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- In 3, 2...
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[dramatic music]
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- What's the name of this
group on this stage tonight?
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All: Black Sheep!
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- Say what? All: Black Sheep!
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- Hip-hop definitely gives us
the opportunity to blow up.
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- Our special guest,
Black Sheep...
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Mista Lawnge and Dres.
- [rapping indistinctly]
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- Like it or not,
rap is here to stay.
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It has become part of
mainstream commerce.
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- And "The Choice Is Yours"...
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the one that knocked the
whole country on their hip.
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- That was a real record.
- You guys are so young.
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- Teens making these mega hits.
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- It all stems down
to what you want
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to do with your life, what
you want to do with yourself.
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- Say hello.
- Hi.
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- Hi.
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- Hip-hop also gives us
the opportunity to implode.
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- If you're doing it
for the money, stop.
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- We had vision.
We had concept.
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- They didn't try to understand.
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- People are people, and
people make mistakes.
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- If you're doing
it for the love,
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then you're on the right path.
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- When I make my music, I want
people to feel what I feel
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because I make it
straight from the heart.
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- He's gone, but his
music is still here.
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- We still talking about
him because his beats
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got us still talking.
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- What J Dilla is
affording me is
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for the world to see exactly
what I have to say today.
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And that's all I need.
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- You've been given an idea.
You've been given talent.
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- People would be
very unkind to you
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if you take a Dilla track
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and you don't make
the most out of it.
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- Just because you
have something,
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it might not just be yours.
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- It's been 20-plus years.
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- Dilla is somebody you
can't afford to mess up.
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- Keep J Dilla's memory alive.
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- Things become way more
complicated after you gone.
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[train horn blowing]
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[upbeat music plays]
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- The Mario series is
going to turn 40 next year.
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- Wow.
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- Pac-Man turned 40 this
year, and Donkey Kong came
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out one year after Pac-Man.
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- And that was Mario's
first game, right?
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[doorbell rings] - Yeah, Donkey
Kong was Mario's first game.
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- Thank you.
- Have a good one.
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- You too.
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So this is just a visual of
the guy completing the levels?
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- Yeah, this is a world map.
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The more levels you complete,
the longer you can go on.
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- Who knew that Mario would
have such an amazing life?
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Mario has been doing his
thing for a lot of years now.
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In life, if you're a chef
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for 25 years, you're a master.
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You're a master chef.
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Who invented Donkey Kong?
- Shigeru Miyamoto.
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- If you played in a
rock band for 25 years,
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you're a Rolling Stone.
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Like, you're revered.
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But in hip-hop, if you rhyme
for 25 years, you're just old.
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[chuckles]
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- He originally wanted to
use characters from Popeye,
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but that didn't work out.
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- Oh, licensing, I'm sure.
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I feel literally like one
of the luckiest people
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in the world to be an
artist for 25 years.
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And after, you
know, being a dad,
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after taking care
of the household,
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after taking care of the wife,
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after everything I
do to be a person,
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you know, 9:00,
10:00 at night,
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I'm going to the
Bronx from Queens
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to start my workday.
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"You are blocking this driveway
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"and making it
incredibly difficult
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"to avoid hitting your
rear bumper on my way out.
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"Please be mindful
that I routinely
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"have to maneuver around
your vehicle to avoid impact.
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"You are well over the line.
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I would appreciate
your consideration."
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'Cause they don't have
enough fucking room
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to get out of their driveway.
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Oh, God, like, New
York is just New York.
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Over my career, I've
done a lot of evolving.
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I think music has done a
lot of evolving as well,
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for better and for worse.
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And I'm not a fan of
the ageism in hip-hop.
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Hip-hop is one of
the art forms where
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the young eats the elders.
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You know, you'll often hear,
you know, the younger cats...
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Yeah, I don't mess
with them older dudes
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and this, that, and the other.
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And, you know, it's kind
of hard to hear sometimes.
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And, you know, sometimes
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reality will break my
heart a little bit.
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But it's a good reason
to get up every day.
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I love making music.
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The hustle is definitely
a grind for me.
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You know, like
I'll have a session
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that starts at 9:00,
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and I might be in there till
2:00, 3:00 in the morning
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and be on my toes at 7:00,
7:15 to cook for my son
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and get him out the house...
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just spend as much time
as I can during the years
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that my son does need me.
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Life changes when you have a
quick rise and a quick fall
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in the music industry.
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[elevator bell dings]
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That I've had success early...
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I always feel like
I'm just a record away
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from breaking a ceiling.
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[cheering]
- "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing."
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Here's Dres and
Lawnge... Black Sheep.
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Ow. Take it away.
- Make some noise!
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Make some noise!
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My name is Dres.
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- And I am Mista
Lawnge, the 9.5er.
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- Together we make up
this group called what?
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- Black Sheep.
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- Real hip-hop...
it inspired us.
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- Talking about Black Sheep.
- Black sheep.
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- Black Sheep in the house.
- Black Sheep live.
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- If you're tuned in
to hip-hop history,
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you have to know
who Black Sheep are.
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- Did you just ask me
who was Black Sheep?
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- ♪ Who's the Black Sheep? ♪
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♪ What's the Black Sheep? ♪
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♪ Know not who I am or when
I'm coming so you sleep ♪
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- Black Sheep was a duo that
came out in '91 comprised
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of Dres and Mista Lawnge.
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- Me and Lawnge, we met
in '83 in North Carolina.
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We were both from New York,
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but our parents relocated
for various reasons.
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- Black Sheep... it was new.
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It was fresh... definitely
the top of the hip-hop
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world for a period of time.
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- They fit really well
within a dominant level
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of hip-hop sound.
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- Black Sheep...
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I'd be sitting next to
the radio just like this.
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- ♪ Back, middle, to
the front, don't front ♪
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- Damn, Mista Lawnge
getting it in...
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he was nasty with the beats.
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I'm like, ooh.
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- And Dres... it's
like audible silk.
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- ♪ Styling is creative ♪
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♪ Black sheep of the Native ♪
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♪ You can't be violated
or even "decepticated" ♪
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♪ I got brothers
in the jungle ♪
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- They were the
perfect continuation
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of what Native Tongues
had already been doing.
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- ♪ Native Tongue
got rhymes galore ♪
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- The Native Tongues were,
like, a conscious hip-hop
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collective of various groups.
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- The Native Tongues...
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that's a dope fucking
name for a crew.
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And their whole vibe
was very different,
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and their music was banging.
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The beats were banging.
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- What's your first question?
- My first question...
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- Listen, I did an entire
documentary about it,
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so I don't want to
repeat, but game-changing
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production from all of them.
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- ♪ Break down ♪
- ♪ Round and round ♪
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- Jungle Brothers, De La
Soul, Tribe Called Quest...
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- Then you have Black Sheep,
Monie Love, Latifah, Chi Ali.
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- It was very New York,
pushing positivity.
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- Just peace,
Blackness, emceeing...
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just good-spirited music.
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- It was considered
smart hip-hop.
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- ♪ Brothers in the jungle ♪
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- Black Sheep came in
and lived up to the fact
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that they had something
dope and unique to say.
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- ♪ Mista Lawnge, Dres,
Black Sheep slam now ♪
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- And presented it in
a really creative way.
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- ♪ Then, of course,
the choice is yours ♪
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- "The Choice Is
Yours" absolutely
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was, like, a mainstream hit.
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- "You can get with
this, or you can"...
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Yeah, that was awesome.
I was into that.
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- "The Choice Is Yours"...
gonna knock the whole country
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on their hip.
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- Like, use it as
a thing to say.
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Like, it just became
part of vernacular.
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- "The Choice"... it's
lightning in a fucking bottle
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having such a
ridiculously popular song.
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- ♪ Where's the black sheep? ♪
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♪ Here's the black sheep ♪
- Forget it.
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I mean, if you want the
party to start jumping,
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you just throw that on.
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That's it.
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- Especially in the
part where it's like,
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"Engine, engine"...
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- "Number nine."
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- ♪ On the New
York transit line ♪
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- Everybody crouching down.
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- ♪ If my train
goes off the track ♪
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♪ Pick it up, pick
it up, pick it up ♪
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- Monster single...
all over the radio.
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- And we saw them as
the first hip-hop duo
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to do late-night TV.
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- It was larger than life,
and it lasted forever.
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- ♪ Open the door ♪
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♪ You best believe we're
sliding through it ♪
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- He's still doing shows
because of that record.
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Like, I don't really
do shows like that.
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- "The Choice Is
Yours," "Similak Child,"
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"Flavor of the Month"...
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I mean, a lot of
people would describe
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"A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"
as a classic album.
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- ♪ Do-da-dipity ♪
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- Let me tell you, man.
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All you need is
one hit, and that
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was the one that guarantees
them income forever.
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- "You can get with this,
or you can get with that,"
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which was, like, I think,
used in commercials.
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- Better yummy this and
better tasting that.
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- ♪ You can get with this,
or you can get with that ♪
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- Upside... using your
song in a commercial.
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Boom, chickity-check.
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Downside... oh, my God.
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Have you heard the hamster song?
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- ♪ You can get with this,
or you can get with that ♪
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- I remember being on the radio
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and being like, fuck that, no.
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You will not refer to
"The Choice Is Yours"
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as the goddamn hamster song.
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But it was a thing.
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- What the hell is that?
[laughs]
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- And then that song getting
placed in the Spidey-Verse.
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♪ ♪
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- Got a seven-year-old
who know that record.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like, that song is like the
gift that keeps on giving.
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- Also have the youth,
the drill artists,
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Lola Brooke sampling
"The Choice is Yours."
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- ♪ Because you ain't getting ♪
- ♪ This or that ♪
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- [chuckles]
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♪ Man, sis, just relax ♪
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- Incredible track.
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You know, what would
hip-hop be without it?
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- ♪ The more things change,
the more they stay the same ♪
250
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- All right, I'm going to
keep that one and double it.
251
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There's a lot of
cats that got a lot
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of things going
on in their career
253
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and legacy and whatnot.
254
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But not a lot of people
have a "Choice Is Yours."
255
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And, you know,
like, I don't really
256
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harp on what me
and Lawnge did...
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Okay, okay.
258
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- As much as I harp on
what I still have to do.
259
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And that's why this Dilla
project is so important.
260
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So, for me, in my career,
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it's just been about
staying prepared.
262
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It's about doing the work.
It's about spreading love.
263
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It's about, you know, not
hoarding because we do shit
264
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despite what's against us.
265
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You know, like,
hip-hop exists despite.
266
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It's almost like you
were sliding through it.
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You know what I'm
saying? [hums] All right.
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It definitely
wasn't in the plans.
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- Would you call your
music hard-core rap?
270
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- I wouldn't call it hard-core.
271
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- We painted a lot of pictures.
272
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We didn't draw the
pictures ourselves.
273
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We just colored it in.
274
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- Curse... a lot of words
275
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that I don't think you're
going to ever get played
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on television or the radio.
277
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- We don't really try to put it
all into distinct categories.
278
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It's all music, and what
you do with it is personal,
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and it's something that
you share with people.
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You know, people have told
me, I'm not really into rap,
281
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but your group is
all right with me.
282
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And that's cool, you know,
because that's broadening us.
283
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That's broadening them,
and that's helping rap.
284
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- Beyond a beat,
a rhyme, a dance,
285
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hip-hop music has become
this life-altering,
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positive difference maker.
287
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Like, there's so many
different working pieces now,
288
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that a livelihood can
be found all around it.
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It's the result of imagination,
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and so much rests
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on the shoulders of our elders.
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- WIHD, Washington.
293
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- In Washington.
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I want to say sunny, but
you can see, there's...
295
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- I'm here for this induction
into The Hip-Hop Museum.
296
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You know, like, this is not
a me and Mista Lawnge thing.
297
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This is...
298
00:11:42,762 --> 00:11:44,068
I didn't hit him up or anything.
299
00:11:44,155 --> 00:11:45,591
I didn't...
300
00:11:45,678 --> 00:11:49,160
Yeah, like, I'm very
grateful to Lawnge.
301
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You know what I'm saying?
302
00:11:51,031 --> 00:11:53,512
Like, you know, without
Lawnge, we're not sitting here.
303
00:11:53,599 --> 00:11:55,079
I'm not sitting
here without Lawnge.
304
00:11:55,166 --> 00:11:57,995
You know what I'm
saying? So I'm always...
305
00:11:58,082 --> 00:11:59,474
I always keep that
in perspective.
306
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You know what I'm saying?
307
00:12:01,259 --> 00:12:03,522
And I think it took me a
while to get to the place
308
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where I felt like I
didn't owe that situation
309
00:12:07,482 --> 00:12:09,833
my loyalty anymore.
310
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We're going to go walk around,
311
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check it out, take a
look around the curtain
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and see what it looked
like in there real quick.
313
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Come on, before
we go get a drink.
314
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- Black Sheep.
[laughter, cheers]
315
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- Word up. Service
is in the house.
316
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Word up. Service in the house.
317
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[indistinct chatter]
318
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- Making hit records
can definitely be
319
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a burden on that bad side of,
320
00:12:31,202 --> 00:12:33,073
yeah, this is what
you're known for.
321
00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,703
When people come up to
me, and they do the...
322
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"It's just me, myself, and I."
323
00:12:36,686 --> 00:12:38,035
♪ It's just me, myself, and I ♪
324
00:12:38,122 --> 00:12:40,124
And I just want to
smack them in the face.
325
00:12:42,692 --> 00:12:44,258
- I mean, yeah, you
have to keep playing
326
00:12:44,345 --> 00:12:46,130
that song no matter what.
327
00:12:46,217 --> 00:12:47,740
I have a saying...
328
00:12:47,827 --> 00:12:49,627
You got to dance with
the ho that you brought.
329
00:12:49,655 --> 00:12:52,179
This is what got
you to the party.
330
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So when you're in the party
now, you're in a party now.
331
00:12:54,791 --> 00:12:55,991
You got to dance with her now.
332
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She brought you, you
have to dance with her.
333
00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:02,276
- [rapping indistinctly]
334
00:13:02,363 --> 00:13:05,018
- I don't think you're rubbing
someone the wrong way when you
335
00:13:05,105 --> 00:13:06,977
say that Black Sheep
was never able to get
336
00:13:07,064 --> 00:13:08,979
back to the heights of
"The Choice Is Yours."
337
00:13:09,066 --> 00:13:12,896
I mean, that was basically
an impossible task.
338
00:13:12,983 --> 00:13:16,203
- When you are
associated with something
339
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that is so legendary
340
00:13:19,642 --> 00:13:21,644
and then you come out of that,
341
00:13:21,731 --> 00:13:25,909
you're like, what am
I supposed to do now?
342
00:13:25,996 --> 00:13:28,781
- We're getting up pretty far
on the pop charts, you know,
343
00:13:28,868 --> 00:13:29,956
with that single.
344
00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:31,784
- Now that we found
something that's
345
00:13:31,871 --> 00:13:33,370
working for us, like
"The Choice Is Yours,"
346
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it will be easy to say, damn,
let's go, you know, make
347
00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:38,573
"A Choice Is Ours," now
or whatever, you know,
348
00:13:38,661 --> 00:13:40,706
and follow it up like
everybody else would do.
349
00:13:40,793 --> 00:13:42,621
But I think we'd rather
reach somewhere else.
350
00:13:42,708 --> 00:13:44,754
And even if, you know,
we fall flat on our face,
351
00:13:44,841 --> 00:13:47,365
at least we was trying
to be ourselves.
352
00:13:47,452 --> 00:13:50,020
[indistinct chatter]
353
00:13:50,107 --> 00:13:52,065
- They really had,
like, a four-single run
354
00:13:52,152 --> 00:13:55,808
off their first
album, which is great,
355
00:13:55,895 --> 00:14:00,683
and then took a few years off.
356
00:14:00,770 --> 00:14:02,206
I don't know how
many people you're
357
00:14:02,293 --> 00:14:04,338
going to find besides
me that will be
358
00:14:04,425 --> 00:14:06,340
able to tell you the name
of their first single
359
00:14:06,427 --> 00:14:08,516
off the next album.
360
00:14:08,603 --> 00:14:11,389
You would think that an artist
361
00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,913
who had a song that big...
362
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,089
people would at
least remember what
363
00:14:16,176 --> 00:14:18,309
they came with after that.
364
00:14:18,396 --> 00:14:21,791
I don't think anyone does.
365
00:14:21,878 --> 00:14:24,445
The next song... it
was "Without A Doubt."
366
00:14:24,532 --> 00:14:26,056
all: ♪ Yeah, without a doubt ♪
367
00:14:26,143 --> 00:14:29,799
- It was a cool
song, but it just...
368
00:14:29,886 --> 00:14:32,758
the wind was out of the sail.
369
00:14:32,845 --> 00:14:35,195
You have one-hit wonders.
370
00:14:35,282 --> 00:14:38,895
You rarely have
one-album wonders.
371
00:14:38,982 --> 00:14:40,984
- It's Black Sheep
with some new shit.
372
00:14:41,071 --> 00:14:42,875
You know what I'm saying?
We going to keep it moving.
373
00:14:42,899 --> 00:14:44,180
I know a lot of
people are saying,
374
00:14:44,204 --> 00:14:46,032
yo, where's my
man, Mista Lawnge?
375
00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,426
I'm very sad to tell
you that Mista Lawnge
376
00:14:48,513 --> 00:14:50,863
has decided to leave the
group and do his own thing.
377
00:14:50,950 --> 00:14:53,039
But at the end of the
day, love is love,
378
00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:54,562
and I wish him the best.
379
00:14:54,649 --> 00:14:56,216
And we going to keep
it moving, right?
380
00:14:56,303 --> 00:14:59,089
- That's right.
381
00:14:59,176 --> 00:15:02,832
- At this point, it's
been over 30 years.
382
00:15:02,919 --> 00:15:07,314
I don't spend a lot
of time back there.
383
00:15:07,401 --> 00:15:10,187
I have those memories
of me and Lawnge,
384
00:15:10,274 --> 00:15:13,756
and we're very
congruent onstage.
385
00:15:13,843 --> 00:15:17,020
And we were both able to get
where we both were trying
386
00:15:17,107 --> 00:15:20,806
to go in that moment together.
387
00:15:20,893 --> 00:15:24,157
Once we decided to
go our own ways,
388
00:15:24,244 --> 00:15:26,638
there was no
partner to push you.
389
00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:31,034
It became what
burned internally.
390
00:15:31,121 --> 00:15:35,734
- Them two... whatever
kind of wedged them apart,
391
00:15:35,821 --> 00:15:37,344
I don't even know what it was.
392
00:15:37,431 --> 00:15:39,303
I mean, honestly, I don't.
393
00:15:39,390 --> 00:15:41,653
- To this day, I
don't know why things
394
00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,655
fell off the way they did.
395
00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:45,657
- Who knows, man?
396
00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:47,746
You know, I don't know.
397
00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:55,536
- To me, getting
your flowers means,
398
00:15:55,623 --> 00:15:57,538
like, you're close to dying.
399
00:15:57,625 --> 00:15:59,018
[laughs] You know
what I'm saying?
400
00:15:59,105 --> 00:16:00,150
Like, all right.
401
00:16:00,237 --> 00:16:02,500
[phone rings] Hey, Ma.
402
00:16:02,587 --> 00:16:03,849
- Hey, baby. How are you?
403
00:16:03,936 --> 00:16:05,633
- I'm good. How are you?
404
00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:06,983
- I'm good.
405
00:16:07,070 --> 00:16:08,680
- You in your room?
- Yes.
406
00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:11,248
- Okay. All right,
in a minute.
407
00:16:11,335 --> 00:16:12,945
[chuckles]
408
00:16:16,035 --> 00:16:17,558
- Hey, baby.
- Hey, Mama.
409
00:16:17,645 --> 00:16:19,299
How are you?
- Oh, my baby.
410
00:16:19,386 --> 00:16:20,823
How you doing?
- I'm good.
411
00:16:20,910 --> 00:16:22,520
How you doing?
- I'm good.
412
00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:24,522
Mmm. I love you.
413
00:16:24,609 --> 00:16:25,871
- I love you, too.
414
00:16:25,958 --> 00:16:27,283
- Wait a minute.
We're on camera now?
415
00:16:27,307 --> 00:16:29,005
- We are.
416
00:16:29,092 --> 00:16:31,094
- [laughs] That's okay.
We built for this.
417
00:16:31,181 --> 00:16:32,660
Come on in, now.
418
00:16:32,747 --> 00:16:34,271
- You look good, man.
419
00:16:34,358 --> 00:16:35,596
I wouldn't believe
you were in your 70s.
420
00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:36,621
- Oh, honey, 70...
421
00:16:36,708 --> 00:16:38,623
Oh, let me tell you.
422
00:16:38,710 --> 00:16:40,581
At the airport, they
said, 75, you don't
423
00:16:40,668 --> 00:16:41,776
have to take your shoes off.
424
00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,062
I said, I'll be here next year.
425
00:16:43,149 --> 00:16:44,281
[laughter]
426
00:16:44,368 --> 00:16:46,631
I'll be here. And I
had on boots, too.
427
00:16:46,718 --> 00:16:48,676
I had on my Timbs
because the shoes
428
00:16:48,763 --> 00:16:51,083
I was going to wear tonight...
they come, like, up to here.
429
00:16:51,114 --> 00:16:53,072
I wasn't wearing
them in no airport.
430
00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:54,682
- Oh, yeah. You're
not supposed to, Ma.
431
00:16:54,769 --> 00:16:56,467
- Mm, I know. I know.
432
00:16:56,554 --> 00:16:59,122
- They come up to there?
- Yeah, but I got a long skirt.
433
00:16:59,209 --> 00:17:01,951
- You are doing a lot, okay?
- Yeah, because it's you.
434
00:17:02,038 --> 00:17:03,561
You worthy of it.
- I feel that.
435
00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:04,692
That's love.
- Yeah.
436
00:17:04,779 --> 00:17:07,347
[electronic music]
437
00:17:07,434 --> 00:17:08,566
♪ ♪
438
00:17:08,653 --> 00:17:10,133
- What's going on, man?
439
00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:12,135
Okay. All right.
440
00:17:12,222 --> 00:17:14,050
- All right, here we go.
441
00:17:14,137 --> 00:17:16,313
All right, right
now I'm here talking
442
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,247
to one of the legends that's
getting inducted tonight.
443
00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:20,317
- It's quite the honor.
You know what I'm saying?
444
00:17:20,404 --> 00:17:22,188
I'm very grateful
to come down to DC,
445
00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:23,955
especially to hang out
with some heads that
446
00:17:24,016 --> 00:17:25,670
know what hip-hop is
all about, represent
447
00:17:25,757 --> 00:17:27,498
the culture to the fullest.
448
00:17:27,585 --> 00:17:29,587
- The reason why The
National Hip-Hop Museum
449
00:17:29,674 --> 00:17:31,937
exists is because,
after holding the torch
450
00:17:32,024 --> 00:17:34,592
for so many years and
accomplishing so much, it is
451
00:17:34,679 --> 00:17:38,596
our obligation as Americans
to give you guys your flowers.
452
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,487
So right now can we get
a big round of applause
453
00:17:40,511 --> 00:17:41,729
for all of our inductees...
454
00:17:41,816 --> 00:17:44,036
[cheers and applause]
455
00:17:44,123 --> 00:17:45,864
Special Ed...
456
00:17:45,951 --> 00:17:47,276
- ♪ My name is Special Ed,
and I'm a super-duper star ♪
457
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:48,736
- CL Smooth...
458
00:17:48,823 --> 00:17:50,584
- What's up, y'all? This
is the Mecca Don CL Smooth.
459
00:17:50,608 --> 00:17:52,175
- Dres.
460
00:17:52,262 --> 00:17:53,717
- Oh, look, y'all, it's
Dres from Black Sheep.
461
00:17:53,741 --> 00:17:55,874
[applause]
462
00:17:55,961 --> 00:17:58,137
- So in the year of
hip-hop's birthday,
463
00:17:58,224 --> 00:17:59,965
what do you feel is the
most important thing
464
00:18:00,052 --> 00:18:01,924
that hip-hop has
contributed to the world
465
00:18:02,011 --> 00:18:04,404
over the last five decades?
466
00:18:04,491 --> 00:18:08,495
- Hip-hop is the
top-generating music genre
467
00:18:08,582 --> 00:18:10,454
for how long now?
- A lot of years.
468
00:18:10,541 --> 00:18:14,066
- Every corporate entity,
everything, every media,
469
00:18:14,153 --> 00:18:16,982
every medium is all hip-hop.
470
00:18:17,069 --> 00:18:19,637
So why the fuck they don't
respect us in the way
471
00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:21,291
that they should?
472
00:18:21,378 --> 00:18:23,032
They don't uphold
us like they do
473
00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,686
these "rock and roll" legends
474
00:18:25,773 --> 00:18:27,645
and soul and whatever, whatever.
475
00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:29,516
We are them right now.
476
00:18:29,603 --> 00:18:31,562
We are the ones selling
millions of records,
477
00:18:31,649 --> 00:18:33,390
streaming millions of records.
478
00:18:33,477 --> 00:18:35,958
We deserve the
respect. [applause]
479
00:18:36,045 --> 00:18:38,221
- Like it or not,
rap is here to stay.
480
00:18:38,308 --> 00:18:40,310
It has become part of
mainstream commerce.
481
00:18:40,397 --> 00:18:42,051
- Rap in the '90s...
it's creative.
482
00:18:42,138 --> 00:18:44,314
It's candid. It's
controversial.
483
00:18:44,401 --> 00:18:46,055
Today on the show,
we have rappers
484
00:18:46,142 --> 00:18:49,188
De La Soul to discuss the
many ways to keep it real.
485
00:18:49,275 --> 00:18:51,582
- With hip-hop, there's
always been big business.
486
00:18:51,669 --> 00:18:55,107
But mid '90s, us, Dres, Tribe,
487
00:18:55,194 --> 00:18:56,804
we could see it taking over.
488
00:18:56,891 --> 00:18:58,328
- Being in this
business, there's
489
00:18:58,415 --> 00:18:59,696
a lot of things
you're going to learn,
490
00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,288
and they are screwing our
love, and our love is hip-hop.
491
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,987
You know, our love is rap.
So it's a learning process.
492
00:19:05,074 --> 00:19:07,206
- We could see what our
label wanted us to do...
493
00:19:07,293 --> 00:19:10,166
that formula and
how that single,
494
00:19:10,253 --> 00:19:12,777
that one record
needed to be given.
