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00:00Last time on Dev's House.
00:02Mama, I made it!
00:04Today I'm having 15 up-and-coming vocalists
00:07battle it out for a spot in Dev's House.
00:10This is the new Dev's House R&B.
00:12I'm not telling anybody in the competition that I'm autistic.
00:15You never asked me. I'm not doing it.
00:17You got my mama, dog.
00:18This is probably not for you.
00:20Hey, take the rest of you.
00:21I just want to apologize.
00:22That's not what I want to do.
00:25Got you, baby. Be good.
00:27Welcome to the city where the winners never sleep.
00:32A palace made of magic, now you're living out a dream.
00:37Had to get it out the moon so you can make it out the streets.
00:43Like a rose that grows up from the concrete.
00:48Welcome to Dev's House.
00:57I just want to apologize. That's not what I wanted to do.
01:03Yeah.
01:06It was more so about the intent, you know?
01:09Because when I came in the room, I just wanted to lay down,
01:13but I saw her unpacking. The whole closet was filled up.
01:16I felt left out, you know?
01:19You didn't like that you felt inconsiderate.
01:21Is that something that you've experienced a lot before?
01:24My mom. Yeah.
01:27Even yesterday, after I won, I called my mommy.
01:32Oh, my God.
01:34What's your relationship like with your mom and her?
01:36Hi.
01:37Um, it could be a trigger for my childhood.
01:41Nobody's perfect, you know?
01:44She's a singer.
01:45This was her dream, too.
01:47Oh, my God, I want to hug her.
01:49Everybody here has something going on.
01:52We all do. I do.
01:53I have my moments that I'm down and I'm going through stuff.
01:57Like, because I do what I do don't mean that everything is great.
02:01I put a lot of years in with social service, being a case manager.
02:05And the one thing that I found out in this industry is that
02:08I have not gotten away from doing the same work.
02:11So today, I want to work on flipping the script,
02:14build their confidence, and trying to throw away some of this trauma.
02:18Now I'm going to get to learn some things about everybody.
02:21And I want to figure out challenges.
02:23I want to figure out, who am I dealing with?
02:27So who are we going to start with?
02:29I'm so serious.
02:32Like, I think I'm programmed, like, to just turn my feelings off
02:35and get them out of the way.
02:36And when it gets to the point where your feelings are overpowering,
02:39your ambition, it's crippling.
02:40Girl, do you want to do this or not?
02:44We all got a story.
02:45We all been hurt.
02:46We all going through something.
02:47But cry later.
02:48Girl, cry when you get a Grammy.
02:49I don't even know y'all.
02:50I'm uncomfortable.
02:51I'm uncomfortable.
02:52I'm not even going to lie.
02:53I'm uncomfortable.
02:54I'm confident in who I am.
02:55I'm confident for what I stand for, my sound, everything.
02:58But I also know I'm not perfect.
02:59And I also know I don't know everything.
03:01So I really do want somebody that has that prowess to be like,
03:05yeah, this is where you kind of fall short.
03:09Hi, I'm Tarek.
03:10I'm a recovering addict.
03:12That life is crazy.
03:14Through that time, I was in prostitution.
03:19Thank God for this second chance.
03:21I've been clean for eight years.
03:22My biggest supporter through my struggles up until now was my mother until my mother passed.
03:27Now it's my dad.
03:29I have support.
03:30And I thank God for that support.
03:32I didn't have a childhood.
03:34My ancestors was taking about four men at one time.
03:38At eight years old.
03:40So I grew up.
03:41Both of my parents was pill heads.
03:43So I ain't have nobody to talk to.
03:45I ain't have nobody to throw my pain.
03:47You know what I'm saying?
03:48I'm disheartening.
03:49I ain't have nobody for that.
03:51So I ain't never get to heal from that.
03:54You feel me?
03:55For real, that's just, that was powerful.
03:58You see some of this stuff?
04:00These are the records I want to do in real time of what's going on today.
04:04Because we don't have meaningful records anymore.
04:07But y'all listen to Marvin Gray and Teddy Pendergrass.
04:11They talked about all the things that was going on.
04:14That's what we need.
04:15But in this case, they're releasing.
04:18You're letting go.
04:20Now there's some emptiness going on inside of there.
04:23Now let's fill it up with some love.
04:25I need everybody tonight to get your journals over here.
04:30And y'all gonna write.
04:31And then tomorrow will be work, okay?
04:34Yes.
04:35Let's do it.
04:37Oh, oh, oh.
04:39Oh, oh.
04:40Just you and me.
04:41Let's do it.
04:42You are one.
04:43Just you and me.
04:44Let's go here.
