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"Braxton Family Values"...

I'm looking around and it
looks like a lot of stuff
needs to be done still.

I'm still trying
to get Bar Chix open.

I am so overwhelmed,

I can't take
one more thing going wrong.

We should do
a Christmas album.

I'm about to go to Africa,
so we got to do this album
fast, guys.

I've always wanted to do
an album with my sisters.

It was them that
not letting fetch happen.

But I have
to open Bar Chix
before we leave.

And I have
to finish my "alblum."

How did he ask you
to go to dinner?

"Can we go to dinner?
There's something I'd
like to give you."

Jacent better not be thinking
about proposing to Trina.

Just for you.

♪ We are the Braxtons
and you'll see ♪

♪ That we are not like
an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci,
Towanda, Trina ♪

♪ Tamar and Miss E will ♪

♪ Teach you
a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton
Family Values." ♪

It's been a while
since we met.

I came in your life
to do the bar.

Mm-hmm.

And found something
a lot more important

that I didn't know
that I actually needed.

Just for you.

It's a gift.

Am I sure I'm ready?

Are you sure you're ready?

Well, what's in it?

Open and see.

Jacent asked me to dinner
to discuss our last tiff

and the status
of our relationship.

So right now
he's handing me this box,

and, truthfully,
I'm freaking out a little

because I don't know
if I'll ever want to get
married again.

I'm just enjoying my life
where it is right now.

What is this?

- What--?
- It's the key to Bar Chix.

What?

Thank you.

That was very clever,
by the way.

- You're welcome.
- I got a little scared
for a second.

I have to be honest.
I mean, just a little box.

I'm like,
"Wait, what's in it?

I am relieved on
so many different levels.

Even though I wish there was
some jewelry in the box,

you know, there's certain
jewelry you want more
than others.

But first and foremost,
I'm relieved

that the construction
for Bar Chix is finally
finished

so we can start the process
of opening our doors.

So I can get
my liquor license
and stuff now?

And we can go ahead
and start the process
of being open?

Well, one thing
about that key--
it's a dual purpose key.

It's a key to Bar Chix
and a key to my heart.

No.

I know the key to your heart
better not be pink.

Jacent says
it's the key to his heart,

but what he doesn't know--
that it's opening Bar Chix,

so that's the key
to my heart.

I like Jacent.

Maybe things will work out,
maybe things won't.

But for right now,
I'm having a good time

and that's all
I care about.

- Okay, I know
you don't drink.
-Mm-hmm.

But you have to have
a glass of champagne with me.

- Okay.
- Just one.

Just a sip.
I'll drink the rest.

Knock-knock.

- Hey.
- Hello. Hey, hey.

- Oh, how you been?
- I been great.

I am so excited
to finally be working
on an album with my sisters.

This album will be
a Toni Braxton Christmas album

featuring her sisters.

I know the girls' schedules
are really busy

and really tight
right now.

It's hard to get us
all together,

but it's important
to jump on it right away.

I can bust out
five or six songs

and add the girls on parts
that they need to be on.

- Towanda's on her way.
- Okay, where's Tamar?

- Tamar will be here
in a few days.
- Oh, okay.

She's working
on her album.

It's not that I don't
realize that Tamar's busy

because I know
she's busy.

However, I think
we should make this happen,

if not for ourselves,
at least for Mommy because
she really wants it.

The problem is that
I'm about to go on tour,
me and the girls,

and so I leave
in two and a half,
three weeks,

so we have to have it
done-- finished.
Like, done.

Hey, Towanda's here.
Come in, Umba.

We're singing a little bit
of "Silent Night."

Oh, we're doing
"Silent Night."

Just so we know
what key to sing it in

or how we're gonna try
to do the arrangement of it.

Why can't we just do it
in the key of Braxton?

- But we gotta find--
- 'Cause B is too high
for me, that's why.

We have
a really tight deadline
on this project

and there's still
more preparing to do

for the opening
of the bar.

Doing this Christmas album
and going on tour

and opening Bar Chix?

But I'm gonna try
to make it work.

Well, go ahead, Trina.

♪ All is calm ♪

♪ All is bright ♪

♪ Sleep in
heavenly peace. ♪

- Boom.
-Whoo!

Even though
we're not recording this

and it's just to make sure
what key we should be in,

I hate going first
because that means
I'm going before Toni.

Anybody
would be intimidated

to be followed
by the great Toni Braxton.

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Silent night ♪

♪ It's a holy,
so holy night ♪

♪ Sleeping
in heavenly peace... ♪

I don't know.