495
00:19:12,864 --> 00:19:16,563
- Hip-hop definitely gives us
the opportunity to blow up.
496
00:19:18,870 --> 00:19:22,352
Hip-hop also gives us the
opportunity to implode.
497
00:19:22,439 --> 00:19:24,180
- "The Choice Is
Yours"... you were young,
498
00:19:24,267 --> 00:19:26,462
and did you guys do everything
right so that record that
499
00:19:26,486 --> 00:19:29,359
lives today and will
live on forever does
500
00:19:29,446 --> 00:19:31,293
benefit your children and
your children's children?
501
00:19:31,317 --> 00:19:33,406
- Like, the deal
wasn't a fair deal...
502
00:19:33,493 --> 00:19:35,582
both: Right.
- Whereas monetarily.
503
00:19:35,669 --> 00:19:37,019
We didn't take a number...
504
00:19:37,106 --> 00:19:38,546
- Who would know
those terms, though?
505
00:19:38,585 --> 00:19:40,239
That's the crazy shit.
506
00:19:40,326 --> 00:19:41,782
- These are the things that
are kind of common knowledge
507
00:19:41,806 --> 00:19:43,547
that they just don't
share with you.
508
00:19:43,634 --> 00:19:45,481
- Well, it's not common because
it's not being shared at all.
509
00:19:45,505 --> 00:19:46,811
- Yeah, yeah.
510
00:19:46,898 --> 00:19:48,441
- You know, a lot of
these guys got famous...
511
00:19:48,465 --> 00:19:50,641
They're like teen stars.
512
00:19:50,728 --> 00:19:52,817
As a young kid growing
up in New York City,
513
00:19:52,904 --> 00:19:54,166
I loved the music.
514
00:19:54,253 --> 00:19:55,994
I was a fan. I would
go to the clubs.
515
00:19:56,081 --> 00:19:57,822
And you had access
to these people.
516
00:19:57,909 --> 00:20:00,607
And you could see how they
got fucked over business-wise.
517
00:20:00,694 --> 00:20:02,609
Of course, if you're
16, and they're like,
518
00:20:02,696 --> 00:20:04,176
we're going to give you whatever
519
00:20:04,263 --> 00:20:05,893
to sign this contract,
you're like, fuck it.
520
00:20:05,917 --> 00:20:09,007
You're not thinking
Jay-Z, ownership,
521
00:20:09,094 --> 00:20:10,443
you know, publishing.
522
00:20:10,530 --> 00:20:12,489
This isn't even a
formed genre of music.
523
00:20:12,576 --> 00:20:14,621
And you're like, fuck.
I'm going to make $15,000?
524
00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:15,883
Fuck, yeah.
525
00:20:15,970 --> 00:20:17,250
- For as long as I can remember,
526
00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,886
I've been around hip-hop,
527
00:20:18,973 --> 00:20:21,193
as the former editor in chief
at "The Source" magazine.
528
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,369
The business does
get complicated.
529
00:20:23,456 --> 00:20:25,632
You have to understand
the industry
530
00:20:25,719 --> 00:20:27,330
that you're making music in.
531
00:20:27,417 --> 00:20:30,159
It's the key to
survival as you continue
532
00:20:30,246 --> 00:20:31,856
to grow old in the industry
533
00:20:31,943 --> 00:20:33,814
because you're going to need it.
534
00:20:33,901 --> 00:20:36,730
- Dres told me he's
seen old-school rapper
535
00:20:36,817 --> 00:20:38,297
hopping a train, actually.
536
00:20:38,384 --> 00:20:40,038
We was like, yo,
that shit is crazy.
537
00:20:40,125 --> 00:20:42,214
And Dres was like, yo,
I wanted to help him,
538
00:20:42,301 --> 00:20:44,101
but, like, I wasn't
really in the situation...
539
00:20:44,129 --> 00:20:45,522
Like, I ain't with him.
540
00:20:45,609 --> 00:20:47,611
Fuck, I don't want to
give him no fucking $40.
541
00:20:47,698 --> 00:20:49,047
You know what I mean?
542
00:20:49,134 --> 00:20:50,546
- I think it's a
concerted effort to try
543
00:20:50,570 --> 00:20:52,181
to take advantage of people.
544
00:20:52,268 --> 00:20:54,072
I'm gonna keep it funky.
You know what I'm saying?
545
00:20:54,096 --> 00:20:55,749
Yeah.
- You got 8, 9 points.
546
00:20:55,836 --> 00:20:57,751
They don't tell you
that that's percentage.
547
00:20:57,838 --> 00:21:01,059
That means there's
90% that exists
548
00:21:01,146 --> 00:21:03,061
that's not yours
off of what you did.
549
00:21:03,148 --> 00:21:05,063
- What you made.
- Right.
550
00:21:05,150 --> 00:21:07,500
And God forbid you splitting it.
551
00:21:07,587 --> 00:21:11,765
I should be a multimillionaire
if they just gave me half.
552
00:21:11,852 --> 00:21:13,854
- Black Sheep were
an integral part
553
00:21:13,941 --> 00:21:16,335
of early 1990s
renaissance hip-hop
554
00:21:16,422 --> 00:21:18,250
coming out of the Five Boroughs.
555
00:21:18,337 --> 00:21:20,165
As part of The Native
Tongue collective,
556
00:21:20,252 --> 00:21:23,037
Dres and his DJ, Mista
Lawnge, embody the spirit
557
00:21:23,125 --> 00:21:25,039
of that group of musicians.
558
00:21:25,127 --> 00:21:28,826
But they maintained their own
style and approach to music.
559
00:21:28,913 --> 00:21:32,351
And in 1997, Dres dropped
his first solo project.
560
00:21:32,438 --> 00:21:35,789
As well, he has released
independent music and material
561
00:21:35,876 --> 00:21:37,922
as recently as last year.
562
00:21:38,009 --> 00:21:39,663
Give it up for Dres.
563
00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:42,187
[cheers and applause]
564
00:21:42,274 --> 00:21:43,536
- ♪ Yes, it's me ♪
565
00:21:43,623 --> 00:21:45,277
♪ D-R-E-S ♪
566
00:21:45,364 --> 00:21:48,062
- All right.
- Yeah, yeah.
567
00:21:48,150 --> 00:21:50,761
- For me, music is
all-encompassing.
568
00:21:50,848 --> 00:21:53,764
It's a beautiful reason
to wake up every day.
569
00:21:53,851 --> 00:21:55,766
It's a strong reason
570
00:21:55,853 --> 00:21:59,422
to learn to correct yourself
571
00:21:59,509 --> 00:22:01,182
because we're all going
to make the mistakes
572
00:22:01,206 --> 00:22:02,425
that we're going to make.
573
00:22:02,512 --> 00:22:04,296
That's what life is.
574
00:22:04,383 --> 00:22:07,517
But be defined by
what you correct.
575
00:22:07,604 --> 00:22:09,606
[applause]
576
00:22:09,693 --> 00:22:14,350
I'm working on some really,
really, really new dope shit.
577
00:22:14,437 --> 00:22:17,701
This particular project
is a DnD project...
578
00:22:17,788 --> 00:22:20,138
Dilla and Dres.
[cheers and applause]
579
00:22:20,225 --> 00:22:21,357
All right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
580
00:22:21,444 --> 00:22:23,924
It's happening.
It's going down.
581
00:22:24,011 --> 00:22:27,406
Like, I've been allowed to visit
582
00:22:27,493 --> 00:22:29,408
a sacred land
583
00:22:29,495 --> 00:22:32,890
and pull a project
584
00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,284
produced entirely by J Dilla.
585
00:22:35,371 --> 00:22:39,331
And I'm asking all of y'all
586
00:22:39,418 --> 00:22:41,159
to see that star when it shines,
587
00:22:41,246 --> 00:22:43,553
'cause it's going to shine.
588
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,468
You know what I'm
saying? That's my word.
589
00:22:45,555 --> 00:22:47,402
I'm just asking you to pay
attention a little bit.
590
00:22:47,426 --> 00:22:49,602
You know what I'm
saying? Word up.
591
00:22:49,689 --> 00:22:54,477
[cheers and applause]
592
00:22:54,564 --> 00:22:57,480
How y'all feeling? [cheering]
593
00:22:57,567 --> 00:22:58,959
I can't hear y'all.
594
00:22:59,046 --> 00:23:02,963
How y'all feeling,
man? [cheering]
595
00:23:03,050 --> 00:23:06,140
Want to take it back?
- Way back, back into time.
596
00:23:06,228 --> 00:23:07,794
["The Choice Is Your" playing]
597
00:23:07,881 --> 00:23:10,319
- Okay.
598
00:23:10,406 --> 00:23:12,756
Real quick. [cheering]
599
00:23:12,843 --> 00:23:15,411
Yes, we... Yo!
600
00:23:19,719 --> 00:23:22,940
I only recall meeting
Dilla one time
601
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:25,943
in passing in life,
602
00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:30,208
though he worked with
everyone of the Natives...
603
00:23:30,295 --> 00:23:32,428
very close with Tribe.
604
00:23:32,515 --> 00:23:34,995
You know, he did a lot
of work with De La.
605
00:23:35,082 --> 00:23:37,104
- When I make my music...
you know what I'm saying?
606
00:23:37,128 --> 00:23:38,912
I want people to
feel what I feel.
607
00:23:38,999 --> 00:23:42,133
I want them to feel that energy
that I... whatever it was.
608
00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:43,526
Yeah, that's all it is,
609
00:23:43,613 --> 00:23:45,310
because I make it
straight from the heart.
610
00:23:45,397 --> 00:23:46,659
- ♪ Stakes is high ♪
611
00:23:46,746 --> 00:23:48,487
♪ You know them
stakes is high ♪
612
00:23:48,574 --> 00:23:51,273
- JD from Detroit
was definitely one
613
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,624
of the illest producers ever.
614
00:23:54,711 --> 00:23:57,670
- J Dilla was truly one
of the purest musicians
615
00:23:57,757 --> 00:23:59,237
I've ever met.
616
00:23:59,324 --> 00:24:00,978
- Dilla came with his own sound,
617
00:24:01,065 --> 00:24:03,807
his own beat, his own
pace, his own scratches,
618
00:24:03,894 --> 00:24:05,243
his own melodies.
619
00:24:05,330 --> 00:24:07,680
And then he started
working with everybody.
620
00:24:07,767 --> 00:24:09,421
- He worked with so many people,
621
00:24:09,508 --> 00:24:11,858
from The Pharcyde, to Tribe...
622
00:24:11,945 --> 00:24:12,990
- De La Soul.
623
00:24:13,077 --> 00:24:14,557
- The Roots, Erykah Badu.
624
00:24:14,644 --> 00:24:17,168
- Busta Rhymes, Janet Jackson.
625
00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:18,343
And he from Detroit.
626
00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:21,694
So we like, that's our guy.
627
00:24:21,781 --> 00:24:24,436
- A significant role in
hip-hop is the sampling.
628
00:24:24,523 --> 00:24:26,786
And one of the best to
ever do it is J Dilla.
629
00:24:26,873 --> 00:24:28,701
- All I know how to
do is work the MPC
630
00:24:28,788 --> 00:24:30,747
and listen to these
breakbeats and chop shit.
631
00:24:30,834 --> 00:24:32,725
You know what I'm saying? I
come from that hip-hop shit.
632
00:24:32,749 --> 00:24:35,665
- What he was doing
was merging jazz...
633
00:24:35,752 --> 00:24:39,146
funk, soul.
634
00:24:39,233 --> 00:24:43,063
He was flipping any
record, anything.
635
00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:45,936
- The pieces of the record
that he would sample...
636
00:24:46,023 --> 00:24:47,764
it would be the same
record you sampled,
637
00:24:47,851 --> 00:24:49,983
but he would find a
piece in that shit
638
00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:51,550
that you would never
even think to use
639
00:24:51,637 --> 00:24:53,944
or couldn't even
use it that way.
640
00:24:54,031 --> 00:24:56,686
- He could make a Soca
record, a reggae record,
641
00:24:56,773 --> 00:24:58,427
an R&B record.
642
00:24:58,514 --> 00:25:00,354
It was just in a way that
no one else would do.
643
00:25:00,429 --> 00:25:02,344
And I mean, effortlessly.
644
00:25:02,431 --> 00:25:05,129
- Like, yeah, he did hip-hop,
but he's way bigger than that.
645
00:25:05,216 --> 00:25:07,261
He's a jazz musician.
646
00:25:07,349 --> 00:25:08,785
- He knew his time signature.
647
00:25:08,872 --> 00:25:10,700
He was programming it,
648
00:25:10,787 --> 00:25:12,789
but it just felt
live, the swing of it.
649
00:25:12,876 --> 00:25:15,116
He had an understanding of it
that he could manipulate it
650
00:25:15,182 --> 00:25:16,706
any way that he wanted to.
651
00:25:16,793 --> 00:25:18,751
- He was like, truly,
a scientist at it.
652
00:25:18,838 --> 00:25:21,275
- Artists like Dilla
gave us a new voice,
653
00:25:21,363 --> 00:25:24,148
currency, a relevancy.
654
00:25:24,235 --> 00:25:27,194
- And that's real raw
talent right there.
655
00:25:27,281 --> 00:25:29,303
And that's why we still talking
about him... because his beats
656
00:25:29,327 --> 00:25:31,068
got us still talking.
657
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:34,027
[calm music]
658
00:25:34,114 --> 00:25:38,510
♪ ♪
659
00:25:38,597 --> 00:25:41,731
- Went out to Puerto Rico
to do a charity event,
660
00:25:41,818 --> 00:25:45,648
and I was blessed
to meet Ma Dukes.
661
00:25:45,735 --> 00:25:48,781
- Can't never get enough
bell pepper and onion.
662
00:25:48,868 --> 00:25:51,480
Let's see, finish
cooking this sauce.
663
00:25:51,567 --> 00:25:53,525
- And I was offered
an opportunity
664
00:25:53,612 --> 00:25:55,135
to come back to their house...
665
00:25:55,222 --> 00:25:57,311
- Keep my pasta loose.
666
00:25:57,399 --> 00:25:59,401
- For a meal and, you know,
just sit up and listen
667
00:25:59,488 --> 00:26:01,098
to music, this,
that, and the other.
668
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:04,014
- Welcome to the hot kitchen.
[laughs]
669
00:26:04,101 --> 00:26:06,625
Dilla... he didn't have a
lot of freedom as a kid.
670
00:26:06,712 --> 00:26:08,516
And, you know, at that time,
you could go to a record shop,
671
00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:10,499
you hear something playing new.
672
00:26:10,586 --> 00:26:11,954
Because he was such a
great kid during the week,
673
00:26:11,978 --> 00:26:14,633
when his dad worked, he
got to get record or two.
674
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,549
You know, he'd do that...
build his record collection.
675
00:26:17,636 --> 00:26:20,465
He was exceptionally gifted.
676
00:26:20,552 --> 00:26:23,773
He could take anything apart.
He was mechanically inclined.
677
00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:25,122
Everybody liked him.
678
00:26:25,209 --> 00:26:26,776
But he wasn't outgoing.
679
00:26:26,863 --> 00:26:29,256
And if he didn't say
anything or didn't speak,
680
00:26:29,343 --> 00:26:31,171
it was just because
his mind was, like...
681
00:26:31,258 --> 00:26:32,999
his head was in a
different space.
682
00:26:33,086 --> 00:26:35,349
Everything is like done
through math and science,
683
00:26:35,437 --> 00:26:37,308
even with the music, you know.
684
00:26:37,395 --> 00:26:40,659
Was used to hearing
music of all genres...
685
00:26:40,746 --> 00:26:44,576
Mr. Yancey, who had been a
musician for over 25 years
686
00:26:44,663 --> 00:26:46,970
professionally,
as well as his job
687
00:26:47,057 --> 00:26:49,973
at Ford Motor
Company for 40 years
688
00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:52,671
before he passed away.
689
00:26:52,758 --> 00:26:57,067
We entertained a
lot of musicians.
690
00:26:57,154 --> 00:27:01,158
When Dilla was a baby,
at 11 months old,
691
00:27:01,245 --> 00:27:03,856
he would hear James
Brown record come on.
692
00:27:03,943 --> 00:27:07,469
And within the third
beat, he'd be up dancing.
693
00:27:07,556 --> 00:27:09,601
But he had not
learned to walk yet,
694
00:27:09,688 --> 00:27:12,430
and he's in a whole
different world.
695
00:27:12,517 --> 00:27:16,260
So music had him early on.
696
00:27:17,957 --> 00:27:20,177
- If I can get my folder.
- All right.
697
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,440
- A lot of stuff was floating
around on the Internet
698
00:27:22,527 --> 00:27:24,311
because it wasn't
released properly.
699
00:27:24,398 --> 00:27:26,923
And so I had to
encrypt a lot of stuff.
700
00:27:27,010 --> 00:27:28,533
- Why?
701
00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:31,101
- 'Cause folks are always
wanting to do music projects
702
00:27:31,188 --> 00:27:33,582
with us, yet they're
using songs that they
703
00:27:33,669 --> 00:27:34,974
don't have permission to use.
704
00:27:35,061 --> 00:27:37,411
It's the legal stuff that
I got to take care of.
705
00:27:37,499 --> 00:27:40,066
But the music... being
back home with the family
706
00:27:40,153 --> 00:27:42,416
makes all of that
so much easier.
707
00:27:42,504 --> 00:27:45,289
- The guy basically
chopped my record.
708
00:27:45,376 --> 00:27:46,899
It got around...
bootleg versions.
709
00:27:46,986 --> 00:27:48,118
And that was a big hit.
710
00:27:48,205 --> 00:27:49,467
It was my fucking beats.
711
00:27:49,554 --> 00:27:51,208
- Your tune?
- Yeah.
712
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,142
And it's like... that was
kind of in the beginning...
713
00:27:53,166 --> 00:27:54,927
you know what I'm saying...
when I learned about that shit.
714
00:27:54,951 --> 00:27:56,102
And people can
just take your shit
715
00:27:56,126 --> 00:27:58,041
and sample it and rap over it.
716
00:27:58,128 --> 00:27:58,998
And you know what I'm saying?
717
00:27:59,085 --> 00:28:00,347
Ah.
718
00:28:00,434 --> 00:28:01,784
I can't stand that shit.
719
00:28:01,871 --> 00:28:04,656
[rhythmic music playing]
720
00:28:04,743 --> 00:28:05,743
- Oh, that was it?
721
00:28:05,788 --> 00:28:07,006
- 10:72.
722
00:28:07,093 --> 00:28:08,660
- Yo, play it again.
723
00:28:08,747 --> 00:28:10,053
♪ ♪
724
00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:11,576
Yo.
725
00:28:11,663 --> 00:28:13,447
[laughter]
726
00:28:13,535 --> 00:28:14,884
- And catch you off guard.
727
00:28:14,971 --> 00:28:15,972
- Yo.
728
00:28:16,059 --> 00:28:18,365
♪ ♪
729
00:28:18,452 --> 00:28:20,759
- ♪ I was killing the
heart, killing in the spot ♪
730
00:28:20,846 --> 00:28:22,979
♪ Chilling the squad,
I seen it before ♪
731
00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:25,155
♪ Tonight she ain't
feeling the dark ♪
732
00:28:25,242 --> 00:28:28,027
- Listening to Dilla's tracks
no one had ever heard before,
733
00:28:28,114 --> 00:28:30,334
I became excited.
734
00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:34,686
End of the night, I wound
up leaving Puerto Rico
735
00:28:34,773 --> 00:28:38,777
with the opportunity to make
an album from Dilla's catalog
736
00:28:38,864 --> 00:28:42,041
and a hard drive
of Dilla's beats,
737
00:28:42,128 --> 00:28:45,741
music that was produced,
you know, 15 years ago.
738
00:28:48,091 --> 00:28:50,833
Ma Dukes could
have had any artist
739
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,444
in the world do this project.
740
00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:57,187
But I'm really grateful
because it's me.
741
00:28:57,274 --> 00:29:01,147
- When I met you and the vibe
I got and the love I felt,
742
00:29:01,234 --> 00:29:02,932
that was genuine.
743
00:29:03,019 --> 00:29:06,370
And I just felt like I had
been around you always.
744
00:29:06,457 --> 00:29:09,155
And that means a lot to me.
745
00:29:09,242 --> 00:29:12,898
Dilla always told me, it's
a time for everything.
746
00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,770
- All right.
747
00:29:14,857 --> 00:29:17,555
- Let me know to calm down
and to wait for that moment.
748
00:29:17,642 --> 00:29:19,905
And this is the time.
- All right.
749
00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:21,733
Let's make it happen.
750
00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:23,082
No doubt.
751
00:29:23,169 --> 00:29:26,564
- And, Dres, you got it.
- Ah, thank you, Ma.
752
00:29:26,651 --> 00:29:28,281
- You got the golden
Willy Wonka gold ticket.
753
00:29:28,305 --> 00:29:29,741
[laughter]
754
00:29:29,828 --> 00:29:31,482
- Thank you, Ma.
- Make it happen.
755
00:29:31,569 --> 00:29:32,483
Make it happen.
756
00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:34,267
- I was humbled.
757
00:29:34,354 --> 00:29:37,053
I was honored, and I felt
a sense of accountability
758
00:29:37,140 --> 00:29:38,968
to what I was about to do.
759
00:29:39,055 --> 00:29:44,669
♪ ♪
760
00:29:47,063 --> 00:29:48,630
- I'm excited about it.
761
00:29:48,717 --> 00:29:52,111
Dres, you know, over
Dilla beats would be dope.
762
00:29:52,198 --> 00:29:54,461
- That's dope.
763
00:29:54,548 --> 00:29:56,507
- Oh, really?
- [chuckles]
764
00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:58,857
- Wow.
[chuckles]
765
00:29:58,944 --> 00:30:01,338
Lucky him.
766
00:30:01,425 --> 00:30:04,210
- Doing this has been
very therapeutic for me.
767
00:30:04,297 --> 00:30:06,604
I've also been able
to kind of just look
768
00:30:06,691 --> 00:30:08,650
at myself and the
artist that I am
769
00:30:08,737 --> 00:30:12,523
and how important
it is for me to push
770
00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:15,482
forward to do the work.
771
00:30:15,569 --> 00:30:19,399
♪ ♪
772
00:30:19,486 --> 00:30:22,489
But I just picked, like,
40 tracks to start working.
773
00:30:22,576 --> 00:30:25,231
The links are... you know,
like, this is 23 seconds.
774
00:30:25,318 --> 00:30:28,017
This is a minute and 24. This
is 20 seconds right here.
775
00:30:28,104 --> 00:30:31,847
Creating an entire
song from a snippet
776
00:30:31,934 --> 00:30:35,154
has really been a
cool experience.
777
00:30:35,241 --> 00:30:37,635
It's not about just
writing a rhyme
778
00:30:37,722 --> 00:30:41,073
and force-feeding it to a track.
779
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:45,817
You know, this project
has been very much me
780
00:30:45,904 --> 00:30:48,298
falling in love with
what I'm hearing...
781
00:30:48,385 --> 00:30:52,432
♪ I see the stars in your
eyes, laying on Drew Hill ♪
782
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,914
And letting that pull
out what should go on it.
783
00:30:56,001 --> 00:30:58,090
♪ Baby, loving you a virtue ♪
784
00:30:58,177 --> 00:30:59,701
♪ If I had you,
wouldn't hurt you ♪
785
00:30:59,788 --> 00:31:01,635
♪ Couldn't do nothing but nurse
your beauty, easy to see ♪
786
00:31:01,659 --> 00:31:02,897
♪ Said I'll show
you what it mean ♪
787
00:31:02,921 --> 00:31:04,227
♪ You were born my queen ♪
788
00:31:04,314 --> 00:31:06,055
- Here we go.
789
00:31:06,142 --> 00:31:09,014
- [playing saxophone]
790
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:13,671
♪ ♪
791
00:31:13,758 --> 00:31:15,629
- You're so amazing.
792
00:31:15,717 --> 00:31:17,066
Yo, that was crazy.
793
00:31:17,153 --> 00:31:18,415
- Dilla is tricky, man.
794
00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:20,156
Now that I'm
listening to this...
795
00:31:20,243 --> 00:31:21,394
- Yo, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- And playing...
796
00:31:21,418 --> 00:31:22,941
- Yo, yeah. That's my word.
797
00:31:23,028 --> 00:31:24,789
- I'm like, the harmony
that this cat is using...
798
00:31:24,813 --> 00:31:26,989
- It ends differently
than just a 16-bar rhyme.
799
00:31:27,076 --> 00:31:28,164
- Right, right, right.
800
00:31:28,251 --> 00:31:34,866
♪ ♪
801
00:31:39,175 --> 00:31:41,351
- You got some joints I
ain't even heard before.
802
00:31:41,438 --> 00:31:43,222
- I ain't heard a third of them.
803
00:31:43,309 --> 00:31:44,963
- Right.
804
00:31:45,050 --> 00:31:46,965
- It's so much more
for me to listen to.
805
00:31:47,052 --> 00:31:48,924
- Word.
- He's a genius, man.
806
00:31:49,011 --> 00:31:50,811
- ♪ I need it because
they hoping for my nap ♪
807
00:31:50,882 --> 00:31:52,682
♪ And they know that New
York is on our back ♪
808
00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:54,364
♪ You broke in on... ♪
809
00:31:54,451 --> 00:31:57,889
- Dilla is somebody you
can't afford to mess up.
810
00:31:57,976 --> 00:32:00,022
- ♪ She won't know
where I'm at ♪
811
00:32:00,109 --> 00:32:01,303
- People would be
very unkind to you
812
00:32:01,327 --> 00:32:03,025
if you take a Dilla
track, and you
813
00:32:03,112 --> 00:32:04,635
don't make the most out of it.
814
00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:06,202
- One, two, one, two.
815
00:32:06,289 --> 00:32:07,856
♪ Then they get no data ♪
816
00:32:07,943 --> 00:32:09,596
♪ In any dream that
don't include us ♪
817
00:32:09,683 --> 00:32:11,598
One more time.
818
00:32:11,685 --> 00:32:14,036
- I know, like, Dilla's mom
819
00:32:14,123 --> 00:32:16,865
giving Dres those beats
820
00:32:16,952 --> 00:32:19,998
was like giving him her heart...
821
00:32:20,085 --> 00:32:21,608
in a lot of ways.
