1 00:00:02,827 --> 00:00:04,931 - Previously, on "The New Edition Story"... 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,448 - Bob, come on, man. 3 00:00:10,551 --> 00:00:12,034 - If this is what y'all wanna do, 4 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:13,689 y'all need to see about getting with Brooke Payne. 5 00:00:13,793 --> 00:00:15,034 - I don't work with kids. 6 00:00:17,758 --> 00:00:18,793 - Y'all are a group. 7 00:00:18,896 --> 00:00:20,482 Everybody is equal. 8 00:00:20,586 --> 00:00:22,310 So if you're thinking about getting your little ass 9 00:00:22,413 --> 00:00:24,275 up on stage and trying to outshine everybody else, 10 00:00:24,379 --> 00:00:26,241 you can forget about it, because I don't play that. 11 00:00:26,344 --> 00:00:28,793 - Maurice Starr. I produce the music. 12 00:00:37,586 --> 00:00:41,172 - Ralph, I can make you a star just like that. 13 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:42,586 - What about the rest of the group? 14 00:00:42,689 --> 00:00:45,310 - I'm offering you your own record deal. 15 00:00:45,413 --> 00:00:46,379 - That type of money would change everything. 16 00:00:46,482 --> 00:00:48,068 It'd move you right out the projects. 17 00:00:48,172 --> 00:00:50,206 - Yeah, man, but it's gotta be all of us. 18 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:51,689 - Then the group it is. 19 00:00:51,793 --> 00:00:55,034 - For this week, Michael Jackson is #2. 20 00:00:55,137 --> 00:00:56,758 Y'all #1. - Ohhhhh! 21 00:00:56,862 --> 00:00:59,172 - A dollar, eighty-seven cents. 22 00:00:59,275 --> 00:01:00,413 Are you serious about this? 23 00:01:00,517 --> 00:01:05,103 Those in favor of firing Brooke, raise your hand. 24 00:01:05,206 --> 00:01:06,620 - Patricia? 25 00:01:06,724 --> 00:01:08,724 - If I was managing this group, that would never happen. 26 00:01:08,827 --> 00:01:11,241 - You're saying we'll get paid? - I'm guaranteeing it. 27 00:01:15,448 --> 00:01:17,068 - What the hell was that? 28 00:01:17,172 --> 00:01:18,586 Gary, you promised me pop stars. 29 00:01:18,689 --> 00:01:20,241 I need to see results. 30 00:01:20,344 --> 00:01:22,068 - Man, when are they gonna let us hit the mic? 31 00:01:22,172 --> 00:01:23,827 - I know I'm singing lead on at least one song. 32 00:01:23,931 --> 00:01:25,586 - Did I tell you Zena called for you? 33 00:01:25,689 --> 00:01:27,310 - Hey, man, you think we can get her a flight out here? 34 00:01:27,413 --> 00:01:29,482 - Hey, man. You're a big star now, Rizz. 35 00:01:29,586 --> 00:01:30,758 We figured you was too busy to eat with 36 00:01:30,862 --> 00:01:33,137 some regular brothers like us. 37 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,724 - KHJ in Los Angeles. 38 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:43,620 If you're lucky enough to be in Santa Monica, 39 00:01:43,724 --> 00:01:44,931 you're just lucky. 40 00:01:45,034 --> 00:01:47,379 Highs in the mid 70s, Wednesday, mostly sunny skies. 41 00:01:47,482 --> 00:01:49,517 A little windy for the Inland Valley. 42 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:51,379 It's gonna be one of those days where cruising... 43 00:01:51,482 --> 00:01:53,310 - Ralph, what's going on? Everything all right? 44 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:56,103 - How come I'm always the one singing everything, Gary? 45 00:01:56,206 --> 00:01:57,827 - I'm just getting you ready for your solo career. 46 00:01:57,931 --> 00:01:59,000 - What? 47 00:01:59,103 --> 00:02:00,448 - Nah, I'm kidding. It's a joke. 48 00:02:00,551 --> 00:02:01,758 Well, you're the lead singer. 49 00:02:01,862 --> 00:02:03,241 You're the one who's gonna do most of the parts. 50 00:02:03,344 --> 00:02:04,448 It's the way it works. 51 00:02:04,551 --> 00:02:06,034 - Yeah, but I'm singing everything. 52 00:02:06,137 --> 00:02:07,517 I'm singing leads. I'm singing backgrounds. 53 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:08,862 - Oh, is it too much work for you? 54 00:02:08,965 --> 00:02:10,034 - No, it's not too much work. 55 00:02:10,137 --> 00:02:11,172 - You sure it's not too much work? 56 00:02:11,275 --> 00:02:12,310 - I'm sure it's not too much work. 57 00:02:12,413 --> 00:02:13,689 - Do you need a vacation already? 58 00:02:13,793 --> 00:02:15,034 - I'm sure. - Okay. 59 00:02:15,137 --> 00:02:17,137 - It's just that we're a group, you know? 60 00:02:17,241 --> 00:02:19,000 They're not my backup dancers. 61 00:02:19,103 --> 00:02:21,620 - I know, I know. What, are you... 62 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:23,931 you feeling like the guys are a little jealous? 63 00:02:24,034 --> 00:02:25,000 I see what's going on. 64 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:26,241 - No. No. 65 00:02:26,344 --> 00:02:27,517 No, they're definitely not jealous. 66 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:29,172 - All right. Well, I hate to break it to you, 67 00:02:29,275 --> 00:02:31,310 but this is the way it works, okay? 68 00:02:31,413 --> 00:02:32,931 It happens in bands all the time. 69 00:02:33,034 --> 00:02:34,310 One guy gets all the attention 70 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:36,137 and the other guys get a little jealous, resentful. 71 00:02:36,241 --> 00:02:38,137 But trust me, they're gonna be fine once 72 00:02:38,241 --> 00:02:39,413 the checks start rolling in. 73 00:02:39,517 --> 00:02:41,034 - You know what-- could we at least, like, 74 00:02:41,137 --> 00:02:42,413 give 'em a rap verse or something? 75 00:02:42,517 --> 00:02:43,724 You know, like on "Candy Girl." 76 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,310 Something where they can say their names 77 00:02:45,413 --> 00:02:47,655 so the fans will know who they are. 78 00:02:47,758 --> 00:02:49,241 - Yeah, sure. We could do that, Ralph. 79 00:02:49,344 --> 00:02:50,655 Keep doing what you're doing. 80 00:02:50,758 --> 00:02:52,344 These sessions cost a lot of money, all right? 81 00:02:52,448 --> 00:02:53,862 Stay focused, all right? You're my little star. 82 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:55,241 - Thanks, Gary. - All right. 83 00:02:55,344 --> 00:02:56,482 Don't worry about anything. 84 00:03:30,275 --> 00:03:33,034 - Hey, Mike? I need you to pick it up, man. 85 00:03:33,137 --> 00:03:34,586 You're coming in flat. 86 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:35,965 - Hey, Ray, he can't help it. 87 00:03:36,068 --> 00:03:37,482 That's just how his voice sounds. 88 00:03:37,586 --> 00:03:39,310 He's always flat. 89 00:03:42,482 --> 00:03:44,275 - Come on, man, let's be professional. 90 00:03:44,379 --> 00:03:48,137 Mike, you think you can hit the notes for me? 91 00:03:48,241 --> 00:03:49,827 - Yeah, yeah. 92 00:03:49,931 --> 00:03:51,896 - Great session, guys. Let's get y'all some food. 93 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,827 Bobby, you killed that. 94 00:03:54,931 --> 00:03:57,344 - I got the window seat! 95 00:03:57,448 --> 00:04:02,068 - Uh, I got your ass! Come on, move! 96 00:04:02,172 --> 00:04:03,827 - Whoa! 97 00:04:03,931 --> 00:04:05,344 - Y'all, scoot over. 98 00:04:05,448 --> 00:04:07,000 I'm not sitting in the middle this time, man. 99 00:04:07,103 --> 00:04:08,517 Come on, man. Move over, man. 100 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:10,206 - No, man, just get in. What's it matter, you know? 101 00:04:10,310 --> 00:04:11,379 - Scoot over. 102 00:04:11,482 --> 00:04:13,103 - Oh, no, Mike. Don't sit on my lap. 103 00:04:13,206 --> 00:04:15,482 I wanna hear, like, $10 for my seat. 104 00:04:15,586 --> 00:04:17,689 - Yeah, I think I'ma need $10, too. 105 00:04:17,793 --> 00:04:19,862 - Hey, I got a window. I'ma need 20 for mine. 106 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:22,413 - Come on, man. Get in the car. Let's go. 107 00:04:22,517 --> 00:04:24,448 - You know what? I'll catch a cab. 108 00:04:24,551 --> 00:04:26,068 - Let's get outta here. 109 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:27,655 - Bitches. 110 00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:30,724 Aah! Stop the car! 111 00:04:30,827 --> 00:04:32,448 Aw, shit! You ran over my foot! 112 00:04:32,551 --> 00:04:34,379 - Mike? - Aah! 113 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:35,862 - Hey, you all right? Take it easy. 114 00:04:35,965 --> 00:04:37,965 - Oh, back up! - Hey, I never even saw you. 115 00:04:38,068 --> 00:04:40,793 I heard the door close. I thought you got in. 116 00:04:43,965 --> 00:04:48,172 - Damn, Mike. Today just ain't your day! 117 00:04:48,275 --> 00:04:49,965 Hey, man, you sound like a little bitch! 118 00:04:50,068 --> 00:04:52,724 Stop the car! Stop the car! 119 00:04:52,827 --> 00:04:54,793 - Oh! 120 00:04:54,896 --> 00:04:58,000 - Now who's the bitch, huh? - Ohhhh! 121 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:08,103 - Mike, stop, you're gonna kill him. 122 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,896 - Somebody'll come by later to check on you, all right? 123 00:05:26,103 --> 00:05:27,413 - Hey, I'm sorry, Jeff. 124 00:05:27,517 --> 00:05:29,551 I mean didn't mean to snap out at the studio. 125 00:05:29,655 --> 00:05:32,862 But I'm tired of Bob popping off his bullshit. 126 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:35,862 I'm gonna keep my respect, even if I gotta take it, man. 127 00:05:35,965 --> 00:05:39,344 - You can have all the respect you want back in Boston, 128 00:05:39,448 --> 00:05:41,655 'cause I think it's over for you, man. 129 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:44,551 This is a business. It's not a gang. 130 00:05:44,655 --> 00:05:47,310 Get some rest, all right? 131 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,517 - Uh, New Edition for a session. 132 00:05:57,620 --> 00:05:58,931 - Mm-hmm. That's right. 133 00:06:01,896 --> 00:06:05,241 - All right, guys. 134 00:06:05,344 --> 00:06:08,724 I spoke to all your mothers. 135 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:13,862 And, um, and they're all in agreeance that Michael 136 00:06:13,965 --> 00:06:17,000 needs to be removed from New Edition, okay? 137 00:06:17,103 --> 00:06:20,448 And I know that he's a great friend of yours 138 00:06:20,551 --> 00:06:22,586 and obviously a big part of the group. 139 00:06:22,689 --> 00:06:26,724 But what he did was just inexcusable. 140 00:06:26,827 --> 00:06:28,310 You know, I'm your legal guardian out here, 141 00:06:28,413 --> 00:06:30,000 and it's my job to keep you safe. 142 00:06:32,827 --> 00:06:35,206 Bobby, you wanna say something? 143 00:06:35,310 --> 00:06:37,172 - This is still our group, right? 144 00:06:37,275 --> 00:06:39,275 - Of course. 145 00:06:39,379 --> 00:06:41,655 - Well, I say Mike is staying. 146 00:06:45,103 --> 00:06:46,793 - Even after what happened? 147 00:06:46,896 --> 00:06:49,413 - Man, I know he tried to kill me. 148 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:51,620 But did he? 149 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:10,931 - Here's your lyrics sheet, man. 150 00:07:11,034 --> 00:07:12,586 Do your thing. 151 00:07:13,758 --> 00:07:16,172 - All right. 152 00:07:23,206 --> 00:07:24,965 - Hey, Mike, you ready? 153 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:38,620 - Please, operator, 154 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:40,413 see what you can do. 155 00:07:40,517 --> 00:07:41,896 I dialed the right number, 156 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,586 but I still couldn't get through. 157 00:07:46,517 --> 00:07:48,206 Could you just check the line, 158 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:50,034 just one more time, if you can? 159 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:53,034 I'm pretty sure her phone won't be answered by no man. 160 00:08:12,413 --> 00:08:14,034 - You did your thing. 161 00:08:16,758 --> 00:08:18,275 - That's what I'm talking about. 162 00:08:20,655 --> 00:08:21,965 - Aw, man, it was all right. 163 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:23,620 They were all good. - Aw, it's good. 164 00:08:23,724 --> 00:08:25,379 - Everybody good? - Yeah. 165 00:08:25,482 --> 00:08:28,000 - We good, man. - It sounds fantastic. 166 00:08:29,896 --> 00:08:31,620 - Five, six, seven, eight... 167 00:08:40,931 --> 00:08:42,620 - Here we go and one... 168 00:08:42,724 --> 00:08:46,034 - Three, four, and one... 169 00:08:46,137 --> 00:08:48,724 - Oh, hell, no. I ain't never doing that. 170 00:08:48,827 --> 00:08:50,275 - What do you think, Biv? 171 00:08:50,379 --> 00:08:52,896 - Hey, yo, B, they might as well call the Menudo kids to do that. 172 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,275 - Menudo? Really? 173 00:08:54,379 --> 00:08:56,517 Come on, guys. I thought you guys were, like, next level. 174 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:58,275 I thought you guys were trying to be somebody. 175 00:08:58,379 --> 00:09:01,655 You got big, international-- they all do it over there. 176 00:09:01,758 --> 00:09:02,689 - Oh, Uncle sure would never have us 177 00:09:02,793 --> 00:09:04,413 doing all this dumb stuff, man. 178 00:09:04,517 --> 00:09:06,448 - Do we have a problem? - No, no. 179 00:09:06,551 --> 00:09:08,551 I...I got it. I'm gonna talk to them. 180 00:09:08,655 --> 00:09:10,724 Everything's gonna be fine. 181 00:09:10,827 --> 00:09:13,034 - Who's the girl? Is she working with you? 182 00:09:13,137 --> 00:09:15,034 - No, that's, uh, that's Ralph's girlfriend. 183 00:09:15,137 --> 00:09:17,586 Her name is, uh, Zora or Zurich, something like that. 184 00:09:17,689 --> 00:09:19,586 Something exotic. She...she's a nice girl. 185 00:09:19,689 --> 00:09:22,275 - Why is she here while they're working? 186 00:09:22,379 --> 00:09:23,862 - Well, she... he flew her in. 187 00:09:23,965 --> 00:09:25,275 You know, they missed each other. 188 00:09:25,379 --> 00:09:26,758 They're young. They're in love. 189 00:09:26,862 --> 00:09:28,620 You know how he gets. He's my lead singer. 190 00:09:28,724 --> 00:09:30,689 I want him to be happy, you know? 191 00:09:36,413 --> 00:09:39,413 - We better sell some records. That's what I know. 192 00:09:39,517 --> 00:09:41,724 - I got it. 193 00:09:48,413 --> 00:09:50,482 - Nice. 194 00:09:50,586 --> 00:09:53,517 Now can I get a big smile from everybody? 195 00:09:54,931 --> 00:09:56,793 - Even you, Mr. Cool. 196 00:09:56,896 --> 00:09:58,551 - How about you do your job and I'll do mine? 197 00:09:58,655 --> 00:09:59,965 - Ohhhh... 