I think
it's gonna be great.

All right, so that's
G flat, F sharp?

-Mm-hmm.
- Okay.

All right, who's next?
Come on, Traci!

- Are we doing in-- in--
- We're not really singing.

We're just getting
the idea if this key
works for everybody.

- Okay, okay, okay.
- You don't have
to really sing.

Well, I'm just--
I'ma sing.

I can "sink."

Every time I sing,
I have the jitters.

I don't understand it.

I already have
enough pressure

on trying to prove myself
as a solo artist,

so the stress
of my sister's project?

I gotta get that
out my mind.

♪ All is calm ♪

♪ And all is bright ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪ Peace... ♪

- Tray, why are you nervous?
- I am. I'm always like that.

- Why are you so nervous?
- I can hear it. You don't
even sing like that.

- I know.
- You sing better than that.

- Why you actin' nervous?
- I don't know.

I think that Traci
is nervous

because this is her first time
being in the studio

with all of the sisters
in a long, long time.

You could tell in her voice.
Her voice was shaking.

I think that's the key
that works for everybody.

- It's comfortable.
- I think it goes--
it's good for everybody.

All right, cool.

This album has to get done
so quickly

that our next
group recording session

is tomorrow night.

And I have no idea
if Tamar's gonna join us
or not,

but we gotta
keep it moving.

Otherwise,
we will never finish, ever.

How was your little dinner
with Jacent?

- Girl. So...
-Oh, I don't
know this.

- Can they hear us out there?
- No, they can't hear us.

- They don't have
the button pushed, see?
- Oh.

We had a slight debate
in regard to Bar Chix.

And y'all know me
when I get into business mode,

it's like-- I'm like,
"What's going on?"

I see a lot of "stuffs"
that's not done.

- Mm.
-Jacent wanted
to take Trina to dinner

because he wanted
to give her something.

And I told her she should go
because you never know.

He could be giving her
an apology or something.

So Trina went and...?

We sat at the table
and we were just talking--

and jabber, jabber, jabber,
jabber, jabber.

He pulled out a box.

What kind of box was it?

Just a-- just
a cute little box.

Was it a ring box?
Was it a-- like, a ring
or something?

A ring?

That's what I'm asking.
Like, what size box?

If Jacent proposed to Trina,
that is too soon.

Really?

I mean, y'all
just started dating.

An- ew.

Now y'all know
better than that.
I just got divorced.

Trina, you know
you love love.

Okay, love is fantastic.
Love is great.

But, guess what.
I'm not gonna jump
in love that--

I just got divorced.

Can the ink dry?
Amen!

- He gave me something better.
-What'd he give you?

Y'all moving in
together?

- No.
- A key to your heart.

It's the key
to Bar Chix!

Oh!

It's done!

That's cool.
And it's pink!

Yes!

Bar Chix, it's kind
of like a unicorn.

Like, it's a mystery.

She keeps saying
it's gonna come out,
and it hasn't opened yet.

So that's Bar Chix
right there.

It's, like, been opening
for, like, two years, right?

So now we have to have
a real cocktail.

It is fantastic
that I can get my permits
for the Bar Chix opening,

but I'm still
really stressed

about everything else
that's on my plate right now.

But I understand
this sister album
is important,

so I might have to wait
to open the bar

until after I get back,
which is very stressful
for me.

Wait, did you pull that
out your boob?

Why did you have
the key in your boob?

There's no safer place.
Who else is gonna go there?

People put a lot of things
in their boobs.

So I'm back
in the studio today

finishing some songs
for my new album

and my sisters are working
on the Christmas album,

and I really, really hope
to join them real soon.

I mean, look, I'm totally
left in the dark

in terms of the schedule
of, you know, the Braxton
Christmas album.

I found out my sisters
already started without me.

But my album has to be
my number one priority
right now.

LaShawn:

So as a songwriter,
I'm always looking over lyrics

to make sure, you know,
I'm giving the right message,

I'm saying the right thing
that I want to say.

And so LaShawn, TC, and I
are working on some lyrics

to one of my new songs,
"Must Be Good to You."

And it's kind of sexual,
a little sassy,

but I don't want to be
too raunchy with it.

Okay, go ahead.

Ow!

Bitch.

You like that, Herb?

You gotta put
the explicit thing
if you say "bitch"?

I am not putting
an explicit song
on my album.

Trick-- you wouldn't have
to do explicit for trick.

That's not in pure Tamar form.
No, we're not doing that.

- LaShawn:
You wouldn't say "trick"?
- No, I'm not saying that.