822
00:32:21,695 --> 00:32:25,482
- People have very
strong, visceral feelings
823
00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:28,050
about everything J Dilla.
824
00:32:28,137 --> 00:32:30,226
- ♪ Any dream that
don't include us... ♪
825
00:32:30,313 --> 00:32:32,924
- Normally, I would
be like, I hate this.
826
00:32:35,405 --> 00:32:36,928
You know what I'm saying?
827
00:32:37,015 --> 00:32:39,844
But I know Dres. I love Dres.
828
00:32:39,931 --> 00:32:41,585
And I know his heart.
829
00:32:41,672 --> 00:32:45,545
But a lot of the "purists"...
we don't fuck with that shit.
830
00:32:45,632 --> 00:32:47,025
- Even if Dilla was alive,
831
00:32:47,112 --> 00:32:49,811
you're going to get held
to a very high standard
832
00:32:49,898 --> 00:32:52,335
that's going to be
tough to live up to.
833
00:32:52,422 --> 00:32:56,382
And, also, there's obviously
no collaboration of any sort.
834
00:32:56,469 --> 00:32:59,168
It's not like we think
of Dres and Dilla
835
00:32:59,255 --> 00:33:00,778
in the same room at all.
836
00:33:00,865 --> 00:33:03,433
- ♪ Game, new deal... ♪ Ah!
837
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,522
- So there's also going
to be that certain aspect
838
00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:07,437
of people going, that's random.
839
00:33:07,524 --> 00:33:09,439
- Don't worry about
what people are saying.
840
00:33:09,526 --> 00:33:10,677
Worry about what
your heart is saying.
841
00:33:10,701 --> 00:33:12,529
- ♪ New deal ♪
842
00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:14,289
♪ I see the stars in
your eyes laying on... ♪
843
00:33:14,313 --> 00:33:15,753
- Worry about what
you're going to do
844
00:33:15,837 --> 00:33:20,450
to make this a hot project.
845
00:33:20,537 --> 00:33:21,712
He know what to do.
846
00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:22,974
- No, one more time.
847
00:33:23,061 --> 00:33:29,589
♪ ♪
848
00:33:34,116 --> 00:33:35,702
What I'd like to do
is just play you guys
849
00:33:35,726 --> 00:33:38,685
some of the full-length
cuts from the DnD project.
850
00:33:38,772 --> 00:33:42,559
And I've taken this journey,
like, so internally,
851
00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:46,780
and each track, I feel
like told me something.
852
00:33:46,868 --> 00:33:48,228
So I want, you
know, just play some
853
00:33:48,304 --> 00:33:49,958
of these joints for y'all.
- Okay.
854
00:33:50,045 --> 00:33:52,221
- All right, cool.
- Yeah.
855
00:33:52,308 --> 00:33:54,440
- This one is the
one with CeeLo.
856
00:33:54,527 --> 00:33:57,313
And he kills... like,
he's just so amazing.
857
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,576
- I can't even imagine.
- Yeah, CeeLo is amazing.
858
00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:02,709
♪ ♪
859
00:34:02,796 --> 00:34:07,453
- ♪ You know I'm there, but
you don't really know me ♪
860
00:34:07,540 --> 00:34:09,542
♪ The limelight moves around ♪
- Yeah.
861
00:34:09,629 --> 00:34:12,371
- [clapping]
862
00:34:12,458 --> 00:34:13,938
Wow.
863
00:34:14,025 --> 00:34:17,376
Is it still the same way?
- For now.
864
00:34:17,463 --> 00:34:21,511
- ♪ Don't give a fuck
about that shit you do ♪
865
00:34:21,598 --> 00:34:23,426
- Ha ha!
866
00:34:23,513 --> 00:34:27,343
- ♪ That way for
lots of family ♪
867
00:34:27,430 --> 00:34:28,953
- Oh, damn.
868
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,999
- That's on point.
- Who's on this one?
869
00:34:31,086 --> 00:34:33,784
- Alexander Simone,
Nina Simone's grandson,
870
00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:34,654
and Freeway.
- Right.
871
00:34:34,741 --> 00:34:36,918
- Yeah.
- Wow.
872
00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:38,615
♪ ♪
873
00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:40,530
- Usually you don't get that...
874
00:34:40,617 --> 00:34:42,140
- That is a full album.
875
00:34:42,227 --> 00:34:44,273
- Yeah, I'm just saying
that everything is hot.
876
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,405
So it's, like, fresh
and new for me,
877
00:34:46,492 --> 00:34:48,364
but I'm, like, really
energized and excited.
878
00:34:48,451 --> 00:34:51,976
It's like I recognize
what you've been through,
879
00:34:52,063 --> 00:34:53,499
and here you go.
880
00:34:53,586 --> 00:34:55,110
God got you.
- All right.
881
00:34:55,197 --> 00:34:56,938
- This project is for you.
- I love that.
882
00:34:57,025 --> 00:35:00,593
I love that. I love
that... love it, love it.
883
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,204
- Just to give it
a little ambience,
884
00:35:02,291 --> 00:35:04,380
I just decided to keep
some of the coconut.
885
00:35:04,467 --> 00:35:08,514
I met Maureen with
DC Loves Dilla.
886
00:35:08,601 --> 00:35:11,343
They had to come to
the radio station.
887
00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:14,042
When we got closer and
closer, and then I said,
888
00:35:14,129 --> 00:35:15,957
I'm gonna take you
to Puerto Rico.
889
00:35:16,044 --> 00:35:17,959
- Look at it.
- Yeah, a little lizard, yeah.
890
00:35:18,046 --> 00:35:19,588
He wants to be in the
picture, too, I guess.
891
00:35:19,612 --> 00:35:21,353
- You know, she really
didn't understand it,
892
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,574
but that was our
first real date...
893
00:35:24,661 --> 00:35:27,751
me going and taking
her to Puerto Rico.
894
00:35:27,838 --> 00:35:31,233
That's when I started asking
her certain real questions
895
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,278
about, like, the people
who was around her,
896
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:34,976
helping her
facilitate the legacy
897
00:35:35,063 --> 00:35:37,021
and the estate and everything.
898
00:35:37,108 --> 00:35:40,155
And I asked basic questions...
couldn't get answered.
899
00:35:40,242 --> 00:35:41,808
That's when I knew
it was a problem.
900
00:35:41,895 --> 00:35:43,593
- After Dilla's passing,
901
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,987
there's a lot of
confusion, particularly
902
00:35:46,074 --> 00:35:47,989
those who should be
reaping the benefits
903
00:35:48,076 --> 00:35:50,121
of his hard work, which is...
904
00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:52,732
- You know, you reading about
it, you're hearing about it.
905
00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:55,015
Unfortunately, the lawyers
and the curator of the estate
906
00:35:55,039 --> 00:35:56,214
wouldn't let her do nothing.
907
00:35:56,301 --> 00:35:59,000
The estate people
was sitting there
908
00:35:59,087 --> 00:36:00,740
trying to tell her
she can't go do
909
00:36:00,827 --> 00:36:03,004
anything with Dilla's music.
910
00:36:03,091 --> 00:36:05,049
They were stopping
her and stealing
911
00:36:05,136 --> 00:36:06,616
intellectual property.
912
00:36:06,703 --> 00:36:08,879
Shit bags.
913
00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:12,361
Dilla's dead.
914
00:36:12,448 --> 00:36:16,713
His family is alive
keeping the legacy alive.
915
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,064
So when I got involved,
916
00:36:20,151 --> 00:36:22,260
I'm going to do like any
businessman is going to do...
917
00:36:22,284 --> 00:36:23,720
fire everybody.
918
00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:25,765
- Really, the person
who is pushing
919
00:36:25,852 --> 00:36:28,594
forward all things J Dilla
920
00:36:28,681 --> 00:36:31,032
and keeping his memory alive...
921
00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:36,211
Since Dilla's passing, there
has not been a lot of success
922
00:36:36,298 --> 00:36:39,301
in getting Dilla's
music out there.
923
00:36:39,388 --> 00:36:41,105
- Yo, it's like you don't
want to get involved
924
00:36:41,129 --> 00:36:44,393
in the messiness sometimes
of someone leaving us,
925
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,308
and then who controls the estate
926
00:36:46,395 --> 00:36:50,094
or the creative aspect of it?
927
00:36:50,181 --> 00:36:52,270
You know, it can be very tricky.
928
00:36:52,357 --> 00:36:55,056
- You know, just because
you have something,
929
00:36:55,143 --> 00:36:57,710
it might not just be yours.
930
00:36:57,797 --> 00:37:01,453
You know, me with Prodigy...
I go through the same thing.
931
00:37:01,540 --> 00:37:03,194
I'm gung-ho about
putting something out,
932
00:37:03,281 --> 00:37:06,763
but I have to treat it
as if Prodigy is here.
933
00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:08,895
It's like, okay, you get
this amount of money.
934
00:37:08,982 --> 00:37:10,375
And you get that
amount of money.
935
00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:13,683
And let's just
honor our loved one.
936
00:37:13,770 --> 00:37:17,469
- We humbly learned the down
effects of the music business.
937
00:37:17,556 --> 00:37:19,123
We learned that.
938
00:37:19,210 --> 00:37:20,733
Yeah, it's a difficult...
939
00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:22,518
I can't even speak
on the situation.
940
00:37:22,605 --> 00:37:24,650
I hope it gets
rectified, man. I hope...
941
00:37:24,737 --> 00:37:27,218
- The importance of
making sure everything
942
00:37:27,305 --> 00:37:29,022
is clear with this
particular project is because
943
00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:31,483
you've had so many
people using Dilla's
944
00:37:31,570 --> 00:37:35,139
music without permission,
putting it out.
945
00:37:35,226 --> 00:37:38,229
And then they wonder... you
come back to us and asking us,
946
00:37:38,316 --> 00:37:40,449
how come my song got taken down?
947
00:37:40,536 --> 00:37:41,928
Like, what happened?
948
00:37:42,015 --> 00:37:43,887
I put out a good
project and everything
949
00:37:43,974 --> 00:37:48,065
that people think that it's
okay to take someone's property
950
00:37:48,152 --> 00:37:51,503
and utilize it for your benefit
951
00:37:51,590 --> 00:37:53,418
without having permission.
952
00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:55,116
- Oh, yeah?
953
00:37:55,203 --> 00:37:58,510
Like, and naming it
DnD, Dilla and Dres,
954
00:37:58,597 --> 00:38:02,732
like, I felt like it was
important that we bond,
955
00:38:02,819 --> 00:38:05,952
that this is an opportunity
to be the difference in some
956
00:38:06,039 --> 00:38:08,825
of the stuff that
gets questioned
957
00:38:08,912 --> 00:38:10,585
and some of the stuff
that gets acknowledged.
958
00:38:10,609 --> 00:38:13,438
DnD is something that,
you know, like...
959
00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:14,831
I'll put like this.
960
00:38:14,918 --> 00:38:16,702
When we did "The
Choice Is Yours,"
961
00:38:16,789 --> 00:38:18,637
I'm standing in front of the
mixing board next to Lawnge,
962
00:38:18,661 --> 00:38:22,230
and I'm like, I don't
know what we just did,
963
00:38:22,317 --> 00:38:24,145
but I know we just
did something.
964
00:38:24,232 --> 00:38:26,234
- Word.
- And that's how I feel.
965
00:38:28,410 --> 00:38:31,064
There is a pressure
that I put upon myself,
966
00:38:31,152 --> 00:38:32,762
if anything, I think.
967
00:38:32,849 --> 00:38:34,503
These people that
love your son...
968
00:38:34,590 --> 00:38:36,418
- Yeah.
969
00:38:36,505 --> 00:38:38,613
- They're looking at me like,
and you're about to do what?
970
00:38:38,637 --> 00:38:41,031
[laughter]
971
00:38:41,118 --> 00:38:43,076
- He's gone, but his
music is still here.
972
00:38:43,164 --> 00:38:44,687
- Right.
- You've been given the idea.
973
00:38:44,774 --> 00:38:46,210
You've been given the talent.
974
00:38:46,297 --> 00:38:48,908
You've been blessed
to make this approach
975
00:38:48,995 --> 00:38:53,130
and shine more light on what
and who he was from people
976
00:38:53,217 --> 00:38:54,257
that knew him best.
- Yeah.
977
00:38:54,305 --> 00:38:56,264
- I think that's very important.
978
00:38:56,351 --> 00:38:57,937
You know, it's going to
be a lot of those people
979
00:38:57,961 --> 00:38:59,745
that really don't
know how to feel.
980
00:38:59,832 --> 00:39:02,052
It's a lot of those people
that were close to him
981
00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:04,533
that are still mourning him.
- Right.
982
00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:08,406
- You can't be afraid
to take that step.
983
00:39:08,493 --> 00:39:10,582
Let them have a taste
of Dilla, you know,
984
00:39:10,669 --> 00:39:13,106
and show them... so you've
got to give it to them.
985
00:39:13,194 --> 00:39:14,847
- That's real. That's
what we about to do.
986
00:39:14,934 --> 00:39:16,327
- Exactly, exactly.
987
00:39:21,202 --> 00:39:24,030
[serene music]
988
00:39:24,117 --> 00:39:28,948
♪ ♪
989
00:39:29,035 --> 00:39:31,821
- One of the things that's
really important to me
990
00:39:31,908 --> 00:39:34,302
in the making of this
project is Dilla's approval.
991
00:39:34,389 --> 00:39:38,131
And all of that doesn't
take place any other way
992
00:39:38,219 --> 00:39:40,612
without me learning about him.
993
00:39:40,699 --> 00:39:43,963
I wasn't going to get a
phone call from Dilla.
994
00:39:44,050 --> 00:39:47,053
I had to take the
initiative to find him.
995
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:50,405
I had to take the initiative
to find his friends.
996
00:39:50,492 --> 00:39:52,407
- Where's Frank? Oh,
wait... Frank, Frank.
997
00:39:52,494 --> 00:39:53,886
- I'm here. Frank is here.
998
00:39:53,973 --> 00:39:56,149
How y'all doing?
Holla at your boy.
999
00:39:56,237 --> 00:39:58,215
Dilla, tell me if you remember
this... when we was in the...
1000
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,937
- Frank Nitty was
Dilla's right hand.
1001
00:40:01,024 --> 00:40:04,593
Frank was always there,
and he cared about Dilla.
1002
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,203
- Seven years I put out records.
1003
00:40:06,290 --> 00:40:08,031
Everything I put out
was a J Dilla track.
1004
00:40:08,118 --> 00:40:09,989
- Everybody needs that
guy to hold him down,
1005
00:40:10,076 --> 00:40:11,861
and that was him.
1006
00:40:11,948 --> 00:40:13,123
- ♪ Is how we do ♪
1007
00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:14,298
♪ We can do two ♪
1008
00:40:14,385 --> 00:40:15,821
♪ We got two for you ♪
1009
00:40:15,908 --> 00:40:17,321
- And he can rap pretty
fucking good, too.
1010
00:40:17,345 --> 00:40:19,782
- What's up?
- What up, yo?
1011
00:40:19,869 --> 00:40:22,001
- Want to come ride
in the family vehicle?
1012
00:40:22,088 --> 00:40:23,176
- Dude. What up?
1013
00:40:23,264 --> 00:40:24,961
You feel me?
- Chilling, man.
1014
00:40:25,048 --> 00:40:26,634
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
- That's what's up.
1015
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:27,964
Man, we've been
waiting for this.
1016
00:40:28,051 --> 00:40:29,574
- Yeah.
1017
00:40:29,661 --> 00:40:31,533
Yep.
1018
00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:33,970
- When I was, you know,
going through Dilla's catalog
1019
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:35,580
and pulling tracks,
1020
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,539
I didn't know that Frank
Nitt... he was the one
1021
00:40:37,626 --> 00:40:40,193
that compiled them all.
1022
00:40:40,281 --> 00:40:43,414
- It's dope that you taking the
time to get a little history.
1023
00:40:43,501 --> 00:40:46,199
But if he was here
and we was doing this,
1024
00:40:46,287 --> 00:40:48,506
I probably would've been
in his car picking you up
1025
00:40:48,593 --> 00:40:50,769
from the airport to
come do the work,
1026
00:40:50,856 --> 00:40:52,965
because that's how it went
down, you know what I'm saying?
1027
00:40:52,989 --> 00:40:55,078
I'm so grateful for it, man.
1028
00:40:55,165 --> 00:40:56,906
- Dres, my mom wants you.
1029
00:40:56,993 --> 00:40:58,560
- And he's extremely humble.
1030
00:40:58,647 --> 00:40:59,735
He's a good guy.
1031
00:40:59,822 --> 00:41:01,476
Don't let his humble fool you.
1032
00:41:01,563 --> 00:41:03,826
This a hip-hop luminary
in a lot of ways
1033
00:41:03,913 --> 00:41:06,568
just hanging out in your
basement at this point.
1034
00:41:06,655 --> 00:41:07,656
[laughs]
1035
00:41:07,743 --> 00:41:09,527
Being here creates
1036
00:41:09,614 --> 00:41:12,835
a certain type of individual
based on the path you take.
1037
00:41:12,922 --> 00:41:14,576
- One thing about
being from Detroit
1038
00:41:14,663 --> 00:41:17,318
and being from the '80s or
the '90s, in particular...
1039
00:41:17,405 --> 00:41:18,730
I would say it's
an acquired taste.
1040
00:41:18,754 --> 00:41:21,757
- Jalen Rose from the
University of Michigan.
1041
00:41:21,844 --> 00:41:23,498
- That's where I can
help him a whole lot,
1042
00:41:23,585 --> 00:41:25,171
and that's what I'm
looking to do from day one.
1043
00:41:25,195 --> 00:41:26,762
- Detroit's an industrial giant.
1044
00:41:26,849 --> 00:41:28,503
- I mean, it's changed
over the decades.
1045
00:41:28,590 --> 00:41:30,418
- Largest automobile
plant in the world.
1046
00:41:30,505 --> 00:41:32,594
- Detroit was a thriving
city in the '70s.
1047
00:41:32,681 --> 00:41:35,336
Chevrolet, Ford, and
Chrysler manufacturing cars,
1048
00:41:35,423 --> 00:41:37,555
and we also had Motown Records.
1049
00:41:37,642 --> 00:41:41,037
And music and cars
became our heartbeat.
1050
00:41:41,124 --> 00:41:43,518
- Detroit leads the
nation in violent crime.
1051
00:41:43,605 --> 00:41:45,346
- It started to
change in the '80s
1052
00:41:45,433 --> 00:41:48,349
as the crack epidemic hit,
and it went on the decline.
1053
00:41:48,436 --> 00:41:50,481
- It's a diamond in the rough.
1054
00:41:50,568 --> 00:41:52,614
It's just really, really rough.
1055
00:41:52,701 --> 00:41:55,573
And I think Dilla applied
that hustle and smarts
1056
00:41:55,660 --> 00:41:57,140
to music.
1057
00:41:57,227 --> 00:41:59,708
I don't know.
1058
00:41:59,795 --> 00:42:01,710
I wonder how he would
feel to see this...
1059
00:42:01,797 --> 00:42:03,668
to know that, you
know, at some point,
1060
00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:05,167
people in your city
kind of caught up to it.
1061
00:42:05,191 --> 00:42:06,976
- Right, right.
1062
00:42:07,063 --> 00:42:08,693
- You know what I'm saying?
- Right, right, right.
1063
00:42:08,717 --> 00:42:10,240
That's so huge, man.
1064
00:42:10,327 --> 00:42:11,937
[indistinct chatter]
1065
00:42:12,024 --> 00:42:14,375
- Let's see if y'all know
what's going on here?
1066
00:42:14,462 --> 00:42:16,422
- I want to take y'all to
the East Side of Detroit
1067
00:42:16,464 --> 00:42:18,379
real quick.
1068
00:42:18,466 --> 00:42:22,470
- I'm talking Detroit history
musically was this place
1069
00:42:22,557 --> 00:42:24,907
right here, Pershing High.
1070
00:42:24,994 --> 00:42:27,344
I started here as a freshman,
and then Dilla didn't come
1071
00:42:27,431 --> 00:42:29,215
here until his senior year.
1072
00:42:29,302 --> 00:42:32,262
- ♪ And I'ma play
this game for you ♪
1073
00:42:32,349 --> 00:42:34,438
- So we had this
thing we used to do
1074
00:42:34,525 --> 00:42:35,744
called "shake it up"
1075
00:42:35,831 --> 00:42:37,398
after school right
here with the crew.
1076
00:42:37,485 --> 00:42:39,182
We was known as the
hip-hop kids, man.
1077
00:42:39,269 --> 00:42:42,446
And, like, when we was doing
it, hip-hop wasn't cool to do.
1078
00:42:42,533 --> 00:42:45,710
- ♪ To be smacked
open-handedly by these ♪
1079
00:42:45,797 --> 00:42:47,843
- We used to make music at...
[speaks indistinctly]
1080
00:42:47,930 --> 00:42:50,062
Which is, like, a couple
of blocks that way.
1081
00:42:50,149 --> 00:42:51,649
You know, that was, like,
our first real studio
1082
00:42:51,673 --> 00:42:52,978
to work at and do things.
1083
00:42:53,065 --> 00:42:57,200
[electronic tones]
1084
00:42:57,287 --> 00:42:59,637
- I think that Dilla
created a whole genre
1085
00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:03,989
for soul music and hip-hop that
could have its own category.
1086
00:43:04,076 --> 00:43:07,036
Nobody else created beats
like that, you know,
1087
00:43:07,123 --> 00:43:10,169
that felt that way.
1088
00:43:10,256 --> 00:43:14,696
Years ago... it must have
been late '80s or '90s,
1089
00:43:14,783 --> 00:43:16,503
I was smoking a joint
in front of the house,
1090
00:43:16,567 --> 00:43:18,221
and so he said, yo,
man, I hear that music
1091
00:43:18,308 --> 00:43:19,962
coming out of the house.
1092
00:43:20,049 --> 00:43:21,200
You got equipment down
there? You making music?
1093
00:43:21,224 --> 00:43:22,834
I said, yep, I do.
1094
00:43:22,921 --> 00:43:25,620
He brought the music
that he had been creating
1095
00:43:25,707 --> 00:43:28,536
from beat matching
with cassettes,
1096
00:43:28,623 --> 00:43:31,452
and that's how it all started.
1097
00:43:31,539 --> 00:43:35,673
At that point, I taught
him how to use the MPC.
1098
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,588
It was watching a
light bulb go off.
1099
00:43:37,675 --> 00:43:39,372
It was, like, a dream come true
1100
00:43:39,460 --> 00:43:41,340
to finally be able to
manipulate music like this
1101
00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:42,538
and put it together so fast.
1102
00:43:45,553 --> 00:43:48,643
So then he left stuff like this
that I have in the machine.
1103
00:43:48,730 --> 00:43:52,864
That's cool... that
I'll still have.
1104
00:43:52,951 --> 00:43:55,824
[hip-hop music plays]
1105
00:43:55,911 --> 00:44:02,526
♪ ♪
1106
00:44:07,052 --> 00:44:08,314
Crazy.
1107
00:44:08,401 --> 00:44:10,012
So there's probably
1108
00:44:10,099 --> 00:44:11,927
about six other keyboard
sounds like that,
1109
00:44:12,014 --> 00:44:14,843
where he played the
chords with just one note.
1110
00:44:14,930 --> 00:44:17,367
That showed you how
great his ear was...
1111
00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:20,979
[notes playing]
1112
00:44:21,066 --> 00:44:23,504
Just the fact that all
these keyboard songs...
1113
00:44:23,591 --> 00:44:25,506
that just one chord...
1114
00:44:25,593 --> 00:44:27,508
he sampled it, and then
played it on the pad.
1115
00:44:27,595 --> 00:44:30,467
Nobody else was doing that.
1116
00:44:30,554 --> 00:44:33,078
How many songs you
got done already?
1117
00:44:33,165 --> 00:44:35,254
- Probably about 12, 13.
- Okay, that's good.
1118
00:44:35,341 --> 00:44:37,474
- I would love to play a
track or two for you, man...
1119
00:44:37,561 --> 00:44:39,104
- Yeah, I'd love to hear it.
- If it's cool.
1120
00:44:39,128 --> 00:44:40,148
You know what I'm saying?
- Yeah, please.
1121
00:44:40,172 --> 00:44:41,739
[hip-hop music plays]
1122
00:44:41,826 --> 00:44:43,219
- ♪ Everything
that glitters... ♪
1123
00:44:43,306 --> 00:44:44,786
- Whoo, that shit is cold.
1124
00:44:44,873 --> 00:44:46,962
- ♪ Be careful what you
ask for to cash in ♪
1125
00:44:47,049 --> 00:44:49,094
♪ Said, I'm a ride or
die, baby, mob me ♪
1126
00:44:49,181 --> 00:44:55,840
♪ ♪
1127
00:44:55,927 --> 00:44:57,538
- Wow.
1128
00:44:57,625 --> 00:44:59,254
That's the shit. You're
on a roll right now.
1129
00:44:59,278 --> 00:45:01,933
You need to keep... you
need to stay on that hill.
1130
00:45:02,020 --> 00:45:04,719
- [chuckles]
1131
00:45:04,806 --> 00:45:06,938
- A lot of music
that's still out here,
1132
00:45:07,025 --> 00:45:10,115
you know, and she could
have chose anybody.
1133
00:45:10,202 --> 00:45:12,422
She got to keep the bar up here.
1134
00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:14,598
[soft music]
1135
00:45:14,685 --> 00:45:18,689
- The spot... the
old street here.
1136
00:45:18,776 --> 00:45:21,779
We never used this front
door... always the back door.
1137
00:45:21,866 --> 00:45:24,303
Come by the stoop.
Come by the house.
1138
00:45:24,390 --> 00:45:26,218
Come to Nevada.
1139
00:45:26,305 --> 00:45:28,873
I was in this house as
a 12-, 13-year-old kid
1140
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,266
running around.
1141
00:45:30,353 --> 00:45:32,007
Like, Ma upstairs cooking...
1142
00:45:32,094 --> 00:45:34,357
for real, like, making
pies and snacks,
1143
00:45:34,444 --> 00:45:37,142
while we trying to
make... make music...
1144
00:45:37,229 --> 00:45:39,623
or do something we dream of,
you know what I'm saying?
1145
00:45:39,710 --> 00:45:41,407
Like, make a dream come true.
