01x06 - Bringing Down the House

[bunniefuu]

- Hey, ladies.
- Hey.

- How y'all doing?
- What's up?

- Not much.
- I'm glad you got here.

Today we gotta get
to the nitty-gritty.

Who wants to start?

Start out with what?

Your husband.

He's been dealing
with a promoter,

and he's been getting
a kickback.

Yeah.

Ain't nobody been getting
no kickback.

Well, he's been getting
a kickback.

The promoter sent copies
of the text messages.

Hold on.
Everybody's gonna get a copy.

We about to have
a business meeting.

What is this?

So y'all believe text messages?

No, no, no.
No, the text messages

between Rocky and the promoter.

That's how iPhone texts look.

Okay.

It says, "We still good
on our deal..."

- What is this talking about?
- For these five shows?

I explained to my wife
that you were my guy,

so can you sh**t me 20?"
20K.

"I just showed her you
already sent me 10K."

"I will look out for you,
but I need all four ladies."

That's from the promoter.

Basically, Rocky was working
with the promoter for Tocha

to get us on board to agree
to do that promoter's shows,

and in turn, he was
giving Rocky a kickback,

or an extra fee, on top of
whatever he was paying us.

And Rocky replies,
"I'm with you.

"That's why I'm showing
her that you got me.

"Because she is the one
who is gonna make

all them listen."

And you guys are trying to
say that these screenshots

came from Rocky and the guy.

Yeah, it was his number.
It's his number.

Yeah, but this makes
no sense whatsoever.

Proof. He got proof.

He ain't got
no reason to lie.

He ain't
got no reason to lie.

I shouldn't have to worry

about kickback within our own...

So basically are you
saying that I've done that?

But that's your husband!

Yeah,
but I haven't done that.

- But y'all are one!
- But the text says...

And the text says that he's
speaking with you about it.

Here's the thing,
any money that's going out

should be laid on the table.

Everybody should know about it.
Every dime.

I think that's where
all the issue lies.

At the end of the day,
you believe

that these are the screenshots
from my husband to the guy?

No, no, that's
his phone number.

Okay.

[line rings]

Rock, I'm sitting here
with the girls, right?

They have a screenshot of
text messages

between you
and a promoter, [BLEEP].

And they're saying that
you've been getting

kickback and all
this stuff, so they

got these pieces of paper...

- Speakerphone.
- You're on speakerphone.

Go ahead.
- LaTocha, I don't want you

to say two words
on my behalf, baby.

He don't never want
you to say nothing.

- That's not true.
- Yeah, it is.

He talk for you all the time.

That's why you in
this predicament.

That's not why I'm in this...
I'm not in no predicament.

Hey, listen, y'all can do
all that back and forth

about what [BLEEP] said
he sent me,

but I ain't take sh...
from him,

and I ain't got that to hide.

Rocky, these are just prints.

These are actual screenshots
of the text message.

So you don't have text messages
talking to him about Xscape

and helping him lock in
the four members

and him giving
you money for it.

Right.
Of course you do.

Not one text message.

So I don't know,
and I don't care,

'Cause I ain't got
none of y'all money.

Well, it's right here.
It's right here.

Girl, he wasn't
stealing from you.

Tamika, he has not
been stealing from you.

When my sister met Rocky,
she changed...

to the point now

anything that he tells her,
she believe.

She's brainwashed, and that's
something that I can't undo.

Okay, go ahead.

Kickbacks are for people
who have to hustle.

I don't have to hustle.

I do the deals.

And then let me...let me
chime in and say this.

There have been times
when a lot of us

have brought shows to
the table and have gotten

a percentage because
we feel like you

brought it to the table.

We've never had any
problems with that.

What I'm saying is

I don't have to get kickbacks.

- I got you.
- I don't get kickbacks.

Mm-hmm.

If somebody paying me,
they owe me.

That means I did the deal.

So then this ain't stealing.

Since I'm taking they money,
and I ain't never did sh...,

do what you gotta do, sweetheart.

Listen, I'm good, Rock.
I'm so good.

Okay, bye.

I mean, I get it.
It's your man.

I understand.

We all supposed to
support our man.

We love our man or whatever.
- Mm-hmm.

But sometimes
we have to acknowledge

when things don't be right.

Mm-hmm.

I'm cool on all of this.

Let's get through
this Ontario show,

and we can see
where it takes us.