And I'm definitely not
putting that sticker
on my album.

That is embarrassing
for the singer.

You wouldn't
have to for trick
is what I'm saying.

If you a male, you can
kind of get away with it,
but not a female, mm-kay?

So my new album,
"Calling All Lovers,"

comes out in a few weeks
and I don't have any time

to sit here
and debate over lyrics

with LaShawn
all damn day long, now.

I highly respect
his opinion,

but these are my songs
and I have to make them my own.

What are we going to say?

Just-- I'll do...

LaShawn:
I'm not.
I'm not, man.

I'ma do that.

- No. No.
- And I'ma harmonize it.

LaShawn:
I urge you not to do that.

Telling you, we about
to get our entire existence
of a Grammy.

♪ Hell, no... ♪

You can go ahead
and throw it in
people's faces.

You been throwin'
'em up all day.

♪ Hell to the no... ♪

Say it ain't jammin'.
Oh, okay.

What's my note?

Okay.

- Okay.
-You ready?

Let's do it.

Watch that tail end of it.

Whoo!
You better get your life!

You better get
your ♪ liiiiife. ♪

No!

Outta here, man.

I mean, really, LaShawn
and I always bicker when
we're in the studio

because we want
every detail to be perfect.

Now, clearly LaShawn
is not onboard with this
new section I'm recording,

but at the end of the day,
it's her album,

Honey Bunches of Oats,
and we're gonna at least
see how it sounds.

Let me say something.
I am drunk...

on "angerness."

No, don't you be drunk
with angerness.

I'm definitely drunk
with angerness.

'Cause I have
an angerness hangover.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

Trina, I have something
to tell you.

It has to do with Toni, though.

- What happened?
- I don't know how
she gonna take it.

I'm just glad we did
this very sinful song
before we went to MegaFest.

That way, we can all,
you know, just go back
and get saved again.

I mean, I really haven't
talked to my sisters recently
about MegaFest,

but I do think
it's important that
we keep our commitment.

- Yeah.
- Oh!

I

I am

I am drunk

I am drunk on

I am drunk on angerness.

Can I hear her hook without
the backgrounds on it?

Yeah, give me one second.

But-- okay,
but I want you
to be cool with it.

No, I want you
to be happy,

'cause your happiness
is all that matters.

- Hi!
- Here's your damn child.

Hi-- I said
where's my child?

Hi, baby!

Hi. Hi.
Hold this.

Can I get a hug
from my favorite,
favorite baby?

Give me kisses.
Kisses.

Kisses. Mm.

Honestly, nothing
reenergizes me

like a visit
from my baby.

I mean, Logan stays
with my mom today,

and that's cool,
but it's also important

for me to spend at least
a little time with him

before he goes to bed
every night.

So I asked Vince
to bring him to the studio

for a quick playdate
with his mommy.

I'm just glad we did
this very sinful song
before we went to MegaFest.

That way, we can all,
you know, just go back
and get saved again.

So on top of trying
to finish my album,

planning for
a major music video shoot
in the Dominican Republic,

and fitting in
this Christmas album,

my sisters and I
have to get ready

for T.D. Jakes' festival,
MegaFest,

which happens
in two weeks.

God gave you a voice, sing.

You owe Him
better than this.

Maybe y'all can come
to MegaFest and sing.
I don't care.

- We'd love that.
- Definitely do that.

I mean, I really haven't
talked to my sisters recently
about MegaFest,

but I do think
it's important

that we keep our commitment
to Bishop Jakes,

especially after
all he's done for our family.

Now if I can get to Atlanta
to work on Toni's
Christmas album,

I think I'm gonna
bring it up then.

Let me tell you something.

Logan is gonna have
a good time at MegaFest

because Logan
knows how to pray.

Right, Logan?

Say, "I'll be
prayin' for you."

That's right.
Reach your hand
out to Him.

- Reach your
hand out to Him.
- LaShawn: My God.

Say, "Amen."

That's right.
Oh, Mama.

Logan.

You're right.

- Yeah.
- Oh, glory!

Glory.
He gotta stand up
to preach.

- You gotta get him
a little handkerchief.
- How do you pray?

How do you pray?

-Amen.
- That's right.

Give me kisses.

- Mwah!
- Bye, Mommy.

Bye, baby.
Have sweet dreams, okay?

Take care of Mom-Mom.

Aw!

-Bye-bye!
- LaShawn: Bye-bye, hello!

What's the next one?

Um, all right, let's--
can you pull up "You're Not"?

I have a surprise
for you at the gym

and it's
a wonderful surprise.

