The Choice is Yours

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The Choice is Yours Trailer - Paramount+ - Plot Synopsis: In 1991, Dres, a member of the hip-hop duo Black Sheep, rose to prominence when their song "The Choice Is Yours" became a mainstream hit, but the fame didn't last. Now, Dres is going on an incredible journey to uncover the legend of rapper J Dilla in hopes of releasing the next great Dilla record and making it back to the top.   Stream The Choice is Yours on November 21, exclusively on Paramount+.

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00:00 Hip-hop definitely gives us the opportunity to blow up.

00:04 Hip-hop also gives us the opportunity to implode.

00:08 [cheering]

00:09 Reds and long black sheets out!

00:11 Did you just ask me who was black sheet?

00:13 Who's a black sheet? What's a black sheet?

00:15 No, not who I am or when I'm coming, so you're screwed!

00:18 "Choices" yours absolutely was a mainstream hit.

00:21 The choice is lightning in a bottle.

00:23 Black Sheet, I'd be sitting next to the radio just like this.

00:26 They had something dope and unique to say.

00:30 That was the beginnings of putting hip-hop in Middle America.

00:33 The choice is yours!

00:34 Black Sheet was never able to get back to the heights of

00:37 "The choice is yours."

00:38 If you're a chef for 25 years, you're a master chef.

00:42 But if you rhyme for 25 years, you're just old.

00:46 Hip-hop cannibalizes itself so much

00:48 that they're always looking for the next move.

00:51 When you are associated with something so legendary,

00:55 you're like, what am I supposed to do now?

00:58 I wound up with the opportunity to make an album

01:02 from Dilla's catalog, one of the illest producers ever.

01:06 I want people to feel what I feel,

01:07 'cause I make it straight from the heart.

01:09 He's gone, but his music is still here.

01:11 Oh, man!

01:12 Dilla is affording me the platform for the world

01:15 to see exactly what I have to say today,

01:18 and that's all I need.

01:19 People have very strong, visceral feelings about J Dilla.

01:23 If you don't come correct...

01:26 Ah!

01:27 They have mixed feelings about this project.

01:30 I've spent thousands upon thousands of dollars creating this.

01:33 It sounds like you really need to talk to a lawyer.

01:36 Don't worry about what people are saying.

01:38 Worry about what your heart is saying.

01:40 Things become way more complicated after you go.

01:44 People are people, and people make mistakes.

01:46 You can't be afraid to take that step.

01:48 Even if we fall flat on our face,

01:50 at least we was trying to be ourselves.

01:52 Hip-hop is definitely in the house!

01:55 [cheers and applause]

01:58 (whooshing)

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