198 00:10:00,068 --> 00:10:02,172 - Mr. Cool ain't so cool no more. 199 00:10:11,896 --> 00:10:13,931 - Yeah, he's fancy. I like that. 200 00:10:14,034 --> 00:10:15,689 - The little tight jacket. - Yeah, he looks good. 201 00:10:15,793 --> 00:10:18,586 It would look good on you. 202 00:10:18,689 --> 00:10:20,827 Brooke Payne! Gary Evans. 203 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:22,000 - Oh, okay. - How are ya? 204 00:10:22,103 --> 00:10:23,413 - I'm good. - We spoke on the phone. 205 00:10:23,517 --> 00:10:24,620 Nice to meet you. This is Jeff Dyson. 206 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:25,931 - How are you doing? 207 00:10:26,034 --> 00:10:27,034 - And the, uh, the guys don't know you're here, 208 00:10:27,137 --> 00:10:28,551 so I wanna keep it a surprise. 209 00:10:28,655 --> 00:10:29,965 They're gonna be so pumped to see you. 210 00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:31,000 - Okay, okay. 211 00:10:31,103 --> 00:10:32,413 - And, uh, you know, to be honest, 212 00:10:32,517 --> 00:10:33,965 they don't trust anybody but you. 213 00:10:34,068 --> 00:10:35,724 - That's good. - But I wanna be clear. 214 00:10:35,827 --> 00:10:37,655 This time we brought you in just as the choreographer. 215 00:10:37,758 --> 00:10:39,655 Okay? You ain't the manager. 216 00:10:39,758 --> 00:10:42,586 I'm saying you do the moves, I do the managing now. 217 00:10:42,689 --> 00:10:44,137 All right? You understand that? 218 00:10:44,241 --> 00:10:46,758 The moms wanted that. It wasn't just me. 219 00:10:46,862 --> 00:10:48,517 I just wanna make sure you're clear. 220 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:50,551 You're just here for dancing. 221 00:10:50,655 --> 00:10:52,448 - Yeah, I'm clear. 222 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:54,724 I know why I'm here. 223 00:10:54,827 --> 00:10:57,068 You came to the ghetto, found some poor black kids 224 00:10:57,172 --> 00:10:59,034 that you can make some money off of, 225 00:10:59,137 --> 00:11:02,034 and now you don't know what the hell you're doing with 'em. 226 00:11:02,137 --> 00:11:04,827 It's all right. I'm here for my boys. 227 00:11:04,931 --> 00:11:07,034 Yeah, I'ma make it strong again. 228 00:11:07,137 --> 00:11:09,310 Yeah. Excuse me. 229 00:11:13,241 --> 00:11:16,517 - Uh, wow. Y'all look so soft. 230 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,034 - Yo! 231 00:11:20,137 --> 00:11:21,689 - I can't believe I saw y'all-- - What up? 232 00:11:21,793 --> 00:11:23,379 - Ah, he come back! - He did! 233 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:25,206 - Aw, man. 234 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:27,379 It's good to see y'all. Good to see you, man. 235 00:11:27,482 --> 00:11:28,862 Rick. Hey, good to see you, man. 236 00:11:28,965 --> 00:11:30,448 - Good to have you back, Uncle Brooke. 237 00:11:30,551 --> 00:11:31,724 - Nephew. Nephew. 238 00:11:31,827 --> 00:11:33,586 You know I ain't gonna leave y'all hanging. 239 00:11:33,689 --> 00:11:34,655 Y'all ready to do some work? 240 00:12:11,275 --> 00:12:12,724 - I like that spin. - That was all right. 241 00:12:12,827 --> 00:12:14,448 - You like that? - I might pay to see that. 242 00:12:14,551 --> 00:12:15,931 - Man, you know that was fresh. 243 00:12:16,034 --> 00:12:17,241 Ain't that right, Stro? 244 00:12:17,344 --> 00:12:18,965 - Uh, there's room for improvement, but it was good. 245 00:12:19,068 --> 00:12:21,620 - Guys? What...what the heck is all this? 246 00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:23,793 - G! What's up, man? - Whaddup, G? 247 00:12:23,896 --> 00:12:26,931 - Brooke? Jeffrey? 248 00:12:27,034 --> 00:12:29,793 Brooke, what is all this? - Part of the show. 249 00:12:29,896 --> 00:12:31,310 - Oh, they look great. 250 00:12:31,413 --> 00:12:32,793 It's like night and day compared to before. 251 00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:35,827 But I mean, uh, we've gotta scale this back. 252 00:12:35,931 --> 00:12:37,068 I mean, what do you got? Lasers? 253 00:12:37,172 --> 00:12:39,827 And you got a, uh, a DJ and a band? 254 00:12:39,931 --> 00:12:41,448 And I don't know, what is this? 255 00:12:41,551 --> 00:12:43,172 Some sort of castle? Are we... we gonna have dragons? 256 00:12:43,275 --> 00:12:45,655 I mean, we don't need this, and, uh, to be honest, 257 00:12:45,758 --> 00:12:46,758 we...we can't afford this. 258 00:12:46,862 --> 00:12:48,827 - Come on, Gary. This ain't the '70s, man. 259 00:12:48,931 --> 00:12:50,931 We need the DJ thing, in between sets, costume change, 260 00:12:51,034 --> 00:12:52,241 you know, to keep the crowd moving. 261 00:12:52,344 --> 00:12:54,172 - Right. Come on. - You guys ain't Run-DMC. 262 00:12:54,275 --> 00:12:56,724 You ain't, uh, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. 263 00:12:56,827 --> 00:12:59,586 Parents bring their kids to see a nice pop show. 264 00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:01,103 - Gary, yeah, we're a pop group. 265 00:13:01,206 --> 00:13:03,103 But we like rap music. Our fans like rap music. 266 00:13:03,206 --> 00:13:05,551 Our people like rap music. We know what our people like. 267 00:13:05,655 --> 00:13:07,965 - Well, we'll see if people even listen to rap music in 20 years. 268 00:13:08,068 --> 00:13:11,103 But the point is the label wants you to be a crossover act, 269 00:13:11,206 --> 00:13:14,275 like the Sylvers, the Tavares, the Jacksons. 270 00:13:14,379 --> 00:13:16,517 - Gary, we from OP, and that's not changing for nobody. 271 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:17,827 - Well, I get that. 272 00:13:17,931 --> 00:13:19,275 God forbid you became rich and successful. 273 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:21,137 Then where would you be? 274 00:13:22,206 --> 00:13:23,827 - Yo, Gary. - You know this, Brooke. 275 00:13:23,931 --> 00:13:25,793 - Let me holla at you. 276 00:13:25,896 --> 00:13:27,241 Yo, trust me on this. 277 00:13:27,344 --> 00:13:28,965 Let us do this for the first couple of shows. 278 00:13:29,068 --> 00:13:30,482 If you don't like it, then we'll scrap it. 279 00:13:30,586 --> 00:13:32,448 But trust me, it's gonna work. 280 00:13:32,551 --> 00:13:34,724 - Well, how am I gonna tell my little star no? 281 00:13:34,827 --> 00:13:36,655 I'm just worried about-- - Ha! 282 00:13:36,758 --> 00:13:37,827 - Ralphie, whatever you want, okay? 283 00:13:37,931 --> 00:13:38,862 You're the man, all right? Okay? 284 00:13:38,965 --> 00:13:40,137 - It's gonna work, man. No worries. 285 00:13:40,241 --> 00:13:42,137 - Bobby, where are you going? 286 00:13:42,241 --> 00:13:44,103 - Gary, you're not our boss. 287 00:13:44,206 --> 00:13:46,068 And y'all dumb for having this conversation. 288 00:13:46,172 --> 00:13:47,620 I'm about to go see this chick. I'm out. 289 00:13:47,724 --> 00:13:49,862 - Bob! - With the chicks. 290 00:13:49,965 --> 00:13:51,172 Being with the chicks. That's the problem. 291 00:13:51,275 --> 00:13:53,137 - Bob! 292 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:22,896 - License and registration, sir. 293 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,413 - Don't you know who he is? 294 00:14:24,517 --> 00:14:26,379 This is the lead singer of New Edition. 295 00:14:26,482 --> 00:14:28,137 - Shut the hell up. 296 00:14:28,241 --> 00:14:31,827 - License and registration. 297 00:14:31,931 --> 00:14:34,275 - I don't have it. 298 00:14:36,517 --> 00:14:38,034 - Robert Barisford Brown? 299 00:14:57,724 --> 00:14:59,068 - Whose car were you driving? 300 00:14:59,172 --> 00:15:00,862 - A friend loaned it to me. 301 00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:04,034 - A friend loaned you a damn Corvette? 302 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:05,931 Man, who was the girl in the car? 303 00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:07,275 - Her name's Melika. 304 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:09,172 We hang out sometimes. - Yeah? 305 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:11,862 The cops said you had $6,000 in the car with you. 306 00:15:11,965 --> 00:15:13,310 Where did you get that kind of money? 307 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:14,793 - A friend loaned it to me. - A friend? 308 00:15:14,896 --> 00:15:16,172 I don't have these kinds of friends. 309 00:15:16,275 --> 00:15:17,724 What kind of friends do you have? 310 00:15:17,827 --> 00:15:19,137 Look, if you need something, 311 00:15:19,241 --> 00:15:20,689 why...why don't you just ask me? 312 00:15:20,793 --> 00:15:21,827 I mean, that's what I'm here for. 313 00:15:21,931 --> 00:15:23,689 - Melika's pregnant with my baby. 314 00:15:23,793 --> 00:15:25,620 So that money I had was for her. 315 00:15:29,379 --> 00:15:31,034 - You...you got a girl pregnant? 316 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,517 Okay, look, look, look. Uh, look. 317 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:41,448 I got a guy-- 318 00:15:41,551 --> 00:15:42,724 You enjoying yourself? 319 00:15:42,827 --> 00:15:44,793 I'm talking to my client, please. 320 00:15:44,896 --> 00:15:47,000 Okay. We're gonna take care of it. 321 00:15:47,103 --> 00:15:50,344 It's okay. I've got a doctor, okay? 322 00:15:50,448 --> 00:15:52,137 He does these kinds of things. He's very discrete. 323 00:15:52,241 --> 00:15:53,724 He'll even pick her up-- - What? 324 00:15:53,827 --> 00:15:54,931 Melika's not having no damn abortion. 325 00:15:55,034 --> 00:15:56,103 - I didn't say that. 326 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:57,413 - That's what it sounded like you saying. 327 00:15:57,517 --> 00:15:58,965 - No, I didn't say nothing about that. 328 00:15:59,068 --> 00:16:00,379 I'm saying she's gotta see a doctor, right? 329 00:16:00,482 --> 00:16:01,862 Who gets a girl pregnant? What's the matter with you? 330 00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:03,206 - Man, whatever. 331 00:16:06,793 --> 00:16:09,206 - Everything's gonna be okay. All right, Bobby? 332 00:16:09,310 --> 00:16:11,413 - Your possessions. Here you go. 333 00:16:11,517 --> 00:16:13,241 - All right? 334 00:16:14,931 --> 00:16:16,275 You hear me? 335 00:16:16,379 --> 00:16:17,586 Everything's gonna be okay. 336 00:16:17,689 --> 00:16:19,482 - Yeah. Yeah. 337 00:16:19,586 --> 00:16:22,103 Yeah, yeah, everything's gonna be cool, G. 338 00:16:22,206 --> 00:16:23,724 Hey, don't we got a tour to get started? 339 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:25,724 You know the world wanna see Bobby Brown and New Edition. 340 00:16:27,137 --> 00:16:28,000 Hey, and I'm hungry. Let's go. 341 00:16:43,137 --> 00:16:44,827 - Man, come on. Don't bogart it. 342 00:16:44,931 --> 00:16:46,724 - Shut up! - Man, come on! 343 00:16:48,172 --> 00:16:49,827 If it wasn't for your dumb ass getting arrested, 344 00:16:49,931 --> 00:16:50,965 we wouldn't have to do 345 00:16:51,068 --> 00:16:52,724 this stupid charity show to begin with. 346 00:16:52,827 --> 00:16:54,655 Who taught you how to drive, anyway? 347 00:16:54,758 --> 00:16:56,724 - Yo momma. I heard she know how to drive a stick. 348 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:01,172 - Okay. 349 00:17:03,551 --> 00:17:05,551 - Aw, I told you they'd make you shave it off, didn't I? 350 00:17:05,655 --> 00:17:07,896 - That don't even matter. You know I'll still get mine 351 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 with or without the 'stache, so... 352 00:17:10,103 --> 00:17:12,482 - Hey, who told you to shave it? Gary or MCA? 353 00:17:12,586 --> 00:17:13,827 - Man, both. 354 00:17:13,931 --> 00:17:15,448 They're talking about it don't look good for our image. 355 00:17:15,551 --> 00:17:17,137 - What the hell they know about our image? 356 00:17:17,241 --> 00:17:19,000 Why can't we get a mustache-- me, Ron, Rick? 357 00:17:19,103 --> 00:17:20,724 - 'Cause you can't grow one. 358 00:17:20,827 --> 00:17:22,034 - That ain't the point, man. 359 00:17:22,137 --> 00:17:25,413 What, do they want us to stay 12 years old forever? 360 00:17:26,827 --> 00:17:29,000 - Oh, shit. 361 00:17:29,103 --> 00:17:31,689 - Who is it? - Johnny Gill. 362 00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:33,068 - Oh, the singing dude. 363 00:17:33,172 --> 00:17:34,413 - Hey, if it's a bad time, I can come back. 364 00:17:34,517 --> 00:17:36,000 - The singer, yeah. - Shit. 365 00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:37,310 - Man, come on, come on. Close the door. 366 00:17:37,413 --> 00:17:38,724 - What's up, fellas? - Hey, man. 367 00:17:38,827 --> 00:17:40,068 What's happening? 368 00:17:40,172 --> 00:17:41,482 - I just love what you guys do, man. 369 00:17:41,586 --> 00:17:43,413 I just...I just wanted to come say what's up? 370 00:17:43,517 --> 00:17:45,000 - What's up, man? - You love what we do. 371 00:17:45,103 --> 00:17:46,172 Man, we love what you do, brother. 372 00:17:46,275 --> 00:17:47,448 - Oh, man. - Yeah. 373 00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:49,655 Yo, that duets album you got with Stacy Lattisaw? 374 00:17:49,758 --> 00:17:51,310 - Oh, man, thank you. You heard of that, man. 375 00:17:51,413 --> 00:17:53,068 Thank you. Thank you. - It's my joint. 376 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:54,482 - My favorite joint is "Mr. Telephone Man." 377 00:17:54,586 --> 00:17:56,482 That's my shit. 378 00:17:56,586 --> 00:17:59,241 - Hey, did y'all hear that, though? 379 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:02,275 This brother right here knows who got the talent in the group. 380 00:18:02,379 --> 00:18:05,137 I don't care what nobody say. I like you--and those boots. 381 00:18:05,241 --> 00:18:06,344 - Oh, they're my trusties. 382 00:18:06,448 --> 00:18:08,068 I like your jacket, man. - Oh, thank you, man. 383 00:18:08,172 --> 00:18:09,379 You know. - It's sweet. 384 00:18:09,482 --> 00:18:11,655 - You need to take that valet jacket off. 385 00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:13,586 - So I can look like a bunch of eggplants? 386 00:18:13,689 --> 00:18:14,724 - No. 387 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,206 - You look like that red bag 388 00:18:16,310 --> 00:18:18,000 hanging up in your grandma's bathroom. 389 00:18:18,103 --> 00:18:20,413 Anyway, speaking of red, 390 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:22,517 what's up with that little red bow Miss Stacy Lattisaw? 