It's delicious.

In preparation for Toni's
international tour,

Towanda and I are going
to be working out,

and Towanda said
she has a surprise for me.

Okay, I would tell you
to close your eyes,

but I don't want you
to bump into nothing.

Not in this machinery.

- E.J.!
- Hi!

Hey, love bug.

Sorry, I'm a little sweaty.
I've been working out.

- Surprise!
- It's all right.

I have decided
to surprise Trina

with E.J. today
because he's eye candy.

He's delicious to look at.

How y'all doin'?
I've missed y'all.
It's been forever.

- You have?
- You got taller
or something.

You lookin' slim
right here.

I'm trying to train.

Lookin' slim.
All right, well, look.

E.J. is not only
an amazing trainer,

but he turned out to be
an impressive bartender
for Bar Chix.

He started out
with a little bit
of experience,

but he really
improved himself.

So I'm really excited
to work with him

whenever Bar Chix
finally opens.

We're gonna
get started here.

I'm gonna give y'all both
one of these.

You're gonna get hot
with that jacket on.

He's trying to get us ready
before we get on the road
with Toni.

- Oh, yeah.
- Where y'all goin'?

Africa.

- Africa?
- And Australia.

-South Africa.
- And New Zealand.

Y'all need, like, an extra
security guard or something?

Just somebody to work out with
while you on vacation?

- I wanna go.
-Vacation?

I tell you what.
We'll do a special trip
for Bar Chix. How's that?

-That'd be fun.
- Okay, we can do that.

All right,
we squatting, okay?

Bend down,
come straight up.

Let's do it.

- Trina...
- Hmm?

while we're doing this,
I have something to tell you.

It has to do with Toni.

What happened?

- You know
we're going to Africa.
- Mm-hmm.

- And we're gonna be gone
for at least a month.
- Four weeks, yeah.

Okay?

It's taken a toll on me

knowing that I'm gonna
be away for a month,

'cause that's the longest
that I've ever been away
from my children.

- Oh, yeah.
- Ever.

I have to retire,
and I don't know how
she gonna take it.

I'm just kind of glad
you said it first.

Oh, you were thinking
about it, too?

Towanda, there's no way
on the God's green Earth

that I can do Toni Braxton
plus Bar Chix.

- You know what I mean?
- Oh, I-- you on the same page?

Well, right now is time
for me to move on

because I have so much
on my plate.

First of all,
being a mom,

then I have my acting,

and not to mention
I have to go to Trina's bar
all the time every day

and get a free cocktail
and a plate.

It's like, I don't know
how I'm gonna tell her.

So we have to tell her
together.

And I don't know
how she gonna take it.

I've been
a doo-wop-pop-pop girl
for Toni

on and off
for about 15, 20 years,

so I'm actually
really relieved

that Towanda
brought up retiring

because I don't know
if I would've had the strength

to do it by myself.

The question is,
when do we tell her--

before or after
her international tour?

Timing is crucial
because we don't know
how she's gonna react.

-Okay, y'all ready?
- What's that?

- Medicine balls.
- It's a little bit different.

I like to release
some stress with this,
all right?

I want you to come up,
I want you to slam it down
as hard as you can.

It's just like
a little stress reliever.

- Just get it out.
- I'm distressed
right now about...

-Exactly.
- ...telling Toni Braxton--

Use that.

- Love it.
- Toni...

Trina and I are thinking
about retiring.

- You're gonna leave me?
- Oh!

How about that one?

Trina, let me tell you
what I would hate the most.

When she says,
"Okay, so that's it."

- "Understand."
- God.

I don't know
what Toni's gonna say.

She may say,
"Oh, okay.

That's fine, whatever.
Okay, fine.

Fine."
That's the scariest.

Or she may say,
"Well, I'm glad you guys
came to me and told me

because I was thinking
the same thing.

I think it's time
for you guys to move on."

That wouldn't be good, either.

Let's go get
on the treadmill.

- Let's get on a cocktail.
-There you go.

- That wins. Let's go.
- That's even better.
Clink!

Thanks, E.J.

- Um...
-Soon.

As long as you pay
for that ticket, you good.

Aw.

- Thanks, E.J.
- E.J., thank you.

- Appreciate you.
- Appreciate you, E.

See y'all later.
Don't piss Toni off
too much.

- Ha! Thank you
for making us feel better.
- Thanks for the encouragement.

You'll be all right.
I'm sure y'all will
figure it out.

-Thank you.
- Good, positive words.

Whew, it's hot.

Maybe 'cause I have
this big ol' jacket on.