1146
00:45:41,494 --> 00:45:45,324
- Dilla Studios... don't
nobody get this motherfucker.
1147
00:45:45,411 --> 00:45:46,891
- Frank is in it deep.
1148
00:45:46,978 --> 00:45:48,434
It was just automatic
to work with him.
1149
00:45:48,458 --> 00:45:49,894
Know what I'm saying?
That's family.
1150
00:45:49,981 --> 00:45:51,461
- You have outdone
your cousin today.
1151
00:45:51,548 --> 00:45:53,376
- James Dewitt
Yancey as a person...
1152
00:45:53,463 --> 00:45:55,900
extremely smart, bullheaded.
1153
00:45:55,987 --> 00:45:57,902
He want to do what
he want to do.
1154
00:45:57,989 --> 00:45:59,184
- You got something
to say for the camera?
1155
00:45:59,208 --> 00:46:00,533
- Funny... a lot of
people don't know.
1156
00:46:00,557 --> 00:46:02,428
- You motherfuckers...
1157
00:46:02,515 --> 00:46:04,493
- The first thing I learned
about DJing was from him.
1158
00:46:04,517 --> 00:46:05,954
Like, he showed
me how to scratch.
1159
00:46:06,041 --> 00:46:08,304
After school, we walked...
1160
00:46:08,391 --> 00:46:11,263
Oh, come over to the crib.
I want to show you this.
1161
00:46:11,350 --> 00:46:14,005
- Talk about J Dilla's
basement is... we walk in.
1162
00:46:14,092 --> 00:46:17,269
His records all over the walls.
1163
00:46:17,356 --> 00:46:21,360
- That's how I got to know
him... sitting in the basement
1164
00:46:21,447 --> 00:46:23,493
with the tiles.
1165
00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:25,451
- Got the couch
where I was laid out.
1166
00:46:25,538 --> 00:46:27,410
Mother cooking for me upstairs.
1167
00:46:27,497 --> 00:46:29,847
He's like, use my records.
I don't care what you use.
1168
00:46:29,934 --> 00:46:32,154
Pete Rock is in my
house, man, making beats.
1169
00:46:32,241 --> 00:46:33,677
It's like two giants...
1170
00:46:33,764 --> 00:46:35,364
the Hulk and The Thing
just chilling out,
1171
00:46:35,418 --> 00:46:37,159
teaching each other.
1172
00:46:37,246 --> 00:46:40,118
And we became real fast,
talking to each other like...
1173
00:46:40,205 --> 00:46:41,642
you know?
1174
00:46:41,729 --> 00:46:43,184
- I mean, I got all that shit.
- Right.
1175
00:46:43,208 --> 00:46:45,341
- I had that shit. I just
wanted to get some...
1176
00:46:45,428 --> 00:46:47,648
- He has this process, a
way of hooking up drums,
1177
00:46:47,735 --> 00:46:49,388
making the drums
sound like they sound.
1178
00:46:49,475 --> 00:46:52,130
- That's it. He plays the
record, or he hears something.
1179
00:46:52,217 --> 00:46:54,176
Oh.
1180
00:46:54,263 --> 00:46:55,525
Puts it in the machine.
1181
00:46:55,612 --> 00:46:57,266
Hears something else... oh.
1182
00:46:57,353 --> 00:46:58,765
- I'm watching all these
things, and I'm like,
1183
00:46:58,789 --> 00:47:00,312
this is alchemy.
1184
00:47:00,399 --> 00:47:03,228
This is fucking science
what's going on right here.
1185
00:47:03,315 --> 00:47:06,754
- That's what makes it special,
as well as all the music
1186
00:47:06,841 --> 00:47:09,757
and all the stars
and celebrities
1187
00:47:09,844 --> 00:47:12,063
that pulled up in our hood
to come get that work.
1188
00:47:12,150 --> 00:47:13,935
You know what I mean?
1189
00:47:14,022 --> 00:47:15,303
- They all came down to the D.
- They came to the D.
1190
00:47:15,327 --> 00:47:17,044
- They all came to the D.
That's what I'm saying.
1191
00:47:17,068 --> 00:47:18,089
I'm still a fan of
this hip-hop shit.
1192
00:47:18,113 --> 00:47:19,636
You know what I'm saying?
1193
00:47:19,723 --> 00:47:21,682
Shit like that... it's
still part of the dream.
1194
00:47:21,769 --> 00:47:24,467
It's still part of the...
I can't believe it.
1195
00:47:24,554 --> 00:47:26,687
- ♪ Putting it on
the map for the D ♪
1196
00:47:26,774 --> 00:47:29,733
- Yo. DJ Dez.
1197
00:47:29,820 --> 00:47:31,387
[cheers and applause]
1198
00:47:31,474 --> 00:47:33,606
- I feel like I represent
something special, man.
1199
00:47:33,694 --> 00:47:35,434
I'm proud of the era.
1200
00:47:35,521 --> 00:47:39,525
I'm proud of the cast
that I came in with...
1201
00:47:39,612 --> 00:47:41,049
a lot of history.
1202
00:47:41,136 --> 00:47:42,964
- Finally, that's word.
1203
00:47:43,051 --> 00:47:44,617
First of all, how
did you meet Dilla?
1204
00:47:44,705 --> 00:47:47,142
- We met at Amp's house.
1205
00:47:47,229 --> 00:47:49,840
You just feel like you
at the right place...
1206
00:47:49,927 --> 00:47:52,669
you know what I'm
saying... or right moment.
1207
00:47:52,756 --> 00:47:55,933
You know when you in the midst
of somebody that's special.
1208
00:47:57,805 --> 00:48:01,025
I felt like we was going
to take over the world.
1209
00:48:01,112 --> 00:48:02,984
I felt like that was my partner.
1210
00:48:03,071 --> 00:48:05,856
We was aliens, and we was
going to take over the world.
1211
00:48:05,943 --> 00:48:07,597
- Right, right, right, right.
1212
00:48:07,684 --> 00:48:10,948
I get it, because since I
kind of started this project
1213
00:48:11,035 --> 00:48:12,994
and announced that I'm
doing this project,
1214
00:48:13,081 --> 00:48:16,301
the energy around it
kind of goes throughout
1215
00:48:16,388 --> 00:48:19,565
my entire sphere of awareness.
1216
00:48:19,652 --> 00:48:21,306
You know what I'm saying?
1217
00:48:21,393 --> 00:48:23,067
Like, everything around
me became kind of charged.
1218
00:48:23,091 --> 00:48:24,396
You know what I'm saying?
1219
00:48:24,483 --> 00:48:25,603
- It's special.
- Yeah, yeah.
1220
00:48:25,658 --> 00:48:27,008
- It's a special dynamic.
1221
00:48:27,095 --> 00:48:29,314
- Yeah, it is a very
special dynamic.
1222
00:48:36,278 --> 00:48:38,236
- Hmm.
1223
00:48:38,323 --> 00:48:41,152
[clicks tongue]
1224
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:43,328
Keep the passion, man.
1225
00:48:43,415 --> 00:48:45,113
You might run into an obstacle.
1226
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,769
[serious music]
1227
00:48:48,856 --> 00:48:52,685
Just keep the
passion, because...
1228
00:48:52,773 --> 00:48:54,905
you know, this past
can get tricky.
1229
00:48:54,992 --> 00:48:57,560
♪ ♪
1230
00:48:57,647 --> 00:49:01,216
And it's just...
- Right.
1231
00:49:01,303 --> 00:49:03,000
- [sighs]
1232
00:49:03,087 --> 00:49:05,829
♪ ♪
1233
00:49:05,916 --> 00:49:08,527
Things become way more
complicated after you gone.
1234
00:49:08,614 --> 00:49:12,836
♪ ♪
1235
00:49:12,923 --> 00:49:16,318
- He came back from tour 2000...
1236
00:49:16,405 --> 00:49:18,494
from UK.
1237
00:49:18,581 --> 00:49:20,365
He just wasn't feeling good.
1238
00:49:20,452 --> 00:49:23,020
So, during his hospital
stay that we thought
1239
00:49:23,107 --> 00:49:25,022
was going to be just
for observation,
1240
00:49:25,109 --> 00:49:26,870
it ends up being a couple
months because he has
1241
00:49:26,894 --> 00:49:29,374
to have dialysis, you know?
1242
00:49:29,461 --> 00:49:33,770
And he had lupus, which was
a very rare blood disease.
1243
00:49:33,857 --> 00:49:37,861
And I think they
said it was one in...
1244
00:49:37,948 --> 00:49:40,821
10,000,000.
1245
00:49:40,908 --> 00:49:43,475
- J Dilla was like
my roommate out here.
1246
00:49:43,562 --> 00:49:45,434
So I would go home
every day, and he
1247
00:49:45,521 --> 00:49:48,698
would be working on his MPC,
making beats, creating magic.
1248
00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:50,569
And then eventually he got sick,
1249
00:49:50,656 --> 00:49:52,504
I'd watch him, you know,
physically deteriorating.
1250
00:49:52,528 --> 00:49:56,445
[crowd chanting]
1251
00:49:56,532 --> 00:49:58,205
- The first time I seen
him in a wheelchair
1252
00:49:58,229 --> 00:49:59,622
was when he rolled
off the plane.
1253
00:49:59,709 --> 00:50:01,406
- It was basically
his last tour.
1254
00:50:01,493 --> 00:50:05,367
- What up, doe?
[cheering]
1255
00:50:05,454 --> 00:50:06,672
What up, doe?
1256
00:50:06,759 --> 00:50:09,327
[cheering] Yeah!
1257
00:50:09,414 --> 00:50:12,417
- And I'm not gonna act like
there's anything different.
1258
00:50:12,504 --> 00:50:14,637
You know, it's still
Dilla. What up, boy?
1259
00:50:14,724 --> 00:50:16,508
You know, it's still that.
1260
00:50:16,595 --> 00:50:19,381
The only thing I did ask him
was, yo, we been filming.
1261
00:50:19,468 --> 00:50:22,819
If you don't want to be on
camera, tell me now, you know.
1262
00:50:22,906 --> 00:50:25,256
No, film that shit.
Film that shit.
1263
00:50:25,343 --> 00:50:28,651
- It's a blessing to
be out here right now
1264
00:50:28,738 --> 00:50:31,697
bringing you this celebration...
that's what it is.
1265
00:50:31,784 --> 00:50:33,874
- Retrospect, he knew.
1266
00:50:33,961 --> 00:50:35,963
He knew his time was coming.
1267
00:50:36,050 --> 00:50:38,008
- He even brought his
moms to see you all.
1268
00:50:38,095 --> 00:50:41,490
Make some motherfucking
noise! [cheering]
1269
00:50:41,577 --> 00:50:45,668
- He didn't take anything
that day, but he's hurting,
1270
00:50:45,755 --> 00:50:47,757
I can imagine, all over.
1271
00:50:47,844 --> 00:50:49,953
- It's Ma Dukes, y'all.
- Bring Ma Dukes to the stage.
1272
00:50:49,977 --> 00:50:51,413
[cheering]
1273
00:50:51,500 --> 00:50:54,807
- That last night
before he passed away,
1274
00:50:54,895 --> 00:50:59,203
he's finishing up
his last project.
1275
00:50:59,290 --> 00:51:03,207
Now all I got to do is get
the bass line, he says.
1276
00:51:03,294 --> 00:51:05,296
- In his hospital bed, you know,
1277
00:51:05,383 --> 00:51:07,211
with his little
crate of records,
1278
00:51:07,298 --> 00:51:09,387
little, small little turntable,
1279
00:51:09,474 --> 00:51:12,129
I'm sick, possibly dying.
1280
00:51:14,175 --> 00:51:16,264
Where's my MPC?
1281
00:51:16,351 --> 00:51:19,441
That's a whole other mind state.
1282
00:51:19,528 --> 00:51:21,443
- It was something that
I didn't want to accept,
1283
00:51:21,530 --> 00:51:24,576
that he was losing himself.
1284
00:51:24,663 --> 00:51:27,318
♪ ♪
1285
00:51:27,405 --> 00:51:31,496
Even as I'm holding him, he
just had a breath in my arm.
1286
00:51:31,583 --> 00:51:33,803
But that breath that I
felt was his last breath,
1287
00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:35,152
and he died in my arms.
1288
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,589
♪ ♪
1289
00:51:37,676 --> 00:51:40,375
I had so much love and so
many people supporting me
1290
00:51:40,462 --> 00:51:42,899
around me.
1291
00:51:42,986 --> 00:51:45,293
- Eventually I'll come home,
and he's not there no more.
1292
00:51:45,380 --> 00:51:48,339
So his spirit is still
here, and he's living
1293
00:51:48,426 --> 00:51:50,559
forever through the music.
1294
00:51:50,646 --> 00:51:54,171
- It's just that dedication.
1295
00:51:54,258 --> 00:51:56,217
Everybody can't be
on that type of time.
1296
00:51:56,304 --> 00:51:59,742
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you all for coming out.
1297
00:51:59,829 --> 00:52:02,440
I love you all, man.
1298
00:52:02,527 --> 00:52:05,443
♪ ♪
1299
00:52:05,530 --> 00:52:07,837
- Too young...
1300
00:52:07,924 --> 00:52:09,447
died too young.
1301
00:52:09,534 --> 00:52:15,540
♪ ♪
1302
00:52:20,415 --> 00:52:22,765
- When we started coming
here, he was digging.
1303
00:52:22,852 --> 00:52:25,072
Now, they got memorabilia,
T-shirts, all that, but...
1304
00:52:26,943 --> 00:52:28,640
It is ice cold.
1305
00:52:28,727 --> 00:52:29,990
Shit.
1306
00:52:32,383 --> 00:52:35,082
I've been here so many
times. You have no idea.
1307
00:52:35,169 --> 00:52:36,798
Even after I had records,
we still would come in here,
1308
00:52:36,822 --> 00:52:38,041
and he would dig.
1309
00:52:38,128 --> 00:52:39,825
And we had, you
know, singles out.
1310
00:52:39,912 --> 00:52:42,785
Our singles would
be here on the wall.
1311
00:52:42,872 --> 00:52:44,830
- There go Dilla's
signature right there.
1312
00:52:44,917 --> 00:52:46,702
- All right.
- Yep.
1313
00:52:46,789 --> 00:52:48,921
- "Jay Dee, Slum Village."
1314
00:52:49,009 --> 00:52:52,142
And then if we go all
the way down over here,
1315
00:52:52,229 --> 00:52:54,014
you'll find your boy Nitty...
1316
00:52:54,101 --> 00:52:55,493
- All right.
- Right there.
1317
00:52:55,580 --> 00:52:57,060
- That's what's up.
1318
00:52:57,147 --> 00:52:58,777
- You want to go above Quest?
- Okay, sounds good.
1319
00:52:58,801 --> 00:53:00,020
- That good?
- Yeah.
1320
00:53:03,153 --> 00:53:04,894
All right.
- Thank you.
1321
00:53:04,981 --> 00:53:07,027
- I feel honored.
[chuckles]
1322
00:53:07,114 --> 00:53:08,394
- You know what's
a good example?
1323
00:53:08,463 --> 00:53:09,942
Check with... what is it...
1324
00:53:10,030 --> 00:53:12,467
"Why I Got To Be Like
That," Pharcyde, okay?
1325
00:53:12,554 --> 00:53:16,253
And then listen to "Do
For Love" by Tupac.
1326
00:53:16,340 --> 00:53:19,952
- J, he took record digging
to a whole nother level.
1327
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:25,001
I mean, he would come
in, literally sit down,
1328
00:53:25,088 --> 00:53:27,743
grab the most obscure jazz album
1329
00:53:27,830 --> 00:53:30,224
that you could
actually think of,
1330
00:53:30,311 --> 00:53:33,401
and he would play
X amount of songs.
1331
00:53:33,488 --> 00:53:37,883
His knowledge was
just a joy to behold.
1332
00:53:37,970 --> 00:53:39,711
- The last three
years, all production,
1333
00:53:39,798 --> 00:53:41,452
just trying to get my name out.
1334
00:53:41,539 --> 00:53:43,474
I still consider myself
underground, very underground.
1335
00:53:43,498 --> 00:53:47,067
I want to get across there
and still do what I do.
1336
00:53:47,154 --> 00:53:50,157
- You know, and Detroit
is the type of city
1337
00:53:50,244 --> 00:53:53,986
where, if you
don't come correct,
1338
00:53:54,074 --> 00:53:55,945
you will be called out for it.
1339
00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:58,600
I mean, talk about no-fly zone.
1340
00:53:58,687 --> 00:54:00,036
Krrrr!
1341
00:54:00,123 --> 00:54:01,603
That's how bad it is.
1342
00:54:01,690 --> 00:54:03,953
You know, don't let the
smooth taste fool you.
1343
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:05,650
We handle our own around here.
1344
00:54:05,737 --> 00:54:07,478
But we also praise...
1345
00:54:07,565 --> 00:54:08,827
- When it's done correctly?
1346
00:54:08,914 --> 00:54:11,047
- When it's done correct, yes.
1347
00:54:11,134 --> 00:54:12,788
Oh, most definitely.
1348
00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:15,182
- Excellent, because that's
what this is all about.
1349
00:54:15,269 --> 00:54:16,835
This is all about
doing it correctly.
1350
00:54:16,922 --> 00:54:21,057
♪ ♪
1351
00:54:21,144 --> 00:54:24,582
It has a weirdness to it.
1352
00:54:24,669 --> 00:54:27,281
I could definitely
sense, you know,
1353
00:54:27,368 --> 00:54:30,501
the territorial
aspect of people's
1354
00:54:30,588 --> 00:54:32,938
relationships with Dilla...
that I didn't have this.
1355
00:54:33,025 --> 00:54:34,264
You know, I wasn't in the room.
1356
00:54:34,288 --> 00:54:36,116
I wasn't there.
You know, I get it.
1357
00:54:36,203 --> 00:54:38,596
I would be a little
territorial as well probably.
1358
00:54:38,683 --> 00:54:40,642
[cell phone chimes]
1359
00:54:40,729 --> 00:54:42,078
- Yo...
1360
00:54:46,387 --> 00:54:48,258
- Oh, wow.
1361
00:54:48,345 --> 00:54:50,434
Man.
1362
00:54:50,521 --> 00:54:53,394
That's kind of
the energy that...
1363
00:54:53,481 --> 00:54:55,441
you know, like, the energy
that exists around this
1364
00:54:55,483 --> 00:54:59,139
is very elusive.
1365
00:54:59,226 --> 00:55:01,097
Yeah.
1366
00:55:01,184 --> 00:55:04,927
Ask her, you know, if
I may, what happened?
1367
00:55:17,722 --> 00:55:20,464
Even if she don't do it,
whoever she talking to,
1368
00:55:20,551 --> 00:55:23,163
she should be armed with the
truth about the situation.
1369
00:55:23,250 --> 00:55:24,879
They don't know if I'm a
piece of shit trying to take
1370
00:55:24,903 --> 00:55:26,078
advantage of a situation.
1371
00:55:26,166 --> 00:55:27,645
Why should I trust you?
1372
00:55:27,732 --> 00:55:29,212
So whatever the
fuck they saying...
1373
00:55:29,299 --> 00:55:32,694
Yeah, and I'm definitely
trying not to...
1374
00:55:32,781 --> 00:55:35,914
take anything personal.
1375
00:55:36,001 --> 00:55:38,221
It's not even a
"fuck you" thing.
1376
00:55:40,658 --> 00:55:44,096
It's a "what the fuck
are you doing?" thing.
1377
00:55:46,490 --> 00:55:49,493
♪ ♪
1378
00:55:49,580 --> 00:55:52,975
[line trilling]
1379
00:55:57,588 --> 00:55:59,503
- Hey, Dres.
1380
00:55:59,590 --> 00:56:01,462
- What's going on?
1381
00:56:01,549 --> 00:56:04,682
- So I just got off the phone
with Toney and Ma's attorney.
1382
00:56:04,769 --> 00:56:06,118
- Oh, yeah?
1383
00:56:06,206 --> 00:56:07,772
- And there seems
to be a little bit
1384
00:56:07,859 --> 00:56:10,732
of hesitancy on their
part about this project,
1385
00:56:10,819 --> 00:56:13,125
in general.
1386
00:56:13,213 --> 00:56:16,216
- This is coming from...
1387
00:56:16,303 --> 00:56:18,392
it's coming from left field.
1388
00:56:18,479 --> 00:56:20,568
- I'm sorry.
- This is news to me.
1389
00:56:20,655 --> 00:56:22,570
- Yeah, do you have
anything signed
1390
00:56:22,657 --> 00:56:24,528
with them at this point?
1391
00:56:24,615 --> 00:56:27,270
- Remember when we were
first putting this together?
1392
00:56:27,357 --> 00:56:28,793
- Yeah.
- You told me...
1393
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:31,274
let's clarify everything
going on with the music.
1394
00:56:31,361 --> 00:56:35,452
But the music... it was
done on the goodwill
1395
00:56:35,539 --> 00:56:37,498
of me, Toney, and Ma.
- Okay.
1396
00:56:37,585 --> 00:56:40,240
- I've been moving forward
and speaking like...
1397
00:56:40,327 --> 00:56:44,505
like I had Ma's blessings...
that they allowed me to do
1398
00:56:44,592 --> 00:56:45,854
this from the very beginning.
1399
00:56:45,941 --> 00:56:48,030
- Yeah, look, Dres, if I'm
understanding correctly,
1400
00:56:48,117 --> 00:56:50,728
you haven't had a chance
to paper up a deal yet
1401
00:56:50,815 --> 00:56:52,252
for the album itself, right?
1402
00:56:52,339 --> 00:56:54,950
- I'm the only one that's
spent money in the creation
1403
00:56:55,037 --> 00:56:56,037
of this project.
1404
00:56:56,081 --> 00:56:58,040
No one else has.
1405
00:56:58,127 --> 00:56:59,955
I've spent thousands
upon thousands of dollars
1406
00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:03,088
creating this, getting
all kinds of features.
1407
00:57:03,175 --> 00:57:07,179
And I was under the assumption
that, in good faith,
1408
00:57:07,267 --> 00:57:08,833
they're my partners.
1409
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:10,618
They represent
Dilla's interests.
1410
00:57:10,705 --> 00:57:13,142
J Dilla is the producer,
and I'm the MC.
1411
00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:15,100
- I got... that
makes total sense.
1412
00:57:15,187 --> 00:57:18,060
I know a lot of things get
lost in translation sometimes.
1413
00:57:18,147 --> 00:57:21,672
- I think Toney might
have maybe misconstrued...
1414
00:57:21,759 --> 00:57:24,371
Like, I even asked
her on film, you know,
1415
00:57:24,458 --> 00:57:27,112
why did she give me
permission to do this?
1416
00:57:27,199 --> 00:57:30,028
And the answer, you
know, was heartwarming.
1417
00:57:30,115 --> 00:57:32,074
I don't understand where
this is coming from.
1418
00:57:32,161 --> 00:57:35,295
- Look, I'm not sure if
this is a game or a tactic,
1419
00:57:35,382 --> 00:57:37,297
but I'm just doing my best
1420
00:57:37,384 --> 00:57:38,994
to kind of alleviate
their concerns.
1421
00:57:39,081 --> 00:57:42,650
So the sooner we get something
in writing that outlines
1422
00:57:42,737 --> 00:57:45,043
exactly what this
relationship is
1423
00:57:45,130 --> 00:57:46,804
and exactly what you guys
are doing, the better.
1424
00:57:46,828 --> 00:57:48,308
- Well, let's put
it under contract.
1425
00:57:48,395 --> 00:57:49,831
I hope we can figure this out.
1426
00:57:49,918 --> 00:57:52,834
I don't know where
they went off track.
1427
00:57:52,921 --> 00:57:57,055
I literally look at them like
an extension of my family
1428
00:57:57,142 --> 00:57:58,448
at this point.
1429
00:57:58,535 --> 00:58:00,276
But...
- [sighs]
1430
00:58:00,363 --> 00:58:02,409
It sounds like you really
need to talk to a lawyer.
1431
00:58:02,496 --> 00:58:03,540
- Yeah.
1432
00:58:03,627 --> 00:58:05,107
I appreciate it.
1433
00:58:12,984 --> 00:58:15,465
♪ ♪
1434
00:58:35,355 --> 00:58:37,574
- What's really fascinating
in the music industry
1435
00:58:37,661 --> 00:58:42,362
is most artists have this
optimistic view of things.
1436
00:58:42,449 --> 00:58:44,494
They go into the studio.
They write together.
1437
00:58:44,581 --> 00:58:45,800
They hang out.
1438
00:58:45,887 --> 00:58:47,497
- As y'all pass
this, y'all are going
1439
00:58:47,584 --> 00:58:48,822
to notice that he
looks like he's about
1440
00:58:48,846 --> 00:58:50,587
to spit a serious rhyme.
1441
00:58:50,674 --> 00:58:53,503
- That because they work
so well with each other
1442
00:58:53,590 --> 00:58:56,245
that the contractual nature
of it will just all work out.
1443
00:58:56,332 --> 00:58:58,769
They just do and create.
1444
00:58:58,856 --> 00:59:01,859
It's a very nice way
to view the world.
1445
00:59:01,946 --> 00:59:04,645
Unfortunately...
1446
00:59:04,732 --> 00:59:07,517
that's why you need me,
1447
00:59:07,604 --> 00:59:09,737
because that's not what
the world is about.
1448
00:59:09,824 --> 00:59:11,869
Here, just sit on this
chair. Just sit over here.
1449
00:59:11,956 --> 00:59:13,915
Here, let me grab your bag.
- Oh, thanks.
1450
00:59:14,002 --> 00:59:17,745
- In this specific case, which
is Dres, the organic nature
1451
00:59:17,832 --> 00:59:20,487
of the way this came about,
which is him just happening
1452
00:59:20,574 --> 00:59:23,185
to be at a show and
happened to be invited
1453
00:59:23,272 --> 00:59:26,536
by Ma to her house and
happened to talk to Toney,
1454
00:59:26,623 --> 00:59:29,974
who happened to
give him material,
1455
00:59:30,061 --> 00:59:32,977
his first step wasn't,
like, hey, lawyer.
1456
00:59:33,064 --> 00:59:35,980
Go call Ma Dukes' lawyer
and get a contract.
1457
00:59:36,067 --> 00:59:38,722
It's just not the
way people think.
1458
00:59:38,809 --> 00:59:42,378
All right, so...