391 00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:25,448 - Yeah, no. We're... we're together, man. 392 00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:27,655 Been together for, like... since we were 14. 393 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:29,379 - So that's your lady lady? - Yeah. 394 00:18:29,482 --> 00:18:30,862 - That's it. - Calm down. 395 00:18:33,034 --> 00:18:34,517 - You wanna hit this? - Oh, no. 396 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:36,068 No, I'm cool, man. But I thought this-- 397 00:18:36,172 --> 00:18:37,724 - Gah! 398 00:18:40,551 --> 00:18:42,379 - Can we get a minute, please? 399 00:18:42,482 --> 00:18:43,448 - For what? 400 00:18:43,551 --> 00:18:44,931 So you can finish smoking your reefer? 401 00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:47,000 Bob, come with me. 402 00:18:47,103 --> 00:18:49,034 Gary wants to talk with you. 403 00:18:49,137 --> 00:18:52,172 - About what? 404 00:18:52,275 --> 00:18:53,862 - It's private. 405 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:55,379 - Anything he gotta say to me, 406 00:18:55,482 --> 00:18:58,172 he can say in front of them and boy Johnny, too. 407 00:18:58,275 --> 00:19:00,068 Nah, you good, you good. 408 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:01,551 - Okay, then. 409 00:19:01,655 --> 00:19:03,344 Do you remember that girl from LA? 410 00:19:03,448 --> 00:19:05,689 - Yeah, which one? 411 00:19:05,793 --> 00:19:09,655 - That's what I mean. - She's in labor. 412 00:19:09,758 --> 00:19:11,379 Congrats. 413 00:19:11,482 --> 00:19:13,551 You're gonna be a daddy. 414 00:19:23,965 --> 00:19:26,275 - Congratulations, Melika. These are for you. 415 00:19:26,379 --> 00:19:28,724 - Thank you. - Thanks, G. 416 00:19:28,827 --> 00:19:30,586 Hey, do y'all wanna know what's a trip? 417 00:19:30,689 --> 00:19:31,827 - Listen up. 418 00:19:31,931 --> 00:19:33,724 - She had the baby when our plane was landing. 419 00:19:33,827 --> 00:19:35,965 That's why we gave him that name, Landon. 420 00:19:38,103 --> 00:19:40,517 - How you gonna do that to the baby, Bob? 421 00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:43,758 Yo, on the real, though, man we proud of you. 422 00:19:43,862 --> 00:19:45,241 - Thanks, man. 423 00:19:45,344 --> 00:19:47,793 - I already know you're gonna make a great father, man. 424 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:49,344 - Congrats, Bob. 425 00:19:49,448 --> 00:19:51,344 You tell 'em Uncle Mike got you with the basketball 426 00:19:51,448 --> 00:19:52,896 since you can't hoop. 427 00:19:54,310 --> 00:19:56,206 - You guys a joke. - You wanna learn some moves, 428 00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:58,103 you wanna learn how to dance, send him my way, man. 429 00:19:58,206 --> 00:19:59,620 Straight-up, man. 430 00:19:59,724 --> 00:20:01,068 - See, you're gonna make me start cursing 431 00:20:01,172 --> 00:20:02,413 in front of my son, man. 432 00:20:02,517 --> 00:20:03,482 - Back up with them shoes. 433 00:20:03,586 --> 00:20:05,241 Little Landon, little Landon. 434 00:20:05,344 --> 00:20:08,344 - Watch his head. - Hold on, hold on, hold on. 435 00:20:08,448 --> 00:20:10,965 - Put your hand on the neck, bro. 436 00:20:11,068 --> 00:20:13,862 - I know you're not talking, yo. 437 00:20:17,103 --> 00:20:19,551 We got Uncle Ron. Big Uncle Ron. 438 00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:22,275 - And Uncle Rick. - Uncle Mike. 439 00:20:22,379 --> 00:20:24,000 - All right, you guys. 440 00:20:24,103 --> 00:20:25,586 Let's give 'em time to take a break, have some privacy. 441 00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:28,758 - No, man. - He's gotta take a rest, right? 442 00:20:36,517 --> 00:20:40,137 - Yeah, had a little boy. He looks just like Bob. 443 00:20:40,241 --> 00:20:42,137 Hey, but how's my little man doing, though? 444 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,310 Is he kicking yet? 445 00:20:44,413 --> 00:20:46,000 Listen, listen. Don't worry about that. 446 00:20:46,103 --> 00:20:47,344 When it's your time, I'm gonna be there. 447 00:20:47,448 --> 00:20:48,862 - This never happened. Okay? 448 00:20:48,965 --> 00:20:50,241 If people ask you about it, 449 00:20:50,344 --> 00:20:51,620 the press, you say, "I don't know. 450 00:20:51,724 --> 00:20:52,862 I have no idea what you're talking about." 451 00:20:52,965 --> 00:20:54,551 - I love you, all right? I'll talk to you later. 452 00:20:54,655 --> 00:20:55,724 All right, bye. 453 00:20:55,827 --> 00:20:57,310 - You understand what I'm saying? 454 00:20:57,413 --> 00:20:58,758 - Yeah. You're acting like Bob did something wrong. 455 00:20:58,862 --> 00:20:59,793 - He did. 456 00:20:59,896 --> 00:21:01,206 - My mom had me when she was 15, Gary. 457 00:21:01,310 --> 00:21:02,586 What you saying? - I...I understand. 458 00:21:02,689 --> 00:21:05,172 And your mom is a great woman, okay? 459 00:21:05,275 --> 00:21:06,724 And she's a great mother. 460 00:21:06,827 --> 00:21:09,206 But your fans, they don't wanna see you as parents. 461 00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:10,827 They wanna look at you as stars. 462 00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:12,896 Little girls have your posters on their walls, for Chrissakes. 463 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,241 Do you understand? 464 00:21:14,344 --> 00:21:15,793 We need to keep the train rolling. 465 00:21:15,896 --> 00:21:18,551 We need to keep records selling, and concerts sold out, 466 00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:20,689 and lunchboxes. - What? We got lunchboxes? 467 00:21:20,793 --> 00:21:22,862 - This is something we can do, okay? 468 00:21:22,965 --> 00:21:26,068 And it can't be New Edition with Bobby Brown carrying a baby. 469 00:21:26,172 --> 00:21:27,448 - What are you trying to say? 470 00:21:27,551 --> 00:21:29,379 You don't want us to live our lives? 471 00:21:29,482 --> 00:21:33,103 - What I'm saying, Ralph, there is a price to fame, okay? 472 00:21:33,206 --> 00:21:35,275 And hopefully this will settle Bobby down. 473 00:21:52,965 --> 00:21:54,758 - Jeff, have you seen Bobby? 474 00:21:54,862 --> 00:21:56,551 - I haven't seen him since the show last night. 475 00:21:56,655 --> 00:21:58,413 - What-- - Hey, hey. Good morning, man. 476 00:21:58,517 --> 00:21:59,862 - Okay, we need to find him. Okay? Hey, Ralph? 477 00:21:59,965 --> 00:22:01,724 Have you seen Bobby? - Nah. 478 00:22:01,827 --> 00:22:03,793 - No? - He was gone when I woke up. 479 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:05,103 - Okay. 480 00:22:05,206 --> 00:22:07,310 Well, you wanna try to go to the hotel and find Bobby? 481 00:22:07,413 --> 00:22:08,655 - All right, I got it. - All right. 482 00:22:08,758 --> 00:22:10,172 Wait, let me know if you see Bobby, all right? 483 00:22:10,275 --> 00:22:11,448 - Yes, sir. 484 00:22:11,551 --> 00:22:13,034 - When was the last time you saw him? 485 00:22:13,137 --> 00:22:14,379 - Last night. - Last night? 486 00:22:14,482 --> 00:22:16,448 That's fantastic! 487 00:22:21,931 --> 00:22:24,379 - Bobby? Bobby! 488 00:22:24,482 --> 00:22:26,379 - What are you doing? 489 00:22:26,482 --> 00:22:28,586 Are you doing... are you doing drugs here? 490 00:22:28,689 --> 00:22:29,724 Come here. 491 00:22:29,827 --> 00:22:32,965 Are you doing drugs? Are you doing drugs? 492 00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:36,068 Are you crazy? - Get off me! 493 00:22:36,172 --> 00:22:37,620 - You're doing cocaine now? 494 00:22:41,551 --> 00:22:43,413 - I'm telling you, Jeff. 495 00:22:43,517 --> 00:22:46,137 I'm gonna kill this kid or he's gonna kill me. 496 00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:47,310 Do you know I have active colitis 497 00:22:47,413 --> 00:22:49,965 because of this little shit? 498 00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:51,620 He's got problems. 499 00:22:51,724 --> 00:22:54,344 He's gonna ruin this entire thing by himself. 500 00:22:54,448 --> 00:22:56,482 He doesn't give a shit about his own friends. 501 00:22:56,586 --> 00:22:57,758 These are his friends. 502 00:22:57,862 --> 00:22:59,689 Who treats their best friends like this, huh? 503 00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:01,275 Do you do that? I don't do that. 504 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:02,448 Who does that? 505 00:23:08,482 --> 00:23:10,551 - You all right? 506 00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:14,413 - You had two of 'em? 507 00:23:14,517 --> 00:23:17,517 - Man, I'm tired of him acting like he my father. 508 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:19,862 - You just need to be more low key about your shit. 509 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,724 - For real. 510 00:23:21,827 --> 00:23:24,379 - Look, I don't think he's doing anything intentionally, Gary. 511 00:23:24,482 --> 00:23:26,862 - Well, what are you sticking up for him for? Huh? 512 00:23:26,965 --> 00:23:28,793 What did you say after he got arrested the first time? 513 00:23:28,896 --> 00:23:30,862 We both agreed that if it was gonna continue to happen, 514 00:23:30,965 --> 00:23:32,655 we should just leave him in Boston when we get a chance. 515 00:23:32,758 --> 00:23:34,413 - We can't just leave the kid. - Why not? 516 00:23:34,517 --> 00:23:36,137 He shouldn't be here. 517 00:23:36,241 --> 00:23:38,000 We need to remove him... 518 00:23:38,103 --> 00:23:39,344 like a tumor. 519 00:23:39,448 --> 00:23:40,758 - 'Cause we all are here doing the same thing. 520 00:23:40,862 --> 00:23:42,586 You're just the only one getting caught. 521 00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:44,931 That makes us all look bad. 522 00:23:45,034 --> 00:23:46,379 - You told him about Zena? 523 00:23:46,482 --> 00:23:48,655 - No, I didn't tell him about Zena. 524 00:23:48,758 --> 00:23:50,310 Ain't none of his business. 525 00:23:50,413 --> 00:23:52,482 And this ain't about me. It's about you, Bob. 526 00:23:52,586 --> 00:23:54,103 - You know, I caught him in... 527 00:23:54,206 --> 00:23:56,931 in a car doing cocaine with I don't know what kind of girls. 528 00:23:57,034 --> 00:23:59,448 Were they hookers? I don't know what they were. 529 00:23:59,551 --> 00:24:01,137 - You need to be about some condoms. 530 00:24:01,241 --> 00:24:02,724 Do either one of y'all know how to wear jimmies? 531 00:24:02,827 --> 00:24:04,275 - Do you know how to wear a condom? 532 00:24:04,379 --> 00:24:06,896 You're sliding up in everything walking past your snake. 533 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,551 - That's my job, yes. I slide up in anything. 534 00:24:10,655 --> 00:24:12,793 - I'm telling you, this is a bad kid. 535 00:24:12,896 --> 00:24:14,241 He's rotten. 536 00:24:14,344 --> 00:24:16,206 He should be in a juvenile hall somewhere getting attention. 537 00:24:16,310 --> 00:24:17,724 He needs help. 538 00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:20,275 - Look, Bob, you know I wouldn't normally say nothin', man. 539 00:24:20,379 --> 00:24:22,724 But you really are messing up our shows. 540 00:24:22,827 --> 00:24:24,172 You gotta pull it back some, man. 541 00:24:24,275 --> 00:24:26,827 Not for him. For us. - Here we go. 542 00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:28,275 - You just gotta give him a chance. 543 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,103 - A chance for what? He's gonna kill me. 544 00:24:30,206 --> 00:24:31,379 - So what you gonna do? 545 00:24:31,482 --> 00:24:33,068 - I'm gonna get a colonoscopy next week. 546 00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:35,482 I'm frightened to find out what they're gonna find in me. 547 00:24:35,586 --> 00:24:38,068 - Bobby, you know how crazy you get on stage. 548 00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:39,827 Nobody knows what you're gonna do from night to night. 549 00:24:39,931 --> 00:24:40,827 - I don't know. 550 00:24:40,931 --> 00:24:42,310 But y'all hear them girls screaming? 551 00:24:42,413 --> 00:24:44,000 They love my shit. 552 00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:46,379 People wanna be entertained, and guess what? 553 00:24:46,482 --> 00:24:48,482 Bobby Brown is an entertainer. 554 00:24:48,586 --> 00:24:50,896 - No. You're an asshole, Bob. 555 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,448 - Yeah, whatever. 556 00:24:53,551 --> 00:24:56,103 - Two of 'em? 557 00:25:05,448 --> 00:25:08,965 - Bobby Brown! 558 00:25:09,068 --> 00:25:12,275 - Whoa! - No. 559 00:25:12,379 --> 00:25:13,344 - Oh, Bob. 560 00:25:13,448 --> 00:25:15,137 Oh, no... 561 00:25:15,241 --> 00:25:17,896 - Oh, unh-unh. 562 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,448 I don't believe it. Take a seat. 563 00:25:20,551 --> 00:25:22,448 - Bobby, you got the moves, man. 564 00:25:22,551 --> 00:25:24,034 Man, you got the moves. 565 00:25:24,137 --> 00:25:26,413 You got the checks, though, you and your mom? 566 00:25:26,517 --> 00:25:27,655 Y'all got the checks? 567 00:25:27,758 --> 00:25:29,551 'Cause y'all...y'all always got some new music. 568 00:25:29,655 --> 00:25:31,413 - Mom. Mom. - All the time. 569 00:25:31,517 --> 00:25:33,620 All the time with the music. - Mom. Mom, hey. 570 00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:34,793 - I hear what you're saying. I do. 571 00:25:34,896 --> 00:25:37,620 But trust me, this time, it's gonna be right. 572 00:25:37,724 --> 00:25:38,896 - Well, it better be, 573 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,724 'cause y'all ain't seen my phone bill last month. 574 00:25:40,827 --> 00:25:43,517 - Yours? Ours gotta be, what? $200? 575 00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:44,827 - Mom, I be telling you 576 00:25:44,931 --> 00:25:46,965 you don't gotta call me every night. 577 00:25:47,068 --> 00:25:48,344 - Boy, please. 578 00:25:48,448 --> 00:25:50,379 If we waited for them to call us, we'd be old-ass women. 579 00:25:51,965 --> 00:25:53,517 - Now what you talking about, Carole? 580 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:54,758 You said it's gonna be different this time. 581 00:25:54,862 --> 00:25:56,275 You know something we don't know? 582 00:25:56,379 --> 00:25:57,793 - It's common sense. - Hm? 583 00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:59,724 - Huh? Gary know he better be coming up in here, correct? 