We planned
to record today,

but I just got
a text from Toni

saying she and Towanda
had to do stuff for the tour.

And I'm not sure if Tamar
plans to finally show up,

so it might be
just me and Traci.

I'm still committed
regardless of what anybody
else has to do,

but I can't do this
by myself.

I have an original
Christmas song.

I do, it's on
my Christmas "alblum."

Okay.

If we all got on it,

that could be amazing,
and it's original.

- So you want me
to remake it?
- Yeah.

What?
Remake what?

-Hey.
- Hey.

Wow, Tamar showed up.

If we can
pull off this album,
kudos to us.

What'd I walk in on?

Well, I did
a Christmas album
two years ago--

- I was on it.
- You was on it.

And I did
an original song.

And I thought
that if we remixed

one of those,
boom pow.

Because I originally
wanted everybody on that
one Christmas song anyway.

Well, I thought everybody
was coming today.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

We need to do
"Oh, Emmanuel."
We trippin'.

We can't come up
with new songs

when Towanda and Toni
aren't even here.

"Oh, Emmanuel."
That's a Christmas Grammy.

You don't
want to do this?

If you don't
want to be here,
Tray, don't be here

if you don't want
to do it for real.

How are we ever
going to finish this album

if everyone keeps
throwing tantrums?

Tray? Tray?
Traci!

Hold on, let me check.

-Yeah, so...
- I don't know.
They're not in my pocket.

And they're sure
not in my cleavage.

Well, I thought everybody
was coming today.
I don't know.

They might
be taking care
of tour stuff.

Is this Toni's project?

What are we doing?

If the rest of my sisters
are not gonna show up--

like, really?

I cleared my schedule
to come out

because I'm very committed
to doing this record
with my sisters.

So what some of the songs
y'all talking about?

-
"Mary, Did You Know?"
- Uh-huh.

-Ooh, I love that.
- "Last Christmas."

And "This Christmas."

We need to do
"Oh, Emmanuel."
We trippin'.

I am so surprised
that Tamar showed up,

but we can't come up
with new songs

when Towanda and Toni
aren't even here.

Oh, and we don't
have time.

Jeez.

Is it on the list?

- There was a list?
- Somebody wrote a list.

"Oh, Emmanuel,"
that's a Christmas Grammy.

They don't have
Christmas Grammys,

but that's
a Christmas Grammy.

Now, Tamar, you know
you better talk to Toni.

You know you wanna do
your song,

you better talk to Toni.

You have
your own album to do.

Just come and just fill in.
Do your fill-in.

I missed a lot, y'all.

Well, don't worry.

No one claimed
any information
that was on the list.

- Okay.
- Nobody knows where
the list came from.

Oh.

You know, I'm just
offering suggestions

because, honestly,
I really don't know nothing,

you know, in terms
of the plans of the Braxton
Christmas album.

I just feel like
if we're gonna do
a Christmas album,

we should have just,
like, a little gentle,
small 45-minute meeting

about the Christmas album
and what songs we should
sing and stuff.

That's all.

At least we're here
and at least it's
happening now.

- Yeah, yeah.
- And it sounds great.

Yeah, we got a lot
or work done yesterday.

You know how long
I've been waiting

on this album
from the Braxtons?

- How long?
- All their lives.

It's important for us
to get this album done

'cause it shows
that we are together

and that, you know,
we willing to put
things aside

and put family first.

Something I have been
wanting for years.

You feel
where I'm coming from?

Yeah.

No pressure.

Listen, I'm gonna
do whatever it takes
for my participation in--

if it's the Braxtons
or Toni Braxton Christmas
album--

I don't care who it is.

I'm gonna do everything
I can do to make sure
I'm a part of it.

And I know I ain't
got a lot of time

'cause I have to work
on my album here in Atlanta.

So I'm ready, Tricky.
Let's do this, I guess.

- I'm ready, too.
- All right.

All righty, then.

Do what you do,
little girl.

-Whoo!
- Bye, Mommy!

- Where's Traci?
- Where's Traci? Traci!

- Traci!
- Where's Traci?
Can somebody get Traci?

We're laying down tracks
for the song "Last Christmas,"

and Tamar is not here.

She's recoding her album.

But everybody
seems okay today
except Traci.

For some reason,
she is definitely
in a funk.

-
Traci in the bathroom?
- I don't know.

Where is she?
Hey, Tray.

- Traci don't know this one.
- You don't know the Wham song?

I only knew the verses.
Then I learned just now.

- It's right here.
- So you gotta listen
to Trina.