04:45Let's go there.
04:46Just you and me.
04:47Let's go fast.
04:48Just two with me.
04:49Held on to my pain for way too long.
04:55And praying to God that he'd just take me home.
05:00But I'm letting it go.
05:03After the big meeting with them, it was a big relief off my shoulders.
05:07So immediately I went upstairs and wrote everything I was filling on paper.
05:11It was therapeutic.
05:13I never felt so relieved in my life.
05:17Hey, girl, let's not fix it.
05:20Let's go on it.
05:24Hey, ladies.
05:25Hi.
05:27How are y'all feeling?
05:28We're good.
05:30All right, so I need y'all ready and dressed in 15 minutes.
05:34Put on some athletic gear.
05:35I'm not a workout type of girl.
05:38I don't like to work out.
05:40And I'm going to send a driver to pick you ladies up, okay?
05:42All right.
05:43For our next challenge, I can't tell you what it is.
05:45Just be ready.
05:46Okay.
05:47There's two things going in my mind.
05:49Okay, if it's physical activity, I know I'm good to go because T.T. got her wind up a little bit.
05:55But is this going to be strenuous?
05:58Because I like to stay looking cute.
06:01Bye.
06:01Bye.
06:01Everybody thinks that all you have to do is go into a studio to sing, incorrect.
06:10There are so many stages that you have to get to that point of where you can do a show for 45 minutes straight.
06:18And guess what that takes?
06:19Training.
06:20Training.
06:21That's what we do at Deb's house.
06:22Training.
06:23Message.
06:24We're going to push them to the limit.
06:27We got to know what you're going to do when you're under pressure.
06:29That's where you're going to go when you get in this industry.
06:31I got to know that you can handle it.
06:33So I know you guys remember Regina Love from last season.
06:36She also has the most watched battle on The Voice.
06:44Regina's job is to dig in and pull out.
06:47Something out of there that they don't even know that they have in them.
06:50But one thing about it and two things to show you know they're going to be breathing correctly.
06:55So you're going to let us do what we do?
06:56Right.
06:56Just do it.
06:57Do it.
06:58Okay.
06:58Brendan Barnes, my Godson.
07:00Most of you know him from growing up in hip-hop.
07:03Brendon has worked with Kirk Franklin's background singers,
07:07Zanique, that's T.I. Tiny's daughter, Cash Doll.
07:11Brendon's also artist development,
07:14and that is something that artists do not get today.
07:20Let's go, ladies! Let's go!
07:23Immediately, what the hell?
07:25There's jump ropes, sweat towels.
07:28I'm like, the hell does this got to do with singing?
07:30It's Brendon on my left and Regina on the right.
07:35Hey, Regina.
07:36This here is going to show me where you really at
07:39and who can really do this.
07:42Guess what the golden mic stands for?
07:44Safety. Safety.
07:46Today, someone will get a golden mic,
07:50and they will be safe from elimination.
07:52You got to work really hard to get that golden mic.
07:55I want the golden mic, but, you know,
07:57we're going to see how this plays out.
07:58I don't know what they're having us doing.
07:59Y'all got to break up in teams.
08:01I don't do that.
08:02I can't sing.
08:03Ha-ha-ha.
08:04Yeah?
08:05Ha-ha-ha.
08:06Have fun, guys.
08:09I'm watching.
08:09I'm watching, though.
08:13I need everybody to sing hello.
08:14Hello.
08:15Hello.
08:16Hello.
08:17Hello.
08:18Hello.
08:19Hello.
08:20Hello.
08:21Hello.
08:22Hello.
08:22Do your hello again.
08:25Hello.
08:26OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.
08:28I'm going to pick you, because you need a little work right here.
08:30Let's do it.
08:31These women are coming in with a lot of baggage,
08:34so I want to get them past some of their drama.
08:37Kimberly.
08:38Rob.
08:39You.
08:40Dacia.
08:40Take you.
08:41Come on, baby.
08:41Come over here with me, you guys.
08:44They all got empathy from me in reference to their past
08:48and the various things that they've all been through.
08:51But not to sound cold, I need to know
08:54that they can move past that.
08:55So listen, the whole purpose of this, in my opinion,
08:58it goes way beyond breathing.
08:59Let's go.
09:00Arms apart.
09:01Lift up your right leg.
09:02We need to stretch, because you're about to start running.
09:05All right?
09:05I done got two hours of sleep.
09:07I want to go sit down.
09:08I need a little power in that.
09:10What the hell?
09:11Make a fist.
09:12All right?
09:14Everybody say, ha!
09:15Ha!
09:16When I started off, hello, I want
09:18you to give me the note that should go next.
