the night fl
1250
01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:28,308
j.rocc: The records up until
Gary Wilson was just all heat.
1251
01:10:28,517 --> 01:10:31,561
Gary Wilson isn't bad,
it's just not hip-hop.
1252
01:10:33,146 --> 01:10:35,232
Fl (lyrics) Doctor told
me what to do
1253
01:10:35,440 --> 01:10:37,359
I got to get away from you fl
1254
01:10:38,985 --> 01:10:40,654
what the hell is this
like, you know?
1255
01:10:40,862 --> 01:10:42,489
And it's what wolf liked.
1256
01:10:43,448 --> 01:10:45,200
Wolf: Gary was a hero to me
1257
01:10:45,409 --> 01:10:48,078
because he was such an underdog.
1258
01:10:49,037 --> 01:10:51,623
The gaslamp killer: And for
all of us freaking diehard
1259
01:10:51,832 --> 01:10:54,960
hip-hop, b-boy type people,
1260
01:10:56,920 --> 01:10:58,880
we were just a little confused.
1261
01:10:59,798 --> 01:11:01,091
A-trak: No, I don't think so.
1262
01:11:01,299 --> 01:11:04,219
I mean never really saw it as a
sort of sudden change like that.
1263
01:11:06,972 --> 01:11:09,725
Even during the first
10 years of stones throw
1264
01:11:10,726 --> 01:11:13,812
releases like yesterday's new
quintet definitely broke the mold
1265
01:11:14,020 --> 01:11:17,774
of what a hip-hop label
traditionally would release.
1266
01:11:17,983 --> 01:11:21,069
I don't think, you know, the
releases post donuts
1267
01:11:21,278 --> 01:11:23,405
were that much of a
surprise or departure.
1268
01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:28,094
Voiceover: Next,
we'll have dj Steve.
1269
01:11:28,118 --> 01:11:30,328
The moment you've been waiting
for at the number 1 song
1270
01:11:30,537 --> 01:11:32,664
we'll have it right
after these messages.
1271
01:11:32,873 --> 01:11:38,211
Just think these two albums
could be yours for only 10.99.
1272
01:11:38,420 --> 01:11:39,420
Could you believe that?
1273
01:11:39,546 --> 01:11:41,923
Only 10.99.
1274
01:11:42,132 --> 01:11:43,967
(Upbeat music)
1275
01:11:44,176 --> 01:11:47,596
Wolf: Baron zen, my buddy
Steve from my childhood.
1276
01:11:47,804 --> 01:11:50,307
I put out his record
that was done on a 4-track.
1277
01:11:50,515 --> 01:11:51,795
You know, just
some io-fi bedroom
1278
01:11:51,933 --> 01:11:53,602
like Daniel johnston
type of stuff.
1279
01:11:54,269 --> 01:11:56,029
Steve: One day Chris
just called me and said,
1280
01:11:56,188 --> 01:11:59,357
"hey, let's put out the baron
zen. Let's put it out."
1281
01:11:59,566 --> 01:12:01,485
So we went through
it and he put it out.
1282
01:12:01,693 --> 01:12:02,861
(Upbeat music)
1283
01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:04,988
Wolf: That did really poorly.
1284
01:12:05,947 --> 01:12:10,118
Fl (lyrics) I got to get, got to
get, got to get rid of Rick fl
1285
01:12:13,580 --> 01:12:15,081
Steve: I was a teacher.
1286
01:12:15,290 --> 01:12:17,000
I still am a teacher. (Chuckles)
1287
01:12:17,209 --> 01:12:19,211
Yeah, so I teach
middle school English.
1288
01:12:19,419 --> 01:12:26,092
(Upbeat music)
1289
01:12:26,301 --> 01:12:29,095
A-trak: A lot of record labels
sign artists or projects
1290
01:12:29,304 --> 01:12:31,223
that they think will do well.
1291
01:12:31,431 --> 01:12:37,145
(Upbeat music)
1292
01:12:37,354 --> 01:12:39,606
But for wolf it was just like,
1293
01:12:39,815 --> 01:12:42,192
I'm gonna press up my
little brother's punk band.
1294
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:50,400
(Punk music)
1295
01:13:03,213 --> 01:13:07,050
Or I'm gonna press up a
7-inch of captain funkaho.