Then we gotta do
harmonies in between it.

- No?
- Oh, no.

You don't want to do it?
You don't want to do this?

If you don't want to be here,
Tray, don't be here

if you don't want
to do it, for real.

Okay. Okay.

Here we go.
What's next?

- Do it again?
- Yes.

I-- I'll be honest,
I don't know what triggered it.

I don't think
anybody does but Traci.

I don't care
to talk about it.

It was just like, boom!
She was just upset.

I-- I don't know.
I don't know.

- Where's Traci?
- She left.

Why did she get mad?
Why did she leave?

She had an attitude
when she walked in.

Why would Traci
have an attitude?

She had-- we don't know,
but I promise to God, Toni,

right now
we really don't care

because right now we're
just trying to concentrate.

It is so annoying
when one of us gets
into our feelings--

them, excuse me.

It's so annoying
when one of my sisters

get in their feelings

and it seems to derail
any sister project

that we're trying
to do together.

We don't know
what happened?

She ignored us
and she got on the phone

and said,
"I'm at the studio.

I don't know why
the eff I'm here."

Don't nobody feel like
everybody's grown?

I just want to know
what happened.

You either want it
or you don't.

You either want
to do it or you don't.

Period.
That's it.

Here come--
here come Tray.
Tray, Traci.

I can't-- I can't
even do a damn album

without fightin'?
For real?

This is crazy.

How are we
ever going to finish
this album

if everyone keeps
throwing tantrums?

We are not five, people.

We're kissing
40 and up.

- Why is she mad?
- I don't know.

'Cause it's sunny?

Where's Tray?
Tray, what are
you upset about?

Guys, no camera.

You don't want
to talk about it?

- I'm going.
- You don't want
to talk about it?

What?

I'm annoyed.
I'm really annoyed.

We have a limited amount
of time in the studio

to get this album done
before we leave to go
to South Africa

and now Traci
is mysteriously storming
out of the studio.

I mean, what the hell
is happening?

Traci.

What happened?
I don't even know
what happened.

All right, fine.
You're not speakin' to me?

Coming up on
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She just had a tantrum
and left.

I don't know
how she's gonna
act tomorrow.

If she wants to act immature,
I'm done with her today.

I can't deal with Traci.

That's--
I'm so upset
right now.

I don't want to put
an album out one month
after I put out my album.

Well, don't be on it.

That's real smart-behind.

So

So Traci

So Traci has

So Traci has left

So Traci has left
the

So Traci has left
the building.

Mm.

What did that "mm" mean?

That's--
that's not surprising.

- Why do you say that?
- I've never been
in a session

that Traci
hasn't walked out of.

See what I'm sayin'?

We've worked with Tricky
a lot in the past.

He's worked on
the Braxtons' first album,

he worked
on Tamar's last album.

We've known him for 20 years,
but I don't wanna tell my age.

She's been walking out
on my sessions since
I was little.

Since I was a little boy.

We were in our early 20s.
I was 21 years old.

You mean the first Braxtons
album you worked on?

The demos,
she was walkin' out.

She was walking out
on just the concept.

Why you so stupid?

The good thing about
the Braxtons, there's like...

a bunch of y'all.

So I'll just be like,
"Oh, okay, well,
you come on."

Traci.

What happened?
I don't even know
what happened.

All right, fine.

You're not
speaking to me?

I'm just--
you know--

All right, then.
Fine.

- Why'd she just leave?
- I don't-- I don't know
how she's gonna act tomorrow.

She just had a tantrum
and left. I don't know.

-What was
the tantrum about this time?
-It was a tantrum.

-What was it
about this time?
-I don't know.

She's not speaking
to nobody.

I-- she went--
I can't deal with Traci.

That's--
I'm so upset
right now.

I'm trying to find out
what's wrong with Traci

and she's
totally ignoring me.

If she wants to act immature,
I'm done with her today.

I gotta tell Tricky
we have to sing the vocals now
without Traci.

We have to finish up our part
and maybe get Traci later.

This is--
this is so embarrassing.

She said nothing
to nobody.

- She just was upset.
- No.

She was fine,
and when she sat down--

and then she suddenly
said something about

that Tricky said that
my range is higher than hers.

And I said,
"Well, Traci, over time,
people's ranges change."

And she was like, "Well,
I know I'm a first soprano."

- I was like--
- What does it matter?

I don't know.
I said, "Well, you can
keep that first soprano.

I like to stay
in my little alto box."

That's all right.
That don't matter.

- We're gonna have
super fun.
- Have fun.

I'm not gonna
go through this again.

