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meaning quirks

and some weird sh*t,

but he's just strange

by strange standards.

While we was downstairs doing

hard-core rap records and sh*t,

upstairs he had

a bunch of people

who having... leaves

and doing some type of Tibetan

freedom concert planning.

When was the last time you seen

a bison in a nigga's studio?

Next is Johnny Cash for us.

Yeah.

This thing had a Grammy.

I told you?

I was upstairs,

and the guy behind me

had a Grammy for Best Producer

of a Country Album.

Oh, yeah?

He's just chilling?

He's in the back somewhere.

Nigga did done L.L.

Johnny Cash.

Beastie Bo ys.

Over 20 years into his career,

dude ain't changed.

He got his own vibe.

I mean, it's Rick.

You gotta Io ve him for that.

You guys are late.

I did eight songs already.

I'm just playing.

Hey, start this one o ver.

Pull back.

I'm gonna leave holes in this.

Then I'm gonna come back

and fill in.

I want to hear that.

Yeah, 'cause I want to

fill in it.

I'm thinking maybe

we start a capella with...

If you're having girl problems,

I feel bad for you, son.

I got 99 problems,

but a b*tch ain't one. Hit me.

Right into the first verse.

That's money.

- Back in the game, right?

- Guess so. Apparently so.

All these records

I used to listen to.

These guys are the creators

of it.

The architects

of what we do right now.

I'm just fortunate, man.

You want to take this?

Yeah.

- Yes, sir.

- Let's do it.

Just to see the way he writes.

I've never seen

anything like it.

He doesn't write anything down.

He does it all up here.

Just kind of sits there,

listens to the track,

writes a verse

and then goes and does it.

Let me do the cop o ver.

You're gonna hear

your old v oice.

Do you want to hear the...

You don't want to hear

the effect?

Give me after "legit."

It felt great.

Beautiful.

Looking good, man.

It might be something special.

That's strong.

Strong.

- Strong.

- That sh*t is nice.

It's like Slick Rick-style sh*t.

Yeah, yeah.

I wanted to take it on some

old-school storytelling sh*t.

I don't tell too many stories.

They don't know

about my storytelling abilities

out there.

Jay-Z, I Io ve you,

I Io ve you, I Io ve you.

Can I get the band back?

I want to f*** with the ladies

real quick.

You ready, "B"?

Let's go get them.

One, two, three, four!

You ready?

Say what?

Say what?

Say what?

One, two, three, four!

History in the making,

Madison Square Garden!

It's crazy!

Right, baby?

No doubt, no doubt.

On your way to the stage?

I'm gonna go to the stage.

I'm gonna wait.

Homegirl got three songs.

She gonna let me come in

on the third song.

I'm just gonna do my part

and get off the stage.

Go back to the joint,

go take a sh*t, go to sleep.

You know what I mean?

How y'all doing, New York?

Yeah, yeah.

Don't trip off the stage.

Ghost, let me see your mike.

I got something special

for y'all.

Beyonc.

Give it up, y'all.

The Garden.

That's right.

Yeah, I like that.

Y'all, give it up.

Jigga Man!

The man!

God damn!

Make some noise out there!

Every now and again,

I step outside of myself

and I just look at my life

objectively.

Sometimes I find myself saying,

"Who is that dude right there?"

If you'd have told me

20 years ago

that my life would be like this,

I'm not sure I would have

believed you.

I think when we was growing up,

it was an iller time

than it was now.

Way more dangerous.

Way more...

- Outback?

- No, I'm cool.

You want some?

I'm gonna order from Outback.

I'm good.

Thank you.

You know it used to be worse

than this, right?

Yeah. There was a lot of drugs

in the street.

It used to be way...

Come on.

- It used to be worse than this.

- Yeah.

Right.

That's what it takes.

People to keep talking out

and speaking out.

You're not that type of rapper.

I still not.

For two lines

out of a 60-minute tape,

for 30 seconds,

I felt like saying something

to speak on about

what's going on in the hood.

Should I not do that?

Should I ignore those feelings?

You know how we grew up

in the '80s in this sh*t.

So the sh*t you talking is real,

and I feel like a lot of

the cats who maybe emulate you

or the pictures that you present

force that sh*t.

And it feels forced.

What about this guy?

- Who?

- Him.

Him where?

What about me?

You rapping on shooting

and killing people.

Yes.

Say that sh*t to him.

What you think about that?

No, that's all right.

That's cool?

That's what people want to hear.

They the one who buy it.

They want to hear it.

Truthfully, it's wack.

I've been feeling that way, too.

I don't be wanting to do that.

It seems like sometimes that's

all the niggas want to hear.

You get fed up.

You gotta take the long route.

That sh*t is aggrav ating.

Why would you write a rhyme

that you don't want to write?

That's what I'm saying.

I'm still trying to find myself

to this day, Guru.

That sh*t ain't hard.

Be the f*** you.

I know, but I'm saying to

put it out to the people.

That sh*t is aggrav ating.

Then be you, man.

You see how rappers are now?

Turn the camera at me.

See what the public...

See what y'all did to rappers?

They scared to be theyself.

You know what I'm saying?

Niggas don't think that people

gonna accept them as theyself.

Go back.

Ty, turn around.

Hey.

Hi, Ty-Ty.

Happy Birthday.

Thank you.

How are you?

Good.

We gonna party tonight.

Start it from the top.

Ma, at the top of here,

I want you to tell

that story about the...

"I knew he was gonna be special

'cause he was 10 pounds."

You know that story

you told me before?

You listening to me?

Yes.

That's what people

don't understand about me.

That I could make so many albums

and just keep going.

How the f*** you do that?

Because it's me.

It's really me.

I'm just talking

what I go through.

Whatever it is, be it good...

I might say the worst sh*t

in the world, but it's me.

But then you saying sh*t

that make people in the hood

do crime.

You're gonna do it

'cause you want to do it,

but then you don't help them.

You saying that you sell drugs,

that you've got a gun.

This, that, that.

My rhymes are not

"Yo, nigga, it's all good."

You know what I'm saying?

More so now.

You toned it down

for whatever...

Yeah, the evil.

The bad side of...

Yeah. "There's heaven,

and then there's hell, niggas.

One day you're cruisin'

in the 7.

The next day,

your alibis ain't matchin' up,

bullshit catchin' up.

You hit with the rico.

They repo that vehicle.

Sh*t was all good

just a week ago.

About to start snitchin',

ain't you?

Ready to start bitchin'

ain't you?

I forgive you, I forgive you.

Hustlin' just ain't you.

Aside from the fast cars,

honeys that shake

they ass in bars,

you know you wouldn't be

inv olved

with the underworld dealers,

carriers of mac-millers,

East Coast bodiers,

West Coast cap peelers,

little monkey niggas

turned gorillas."

These are my rhymes, "B"!

This is my first album.

How many people in this building

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