1459
00:59:42,465 --> 00:59:45,729
I'm not sure if... do
you know I met with...
1460
00:59:45,816 --> 00:59:47,427
with Ma Dukes and Toney...
1461
00:59:47,514 --> 00:59:49,429
- Okay.
- On Thursday?
1462
00:59:49,516 --> 00:59:50,865
- Yeah. How'd that go?
1463
00:59:50,952 --> 00:59:53,607
- It's my understanding
that Ma Dukes,
1464
00:59:53,694 --> 00:59:57,219
through Toney's music
publishing company,
1465
00:59:57,306 --> 00:59:58,786
controls the rights
to the music...
1466
00:59:58,873 --> 01:00:00,265
at this point.
1467
01:00:00,352 --> 01:00:04,182
Their concern, I think,
is, you know, natural
1468
01:00:04,269 --> 01:00:05,967
because there's so
much product out
1469
01:00:06,054 --> 01:00:07,969
in the marketplace right
now, J Dilla product,
1470
01:00:08,056 --> 01:00:09,840
that's unauthorized.
- Right.
1471
01:00:09,927 --> 01:00:12,495
- That's one of the
hesitancies of them.
1472
01:00:12,582 --> 01:00:14,889
If you look on YouTube
or on Instagram
1473
01:00:14,976 --> 01:00:17,848
or even Spotify and Apple,
1474
01:00:17,935 --> 01:00:19,937
you see unauthorized
Dilla tracks.
1475
01:00:20,024 --> 01:00:21,765
- Definitely.
1476
01:00:21,852 --> 01:00:23,898
- Their hesitancy
and uncomfortableness
1477
01:00:23,985 --> 01:00:26,727
is you were going off
and doing your thing,
1478
01:00:26,814 --> 01:00:28,990
and you were getting
features, and you
1479
01:00:29,077 --> 01:00:30,513
were making the tracks work.
1480
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,907
And they didn't have
a real understanding
1481
01:00:32,994 --> 01:00:35,562
of what was going on
with their son's music.
1482
01:00:35,649 --> 01:00:37,389
- I paid for all
of these sessions
1483
01:00:37,477 --> 01:00:38,889
and told you all
about every single...
1484
01:00:38,913 --> 01:00:40,349
you know, like, every step.
1485
01:00:40,436 --> 01:00:42,264
- This is why having
contracts with them
1486
01:00:42,351 --> 01:00:44,440
is so important to them
1487
01:00:44,527 --> 01:00:47,269
and, obviously, so
important to you.
1488
01:00:47,356 --> 01:00:49,880
One of the other
problems is the estate.
1489
01:00:49,967 --> 01:00:51,795
It's a bit messy.
1490
01:00:51,882 --> 01:00:56,104
In addition to Ma, there are
other parties that are vying
1491
01:00:56,191 --> 01:00:57,888
for control of the music.
1492
01:00:57,975 --> 01:01:01,109
And it's one of the things
we just have to clean up,
1493
01:01:01,196 --> 01:01:03,546
which is, I think, you
know, one of the reasons
1494
01:01:03,633 --> 01:01:05,853
that you should just take
a step back for a moment
1495
01:01:05,940 --> 01:01:08,682
so we can, you know, get
some clarity on that.
1496
01:01:08,769 --> 01:01:10,049
- All right.
- Don't focus on it.
1497
01:01:10,118 --> 01:01:13,295
Don't do any recording.
Don't talk about it.
1498
01:01:13,382 --> 01:01:17,473
Go and do Dres, tour, produce.
You know, do your thing.
1499
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:19,606
- I've taken it as
far as, in my heart,
1500
01:01:19,693 --> 01:01:22,522
like, I'm looking
at them as Dilla
1501
01:01:22,609 --> 01:01:24,872
and that me and Dilla are a duo.
1502
01:01:24,959 --> 01:01:29,790
What she's affording
me is the platform...
1503
01:01:29,877 --> 01:01:31,835
- Right.
- For the world to see
1504
01:01:31,922 --> 01:01:34,098
exactly what I
have to say today.
1505
01:01:34,185 --> 01:01:36,013
- No, I...
- And that's all I need.
1506
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:37,972
That's all I need.
1507
01:01:38,059 --> 01:01:39,843
- You know, there's
no paperwork.
1508
01:01:39,930 --> 01:01:42,367
So let us focus on Dilla,
1509
01:01:42,454 --> 01:01:45,153
because if we can't
make this deal,
1510
01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:48,330
then these tracks will
never see the light of day.
1511
01:01:48,417 --> 01:01:52,247
All of our time and your
money is going to go to waste.
1512
01:01:52,334 --> 01:01:56,338
Let us work on this so we
can get this deal done.
1513
01:01:56,425 --> 01:01:57,687
- All right.
1514
01:01:59,123 --> 01:02:01,430
♪ ♪
1515
01:02:01,517 --> 01:02:04,302
I've been the same artist
I've been my entire career,
1516
01:02:04,389 --> 01:02:07,218
but the music industry
can definitely make
1517
01:02:07,305 --> 01:02:09,873
anyone uneasy.
1518
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:11,527
Is this right?
Is this correct?
1519
01:02:11,614 --> 01:02:14,095
Is anything going to fall on me?
1520
01:02:14,182 --> 01:02:17,664
And as much as "The
Choice Is Yours" puts me
1521
01:02:17,751 --> 01:02:19,709
in a lot of rooms
and things thereof,
1522
01:02:19,796 --> 01:02:22,538
it doesn't afford me what this
project is about to afford me.
1523
01:02:25,062 --> 01:02:27,369
From here off, I think is taking
1524
01:02:27,456 --> 01:02:31,068
some of my eggs out of this
basket and this project.
1525
01:02:31,155 --> 01:02:33,723
♪ ♪
1526
01:02:33,810 --> 01:02:36,465
- There's hundreds of
thousands of examples
1527
01:02:36,552 --> 01:02:38,989
of records that have been
made that will never,
1528
01:02:39,076 --> 01:02:40,556
ever see the light of day.
1529
01:02:40,643 --> 01:02:43,690
It's called shelving.
1530
01:02:43,777 --> 01:02:47,215
You know, the question is,
will this Dres and Dilla album
1531
01:02:47,302 --> 01:02:49,391
be one of them?
1532
01:02:54,309 --> 01:02:58,095
[person humming]
1533
01:02:58,182 --> 01:02:59,923
- How'd you sleep?
1534
01:03:00,010 --> 01:03:01,925
- Oh, slept well.
- Yeah?
1535
01:03:02,012 --> 01:03:03,012
Good.
1536
01:03:06,277 --> 01:03:08,081
I told you I've got to go
to Milwaukee today, right?
1537
01:03:08,105 --> 01:03:10,760
- Yep.
1538
01:03:10,847 --> 01:03:12,632
- Did I tell you
what I was doing?
1539
01:03:12,719 --> 01:03:15,373
I told you I was doing a
day party for Adidas...
1540
01:03:15,460 --> 01:03:17,071
the sneaker company?
1541
01:03:17,158 --> 01:03:20,074
- Yeah, I know what that is.
- Okay, cool.
1542
01:03:20,161 --> 01:03:22,554
I definitely would like
to think that there's
1543
01:03:22,642 --> 01:03:25,122
something inside of me that...
1544
01:03:25,209 --> 01:03:27,429
that shines inside of Sid.
1545
01:03:27,516 --> 01:03:29,692
Hey, Sidney. Hi.
1546
01:03:29,779 --> 01:03:31,339
- Say, "Happy Father's Day."
- [babbles]
1547
01:03:31,389 --> 01:03:33,174
- That's my boy.
1548
01:03:33,261 --> 01:03:34,741
- Who is that?
1549
01:03:34,828 --> 01:03:36,830
- Who is that with them
pearly-white teeth?
1550
01:03:36,917 --> 01:03:38,353
Is that my baby?
1551
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,225
Mwah! Don't be so
happy about it.
1552
01:03:41,312 --> 01:03:43,967
Sid has grown up
with me in and out.
1553
01:03:44,054 --> 01:03:46,032
Like, you know, it's kind of
a running joke in the house.
1554
01:03:46,056 --> 01:03:48,363
You know what I'm saying?
Like, I'm always leaving.
1555
01:03:48,450 --> 01:03:50,844
- Hi, everybody.
1556
01:03:50,931 --> 01:03:52,889
- Now say, "bye."
1557
01:03:52,976 --> 01:03:55,283
He always sees me traveling,
going back and forth...
1558
01:03:55,370 --> 01:03:57,720
Say, "hello."
- Hi.
1559
01:03:57,807 --> 01:04:00,288
- Writing, reciting, practicing.
1560
01:04:00,375 --> 01:04:01,985
That's dad's 9:00-to-5:00.
1561
01:04:02,072 --> 01:04:05,032
Dad is unorthodox in the
degree that, you know,
1562
01:04:05,119 --> 01:04:07,904
he doesn't see me get up
at 7:00 in the morning
1563
01:04:07,991 --> 01:04:10,646
and go to the office
and come back, ever.
1564
01:04:10,733 --> 01:04:14,128
But he's always seen me working.
1565
01:04:14,215 --> 01:04:16,043
Did you finish?
- Yeah.
1566
01:04:16,130 --> 01:04:19,350
There were 154 questions
total on the test,
1567
01:04:19,437 --> 01:04:23,833
and I got through, like, 130.
- That's pretty good.
1568
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:27,881
You know, like I didn't
grow up in a nuclear family.
1569
01:04:27,968 --> 01:04:30,492
Be right back, Sid.
1570
01:04:30,579 --> 01:04:34,365
So me learning how to create
1571
01:04:34,452 --> 01:04:37,760
a peaceful home is a process.
1572
01:04:37,847 --> 01:04:39,457
I don't come from it.
1573
01:04:39,544 --> 01:04:43,331
So there's times when I've
had to trial-and-error.
1574
01:04:45,159 --> 01:04:46,726
That's something
that your family
1575
01:04:46,813 --> 01:04:48,989
has to go through with you.
1576
01:04:49,076 --> 01:04:51,948
What planet has a ring?
- That's Saturn.
1577
01:04:52,035 --> 01:04:53,515
- Okay, smart boy.
1578
01:04:53,602 --> 01:04:55,952
- I live Saturn, too.
1579
01:04:56,039 --> 01:04:59,216
- You live on Saturn,
too? I live on Earth.
1580
01:04:59,303 --> 01:05:00,977
Maybe you take me with
you when you get older
1581
01:05:01,001 --> 01:05:03,873
and you go into space?
- Okay.
1582
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,267
I just want you to
know, I'm a huge fan.
1583
01:05:06,354 --> 01:05:08,356
[laughter]
1584
01:05:08,443 --> 01:05:13,143
- Like all my kids, they're
dreamers, without question.
1585
01:05:13,230 --> 01:05:15,624
And that's important.
It's important to dream.
1586
01:05:15,711 --> 01:05:17,234
Love you.
- Bye.
1587
01:05:17,321 --> 01:05:19,062
- I'll see you later, okay?
- Yeah.
1588
01:05:19,149 --> 01:05:20,498
- All right.
1589
01:05:20,585 --> 01:05:21,824
Yeah, call Mom
when you're hungry.
1590
01:05:21,848 --> 01:05:24,328
- Yeah.
- All right?
1591
01:05:24,415 --> 01:05:27,505
You know, like, that's
the shit that ages you...
1592
01:05:27,592 --> 01:05:30,552
when you stop dreaming.
1593
01:05:30,639 --> 01:05:32,554
But when you're young,
1594
01:05:32,641 --> 01:05:35,296
you might not see where
reality and dreams meet.
1595
01:05:35,383 --> 01:05:37,907
[elevator bell dings]
1596
01:05:37,994 --> 01:05:41,084
Yo, how y'all
feeling? [cheering]
1597
01:05:41,171 --> 01:05:43,739
Yo, how y'all
feeling? [cheering]
1598
01:05:43,826 --> 01:05:45,480
Yo, my name is Dres.
1599
01:05:45,567 --> 01:05:48,918
- I go by the name of the
sugar-dick daddy Mista Lawnge.
1600
01:05:49,005 --> 01:05:50,026
- As you get older, that becomes
1601
01:05:50,050 --> 01:05:51,616
a little bit more definitive,
1602
01:05:51,703 --> 01:05:54,402
definitely with your
career and relationships.
1603
01:05:54,489 --> 01:05:55,771
Once you become an
artist, you have
1604
01:05:55,795 --> 01:05:57,144
a sense of responsibility.
1605
01:05:57,231 --> 01:05:58,295
We have a sense
of responsibility
1606
01:05:58,319 --> 01:05:59,719
to all of these
people right here...
1607
01:05:59,755 --> 01:06:00,625
you know, things
that we're doing.
1608
01:06:00,712 --> 01:06:01,975
They look at us.
1609
01:06:02,062 --> 01:06:03,169
But at the same
time, I really have
1610
01:06:03,193 --> 01:06:05,021
to stress that
people are people,
1611
01:06:05,108 --> 01:06:07,154
and people make mistakes,
and nobody's perfect.
1612
01:06:07,241 --> 01:06:09,896
Like, me and Lawnge...
anything can happen.
1613
01:06:09,983 --> 01:06:12,420
- What's the name of this
group on the stage tonight?
1614
01:06:12,507 --> 01:06:13,377
All: Black Sheep!
1615
01:06:13,464 --> 01:06:15,510
- Say what?
1616
01:06:15,597 --> 01:06:20,123
- You know, sometimes you
outgrow relationships.
1617
01:06:20,210 --> 01:06:21,797
- You got Mista Lawnge
and Dres in the house.
1618
01:06:21,821 --> 01:06:24,258
- Man, what y'all been
doing for two years, man?
1619
01:06:24,345 --> 01:06:27,304
Y'all been on hiatus, man.
- Back up off us, man.
1620
01:06:27,391 --> 01:06:28,653
We hear a lot of...
1621
01:06:28,740 --> 01:06:30,109
well, you want to go
ahead and elaborate?
1622
01:06:30,133 --> 01:06:31,613
- Nah, man.
1623
01:06:31,700 --> 01:06:32,980
- Say no more.
- We'll be back...
1624
01:06:33,049 --> 01:06:35,051
We got Black Sheep in the house.
1625
01:06:35,138 --> 01:06:36,836
- I missed me and
Lawnge being Black Sheep
1626
01:06:36,923 --> 01:06:38,838
and having the
knowledge of each other,
1627
01:06:38,925 --> 01:06:40,578
as well of ourselves.
1628
01:06:40,665 --> 01:06:41,710
We had vision.
1629
01:06:41,797 --> 01:06:43,451
We had concept.
1630
01:06:43,538 --> 01:06:46,889
You know, we were a package
before we ever hit wax.
1631
01:06:46,976 --> 01:06:48,543
[indistinct shouting]
1632
01:06:48,630 --> 01:06:52,503
♪ Yo, who's the black sheep?
What's the black sheep? ♪
1633
01:06:52,590 --> 01:06:55,289
You know, people definitely
always affiliated
1634
01:06:55,376 --> 01:06:56,986
"The Choice Is Yours"
with me and Lawnge.
1635
01:06:57,073 --> 01:06:58,727
Peace, brother. Pardon me.
1636
01:06:58,814 --> 01:07:00,729
- Black Sheep, right?
- No doubt.
1637
01:07:00,816 --> 01:07:03,340
But at this point, people have
literally seen me on my own
1638
01:07:03,427 --> 01:07:04,689
for years.
1639
01:07:04,776 --> 01:07:07,344
What up, baby?
- How you doing?
1640
01:07:07,431 --> 01:07:10,217
- And with Strike
shadowing me, they've
1641
01:07:10,304 --> 01:07:13,220
come to understand that me
and Lawnge aren't together.
1642
01:07:13,307 --> 01:07:14,867
So I think, you know,
like, they kind of
1643
01:07:14,917 --> 01:07:18,355
put my face to the song today
more so than they do Lawnge.
1644
01:07:18,442 --> 01:07:19,879
[tone beeps]
1645
01:07:19,966 --> 01:07:21,489
- Please make sure
your seat belt is...
1646
01:07:21,576 --> 01:07:23,162
- You know, like, people
have asked me, like,
1647
01:07:23,186 --> 01:07:24,990
do I ever get tired of
performing "Choice Is Yours"?
1648
01:07:25,014 --> 01:07:26,894
Coming on, doing, like,
one song and everything,
1649
01:07:26,929 --> 01:07:29,149
and they just pulled
me in for that.
1650
01:07:29,236 --> 01:07:32,282
But that's beyond a blessing.
1651
01:07:32,369 --> 01:07:34,632
Life is going to be what it is.
1652
01:07:34,719 --> 01:07:36,243
You know what I'm saying?
1653
01:07:36,330 --> 01:07:38,375
It's not always going
to be a sunny day.
1654
01:07:40,551 --> 01:07:42,249
- [shivers] It's cold.
1655
01:07:42,336 --> 01:07:44,077
- Milwaukee is
about that action.
1656
01:07:44,164 --> 01:07:44,904
Remember when we
was... where was we at?
1657
01:07:44,991 --> 01:07:47,123
It was Sweden or something.
1658
01:07:47,210 --> 01:07:48,840
It was nice when we went in
the club, and we came out...
1659
01:07:48,864 --> 01:07:50,494
- We came out, it was snowing.
- It was snowing.
1660
01:07:50,518 --> 01:07:52,061
- It was like we was
in Maine or something.
1661
01:07:52,085 --> 01:07:53,390
- Yo, shit was crazy.
1662
01:07:53,477 --> 01:08:00,049
♪ ♪
1663
01:08:00,136 --> 01:08:04,532
[line trilling]
1664
01:08:04,619 --> 01:08:06,142
- Hello?
1665
01:08:06,229 --> 01:08:07,927
- Mr. Dawson.
- Yes, sir.
1666
01:08:08,014 --> 01:08:09,382
- Hey, how's it going? This
is Dres from Black Sheep.
1667
01:08:09,406 --> 01:08:11,495
I was just trying
to find out what
1668
01:08:11,582 --> 01:08:15,760
time you would be arriving
to grab us from the hotel.
1669
01:08:17,762 --> 01:08:19,634
- You perform at 6:00, right?
1670
01:08:19,721 --> 01:08:21,462
- 5:20.
1671
01:08:21,549 --> 01:08:22,637
Let's say 4:30.
1672
01:08:22,724 --> 01:08:23,986
- 4:30?
- Yeah.
1673
01:08:24,073 --> 01:08:25,466
- Okay.
- All right.
1674
01:08:25,553 --> 01:08:26,423
See you then, bro.
- All right.
1675
01:08:26,510 --> 01:08:28,599
[cell phone chimes]
1676
01:08:28,686 --> 01:08:29,600
- Okay, cool.
1677
01:08:29,687 --> 01:08:36,564
♪ ♪
1678
01:08:56,018 --> 01:08:57,541
I'm not with the bullshit.
1679
01:08:57,628 --> 01:09:01,545
Like, and if there was a issue,
why didn't I hear from...
1680
01:09:01,632 --> 01:09:04,940
Like... [sputters]
1681
01:09:05,027 --> 01:09:09,423
Yeah. Yeah, like...
1682
01:09:09,510 --> 01:09:11,120
Yeah.
1683
01:09:11,207 --> 01:09:12,687
That doesn't even make sense.
1684
01:09:12,774 --> 01:09:14,970
Like, why are we doing it...
you know what I'm saying...
1685
01:09:14,994 --> 01:09:16,604
if we're not, you know...
1686
01:09:16,691 --> 01:09:17,822
Yeah.
1687
01:09:17,909 --> 01:09:21,391
Well, let me just...
1688
01:09:21,478 --> 01:09:23,350
[speaks indistinctly]
1689
01:09:23,437 --> 01:09:26,483
♪ ♪
1690
01:09:26,570 --> 01:09:28,833
And that shit is
a bluff. Fuck.
1691
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:32,011
Like, I can't imagine...
1692
01:09:32,098 --> 01:09:34,796
Toney not signing
off on this shit.
1693
01:09:34,883 --> 01:09:38,147
As much as he's
talking about it...
1694
01:09:38,234 --> 01:09:41,237
I can't imagine it not coming
out and it being his fault.
1695
01:09:41,324 --> 01:09:43,587
She said out of her
mouth, this is signed off.
1696
01:09:43,674 --> 01:09:45,763
Yeah, like they...
1697
01:09:45,850 --> 01:09:46,938
Fucking studio fees.
1698
01:09:47,026 --> 01:09:49,071
Let me just do what I'm doing.
1699
01:09:49,158 --> 01:09:52,335
Because if they keep
that shit up, man...
1700
01:09:52,422 --> 01:09:54,294
Let's go.
1701
01:09:54,381 --> 01:09:55,643
We out.
1702
01:09:55,730 --> 01:09:57,862
Yeah.
1703
01:09:57,949 --> 01:10:01,083
♪ ♪
1704
01:10:01,170 --> 01:10:03,477
I'm just going to step
back and do what I do.
1705
01:10:03,564 --> 01:10:05,696
Y'all do what y'all do.
Just figure this shit out.
1706
01:10:05,783 --> 01:10:07,611
You know?
1707
01:10:07,698 --> 01:10:11,789
♪ ♪
1708
01:10:11,876 --> 01:10:13,550
- If you were in the
middle of making a project,
1709
01:10:13,574 --> 01:10:15,489
and you've been working
on it for a long time,
1710
01:10:15,576 --> 01:10:17,496
you believe you're taking
all the proper measures
1711
01:10:17,578 --> 01:10:19,275
to get it done, I can
certainly understand
1712
01:10:19,362 --> 01:10:21,973
why an article in
"Rolling Stone" stating
1713
01:10:22,061 --> 01:10:23,981
that, in fact, you have
done none of those things
1714
01:10:24,063 --> 01:10:25,934
and the album is unsanctioned
1715
01:10:26,021 --> 01:10:27,457
and doing this
without permission
1716
01:10:27,544 --> 01:10:30,112
would be frustrating,
to say the least.
1717
01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:34,203
- I've been coming to Milwaukee
1718
01:10:34,290 --> 01:10:36,075
for a lot of years, right?
1719
01:10:36,162 --> 01:10:37,313
But now I think we're going
to be doing a lot of parties
1720
01:10:37,337 --> 01:10:39,078
together out here with
each other, right?
1721
01:10:39,165 --> 01:10:40,079
[cheering]
1722
01:10:40,166 --> 01:10:41,689
- Got to do the intro.
1723
01:10:41,776 --> 01:10:44,344
Definitely warm up your mic.
1724
01:10:44,431 --> 01:10:47,303
I'm gonna position myself
so as soon as it drops,
1725
01:10:47,390 --> 01:10:50,828
I'm walking out.
1726
01:10:50,915 --> 01:10:55,268
But I don't want you to just...
you know, yeah, like... yeah.
1727
01:10:55,355 --> 01:10:58,488
Cool, cool, cool. This
is going to be fun.
1728
01:10:58,575 --> 01:11:01,317
♪ I'm for the hood, yo,
I'm for the struggle beat ♪
1729
01:11:01,404 --> 01:11:03,798
♪ ♪
1730
01:11:03,885 --> 01:11:04,929
- Ready?
- Yes, sir.
1731
01:11:05,016 --> 01:11:06,583
[cheers and applause]
1732
01:11:06,670 --> 01:11:08,281
How many of us are 35 and older?
1733
01:11:08,368 --> 01:11:11,675
Make some noise.
[cheers and applause]
1734
01:11:11,762 --> 01:11:14,809
How many of us are under
35? [cheers and applause]
1735
01:11:14,896 --> 01:11:18,334
Okay, okay, welcome, welcome,
motherfuckers, welcome.
1736
01:11:18,421 --> 01:11:20,684
On the ones and twos might
join DJ Strike holding me
1737
01:11:20,771 --> 01:11:23,252
down for a dozen years now.
- What up? What up?
1738
01:11:23,339 --> 01:11:24,882
- This is going to be a little
bit different than anything
1739
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:25,906
you've been to.
1740
01:11:25,950 --> 01:11:28,518
We don't get litty.
1741
01:11:28,605 --> 01:11:29,911
We rock shit.
1742
01:11:29,998 --> 01:11:31,278
So we going to
rock shit tonight.
1743
01:11:31,347 --> 01:11:33,132
We rock shit!
[cheers and applause]
1744
01:11:33,219 --> 01:11:34,698
Can we have some
fun in Milwaukee?
1745
01:11:34,785 --> 01:11:36,483
[cheering]
1746
01:11:36,570 --> 01:11:38,137
Hip-hop is definitely
in the house.
1747
01:11:38,224 --> 01:11:39,921
- Let's go.
- Word.
1748
01:11:40,008 --> 01:11:41,488
And let's get into some shit.
1749
01:11:41,575 --> 01:11:42,750
My name is Dres.
1750
01:11:42,837 --> 01:11:43,751
Y'all know what it is.
1751
01:11:43,838 --> 01:11:46,971
[cheering]
1752
01:11:47,058 --> 01:11:48,756
All right, let's do this.
1753
01:11:48,843 --> 01:11:50,888
[cheering]
1754
01:11:50,975 --> 01:11:53,064
♪ Who's the black sheep?
What's the black sheep? ♪
1755
01:11:53,152 --> 01:11:54,849
♪ Know not who I am... ♪
1756
01:11:54,936 --> 01:11:57,547
[soft music]
1757
01:11:57,634 --> 01:12:01,812
♪ ♪
1758
01:12:01,899 --> 01:12:05,729
Doing shows is me breathing,
being on the road,
1759
01:12:05,816 --> 01:12:07,427
me working, me
hustling, me grabbing
1760
01:12:07,514 --> 01:12:10,386
any mic that had hip-hop
1761
01:12:10,473 --> 01:12:12,780
and a paycheck
affiliated with it.
1762
01:12:12,867 --> 01:12:14,216
That's my life.
1763
01:12:14,303 --> 01:12:16,566
If you can. It goes...
1764
01:12:16,653 --> 01:12:17,567
♪ Engine, engine ♪
1765
01:12:17,654 --> 01:12:19,047
all: Number 9!
1766
01:12:19,134 --> 01:12:20,744
- ♪ On the New York ♪
1767
01:12:20,831 --> 01:12:21,702
all: Transit line!
1768
01:12:21,789 --> 01:12:23,225
- I get to rock...
1769
01:12:23,312 --> 01:12:26,141
literally, rock...
audiences globally.