Go ahead.
That's fine.

That's so not cool
what's going on,

but they want me
to do business.

And look at this,
my family falling apart,

and everybody else want
to make some money.

This is crazy.

Wow.

♪ Here we go,
here we go ♪

♪ Here we go,
let the show begin ♪

[phone rings]

Hey, girl, hey!

Hey, hey!
What you doing?

Packing, getting
ready for this trip.

We're heading to Cali
to do the show with SWV.

- Whoo!
- Finally, we finally got it

all together, girl.
It's been a roller coaster.

Y'all going across
the country, honey.

- Girl, yes.
- It's on.

The fictitious Rocky Balboa
will be there,

so I don't know what
the vibe is gonna be.

You do you
and stay positive.

I was trying to find
my negligees, girl.

Ain't gonna be no kids
in my room.

Let me cover my ears.

♪

How you feel?
You excited?

Are you ready?
- No, I ain't excited.

But I'm ready.

Just keep your
hands to yourself.

Yeah. 'Cause I want to
keep my TSA PreCheck.

[both laugh]

♪ I got a bag, baby

♪ Where are we going?

What kind of
homework you doing?

- English.
- I wish you could

come out for this show!

- No.
- I love when I come

off the stage,

and I run into you
and Daddy's arms.

That just make me
feel like a rock star.

'Cause
you are a rock star.

I'm a rock star!
Right, bruh?

- Mm-hm.
- [laughs]

♪ Come on, let's ride
till the wheels fall off ♪

You need me to
help you pack?

Nah, I'm ready.

- You wear those?
- Well, yes.

No, you don't.
Don't lie.

- I wear them around the room!
- Okay, cool.

So the show is together now.

Yes, the show's together.
I mean, yeah, we was

having a little hiccup,
but we worked it out.

- Speaking of the set list.
- Uh-huh.

We decided that
we was gonna let them

do "Understanding"...

- Okay.
- Before the closing song.

Yeah, if that makes
y'all comfortable

and that makes you happy.

We're happy to let y'all do it.

There's just no
reason to just go back

and forth about it no more.

It's gonna be
a whirlwind night.

♪

♪ Come on, let's ride

♪ Till the wheels fall off

- Todd!
- Yeah?

Can you please bring me
that suitcase?

I'm coming.
I'm coming.

I feel like
I stay in a suitcase.

[laughs]
- Yeah, you do.

And I ain't going nowhere.

- Well, damn.
- [laughs]

Ooh, it's gonna be
a long trip.

The show coming up in Ontario,

it's just been
nothing short of crazy.

I appreciate you,
'cause I just can't

be around a lot of
negativity right now,

because it bothers me.

And you know how
I am about drama.

Yeah, I know it's been crazy. Chaotic.

I don't know why Tamika
would do, you know,

the things that she's doing.

She does lash out.

She accused somebody back
in the day of something

they said they didn't do.

Had Jermaine not been
sleeping with Kandi,

the group might
not have broken up.

That's what she liked to do.

She slept with the whole
So So Def,

she slept with his daddy.

She just like to sleep around.
That's what she do.

Listen, if you're walking in
your truth and somebody else

living in a lie, man,
they gonna forever be running.

You continue to walk.

But get that microphone,
go represent,

and, man,
let's get this over with.

On to the next.

- Yes, on to the next.
- Yeah.

[R music]

♪

We're here!

[groans] We made it.

So this day has finally come,
which means that this sh...

is really gonna happen.

It's do or die at this point.

We got fans
that are gonna show up,

and we gotta do
what we gotta do.

All right,
let's get to this hotel.

- Oh, you think you slick.
- What?

Jalen stole the blanket
from the plane.

- You took that from the plane?
- This is my blanket!

[laughter]
- No, he didn't!

- Tocha got a house?
- Yes.

So she's not staying
at the hotel with us?

- Mm-mm.
- Ugh.

- Mm-mm.
- When we're not right,

when my sister and I
are not right,

nothing's right.

I'ma reach out to her again.
I'ma try to talk to her again.

But it's like, outside of
business, we still sisters.

I still love my sister.
- Right.

You know, I want
the best for her.

But you gotta hold that
till after the show, now,

'Cause you...
[laughter]

You gotta have a good show.

Whatever floats your boat.

Float on.

- Majorette!
- Majorette.

Ladies, is there anything
you're worried about being

that it's an integrated show

and it's something
different for us?