09:21One, go.
09:21Hello.
09:22Hello.
09:23Hello.
09:25Right from here.
09:26Yes, ma'am.
09:26I need you to breathe.
09:27Inhale.
09:29Wrong.
09:31Breathe, inhale.
09:32Regina is so passionate and so in your face.
09:36What's your stomach doing?
09:38Going up.
09:38No.
09:39Wrong.
09:40You kind of don't have a choice but to learn,
09:41because she's like, do it again.
09:43Shoulders don't move.
09:44Your neck don't move.
09:46Nothing moves.
09:47Just that diaphragm.
09:48It's a muscle that we're building.
09:51Come up with your arms until you reach me, all right?
09:53Somebody's uncoordinated.
09:55Kimberly, those are fake moves.
09:57Pick up your jump rope.
09:58I want you guys to hum your ABCs.
10:00I ain't jump rope in a long time.
10:04Wait a minute.
10:05Kim, not looking so good, baby.
10:06Not looking so good.
10:07I'm not here for no food.
10:08I've been scrambling all my life.
10:10All I know is the struggle.
10:11OK.
10:12You can't or you won't, baby?
10:13Kimberly has this thing because she's in her 40s that she can't do this.
10:17Kimberly breathing sucks, baby.
10:18In through your nose, out through your mouth, babe.
10:19But that's what they say out there.
10:20Kimberly has performed with artists such as Faith Evans, with Tank, and the list goes
10:24on.
10:25Get out your head, Kim.
10:26Get out of there.
10:27Hello.
10:28Come back to me.
10:29Everybody caught they breath?
10:30Yes.
10:31Y'all feel good?
10:32Yeah.
10:33Y'all glad that the running is over?
10:34Yes.
10:35Well, guess what?
10:36It's not.
10:37Run it again.
10:38Run it, run it, run it.
10:39Send them all home, Debbie.
10:40At this point, send them all home.
10:41I want you to sing your ABCs in a circle while you're jump roping.
10:44Oh, Lord.
10:45I don't know about that.
10:46What the hell?
10:47This ain't going to work.
10:48Come on, AJ.
10:49You can do it.
10:50I ain't got no balance.
10:51Yes, you do.
10:52Yes, you got everything you need.
10:53All right, let's do it.
10:54Let's do it.
10:55Let's do it.
10:56Let's do it.
10:57Let's do it.
10:58Let's do it.
10:59Let's do it.
11:00Let's do it.
11:01Let's do it.
11:02Let's do it.
11:03Let's do it.
11:04Yes, you got everything you need.
11:05All right.
11:06Come on.
11:07Hey.
11:08That's all right.
11:09That's all right.
11:10You can do it.
11:11AJ as a kid was a broken soul who didn't get to be a kid.
11:13So I grew up fast.
11:14And my childhood ended at eight years old.
11:16I have a jump rope since third grade.
11:18That's a fact.
11:19So I kind of forgot how to jump rope.
11:22Come on.
11:23You got this, baby.
11:24I believe in you.
11:25You got it, baby.
11:26Let's go.
11:27That's why I'm here.
11:28That's why we're here.
11:29A, B, C, D.
11:30A, B, C, D.
11:31Yes.
11:32You got it.
11:33Come on.
11:34I know every time AJ can't get somewhere because she turns red as a beat.
11:39She gets red.
11:40She starts that crying.
11:41We not going through.
11:42No, we not having that.
11:44Let's go, AJ.
11:45You can do this.
11:46I believe in you.
11:47You got it, baby.
11:48You got it.
11:49It's okay.
11:50You got it.
11:51You got it.
11:52That's why we're here.
11:53I'm here to pull this out of you.
11:56I'm here so that you can do.
11:58There's nothing that you can't do.
12:00Hit is not in our vocabulary.
12:02Do you understand?
12:04In my brain, I'm trying to concentrate on my feet.
12:07I'm trying to concentrate on my ABCs, trying to focus on what I sound like.
12:11Let's go.
12:12Gotta go step by step.
12:13Come on.
12:14Let's go.
12:15A, D, C.
12:16Don't ever let nobody tell you what you can't do, because you can do anything you want to
12:20do.
12:21Stupid.
12:22This is stupid.
12:23This is not an option.
12:30I want you to sing your ABCs in a circle while you're jump roping.
12:33I ain't got no balance.
12:34Yes, you do.
12:35Come on.
12:36Come on.
12:37A, D, C, D, C, D, C.
12:42Yes!
12:43That's fun.
12:44I just flunked this challenge.
12:46It was hard.
12:47It was hard.
12:48And I failed multiple times.