1770
01:12:26,228 --> 01:12:27,882
♪ If my train goes
off the track ♪
1771
01:12:27,969 --> 01:12:30,058
♪ Pick it up, pick
it up, pick it up ♪
1772
01:12:30,145 --> 01:12:33,670
[rapping indistinctly]
1773
01:12:33,757 --> 01:12:35,237
I lived that.
1774
01:12:35,324 --> 01:12:37,674
That's how I paid for DnD.
1775
01:12:37,761 --> 01:12:41,809
And everything aside,
that's beautiful.
1776
01:12:41,896 --> 01:12:49,164
♪ ♪
1777
01:12:49,251 --> 01:12:50,818
- Thank you for coming.
1778
01:12:50,905 --> 01:12:52,404
- It was a pleasure to hang
out with y'all, no doubt.
1779
01:12:52,428 --> 01:12:53,821
Back at you.
- Appreciate you.
1780
01:12:53,908 --> 01:12:55,910
- [speaking indistinctly]
1781
01:12:55,997 --> 01:12:57,259
Now say, yeah.
1782
01:12:57,346 --> 01:12:58,391
All: Yeah!
1783
01:12:58,478 --> 01:13:01,568
- That's what I'm talking about.
1784
01:13:01,655 --> 01:13:03,657
Performing...
1785
01:13:03,744 --> 01:13:07,313
I have those memories
of me and Lawnge.
1786
01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:11,186
One of the biggest secrets I
think I learned from Lawnge
1787
01:13:11,273 --> 01:13:14,320
is to just have fun.
1788
01:13:14,407 --> 01:13:16,147
Milwaukee, big up
yourselves. Word up.
1789
01:13:16,235 --> 01:13:17,584
Y'all got it going on.
1790
01:13:17,671 --> 01:13:20,282
- Good job. Good job.
You did that shit.
1791
01:13:20,369 --> 01:13:24,025
- I appreciate it.
- All right, now.
1792
01:13:24,112 --> 01:13:27,724
- As long as you're having
fun, everyone is enjoying you.
1793
01:13:27,811 --> 01:13:30,205
♪ ♪
1794
01:13:30,292 --> 01:13:31,467
It's that simple.
1795
01:13:31,554 --> 01:13:35,776
♪ ♪
1796
01:13:35,863 --> 01:13:37,299
Whoo.
1797
01:13:37,386 --> 01:13:39,693
[sighs] Did that.
1798
01:13:39,780 --> 01:13:41,042
That's done.
1799
01:13:46,613 --> 01:13:48,963
[indistinct chatter]
1800
01:13:49,050 --> 01:13:52,532
- In 3, 2...
1801
01:13:52,619 --> 01:13:55,056
- Ah, yo, check
it. This is Dres.
1802
01:13:55,143 --> 01:13:57,450
- And this is Mista
Lawnge, the 9.5er.
1803
01:13:57,537 --> 01:13:58,949
- Together we make up
this group called what?
1804
01:13:58,973 --> 01:14:00,191
- Black Sheep in the house.
1805
01:14:00,279 --> 01:14:03,107
- Now we're rocking with who?
1806
01:14:03,194 --> 01:14:05,806
- Oh, shit.
[laughter]
1807
01:14:05,893 --> 01:14:09,070
- I would love to see
Dres and Lawnge rock.
1808
01:14:09,157 --> 01:14:12,769
But with them not being
together for so long,
1809
01:14:12,856 --> 01:14:13,857
it's tricky, man.
1810
01:14:13,944 --> 01:14:15,598
It's tricky.
1811
01:14:15,685 --> 01:14:17,383
Like, you want to
see Black Sheep,
1812
01:14:17,470 --> 01:14:19,733
you know, this classic
team-up of the two.
1813
01:14:19,820 --> 01:14:21,561
But we're all human beings.
1814
01:14:21,648 --> 01:14:23,954
It isn't easy. It isn't
easy to talk about.
1815
01:14:24,041 --> 01:14:25,565
Yeah, I don't...
1816
01:14:25,652 --> 01:14:27,107
I don't know if that's
going to happen.
1817
01:14:27,131 --> 01:14:29,656
- They were separated
so long ago.
1818
01:14:29,743 --> 01:14:31,658
And since I've
made it to New York
1819
01:14:31,745 --> 01:14:33,529
and have been around the scene,
1820
01:14:33,616 --> 01:14:35,856
I've gotten to know Dres over
the years, always seen him.
1821
01:14:35,923 --> 01:14:38,317
I don't recall of any
interaction with Mista Lawnge.
1822
01:14:38,404 --> 01:14:40,362
So I have no
idea. Where is he?
1823
01:14:40,449 --> 01:14:42,886
- I don't know that they're
beefing or whatever.
1824
01:14:42,973 --> 01:14:44,540
Is he going to be in the film?
1825
01:14:44,627 --> 01:14:49,110
- [laughing]
1826
01:14:49,197 --> 01:14:51,373
Fat chance. Fat chance.
1827
01:14:51,460 --> 01:14:53,332
- I'm saying, a good documentary
1828
01:14:53,419 --> 01:14:55,266
got to get to the bottom
of what the fuck happened.
1829
01:14:55,290 --> 01:14:58,206
Well, first of all,
where the fuck is he?
1830
01:14:58,293 --> 01:15:02,732
- I have no idea...
no clue, none at all.
1831
01:15:02,819 --> 01:15:05,387
- Like, yo, the nigga just
disappeared off the Earth.
1832
01:15:05,474 --> 01:15:08,912
Like, I heard he's in Florida.
1833
01:15:08,999 --> 01:15:10,827
I don't know how valid that is.
1834
01:15:10,914 --> 01:15:13,066
- Last time I heard, I think
he's in North Carolina maybe.
1835
01:15:13,090 --> 01:15:15,049
I don't know.
- [laughs]
1836
01:15:15,136 --> 01:15:16,137
That's interesting.
1837
01:15:16,224 --> 01:15:17,356
- No, where is he?
1838
01:15:25,973 --> 01:15:29,150
[water lapping softly]
1839
01:15:29,237 --> 01:15:31,935
- In history,
1840
01:15:32,022 --> 01:15:35,025
it's always, what
happened to that guy?
1841
01:15:35,112 --> 01:15:37,811
You see this guy. What
happened to the other guy?
1842
01:15:37,898 --> 01:15:39,639
We know it's two.
1843
01:15:39,726 --> 01:15:42,424
You dig a little harder,
and you dig a little harder,
1844
01:15:42,511 --> 01:15:44,644
and you dig a little harder.
1845
01:15:44,731 --> 01:15:47,995
But sometimes when
you find that answer,
1846
01:15:48,082 --> 01:15:51,955
it does nothing because
it may be by design.
1847
01:15:52,042 --> 01:15:54,131
It may be a plan. Who knows?
1848
01:15:54,218 --> 01:15:57,439
♪ ♪
1849
01:15:57,526 --> 01:16:01,182
Deep down, I'll always be
Mista Lawnge from Black Sheep.
1850
01:16:01,269 --> 01:16:06,143
But today I'm just dad.
1851
01:16:06,230 --> 01:16:08,102
No, you stop.
You stop bugging.
1852
01:16:08,189 --> 01:16:10,104
No, I'm sorry.
1853
01:16:10,191 --> 01:16:13,890
- A lot of stuff is a blur to
me because it happened fast.
1854
01:16:13,977 --> 01:16:15,892
They just wanted to hear
what we're capable of.
1855
01:16:15,979 --> 01:16:18,460
And then they gave us
a demo budget to do
1856
01:16:18,547 --> 01:16:22,159
a real demo, you know,
in a real studio.
1857
01:16:22,246 --> 01:16:25,554
I love hip-hop, and
I love the music.
1858
01:16:25,641 --> 01:16:28,644
But I don't love
what it comes with.
1859
01:16:28,731 --> 01:16:30,011
- I mean, you guys are so young.
1860
01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:32,474
- It doesn't matter
what your age is.
1861
01:16:32,561 --> 01:16:34,781
You're letting people know us.
1862
01:16:34,868 --> 01:16:37,479
- I'm 19 years old at the time,
1863
01:16:37,566 --> 01:16:39,786
fresh out of high school.
1864
01:16:39,873 --> 01:16:41,440
Here, go get on that stage.
1865
01:16:41,527 --> 01:16:43,398
Here, you're in front of stars.
1866
01:16:43,485 --> 01:16:45,226
You're shaking hands
with A-listers.
1867
01:16:45,313 --> 01:16:49,448
You're, you know, teens
making these big, mega hits.
1868
01:16:49,535 --> 01:16:52,886
When you have that success,
1869
01:16:52,973 --> 01:16:54,975
you have to maintain
that success.
1870
01:16:55,062 --> 01:16:56,367
The choice is yours.
1871
01:16:56,455 --> 01:16:57,823
You can get with
this, or you do that.
1872
01:16:57,847 --> 01:16:59,196
And that's what
they want to see.
1873
01:16:59,283 --> 01:17:00,347
That's what they want to see.
1874
01:17:00,371 --> 01:17:02,722
And it was overwhelming.
1875
01:17:04,550 --> 01:17:08,292
That's what I hate
about the music industry
1876
01:17:08,379 --> 01:17:10,164
and success...
1877
01:17:10,251 --> 01:17:12,122
people's anticipation.
1878
01:17:12,209 --> 01:17:15,430
You get kind of a anxiety.
1879
01:17:15,517 --> 01:17:17,824
I'm not doing it for
the love, anymore.
1880
01:17:17,911 --> 01:17:20,435
I'm doing it for
their expectation.
1881
01:17:20,522 --> 01:17:22,065
- How many people who
grew up in hip-hop?
1882
01:17:22,089 --> 01:17:23,786
Make some noise if you
grew up in hip-hop.
1883
01:17:23,873 --> 01:17:25,614
[cheering]
1884
01:17:25,701 --> 01:17:28,095
- Hip-hop cannibalizes
itself so much
1885
01:17:28,182 --> 01:17:30,576
that they're always
looking for the next new.
1886
01:17:30,663 --> 01:17:32,708
Look at this. Forget that.
1887
01:17:32,795 --> 01:17:34,405
That's old.
1888
01:17:34,493 --> 01:17:36,973
Hip-hop is the only genre
that that happens in.
1889
01:17:37,060 --> 01:17:41,630
That took away the love
for what I was doing.
1890
01:17:41,717 --> 01:17:43,153
So I just left.
1891
01:17:43,240 --> 01:17:45,547
♪ ♪
1892
01:17:45,634 --> 01:17:47,288
That was it. Yeah.
1893
01:17:47,375 --> 01:17:50,291
[car horns honking]
1894
01:17:50,378 --> 01:17:52,946
- I'm the Naked Cowboy.
[guitar playing]
1895
01:17:53,033 --> 01:17:55,949
- Ladies, take a picture
with you, ladies, come on.
1896
01:17:56,036 --> 01:17:57,994
- ♪ I'm the Naked Cowboy ♪
1897
01:17:58,081 --> 01:18:00,649
♪ ♪
1898
01:18:00,736 --> 01:18:03,434
[water running]
1899
01:18:06,350 --> 01:18:09,702
- You think about where
you are in life, your age,
1900
01:18:09,789 --> 01:18:12,487
you know, and you think about
people that you know and love,
1901
01:18:12,574 --> 01:18:15,142
the time that passes...
1902
01:18:17,710 --> 01:18:19,059
See, I got on fresh paint.
1903
01:18:19,146 --> 01:18:21,496
This is fresh paint,
so you do it naturally,
1904
01:18:21,583 --> 01:18:24,412
so it's not super gray.
1905
01:18:24,499 --> 01:18:27,894
So you can always see the older
rappers with freshly painted,
1906
01:18:27,981 --> 01:18:30,636
but right underneath is
gray, a lot of gray...
1907
01:18:30,723 --> 01:18:32,159
the new growth. [chuckles]
1908
01:18:32,246 --> 01:18:34,291
Hey, it is what it is, man.
1909
01:18:34,378 --> 01:18:38,252
♪ ♪
1910
01:18:38,339 --> 01:18:42,473
Coming back to New
York is very nostalgic,
1911
01:18:42,561 --> 01:18:45,172
and it is motivation.
1912
01:18:45,259 --> 01:18:48,001
It really throws me
right back into the space
1913
01:18:48,088 --> 01:18:51,134
that I was in with
club life and Dres
1914
01:18:51,221 --> 01:18:54,442
and being around
the music industry.
1915
01:18:54,529 --> 01:18:56,313
What led up to the
success of Black Sheep
1916
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:59,490
was what was fun for me.
1917
01:18:59,578 --> 01:19:03,016
That is the part that I
try to hold on to the most.
1918
01:19:03,103 --> 01:19:06,236
It's been, like, 20-plus years.
1919
01:19:06,323 --> 01:19:09,196
I'm hoping to really
get that energy back.
1920
01:19:12,591 --> 01:19:16,333
You know, for me, when it
comes to Black Sheep and Dres,
1921
01:19:16,420 --> 01:19:18,379
no, never say never.
1922
01:19:20,511 --> 01:19:27,344
♪ ♪
1923
01:19:37,137 --> 01:19:39,530
- Yo.
1924
01:19:39,618 --> 01:19:41,184
[chuckles]
- What's going on, B?
1925
01:19:41,271 --> 01:19:43,404
- How you doing, man?
- Good to see you, brother.
1926
01:19:43,491 --> 01:19:45,624
- Good to see you, too, man.
- Word up.
1927
01:19:45,711 --> 01:19:47,756
Say hello to somebodies.
- What up, world?
1928
01:19:47,843 --> 01:19:50,150
It's Mista Lawnge
from Black Sheep.
1929
01:19:50,237 --> 01:19:51,847
- This is my brother
right here, y'all.
1930
01:19:51,934 --> 01:19:53,433
It's been a long time since
y'all got this picture.
1931
01:19:53,457 --> 01:19:55,068
I better freeze-frame that one.
1932
01:19:55,155 --> 01:19:56,765
Word up.
- Stay tuned.
1933
01:19:56,852 --> 01:19:58,047
- All right, for
real, stay tuned.
1934
01:19:58,071 --> 01:19:59,463
Much love.
1935
01:19:59,550 --> 01:20:00,464
I'll catch y'all.
1936
01:20:00,551 --> 01:20:07,428
♪ ♪
1937
01:20:21,311 --> 01:20:24,097
Where we're headed was
one of the top shows
1938
01:20:24,184 --> 01:20:27,143
ever in my life...
the Apollo Theater.
1939
01:20:27,230 --> 01:20:30,103
[cheers and applause]
1940
01:20:30,190 --> 01:20:32,888
The balcony was literally
shaking up and down.
1941
01:20:32,975 --> 01:20:34,561
- Didn't we have to tell
people to stop jumping
1942
01:20:34,585 --> 01:20:36,326
because the shit was...
1943
01:20:36,413 --> 01:20:38,174
- Yeah, like, we really thought
that shit was going to break.
1944
01:20:38,198 --> 01:20:39,697
- Uh-huh. It's like,
okay, now we're home.
1945
01:20:39,721 --> 01:20:42,376
- Yep.
1946
01:20:42,463 --> 01:20:43,812
- Wow.
1947
01:20:43,899 --> 01:20:47,033
Black Sheep... it's been
years. It's been years.
1948
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:48,687
Oh, my gosh.
1949
01:20:48,774 --> 01:20:49,905
Legends.
1950
01:20:49,992 --> 01:20:51,080
- What's up?
1951
01:20:51,167 --> 01:20:52,821
How are you, man?
- Long, long time.
1952
01:20:52,908 --> 01:20:54,562
- Yeah, right.
How's everything?
1953
01:20:54,649 --> 01:20:57,043
If you embrace Harlem, Harlem
embraces you right back.
1954
01:20:57,130 --> 01:20:58,609
Good to see you, man.
1955
01:20:58,697 --> 01:21:00,263
This is our stomping grounds.
1956
01:21:00,350 --> 01:21:02,222
We'd meet in front
of the Apollo.
1957
01:21:02,309 --> 01:21:03,745
- Yep.
1958
01:21:03,832 --> 01:21:06,052
- Upstairs was a
studio at the time.
1959
01:21:06,139 --> 01:21:07,420
- We mixed "Wolf in
Sheep's Clothing"
1960
01:21:07,444 --> 01:21:08,707
right in here.
1961
01:21:08,794 --> 01:21:10,926
- So being here
is very inspiring.
1962
01:21:11,013 --> 01:21:12,362
- That's real.
1963
01:21:12,449 --> 01:21:13,889
And it also puts
you in touch with...
1964
01:21:13,973 --> 01:21:16,758
Like, this is who
we do this shit for.
1965
01:21:16,845 --> 01:21:18,107
- Y'all amazing.
1966
01:21:18,194 --> 01:21:19,761
- Harlem gives that right back.
1967
01:21:19,848 --> 01:21:21,478
- I respect what you're
doing with the tribute.
1968
01:21:21,502 --> 01:21:22,653
- Oh, I appreciate that, man.
1969
01:21:22,677 --> 01:21:24,592
This is coming home.
1970
01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:27,247
- The world-famous
Apollo Theater...
1971
01:21:27,334 --> 01:21:30,903
- The Apollo Theater... first
of all, it was sold out...
1972
01:21:30,990 --> 01:21:32,861
- Yeah.
- Standing room only.
1973
01:21:32,948 --> 01:21:34,907
- It was tense.
It was anxiety.
1974
01:21:34,994 --> 01:21:38,171
It's like that
before any big show.
1975
01:21:38,258 --> 01:21:41,696
- I remember after that
show us walking down
1976
01:21:41,783 --> 01:21:44,438
125th Street this
way... [car horn honks]
1977
01:21:44,525 --> 01:21:47,267
And every car going by
was just honking at us.
1978
01:21:47,354 --> 01:21:50,574
[echoing] It was
like, y'all did it.
1979
01:21:50,661 --> 01:21:53,926
And we just walking, just
floating down 125th Street,
1980
01:21:54,013 --> 01:21:57,016
just feeling like I wasn't
touching the ground.
1981
01:21:57,103 --> 01:21:59,018
- The stage has been
graced by such artists
1982
01:21:59,105 --> 01:22:01,629
as Sammy Davis
Jr., Count Basie...
1983
01:22:01,716 --> 01:22:02,935
- Ella Fitzgerald.
1984
01:22:03,022 --> 01:22:04,458
- It's a tradition
of Black music.
1985
01:22:04,545 --> 01:22:07,069
For us, that was real important.
1986
01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:10,290
And then us doing stuff like
late-night television...
1987
01:22:10,377 --> 01:22:13,510
every audience... we were always
having to prove ourselves.
1988
01:22:13,597 --> 01:22:15,991
- It's Arsenio Hall!
1989
01:22:16,078 --> 01:22:18,602
- Time we did Arsenio...
- I got something for y'all.
1990
01:22:18,689 --> 01:22:20,169
Oh, we got a great show for you.
1991
01:22:20,256 --> 01:22:21,954
- I want to do some
different shit.
1992
01:22:22,041 --> 01:22:25,522
So I was like, listen, we
perform from the audience.
1993
01:22:25,609 --> 01:22:28,569
- ♪ We're the Black Sheep ♪
1994
01:22:28,656 --> 01:22:31,659
- Arsenio was like, you
got to talk to my producer
1995
01:22:31,746 --> 01:22:33,356
about that shit.
- [laughs]
1996
01:22:33,443 --> 01:22:34,836
- So he took me to the producer.
1997
01:22:34,923 --> 01:22:36,838
♪ ♪
1998
01:22:36,925 --> 01:22:40,799
He was like, okay,
so let's just try it.
1999
01:22:40,886 --> 01:22:44,324
And the shit popped off.
- Yeah, it was crazy.
2000
01:22:44,411 --> 01:22:46,195
It was crazy.
2001
01:22:46,282 --> 01:22:47,849
[cheers and applause]
2002
01:22:47,936 --> 01:22:50,504
- So that became a format
for them to do that.
2003
01:22:50,591 --> 01:22:52,158
- Are we ready?
2004
01:22:52,245 --> 01:22:54,203
- Here's Jay Leno!
2005
01:22:54,290 --> 01:22:56,075
- And then Leno...
2006
01:22:56,162 --> 01:22:57,728
- Ladies and gentlemen!
2007
01:22:57,816 --> 01:23:00,688
- ♪ Everybody say scream ♪
[cheers and applause]
2008
01:23:00,775 --> 01:23:04,735
- That was tremendous
for the culture.
2009
01:23:04,823 --> 01:23:06,825
That was the beginnings
2010
01:23:06,912 --> 01:23:09,653
of putting hip-hop
in Middle America.
2011
01:23:11,481 --> 01:23:14,920
- Being in New York,
reconnecting with Dres,
2012
01:23:15,007 --> 01:23:17,183
filming this documentary...
2013
01:23:17,270 --> 01:23:20,403
it's kind of, like,
intense for me.
2014
01:23:20,490 --> 01:23:22,405
You know, just in my own head,
2015
01:23:22,492 --> 01:23:24,103
it's kind of
"Twilight Zone" -ish.
2016
01:23:24,190 --> 01:23:25,887
- When we lived
here, like, nobody
2017
01:23:25,974 --> 01:23:28,324
really knew we lived here.
2018
01:23:28,411 --> 01:23:32,502
- And the engine of
my mind starting up,
2019
01:23:32,589 --> 01:23:34,069
putting everything together,
2020
01:23:34,156 --> 01:23:38,987
but, you know, I'm just
looking for inspiration.
2021
01:23:39,074 --> 01:23:41,468
If the right thing comes about,
2022
01:23:41,555 --> 01:23:43,949
you never know what's
going to happen.
2023
01:23:47,343 --> 01:23:51,130
- Mista Lawnge, Dres,
Black Sheep, slam now.
2024
01:23:51,217 --> 01:23:53,088
My man.
- Good to see you.
2025
01:23:53,175 --> 01:23:54,524
- Oh, my gosh.
2026
01:23:54,611 --> 01:23:56,396
I ain't seen you
in forever, man.
2027
01:23:56,483 --> 01:23:58,441
What's up with you? You
got a beard on me now.
2028
01:23:58,528 --> 01:23:59,878
[laughter]
2029
01:23:59,965 --> 01:24:02,054
Mista Lawnge got
a beard on me, D.
2030
01:24:02,141 --> 01:24:04,926
- It's painted.
[laughter]
2031
01:24:05,013 --> 01:24:06,014
- Ah, shit.
2032
01:24:06,101 --> 01:24:07,421
This is my code D
right here, man.
2033
01:24:07,494 --> 01:24:09,278
- No doubt, no doubt.
- That's what's up.
2034
01:24:09,365 --> 01:24:11,150
So we're putting the
band back together.
2035
01:24:11,237 --> 01:24:13,345
- Very, very possible, man.
That's what we looking at, man.
2036
01:24:13,369 --> 01:24:15,502
We going to be like...
- I still got it.
2037
01:24:15,589 --> 01:24:17,199
[laughter]
2038
01:24:17,286 --> 01:24:19,288
- You know what I'm
saying? Yo, man.
2039
01:24:19,375 --> 01:24:20,463
For real, for real.
2040
01:24:20,550 --> 01:24:22,639
- How are you feeling about...
2041
01:24:22,726 --> 01:24:24,046
You got something
written, though?
2042
01:24:24,119 --> 01:24:25,479
- Shit. I could
play with that one.
2043
01:24:25,555 --> 01:24:27,557
[rhythmic beats playing]
2044
01:24:27,644 --> 01:24:32,301
- This is Dilla, you know,
from the DnD project.
2045
01:24:32,388 --> 01:24:34,738
You want to jump in?
You want me to set it?
2046
01:24:34,825 --> 01:24:36,479
It don't matter to me.
2047
01:24:36,566 --> 01:24:38,196
- Yeah, I'll jump in,
while shit is in my head.
2048
01:24:38,220 --> 01:24:39,482
- All right.
2049
01:24:42,659 --> 01:24:44,463
- While I was on the
plane, I was in my own head
2050
01:24:44,487 --> 01:24:46,968
about what we were
going to be doing.
2051
01:24:47,055 --> 01:24:51,364
I really had no expectations.
2052
01:24:51,451 --> 01:24:54,845
[whispering
indistinctly to self]
2053
01:24:54,933 --> 01:24:57,848
Concepts start flying
from what I see,
2054
01:24:57,936 --> 01:24:59,850
you know, regular life.
2055
01:24:59,938 --> 01:25:03,028
The way things happen...
2056
01:25:03,115 --> 01:25:05,334
people.
2057
01:25:05,421 --> 01:25:07,380
And I'll automatically
go into writing.
2058
01:25:07,467 --> 01:25:10,122
- Mista Lawnge verse... we
haven't heard in a minute.
2059
01:25:10,209 --> 01:25:11,819
That's what's up.
2060
01:25:11,906 --> 01:25:13,952
- Mista Lawnge
from Black Sheep...
2061
01:25:14,039 --> 01:25:15,668
I'm gonna just run through
it a couple of times
2062
01:25:15,692 --> 01:25:17,607
until I learn this shit.
2063
01:25:17,694 --> 01:25:19,131
- Y'all need the beat?
2064
01:25:19,218 --> 01:25:21,394
- Nah, this for the DnD.
This is a Dilla shit.
2065
01:25:21,481 --> 01:25:23,198
- Oh, oh, Dilla drop.
Oh, okay. That's right.
2066
01:25:23,222 --> 01:25:24,919
- Get him on this
project, you know?
2067
01:25:25,006 --> 01:25:26,529
- Yeah, yeah.
- That'd be crazy.
2068
01:25:26,616 --> 01:25:28,183
Let's do it again.
2069
01:25:28,270 --> 01:25:31,056
We got the energy.
- Mm-hmm.
2070
01:25:31,143 --> 01:25:33,449
I mean, with the wild
success of Black Sheep,
2071
01:25:33,536 --> 01:25:35,060
I still look back.
2072
01:25:35,147 --> 01:25:37,366
That wasn't the best part.
2073
01:25:37,453 --> 01:25:39,499
The best part was
that growing...
2074
01:25:39,586 --> 01:25:43,242
you know, just
brothers making music,
2075
01:25:43,329 --> 01:25:45,070
doing what we love.
2076
01:25:45,157 --> 01:25:48,812
- We navigated, and we
found our way to here, man.
2077
01:25:48,899 --> 01:25:51,250
I'm proud of us for that.
2078
01:25:51,337 --> 01:25:53,904
- We learned from our mistakes.