I'm worried about those
transitions 'cause we

don't know when to
come in, when to exit,

and things of that nature.

The show is two days away,

and everything
is still not together.

♪ The S, the W,
the U, the P! ♪

So now how do we exit?

♪

Nah, y'all can cut that
part out 'cause then y'all

can just go straight into this.

So there are some concerns
here, two days away.

I don't want to talk anymore.

I just want to do it.

[laughs]

Coming up...

I'm gonna get in there and do

what I'm supposed to be doing
to make this show a success.

If it's to the point
where this is the end,

then make your peace with it.

[alarm beeping]

♪ They said
I'd never make it ♪

♪ Then I went
and made it big ♪

♪ Look at where I came from

♪ Look at where I am

My stomach is upset.

I've been chewing on these
for the last 2 1/2 hours

just trying to get some relief.

Breakfast.

♪ I did
everything all by myself ♪

[Tamika indistinct
under static]

You know what they say
about the oil in the chicken?

It helps your throat.

Mmm.

Get into my belly!

♪ Look at
where I came from ♪

♪ Look at where I am

♪ Big city life, fast life

♪ Yeah, I'ma do it right

Today we have rehearsal.

We got a full day,
so I'm hoping that we

get the routine down pat.

We get the music going.

[mellow music]

- It's a nice day outside.
- Yeah.

You know, since
I've been running.

You want to eat outside
instead of eating in here?

- We can.
- I gotta keep

the melanin going, you know?

- All right, melanin.
- You know, I see you walk

around here with your little...
- Baby!

Come on, baby,
get your boots on.

- Yes, food!
- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, thank you.
- Sir!

Thank you, sir!

- Thank you so much.
- A nice healthy meal.

So how you feeling?

I'm not happy...

Mm-hmm.

With the way that
things are going.

I mean, I know regardless
of what's going on,

you're gonna k*ll it.
- Yeah.

'Cause you always rise to
the occasion under pressure.

In order for me to
keep the legacy going,

I have to keep that
in mind and not

get caught up in the noise.

'Cause that's all it is.
It's a lot of noise.

Thank you, sir.

After, you know,
all the accusations,

the betrayal...
I ain't got time for it.

When you stole my money,

Mama didn't say nothing.

Girl, nobody
steal your money.

When you and Rocky
stole my money,

Mama didn't say nothing!

Your husband, he's been
dealing with a promoter.

He's been getting a kickback.

Yeah, nah.
That's not true.

They can't...
they can't prove that.

I didn't never have
a bank account.

First of all, you can't put
other people's checks into a...

- I was...
- A bank...a bank...

- Okay.
- Just anybody's bank account.

I don't even know how
it's possible for somebody

to steal somebody's
royalty check

unless they forge their name,
got their Social Security.

[stammering]

And plus I don't know
nothing about it, anyway.

But...[chuckles]

You're just
a casualty of w*r.

You don't do that to me.

I'm the wrong person.

With that being said,
as long as you cool.

My life and my career doesn't
start or stop with this group.

I think they feel
that energy, too.

I'm gonna get in there and do

what I'm supposed to be doing
to make this show a success.

If it's to the point
where this is the end,

then make your peace with it.

♪

♪ Every time I walk in,
all eyes on me ♪

♪ Tupac-ing
[continues indistinctly]

♪ I ain't popping

♪ 'Cause I'm a boss,
I'm a boss ♪

♪ I'm a boss, I'm a boss

- Y'all ready to work today?
- Let's rock.

Amen.
So, um, SWV ladies

should be
behind the stage already.

What we're working on right now
is transitions and interludes.

So I think I'm here,
and LeLee's on the end.

- Right here?
- Yeah.

So we dancing up here?

We only have
eight hours to learn

everything that
the audience is gonna see.

Can we get someone
to k*ll the house lights?

It's stressful because
anything can go wrong.

♪ Anything you wanna do

♪ I am gonna try

♪ Tell you, boy,
my body's just for you ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey!

Exactly, exactly.

What's up?
How you doing?

Fine.
How are you?

I'm good.
Hey, how are y'all doing?

Ooh, that sh... is going on.

♪ Now tell them
who it's up to ♪

♪ It's all up to you because

Yeah. Yes!

♪ I am gonna try

♪ Boy, my body's just

Uhh!

♪

The stage look great.