584 00:25:59,827 --> 00:26:03,689 Especially now with this fool making me a damn grandmother. 585 00:26:03,793 --> 00:26:06,275 - Come on! - Come on about what? 586 00:26:06,379 --> 00:26:07,413 You're the one that did it. 587 00:26:07,517 --> 00:26:09,344 Hard-headed. 588 00:26:09,448 --> 00:26:10,413 I swear for God. 589 00:26:10,517 --> 00:26:12,551 Look, the bottom line is this. 590 00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:14,068 I've been talking to Gary. 591 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:16,482 And I told him that I wanted to see some receipts. 592 00:26:16,586 --> 00:26:17,724 I wanted to see them checks. 593 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:19,344 I wanted to see books. 594 00:26:19,448 --> 00:26:21,000 And he got to show them books to us. 595 00:26:21,103 --> 00:26:22,551 - When exactly did we vote to put her in charge? 596 00:26:22,655 --> 00:26:23,965 Or did I miss that? 597 00:26:24,068 --> 00:26:26,034 - I guess she thinks she manager of the moms now. 598 00:26:26,137 --> 00:26:28,206 - Oh, she ain't my manager. She ain't managing me. 599 00:26:28,310 --> 00:26:29,379 - Mm-mm. 600 00:26:29,482 --> 00:26:30,793 - Now, I hope he's got a nice check. 601 00:26:30,896 --> 00:26:32,413 Y'all been on the road for a long time. 602 00:26:32,517 --> 00:26:34,034 - Boy! 603 00:26:34,137 --> 00:26:35,551 - You bring a baby back home? 604 00:26:37,068 --> 00:26:38,655 - I ain't raising no more damn kids. 605 00:26:38,758 --> 00:26:42,241 - Who that? 606 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:46,137 - All right, yeah. 607 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:51,275 - Thanks, you guys. Got all my things here. 608 00:26:51,379 --> 00:26:52,379 - What's this? What's this? 609 00:26:52,482 --> 00:26:53,827 - Hey, listen, I gotta catch a flight, 610 00:26:53,931 --> 00:26:57,172 so would you guys mind if we just, uh, jump right into this? 611 00:26:59,137 --> 00:27:00,724 - Why don't you go ahead and give it to us? 612 00:27:00,827 --> 00:27:02,310 I gotta watch my show at 9:00 o'clock. 613 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,137 - Okay... 614 00:27:05,827 --> 00:27:07,275 - I don't know what this is, but this is fantas-- 615 00:27:07,379 --> 00:27:09,862 I don't eat like this unless it's Thanksgiving. 616 00:27:09,965 --> 00:27:11,689 This might be the best macaroni and cheese I ever had. 617 00:27:11,793 --> 00:27:12,793 And I've never seen vegetables like this, 618 00:27:12,896 --> 00:27:14,586 but it tastes incredible. 619 00:27:14,689 --> 00:27:16,310 - Gary, it's collard greens. - Collard greens. 620 00:27:16,413 --> 00:27:17,620 - You're welcome. I made them. 621 00:27:17,724 --> 00:27:19,103 - Excuse me? 622 00:27:19,206 --> 00:27:23,620 Um, what does all of this... what does all of this mean? 623 00:27:23,724 --> 00:27:24,827 - What does it mean? 624 00:27:24,931 --> 00:27:27,034 It means that we had a fantastic year. 625 00:27:28,551 --> 00:27:31,896 Unfortunately, the group didn't clear as much as we predicted. 626 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,620 But it still was a fantastic year, all right? 627 00:27:34,724 --> 00:27:37,275 We had two #1 singles, all right? 628 00:27:37,379 --> 00:27:38,517 A #1 record. 629 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:40,965 A sold-out tour all over the world, okay? 630 00:27:41,068 --> 00:27:43,620 It means next year, we're gonna continue to tour. 631 00:27:43,724 --> 00:27:45,896 And then we're gonna get these kids in the studio, 632 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,482 and they're gonna record their next record. 633 00:27:47,586 --> 00:27:49,034 - Next year, Gary? 634 00:27:49,137 --> 00:27:50,965 - We're gonna keep going forward. 635 00:27:51,068 --> 00:27:53,103 And I just booked them two commercials for Coca-Cola. 636 00:27:53,206 --> 00:27:54,758 - Next year? 637 00:27:54,862 --> 00:27:56,620 Where's the damn money from this year? 638 00:27:56,724 --> 00:27:58,344 - No, no, no. But wait, though. 639 00:27:58,448 --> 00:28:01,379 Because you talked to Gary and yet here we are again. 640 00:28:01,482 --> 00:28:02,758 - Ladies, listen. 641 00:28:02,862 --> 00:28:04,551 You have to understand the business of things. Okay? 642 00:28:04,655 --> 00:28:06,482 I mean, we have vocal lessons. 643 00:28:06,586 --> 00:28:07,758 We have private tutors, okay? 644 00:28:07,862 --> 00:28:09,068 We have per diems. 645 00:28:09,172 --> 00:28:10,724 We have hotel charges, video budgets. 646 00:28:10,827 --> 00:28:12,068 And what did you say, Michael? 647 00:28:12,172 --> 00:28:14,034 You said you wanted a... a castle for the show, right? 648 00:28:14,137 --> 00:28:17,862 And...and pyrotechnics, plus, you want a DJ. 649 00:28:17,965 --> 00:28:19,517 It's not a rap group. It's an R&B group. 650 00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:21,206 But I...I can't control these kids. 651 00:28:21,310 --> 00:28:22,758 I mean, I tried to tell them these things add up. 652 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:24,724 But they don't listen. - No, you don't listen. 653 00:28:24,827 --> 00:28:26,172 - Man, why are you trying to put this on us? 654 00:28:26,275 --> 00:28:27,482 - I told y'all. 655 00:28:27,586 --> 00:28:29,655 - Plus, we went to court with Maurice for a lawsuit 656 00:28:29,758 --> 00:28:31,689 that you guys wanted, correct? 657 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:33,068 That we won. 658 00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:35,344 Okay, these are all expenses. These are all charges. 659 00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:36,586 They're all listed here. 660 00:28:36,689 --> 00:28:39,137 - No, no, no, no, no. To hell with that. 661 00:28:39,241 --> 00:28:40,517 You know how long we've been hearing 662 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:42,862 this bullshit about expenses? 663 00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:44,448 Since "Candy Girl." 664 00:28:44,551 --> 00:28:46,000 - That's a great song, okay? 665 00:28:46,103 --> 00:28:47,862 But you guys brought me in and now you have to trust me 666 00:28:47,965 --> 00:28:49,724 that things are gonna start coming to fruition. 667 00:28:49,827 --> 00:28:51,103 - Did you hear that? 668 00:28:51,206 --> 00:28:52,551 He done worked our kids to death, 669 00:28:52,655 --> 00:28:53,758 and now he wants to come in here 670 00:28:53,862 --> 00:28:55,000 and tell us there's no money? 671 00:28:55,103 --> 00:28:56,448 - You mean we should've stayed with Brooke? 672 00:28:56,551 --> 00:28:57,896 - Yes. 673 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,724 - What, Brooke, the choreographer/manager? 674 00:28:59,827 --> 00:29:01,620 - No, Brooke is my brother. - I understand. 675 00:29:01,724 --> 00:29:04,000 - And the only one who gives a damn about these kids in here. 676 00:29:04,103 --> 00:29:05,310 - He was great, but I'm, uh... 677 00:29:05,413 --> 00:29:07,103 I'm trying to take you guys to the next level. 678 00:29:07,206 --> 00:29:09,034 - This is not the next level, Gary. 679 00:29:09,137 --> 00:29:10,655 - Not yet. We have to be patient. 680 00:29:10,758 --> 00:29:13,000 - You must think we're stupid. 681 00:29:13,103 --> 00:29:15,379 - Oh, gee. What...what would give me that idea? 682 00:29:15,482 --> 00:29:16,724 - See? - Oh, oh. 683 00:29:16,827 --> 00:29:17,965 - Who the hell's he think he talking to? 684 00:29:18,068 --> 00:29:20,827 - What? - He lost his damn mind. 685 00:29:20,931 --> 00:29:23,758 - Gary, I think you should go. - Okay. Okay. 686 00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:25,931 - Get out! That's it. - It's time to go. 687 00:29:26,034 --> 00:29:29,275 - That's it right there. - Get the hell out of here. 688 00:29:29,379 --> 00:29:30,551 - Go! Go! 689 00:29:30,655 --> 00:29:32,000 - That right there is the exact reason why I said 690 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:34,103 we should've never got rid of Brooke to begin with. 691 00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:35,517 - A mistake was made, all right? 692 00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:37,034 - Oh, your part, a mistake was made. 693 00:29:37,137 --> 00:29:38,896 - That man is a fraud. - Of course he is. 694 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,172 You're the one who said you'd talk to him. 695 00:29:40,275 --> 00:29:41,827 - Brooke don't have the money side. 696 00:29:41,931 --> 00:29:43,758 He don't know the money sense. 697 00:29:43,862 --> 00:29:45,655 - This is not even about Brooke. This is about him. 698 00:29:45,758 --> 00:29:47,586 - You gotta check. - No money has come in. 699 00:29:47,689 --> 00:29:49,206 - It takes time, okay? - Are you crazy? 700 00:29:49,310 --> 00:29:51,068 Is that what he told you? - We're making some progress. 701 00:29:51,172 --> 00:29:53,137 - And, Carole, who put you in charge to begin with? 702 00:30:00,137 --> 00:30:02,241 - Huh? 703 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:04,482 Come on, people. 704 00:30:04,586 --> 00:30:05,827 I can't hear you. 705 00:30:05,931 --> 00:30:09,379 - Fantastic. - Yeah. 706 00:30:09,482 --> 00:30:12,448 - I guess I'll take back every bad thing I ever said about 'em. 707 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,413 - I'm glad you're in a good mood, Jheryl. 708 00:30:15,517 --> 00:30:17,827 It makes it easier for what I have to ask you. 709 00:30:17,931 --> 00:30:19,793 - Let me guess. 710 00:30:19,896 --> 00:30:21,862 Gary needs more money. 711 00:30:21,965 --> 00:30:24,413 - It's not for me, it's for the boys. 712 00:30:24,517 --> 00:30:25,655 Yeah, these kids are still living 713 00:30:25,758 --> 00:30:27,068 in the projects with their families. 714 00:30:27,172 --> 00:30:29,000 They're the biggest-selling acting on your label. 715 00:30:29,103 --> 00:30:31,620 I mean, this looks crazy, for God sakes. 716 00:30:31,724 --> 00:30:33,551 Besides, I'm, uh, getting sick and tired of 717 00:30:33,655 --> 00:30:35,172 going there for meetings. 718 00:30:35,275 --> 00:30:37,068 I'm afraid I'm gonna get stabbed one of these days. 719 00:30:37,172 --> 00:30:39,620 - Well, I mean, the way I hear it, you almost did. 720 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:42,862 - I mean, when are you gonna learn you can't talk to 721 00:30:42,965 --> 00:30:44,586 these ladies any old kind of way, Gary? 722 00:30:44,689 --> 00:30:46,172 Louil, what's up with this guy, man? 723 00:30:46,275 --> 00:30:48,206 - Hey, Gary, how's the new business working out for you? 724 00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:50,310 I mean, did you get the whole package, like the... 725 00:30:50,413 --> 00:30:51,655 the phone and everything? 726 00:30:51,758 --> 00:30:52,827 - I got the same one as you, Louil. 727 00:30:52,931 --> 00:30:54,068 - Nah, you don't have the same one like me. 728 00:30:54,172 --> 00:30:56,379 I got a fax machine in mine, baby. 729 00:30:58,586 --> 00:31:03,448 - So, um, are you gonna give me this money or what, Jheryl? 730 00:31:03,551 --> 00:31:04,896 - Okay, Gary. 731 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,482 What are we looking at? How much we talking about? 732 00:31:06,586 --> 00:31:08,448 - I figure the advances from the next album 733 00:31:08,551 --> 00:31:10,241 should cover everything. 734 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,620 - What am I gonna say? No? 735 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:18,413 Let's get 'em out the projects... 736 00:31:18,517 --> 00:31:21,413 so Gary can feel safe. - You're all heart. 737 00:31:21,517 --> 00:31:23,344 - Thank you, Gary. 738 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:27,620 - Is she okay? 739 00:31:27,724 --> 00:31:29,517 - I don't know. 740 00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:33,793 I mean, I really don't. 741 00:31:33,896 --> 00:31:36,448 The girl lost her mother last year. 742 00:31:36,551 --> 00:31:39,000 And now this? 743 00:31:39,103 --> 00:31:41,275 You need to come off that road and be with her. 744 00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:43,068 - Mom, I'm on tour. I can't get off the road. 745 00:31:43,172 --> 00:31:44,551 What do you want me to do? 746 00:31:44,655 --> 00:31:46,241 Just tell all the fellas to go out there by their self? 747 00:31:46,344 --> 00:31:47,827 We're doing two-a-days now. I'm doing matinees. 748 00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:49,448 I'm doing a show at night. I can't just leave. 749 00:31:49,551 --> 00:31:53,241 - Can you forget about the group for once and be a man? 750 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,965 - Yeah, Mom, I'm a man. - Act like one. 751 00:31:56,068 --> 00:31:57,586 Boy, you're grown enough to be there 752 00:31:57,689 --> 00:31:59,241 for your woman when she needs you. 753 00:31:59,344 --> 00:32:02,310 All you ever do is put that group first. 754 00:32:02,413 --> 00:32:03,896 - Mom, what do you want me to do? 755 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,379 I hate that I can't be there right now, 756 00:32:05,482 --> 00:32:07,344 but I got responsibilities here, too. 757 00:32:07,448 --> 00:32:10,137 We finally got some money so we can move. 758 00:32:14,103 --> 00:32:16,482 Baby, do what you need to do. 759 00:32:16,586 --> 00:32:19,896 I'm sure she'll understand. She always does. 760 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:36,517 - Yo, Ralph. 761 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,413 What's the issue, man? What's up with all that noise? 762 00:32:41,517 --> 00:32:42,758 You good? 763 00:32:42,862 --> 00:32:44,586 - She lost the baby. 764 00:32:50,586 --> 00:32:54,413 - Wasn't anything you could've done, man. 765 00:32:54,517 --> 00:32:58,413 It wasn't God's plan. 766 00:32:58,517 --> 00:33:02,862 It just wasn't you and Zena's time right now. 767 00:33:02,965 --> 00:33:05,482 Listen. 768 00:33:05,586 --> 00:33:10,448 If you need anything, anything at all, 769 00:33:10,551 --> 00:33:13,344 you just give me the word and we here for you. 770 00:34:08,758 --> 00:34:10,482 - Please, operator, 771 00:34:10,586 --> 00:34:12,275 see what you can do. 772 00:34:12,379 --> 00:34:13,758 I dialed the right number. 773 00:34:13,862 --> 00:34:15,896 But I still couldn't get through. 