2079
01:25:53,992 --> 01:25:56,559
Continuation.
- You know what I'm saying?
2080
01:25:56,646 --> 01:25:59,562
What it could've been,
what it should've been.
2081
01:25:59,649 --> 01:26:02,652
- Everything happens
for a reason.
2082
01:26:02,739 --> 01:26:04,306
- Let's do it.
2083
01:26:04,393 --> 01:26:07,527
- So let's do some
shit together.
2084
01:26:07,614 --> 01:26:10,356
♪ Yo, Mista Lawnge
is the K-E-Y ♪
2085
01:26:10,443 --> 01:26:12,203
♪ And some of y'all are
going to say he lie ♪
2086
01:26:12,271 --> 01:26:14,621
♪ So, listen, maybe I
need to spit that truth ♪
2087
01:26:14,708 --> 01:26:16,231
♪ When I hit that booth ♪
2088
01:26:16,318 --> 01:26:17,928
♪ Then y'all
sleeping-ass skeptics ♪
2089
01:26:18,016 --> 01:26:19,408
♪ Could get that proof ♪
2090
01:26:19,495 --> 01:26:21,671
♪ It's undeniable,
me, I'm so reliable ♪
2091
01:26:21,758 --> 01:26:24,805
♪ But a lot of rappers' success
is really unjustifiable... ♪
2092
01:26:24,892 --> 01:26:27,764
[train rumbling softly]
2093
01:26:27,851 --> 01:26:29,505
[tone beeps]
2094
01:26:29,592 --> 01:26:31,377
- Ladies and gentlemen,
at this time,
2095
01:26:31,464 --> 01:26:33,814
we're approaching our
next station stop.
2096
01:26:33,901 --> 01:26:36,034
[line trilling]
2097
01:26:36,121 --> 01:26:38,253
- Hey, Dres. Ma Dukes here.
2098
01:26:38,340 --> 01:26:39,776
What up, doe?
2099
01:26:39,863 --> 01:26:41,778
I thought I need to call you.
2100
01:26:41,865 --> 01:26:46,218
After all the rhetoric and
misconceptions about things,
2101
01:26:46,305 --> 01:26:48,437
I really think we
should get together
2102
01:26:48,524 --> 01:26:50,787
and, you know like, have a chat,
2103
01:26:50,874 --> 01:26:53,747
kind of explain to each other
what the heck's going on,
2104
01:26:53,834 --> 01:26:56,880
you know, sit down...
you, me, and Toney,
2105
01:26:56,967 --> 01:26:59,231
if that's okay with you.
2106
01:26:59,318 --> 01:27:00,382
I don't know what
your schedule is,
2107
01:27:00,406 --> 01:27:04,801
but we'll be in
D.C. Wednesday.
2108
01:27:04,888 --> 01:27:07,587
So try to hit me back.
2109
01:27:07,674 --> 01:27:11,286
If I have to extend it a day,
I will, but let me know, okay?
2110
01:27:11,373 --> 01:27:14,768
Reach me back at 313 number
or either of the 323s.
2111
01:27:14,855 --> 01:27:16,248
Both of them I'll have on.
2112
01:27:16,335 --> 01:27:17,640
One love.
2113
01:27:18,728 --> 01:27:20,034
[tone beeps]
2114
01:27:20,121 --> 01:27:21,601
- Ladies and gentlemen,
at this time,
2115
01:27:21,688 --> 01:27:23,820
we are approaching
our final destination,
2116
01:27:23,907 --> 01:27:26,127
Washington, D.C., station.
2117
01:27:26,214 --> 01:27:27,824
At this time, we ask you...
2118
01:27:27,911 --> 01:27:30,349
- I haven't seen Ma since
we were in Puerto Rico.
2119
01:27:30,436 --> 01:27:32,438
As far as this project
itself, you know,
2120
01:27:32,525 --> 01:27:35,136
I've had to deal
with a lot of doubt.
2121
01:27:35,223 --> 01:27:38,444
- Washington, DC, final station.
2122
01:27:38,531 --> 01:27:40,185
- We're going through
a cloudy situation.
2123
01:27:40,272 --> 01:27:41,534
You know what I'm saying?
2124
01:27:41,621 --> 01:27:43,710
And it's not for me to
move on and just think
2125
01:27:43,797 --> 01:27:45,364
that it's going to be okay.
2126
01:27:45,451 --> 01:27:47,235
That's not how
it's going to work.
2127
01:27:49,237 --> 01:27:50,456
So whatever is in question,
2128
01:27:50,543 --> 01:27:53,372
I'd like to address
now face-to-face
2129
01:27:53,459 --> 01:27:56,331
so that there isn't
any misunderstandings.
2130
01:27:59,160 --> 01:28:00,683
What up?
2131
01:28:02,990 --> 01:28:04,339
How are you?
2132
01:28:04,426 --> 01:28:05,340
- Good to see you, man.
- No doubt.
2133
01:28:05,427 --> 01:28:06,863
No doubt.
- Good to see you, too.
2134
01:28:06,950 --> 01:28:08,256
- No doubt, no doubt. Hey, Ma.
2135
01:28:08,343 --> 01:28:09,170
- What up, doe?
- Ah, here you go.
2136
01:28:09,257 --> 01:28:10,954
This is for you.
- Oh, my God.
2137
01:28:11,041 --> 01:28:12,062
Thank you.
- And it's good to see you.
2138
01:28:12,086 --> 01:28:13,522
- Good to see you, too.
2139
01:28:13,609 --> 01:28:16,177
Get all that baggage
off your back and enjoy.
2140
01:28:16,264 --> 01:28:17,502
- It's so good to see
you. That's what's up.
2141
01:28:17,526 --> 01:28:19,267
- Thank you. You
know I like gifts.
2142
01:28:19,354 --> 01:28:20,573
- It's been too long.
- Yes.
2143
01:28:20,660 --> 01:28:22,140
- Have a seat right here?
- All right.
2144
01:28:22,183 --> 01:28:23,489
What's up now?
How y'all doing?
2145
01:28:23,576 --> 01:28:25,578
- Pretty good. It's
been a good day.
2146
01:28:25,665 --> 01:28:26,985
Weather is not bad.
- Yeah, right?
2147
01:28:27,057 --> 01:28:28,407
Right?
- Yeah.
2148
01:28:28,494 --> 01:28:30,322
- It turned out pretty
decent out there.
2149
01:28:30,409 --> 01:28:32,324
It was a little overcast
when I left New York,
2150
01:28:32,411 --> 01:28:33,518
but it's nice out here.
- Oh, yes.
2151
01:28:33,542 --> 01:28:34,891
- Yeah, it's been
quite the walk.
2152
01:28:34,978 --> 01:28:36,893
It's been quite the walk.
2153
01:28:36,980 --> 01:28:38,591
Yeah. Yeah, we're
here, though.
2154
01:28:38,678 --> 01:28:40,636
- Yes.
- Yeah, you know?
2155
01:28:40,723 --> 01:28:44,553
I really wanted to say that,
you know, like, this...
2156
01:28:44,640 --> 01:28:47,513
Like, I just really
trusted who we were.
2157
01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:49,384
Like, you know,
like, what happened?
2158
01:28:49,471 --> 01:28:50,864
Like, what...
2159
01:28:50,951 --> 01:28:53,562
- There are numerous
people doing Dilla music...
2160
01:28:53,649 --> 01:28:58,393
not permitted, just
willy-nilly doing whatever.
2161
01:28:58,480 --> 01:29:00,526
It's a known fact that
he's one of the most
2162
01:29:00,613 --> 01:29:03,137
bootlegged artists ever.
2163
01:29:03,224 --> 01:29:05,922
And...
2164
01:29:06,009 --> 01:29:10,971
as far as music,
for this project...
2165
01:29:11,058 --> 01:29:13,800
I'm saying it from me to the
ears of those that will listen
2166
01:29:13,887 --> 01:29:15,889
with my own face and mouth.
2167
01:29:15,976 --> 01:29:17,910
This was something that I've
been very excited about.
2168
01:29:17,934 --> 01:29:19,849
- Thank you.
2169
01:29:19,936 --> 01:29:23,026
- This article has
brought a lot of attention
2170
01:29:23,113 --> 01:29:25,072
to a lot of people.
2171
01:29:25,159 --> 01:29:27,205
- I know who I'm talking to.
- Mm-hmm.
2172
01:29:27,292 --> 01:29:28,902
- And I know what I'm hearing.
- Yeah.
2173
01:29:28,989 --> 01:29:30,096
- These are two
different things.
2174
01:29:30,120 --> 01:29:31,600
Like, what happened?
2175
01:29:31,687 --> 01:29:34,168
This doesn't even
sound remotely like...
2176
01:29:34,255 --> 01:29:36,126
you know what I'm
saying... like us.
2177
01:29:36,214 --> 01:29:38,999
- That was a messy interview.
2178
01:29:39,086 --> 01:29:40,435
That wasn't my quote.
2179
01:29:40,522 --> 01:29:42,220
I was confused.
- Like, it's almost...
2180
01:29:42,307 --> 01:29:44,134
- So I just don't know.
- Yeah, like, why...
2181
01:29:44,222 --> 01:29:46,354
why even write this interview?
2182
01:29:46,441 --> 01:29:49,575
You just was unsure if you
wanted to have this happen?
2183
01:29:49,662 --> 01:29:51,229
- No.
2184
01:29:51,316 --> 01:29:52,815
Toney, did you... when
you came to kitchen,
2185
01:29:52,839 --> 01:29:54,754
you said, did you see this?
2186
01:29:54,841 --> 01:29:57,844
- I couldn't believe that
"Rolling Stone" article,
2187
01:29:57,931 --> 01:30:02,327
using those particular
words, misquoting my wife.
2188
01:30:02,414 --> 01:30:04,677
It's like, oh, my God, yo.
2189
01:30:04,764 --> 01:30:06,244
How?
- I don't know.
2190
01:30:06,331 --> 01:30:07,506
- How?
2191
01:30:07,593 --> 01:30:10,030
That's when I knew
for a fact that...
2192
01:30:10,117 --> 01:30:12,337
- Something was very wrong.
- Something was very wrong.
2193
01:30:12,424 --> 01:30:14,053
- Even some of the wording
in it was kind of, like...
2194
01:30:14,077 --> 01:30:15,688
- It was, like, crazy.
2195
01:30:15,775 --> 01:30:16,969
- Oh, right, right,
right, right.
2196
01:30:16,993 --> 01:30:19,648
- And it didn't make
sense, and it was too much
2197
01:30:19,735 --> 01:30:22,216
that I didn't know about
that was being said.
2198
01:30:22,303 --> 01:30:25,132
I endorsed this project
in the beginning.
2199
01:30:25,219 --> 01:30:27,177
I've been so excited about it.
2200
01:30:27,265 --> 01:30:31,530
And the sheer fact that the
idea happened in my own home
2201
01:30:31,617 --> 01:30:34,446
in Puerto Rico, okay,
three years ago,
2202
01:30:34,533 --> 01:30:36,012
so they don't have
to worry about...
2203
01:30:36,099 --> 01:30:37,623
Nobody has to put an article up.
2204
01:30:37,710 --> 01:30:40,321
- Yo, we here. This
is what's important.
2205
01:30:40,408 --> 01:30:41,768
- You know, we
withstood the storm.
2206
01:30:41,801 --> 01:30:42,976
- Right.
2207
01:30:43,063 --> 01:30:44,499
- And we didn't
know it was coming.
2208
01:30:44,586 --> 01:30:46,129
- Right, right. Real talk.
- We go, oh, you know.
2209
01:30:46,153 --> 01:30:47,348
- On so many fronts.
- And that's life.
2210
01:30:47,372 --> 01:30:48,982
- Yeah.
2211
01:30:49,069 --> 01:30:51,134
- That's the real thing, and
that's what makes us strong.
2212
01:30:51,158 --> 01:30:52,678
- And you want to
know, like, you know,
2213
01:30:52,725 --> 01:30:54,268
that your relationships
can survive that.
2214
01:30:54,292 --> 01:30:56,032
- And that's what it is.
2215
01:30:56,119 --> 01:30:57,730
Let's rise together.
- Yeah, no doubt.
2216
01:30:57,817 --> 01:31:00,950
- That's what it is.
- Thank you, sincerely.
2217
01:31:01,037 --> 01:31:02,952
- You still and always
did have my blessing.
2218
01:31:03,039 --> 01:31:04,998
- Thank you.
2219
01:31:05,085 --> 01:31:06,826
That was real.
2220
01:31:06,913 --> 01:31:08,044
- It is real.
2221
01:31:08,131 --> 01:31:11,526
♪ ♪
2222
01:31:11,613 --> 01:31:13,223
- Anytime I can get
a chance to see Ma,
2223
01:31:13,311 --> 01:31:16,792
it's, like, this just really
parental type of feeling
2224
01:31:16,879 --> 01:31:18,838
that I get in her presence.
2225
01:31:18,925 --> 01:31:22,232
I think about the very
humble beginnings of us
2226
01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:25,975
just meeting by chance
2227
01:31:26,062 --> 01:31:28,064
and all that it's become,
2228
01:31:28,151 --> 01:31:30,415
you know, from the pandemic,
2229
01:31:30,502 --> 01:31:33,113
to the trials and
tribulations of creation,
2230
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:37,204
to, you know, real life
taking place in the interim.
2231
01:31:37,291 --> 01:31:40,120
It's been a learning
experience within itself.
2232
01:31:40,207 --> 01:31:43,166
More than anything, I think
it's invigorated in me
2233
01:31:43,253 --> 01:31:44,559
to definitely make sure that
2234
01:31:44,646 --> 01:31:47,736
my estate and my
affairs are situated.
2235
01:31:47,823 --> 01:31:50,870
Publishing and the
music that I have done
2236
01:31:50,957 --> 01:31:52,350
are going to my children
2237
01:31:52,437 --> 01:31:56,266
to help them move
forward in life.
2238
01:31:56,354 --> 01:32:00,140
It also put the desire in me
to leave something, you know,
2239
01:32:00,227 --> 01:32:02,447
so I'm very grateful for that.
2240
01:32:06,015 --> 01:32:09,671
What the world is seeing
you do for your son
2241
01:32:09,758 --> 01:32:11,891
says it all, as
far as who you are
2242
01:32:11,978 --> 01:32:13,936
and the mother that
you are to this world.
2243
01:32:14,023 --> 01:32:15,827
- Wow. Thank you for that.
- Like, for real, for real.
2244
01:32:15,851 --> 01:32:17,592
- Dilla was my whole world.
2245
01:32:17,679 --> 01:32:20,943
Some parents don't even know
that their children were
2246
01:32:21,030 --> 01:32:23,293
talented or creative.
- Right.
2247
01:32:23,381 --> 01:32:24,619
- But you got to
nourish that talent
2248
01:32:24,643 --> 01:32:26,645
to make the world
better for young people.
2249
01:32:26,732 --> 01:32:27,602
- Especially VH1 Save The Music.
2250
01:32:27,689 --> 01:32:28,927
- Yeah.
- You know what I'm saying?
2251
01:32:28,951 --> 01:32:29,951
Oh, that's what's up.
2252
01:32:29,996 --> 01:32:31,998
- Yeah, that's...
that's my baby.
2253
01:32:32,085 --> 01:32:33,497
- I mean, that's why... how
many schools we are now?
2254
01:32:33,521 --> 01:32:36,132
- Oh, my God. We
have 40 schools in.
2255
01:32:36,219 --> 01:32:37,525
- That's what's up.
2256
01:32:37,612 --> 01:32:39,397
- And just for your own benefit,
2257
01:32:39,484 --> 01:32:43,662
visit any one of the J
Dilla Tech Grant schools
2258
01:32:43,749 --> 01:32:47,230
to see that growth is happening,
2259
01:32:47,317 --> 01:32:48,797
and children have
more resources.
2260
01:32:48,884 --> 01:32:52,888
- And it keeps introducing
who he is to them.
2261
01:32:52,975 --> 01:32:54,890
- Yes, it does.
- You know what I'm saying?
2262
01:32:54,977 --> 01:32:56,651
Like, they're gonna grow
up knowing, like you know,
2263
01:32:56,675 --> 01:32:58,633
Dilla, that means something.
2264
01:32:58,720 --> 01:33:01,636
That name means something.
That name helped me.
2265
01:33:01,723 --> 01:33:02,961
- How are you?
- I'm good. How are you?
2266
01:33:02,985 --> 01:33:04,552
Hello.
2267
01:33:04,639 --> 01:33:06,859
- Can you hold on?
- Sure.
2268
01:33:06,946 --> 01:33:09,862
[hip hop music playing]
- Hey, yo, yo, yo, guys, guys.
2269
01:33:09,949 --> 01:33:12,342
Turn off the speaker and
let's get something recording.
2270
01:33:12,430 --> 01:33:14,040
Let's not vibe right now, okay?
2271
01:33:14,127 --> 01:33:17,173
So Za's gonna record, bring
up a... bring up a thing.
2272
01:33:17,260 --> 01:33:20,002
- Save The Music's mission
is helping students,
2273
01:33:20,089 --> 01:33:22,352
schools, and communities
reach their full potential
2274
01:33:22,440 --> 01:33:24,224
through making music.
2275
01:33:24,311 --> 01:33:27,096
One of the things I saw
in my first years here was
2276
01:33:27,183 --> 01:33:31,536
there was incredible demand
from the student side
2277
01:33:31,623 --> 01:33:35,844
for hip hop, electronic
music, beat-making...
2278
01:33:35,931 --> 01:33:37,431
you know, the music
that the students are
2279
01:33:37,455 --> 01:33:38,804
actually listening to.
2280
01:33:38,891 --> 01:33:40,196
- Yeah!
2281
01:33:41,546 --> 01:33:43,025
You want to record that in?
2282
01:33:43,112 --> 01:33:44,481
- We've got to name it
something other than
2283
01:33:44,505 --> 01:33:45,506
the Music Tech Grant.
2284
01:33:45,593 --> 01:33:47,552
We put our heads together.
2285
01:33:47,639 --> 01:33:50,772
There's really only one
person who could possibly be
2286
01:33:50,859 --> 01:33:55,081
the patron saint for this
program, and that's J Dilla.
2287
01:33:55,168 --> 01:33:57,015
- Does anybody else wanna take
a stab at a different beat?
2288
01:33:57,039 --> 01:33:58,214
- Yes.
2289
01:33:58,301 --> 01:34:00,086
- The Dilla Tech Program,
2290
01:34:00,173 --> 01:34:02,392
we see it's incredibly
popular with music students,
2291
01:34:02,480 --> 01:34:04,699
and then it also pulls in
2292
01:34:04,786 --> 01:34:07,093
a whole other
population of students
2293
01:34:07,180 --> 01:34:11,793
who never considered music
through the traditional paths.
2294
01:34:11,880 --> 01:34:13,752
I'm always amazed
2295
01:34:13,839 --> 01:34:15,841
when you take young
people seriously
2296
01:34:15,928 --> 01:34:18,800
and their creativity seriously
what they come back with.
2297
01:34:18,887 --> 01:34:20,909
- So, let's meet everybody.
Y'all got to introduce me.
2298
01:34:20,933 --> 01:34:22,935
- Absolutely. This is
Elijah right there,
2299
01:34:23,022 --> 01:34:24,913
definitely one of our
producers-in-making over here.
2300
01:34:24,937 --> 01:34:27,026
- How are you?
- Good, man. How you feeling?
2301
01:34:27,113 --> 01:34:28,482
- These are some of
the guys over here.
2302
01:34:28,506 --> 01:34:29,811
They're working right now.
2303
01:34:29,898 --> 01:34:31,552
Who's in the booth?
2304
01:34:31,639 --> 01:34:33,182
- Can you engineer?
- No, he engineer my music.
2305
01:34:33,206 --> 01:34:36,122
- Oh, yeah? Yeah? And
all of y'all are artists?
2306
01:34:36,209 --> 01:34:37,795
All of y'all are engineers?
All of y'all producers?
2307
01:34:37,819 --> 01:34:38,690
- No, I'm an artist.
- I'm an artist.
2308
01:34:38,777 --> 01:34:40,276
- Artist, artist.
- I'm a ballplayer, too.
2309
01:34:40,300 --> 01:34:41,799
- Ballplayer, too?
- Yeah, he an artist, though.
2310
01:34:41,823 --> 01:34:43,608
- All right. What's
your name, champ?
2311
01:34:43,695 --> 01:34:45,044
- Name's Kenny.
- Kenny?
2312
01:34:45,131 --> 01:34:46,543
- I'ma come up.
- Kenny, you wanna come up?
2313
01:34:46,567 --> 01:34:48,047
- Watch this.
- I like it.
2314
01:34:48,134 --> 01:34:50,155
- Give it a couple years,
man. Not even a couple years.
2315
01:34:50,179 --> 01:34:51,766
Just give it a couple
months. I'ma blow up.
2316
01:34:51,790 --> 01:34:53,139
I promise y'all
that. You heard?
2317
01:34:53,226 --> 01:34:54,666
- You know what? I
like the attitude.
2318
01:34:54,706 --> 01:34:56,074
That's the attitude
you supposed to have.
2319
01:34:56,098 --> 01:34:57,926
You know what I'm
saying? That's what's up.
2320
01:34:58,013 --> 01:34:59,972
So I'm saying... so
can we hear something?
2321
01:35:00,059 --> 01:35:01,408
- Which one you want?
2322
01:35:01,495 --> 01:35:04,585
- I want the one that
you think is the dopest.
2323
01:35:04,672 --> 01:35:06,352
Like, when you play
something for somebody,
2324
01:35:06,413 --> 01:35:07,849
you give them your best shot.
2325
01:35:07,936 --> 01:35:09,721
You don't give them
something you working on.
2326
01:35:09,808 --> 01:35:11,897
- ♪ I'ma make it when I'm 18 ♪
2327
01:35:11,984 --> 01:35:13,507
♪ I'ma make it when I'm 18 ♪
2328
01:35:13,594 --> 01:35:15,291
♪ Nigga, I was hoping ♪
2329
01:35:15,378 --> 01:35:17,163
♪ Living in the gutter,
got a single mother ♪
2330
01:35:17,250 --> 01:35:19,034
♪ Nigga, I was broken ♪
2331
01:35:19,121 --> 01:35:20,708
♪ Coming from the struggle,
niggas had to hustle ♪
2332
01:35:20,732 --> 01:35:22,516
♪ Niggas didn't notice ♪
2333
01:35:22,603 --> 01:35:24,320
♪ Coming from the struggle,
niggas had to hustle ♪
2334
01:35:24,344 --> 01:35:25,824
♪ Coming from
that soul search ♪
2335
01:35:25,911 --> 01:35:27,477
♪ Coming from
that soul search ♪
2336
01:35:27,565 --> 01:35:29,349
♪ Nigga, I was hoping ♪
2337
01:35:29,436 --> 01:35:30,631
♪ Living in the gutter,
got a single mother ♪
2338
01:35:30,655 --> 01:35:32,570
♪ Nigga, I was broken ♪
2339
01:35:32,657 --> 01:35:36,008
- Who did the track?
You did the track?
2340
01:35:36,095 --> 01:35:39,968
What I hear, what
I hear in that is
2341
01:35:40,055 --> 01:35:42,667
who you was, you
know what I'm saying?
2342
01:35:42,754 --> 01:35:44,233
- Yeah.
- More than anything.
2343
01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:46,758
- It's basically... it's
just my pain, you feel me?
2344
01:35:46,845 --> 01:35:49,848
And I just put it in
the song, so I have it.
2345
01:35:49,935 --> 01:35:51,327
I feel like... I
don't know, man.
2346
01:35:51,414 --> 01:35:54,287
- We've all looked
at life like...
2347
01:35:54,374 --> 01:35:56,681
like this ain't right,
this ain't fair.
2348
01:35:56,768 --> 01:35:59,640
And... and how do
I get out of here?
2349
01:35:59,727 --> 01:36:01,555
How do I get out
of this position?
2350
01:36:01,642 --> 01:36:05,994
I feel hopeless, right?
2351
01:36:06,081 --> 01:36:09,607
But you're saying,
"I was hopeless."
2352
01:36:09,694 --> 01:36:10,932
You're not saying
"I am hopeless."
2353
01:36:10,956 --> 01:36:12,368
I'm just telling
you what I'm hearing
2354
01:36:12,392 --> 01:36:14,655
and what I see in my head.
I'm like, wow, this is strong.
2355
01:36:14,742 --> 01:36:16,241
This is powerful.
That's a powerful piece.
2356
01:36:16,265 --> 01:36:18,703
That's a dope... that's a
dope rhyme, a dope hook.
2357
01:36:18,790 --> 01:36:19,854
- I appreciate that.
- You know what I'm saying?
2358
01:36:19,878 --> 01:36:21,140
- Want to hear some more songs?
2359
01:36:21,227 --> 01:36:24,317
- Yeah, yeah. I'm here to
hang out with y'all, man.
2360
01:36:24,404 --> 01:36:26,449
But I'm only trying to
hear... pardon my French...
2361
01:36:26,536 --> 01:36:27,818
I'm only trying
to hear dope shit.
2362
01:36:27,842 --> 01:36:30,105
I'm not into... I'm
not into... [laughter]
2363
01:36:30,192 --> 01:36:32,368
- You let me know if it's not.
- All right?
2364
01:36:32,455 --> 01:36:33,868
I'ma let y'all know.
I'm telling you.
2365
01:36:33,892 --> 01:36:35,217
All right, cool.
I'ma let you know.
2366
01:36:35,241 --> 01:36:36,851
A'ight, who's next?
2367
01:36:36,938 --> 01:36:39,288
[indistinct chatter]
2368
01:36:39,375 --> 01:36:40,246
- Talk to me.
2369
01:36:40,333 --> 01:36:41,682
- This you?
2370
01:36:41,769 --> 01:36:44,380
[R&B music playing]
2371
01:36:44,467 --> 01:36:47,383
- ♪ Together
forever don't last ♪
2372
01:36:47,470 --> 01:36:50,430
♪ I need some energy ♪
2373
01:36:50,517 --> 01:36:53,476
♪ I'm running but
I ain't that fast ♪
2374
01:36:53,563 --> 01:36:56,218
- "I'm running but I
ain't that fast," whoo!