♪ Yes, it's up to you!

I wanna hear the transition
of the music

from their song to ours

and how much time
we'll have to come down.

Have you heard the transition?
What's up?

Yeah, they freestyling transition,

but we got y'all
coming down and stuff.

I just need y'all here
so we can do it.

We ain't here?

Everybody ain't here?
- Nope.

Kandi, Tamika, and Tiny.

Y'all walking up right
now into the Xscape Room.

Ladies and gentlemen...

You have now entered
into the Xscape Room.

Hey, hey.

Oh, sh...

Oh, that's how
the stairs are.

My sister has changed a lot.

Like, rolling with
this entourage?

That's not her.

That is him.

Like, everybody
who's around her,

that is his people.

So he has control.

Coming up...

We gotta figure out
how we gonna make it cohesive

in a way that makes sense.

We got 20 minutes to get
this show together,

and I can't even front.

I'm at my wit's end with
this sh... right now.

Kandi, Tamika, and Tiny.

Y'all walking up right now
into the Xscape Room.

- We just walking up?
- Yep.

Ladies and gentlemen,

you have now entered
into the Xscape Room.

Hey, hey.

Oh, sh...

Oh, that's how
the stairs are.

Diana Ross
is in the building.

She has arrived.

Hey!

So the green markers on the
floor are y'all markers.

You are now entering
the Xscape Room.

That's when y'all
starting to walk up.

Okay, we're ready.

[escalating chords]

♪

That's a long time.

Yeah, can we shorten that
a little bit?

That's too long.

[Xscape's "Love on Our Mind"]

Stop it! Stop it!
Stop it!

♪ Know how it feels
to be loved... ♪

We need to stay
on our marks.

If we're not gonna commit to
this and we're not gonna do it,

we need to scrap it.

He keep talking
to them like that.

He paying them.
- Okay.

Again.

♪ You're my little

- All right, we're cool.
- ♪ Secret

[continues singing
indistinctly]

Question. Are we doing this
whole routine up here?

Or at the bridge,
can I come down?

Like, what are we doing?

How are we having
a full dress rehearsal?

We gotta keep this going. Yeah.

They're just standing up
there and continuing

wanting to sing,
'cause we gotta go.

♪ Know how it feels
to be loved ♪

Damn, my sh... falling out.

Are y'all gonna do the step?

When we can figure
out when to come in.

Watching Xscape mess up
over and over

and over again,
I just want to somehow

keep everything
together so we can

have a great show tomorrow.

Are we set with that one?

SWV gonna be on point.

I don't know what point
they gonna be on.

♪ I'm so into you

♪ Ooh, yeah

♪ I don't know what
I'm gonna do ♪

All right, cut it.
We got that.

Perfect.

♪ You're
the one for me ♪

♪ Buh buh buh

♪ Moonlight's gazing

♪ Shining on my window pane

I thought we was
just doing transitions.

♪ Beaming down on
the midnight hour ♪

♪ I hear the sound of rain

Wait a minute.
What was that?

Okay.
So is there ever a moment

that
we're all talking together?

Uh, it...I'm...it...
probably is.

Who knows?
We haven't even got past

the first two songs.

When I came into this,
I was so excited

because I had this big idea
for this big production.

But it didn't go that way.

We didn't get
a chance to practice.

The choreography came in
at the end of the hour.

Could we not go through
the introduction again,

though, just to expedite
getting to the next section?

I started from where
we just left the stage.

I'm feeling nervous.
I'm kind of scared.

Especially with our names
on that marquee.

So y'all gonna do "Living
in Vain," hopefully, together?

Is everyone on one accord
about doing "Living in Vain"

together?

We can go out there with
them and do "Living in Vain."

We can stand up
there and do it.

Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna come out there.

♪ Am I living in vain?

We'll stand up here
while y'all sing it, then.

- We'll stay here.
- That way you can

have them down there.
We're up here.

We're all on
the stage together.

It would look
a lot more cohesive

if the groups
were down together.

Come on.
Let's go down there,

'cause we got to wrap
this sh... up.

I ain't singing sh...

We don't do church in our set.

We done said that
a million times.

I don't have no more medication.

I ran out.
I just wanna fight right now

'Cause I'm just on edge.
- No, you need to sit down.

'Cause it doesn't make sense.
Nobody's listening.

Let's just take it easy.

We've been taking it easy.