12:50I want you to do this like, A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
12:56Make it yours.
12:57O, A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
13:04Come on, brothers.
13:05H, I, J, K.
13:07Make me feel it.
13:08L, M, N, O, P.
13:09Q, R, A.
13:11Come on.
13:12T, U, D, W, A, Y, Z.
13:19Oh, I, I know my baby.
13:24I know you was a little pitchy, but I like that.
13:29I was.
13:30I was.
13:31You was a little pitchy, but I like that.
13:32But I see where it's going.
13:33You know?
13:34I started getting classical training at nine years old.
13:38I did it for two years.
13:39And then after that, I just kind of let that carry me,
13:42do my vocal warm ups.
13:43I think that the texture of my voice is unique.
13:45I know that God gave me a purpose, and I know that he gave me a plan.
13:49And obviously, this is a part of the plan, because here I am.
13:52Don't be afraid to take chances.
13:54Singing is an emotion.
13:56That's what y'all have to understand.
13:58It could put you in many moods.
14:00I felt something different from each person that I listened to.
14:04And I could also know when you're nervous.
14:07I could tell, because it tells within your singing.
14:11This might be hard for a few of them, but this determines who stays and who goes home.
14:16Let's get it going.
14:18All right.
14:19All right, I need y'all to lay down.
14:20So I'm going to have you raise your legs six inches and sing,
14:26Mary Had a Little Lamb.
14:28So one person each time, okay?
14:30And what you're doing is I need you to tighten your diaphragm while you're doing it,
14:34because you're building that, that muscle, okay?
14:37All right, let's go.
14:38Mary had a little lamb.
14:40Hold them legs up.
14:41Little lamb.
14:42Uh-huh.
14:43Little lamb.
14:44Yes!
14:45Mary had a little lamb.
14:46Yes!
14:47Whose fleece was white as snow.
14:49Yes!
14:50Okay, tighten the diaphragm.
14:51Mary had a little lamb.
14:53Uh-huh.
14:54Whose fleece was white as snow.
14:55Okay, okay, okay.
14:56Everybody at the same time.
14:57Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
15:03Mary had a little lamb.
15:05Whose fleece was white as snow.
15:08Put it down!
15:09What we doing?
15:10Come on, come on, come on, come on.
15:11What we doing?
15:12What's wrong?
15:13You got a crown?
15:14Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:15You got a crown?
15:16Ah!
15:17Do me a favor.
15:18Walk it off.
15:19Walk it off.
15:20Thank you, baby.
15:21I dropped out of college for this, so I made a promise to myself that if you are not going
15:24to be in school, you have got to give this your 110%.
15:29Everybody asks what you're willing to sacrifice, my own pity.
15:32So I have no choice but to be good at this.
15:35Let's go, ladies!
15:37I need y'all to stop asking, how'd that person get the golden mic?
15:40This is called Deb's house.
15:42My rules, my house, period.
15:46Each one of y'all sound different, and each one of y'all bought something different to make me feel.
15:51I do have my eyes on the golden mic.
15:54I see a golden mic.
15:56Now my stomach is dropping.
15:59So today, I give the golden mic to AJ.
16:07Congratulations, AJ!
16:09Go, AJ!
16:10Everybody in this house is so full, very talented, like, church singers.
16:15I'm this little white girl, little emotional, soft singer, so I felt really grateful to receive that gold mic.
16:22I want you to know, AJ, I'm not giving up on you.
16:27I want to cry for her.
16:29If you keep making me cry, I'm going to tear your ass up.
16:33Listen.
16:34Okay, I'm tired of crying.
16:35I know that this is hard for you, AJ, but I want you to keep doing this because you can do it.
16:40When I give you this, you're going to tell me that you're going to start living life.
16:44You're going to start living life.
16:45Yes, ma'am.
16:46You're going to start living life.
16:47And don't say yes, ma'am, to me.
16:50This is yours.
16:51Thank you so much.
16:52Go ahead, AJ!
16:53I'm not even mad that AJ died.
16:59You know why?
17:00Because bless her little heart, she was struggling.
17:03You say.
17:04You say.
17:05Okay, guys, I'll see y'all tonight.
17:07Go ahead, AJ!
17:10Woo!
17:11Yes!
17:18These muffins have been uncovered for two days.
17:20It's unsanitary.
17:21I'm going to put them in the trash, okay?
17:23Y'all sniffling and snorting and shit.
17:25What is your ethnicity?
17:26Just black?
17:27No, no, no, no.
17:28My mom's white.
17:29I have a dad who's black, and my mom is white.
17:32But we were brought up as though we were solely black.