I think T.D. Jakes
needs to come back.

The irony
in all of this is

after we had our big session
with T.D. Jakes a couple
of months ago,

everyone agreed
to be better communicators
when it came to our feelings.

We all need to take
something and commit

of what we're going to do
to make things better.

Well, I commit of--
if I have any issues,

address them
right then and there.

-Yeah.
- In a polite way.

Not in a hostile,
frustration tone.

It would make me sad

if we fell back
into our old patterns.

Maybe she's upset
about something that
we don't really know about.

Like what?

I mean,
it was so arbitrary.

I don't know.
I feel like it's
a little deeper.

Something's
really going on.
Like, for real.

Maybe this is
triggering...

old emotions.

I mean, like, the first time
we tried to get together

in a studio for a family album,
Traci did the very same thing.

Tamar's not gonna do the album,
Toni's not gonna do the album.

- I'm outta here.
- This is my last dance.

No, it's not.

- Oh, my God.
- Why are you leaving?

Everybody else is leavin',
everybody else ain't doin'
what they wanna do.

Why are you always
running away, Traci?

It's not a secret that Traci
feels some sort of way.

And me, Trina,
and Tamar move forward

in our music careers.

She just felt left out
because she decided
to start a family

and time has passed,
and now, Traci, you have
a career of your own,

a fabulous,
wonderful career
of your own.

It's time to let it go.

20 plus years ago?

If you want
the opportunity,

then you have to sometimes
do what you have to do.

I don't care how pissed off
you get, how mad--

you gotta leave
that crap at the door.

Now, do I get mad
at my sisters?

Absolutely.

- Do they get
on my nerves?
- Yes.

- Yes, indeed.
- Yes, you do.

Does Trina get
on my nerves?
Yes.

Does Toni Braxton
get on my nerves?

-Yes.
- But when I say--

What? I heard my name.

That's so much
shade, shade, shade,
shade, shade.

If you're gonna talk about me,
you talk about me

in front of me,
not behind closed doors.

Toni, you cannot get a tan
when all this shade
is being thrown.

Truth!

All right.

Doing a Christmas album
with your sisters

is not supposed to be
this aggravating.

I just hope
it doesn't get any worse
before it gets better.

Where's Toni Braxton at?

Girl, she comin'.
We first, I bet you.
How much you wanna bet?

How much you wanna bet?
We always first.

- Oh, yeah.
- I bet you buy me
a margarita.

Okay, I'll buy it.

I'm joining my sisters
for dinner

and I cannot wait to talk more
about this Christmas album,

because I don't know
nothing about it.

But there's still a lot more
we have to discuss,

including MegaFest.

- We are the first.
- I knew it.

- So I'm gonna get you
a margarita.
- Thank you.

Hey--

- Have a seat,
Towanda.
- I am.

Get your butt off me.

Stop!

Tamar missed everything
that happened in the studio.

We still can't get Traci
to talk to us,

but the rest of us
are meeting up to talk
more about the album.

We've been in the studio
almost every day

- till 3:30 in the morning.
- Almost every day, yes.

Especially y'all two.

Everyone is here
except Traci

because she has to work
and I understand that.

So no one wants
to bring up

Traci's storming
out of the studio
at dinner tonight.

I know I don't,
and we all agree
it's not fair

to talk about her
when she's not here.

But I really hope Traci
will just calm down

and join us in finishing
the recording of this album.

Well, let me
ask you a question.

Is everybody
still doing MegaFest?

I'm definitely
going to MegaFest.

MegaFest last year
was turned up, wasn't it?

I know you--
you performed.

Uh-huh, and Babyface
was shoutin'.

- He was shoutin'.
- Everybody was shoutin'.

Tyler Perry was shoutin'.
Bishop was shoutin'.

His wife was shoutin'.

Everybody was--
I was shoutin'.

Are we gonna perform?
And if so, what are
we gonna sing?

That's the next project.

I want to do MegaFest.
I love Bishop Jakes.

Mommy did it a couple years ago
and Tamar performed for it.

But I don't know
if we can work out
the scheduling.

- You guys
did promise Bishop Jakes.
-I know.

He said
August 15th, Mama.

Y'all are going
to Africa.

Yes, they did change.

The date I was
supposed to do it changed.

MegaFest don't start
till the 19th.

But we go to Africa.

Well, you can't very well be
at the MegaFest and Africa
at the same time.

No, you can't.

But I'll make it up
to him.

My word is my bond,
and if I tell somebody

I'm going to participate
in MegaFest

and, on top of that,
I really want to go because
I love going to MegaFest,

I mean, I'm going.