I know, I know.

Let's take it
a little more easy.

They walking all over us.

Y'all from New York?

Get y'all talk out and go
into "Is My Living in Vain."

- Okay.
- That's exactly how we do.

We all out there.
Y'all, give it up for y'all.

We talking about
women empowerment.

Kumba.....-ing-ya.
Y'all do your song,

and then we move on
to the next one.

'Cause this sh... is...

Who said that sounds corny?

Who the hell
ordering us around?

- Don Juan.
- Don!

We gotta figure out
how we gonna make it cohesive

in a way that makes sense.

So shut the [BLEEP] up.

See,
y'all be thinking it's me.

It ain't! [laughs]

It ain't me.

We got 20 minutes to
get this show together,

and I can't even front.

I'm at my wit's end with
this sh... right now.

[tense music]

Mmm.

Everything has been
so chaotic.

We still don't know exactly
what's about to happen

and how it's gonna happen.

We gotta show up.
That's one thing we gotta do.

All right.
We got a bunch of songs to go.

Lord have mercy.

I have never been through
no sh... like this before.

Coming up...

So where are we as sisters?

Where are we as sisters?
- Right here, right there.

Right there, right there.
- Where are we as sisters?

[pop music]

♪ You can't stop us now

It is the morning
of the show.

♪ You can't beat us now

Today, we gonna sing, baby.
We gonna sing.

♪ No, you can't stop
us now ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh

♪ All we do is win

You do realize,
this is probably

gonna be the last time
the four of us

perform for a minute.
- Okay.

I mean, I'm just saying.
[laughs]

- How y'all doing today?
- Doing well, how you doing?

Good.
Y'all ready for a good show?

Y'all gonna be able
to see the show tonight?

- I hope so.
- You gotta come see us now.

♪ All we
do is win, win ♪

- This us?
- Yeah.

This is nice.
It's nice.

It's nice.
It's kind of cute.

Okay. So...

All right.

- Everybody can get out.
- Yeah.

- We change our clothes.
- You gotta go.

Did Tocha speak to you?

No.
We'll see what happens.

I'm trying to debate, should
I talk to her before the show

or after the show?

Tamika's been
very, very upset

with the way things
have been happening

between her and her sister.

So I know she has a lot
built up inside of her.

And I'm just hoping

that the words
do not go to blows.

I'm scared if I talk
to her before the show,

she might get mad
and not do the show.

Oh, yeah, don't do that, then.

You know,
the sister side of me

says maybe I shouldn't
have confronted her

in front of the girls.

Maybe I should have
confronted her by herself.

But the business
side of me said,

yeah, because it's wrong.

[hip-hop music]

♪

Huh?

♪ Drop

Hey, hey, hey.

Now, what do

all those people do?
- Girl, I don't know.

The people that are
traveling with me are my team.

Darling, darling,
it's giving...

chandelier, darling.

My team consists
of makeup artists.

I have a videographer
that goes along with me.

Did I say assistant?
I have my chef.

So, yeah, like, yeah,
my wardrobe, my stylist,

like you...we got...
I gotta stay on point.

What's you thought?

Thank you, Shane.

This is my good way to stretch.

A lot of water on deck.

Baby, when I get off that
stage, I need y'all to know,

it's Tocha, okay?

[laughter]

Her assistant got an
assistant got an assistant.

Right.

Tocha is, like,
trying to portray, like,

this big image of, oh, I'm...

I'm the biggest. I'm the best.

I'm...it's like, girl,

nobody cares!

Nobody cares.

Who are you tonight?

I don't know who I am.

They'll make up a name.
- Tina Turner?

What do you think...
I'll go with Tina.

I mean, because in her prime,

she did...she did the thing.

She went on and left and
did what she had to do.

Oh, they finna be mad at you.

I hope not.

I hope everybody does
their job, because that's

what I'm about to do.

I'd rather see
[indistinct] my sister's

than have to deal with
Edward Stealing-hands.

[laughter]

Ch-ch-ch-chopping
your money up.

Ch-ch-ch.
- Girl.

Take it right up
under your nose.

Ever since those receipts,
oh, he'll take your money.

He gonna disappear.

He ain't even been around.

Yeah, I'm cool.
I'm good with that.

Yeah, I ain't
paying him any mind.

[hip-hop music]

♪

The champ is here.
You got on that champ belt.