17:36My dad's from New Orleans, so very jazz-influenced household, neo-soul, gospel.
17:40And then went to a school where racism was very much prevalent.
17:44So I think my singing journey has been unique to me.
17:47Okay, I think this is straight.
17:49All right, where's the manager?
17:50I need my pay.
17:55Hey, hey, hey.
17:56Ladies!
17:57Ladies!
17:58Ladies!
17:59Living nations are not easy for me.
18:01So I asked Brandon and Regina to go to the house to do a final evaluation.
18:06I have cameras set up like an eye in the sky.
18:09I don't want anybody to go, but somebody got to go.
18:15So we're going to be testing y'all ranges and also just to kind of help us have a better understanding of who you are as an individual, but also as an entertainer, okay?
18:27Having the golden mic is definitely a big comfort just knowing that you're safe.
18:32Today was a rough day and I was scared to send myself home today.
18:38I think we were all kind of a little nervous, but to be honest, I think I'll stay in the house after this.
18:43So listen, I need y'all 100% focused.
18:45This is the real thing right now.
18:47Stand up for me, please.
18:48All right, guys.
18:49Simple scale.
18:51AJ, we're going to start with you and we're going to go down the line, okay?
18:56Do y'all know your vowels?
18:57A-E-I-O-U.
18:58A-E-I-O-U.
18:59A-E-I-O-U.
19:00A-E-I-O-U.
19:01A-E-I-O-U.
19:03A-E-I-O-U.
19:04A-E-I-O-U.
19:15A-E-I-O-U.
19:16A-E-I-O-U.
19:20Thank you for the worship.
19:34Come on.
19:34Oh, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
19:47Yes.
19:48Yes.
19:49You, hey, oh, oh, oh, oh.
19:55Hey, I owe you, hey, I owe you.
20:22Good job, baby.
20:23Hey, I owe you.
20:31Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:34Hey, I owe you.
20:45Woo!
20:46Amber and I's vocal styles are very, very different.
20:49She's not a powerhouse.
20:51Ladies, go ahead.
20:52Can everybody have a seat really quick?
20:54AJ is finally back in the house.
20:57Yippee!
20:59Where the ATO did she go?
21:01And Amber and Audrey, they held theirs, too.
21:05Kim has been really in a struggle, but she got it together.
21:09I'm quite surprised with Terry E.
21:11A little shaky, but Devin is definitely pitchy, and this is not the first time.
21:17Okay, boo, these looks ain't getting you nowhere here today.
21:23What you all just experienced, right?
21:25Deliverance.
21:26Deliverance.
21:27Was a major breakthrough.
21:28Yes.
21:29Just feeling the energy of the house and looking around and everything.
21:33I honestly feel like I'm the only one that's not nervous.
21:36I've realized after this exercise that I try to stay in a zone where I'm comfortable.
21:41Even though that I know I can reach way damn higher, I just have a failure.
21:46I think a failure.
21:47What is fear?
21:49Bullshit.
21:50Bullshit.
21:52I need you to stand up and say, I want to reintroduce myself.
21:55Whatever you do.
21:56You want the boo on there?
21:57Yeah, that's right.
21:58Come on.
21:59Come on.
22:00Come on.
22:01Uh-oh.
22:02Who is this?
22:03Somebody coming in.
22:04I said this AJ, no fear, in fear of some bullshit.
22:10Take that hat off.
22:11Oh, Lord.
22:12So I need that hat to stay off.
22:14Because you hide behind that hat.
22:17I do kind of hide behind my hat.
22:19My hat makes me feel secure.
22:22People say, why are you dressed like that?
22:25Why are you so masculine?
22:26Why you got them tattoos?
22:27To me, for myself, it's how I feel comfortable.
22:30Because I feel like it's my shield for a man.
22:32I have definitely molded who I am right now.
22:34And it definitely shows in my music because I write music from the heart.
22:39And that's why I try to write music that people relate to.
22:43You be underneath that hat hiding.
22:46But I see every time something happen and you become uncomfortable, I see that redness in your face.
22:56I'm white, Miss Del.
22:58Yeah, that got nothing to do with it.
23:00AJ has been confined within herself for so long, she don't even know how to come out.
23:07And finally, she's blooming.
23:10Look at that flower bloom.
23:12How are y'all?
23:13Good.
23:15Ladies, you all did an amazing job.
23:16I want all of you all to know that, okay?
23:19All right.
23:20Let's go.
23:21Somebody has to go home and one of you will be leaving Deb's house tonight.
23:25All these ladies can sing, but not everybody's gonna go to the next level.
23:30And today, we're gonna make some decisions on who can stay and who has to go.
23:35I'm sorry, but you're eliminated.