1296
01:13:07,259 --> 01:13:15,259
(Upbeat music)
1297
01:13:22,315 --> 01:13:24,919
Wolf: We had to start over because
the people that we were relying on
1298
01:13:24,943 --> 01:13:28,238
were either no longer with
us or just not recording.
1299
01:13:28,446 --> 01:13:32,617
A-trak: And if people like it, cool.
If people hate it, fuck it, we had fun.
1300
01:13:32,826 --> 01:13:40,826
(Upbeat music)
1301
01:13:44,254 --> 01:13:47,048
Wolf: The more I strayed from what
people knew stones throw to be,
1302
01:13:47,257 --> 01:13:48,842
the more I got criticized.
1303
01:13:49,050 --> 01:13:51,511
(Upbeat music)
1304
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:54,365
I was surprised because we were
doing the same thing we had always done
1305
01:13:54,389 --> 01:13:59,269
and I felt like I was always finding
new artists that were really great.
1306
01:14:11,823 --> 01:14:16,995
Diva: The person that really sold me
on stones throw, though, was folerio.
1307
01:14:21,583 --> 01:14:29,583
Royal kush: Well, folerio has a
very inviting sense about him.
1308
01:14:31,259 --> 01:14:33,219
He seems to be a traveler.
1309
01:14:33,428 --> 01:14:41,428
(Music)
1310
01:16:08,732 --> 01:16:10,501
The gaslamp killer: I
definitely think that wolf
1311
01:16:10,525 --> 01:16:12,652
is different than
what people think.
1312
01:16:12,861 --> 01:16:20,861
(Upbeat music)
1313
01:16:35,300 --> 01:16:36,652
Dj house shoes: Yeah,
wolf's a regular dude man.
1314
01:16:36,676 --> 01:16:39,637
Slightly awkward, you
know what I'm saying?
1315
01:16:39,846 --> 01:16:40,388
Good dude.
1316
01:16:40,597 --> 01:16:43,349
I think there's a fucking party
animal trapped in him there.
1317
01:16:43,558 --> 01:16:45,060
Like way deep down.
1318
01:16:45,268 --> 01:16:47,687
It's a real wild
motherfucker in there.
1319
01:16:47,896 --> 01:16:49,981
Folerio: Folerio loves
New York City!
1320
01:16:50,190 --> 01:16:51,816
(Crowd cheering)
1321
01:16:52,025 --> 01:16:54,694
Man: Folerio, folerio yeah!
1322
01:16:54,903 --> 01:16:58,490
(Crowd cheering)
1323
01:17:00,283 --> 01:17:00,658
Folerio: Great.
1324
01:17:00,867 --> 01:17:03,078
All right, well awesome.
1325
01:17:03,286 --> 01:17:05,789
Well, I'm just grabbing some
records and I'm almost there.
1326
01:17:05,955 --> 01:17:09,084
Folerio loving!
1327
01:17:09,292 --> 01:17:10,502
(Crowd cheering)
1328
01:17:10,710 --> 01:17:18,710
(Upbeat music)
1329
01:17:29,562 --> 01:17:31,523
J.rocc: What makes him
think of folerio?
1330
01:17:32,107 --> 01:17:35,026
And then do it...
To go full blown,
1331
01:17:36,486 --> 01:17:40,073
folerio'd out. Like he
signed folerio like really?
1332
01:17:40,281 --> 01:17:42,575
You'll put it out,
folerio's new record?
1333
01:17:42,784 --> 01:17:44,160
Folerio: You want one more song?
1334
01:17:44,619 --> 01:17:45,870
You want one more song?
1335
01:17:46,079 --> 01:17:47,497
(Crowd cheering)
1336
01:17:48,706 --> 01:17:50,542
Will we make one more song?
1337
01:17:50,750 --> 01:17:52,293
(Crowd cheering)
1338
01:17:52,502 --> 01:17:53,503
No problem?
1339
01:17:54,921 --> 01:17:58,508
James: God, I'm so glad there's a
label just putting out this nutty stuff.
1340
01:17:58,716 --> 01:18:01,511
That's never gonna sell
but it's just so good, you know?
1341
01:18:01,719 --> 01:18:02,719
20 years down the road
1342
01:18:02,762 --> 01:18:05,849
that's gonna be the records
people are looking for, you know?
1343
01:18:06,057 --> 01:18:07,976
It's like, "oh yeah
this label stones throw,
1344
01:18:08,184 --> 01:18:12,105
they only put out
200 of this folerio 45
1345
01:18:12,313 --> 01:18:14,566
and it was so terrible at
the time no one bought it.