We are, you know,
still professional artists

at the end of the day.

So we're gonna go out there
and give you a great show,

and it's gonna feel just
as pleasant and as real

as we can make it.

[dynamic music]

[overlapping chatter]

- Have a good night, ladies.
- Thank you.

[cheering]
- SWV!

SWV! Hey!

It's my birthday!

Is she ready?

[all cheering, laughing]

I'm very nervous.

If you're not nervous,
then, yo,

you're not a real artist,

because there's always
something more to learn.

Me, I'm always worried about,

is the sound gonna be right?

Is this gonna be right?

If anything is wrong,
it throws me off completely.

[cheers and applause]

Y'all ready to have
a good time tonight?

All right, it's gonna be

one of them nights,
I'm telling you.

How many minutes
before showtime?

Anybody know?
- 10 minutes.

Sounds like we need
to be starting soon.

[dramatic music]

♪

It's all this right here.
Hit it, hit it.

[cheers and applause]

First of all, God, we want
to thank you for this day.

And we ask that you anoint
our minds, anoint our bodies,

anoint our spirits to
make this show possible.

Amen.

all: Amen.

[indistinct chatter]

Are we ready to see
SWV and Xscape tonight?

[cheers and applause]

We're going back to the
'90s together, right?

30 seconds.
30 seconds till showtime.

Show your love.

[cheers and applause]

SWV.

Coming up...

Sing it, y'all.

[crowd singing]

What?

[crowd singing]

What'd he to do you?
[crowd singing]

Hey!

[crowd cheering]

Are we ready to see
SWV and Xscape tonight?

[cheering]

SWV!

Ladies and gentlemen,
the moment has finally come.

[crowd cheering]

SWV.

Let's go.

♪ Anything you wanna do

♪ I am gonna try to

♪ Boy, my body's just for you

♪ Pleasure is the destination

♪ You can drive us
if you choose ♪

♪ To ooh ooh

♪ Anticipation

♪ Of what's to come

♪ I'm so happy that

♪ I'm the lucky one

♪ So long I've waited

♪ But it's never
too late for love ♪

♪ Da da da da da-da,
da da da-da-da-da-da ♪

SWV, we start our
show with "Anything,"

because it's a party song.

It's gonna get the crowd up.

♪ Tell them who it's up

♪ It's all up to you

♪ Because anything you wanna

We're older,
but once we get out

on the stage,
we think we're younger.

[laughs]
But we're hip-hop girls,

so we have fun.

[cheers and applause]

SWV!

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen.

It's about that time.

- Xscape.
- Xscape!

[cheers and applause]

♪ I got love on my mind

Let's go.

♪ I think it's about
that time ♪

Let's go.

♪ Boy, I can't wait

♪ To get you alone
inside my house ♪

♪ 'Cause, baby, it's you,
it's only you ♪

♪ That I keep on
thinking about ♪

♪ Take me away to ecstasy

♪ I want to show you what
I've been thinking of ♪

Oh!
- Come on!

♪ I got love on my mind

All the arguing and
stuff that we were doing,

that doesn't even matter.

It's this right here,
the response from our fans.

♪ That you might be

You hit them with
a smash as soon

as you get the show started.

It gets everybody
on their feet.

♪ Oh who can I run to?

♪ Who can I run to

♪ To share this empty space?

♪ Boy, you got me searching

♪ Who can I run to

♪ When I need

♪ Love?

[cheers and applause]

Hey, Ontario.

[SWV's "You're the One"]

♪ You're
the one for me ♪

♪ You can call on me

♪ It's all I want us to be

♪ You're the one for me

♪ This can be an
undercover romance ♪

♪ 'cause I feel that
I'm the type of girl ♪

♪ You should give a chance

♪ Taste and see,
taste and see ♪

♪ How good it can be

♪ You don't have to worry

Having a huge fanbase

30 years after we started
is unbelievable.

♪ You're the one for me

There's so many
artists that burnt out

a year after they come out.

We're still going.

♪ All I want is to be

That's a blessing you just
cannot ever get over.

♪ Yeah, yeah,
you're the one for me ♪

[cheers and applause]

We're having so much
fun up here with you all.

We want to bring our sisters
Xscape back out here for you.

We want you all
to come out here.

Yes, ma'am.

I wanna take y'all back
to when we first got started.

A lot of y'all don't
know this, but this was

the very first song
that we recorded together.