23:38All right, let's go.
23:47Somebody has to go home and one of you will be leaving Deb's house tonight.
23:51I gave AJ a golden mic and she will be safe from elimination.
23:56Brandon and Regina, what did you come up with?
24:03Ashley, she just got this baby for us.
24:05It gives me Ciara.
24:06We already have Ciara.
24:08We already have Ciara.
24:09I wanna do this.
24:14Devin, a beautiful voice.
24:16When it comes to you vocally, I think that it's a bunch of restraint coming from you.
24:21We can teach you how to do whatever run, how to do whatever harmony it is.
24:25But once you get up here, that's the hardest thing for anybody to compete with, okay?
24:31That's why you would be my option, okay?
24:36I said I really wanted to work more with you.
24:39Mm-hmm.
24:41But you have a, it's something that's not letting you break through a little bit.
24:48But I would have to agree.
24:51This one is hard for me.
24:54Like, super hard for me.
24:58Devin, I'm sorry, but you're eliminated.
25:01I'm really grateful that I got to come here though.
25:04I did not want you to go anywhere.
25:07I still felt like you needed some time.
25:10But we don't have a lot of time.
25:13Devin leaving grabbed me by my throat.
25:18Take what you got.
25:19You keep what you got.
25:21And you learn some of that.
25:22I know for me, it's like, dang, like it's goal time.
25:25Like, she's not playing.
25:26Like, they're not playing with us.
25:27I feel really blessed, honestly.
25:30The feedback that I was given was that I was pitchy, which I was, okay?
25:36And also that there was a lot of restraint there.
25:39Those were the very things that I was looking to get feedback on when I got here.
25:45Because it's like, now I already know where I need to work.
25:49So it's like, the moment I get home, I'm working on it.
25:52I don't want to go back.
25:54I don't want to fall back.
25:55I don't want to lose myself again.
25:57Mama calling back again.
25:59Friends are checking in again.
26:01Build them walls back up again.
26:03Make my face smell great again.
26:04Tell me when this pressure is.
26:06I don't want to go back to the feeling.
26:14Okay, ladies.
26:15So everybody can go be a t-shirt.
26:18So I have these MP3 players for all of you.
26:22On these, it's a beat.
26:24Your task is to write a song to the beat on your MP3 players.
26:27And also, ladies, if you wanted to swap it.
26:30Are you serious?
26:31But you guys have to, that's something you have to decide amongst yourselves.
26:35A part of R&B is pain.
26:37I would like to see how they can turn their pain into some soulful music.
26:42That's going to tell me how quickly you can grow.
26:46All right, ladies, get to work.
26:52I'm a little hard on myself.
26:54So it takes a little while for me to come up with lyrics to a song.
26:59But when it comes to melodies, I'm really strong in that area.
27:03I don't know what you're thinking.
27:06You try to pull me down, but you're sinking.
27:09My father, in particular, is a stickler on writing music the right way and listening to what we call real music that has substance and depth.
27:21You know, I'm bringing all of those things to any table.
27:24I've been on, I've been on.
27:27Love translates into music just by your experiences or, again, things you've seen or witnessed.
27:34You write about it and you put it in a song.
27:36And that's how it transfers into music.
27:38Made it still going strong.
27:41For a long time, my songwriting process was like, I gotta make a hit.
27:46I gotta, this gotta rhyme with this.
27:47There are times when I songwrite that I write as if I'm having a conversation with myself.
27:51And you'll be very surprised to know and understand that lyrics are really just that simple.
27:56Like, you don't have to overthink it.
27:58All right.
28:09That's a tough one.
28:10But you literally can...
28:11There's a lot going on.
28:12It's not even like it's a beat.
28:13It's very busy.
28:14It's not even like it's a beat.
28:16It's just a lot of shit in the fucking shit.
28:19I really like the beat that I received.
28:21I like simplicity.
28:23Simplicity with like a...
28:26A bang.
28:27What are you doing?
28:28Oh, God.
28:29He's looking at me horrible.
28:30Did you hear mine?
28:31No.
28:32Mine is probably worse than yours.
28:34Yours is probably better than mine.
28:35You have guitar in your shit.
28:36Okay.
28:37Well, you might like this one then.
28:38Just listen.
28:39Because this one, for me, it's not sitting right.
28:41I fucking love this.
28:43I was thinking about you and I was going to do it.
28:45Did you get that?
28:46I know these don't sound like traditional R&B beats, but I must take you out of your element.
28:52Let me see what you're able to bring me.
28:54So if you want that one, you can have that one.
28:56Jesus.
28:57AJ came to my room.