Even if it's by myself.
She's there.

Well, as soon
as we finish with the album,
we can really celebrate.

When you putting it out?

End of October.

Oh, you can't
put out the Braxton
Christmas album...

- Uh-huh.
- ...in October,

'cause my album
comes out September 11th.

- How that's gonna work?
- Well, don't be on it.

Not unless we--

Coming up on
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It just seems like
everybody has to understand
your schedule,

but you don't
want to understand
nobody else's schedule.

- And all I was saying was--
-You know what, guys?

I can't--
I can't take it.

I don't trust y'all.
How about that?

My

My album

My album comes

My album comes out

My album comes out
September

My album comes out
September 11th.

- How that's gonna work?
- Well, don't be on it.

Not unless we're--

- What you mean?
- If you feel like there's
a conflict, don't do it.

I mean, what you mean?

That's real smart-behind.

It's not.
Either you can
do it or you can't.

- If you can't do it--
- I never said I couldn't
do it.

When did I say
I couldn't do it?

I said-- I didn't say
you said that.

I said, "If you can't
do it, don't do it."

You said I keep
having issues with it.
Like, what do you mean?

If you have issues
and you can't do it because
of your schedule conflict,

you can't do it.

I will be disappointed
if all of us

couldn't sing
on this project.

But, you know,
the show must go on.

No matter who can participate
and be a part of it,
it's gonna happen.

It's gonna come out
the end of October

and I'm excited about it.

It just seems like
everybody has to understand
your schedule,

but no-- you don't want
to understand nobody
else's schedule.

And all
I was saying was--

is that I don't want
to put an album out
one month after--

not even a month
after I put out my album.

That's all I was saying.

Usually when you do
a Christmas album,

you know,
with a group...

...you know details.

And, you know, you talk
about what songs

you gonna do
on a Christmas album.

And you talk about
when you thinking about
putting it out

and everybody
come to an agreement,

and then you put it out
and, you know,

everybody go into the studio
at the same time

and, you know,
life's good.

But that ain't
what happening here.

It's not you putting out--
it's all of us together.

- Exactly.
-Well--

It's not a good
business decision.

Your single came out
the same time--

the same day
as Traci's album.

My single did not
come out the same day
as Traci's album.

- In October?
- My single did not come out

the same day
as Traci's album.

That is a farce.

It didn't?
That one with Future.

Let me go prove that
right now.

Why you gotta prove?
I just asked.

'Cause I'm not a liar.

I can't ask a question?

Didn't it come out
around the same time
as Traci's album?

- Yes.
- That's what I thought.

It did.

All I know is that
we started this project

with all of our hearts
in the right place.

And I want to believe
our sisterhood can get
through this.

But I'm just not sure.
I have to pray again.

It was actually released
on your birthday,
October 7th.

So was Traci's.
Traci's album was--

that's what I was sayin',
it was on the same day.

Did I release
my song or did--?

No, listen
to what I'm saying.

Listen-- hear
what I'm saying.
It doesn't matter--

I didn't even have
any artwork.

- But you're
being defensive?
- You know what, guys?

I thought
this is supposed
to be a joyous day.

- We are joyous.
- What are you saying?

I can't take it.

- We're communicating.
- Yeah.

I don't trust y'all.
How about that?

You know I can't trust y'all,
'cause y'all build up, boy,
just like a volcano.

I don't trust it.

Go ahead and talk.

Trina and I was
kinda sorta thinking
about talking to Toni

about retiring
as her doo-wop-pop-pop chicks.

But since Mommy
just let hers have it,

clearly tonight
is not the right time.

But we have to do it
at some point

and I'm not
looking forward to it.

I'm feeling
a little funny

because there has been
a breakdown in the sisterhood.

And, at the end
of the day, honestly,

everything
is not resolved yet.

How 'bout
those Dolphins?

You know.

Trying to do this project
was supposed to be a bonding
experience.

I really thought that
we were in a good place,

you know, and moving
past our issues.

But this is a complete
and utter disaster.

Hey, it's Tamar.

How are you?

I can't wait to see you
and Dallas in a few days.

First of all, for me,
I'm not fixin' to miss
the MegaFest.

However,
I'm uber-disappointed
my sisters are not going.

It shouldn't be missed.

Yeah, I know.

Hopefully, you know,
in the future

the family can
get together with you.

I mean, I would
really like that.

I know, and I'm just
so excited

about continuing the work
that we've already started.

Like...

Okay, great. All right,
talk to you soon.

Okay, bye-bye.