1346
01:18:14,774 --> 01:18:16,860
But now it's like it's the...
1347
01:18:17,068 --> 01:18:18,188
You know, everyone wants to.
1348
01:18:18,361 --> 01:18:20,780
It's like the holy grail
of stones throw, you know?"
1349
01:18:22,991 --> 01:18:26,452
Wolf: There was a time you
know, in stones throw's history
1350
01:18:26,661 --> 01:18:30,123
where we just weren't
making any money.
1351
01:18:30,331 --> 01:18:31,767
A lot of it also had
to do with the fact
1352
01:18:31,791 --> 01:18:33,551
that the record stores
were all closing down.
1353
01:18:33,626 --> 01:18:36,754
So, you had tower records
and virgin records.
1354
01:18:36,963 --> 01:18:41,050
Any major chain in the
United States closed down.
1355
01:18:41,259 --> 01:18:43,303
Madlib: Internet, YouTube.
1356
01:18:43,511 --> 01:18:44,846
I respect everybody
that does that
1357
01:18:45,054 --> 01:18:47,640
but that messed up our,
you know, what we do.
1358
01:18:47,849 --> 01:18:50,852
We still wanna do it but that
messed up a lot of things.
1359
01:18:51,436 --> 01:18:55,940
Wolf: We got hit with like tens
of thousands of returns of cds
1360
01:18:56,983 --> 01:18:59,944
and a lot of record labels
actually closed their doors that year
1361
01:19:00,153 --> 01:19:05,033
when that happened
and we kind of stuck through it
1362
01:19:05,241 --> 01:19:11,122
and just kept putting
out weird shit. (Laughs)
1363
01:19:11,331 --> 01:19:19,331
(Upbeat music)
1364
01:19:37,065 --> 01:19:39,442
Dam-funk: Wolf had heard
my music on MySpace
1365
01:19:39,651 --> 01:19:42,487
based on the comment I
left on baron zen's page.
1366
01:19:42,695 --> 01:19:46,991
(Upbeat music)
1367
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:48,868
Steve: Dam-funk's
first release was
1368
01:19:49,077 --> 01:19:50,954
on the baron zen remix album.
1369
01:19:51,162 --> 01:19:58,002
(Upbeat music)
1370
01:19:58,211 --> 01:19:59,254
Wolf: He gave me his album
1371
01:19:59,462 --> 01:20:01,714
and it was like 5 or 6
albums worth of material
1372
01:20:01,923 --> 01:20:04,050
and he didn't wanna
make it any shorter.
1373
01:20:04,259 --> 01:20:07,720
So I said let's do a vinyl box
set for your debut release.
1374
01:20:07,929 --> 01:20:09,323
People would go
in the record store,
1375
01:20:09,347 --> 01:20:11,724
they'll see this box set of
this unknown person and be like,
1376
01:20:11,933 --> 01:20:13,476
"wow, this person
deserves a box set.
1377
01:20:13,685 --> 01:20:15,228
"They must be really important."
1378
01:20:16,145 --> 01:20:17,145
And it worked.
1379
01:20:17,313 --> 01:20:25,313
(Upbeat music)
1380
01:20:29,701 --> 01:20:30,451
Mayer: I was kinda
1381
01:20:30,660 --> 01:20:31,911
like when I came in,
1382
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:38,835
I was part of the kind
of like 2nd generation.
1383
01:20:39,877 --> 01:20:44,382
Fl (lyrics) You know baby, I know
you think we can make it all work out. Fl
1384
01:20:44,590 --> 01:20:46,652
David letterman: Mayer hawthorne,
ladies and gentlemen.
1385
01:20:46,676 --> 01:20:47,343
There it is right there.
1386
01:20:47,552 --> 01:20:48,552
How do you do?
1387
01:20:49,762 --> 01:20:52,362
Fl (lyrics) I don't wanna make
this any harder than it needs to be
1388
01:20:53,057 --> 01:20:54,225
so don't cry 3
1389
01:20:55,226 --> 01:20:59,856
Mayer: So it was like this
new crop of kids coming in.
1390
01:21:00,064 --> 01:21:05,361
It was me, dam-funk,
James pants and aloe blacc
1391
01:21:05,570 --> 01:21:07,780
and wolf really
saw it like that.
