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- No. No, you did not.

- Can I talk to you for a minute, man?

Marty, hold on a sec, will you?

What do you want, Raj?

It says in the paper that Chili Palmer

used to be a gangster.

He was a hired hand.

You know him?

Tell me what you want, Raj.

Linda Moon says she's gonna leave

and have Chili Palmer be her manager.

She told you that?

No, man, he told me that.

What'd you do?

I told him she's got five years

on her contract, you know.

You feel you had to explain it to him?

You didn't kick his ass?

Man, he hit Elliot

right in the damn throat.

He broke him smooth down.

Wow. What a surprise.

Elliot's a f*ggot.

P*ssy.

You think it's cool to have a queer

for a bodyguard?

What good is he?

Chili Palmer's no manager.

He's a talker.

You shoulda hit him in the mouth.

What he does is make movies

about shylocks, 'cause that's all he was.

A shylock.

That's right.

He did that movie Get Lost.

That's my sh*t, man.

That sh*t was tight.

There is no way

we are losing Linda Moon.

"A," she's under contract,

and "B," she's under contract.

So, what's crackin'?

You want Joe Loop.

Man, all I want is

for Chili Palmer to disappear.

You want Joe Loop.

Yeah. Joe Loop.

Loop. Nick Carr said should call.

Yeah, sure.

Well. got something

for you to take care of

or do need to call somebody else?

No, no, no, no.

You don't understand.

I would love to.

Here's your breakfast, sweetie.

Pancakes again?

Panca... Yes, pancakes again.

Baby, would you tell this girl

when we were comin' up,

all we had was sugar sandwiches?

Please. She does not know

how good she has it.

She does not know

how good she has it.

- Bye, baby.

- Bye, Mommy.

Bye, baby.

Deshawn, eat the pancakes, okay?

I put cinnamon on there,

there's butter, they're very good.

The strawberries are fresh.

Eat up.

We got ten minutes, okay?

I don't want you to be late.

Top of the morning, Marge.

Top of the morning, Sin.

Ain't this somethin'?

What's up, dawg?

Must you play into the stereotypes?

Turn that mess down.

This is the suburbs.

I'm on the damn Neighborhood Watch.

- Who did it?

- Not me.

You know, that b*tch

owed me 300 grand.

I shoulda sent the coalition.

Now sh*t's gonna have to get ugly.

Ugly?

Why you trippin'?

It ain't like you need it.

Dabu, it's the principle.

Today it's 300 grand,

tomorrow it's three million.

I gotta send a message.

I feel ya, dawg.

You talk to the PD?

The police?

"The poli... "

The program director.

Check this out.

Well, hello, Mr. Program Director.

You see what happen

when you don't spin my records?

Good morning, guys!

Hey, y'all, speak to my daughter.

Good morning, Deshawn!

Deshawn, sweetie,

why don't you go back inside?

Okay?

Daddy's having a little meeting.

I'll take you to school in my car.

Bye, guys!

Good-bye, Deshawn!

Okay, boo-boo.

All right.

Play my records!

You hear me? Play! Play!

Play my records!

Play Dub Records! Dub MD's!

- Move yo' head. Move it.

- Stay still!

She gone?

I'm telling you, Edie,

she's got a voice,

she's got the attitude.

- You're gonna love her.

- Sounds like you love her.

Well, if you're asking me

if I think she's talented, yes.

I can't believe this.

Condolences on a two-way and

half of them are Tommy's ex-girlfriends.

Look, Chil, producing an album,

you know, it's not like making a movie.

Good.

I think movies are too corporate.

I like to be spontaneous and creative.

I'm just saying, you know,

the music biz is a b*tch, you know?

It's dangerous.

It's rough out there.

Believe me, I know.

That's why I loved working at

MoMo's club, if you know what I mean.

What'd you do at MoMo's?

You book bands?

Not really.

- Were you a bouncer?

- Not really.

You really were a shylock,

weren't you?

Did I tell you

that she writes her own music?

Here she is.

Here we go.

You ready to show off?

Chili, look, I'm so sorry,

but my damn replacement didn't show up.

I ended up stuck in the drive-through.

It's all right.

Calm down, calm down.

Edie, Linda.

Linda, this is Edie Athens.

This is Tommy's widow.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

- Look, I'm really sorry about being late.

- Don't worry about it.

So Chili tells me

you've got a great voice.

Really?

Well, you do.

That is so sweet.

Thank you.

Is this where you play?

I can't really afford my own piano,

so they let me play here.

Come on, let's go hear you.

Yeah? Let's go.

Life is what you make it

At least that's what they say

Well, I think I'm gonna make it

Fulfill my dreams someday

I feel this fire growing

Deep inside of me

I'm so inspired knowing

that it's my destiny

I breathe like a champion

I dream like a champion

I see I'm a champion

It's meant to be

My will's getting stronger

I can't wait any longer

I'm singing a song

that's inside of me

'Cause I'm a believer

I know that I can make it

no matter what they say

'Cause I'm a believer

The future is now

It starts today

I'm impressed.

Did you write that song?

Yeah. It's called'm A Believer.

Just tell us you got

nine more just like it.

Forty more.

But as long as I can do 'em my way.

I like that.

- Let's get you in the studio.

- All right.

Good girl.

You weren't kidding.

I mean, the girl's got something.

- She's amazing.

- I told you.

I mean, the only thing is, you know,

it costs a lot of money

to break someone, you know?

I mean, we gotta pay a mixer,

a publicist.

Hey, look.

- Steven Tyler's in town.

- Yeah.

Aerosmith playing

at the Staples Center.

Tell me Dream On is not the greatest

rock 'n' roll song you ever heard.

You know what we oughta do,

we oughta call him.

- Call who?

- Steven.

Why?

So he could listen to Linda's music,

he could see for himself it's terrific,

and maybe he'll help us launch her

at his concert.

- That's a great idea, Chil.

- Yeah.

Hey, and maybe

Bono and Sting'll come down

and we could all cut

a Christmas album.

You know him, don't you?

Know him? Steven Tyler.

Chili, I know his socks!

He's never gonna remember me.

Edie, you have a tattoo of Aerosmith

on your ass.

You can't get a meeting with him?

We want Steven Tyler,

we get Steven Tyler.

Would let the music

do the talking to me

to tell me what lyrics to sing.

And even when got caught up

in not having anything pre-written.

Which never did. would scat to it.

It's just the music.

It's the funk.

It's the sound. It's the words.

It's the rhyme. It's the sh*t.

You can't be creative

unless you step outside a little bit.

T's...

A little early, aren't you?

Open house is on Sunday.

- Yeah.

- Hey, it's Chili Palmer.

- Yo. Chil.

- How soon can you get here?

2:
00 A.M.

And there's traffic on the 405.

- Who's your friend?

- I don't know.

I come home and he's bleeding

all over my one-sheet.

Is this the guy that did Tommy Athens?

Nah. That guy had a black eye

and was wearing a rug.

This ain't no rug, pal.

This guy's got plugs.

I hate plugs.

It looks like doll's hair.

Personally, I think grafting's

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