- Yeah.
- And it was a gospel song.

- Come on.
- What's up?

♪ I love God

♪ You don't love God?

♪ What's wrong with you?

♪ Is my living in vain?

♪ Is my giving in vain?

♪ Is my singing in vain?

We were 15, 16,
17 years old,

going to Jermaine,
singing "Living in Vain."

♪ No

♪ Of course not

And I'm talking
about 29 years later,

we are here still singing.

♪ No, no, no,
of course not ♪

♪ Oh, no, oh, no, no, no

♪ No

We're finally here,
and it's...

everybody standing next to me.

I'm like, wow,
we did it, ladies.

♪ Of course not

♪ It's not all

♪ In vain

♪ 'Cause up the road
is eternal gain ♪

Yeah!

Hallelujah!

[laughter]

- Whoo!
- Great job, sisters.

Great job, sisters.
[laughter]

- Great job, sisters.
- Thank y'all.

Oh my God.

Everybody stand up
on your feet,

and let's celebrate 30 years
in the music business.

We thank you guys so much.

So we dedicate this
to you tonight.

[SWV's "Weak"]

♪ Time
after time after time ♪

♪ I tried to fight it

♪ But your love is strong

♪ It keeps on holding on

♪ Resistance is down when
you're around ♪

♪ Cries fading

♪ Help me sing, y'all

♪ I get so weak in the knees

♪ I can hardly speak

♪ I lose all control

♪ And something
takes hold of me ♪

♪ Takes hold of me

♪ In a daze,
and it's so amazing ♪

♪ It's not a phase

♪ I want you to stay with me

♪ Stay with me

Oh my God.

The most amazing
song ever written.

It is the song
that everyone knows.

It's our biggest
record to date.

Sing it to me, y'all.

[audience singing]

Sing it, y'all.

[audience singing]

What?

[audience singing]

I'll tell you.

[audience singing]
- Hey!

♪ Can't explain why
your love, it makes me weak ♪

Thank you!

We love you all so much.

[cheers and applause]

Do you see the crowd?

They should've let us go last.

[laughs]

[Xscape's "Understanding"]

♪ What I need from you

♪ Is understanding

Sing the song, y'all.

♪ How
can we communicate ♪

♪ If you don't hear
what I say ♪

I try so very hard ♪

♪ To keep our love alive

♪ Yes, I do

♪ But you don't wanna
meet me halfway ♪

♪ And the understanding dies

♪ There's no way
that we can work it out ♪

♪ If we don't pull together

♪ 'Cause I'm down on my knees

♪ I'm begging you, please

♪ I want to be with you

♪ I really do

♪ Got me down on my knees

My sister and I
aren't really speaking.

You know, even on the stage, we
don't have the same chemistry

as we did before.

A lot of times, we'll
kind of go by each other

and smack each other on the
butt, or kind of, you know,

hit each other and say,
girl, you do your thing,

or sing, sis.

I'm not getting any of that.
But it's okay.

♪ I need a little bit,
just a little bit ♪

This moment is
bigger than even that.

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh-oh

♪ Baby

♪ It's all, yeah

[cheers and applause]

♪ Understanding is what

♪ We

♪ Need

Give it up once more
for Xscape.

[cheers and applause]
- Thank y'all.

We love you.
- Thank you.

Ontario, we love you so much.

Let's end this together.

Thank you guys
for coming out.

We love y'all so much.

Thank you.

Xscape and SWV
showed up and showed out.

We k*lled that performance
together as a whole.

[cheers and applause]

- We did it!
- We did this!

We did it!
Y'all did so good.

We did it.

[cheering]

We pulled this sh... off.

The sh... was amazing.

The fans loved us.
- They did.

- They did.
- They did.

Now, was it all worth it?

[music stops]

- Yes, it was.
- I think it was.

- Ah!
- It was.

So would you
all do this again?

- I would.
- I would.

I would.
[laughter]

- What?
- I would.

Why you guys
lookin' at me like that?

If we could do what we did

at such a last minute scramble,

I feel like,
what if we really could

rehearse
for a longer period of time

before we got to the show?

all: One, two, three!

SWV and Xscape!

Yeah.

That show would be k*ller.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah.

Come on in here.

We need to talk.

I'm not finna be talking now,
girl, I'm sorry.

- Why?
- Cause I'm not.

This ain't no time
to be talking.