1392
01:21:07,989 --> 01:21:10,908
You know, he saw us as
the future of stones throw.
1393
01:21:12,368 --> 01:21:16,247
He was getting kind of pigeon-holed
into stones throw being the hip-hop label
1394
01:21:16,456 --> 01:21:18,416
and I don't think he ever
really saw it like that.
1395
01:21:18,499 --> 01:21:22,045
Fl (lyrics) Just don't
feel the same fl
1396
01:21:22,253 --> 01:21:24,213
wolf: After we released
Mayer hawthorne's album,
1397
01:21:24,422 --> 01:21:26,716
when aloe heard that he's
like, "I can do that."
1398
01:21:26,924 --> 01:21:30,553
He started working with this band from
New York and they did I need a dollar.
1399
01:21:30,762 --> 01:21:38,762
(Soul music)
1400
01:21:51,491 --> 01:21:53,451
Fl (lyrics) I need
a dollar, dollar
1401
01:21:53,659 --> 01:21:56,120
a dollar that's what I need
1402
01:21:56,329 --> 01:21:58,206
said I need a dollar
1403
01:21:58,414 --> 01:22:00,750
said a dollar is what I need
1404
01:22:01,501 --> 01:22:03,169
said I need a dollar
1405
01:22:03,378 --> 01:22:05,296
I said a dollar
that's what I need
1406
01:22:05,505 --> 01:22:08,257
and I'll share with you my story
1407
01:22:08,466 --> 01:22:11,135
if you share your
dollar with me fl
1408
01:22:11,344 --> 01:22:13,471
conan: My next guest is a
southern California native.
1409
01:22:13,679 --> 01:22:16,766
He is here tonight with a song
from his latest album good things.
1410
01:22:16,974 --> 01:22:18,684
Please welcome aloe blacc.
1411
01:22:18,893 --> 01:22:22,146
Wolf: Aloe said, "I think this
is the song I need a dollar."
1412
01:22:22,355 --> 01:22:24,107
And I heard it and I was like.
1413
01:22:24,315 --> 01:22:27,443
Then it got licensed
for this hbo show,
1414
01:22:27,652 --> 01:22:28,778
how to make it in america,
1415
01:22:28,986 --> 01:22:30,071
it was the theme song
1416
01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:32,532
and then we rushed to get it
on iTunes and we called it
1417
01:22:32,740 --> 01:22:35,952
I need a dollar, how to make it in
america theme song in parenthesis.
1418
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:37,480
We didn't even
ask if that's okay.
1419
01:22:37,620 --> 01:22:39,223
Like we probably could
have gotten sued for that.
1420
01:22:39,247 --> 01:22:40,706
Fl (lyrics) I need a dollar
1421
01:22:40,915 --> 01:22:42,875
I said a dollar is what I need
1422
01:22:43,084 --> 01:22:45,670
and I'll share with you my story
1423
01:22:45,878 --> 01:22:48,047
if you share your dollar with me
1424
01:22:48,256 --> 01:22:50,508
come on, share
your dollar with me
1425
01:22:50,716 --> 01:22:53,052
go ahead, share
your dollar with me
1426
01:22:53,261 --> 01:22:56,180
come on, share your
dollar, give me your dollar
1427
01:22:56,389 --> 01:22:58,224
share your dollar with me
1428
01:22:58,433 --> 01:23:03,104
come on, share your
dollar with me, yeah
1429
01:23:04,147 --> 01:23:12,147
yeah, I need, I
need a dollar, yeah fl
1430
01:23:37,096 --> 01:23:38,389
Madlib: You got your house.
1431
01:23:38,598 --> 01:23:40,278
That's what you got
your house and your car
1432
01:23:40,349 --> 01:23:42,268
but you got to keep that up.
1433
01:23:42,852 --> 01:23:44,896
You don't sell a
certain amount it's over.
1434
01:23:45,104 --> 01:23:47,190
It's over but... you know?
1435
01:23:48,608 --> 01:23:50,651
Wolf believes in something
different it looks like
1436
01:23:50,860 --> 01:23:53,180
because he still fucks with
cats that may not sell as much.
1437
01:23:53,279 --> 01:23:54,822
Or he may one day,
1438
01:23:55,031 --> 01:23:56,866
but you got to take that chance.
1439
01:23:57,074 --> 01:24:01,162
That's why I'm still here 20 something
years later if you know what I mean.