774 00:34:18,103 --> 00:34:19,310 - Could you just check the line, 775 00:34:19,413 --> 00:34:21,793 just one more time, if you can? 776 00:34:21,896 --> 00:34:22,862 I'm pretty sure her phone 777 00:34:22,965 --> 00:34:24,862 won't be answered by no man. 778 00:35:49,896 --> 00:35:51,724 - Bobby! 779 00:35:56,620 --> 00:35:59,275 - Yo. How long is he gonna be out there doing that shit? 780 00:35:59,379 --> 00:36:02,172 - Man, why does he always have to hold up the show, man? 781 00:36:02,275 --> 00:36:03,482 - Look, I'ma cue the band, all right? 782 00:36:03,586 --> 00:36:04,965 - No, Rizz, you can't do that. 783 00:36:05,068 --> 00:36:06,724 If you do that, we all look stupid. 784 00:36:08,724 --> 00:36:10,310 - I'm making the call. We're cueing the pit. 785 00:36:20,551 --> 00:36:22,689 - What the hell? This is my group. 786 00:36:22,793 --> 00:36:24,206 I just wanna say, 787 00:36:24,310 --> 00:36:27,448 this is the last time y'all see me with New Edition. 788 00:37:30,137 --> 00:37:31,827 - Get off of me! 789 00:37:37,068 --> 00:37:39,275 Get off me! 790 00:37:56,034 --> 00:37:58,137 - Son of a bitch! 791 00:37:58,241 --> 00:38:00,137 Ridiculous! 792 00:38:00,241 --> 00:38:02,034 We've got a decision to make. 793 00:38:02,137 --> 00:38:03,517 All right, you guys? 794 00:38:03,620 --> 00:38:05,241 I could give you my advice. I could tell you what I think. 795 00:38:05,344 --> 00:38:06,931 But ultimately, it's up to you. 796 00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:08,827 You guys have to figure this out. 797 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,000 Is Bobby Brown gonna stay in New Edition or not? 798 00:38:18,758 --> 00:38:19,793 - What? 799 00:38:19,896 --> 00:38:21,551 - That's what we need to figure out, 800 00:38:21,655 --> 00:38:23,379 and we need to figure it out tonight. 801 00:38:23,482 --> 00:38:25,241 - If it wasn't for Bobby, we wouldn't have this group. 802 00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:26,448 He got us together. 803 00:38:26,551 --> 00:38:27,827 - That was a long time ago, okay? 804 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:29,413 And I understand that. 805 00:38:29,517 --> 00:38:31,137 But you guys are not singing at talent shows anymore. 806 00:38:31,241 --> 00:38:32,413 Do you know that this promoter 807 00:38:32,517 --> 00:38:33,758 doesn't wanna pay you for tonight? 808 00:38:33,862 --> 00:38:36,068 You need to start thinking about this as a business. 809 00:38:36,172 --> 00:38:38,896 And bottom line is Bobby Brown is bad for business. 810 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,965 That's just the way it is. 811 00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:43,517 How are you feeling, Mike? 812 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:45,586 - Could we just give him, like, a hiatus or something? 813 00:38:45,689 --> 00:38:48,172 Like a break, man? - For what? 814 00:38:48,275 --> 00:38:49,689 No, he's not gonna change. 815 00:38:49,793 --> 00:38:50,862 You guys know that better than anyone. 816 00:38:50,965 --> 00:38:54,551 This is how he is. 817 00:38:54,655 --> 00:38:56,896 Ralphie, what do you think? 818 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,310 Are you okay? 819 00:38:59,413 --> 00:39:01,931 - I mean, this is a group decision, Gary. 820 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,172 But I ain't got no problem with Bob. 821 00:39:06,275 --> 00:39:08,758 - Really? 822 00:39:08,862 --> 00:39:11,448 You're cool with everything you worked so hard for going away? 823 00:39:11,551 --> 00:39:12,758 Because that's what's gonna happen. 824 00:39:12,862 --> 00:39:14,379 - He's my friend, Gary. - Yeah? 825 00:39:14,482 --> 00:39:16,379 It's gonna go away! 826 00:39:16,482 --> 00:39:18,000 You want that to happen? 827 00:39:18,103 --> 00:39:19,275 - Shut up, Gary. 828 00:39:19,379 --> 00:39:21,137 - You think that can't happen? 829 00:39:21,241 --> 00:39:23,379 I've seen it happen! 830 00:39:24,724 --> 00:39:26,931 There's things that he does that I didn't even tell you about. 831 00:39:27,034 --> 00:39:28,103 - Like what? 832 00:39:28,206 --> 00:39:30,482 - Drugs. Like, Bobby does cocaine. 833 00:39:30,586 --> 00:39:32,241 He's probably even selling it now. 834 00:39:32,344 --> 00:39:34,034 - Well, he might not need to sell it 835 00:39:34,137 --> 00:39:35,551 if our money was right, B. 836 00:39:35,655 --> 00:39:37,068 - If you stick with Bobby Brown, you're gonna be back in Roxbury, 837 00:39:37,172 --> 00:39:40,034 a bunch of broke-ass has-beens. - Shut up, Gary! 838 00:39:40,137 --> 00:39:41,275 - You understand me? 839 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,206 You're gonna be broke and back in Boston! 840 00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:44,896 Look, I know we don't always get along. 841 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,724 And I know we don't agree on everything. 842 00:39:46,827 --> 00:39:48,517 But trust me, guys like Bobby 843 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,862 are gonna ruin everything for you and for your families. 844 00:39:50,965 --> 00:39:53,896 You wanna do that to your mom? Mike? 845 00:39:55,931 --> 00:39:57,586 Ron, you wanna do that to your mother? 846 00:39:57,689 --> 00:39:58,827 I'm not telling your mothers 847 00:39:58,931 --> 00:40:00,344 that you're not getting paid today. 848 00:40:00,448 --> 00:40:02,620 You can tell them, and you can tell them why. 849 00:40:05,206 --> 00:40:08,137 Now, you guys need to take a vote. 850 00:40:08,241 --> 00:40:10,758 By a show of hands... 851 00:40:10,862 --> 00:40:13,965 who thinks Bobby should be out of this group? 852 00:40:22,896 --> 00:40:24,551 Ron? 853 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:28,586 Rick? 854 00:40:31,310 --> 00:40:32,965 Ralphie? 855 00:40:39,310 --> 00:40:40,931 Mike? 856 00:41:54,172 --> 00:41:56,551 - I don't see why it had to come all the way to this. 857 00:41:56,655 --> 00:41:58,620 Bobby is not a bad kid. 858 00:41:58,724 --> 00:42:00,965 He's got his issues, but he's not a bad kid. 859 00:42:01,068 --> 00:42:03,310 - Girl, please, this is us talking. 860 00:42:03,413 --> 00:42:05,724 We don't have to sugar-coat this. 861 00:42:07,586 --> 00:42:09,482 Bobby been doin' dirt for a while. 862 00:42:09,586 --> 00:42:11,034 - Like what? 863 00:42:18,103 --> 00:42:19,862 - Girl, I heard they had to pull him 864 00:42:19,965 --> 00:42:21,827 out of a whorehouse in East St. Louis. 865 00:42:21,931 --> 00:42:24,034 - And Carole's always bragging about that boy. 866 00:42:24,137 --> 00:42:26,862 Remember when he went missing in LA on the "Candy Girl" tour? 867 00:42:26,965 --> 00:42:29,172 Maurice had to get on the radio station to find him. 868 00:42:29,275 --> 00:42:30,620 DJ actually had to say, 869 00:42:30,724 --> 00:42:32,517 "have you seen New Edition member Bobby Brown? 870 00:42:32,620 --> 00:42:34,413 If so, please call." 871 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:35,758 It was like a telethon, girl. 872 00:42:35,862 --> 00:42:37,586 - He got that baby. He'd been arrested. 873 00:42:37,689 --> 00:42:39,517 Messin' up onstage, fightin'. 874 00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:41,551 And that's just what we know about, okay? 875 00:42:41,655 --> 00:42:44,137 Well, I tell you, that boy is out of control. 876 00:42:44,241 --> 00:42:45,586 Girl, this is not good. 877 00:42:45,689 --> 00:42:47,827 - They're teenagers. 878 00:42:47,931 --> 00:42:50,034 - And boys that age, they do dumb shit. 879 00:42:50,137 --> 00:42:51,724 You add fame, money, 880 00:42:51,827 --> 00:42:54,068 and these little fast-ass girls running up under them? 881 00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:56,034 - None of our boys has ever-- - Hey, Momma. 882 00:42:56,137 --> 00:42:57,344 Can I get a dollar? 883 00:42:57,448 --> 00:42:59,620 - You don't see me on this damn phone? 884 00:43:03,896 --> 00:43:10,137 Girl, we finally about to get up out of these projects. 885 00:43:10,241 --> 00:43:15,965 I'm sorry, I'm not about to stop that for Bobby Brown... 886 00:43:18,689 --> 00:43:21,551 or Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 887 00:43:21,655 --> 00:43:23,344 Girl, you are messin'. - Nobody. 888 00:43:23,448 --> 00:43:25,172 It's time, girl. 889 00:43:37,310 --> 00:43:40,000 - KHJ Los Angeles. 890 00:43:43,724 --> 00:43:45,551 - To be honest with you, Jeff, 891 00:43:45,655 --> 00:43:47,586 I don't know what's gonna happen. 892 00:43:47,689 --> 00:43:49,862 I don't know what the future of this group is, man. 893 00:43:49,965 --> 00:43:52,172 What if we break up? What I'ma do then? 894 00:43:52,275 --> 00:43:53,931 This is all I've got. 895 00:43:54,034 --> 00:43:57,689 I don't have no backup plan, man. 896 00:43:57,793 --> 00:44:00,551 - You know, NE can survive without Bobby. 897 00:44:00,655 --> 00:44:03,103 - Yeah, but can NE survive without Rizz? 898 00:44:03,206 --> 00:44:05,655 - Heh. Rizz is cool. 899 00:44:05,758 --> 00:44:06,724 - But Slick worried about people in his head. 900 00:44:06,827 --> 00:44:09,103 - Rizz is all about New Edition. 901 00:44:09,206 --> 00:44:11,620 As for you, maybe you wanna learn a little more 902 00:44:11,724 --> 00:44:13,793 about the business side of the industry. 903 00:44:13,896 --> 00:44:15,448 - The what? - I'll put it to you like this. 904 00:44:15,551 --> 00:44:17,896 You hear about artists going broke all the time, right? 905 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,068 But when's the last time you met a broke executive? 906 00:44:22,862 --> 00:44:24,655 - But how do I become an executive? 907 00:44:24,758 --> 00:44:26,827 You know, like wear a suit and tie every day? 908 00:44:26,931 --> 00:44:28,896 Man, I haven't graduated high school yet. 909 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,931 Who's gonna take me serious. - Gary would. 910 00:44:31,034 --> 00:44:33,586 I mean, how do you know, if you don't ask, Mike? 911 00:44:33,689 --> 00:44:35,689 - Because I know how he is. 912 00:44:35,793 --> 00:44:38,137 He sees us as some dumb little kids from the projects, 913 00:44:38,241 --> 00:44:40,896 and that's just how he wanna keep it. 914 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,862 - I think you're selling him a little short, man. 915 00:44:43,965 --> 00:44:46,827 Gary talks all the time about how smart you are. 916 00:44:46,931 --> 00:44:48,793 - Yeah, okay. - Yeah, he does! 917 00:44:48,896 --> 00:44:51,034 I heard him tell the LA Gear execs 918 00:44:51,137 --> 00:44:54,586 that he thinks you can get into college if you wanted to. 919 00:44:54,689 --> 00:44:56,724 - The LA Gear execs? Who they? 920 00:44:56,827 --> 00:44:58,517 - It's a sneaker company. 921 00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:00,896 Gary's trying to get you guys a shoe deal. 922 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,655 - What? 923 00:45:02,758 --> 00:45:05,551 Yo, there he go again, going around makin' moves, 924 00:45:05,655 --> 00:45:07,586 using our name without talking to us first. 925 00:45:07,689 --> 00:45:11,758 The last time I checked, we are the artists. 926 00:45:11,862 --> 00:45:14,413 Gary Evans ain't sing one damn song on this record, man. 927 00:45:18,241 --> 00:45:22,172 What the hell is Fast Break Productions? 928 00:45:22,275 --> 00:45:23,793 - Look, Mike, 929 00:45:23,896 --> 00:45:25,620 I think this LA Gear thing is the move. 930 00:45:25,724 --> 00:45:28,620 - I never even heard of this before. 931 00:45:28,724 --> 00:45:30,896 What the hell is Fast Break? 932 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:32,827 - Mike, what the hell are you doing? 933 00:45:32,931 --> 00:45:34,172 Give us...give us a second, man. 934 00:45:34,275 --> 00:45:35,379 Don't... 935 00:45:35,482 --> 00:45:38,310 Look, guys, we... 936 00:45:38,413 --> 00:45:40,862 - What the hell is Fast Break, man? I wanna know. 937 00:45:40,965 --> 00:45:42,896 - Hey, man, who the hell do you think you're talking to? 938 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,827 You don't run up in my office talking shit like you run it, 939 00:45:44,931 --> 00:45:47,655 you little bastard. 940 00:45:47,758 --> 00:45:49,793 I got it. I got it. 941 00:45:51,655 --> 00:45:53,517 Everybody take a lunch. 942 00:45:53,620 --> 00:45:55,862 Now! 943 00:45:55,965 --> 00:45:57,862 - What's Fast Break, man? 944 00:45:57,965 --> 00:45:59,896 - You come with me. 945 00:46:05,448 --> 00:46:06,793 Run up in my office. 946 00:46:06,896 --> 00:46:08,896 You wanna know so much. 947 00:46:09,793 --> 00:46:11,793 So what's the problem, Mike? 948 00:46:11,896 --> 00:46:14,620 - I came here for you to tell me the truth, man. 949 00:46:14,724 --> 00:46:15,793 - You want the truth? 950 00:46:15,896 --> 00:46:18,206 - Yeah. - Okay. 951 00:46:18,310 --> 00:46:20,310 The truth is Fast Break Productions 952 00:46:20,413 --> 00:46:23,000 is another name for Gary Evans, your manager. 953 00:46:23,103 --> 00:46:25,413 That's who the hell Fast Break Productions is. 954 00:46:25,517 --> 00:46:29,034 And that's who New Edition is signed to, not MCA Records. 955 00:46:29,137 --> 00:46:33,482 - What do you mean we ain't signed to MCA? 956 00:46:33,586 --> 00:46:35,137 - Sit down, Mike. 957 00:46:42,689 --> 00:46:44,862 It's called "a production deal." 958 00:46:44,965 --> 00:46:47,413 You're signed to him. He's signed to us. 959 00:46:47,517 --> 00:46:50,724 - I thought we's a part of the MCA Universal family, man. 960 00:46:50,827 --> 00:46:51,965 Or is that just something you tell kids 961 00:46:52,068 --> 00:46:54,724 that just come into your office? 962 00:46:54,827 --> 00:46:56,068 - Next question. 963 00:46:56,172 --> 00:46:58,482 - Jheryl, why would he do that to us? 964 00:46:58,586 --> 00:47:00,931 - Mike, why do you think? 965 00:47:01,034 --> 00:47:03,241 It keeps him in control. 966 00:47:03,344 --> 00:47:05,517 He touches your money before you ever see it. 967 00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:07,206 He negotiates your contracts, 968 00:47:07,310 --> 00:47:10,000 your publishing, your merchandising. 969 00:47:10,103 --> 00:47:11,724 He basically owns the group. 970 00:47:11,827 --> 00:47:14,000 - So we basically signed to Gary. 971 00:47:18,379 --> 00:47:20,793 - Basically. 972 00:47:20,896 --> 00:47:23,827 - Gary, man, he works for us, man! 973 00:47:23,931 --> 00:47:26,137 We don't work for him! 974 00:47:26,241 --> 00:47:27,758 - Mike, you made the mistake all artists make 975 00:47:27,862 --> 00:47:30,137 when they first start out. 976 00:47:30,241 --> 00:47:32,413 You didn't read your contract. 