2375
01:36:56,305 --> 01:36:58,786
- ♪ 'Cause everybody's
living it ♪
2376
01:36:58,873 --> 01:37:01,006
♪ What's love if it
ain't guaranteed? ♪
2377
01:37:01,093 --> 01:37:02,877
♪ Don't need no
games, no names ♪
2378
01:37:02,964 --> 01:37:05,706
♪ Don't need no time wasted ♪
2379
01:37:05,793 --> 01:37:08,535
♪ You slept on
me, so I vacated ♪
2380
01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:10,189
♪ I got no patience ♪
2381
01:37:10,276 --> 01:37:11,712
♪ If I get my
heart broke again ♪
2382
01:37:11,799 --> 01:37:14,149
♪ That's it, I
ain't doing it ♪
2383
01:37:14,236 --> 01:37:19,328
♪ What's love if it
ain't guaranteed ♪
2384
01:37:19,415 --> 01:37:23,768
[students cheering]
2385
01:37:23,855 --> 01:37:25,465
- Yo, pause that,
pause that, pause that.
2386
01:37:25,552 --> 01:37:26,945
That's fucking amazing.
2387
01:37:27,032 --> 01:37:27,902
- Thank you.
- You did that.
2388
01:37:27,989 --> 01:37:30,644
- I really... I
really appreciate it.
2389
01:37:30,731 --> 01:37:31,819
- Now, now, hold up, now.
2390
01:37:31,906 --> 01:37:32,559
Real quick, before
we move forward...
2391
01:37:32,646 --> 01:37:34,430
before we move forward...
2392
01:37:34,517 --> 01:37:35,843
students: ♪ I got no energy ♪
- A'ight? Yo.
2393
01:37:35,867 --> 01:37:38,565
[laughter]
2394
01:37:38,652 --> 01:37:40,436
Now, real quick, real
quick, real quick,
2395
01:37:40,523 --> 01:37:41,873
why is this the best song?
2396
01:37:41,960 --> 01:37:44,049
- She put so much
emotion into it.
2397
01:37:44,136 --> 01:37:45,311
- she not worried about
2398
01:37:45,398 --> 01:37:46,878
what people doing today.
- Yeah.
2399
01:37:46,965 --> 01:37:48,725
- She got the most
originality I've ever heard.
2400
01:37:48,749 --> 01:37:49,968
- The track that she chose
2401
01:37:50,055 --> 01:37:52,013
differentiated her
from everyone here.
2402
01:37:52,100 --> 01:37:54,973
She was comfortable
in her authenticity.
2403
01:37:55,060 --> 01:37:56,888
She was comfortable
in who she was.
2404
01:37:56,975 --> 01:37:58,672
And I'm trying to get somewhere,
2405
01:37:58,759 --> 01:38:00,543
but I'm not that fast... whoo!
2406
01:38:00,630 --> 01:38:01,893
- Right? That is hard.
2407
01:38:01,980 --> 01:38:05,635
- Whoo, that's
hard. That's hard.
2408
01:38:05,723 --> 01:38:08,029
You keep writing.
Yo, you nailed that.
2409
01:38:08,116 --> 01:38:09,378
You nailed that.
2410
01:38:09,465 --> 01:38:10,465
- I want to go next.
2411
01:38:10,510 --> 01:38:11,685
- Oh, you gon' go next?
2412
01:38:11,772 --> 01:38:12,967
- That's the... that's the one.
2413
01:38:12,991 --> 01:38:14,142
- I'ma show you what I wrote.
2414
01:38:14,166 --> 01:38:16,385
- Yeah? You said that
like you dead nice.
2415
01:38:16,472 --> 01:38:17,647
OK, here we go.
2416
01:38:17,735 --> 01:38:21,042
[hip hop music playing]
2417
01:38:21,129 --> 01:38:24,306
- [vocalizing]
2418
01:38:24,393 --> 01:38:26,134
- You can hear me now?
2419
01:38:26,221 --> 01:38:29,485
- [indistinct singing]
[laughter and chatter]
2420
01:38:29,572 --> 01:38:33,620
- A lot of times, artists
and actors and entertainers
2421
01:38:33,707 --> 01:38:36,710
would have you believe that
it's magic, but it's not.
2422
01:38:36,797 --> 01:38:39,582
It's the result of efforts.
2423
01:38:39,669 --> 01:38:44,500
Today I have the wherewithal
to speak, to help, to share.
2424
01:38:44,587 --> 01:38:45,719
[laughter]
2425
01:38:45,806 --> 01:38:47,199
- Something that's
already there.
2426
01:38:47,286 --> 01:38:49,941
- Sometimes just
giving a compliment
2427
01:38:50,028 --> 01:38:51,769
or a constructive criticism
2428
01:38:51,856 --> 01:38:53,596
is exactly what's needed.
2429
01:38:53,683 --> 01:38:55,381
You play that over there, man.
2430
01:38:55,468 --> 01:38:57,513
You and Iyanna are the
Black Sheep of your class.
2431
01:38:57,600 --> 01:38:59,167
We're all the product of
2432
01:38:59,254 --> 01:39:02,780
some really horrific
events, as a community.
2433
01:39:02,867 --> 01:39:05,826
It's important that we start
bridging some of the gaps
2434
01:39:05,913 --> 01:39:07,349
between the generations.
2435
01:39:07,436 --> 01:39:08,544
I expect big things from y'all.
2436
01:39:08,568 --> 01:39:10,265
Oh, my pleasure.
2437
01:39:10,352 --> 01:39:14,574
They're the seeds to beautiful
flowers in the future.
2438
01:39:15,749 --> 01:39:18,186
[cheering]
- Okay.
2439
01:39:18,273 --> 01:39:21,581
[chatter]
2440
01:39:21,668 --> 01:39:23,278
- Good song,
brother. Good song.
2441
01:39:25,237 --> 01:39:27,543
[radio static]
2442
01:39:27,630 --> 01:39:29,937
- Yes, yes, yes, citizens.
2443
01:39:30,024 --> 01:39:32,244
It's a new year.
2444
01:39:32,331 --> 01:39:34,376
They say patience is a
virtue. If that's the truth,
2445
01:39:34,463 --> 01:39:35,743
this is the most virtuous person
2446
01:39:35,813 --> 01:39:37,292
you gon' see on the mic today,
2447
01:39:37,379 --> 01:39:39,164
the next big thing in hip hop,
2448
01:39:39,251 --> 01:39:40,948
the one and only
Lola Brooke is here.
2449
01:39:41,035 --> 01:39:43,733
Give her a big
round of applause.
2450
01:39:43,821 --> 01:39:46,432
- Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn,
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn!
2451
01:39:46,519 --> 01:39:48,956
- Damn, man. I was nervous
when I saw you in the lobby.
2452
01:39:49,043 --> 01:39:51,002
- For real?
- Yeah, man, honestly.
2453
01:39:51,089 --> 01:39:52,917
- No, no!
2454
01:39:53,004 --> 01:39:56,921
- My man Sav sent me Lola's
new song called "Just Relax."
2455
01:39:57,008 --> 01:40:00,272
Immediately, after I
listened to it, like, what?
2456
01:40:00,359 --> 01:40:02,840
How did she pick this sample?
2457
01:40:02,927 --> 01:40:04,450
"This or That" by Black Sheep,
2458
01:40:04,537 --> 01:40:06,191
shout-out to Mista
Lawnge and Dres.
2459
01:40:06,278 --> 01:40:08,106
This was a huge hit in the '90s,
2460
01:40:08,193 --> 01:40:10,499
and then you're making
it a huge hit in 2023.
2461
01:40:10,586 --> 01:40:13,111
This is "Just Relax."
Phone lines are open.
2462
01:40:13,198 --> 01:40:15,635
Lola Brooke is here. 888-7423.
2463
01:40:15,722 --> 01:40:17,419
- See, the 1,200s is
full power, though.
2464
01:40:17,506 --> 01:40:20,205
[indistinct chatter]
2465
01:40:20,292 --> 01:40:23,208
- Today we shooting my video,
"Just Relax," you know.
2466
01:40:23,295 --> 01:40:25,514
I'm not relaxing, though,
because I'm working.
2467
01:40:25,601 --> 01:40:27,231
- All right, guys, last
look. That's it. Last looks.
2468
01:40:27,255 --> 01:40:28,276
We're about to roll.
- Last looks.
2469
01:40:28,300 --> 01:40:31,607
This is really a
legendary sample
2470
01:40:31,694 --> 01:40:33,435
from the legendary song.
2471
01:40:33,522 --> 01:40:36,047
So I kinda was scared
to touch it because
2472
01:40:36,134 --> 01:40:37,787
a lot of people
would be like, oh...
2473
01:40:37,875 --> 01:40:41,139
my mom would say,
"girl, that right there,
2474
01:40:41,226 --> 01:40:43,445
when I was your age,
we was outside."
2475
01:40:43,532 --> 01:40:46,057
And I'm like, oh, my God.
- Roll camera.
2476
01:40:46,144 --> 01:40:47,144
- And playback.
2477
01:40:47,188 --> 01:40:49,016
- Yes, so good.
2478
01:40:50,322 --> 01:40:53,368
All: Girl!
2479
01:40:53,455 --> 01:40:55,022
[Lola Brooke's "Just
Relax" playing]
2480
01:40:55,109 --> 01:40:57,416
- ♪ Bitches wan' be this
'cause I was always that ♪
2481
01:40:57,503 --> 01:40:59,343
♪ Niggas say they rich?
Let's keep it a stack ♪
2482
01:40:59,418 --> 01:41:01,899
♪ I ain't with the
tic, I be moving tac ♪
2483
01:41:01,986 --> 01:41:02,986
♪ Bitches say they it ♪
2484
01:41:03,030 --> 01:41:05,163
♪ Man, bitch, just relax ♪
2485
01:41:05,250 --> 01:41:06,531
- Big record for you.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
2486
01:41:06,555 --> 01:41:08,557
No doubt, no doubt. I
feel good about it, too.
2487
01:41:08,644 --> 01:41:15,390
Like it's... I've had people
try to use the record.
2488
01:41:15,477 --> 01:41:18,132
And like, people always ask
me to kinda do something
2489
01:41:18,219 --> 01:41:21,135
with them with it and,
I mean, like, mm-mm.
2490
01:41:21,222 --> 01:41:22,876
Like, nah. Like,
you know, like,
2491
01:41:22,963 --> 01:41:24,051
I would never mess with it
2492
01:41:24,138 --> 01:41:26,184
because it's always been right.
2493
01:41:26,271 --> 01:41:28,577
- ♪ Man, bitch, just relax ♪
2494
01:41:28,664 --> 01:41:31,319
- But this is the only one
that I've actually thought
2495
01:41:31,406 --> 01:41:34,322
had a chance of, you
know, being successful
2496
01:41:34,409 --> 01:41:36,150
that I was like, okay,
I fuck with that.
2497
01:41:36,237 --> 01:41:37,717
- ♪ Taking pictures
like bitches ♪
2498
01:41:37,804 --> 01:41:40,372
- All right, that's what's up.
- Got it.
2499
01:41:40,459 --> 01:41:41,871
- Just want to say
hello to you, lady.
2500
01:41:41,895 --> 01:41:44,332
- Oh, my God!
- I'm so happy for you.
2501
01:41:44,419 --> 01:41:46,421
You over here doing
tremendous things.
2502
01:41:46,508 --> 01:41:47,833
- Thank you for coming!
- You're killing it.
2503
01:41:47,857 --> 01:41:49,076
- Oh, you like it?
- I love it.
2504
01:41:49,163 --> 01:41:50,619
I'm over there looking
at you, going...
2505
01:41:50,643 --> 01:41:52,403
- As long as you love it.
- I love it. I love it.
2506
01:41:52,427 --> 01:41:54,908
You are literally the
only person that I feel,
2507
01:41:54,995 --> 01:41:57,041
like, did something with it.
2508
01:41:57,128 --> 01:41:58,912
I love what you're doing.
- Really?
2509
01:41:58,999 --> 01:42:01,175
- And that's no
bullshit. I love it.
2510
01:42:01,262 --> 01:42:03,134
- Oh, that's a good day
for me, man, for real.
2511
01:42:03,221 --> 01:42:05,112
- Man, you got a lot of good
days ahead of you, lady.
2512
01:42:05,136 --> 01:42:06,417
- Oh, stone cold shit.
- Keep doing what you're doing.
2513
01:42:06,441 --> 01:42:09,488
You know what I'm saying?
2514
01:42:09,575 --> 01:42:11,359
- Dres is here at
the video shoot.
2515
01:42:11,446 --> 01:42:14,667
This is really a
legendary situation.
2516
01:42:14,754 --> 01:42:15,754
- Yo, keep rocking out.
2517
01:42:15,798 --> 01:42:16,974
I'm here...
- Are you here?
2518
01:42:17,061 --> 01:42:18,540
- Yeah, yeah, I
ain't going nowhere.
2519
01:42:18,627 --> 01:42:20,227
- I couldn't ask for
anything better than
2520
01:42:20,281 --> 01:42:23,415
the support from Dres,
for real, for real.
2521
01:42:23,502 --> 01:42:25,852
- I'm right here. I'm
right here. I'm coming.
2522
01:42:25,939 --> 01:42:26,809
- All right, we're
ready to reset.
2523
01:42:26,896 --> 01:42:28,811
Let's reset, reset, reset.
2524
01:42:28,898 --> 01:42:30,378
[Lola Brooke's "Just
Relax" playing]
2525
01:42:30,465 --> 01:42:32,641
- ♪ A pricey lil' thing,
they be ducking the fee ♪
2526
01:42:32,728 --> 01:42:34,992
♪ Chasing after checks,
they be running to me ♪
2527
01:42:35,079 --> 01:42:37,057
♪ Your man is the bro, we
ain't fucking, sis, please ♪
2528
01:42:37,081 --> 01:42:39,518
- Woah, woah!
- Feels dope.
2529
01:42:39,605 --> 01:42:40,519
Dope energy.
2530
01:42:40,606 --> 01:42:43,565
♪ ♪
2531
01:42:43,652 --> 01:42:45,176
That was hard.
2532
01:42:49,093 --> 01:42:50,964
- Yeah. Every time
it was action,
2533
01:42:51,051 --> 01:42:52,618
we was... we was... we was that.
2534
01:42:55,012 --> 01:42:56,752
One of... one of the
things that we did
2535
01:42:56,839 --> 01:43:00,365
with "The Choice Is Yours" was
we intentionally went down.
2536
01:43:00,452 --> 01:43:02,584
What you doing right
now, going side to side,
2537
01:43:02,671 --> 01:43:04,954
pick a part of the record...
- I was just about to say that.
2538
01:43:04,978 --> 01:43:06,762
- Pick the same part every time.
2539
01:43:06,849 --> 01:43:09,374
- This to then... got you.
- A'ight?
2540
01:43:09,461 --> 01:43:11,332
- I just was saying
it to myself, like,
2541
01:43:11,419 --> 01:43:13,552
I gotta do the side...
- But you gotta...
2542
01:43:13,639 --> 01:43:15,095
But pick the part.
Pick the part, okay?
2543
01:43:15,119 --> 01:43:16,816
Pick the part in your head,
2544
01:43:16,903 --> 01:43:18,383
and keep it the same, all right?
2545
01:43:18,470 --> 01:43:19,384
- I got you, I
promise. Watch it.
2546
01:43:19,471 --> 01:43:21,081
- No, no. OK, cool.
2547
01:43:21,168 --> 01:43:23,301
Yo, the energy is the same as
2548
01:43:23,388 --> 01:43:25,259
when I did mine...
- When you was doing it?
2549
01:43:25,346 --> 01:43:27,827
- Except y'all are all
girls. We was all boys.
2550
01:43:27,914 --> 01:43:30,221
- Oh, all right. Well,
we gon' eat y'all up.
2551
01:43:30,308 --> 01:43:32,832
- You know I'm saying?
That's what's up.
2552
01:43:32,919 --> 01:43:36,792
Word up. Y'all
balancing it out.
2553
01:43:36,879 --> 01:43:40,622
- ♪ Crazy 'bout mines,
better know how to fight ♪
2554
01:43:40,709 --> 01:43:41,754
- I got left.
2555
01:43:41,841 --> 01:43:43,234
On my right.
2556
01:43:43,321 --> 01:43:44,583
To the left.
2557
01:43:44,670 --> 01:43:46,324
Right.
2558
01:43:46,411 --> 01:43:49,022
Left! ♪ Bitch, just relax ♪
2559
01:43:49,109 --> 01:43:51,546
- Cut.
[cheering]
2560
01:43:51,633 --> 01:43:53,313
- I'm Dres. Peace, man.
- Nice to meet you.
2561
01:43:53,374 --> 01:43:53,809
- Nice to meet you, as well.
- Nice to meet you.
2562
01:43:53,896 --> 01:43:55,550
So we're gonna do...
2563
01:43:55,637 --> 01:43:56,745
we're gonna do a little
close up right here,
2564
01:43:56,769 --> 01:43:58,007
and then we're gonna do a wide.
2565
01:43:58,031 --> 01:43:59,356
And I want to have
you come in that one.
2566
01:43:59,380 --> 01:44:00,251
- Okay, sounds good.
- So we're gonna do
2567
01:44:00,338 --> 01:44:01,208
a little quick movement on her
2568
01:44:01,295 --> 01:44:03,428
then let you guys vibe out.
2569
01:44:03,515 --> 01:44:05,299
- Sounds cool. All right.
2570
01:44:05,386 --> 01:44:08,520
[all cheering]
2571
01:44:08,607 --> 01:44:13,220
[chanting]
2572
01:44:24,797 --> 01:44:27,408
- Being a artist, it's always
a good feeling to know that
2573
01:44:27,495 --> 01:44:30,107
the ones that was here before
you actually accept you,
2574
01:44:30,194 --> 01:44:32,196
and they're willing to guide you
2575
01:44:32,283 --> 01:44:34,633
and let you know what
is there to be expected.
2576
01:44:34,720 --> 01:44:36,635
I'm so grateful.
2577
01:44:36,722 --> 01:44:39,594
[resonant music]
2578
01:44:39,681 --> 01:44:41,335
♪ ♪
2579
01:44:41,422 --> 01:44:46,123
- Music allows you to
carry something with you.
2580
01:44:46,210 --> 01:44:47,820
Like, how I play "The
Choice Is Yours,"
2581
01:44:47,907 --> 01:44:50,039
she's gonna wind up
playing her song for years,
2582
01:44:50,127 --> 01:44:51,998
and years, and years.
2583
01:44:52,085 --> 01:44:53,826
And, at some point,
someone's gonna
2584
01:44:53,913 --> 01:44:55,958
want to do something
with her version,
2585
01:44:56,045 --> 01:44:58,613
if she's fortunate.
I was fortunate.
2586
01:44:58,700 --> 01:45:03,531
♪ ♪
2587
01:45:03,618 --> 01:45:06,404
- When you think
about what hip hop is,
2588
01:45:06,491 --> 01:45:10,364
which is this incredible
genre and culture
2589
01:45:10,451 --> 01:45:13,498
that is inherently,
by its very nature,
2590
01:45:13,585 --> 01:45:15,717
based on past music,
2591
01:45:15,804 --> 01:45:18,938
like, that is what
it is at its core...
2592
01:45:19,025 --> 01:45:20,809
- That's hard. That is hard!
2593
01:45:20,896 --> 01:45:24,335
- whether it's Lola Brooke
sampling "The Choice Is Yours"
2594
01:45:24,422 --> 01:45:27,686
or Dres rapping over Dilla,
2595
01:45:27,773 --> 01:45:30,341
it's like, music has a moment,
and then it cycles around.
2596
01:45:30,428 --> 01:45:31,883
It's gone for a long
time, and then it's like,
2597
01:45:31,907 --> 01:45:33,648
whoa, it's back.
2598
01:45:33,735 --> 01:45:37,217
It's sort of like dying and
going back into the earth.
2599
01:45:37,304 --> 01:45:39,045
- That's what immortality is,
2600
01:45:39,132 --> 01:45:42,657
when people are still talking
about you when you're gone.
2601
01:45:42,744 --> 01:45:44,529
- That's how we supposed to be.
2602
01:45:44,616 --> 01:45:46,376
- Your spirit and your
energy still lives on,
2603
01:45:46,444 --> 01:45:48,794
and that's what gives you life.
2604
01:45:48,881 --> 01:45:50,946
- The torch... the torch is
officially yours, all right?
2605
01:45:50,970 --> 01:45:52,450
- Oh, thank you!
2606
01:45:52,537 --> 01:45:53,842
- The torch is officially yours.
2607
01:45:53,929 --> 01:45:57,411
- So many of our vets
are always thinking about
2608
01:45:57,498 --> 01:46:00,719
the next album or the next tour
2609
01:46:00,806 --> 01:46:03,374
or when they're finally
gonna get back to
2610
01:46:03,461 --> 01:46:06,290
where they were back when.
2611
01:46:06,377 --> 01:46:09,293
Is it really more
about just this?
2612
01:46:09,380 --> 01:46:10,618
- Keep doing it, you
know what I'm saying?
2613
01:46:10,642 --> 01:46:12,228
- Thank you.
- This is just the beginning.
2614
01:46:12,252 --> 01:46:13,819
Keep doing it.
- Just the beginning.
2615
01:46:13,906 --> 01:46:16,604
- It's the idea that
your music can continue
2616
01:46:16,691 --> 01:46:17,997
to create more music...
2617
01:46:18,084 --> 01:46:20,608
- When I say Lola,
you say Brooke.
2618
01:46:20,695 --> 01:46:23,002
- Entering sort
of that ecosystem.
2619
01:46:23,089 --> 01:46:24,830
- Drive safe, bro.
- Oh, you, too.
2620
01:46:24,917 --> 01:46:26,266
Love is love, man, for real.
2621
01:46:26,353 --> 01:46:27,504
- Yo, I just wanna
say thanks, Dres, man.
2622
01:46:27,528 --> 01:46:29,400
You know what I'm
saying? We made this...
2623
01:46:29,487 --> 01:46:31,532
we definitely made this happen.
- Yeah, man. Yo, yo.
2624
01:46:31,619 --> 01:46:33,621
- I told you when
we was talking.
2625
01:46:33,708 --> 01:46:35,338
- Everyone always wants
to have that next moment.
2626
01:46:35,362 --> 01:46:37,190
Everyone wants to
get their flowers.
2627
01:46:37,277 --> 01:46:39,584
But sometimes maybe the
flowers are being given to you
2628
01:46:39,671 --> 01:46:42,456
and you're not even
looking that direction.
2629
01:46:42,543 --> 01:46:43,694
- You know what's
gon' be the best part?
2630
01:46:43,718 --> 01:46:48,245
When the kid is
playing Lola's verse,
2631
01:46:48,332 --> 01:46:50,812
and their parent is
saying, "no, this is..."
2632
01:46:50,899 --> 01:46:53,008
and the kid going to be like,
"you hear that? No, no, no."
2633
01:46:53,032 --> 01:46:55,034
Or the parents play theirs,
2634
01:46:55,121 --> 01:46:56,751
and they be like, "oh,
that's Lola Brooke."
2635
01:46:56,775 --> 01:46:58,579
They be like, no, no, no.
Let me hear your Dres.
2636
01:46:58,603 --> 01:47:00,866
Like, oh, that was Dres?
- I love that about it.
2637
01:47:00,953 --> 01:47:03,477
Oh, yeah, you know how they do.
- Yeah, I know.
2638
01:47:03,564 --> 01:47:04,933
- You know how they
do. Oh, yeah, yeah.
2639
01:47:04,957 --> 01:47:06,326
- I gotta go deal with this.
- Yeah, yeah.
2640
01:47:06,350 --> 01:47:09,614
Make sure everything
good. I'll talk to you.
2641
01:47:09,701 --> 01:47:12,617
Them boys be pulling
up on the set...
2642
01:47:12,704 --> 01:47:15,054
[indistinct chatter]
2643
01:47:15,141 --> 01:47:18,971
And there'd be times
like this where...
2644
01:47:19,058 --> 01:47:21,669
brother like myself...
2645
01:47:21,756 --> 01:47:23,628
exit stage left.
2646
01:47:23,715 --> 01:47:26,587
[chill music]
2647
01:47:26,674 --> 01:47:28,241
♪ ♪
2648
01:47:28,328 --> 01:47:30,591
- Yo, just... cops out here.
2649
01:47:30,678 --> 01:47:37,294
♪ ♪
2650
01:47:45,519 --> 01:47:47,434
- Big up yourselves, word up.
2651
01:47:47,521 --> 01:47:50,350
Y'all got it going
on. [cheering]
2652
01:47:50,437 --> 01:47:52,589
Now, normally, normally, you
hear "The Choice Is Yours,"
2653
01:47:52,613 --> 01:47:54,876
that's, like, the
end of my shit.
2654
01:47:54,963 --> 01:47:56,313
But I got a project coming out
2655
01:47:56,400 --> 01:47:57,792
that's gon' blow
all y'all minds,
2656
01:47:57,879 --> 01:48:01,100
completely produced
by J Dilla, for real.
2657
01:48:01,187 --> 01:48:03,624
So maybe we'll introduce a
little bit of it to y'all,
2658
01:48:03,711 --> 01:48:05,931
you know what I'm
saying? Why not?
2659
01:48:06,018 --> 01:48:12,677
- ♪ I, baby, don't
need your love ♪
2660
01:48:12,764 --> 01:48:15,854
♪ ♪
2661
01:48:15,941 --> 01:48:22,643
♪ I, baby, don't
need your love ♪
2662
01:48:22,730 --> 01:48:25,777
♪ ♪
2663
01:48:25,864 --> 01:48:32,566
♪ I, baby, don't
need your love ♪
2664
01:48:32,653 --> 01:48:35,874
♪ ♪
2665
01:48:35,961 --> 01:48:42,663
♪ I, baby, don't
need your love ♪
2666
01:48:42,750 --> 01:48:44,970
♪ ♪
2667
01:48:45,057 --> 01:48:49,844
♪ No, I'll never stop living ♪
2668
01:48:49,931 --> 01:48:54,545
♪ No, I'll never stop living ♪
2669
01:48:54,632 --> 01:48:59,332
♪ No, I'll never stop living ♪
2670
01:48:59,419 --> 01:49:02,553
♪ With this love ♪
2671
01:49:02,640 --> 01:49:05,730
- ♪ MTV ♪
2672
01:49:05,817 --> 01:49:08,515
[electric guitar sting,
record scratches]
2672
01:49:09,305 --> 01:50:09,766
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