1440
01:24:02,288 --> 01:24:05,583
You can't have the future without
the past or anything between.
1441
01:24:05,791 --> 01:24:08,211
You got everything and
that's what stones throw had.
1442
01:24:08,878 --> 01:24:16,511
(Upbeat music)
1443
01:24:16,719 --> 01:24:19,514
Wolf: I think what's been
exciting for me with stones throw
1444
01:24:19,722 --> 01:24:23,434
and just being in the music
industry is just how unpredictable it is.
1445
01:24:24,018 --> 01:24:27,480
It's difficult but you just never
know what's around the corner.
1446
01:24:27,688 --> 01:24:35,688
(Upbeat music)
1447
01:24:36,989 --> 01:24:37,989
Love man.
1448
01:24:44,664 --> 01:24:52,664
(Upbeat music)
1449
01:24:58,678 --> 01:24:59,696
Snoop dogg: Nigga, that
shit knockin'.
1450
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:03,766
(Upbeat music)
1451
01:25:03,975 --> 01:25:06,602
Fl (lyrics) Let me do my
thang, do my thang
1452
01:25:06,811 --> 01:25:08,521
yeah, imma do my thang
1453
01:25:08,729 --> 01:25:10,398
let me do my thang
1454
01:25:10,606 --> 01:25:13,359
stay on the low and get
it everywhere that we go
1455
01:25:13,568 --> 01:25:15,152
let me do my thang
1456
01:25:15,361 --> 01:25:18,614
new gators on my feet rolling
up and down this street
1457
01:25:18,823 --> 01:25:20,241
let me do my thang
1458
01:25:20,449 --> 01:25:23,619
I'm busting new batch get
it back just like that
1459
01:25:23,828 --> 01:25:25,246
let me do my thang
1460
01:25:25,454 --> 01:25:28,916
I'm hard in the paint never
say what a nigga can't
1461
01:25:29,125 --> 01:25:31,419
let me do my thang, do my thang
1462
01:25:31,627 --> 01:25:33,379
yeah, imma do my thang
1463
01:25:33,588 --> 01:25:35,965
let me do my thang fl
1464
01:25:36,173 --> 01:25:39,885
man in green: Yeah, we can
turn it all [unintelligible].
1465
01:25:40,094 --> 01:25:42,972
Snoop dogg: We got 5
or 6 great club bangers
1466
01:25:43,180 --> 01:25:46,100
if we just drop the motherfucker
with the right meaning or reason.
1467
01:25:46,309 --> 01:25:47,435
I love how you all get down.
1468
01:25:47,643 --> 01:25:48,954
You all know what the
fuck you're all doing.
1469
01:25:48,978 --> 01:25:51,939
I told dam, I was like
"whatever they say, I'm with it."
1470
01:25:52,148 --> 01:25:53,875
Dam-funk: We just wanna
make this a great record,
1471
01:25:53,899 --> 01:25:54,358
you know what I mean?
1472
01:25:54,567 --> 01:25:56,319
We're gonna do it and you know,
1473
01:25:56,527 --> 01:25:58,237
it's beautiful that
we came to this.
1474
01:25:58,446 --> 01:25:59,739
This is what it really is,
1475
01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:03,159
creating music and
vibing with each other
1476
01:26:03,367 --> 01:26:05,578
and making something happen
to a great conclusion,
1477
01:26:05,786 --> 01:26:06,579
you know what I mean?
1478
01:26:06,787 --> 01:26:08,414
And everybody working together.
1479
01:26:08,623 --> 01:26:09,766
Snopp dogg: And dam, this
is a record about us
1480
01:26:09,790 --> 01:26:11,070
giving the people
what they want.
1481
01:26:11,250 --> 01:26:13,085
They requested this record right here.
1482
01:26:13,294 --> 01:26:14,688
Dam-funk: Yeah, oh, you already know.
Snoop dogg: We was forced into it.
1483
01:26:14,712 --> 01:26:16,672
Dam-funk: We already (laughs)
1484
01:26:16,881 --> 01:26:18,132
Salute to that.
1485
01:26:18,341 --> 01:26:19,484
Snoop dogg: We were
forced to do this record.
1486
01:26:19,508 --> 01:26:21,469
I mean anything else
would be uncivilized.
1487
01:26:21,927 --> 01:26:25,097
Mike: It's incredibly hard to
grow and maintain the same ethics
1488
01:26:25,306 --> 01:26:27,975
and the same ethos over
such a long period of time.