977 00:47:35,275 --> 00:47:37,551 - It doesn't matter, man. He told us what the deal was. 978 00:47:37,655 --> 00:47:38,793 - He told you what the deal was. 979 00:47:38,896 --> 00:47:40,034 Mike, people are gonna say 980 00:47:40,137 --> 00:47:41,896 a whole lot of things in this business. 981 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,793 But the only thing that matters 982 00:47:43,896 --> 00:47:46,103 is what's on paper right in front of you. 983 00:47:47,413 --> 00:47:50,551 - He lied to us right in my living room. 984 00:47:50,655 --> 00:47:53,896 - Mr. Michael Bivens... 985 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,793 welcome to the music business. 986 00:47:59,793 --> 00:48:01,689 - So, what do we do about all this? 987 00:48:01,793 --> 00:48:04,172 - What we do is we fight back. 988 00:48:04,275 --> 00:48:06,000 We refuse to do any promotion. 989 00:48:06,103 --> 00:48:08,758 No concerts, no interviews, no videos, 990 00:48:08,862 --> 00:48:11,103 no shows, none of that. 991 00:48:11,206 --> 00:48:12,586 We're gonna attack him where it hurt. 992 00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:14,413 We're gonna take his money. 993 00:48:14,517 --> 00:48:15,862 - I don't know about all that, Mike. 994 00:48:15,965 --> 00:48:18,620 - You don't know about what, Ron? Huh? 995 00:48:21,448 --> 00:48:23,206 Go ahead. 996 00:48:23,310 --> 00:48:25,000 Don't know about what, Ron? 997 00:48:25,103 --> 00:48:27,137 - If you do what you keep saying we do, Mike, 998 00:48:27,241 --> 00:48:29,068 we're not only attacking his money, 999 00:48:29,172 --> 00:48:30,827 we'll be messing with our own pockets. 1000 00:48:30,931 --> 00:48:32,517 How are we supposed to get paid, Mike? 1001 00:48:32,620 --> 00:48:34,793 - I need my checks so I can move. All right? 1002 00:48:34,896 --> 00:48:36,724 I'm trying to buy a house. 1003 00:48:36,827 --> 00:48:38,413 - You're not seein'-- 1004 00:48:42,034 --> 00:48:45,586 - I just moved my mom out of the projects, man. 1005 00:48:45,689 --> 00:48:48,586 The money can't stop. 1006 00:48:48,689 --> 00:48:49,965 - Are y'all listening to me? 1007 00:48:50,068 --> 00:48:52,620 Because you're not seeing the big picture. 1008 00:48:52,724 --> 00:48:56,655 If we get rid of Gary, we can go negotiate our own deal at MCA 1009 00:48:56,758 --> 00:48:58,758 and really get to this paper, 1010 00:48:58,862 --> 00:49:01,172 'cause right now the money we gettin' 1011 00:49:01,275 --> 00:49:03,551 is just an allowance, man. 1012 00:49:03,655 --> 00:49:07,344 - Look. It's only for a couple more years, all right? 1013 00:49:07,448 --> 00:49:10,827 After that, we can do whatever we want. 1014 00:49:10,931 --> 00:49:12,275 - What's up, man? How are you? Hey. 1015 00:49:12,379 --> 00:49:15,034 - What's up? - Good to see you, man. 1016 00:49:16,793 --> 00:49:19,000 - Where you at with all this, Rizz? 1017 00:49:20,551 --> 00:49:21,896 - Sooner or later, we've gotta realize 1018 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,379 ain't nobody gonna look out for us. 1019 00:49:23,482 --> 00:49:25,862 That's where I'm at. - Hey, guys. 1020 00:49:25,965 --> 00:49:26,931 - Our next guests have been 1021 00:49:27,034 --> 00:49:28,931 one of the most positive examples 1022 00:49:29,034 --> 00:49:30,896 for young people the music industry 1023 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,517 has had to offer in recent years. 1024 00:49:32,620 --> 00:49:36,241 So, please welcome the guys from New Edition. 1025 00:50:06,724 --> 00:50:09,068 - Damn, Ma! 1026 00:50:10,758 --> 00:50:12,448 Can you at least knock? 1027 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:15,137 - Somebody wants to talk to you downstairs. 1028 00:50:15,241 --> 00:50:16,689 - Somebody like who? 1029 00:50:16,793 --> 00:50:18,551 - Just come see. 1030 00:50:30,724 --> 00:50:31,896 - What's up, Mr. Busby? 1031 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,344 Whatcha doin' in Boston? 1032 00:50:33,448 --> 00:50:34,724 - How are you doing, Bobby? 1033 00:50:34,827 --> 00:50:36,482 Your mom asked me to come talk to you. 1034 00:50:36,586 --> 00:50:39,862 - Oh, for real? - Oh, for real. 1035 00:50:39,965 --> 00:50:41,137 Said you've been in and out of trouble 1036 00:50:41,241 --> 00:50:42,724 ever since you left the group, 1037 00:50:42,827 --> 00:50:46,172 hanging around gangsters, running the streets. 1038 00:50:46,275 --> 00:50:48,724 Man, you got your mama worried every time you leave the house. 1039 00:50:48,827 --> 00:50:50,137 - Is this the part where I... 1040 00:50:50,241 --> 00:50:52,000 I beg you to let me back in the group? 1041 00:50:52,103 --> 00:50:53,517 - Wouldn't matter if you did. 1042 00:50:53,620 --> 00:50:55,965 It's not gonna happen. 1043 00:50:56,068 --> 00:50:58,310 Bobby, I'm just here to save your life. 1044 00:50:58,413 --> 00:51:00,724 Because right now, all you're doing is pissing it away. 1045 00:51:00,827 --> 00:51:02,896 You know that, right? 1046 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,758 Look at you. 1047 00:51:05,862 --> 00:51:08,068 I guess I knew everything when I was 17, too. 1048 00:51:08,172 --> 00:51:10,068 Well, here's what you're doing, though. 1049 00:51:10,172 --> 00:51:12,137 In your contract, there's what's called 1050 00:51:12,241 --> 00:51:14,068 a "leaving members" clause, 1051 00:51:14,172 --> 00:51:15,896 which means if a member of the group is critical 1052 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,448 to the overall sound or style of the group, 1053 00:51:18,551 --> 00:51:20,482 then the label just can't cancel that contract 1054 00:51:20,586 --> 00:51:23,068 when the group member leaves. 1055 00:51:23,172 --> 00:51:25,103 What I'm trying to tell you is that MCA Records 1056 00:51:25,206 --> 00:51:28,551 is obligated to do a solo album with you. 1057 00:51:28,655 --> 00:51:30,000 - What are you saying? 1058 00:51:30,103 --> 00:51:32,689 I can have my own album with just me on it? 1059 00:51:32,793 --> 00:51:34,931 - Just you. 1060 00:51:35,034 --> 00:51:36,068 And with that advance money, 1061 00:51:36,172 --> 00:51:37,896 plus the record you did with the guys, 1062 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,137 you can move your family out of the projects. 1063 00:51:42,206 --> 00:51:44,586 - So, it's on you, man. 1064 00:51:44,689 --> 00:51:48,034 You can move to LA, make this album, 1065 00:51:48,137 --> 00:51:50,482 or you can stay here and die. 1066 00:52:01,827 --> 00:52:04,241 - Hey. Where do you want this? 1067 00:52:04,344 --> 00:52:06,172 - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, baby. 1068 00:52:06,275 --> 00:52:08,724 You need to be careful with this. 1069 00:52:08,827 --> 00:52:10,000 I'm gonna put this up on the mantel 1070 00:52:10,103 --> 00:52:12,344 so everybody can see it when they walk in the crib. 1071 00:52:12,448 --> 00:52:15,448 But for now, I'm gonna set it right there. 1072 00:52:15,551 --> 00:52:18,034 - Man, y'all should've had a whole shelf full of those. 1073 00:52:18,137 --> 00:52:19,655 And Grammys, too. 1074 00:52:19,758 --> 00:52:23,068 Seems like they give the same damn people awards every year: 1075 00:52:23,172 --> 00:52:27,379 Lionel Ritchie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder. 1076 00:52:27,482 --> 00:52:28,862 - Won't you respect? 1077 00:52:28,965 --> 00:52:30,655 Those guys deserve those awards. 1078 00:52:30,758 --> 00:52:32,862 - And you don't? 1079 00:52:32,965 --> 00:52:35,344 - Look, baby, I know I got it like that. 1080 00:52:35,448 --> 00:52:36,793 But these are legends we're talking about. 1081 00:52:36,896 --> 00:52:38,241 - Mm. 1082 00:52:38,344 --> 00:52:40,379 You're never gonna join 'em, if you don't make a move. 1083 00:52:40,482 --> 00:52:41,862 - What? 1084 00:52:41,965 --> 00:52:43,862 - You're never gonna be Michael, 1085 00:52:43,965 --> 00:52:46,344 if you don't do something on your own. 1086 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,827 Yo, where the plates at? 1087 00:52:51,931 --> 00:52:54,137 - You see Bobby ain't waste no time. 1088 00:52:54,241 --> 00:52:55,862 And his record is good, too. 1089 00:52:55,965 --> 00:52:57,517 They be playing it in the clubs. 1090 00:52:57,620 --> 00:52:59,862 Not like that oldies- but-goodies record y'all did. 1091 00:52:59,965 --> 00:53:01,965 - Look... 1092 00:53:02,068 --> 00:53:04,000 I said I'm on that already, a'ight? 1093 00:53:04,103 --> 00:53:05,068 I already talked to a producer. 1094 00:53:05,172 --> 00:53:08,068 I got a studio to record out of. 1095 00:53:09,793 --> 00:53:11,586 - Come on. 1096 00:53:13,482 --> 00:53:14,758 What? 1097 00:53:14,862 --> 00:53:17,000 Some local producer? 1098 00:53:17,103 --> 00:53:19,413 Baby, that's not gonna get it. 1099 00:53:19,517 --> 00:53:22,931 Bobby's doing songs with the guys from Cameo. 1100 00:53:23,034 --> 00:53:25,758 You need to be working with Quincy Jones 1101 00:53:25,862 --> 00:53:26,793 or somebody like that. 1102 00:53:26,896 --> 00:53:28,275 - Zena. 1103 00:53:28,379 --> 00:53:31,034 I'm not having this conversation no more. 1104 00:53:33,586 --> 00:53:34,931 You wanna really help me, find them damn plates, 1105 00:53:35,034 --> 00:53:39,172 so I can have something to eat off of. 1106 00:53:43,275 --> 00:53:45,724 - Hi. 1107 00:53:45,827 --> 00:53:47,965 I'm here to see Gary Evans. 1108 00:53:53,275 --> 00:53:54,724 How are you doing, Gary? 1109 00:53:54,827 --> 00:53:58,172 I appreciate you coming out, especially on short notice. 1110 00:53:58,275 --> 00:54:00,103 - Well, what are you doing here, Joel? 1111 00:54:00,206 --> 00:54:03,241 - In town on business. 1112 00:54:03,344 --> 00:54:06,068 - Okay. Well, uh, have a seat. 1113 00:54:10,896 --> 00:54:12,620 Everything okay? 1114 00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:29,310 You're firing me? 1115 00:54:29,413 --> 00:54:32,413 - I told you he was sharp. - Come on, Mike. 1116 00:54:32,517 --> 00:54:34,689 You're not really doing this, are you? 1117 00:54:34,793 --> 00:54:36,517 - Yeah, actually, I am. 1118 00:54:36,620 --> 00:54:38,862 I just came here 'cause I wanted to see you in person. 1119 00:54:38,965 --> 00:54:41,275 It's more professional that way. 1120 00:54:41,379 --> 00:54:44,655 Plus, I wanted to see that look on your face. 1121 00:54:44,758 --> 00:54:46,103 - What, you, uh, 1122 00:54:46,206 --> 00:54:48,586 what, you speak for New Edition now? Huh? 1123 00:54:48,689 --> 00:54:51,551 - Do you? Did you ever? 1124 00:54:51,655 --> 00:54:53,896 New Edition is a group, not just one guy 1125 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,379 that sings with some friends, man. 1126 00:54:56,482 --> 00:54:58,793 - Well, I hope Ralph still feels that way. 1127 00:54:58,896 --> 00:55:01,241 - What? 1128 00:55:01,344 --> 00:55:03,137 - Who called ahead for the prime rib? 1129 00:55:03,241 --> 00:55:04,482 - Oh, that's me, darling. Thank you so much. 1130 00:55:04,586 --> 00:55:05,689 - Mm-hmm. 1131 00:55:05,793 --> 00:55:07,517 - You know what? You can put this on his bill. 1132 00:55:07,620 --> 00:55:08,827 He got it. 1133 00:55:08,931 --> 00:55:10,413 - Come on, Mike, after all I've done for you guys, 1134 00:55:10,517 --> 00:55:12,413 you really want to end it like this? 1135 00:55:12,517 --> 00:55:16,413 - After everything you did. 1136 00:55:16,517 --> 00:55:19,275 Just be glad you're getting off this easy, money. 1137 00:55:19,379 --> 00:55:22,310 Now my homie Joel gonna put you on the details. 1138 00:55:22,413 --> 00:55:24,620 I've got shit to do. 1139 00:55:30,862 --> 00:55:33,655 - So, how are the kids? 1140 00:55:33,758 --> 00:55:36,413 - The kids are great, Joel. They're great. 1141 00:55:36,517 --> 00:55:38,241 I...I don't need any more paperwork. 1142 00:55:38,344 --> 00:55:40,310 I got it. I know what's going on. 1143 00:55:43,896 --> 00:55:45,586 - Look, this is our chance to start new, 1144 00:55:45,689 --> 00:55:46,931 start fresh, man. 1145 00:55:47,034 --> 00:55:49,344 Get a new accountant, a new lawyer. 1146 00:55:49,448 --> 00:55:51,068 We can make sure our money right. 1147 00:55:51,172 --> 00:55:53,137 But I've been talking to Rick and Ron about it already. 1148 00:55:53,241 --> 00:55:56,620 What do you think about working with this dude, Hiriam Hicks? 1149 00:55:56,724 --> 00:55:58,379 Yo, Ralph? 1150 00:55:58,482 --> 00:56:01,379 You good? 1151 00:56:01,482 --> 00:56:03,206 Ralph? 1152 00:56:03,310 --> 00:56:05,000 You hearing me, man? 1153 00:56:11,068 --> 00:56:13,206 - Let me play y'all something. 1154 00:56:21,448 --> 00:56:24,068 - What's this? 1155 00:56:24,172 --> 00:56:25,758 - Rizz? 1156 00:56:25,862 --> 00:56:28,413 What is this? 1157 00:56:28,517 --> 00:56:29,862 - It's my solo album. 1158 00:56:29,965 --> 00:56:32,551 - Your new solo album. 1159 00:56:32,655 --> 00:56:33,931 When did you do this, man? 1160 00:56:34,034 --> 00:56:35,241 - I've been working on this for a while, man. 1161 00:56:35,344 --> 00:56:37,689 A cat named Dewayne Omar helped me produce it. 1162 00:56:37,793 --> 00:56:39,241 We got a couple tracks down, 1163 00:56:39,344 --> 00:56:42,344 but give it another month and it'll be super solid. 1164 00:56:42,448 --> 00:56:43,655 - Wait, dude, dude. 1165 00:56:43,758 --> 00:56:44,931 - I'm gonna call it "Living in the Dream." 1166 00:56:45,034 --> 00:56:46,655 - "Living in the Dream," huh? 1167 00:56:46,758 --> 00:56:48,137 Does Jheryl know about this? 1168 00:56:48,241 --> 00:56:49,103 - Nah. 1169 00:56:49,206 --> 00:56:50,620 - Does Louil know about this dream? 1170 00:56:50,724 --> 00:56:51,758 - Nah. 1171 00:56:51,862 --> 00:56:53,034 I brought it to y'all first. 1172 00:56:53,137 --> 00:56:54,758 I'm letting you hear it first. 1173 00:56:54,862 --> 00:56:57,586 - So, you brought us here to listen to that bullshit? 1174 00:56:57,689 --> 00:56:58,620 - Bullshit? 1175 00:56:58,724 --> 00:57:01,068 - Wow, man. - Rizz. 1176 00:57:01,172 --> 00:57:03,724 Man, we're a group. That means all of us. 1177 00:57:03,827 --> 00:57:04,896 - I know we're a group. 1178 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:06,379 We can be like Phil Collins and the Genesis. 1179 00:57:06,482 --> 00:57:08,034 - No, we can't be like Phil Collins and the Genesis! 1180 00:57:08,137 --> 00:57:09,517 You don't even play drums! 1181 00:57:14,068 --> 00:57:16,551 - You see, I knew this would happen. 