- This is the time to talk.
- It's not.

We don't ever talk
no other time.

Even though the show went good,

it doesn't feel good being
at odds with my sister.

I'm just trying to figure out,

because we getting ready
to leave.

And when we leave and go home,

everything's
just gonna get silent.

At this moment, I'm not
looking to get an apology.

I'm not looking to get
she was wrong or not.

I'm just looking to get
a sisterly love.

I don't want
to be around chaos.

- What is chaos?
- I don't like negativity.

I don't like
the pointing of the fingers.

- To communicate is chaos?
- No. Pointing of the fingers

with everybody,
I don't like that.

I'm talking about us
right now.

Tamika, but we family, though.

- It don't feel like it.
- Really?

- It don't, because you...
- Who made it this way?

Because I didn't.
- You.

Girl, do you understand
the energy that you give off?

Your...your people walk past me.

They don't speak.

- Really?
- It's crazy.

And it's like...

What else do
y'all want me to do?

I want you to be who you are.

I am. I am.

- So this is you?
- This is me.

This is me.

From my sister,
I want her to just be sincere.

Be honest.

If it's something that
you were feeling bad about

or you and Rocky too close,
you know, I feel threatened,

or you know, you my sister.

I hate it when
he takes you away.

I hate it when you give more
attention to somebody else.

Say that.

So what are we doing?
We just working?

- I'm just...we working.
- Okay.

We working.
'Cause it works both ways.

You can't come
and point the finger at me.

- I'm not pointing fingers.
- And you trying to diagnose

people when you don't look
in the mirror at yourself.

I look at myself
all the time.

No, you don't.
I ain't got time with this.

Why are you leaving?

So where are we as sisters?

[tense music]

Where are we as sisters?
- Right here.

Right there. Right there.

- Where are we as sisters?
- This is where you are,

right here.
- So you don't wanna be

my sister?
So that's where it is?

Right here,
this where you are.

That's what it is now?
So it's you and your

13 entourage,
that's your family now?

Yes! Yes.
They're my family.

Yes, they are.
They treat me better than you.

What?

They're treating you
better than me?

Yes, they do.
Yes, they do.

That's not
what I'm trying to do.

My sister, who I grew up with,
played with dolls with,

and sang in...
in the hairbrush with,

to say we want to make it,
and now we're here.

Tell Mama to get
a room in her house for you,

because you're gonna be broke.

Stupid. It's just stupid.

She just...

It is what it is.

If that's her family, they...
hey, she can have them.

18 people
who's leeching off her.

They...she can have...
they can have her.

She don't want
to perform with us.

She don't want to be
a part of the group.

I'm not begging nobody
to be my sister.

No more.

To me, this is bigger
than... money.

Xscape, we are family.

♪

I love my sister.

And I always will.

Give me a hug.

I love you.

I love you too.

And we had
a great show tonight.

Yeah.

I hate that, um...

no, no, no, no.

Don't start crying.

[hip-hop music]

♪

You know,
I still love my sister.

But for, you know...

things to be salvaged
between my sister and I,

it's gonna take us
actually sitting down

and having a heart to heart.

I mean, a real heart to heart.

I want my...my sister back,

the one that I said, oh, no,

we're gonna do this together.

That's who I want back.

Everything is gonna be okay.

Sometimes things take time.

Sometimes sisters disagree.

Y'all just need to have
a moment to regroup.

It's gonna be all right.
- [sniffles]

I'm sorry.

I hope time will help heal.

But only time we tell.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Ladies.
- Hey!

We got a little bit
of a surprise.

A long list
of many accomplishments

in your career, you guys have
just achieved some new ones.

"I'm So Into You" has gone
from gold to platinum.

"Right Here" has gone
from gold to platinum.

And "Weak" is now triple.

[cheering]

I am still on a high.

Like, we actually
pulled something off

that we did not think
was gonna happen.

30 years, y'all!

[cheers and applause]

Did he say triple platinum?

- He did say triple.
- Yes.

Triple platinum!

[laughter]

We got a show tomorrow,
guys... so you know,

we gotta just lighten it up
and have a great time.

We gonna have great energy.

Great energy.

We gonna have great energy.

♪

We gonna keep
the Xscape name going.

And one day, if she feels up
to coming back, you know,

it's still gonna be poppin'
for her.

Yeah.

We gonna k*ll it.
- Yes, we are.