1489
01:26:28,184 --> 01:26:32,396
Where they are today is
just a larger version
1490
01:26:32,605 --> 01:26:36,651
of what they were originally
doing which is incredibly hard to do.
1491
01:26:38,194 --> 01:26:42,365
A-trak: Stones throw just managed
to build its own empire independently.
1492
01:26:42,573 --> 01:26:47,078
There's so many great labels
that signed with a major
1493
01:26:47,286 --> 01:26:48,871
for some sort of
joint venture deal
1494
01:26:49,038 --> 01:26:51,624
and that ended up
killing those labels.
1495
01:26:51,832 --> 01:26:54,168
It's a tempting decision.
1496
01:26:57,505 --> 01:27:03,302
J.rocc: It's crazy that they've been able to
hold on this long with every other label closing.
1497
01:27:03,511 --> 01:27:07,223
Wolf could have got bought
up probably 5 times.
1498
01:27:07,431 --> 01:27:09,141
Wolf's like, "no, I'm good.
1499
01:27:09,350 --> 01:27:11,230
"I'm keeping the label,
it's my label, you know?
1500
01:27:11,352 --> 01:27:12,853
"I didn't start
this to sell it."
1501
01:27:13,604 --> 01:27:16,649
Wolf: Some of my decisions have
prevented me from being more successful
1502
01:27:16,857 --> 01:27:20,111
and I understand that
but I guess that's my struggle
1503
01:27:20,319 --> 01:27:24,865
because I mean, there's probably
like 3 or 4 handfuls of people who
1504
01:27:25,074 --> 01:27:26,784
when I put a record
I want them to like it
1505
01:27:26,992 --> 01:27:28,661
and then beyond
that I don't care.
1506
01:27:29,787 --> 01:27:35,209
Royal kush: There is a bit of an
anti—establishment flair to stones throw
1507
01:27:35,418 --> 01:27:36,770
and I don't think
that's a coincidence.
1508
01:27:36,794 --> 01:27:38,337
I think that has
to do with Chris.
1509
01:27:39,922 --> 01:27:43,509
His quest to move beyond music
1510
01:27:43,718 --> 01:27:49,014
and that move beyond curation in
essence kind of go beyond general.
1511
01:27:50,266 --> 01:27:51,546
Mike d: I think
people like this,
1512
01:27:51,642 --> 01:27:53,227
they expect one
thing and I get that
1513
01:27:53,436 --> 01:27:59,275
but ultimately the only thing that keeps
things alive is change, invention, reinvention.
1514
01:27:59,483 --> 01:28:04,739
It's just like whatever sparks, whatever it
is he sees he's like, great, I wanna do that.
1515
01:28:04,947 --> 01:28:06,866
(Music)
1516
01:28:07,074 --> 01:28:09,114
Wolf: In 30 years I want
to see stones throw records
1517
01:28:09,160 --> 01:28:11,245
either in the $100
bin or the 99 cent bin.
1518
01:28:11,454 --> 01:28:12,654
I don't want it in the $5 bin.
1519
01:28:12,788 --> 01:28:15,833
I want people to either like
really hate it or really love it.