1182 00:57:16,655 --> 00:57:18,344 I knew y'all was gonna do this to me. 1183 00:57:18,448 --> 00:57:20,172 I knew y'all was gonna do this to me 1184 00:57:20,275 --> 00:57:22,172 from the second y'all stepped on my doorstep. 1185 00:57:22,275 --> 00:57:23,275 - Man. 1186 00:57:23,379 --> 00:57:24,862 Rizz, what are we doing to you, man? 1187 00:57:24,965 --> 00:57:26,310 You put this on us, so, you act like 1188 00:57:26,413 --> 00:57:28,034 we supposed to be grateful or something. 1189 00:57:28,137 --> 00:57:29,724 - You should be grateful, Ron! 1190 00:57:29,827 --> 00:57:31,517 You should be very grateful. 1191 00:57:31,620 --> 00:57:33,000 You've been having a good ride. 1192 00:57:33,103 --> 00:57:34,551 I've been doing all the damn work here, singing my ass off. 1193 00:57:34,655 --> 00:57:35,689 You've been dancing. 1194 00:57:35,793 --> 00:57:36,827 - You've been doing all the work? 1195 00:57:36,931 --> 00:57:37,862 - Yeah. 1196 00:57:37,965 --> 00:57:39,206 - You've been doing all the work? 1197 00:57:39,310 --> 00:57:40,241 - Yeah. 1198 00:57:40,344 --> 00:57:41,413 - So, ain't nobody else been working? 1199 00:57:41,517 --> 00:57:42,517 - Hmph. - Nobody? 1200 00:57:42,620 --> 00:57:44,137 - You should be the most happy out of here. 1201 00:57:44,241 --> 00:57:46,517 This means you can finally get a chance to sing lead. 1202 00:57:46,620 --> 00:57:48,034 - Rizz. 1203 00:57:48,137 --> 00:57:50,482 - And Ron, you should just go be a male model or something. 1204 00:57:50,586 --> 00:57:53,793 Oh, Mike, while I'm out here singing this bullshit, 1205 00:57:53,896 --> 00:57:55,068 you should go get yourself a briefcase 1206 00:57:55,172 --> 00:57:56,793 since you always wanna run shit anyway. 1207 00:57:56,896 --> 00:57:58,896 - You funny, man. - Yet you're not running shit. 1208 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,413 You never have and never will. 1209 00:58:01,827 --> 00:58:03,896 - So, all y'all can see your way up outta my crib. 1210 00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,034 - Oh, it's like that? - Yeah. 1211 00:58:06,137 --> 00:58:08,137 And I'ma let this play. 1212 00:58:15,034 --> 00:58:16,931 - Turn yourself that shit off. 1213 00:58:20,517 --> 00:58:22,448 "Favorite R&B group." 1214 00:58:24,517 --> 00:58:26,241 We ain't no group. 1215 00:58:26,344 --> 00:58:30,034 - I pay the bills for my whole family, Mike. 1216 00:58:30,137 --> 00:58:33,344 Without NE, how am I supposed to keep that going? 1217 00:58:33,448 --> 00:58:35,275 - I don't know. 1218 00:58:35,379 --> 00:58:36,482 What I do know is 1219 00:58:36,586 --> 00:58:39,655 I'm not relying on that dude for us to eat. 1220 00:58:39,758 --> 00:58:43,103 It's time for a change. 1221 00:58:43,206 --> 00:58:45,482 - I think this album is great. 1222 00:58:45,586 --> 00:58:47,689 I mean, when this thing comes out, it's gonna be a smash. 1223 00:58:47,793 --> 00:58:49,172 - Yeah? - Yeah, yeah. 1224 00:58:49,275 --> 00:58:50,862 - Everybody in LA here's saying that same thing. 1225 00:58:50,965 --> 00:58:52,344 - Mm-hmm. 1226 00:58:52,448 --> 00:58:53,931 - Plus, here's what I'm thinking for the first single-- 1227 00:58:54,034 --> 00:58:55,103 - Oh, wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1228 00:58:55,206 --> 00:58:56,827 Slow it down just a little bit. 1229 00:58:56,931 --> 00:58:58,689 Let's not move so fast just yet. 1230 00:58:58,793 --> 00:59:01,931 The thing about hit records is it's all about positioning. 1231 00:59:02,034 --> 00:59:03,620 - Mm-hmm. - Okay? 1232 00:59:03,724 --> 00:59:06,172 So, we gotta make sure we put it out at the right time. 1233 00:59:06,275 --> 00:59:07,310 - Mm. 1234 00:59:07,413 --> 00:59:09,862 - So we do this New Edition album, okay? 1235 00:59:09,965 --> 00:59:11,862 And then we put this one out. 1236 00:59:11,965 --> 00:59:15,517 And I'm telling you, it'll be even bigger. 1237 00:59:15,620 --> 00:59:18,068 - I knew I should've took that deal from Hollywood Records. 1238 00:59:18,172 --> 00:59:19,896 - What, Disney? 1239 00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:21,896 Come on, Ralph. You sound crazy. 1240 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:23,965 That mouse can't do what I do for you. 1241 00:59:24,068 --> 00:59:27,413 - That mouse offered me $6 million. 1242 00:59:27,517 --> 00:59:29,862 - $6 million? 1243 00:59:29,965 --> 00:59:32,206 So it's about money now? 1244 00:59:32,310 --> 00:59:34,482 MCA Records has been there for you, Ralph. 1245 00:59:34,586 --> 00:59:36,827 Any time you've needed anything, we-- 1246 00:59:36,931 --> 00:59:39,206 no, correction-- I was there for you. 1247 00:59:39,310 --> 00:59:41,931 Not New Edition-- Ralph Tresvant. 1248 00:59:42,034 --> 00:59:44,275 And now I need you to be here for me on this one. 1249 00:59:44,379 --> 00:59:46,172 - I am here for you. I have been here for you. 1250 00:59:46,275 --> 00:59:48,965 I'm singing all these songs. I never miss a show. 1251 00:59:49,068 --> 00:59:51,793 I already feel like I'm solo-- until payday comes. 1252 00:59:51,896 --> 00:59:53,620 That's when I know I'm still in a group. 1253 00:59:53,724 --> 00:59:54,827 - Come on, Ralph. 1254 00:59:54,931 --> 00:59:57,000 Look, do you trust me? 1255 00:59:59,103 --> 01:00:00,827 - Yeah, I trust you. 1256 01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:02,655 - Okay. Well, then, you gotta know 1257 01:00:02,758 --> 01:00:05,103 we're pulling out all the big guns for this one. 1258 01:00:05,206 --> 01:00:07,896 I went and got Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis myself 1259 01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,827 to produce this entire album. 1260 01:00:10,931 --> 01:00:11,931 Do you see what they just did 1261 01:00:12,034 --> 01:00:13,931 with that Janet Jackson "Control" album? 1262 01:00:14,034 --> 01:00:16,068 Well, that's what I'm trying to do for you. 1263 01:00:16,172 --> 01:00:18,000 This could be New Edition's "Thriller," 1264 01:00:18,103 --> 01:00:20,068 your "Purple Rain," 1265 01:00:20,172 --> 01:00:23,103 the album that you'll always be remembered for. 1266 01:00:23,206 --> 01:00:26,000 Do this for us, Ralph, one more NE record. 1267 01:00:26,103 --> 01:00:28,896 And I promise you, we'll do your solo record 1268 01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,448 and we're gonna get your money right. 1269 01:00:34,379 --> 01:00:37,620 Oh, come on, that's how it is? 1270 01:00:39,034 --> 01:00:41,310 Let me ask you a question, young fella. 1271 01:00:41,413 --> 01:00:44,827 How many albums did Michael record with the Jacksons 1272 01:00:44,931 --> 01:00:46,620 before he put out "Off the Wall"? 1273 01:00:46,724 --> 01:00:47,827 I need an answer. 1274 01:00:47,931 --> 01:00:49,068 - I don't need another one of your R&B 1275 01:00:49,172 --> 01:00:50,517 history lessons right now. 1276 01:00:50,620 --> 01:00:52,448 If you don't wanna put my record out, just tell me that. 1277 01:00:52,551 --> 01:00:55,137 - Oh, so that's how you're playing it? 1278 01:00:55,241 --> 01:00:57,931 Okay, well, let's talk straight, then. 1279 01:00:58,034 --> 01:00:59,896 The real is that you're still under contract. 1280 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,172 New Edition still owes us another album. 1281 01:01:02,275 --> 01:01:04,275 So, either you're gonna quit, or call in sick, 1282 01:01:04,379 --> 01:01:06,034 or whatever else it is you're planning. 1283 01:01:06,137 --> 01:01:08,620 I need you to show up to work and do your job. 1284 01:01:08,724 --> 01:01:11,758 Is that clear? 1285 01:01:11,862 --> 01:01:13,689 - Yeah. 1286 01:01:15,827 --> 01:01:18,034 - Look, Ralph. Look. 1287 01:01:19,655 --> 01:01:21,724 I know it ain't easy being the star. 1288 01:01:21,827 --> 01:01:23,758 We put a lot on you. 1289 01:01:23,862 --> 01:01:26,137 But you also have to know this. 1290 01:01:26,241 --> 01:01:29,724 You have a bright future in this business. 1291 01:01:29,827 --> 01:01:33,482 Now, I wish all my artists had your work ethic. 1292 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,827 Thanks. 1293 01:01:36,931 --> 01:01:38,827 - Look, man. 1294 01:01:38,931 --> 01:01:42,206 You do this for us, and I promise you 1295 01:01:42,310 --> 01:01:44,655 we're gonna take care of you on the other side of this. 1296 01:01:44,758 --> 01:01:46,586 That's my word. 1297 01:01:50,310 --> 01:01:51,620 Hey, shake my hand. Leave me hanging? 1298 01:01:51,724 --> 01:01:53,413 Come on, man. 1299 01:01:53,517 --> 01:01:54,896 What, the mouse gonna give you 6 million? 1300 01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,862 What? He gon' pay you in cheese? 1301 01:01:56,965 --> 01:01:58,000 Come on, man. 1302 01:01:58,103 --> 01:02:00,758 MCA Records, we got you. 1303 01:02:00,862 --> 01:02:02,896 I got you. 1304 01:02:25,275 --> 01:02:26,862 - How's it going? 1305 01:02:26,965 --> 01:02:30,206 - So, where's Ralph? - Hard to say. 1306 01:02:30,310 --> 01:02:33,379 Ralph likes to do his own thing sometimes, you know? 1307 01:02:37,344 --> 01:02:38,758 - Okay, guys, so listen, 1308 01:02:38,862 --> 01:02:41,068 here, we wanna do with you what we did with Janet, okay? 1309 01:02:41,172 --> 01:02:43,379 We wanna create a whole story-- 1310 01:02:43,482 --> 01:02:46,206 from the first track to the last track, okay? 1311 01:02:46,310 --> 01:02:48,310 Hers was about control. 1312 01:02:48,413 --> 01:02:49,620 Yours is gonna be about your transition 1313 01:02:49,724 --> 01:02:51,931 from being young adults to some real grown-ass men. 1314 01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:53,724 How about that? 1315 01:02:53,827 --> 01:02:55,206 - Yeah. 1316 01:02:55,310 --> 01:02:57,275 - Okay, cool. I'm glad we see eye to eye. 1317 01:02:57,379 --> 01:02:58,482 - Yeah. 1318 01:02:58,586 --> 01:02:59,724 - 'Cause that's exactly what me and my boys 1319 01:02:59,827 --> 01:03:00,793 have been trying to do. 1320 01:03:00,896 --> 01:03:02,620 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1321 01:03:02,724 --> 01:03:04,827 The main reason why we brought my boy Johnny to the group 1322 01:03:04,931 --> 01:03:06,310 was for us to change our image. 1323 01:03:06,413 --> 01:03:07,758 - His skills give us a new sound. 1324 01:03:07,862 --> 01:03:09,862 - And to get away from that bubblegum shit we've been doing. 1325 01:03:11,482 --> 01:03:13,137 - We gonna change that "Candy Girl" into a "Chocolate Woman." 1326 01:03:16,206 --> 01:03:19,034 - Hey, there he is. 1327 01:03:19,137 --> 01:03:21,310 - What's up, man? - How's it going? 1328 01:03:21,413 --> 01:03:24,655 - How's it goin', Rizz? 1329 01:03:24,758 --> 01:03:27,103 - Yo, what's going on? Why is he here? 1330 01:03:29,965 --> 01:03:31,137 - Wait... 1331 01:03:31,241 --> 01:03:33,310 you guys didn't tell him Johnny was in the group? 1332 01:03:33,413 --> 01:03:34,793 - What the hell you mean Johnny's in the group? 1333 01:03:34,896 --> 01:03:36,793 Since when? - Since now. 1334 01:03:36,896 --> 01:03:39,034 Label already signed off. - Look... 1335 01:03:39,137 --> 01:03:40,620 - What? - Listen, listen. 1336 01:03:40,724 --> 01:03:42,379 I'm sorry, man, I don't know what this is all about, 1337 01:03:42,482 --> 01:03:43,965 but nobody told me you didn't know. 1338 01:03:44,068 --> 01:03:46,137 - Yo, not only did I not know, 1339 01:03:46,241 --> 01:03:48,000 nobody even asked me for my opinion. 1340 01:03:48,103 --> 01:03:49,827 - Oh, I was gonna call you, Rizz, 1341 01:03:49,931 --> 01:03:51,137 but I had that modeling gig. 1342 01:03:52,517 --> 01:03:54,206 - You know, expanding my horizons or what have you. 1343 01:03:54,310 --> 01:03:56,068 - Oh, word? - Yeah, word. 1344 01:03:56,172 --> 01:03:58,241 What did you expect, Rizz? 1345 01:03:58,344 --> 01:03:59,793 You said you wanted to go solo, right? 1346 01:03:59,896 --> 01:04:01,172 - That don't mean I'm quitting the group, Rick! 1347 01:04:01,275 --> 01:04:02,586 - All right, guys, guys. - Damn! 1348 01:04:02,689 --> 01:04:04,103 - Guys, guys. Everybody just calm down. 1349 01:04:04,206 --> 01:04:05,758 - No, wait a second with that calm down shit. 1350 01:04:05,862 --> 01:04:09,034 I'm not splitting my money five ways again. 1351 01:04:09,137 --> 01:04:10,482 So unless Bobby's coming back, 1352 01:04:10,586 --> 01:04:14,482 the four of us are New Edition. Period. 1353 01:04:14,586 --> 01:04:16,793 - Wait, hold on, hold on-- - Jeez, man. 1354 01:04:16,896 --> 01:04:19,172 - I got him. I got him. 1355 01:04:19,275 --> 01:04:21,413 - He'll be a'ight. 1356 01:04:21,517 --> 01:04:25,172 So what's this, the new New Edition? 1357 01:04:32,448 --> 01:04:35,068 - He'll be al'ight. 1358 01:04:35,172 --> 01:04:37,000 - Hey, man. This is your part right here. 1359 01:04:37,103 --> 01:04:39,862 You can sing that, right? 1360 01:04:39,965 --> 01:04:41,724 - Man. 1361 01:04:43,551 --> 01:04:45,517 - What y'all looking at me for? 1362 01:04:45,620 --> 01:04:49,172 Now he know we ain't depending on his ass, B. 1363 01:04:49,275 --> 01:04:51,896 I swear, fix y'all faces, man. 1364 01:05:17,551 --> 01:05:19,482 - Amazing! 1365 01:05:48,344 --> 01:05:49,689 - Amazing. 1366 01:05:49,793 --> 01:05:51,551 - Yeah, come on out here. 1367 01:05:55,068 --> 01:05:56,103 - That's what I'm talking about. 1368 01:05:56,206 --> 01:05:57,551 - Yeah. You know what? 1369 01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:00,206 - Well, damn. 1370 01:06:00,310 --> 01:06:01,793 - If you're doing something like that 1371 01:06:01,896 --> 01:06:03,034 on the first take, you can wear that 1372 01:06:03,137 --> 01:06:04,586 every day of the week with me, man. 1373 01:06:06,379 --> 01:06:08,517 - All right, all right. That's a wrap. 1374 01:06:08,620 --> 01:06:10,344 I'll see you guys tomorrow at noon. 1375 01:06:10,448 --> 01:06:13,206 - All right. - Ah, man. 1376 01:06:13,310 --> 01:06:16,172 - We're gonna see y'all tomorrow, all right? 1377 01:06:18,275 --> 01:06:20,344 - Where are the rest of the fellas? 1378 01:06:20,448 --> 01:06:23,551 - The same place they always are when we do an album. 1379 01:06:23,655 --> 01:06:25,655 At the club, while I'm here. 1380 01:06:25,758 --> 01:06:28,275 - You sound like me. 1381 01:06:28,379 --> 01:06:30,586 Living in the studio. 1382 01:06:30,689 --> 01:06:32,551 I don't even like the clubs anyway. 1383 01:06:32,655 --> 01:06:35,862 Besides, when I was with Stacy, all I did was lay up under her. 1384 01:06:35,965 --> 01:06:37,517 - Stacy. What happened to that? 1385 01:06:37,620 --> 01:06:39,862 Thought y'all was gonna be on the cover of "Jet" or something. 