28:59She asked me if she wanted to switch.
29:01So we ended up switching beats.
29:03I was going to make it work if we didn't switch, but I was really grateful for her coming to my door.
29:10You like your beat, Deja?
29:11Yeah.
29:13I just switched with AJ, actually.
29:15What do you mean you just switched with AJ?
29:17You can switch?
29:18Yeah, you can switch.
29:19It's different for me.
29:20It's challenging.
29:21Maybe that's why I like it a little bit.
29:22You say you're a professional.
29:23It's what you do, right?
29:24That's going to happen in the industry.
29:25Not everything that you do or every feature or every show and everything.
29:29You don't love the record or whatever it is.
29:32It looks weak to me.
29:33All right, girl.
29:34You are the one I try to call whenever I'm in love.
29:41I still can fly.
29:42I'll fly.
29:43I'll fly.
29:44I'll fly.
29:45I'll fly.
29:46I'll fly.
29:47I'll fly.
29:48I'll fly.
29:49I'll fly.
29:50I'll fly.
29:51I'll fly.
29:52We getting to the point where competition is starting to get thick.
29:56Yeah.
29:57You know what I'm saying?
29:58Yeah.
29:59I've noticed some true colors are coming out.
30:02Lowkey, it's looking like Amber, she's going to win like she was a plant.
30:05I overheard two women talking in the bathroom.
30:09They think I'm in cahoots with Miss Deb and this Diana III, which none of it is true.
30:15A whole lot of activity going on in this house that don't have nothing to do with this competition.
30:19I didn't come here for that.
30:20I didn't either.
30:21When you faking it, it's going to come out one way or another.
30:24The truth always comes out.
30:31So I gave all the girls music journals.
30:34They also have beat players.
30:36Today they'll perform their songs for the first time.
30:38I need to see how confident you are.
30:40I need to see stage presence.
30:42So let's see what they got.
30:46Y'all think it's going to be another elimination today?
30:48Oh, yeah.
30:49I do, of course.
30:50Knocking them out one by one is crazy.
30:52Hey, ladies.
30:55The energy feels good today.
30:57For today's challenge, right?
30:59All of you have been working on your songs.
31:02So today you're going to perform the song that you wrote to the beat.
31:07You want us to what?
31:09We're actually going to be performing the song that we wrote less than 24 hours ago.
31:14So Miss Deb wants everyone here to get makeovers.
31:18So she's sending over her glam squad.
31:20They'll be here shortly.
31:21Today is about stage presence and confidence.
31:25One thing about them two things to show you.
31:27You know, a lady get her hair done, get some makeup on.
31:29You ain't telling her nada.
31:31Who has the same beat?
31:33I have the same as Kim, right?
31:34Yeah, we have the same beat.
31:35Me and Ashley got the same beat.
31:36Me and you have the same beat?
31:37And Dacia and Amber are here the same.
31:39Yeah.
31:40Oh, baby, I kept my beat.
31:41I played it because I'm dope.
31:42I kept my beat.
31:43Dacia, she is trying to get out of my skin.
31:46She's intimidated because we have the same beat.
31:48You got to pay attention to that one.
31:49You got to understand.
31:51I hate the beat.
31:52Baby, it's extra.
31:54Lock everybody else out.
31:56I definitely am.
31:57Yeah.
31:58I'm getting to them more than they're getting to me.
32:00So I don't even care.
32:01She over here trying to double down the beat.
32:04I don't even like this beat.
32:05This beat ain't my type of beat.
32:06That, that, that, that, that, that, that, that.
32:08Basically trying to throw me off.
32:11And I already see the game.
32:13Fake eyes.
32:14Little scrawny eyes.
32:15Little pecan.
32:16Pe...
32:17Whatever the fuck.
32:18Ugh.
32:19Trying to keep together.
32:21It's fucking hard.
32:27Sorry, I didn't interrupt you.
32:28You okay?
32:29Yeah, I'm fine.
32:30What's wrong?
32:31You just...
32:32It's just a lot.
32:33And then there's people attacking me.
32:35Who was I attacking?
32:36Dacia.
32:37I peeped that once we realized y'all had the same beat.
32:40And then I overheard her and I think it was Tara in the bathroom talking about me.
32:46Since then she's been throwing me shit that she got in my spot on the van.
32:49She trying to throw me off.
32:50Oh, I peeped that.
32:51Oh, I peeped that.
32:52We had assigned seats on the bus.
32:54We walk out the door.
32:55We get in the van.
32:56And lo and behold, guess who sits in my seat?
32:59Dacia.
33:00Don't be trying to switch up the seats now.
33:02I'm not doing that shit today.