1520
01:28:27,511 --> 01:28:35,511
(Hip-hop music)
1521
01:28:43,152 --> 01:28:45,029
Fl (lyrics) I'm a fugitive
running from my past
1522
01:28:45,237 --> 01:28:48,282
how long will freedom last
I'm swinging knuckles of brass
1523
01:28:48,491 --> 01:28:50,743
motivated, hustle for
cash, I'm puffing the hash
1524
01:28:50,951 --> 01:28:53,579
leave a rapper on the ground
with his jugular slashed
1525
01:28:53,788 --> 01:28:55,915
and laugh at him, it's humorous
1526
01:28:56,123 --> 01:28:59,126
a lot of emcees got one
style, me I got numerous
1527
01:28:59,335 --> 01:29:01,670
I stand out so
nobody's confusing us
1528
01:29:01,879 --> 01:29:04,465
I'm way better, cold
winners, beige leathers
1529
01:29:04,673 --> 01:29:07,134
black pistols, red
eyes, blue jeans
1530
01:29:07,343 --> 01:29:09,720
white widow, caked up, new green
1531
01:29:09,929 --> 01:29:12,473
travel across borders,
across water
1532
01:29:12,681 --> 01:29:15,059
being short on my
cashflow is a tall order
1533
01:29:15,267 --> 01:29:17,537
your style shallow like
fountains where they toss quarters
1534
01:29:17,561 --> 01:29:19,688
wishing away to be
the pick of the day
1535
01:29:19,897 --> 01:29:22,316
when motherfuckers would care
to hear the shit that you say
1536
01:29:22,525 --> 01:29:24,902
on show day you couldn't
give the tickets away
1537
01:29:25,110 --> 01:29:26,110
loser
1538
01:29:28,614 --> 01:29:30,491
and this is the way
1539
01:29:36,539 --> 01:29:38,123
And this is the way
1540
01:29:40,709 --> 01:29:43,838
I step through the door, sharper
than a blade from a mower
1541
01:29:44,046 --> 01:29:46,382
success, you more
like the pitch of a four
1542
01:29:46,590 --> 01:29:49,260
what a mess, I ain't gotta
brag when I double cash
1543
01:29:49,468 --> 01:29:51,929
come easy like a breezy
with a treble pass
1544
01:29:52,137 --> 01:29:54,348
still by popular demand
1545
01:29:54,557 --> 01:29:56,934
return like a shirt when
you wore it with a tag
1546
01:29:57,142 --> 01:29:59,270
still clown in the c-u-t
1547
01:29:59,478 --> 01:30:02,106
eyes low, tae Bo, no s-u-v
1548
01:30:02,314 --> 01:30:04,775
ca to the d what up, talk shit
1549
01:30:04,984 --> 01:30:07,778
the shoe fit, equipped, get
your tongue shoestring, damn
1550
01:30:07,987 --> 01:30:09,780
stay sound as I crack jaws
1551
01:30:09,989 --> 01:30:13,033
you lock doors, we break
through the bores in the drywall
1552
01:30:13,242 --> 01:30:15,202
by far we a highlight
1553
01:30:15,411 --> 01:30:18,289
you an extra, catch shade
from the spotlight, right
1554
01:30:18,497 --> 01:30:20,875
no pressure, respect,
just the best
1555
01:30:21,083 --> 01:30:23,335
to headline the field like
rent from your next check
1556
01:30:23,544 --> 01:30:24,920
m.e.d.
1557
01:30:27,256 --> 01:30:28,632
And this is the way
1558
01:30:31,969 --> 01:30:33,554
and this is the way
1559
01:30:36,765 --> 01:30:37,933
Pete rock fl
1560
01:30:58,579 --> 01:31:03,083
Fl (lyrics) So you feel
it oh so very strong
1561
01:31:04,001 --> 01:31:06,253
about us meeting
1562
01:31:07,421 --> 01:31:10,257
and you would like to know more
1563
01:31:11,133 --> 01:31:13,510
I get the feeling
1564
01:31:14,970 --> 01:31:18,223
that this here may not work
1565
01:31:18,432 --> 01:31:23,187
because you see me I can
hide with something there
1566
01:31:23,395 --> 01:31:28,108
we can go as far as
you would like to go
1567
01:31:28,317 --> 01:31:33,155
but it's with your heart baby
that you got to let me know
1568
01:31:33,364 --> 01:31:38,285
I understand that it
takes a lot of work
1569
01:31:38,494 --> 01:31:42,873
but I'll be right here if
you just stand by your word
1570
01:31:43,082 --> 01:31:51,082
(soul music)
1571
01:32:12,277 --> 01:32:17,157
You say that you
need my love, my love
1572
01:32:17,825 --> 01:32:22,079
but what are you
gonna do if you get it
1573
01:32:22,287 --> 01:32:27,626
you say that you need my
love, my love, my loving
1574
01:32:29,169 --> 01:32:30,647
charizma: They didn't
think we're nerds, did you?
1575
01:32:30,671 --> 01:32:31,255
Who cares.
1576
01:32:31,463 --> 01:32:32,691
Wolf: I don't know.
Charizma: I have twenty cents.
1577
01:32:32,715 --> 01:32:35,676
Sometimes you just got to do
your own thing, you know?
1578
01:32:35,884 --> 01:32:38,044
Charizma: Yeah, we're different
than everybody else dj.
1579
01:32:38,178 --> 01:32:39,888
That's what sets us
apart from them.
1580
01:32:40,097 --> 01:32:41,097
Wolf: That's right.
120180
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