1386 01:06:39,965 --> 01:06:41,896 R&B super couple. 1387 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,206 - Don't get me started. I don't even know. 1388 01:06:45,310 --> 01:06:48,000 Her mother just thought I was bad for her career. 1389 01:06:48,103 --> 01:06:49,655 - What? 1390 01:06:49,758 --> 01:06:50,758 - But I already know what that was about, 1391 01:06:50,862 --> 01:06:52,310 you know what I mean? 1392 01:06:52,413 --> 01:06:54,034 - Wow. - Yeah. 1393 01:06:54,137 --> 01:06:55,793 - That's messed up. - But it's all right. 1394 01:06:55,896 --> 01:06:58,034 I'm used to proving people wrong. 1395 01:07:01,206 --> 01:07:03,724 - Look, man, what happened before... 1396 01:07:03,827 --> 01:07:06,000 it was bullshit. 1397 01:07:06,103 --> 01:07:08,310 You didn't deserve that. 1398 01:07:08,413 --> 01:07:11,724 To tell you the truth, man, it wasn't even about you. 1399 01:07:11,827 --> 01:07:13,586 - I know. 1400 01:07:13,689 --> 01:07:16,827 But I'm sitting here wondering what the hell I got myself into. 1401 01:07:16,931 --> 01:07:20,275 - Yeah, welcome to New Edition. 1402 01:07:20,379 --> 01:07:22,310 - Yeah. 1403 01:07:22,413 --> 01:07:27,379 - A bunch of ungrateful cats who don't appreciate nothin' I do. 1404 01:07:27,482 --> 01:07:30,310 Man, you know Maurice Starr offered me a solo deal? 1405 01:07:30,413 --> 01:07:32,103 - Word? 1406 01:07:32,206 --> 01:07:34,793 - I turned it down for them fools. 1407 01:07:34,896 --> 01:07:37,896 I ain't even told them about it. 1408 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,448 Man, I've given up so much to make this keep going. 1409 01:07:41,551 --> 01:07:42,862 I do all the songs. 1410 01:07:42,965 --> 01:07:43,931 I never miss a show. 1411 01:07:44,034 --> 01:07:45,517 I never miss a studio session. 1412 01:07:45,620 --> 01:07:47,068 I never miss an interview, 1413 01:07:47,172 --> 01:07:50,758 just to keep that money coming in and keep everybody happy. 1414 01:07:50,862 --> 01:07:53,931 The moment I wanna go do something for myself, 1415 01:07:54,034 --> 01:07:56,034 I get stabbed in the back. 1416 01:07:56,137 --> 01:08:00,137 - Damn. - Yeah. 1417 01:08:00,241 --> 01:08:02,758 How'd you get here anyway? 1418 01:08:04,965 --> 01:08:07,896 Long story short, two months ago, I'm in LA, 1419 01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:09,931 backstage at the Whispers concert, 1420 01:08:10,034 --> 01:08:14,862 and I run into Mike, and as soon as he found out 1421 01:08:14,965 --> 01:08:17,827 I was on MCA, he's asking me, like... 1422 01:08:17,931 --> 01:08:19,103 Yo, yo, JG, 1423 01:08:19,206 --> 01:08:21,344 let me ask you a question, you know? 1424 01:08:21,448 --> 01:08:22,896 - No, really, he was like... 1425 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:24,448 Yo, how do you feel? 1426 01:08:24,551 --> 01:08:26,482 You've gotten your just due as an artist? 1427 01:08:26,586 --> 01:08:29,068 I was like, where are you going with this? 1428 01:08:29,172 --> 01:08:31,000 - Yeah, it sound like Biv. - Yeah. 1429 01:08:31,103 --> 01:08:32,310 - He meet a couple of lawyers and managers, 1430 01:08:32,413 --> 01:08:34,206 and he feel like he Barry Gordy or something. 1431 01:08:35,862 --> 01:08:36,896 - So what did he tell you? 1432 01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,241 You was gonna be the new Bobby, right? 1433 01:08:39,344 --> 01:08:43,000 - Oh, man... Actually, man to man? 1434 01:08:43,103 --> 01:08:45,275 He told me I'll be the new you. 1435 01:08:47,758 --> 01:08:50,206 - Mike Bivins. 1436 01:08:50,310 --> 01:08:51,241 - And the next thing you know, 1437 01:08:51,344 --> 01:08:53,172 I'm sitting in Jheryl's office. 1438 01:08:53,275 --> 01:08:55,482 And he's telling me how this would work out for my solo album 1439 01:08:55,586 --> 01:08:57,689 if I do this one with y'all. 1440 01:08:57,793 --> 01:08:59,517 - What? 1441 01:08:59,620 --> 01:09:01,000 - Yeah. 1442 01:09:01,103 --> 01:09:03,034 - Yo, he told me the same shit. 1443 01:09:03,137 --> 01:09:05,310 - What? - Yeah. 1444 01:09:05,413 --> 01:09:07,068 - Wow. 1445 01:09:07,172 --> 01:09:09,034 Looks like we've both been played. 1446 01:09:09,137 --> 01:09:11,172 - Yeah, pretty much. 1447 01:09:11,275 --> 01:09:14,206 I gotta admit though, man, your voice don't sound too bad. 1448 01:09:14,310 --> 01:09:16,241 You know, after mine, you know? 1449 01:09:16,344 --> 01:09:18,793 - Oh, man, let me tell you. 1450 01:09:18,896 --> 01:09:19,896 If there's nothing else I can do, 1451 01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:22,275 Johnny Gill, Jr. can sing, you hear me? 1452 01:09:22,379 --> 01:09:24,517 Yeah, I mean, all that choreography and dancing 1453 01:09:24,620 --> 01:09:25,965 and stuff--I mean, I may not have it yet, 1454 01:09:26,068 --> 01:09:27,413 but you give me a mic, I'ma turn that bitch out. 1455 01:09:27,517 --> 01:09:30,551 - I love it, man. - Yeah. 1456 01:09:30,655 --> 01:09:32,793 - What's up with these boots, though, man? 1457 01:09:32,896 --> 01:09:34,896 That must be some DC shit. - What? 1458 01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:36,517 Man, that's all me. - Yeah, okay. 1459 01:09:36,620 --> 01:09:38,241 - I'm gonna make these hot. - Oh, whoa. 1460 01:09:38,344 --> 01:09:39,931 - It'll be hot all over again. 1461 01:09:40,034 --> 01:09:41,344 Everybody's gonna be wearing them. 1462 01:09:41,448 --> 01:09:43,310 Trust me. - All right. 1463 01:09:43,413 --> 01:09:44,862 - Yeah. 1464 01:09:44,965 --> 01:09:46,965 So we cool? 1465 01:09:49,068 --> 01:09:51,206 - Yeah, man, we cool. 1466 01:12:13,206 --> 01:12:14,034 - Congratulations, you've got a hit. 1467 01:12:14,137 --> 01:12:15,413 - Another hit. 1468 01:12:15,517 --> 01:12:17,724 - Another hit. 1469 01:14:05,931 --> 01:14:08,068 - Woo-hoo-hoo! - Yeah. 1470 01:14:08,172 --> 01:14:09,482 - Baby! - Yeah, I like that. 1471 01:14:09,586 --> 01:14:10,896 - Hey, Johnny, I think you're fired, man. 1472 01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:12,448 - JG! 1473 01:14:12,551 --> 01:14:14,379 - All right, JG! - Whoa, whoa! 1474 01:14:14,482 --> 01:14:16,241 - Y'all wanna run that back? - Yeah, one more time. 1475 01:14:16,344 --> 01:14:17,896 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, J. We got a hit album. 1476 01:14:27,931 --> 01:14:29,896 - I can't lie, fellas. 1477 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,758 I feel so fly right now. - Mm-hmm. 1478 01:14:31,862 --> 01:14:34,689 - Man, my first solo album, yeah? 1479 01:14:34,793 --> 01:14:36,862 They had me in a tuxedo, a red bowtie-- 1480 01:14:36,965 --> 01:14:38,931 - What? --and a cummerbund. 1481 01:14:39,034 --> 01:14:40,896 - You like that? 1482 01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:43,172 - Hey, man, I should've been selling bean pies on the corner. 1483 01:14:43,275 --> 01:14:45,344 - You think I'd do this. - This is the end. 1484 01:14:45,448 --> 01:14:47,034 - Y'all should have been there. 1485 01:14:47,137 --> 01:14:48,517 - I got something worse than that. 1486 01:14:48,620 --> 01:14:51,379 "Telephone Man." 1487 01:14:51,482 --> 01:14:52,517 - Hard hats and the overalls? 1488 01:14:52,620 --> 01:14:53,896 - Yeah, I was laughing at that. 1489 01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:56,000 - We looked like the Village People out there. 1490 01:14:56,103 --> 01:14:58,137 - Whoa! - We was under construction. 1491 01:14:59,827 --> 01:15:01,310 - It was a hit, though. - Yeah. 1492 01:15:01,413 --> 01:15:02,689 - It was. - We were a hit. 1493 01:15:02,793 --> 01:15:04,758 - It's still a hit. For sure. 1494 01:15:04,862 --> 01:15:06,172 - You know what, man? 1495 01:15:06,275 --> 01:15:07,620 For the first time since we did all of this? 1496 01:15:07,724 --> 01:15:08,896 - Yeah. 1497 01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,827 - I feel like we hit that Transitions level. 1498 01:15:10,931 --> 01:15:13,137 The Untouchables. 1499 01:15:13,241 --> 01:15:14,620 You remember how fly they used to be? 1500 01:15:14,724 --> 01:15:16,137 - They was clean, man. 1501 01:15:16,241 --> 01:15:18,172 - Wait, those are local groups in Boston? 1502 01:15:18,275 --> 01:15:19,379 - Yeah, man. 1503 01:15:19,482 --> 01:15:21,137 - But those guys were like superheroes to us. 1504 01:15:21,241 --> 01:15:23,206 They was like our Temptations. - Wow. 1505 01:15:23,310 --> 01:15:25,896 - I feel like we finally at that level, right now in this moment. 1506 01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:27,724 - Hey, you know what, fellas? 1507 01:15:27,827 --> 01:15:29,620 Our paper's right. 1508 01:15:29,724 --> 01:15:34,448 - Hey, the paper's right? 1509 01:15:34,551 --> 01:15:36,793 - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! - Hey, don't trip us, right? 1510 01:15:36,896 --> 01:15:40,034 - You guys look amazing. Ready to get started? 1511 01:15:40,137 --> 01:15:41,724 - Yeah, absolutely. - Let's do it. 1512 01:15:41,827 --> 01:15:43,034 - Make a statement. 1513 01:15:44,862 --> 01:15:46,724 - Oh, okay. Oh, okay. 1514 01:15:46,827 --> 01:15:48,103 - A big smile, guys. 1515 01:15:48,206 --> 01:15:50,517 - Wrong, man. No damn smiles. 1516 01:15:50,620 --> 01:15:52,310 - Guys. - No smile. 1517 01:15:52,413 --> 01:15:53,758 - No. - It's cool, man. 1518 01:15:53,862 --> 01:15:55,379 Just let us do what we do. 1519 01:15:55,482 --> 01:15:57,724 We got this. We got this. 1520 01:15:57,827 --> 01:15:59,758 - Okay, well, um, what are we doing? 1521 01:15:59,862 --> 01:16:01,379 - Yeah, man. 1522 01:16:01,482 --> 01:16:04,620 Like superstars. 1523 01:16:07,896 --> 01:16:09,344 - I'm feeling great about the routine, man. 1524 01:16:09,448 --> 01:16:11,172 But, Stro, we need to talk about this band, man. 1525 01:16:11,275 --> 01:16:12,862 The bass and keyboard player, 1526 01:16:12,965 --> 01:16:14,758 they playing way too slow and it's throwing us off. 1527 01:16:14,862 --> 01:16:16,137 - That's for real, though. 1528 01:16:16,241 --> 01:16:18,068 I feel like I'm always one measure ahead of where they are. 1529 01:16:18,172 --> 01:16:20,172 - Yeah. You think we still got time to switch 'em out? 1530 01:16:20,275 --> 01:16:21,517 'Cause I know somebody with way better pocket, 1531 01:16:21,620 --> 01:16:24,344 you know what I'm saying? Like, some way better players. 1532 01:16:24,448 --> 01:16:26,448 - Do they sing, these guys? - They sing, of course. 1533 01:16:26,551 --> 01:16:27,862 - Word? - Word. 1534 01:16:27,965 --> 01:16:30,275 - JG, you new here. That ain't your call, money. 1535 01:16:30,379 --> 01:16:32,793 - Psh. That's funny. Yeah, you right. 1536 01:16:32,896 --> 01:16:34,620 I'm new, but you the least talented one, 1537 01:16:34,724 --> 01:16:36,482 and you always running your mouth. 1538 01:16:38,103 --> 01:16:39,724 - What did you say, you fake-ass Luther Vandross? 1539 01:16:39,827 --> 01:16:42,448 - Chill, chill, chill. 1540 01:16:48,172 --> 01:16:51,482 - Uh, excuse me? Uh, are y'all ready? 1541 01:16:52,827 --> 01:16:54,862 - What's up, fellas? All right. What's up, y'all? 1542 01:16:54,965 --> 01:16:57,241 What's up, bro? - Hey. 1543 01:16:57,344 --> 01:16:59,068 - Okay, well, as far as everything on my end, 1544 01:16:59,172 --> 01:17:00,758 it is handled, all right? 1545 01:17:00,862 --> 01:17:02,137 Al Haymon is promoting the tour, 1546 01:17:02,241 --> 01:17:04,448 so that's 30 million guaranteed right there. 1547 01:17:04,551 --> 01:17:05,862 - Woo-hoo! 1548 01:17:05,965 --> 01:17:07,413 - We're gonna do 60 dates throughout the country. 1549 01:17:07,517 --> 01:17:09,034 And we're gonna release your first single 1550 01:17:09,137 --> 01:17:10,517 while you're out there on the road. 1551 01:17:10,620 --> 01:17:11,586 - Woo! - Yeah! 1552 01:17:11,689 --> 01:17:13,793 - All right? - Damn, man. 1553 01:17:13,896 --> 01:17:15,241 - You know what? I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 1554 01:17:15,344 --> 01:17:17,137 I almost forgot. - What's up? 1555 01:17:17,241 --> 01:17:20,241 - Bobby's gonna be joining you on the tour. 1556 01:17:20,344 --> 01:17:22,103 - Oh, wow... 1557 01:17:23,586 --> 01:17:25,896 - Next, on "The New Edition Story"... 1558 01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:27,379 - When we get to Philly, we'll switch spots. 1559 01:17:27,482 --> 01:17:29,413 That way, I'm going right before y'all. 1560 01:17:29,517 --> 01:17:30,793 Okay, so who's gonna do "Mr. Telephone Man" 1561 01:17:30,896 --> 01:17:32,517 and "Jealous Girl"? 1562 01:17:32,620 --> 01:17:34,379 - JG. - That would me. 1563 01:17:35,689 --> 01:17:37,827 - Have y'all thought about doing something together? 1564 01:17:37,931 --> 01:17:39,448 Just y'all three? - Just us three? 1565 01:17:39,551 --> 01:17:42,344 - Yeah, you know, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Mike Bivens. 1566 01:17:42,448 --> 01:17:44,344 - "Living in the Dream" was my chance to break out. 1567 01:17:44,448 --> 01:17:45,517 I did y'all a favor. 1568 01:17:45,620 --> 01:17:46,931 I put my album on the shelf, 1569 01:17:47,034 --> 01:17:48,793 because Jheryl promised me a solo album. 1570 01:17:48,896 --> 01:17:50,172 - They in debt. 1571 01:17:50,275 --> 01:17:52,172 Every last one of they second albums flopped. 1572 01:17:52,275 --> 01:17:54,241 Why do you think they're doing this in the first place? 1573 01:17:54,344 --> 01:17:56,862 - You know Bobby. - We only nine shows in. 1574 01:17:56,965 --> 01:17:58,448 He already missed four. 1575 01:17:58,551 --> 01:18:00,206 - The champ is here! 1576 01:18:00,310 --> 01:18:03,758 Y'all ready to do this? - Do what, Bob? 1577 01:18:03,862 --> 01:18:06,827 The show's over. You missed everything. 1578 01:18:06,931 --> 01:18:09,172 - Y'all ready for some BBD? 1579 01:18:09,275 --> 01:18:10,758 - What the hell is you doing? 1580 01:18:10,862 --> 01:18:12,689 - What does it look like I'm doing? 1581 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:17,827 - New Edition died a long time ago, 1582 01:18:17,931 --> 01:18:19,344 when I left the group! 1583 01:18:19,448 --> 01:18:20,896 As far as I'm concerned, it can stay dead! 1584 01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:22,137 - What are you doing, man? 1585 01:18:22,241 --> 01:18:23,758 You know how many dates we got left? 1586 01:18:23,862 --> 01:18:25,172 - I ain't in the group no more, 1587 01:18:25,275 --> 01:18:27,034 and we ain't no damn business partners, either. 1588 01:18:27,137 --> 01:18:28,931 - He quit. There is more money. 1589 01:19:30,827 --> 01:19:32,620 - Look, Daddy.