33:03I'm not doing that shit today.
33:04I'm not.
33:05It's too much.
33:06It's too much.
33:07I'm not doing all that shit today.
33:08I can't.
33:09Climbing and all that in the back.
33:10Anything and everything to piss me off.
33:12You're doing everything in your power to get some type of reaction.
33:17Reaction.
33:18I did peep that though.
33:19I think it's pretty whack to do that.
33:21It just seems like you're like intimidated or lack confidence because you think that they're
33:25gonna win.
33:26That's just silly.
33:27I'm not a stupid bitch.
33:29What the fuck are you talking about?
33:31You hear yourself right now?
33:33This is petty.
33:34This is goofy.
33:35Like this is high school, yo.
33:36You gotta chill.
33:37It's always that pressure.
33:38That pressure.
33:39That pressure.
33:40That pressure going exposed.
33:45I'm thinking about you, ma'am.
33:47You should think about what you gotta fucking do.
33:49Instead of trying to fucking damper my shit.
33:52The fuck is wrong with you?
33:54I walk in the door.
33:55Amp is very emotional.
33:56She's having a meltdown.
33:58Here we go.
34:01Are you okay?
34:02Yeah, I'm fine.
34:03So why are we here?
34:04I was just a little overwhelmed.
34:06Why was the matter?
34:07What's the matter?
34:08I overheard Deja in the bathroom talking about me.
34:11I feel like it's a set up.
34:13Like I guess she thought something was going on between you and I.
34:16Okay, come on.
34:17Let's go.
34:18I don't want to hear no more.
34:19Let's go.
34:20Why are y'all calling Amber a plant?
34:22What the hell is a plant?
34:24What does that mean?
34:25Now y'all making me feel like this is the 90 day lockup.
34:30Y'all watch a lot of dead reality TV.
34:32Okay, let me have everybody.
34:34I need everybody.
34:35I need everybody.
34:36I need everybody.
34:37I don't know Amber.
34:38I met everybody.
34:41Everybody in this room I met on TikTok.
34:45I don't know one person.
34:47I don't know where that came from.
34:48I don't know where that came from either.
34:50Because she's uncomfortable because she overheard you in a conversation about her.
34:54She didn't overhear me say anything about you knowing her because I didn't say that.
34:58I want to clarify things.
34:59I'm not trying to explain it.
35:00I'm not upset.
35:01What did she say?
35:02I overheard talking in your bathroom.
35:03But you overheard who though?
35:04Because several people come in my bathroom.
35:05I shared bathroom with you.
35:06You would have let me know there's four people in that bathroom.
35:07I'm asked stop talking.
35:08Who was in Deja's bathroom this morning?
35:10You know how a cricket sound?
35:11That room was so goddamn quiet.
35:12Everybody washed their ass in the pool this morning because apparently there wasn't nobody
35:17in the bathroom.
35:18You know how a cricket sound?
35:22That room was so goddamn quiet.
35:24Everybody washed their ass in the pool this morning because apparently wasn't nobody in the bathroom.
35:30So nobody want to fess up?
35:32So all signs point to you Deja.
35:35I'm sorry.
35:36All signs point to...
35:37Okay so now you're not making sense because if nobody else was in the bathroom with me who am I talking to?
35:41So what am I doing hearing that?
35:43If you thought this was an issue this morning you could have talked to me this morning.
35:45I would have been like what are you talking about?
35:46But you've been doing nothing but being shady to me.
35:48Are you kidding me?
35:49No.
35:50I don't do the snitching, the name dropping, the finger pointing.
35:54I know the conversation, what I said about her.
35:56But you ain't get feelings because you think people talking about you.
35:59You wanna know who said what and what's going on.
36:01You worry about the wrong thing.
36:03They gonna keep talking about you.
36:04Everybody's gonna talk about you.
36:05Huh?
36:06I ain't gonna hold you shorty.
36:07You don't know me.
36:08Like I don't even move like that.
36:09If I would have said that sweetheart I would have put you aside and had a conversation with you.
36:11I don't believe you.
36:12Ma'am, you still lied.
36:14And that's why you...
36:15I'm sorry because you make me this mad.
36:17That's why you got that one yellow tooth because you're lying.
36:19People who lie, breath stink.
36:21Period.
36:22For the record.
36:23I don't script nothing.
36:25I don't sit up here and pretend nothing.
36:27I don't do any of that kind of stuff.
36:30That's why I'm not in there with y'all because I want each one of y'all to be exactly who you really are.
36:36Because if I'm in there you go front.
36:38Everybody knows I do not do drama.
36:41Here's how it go.
36:42Bags packed.
36:44Flights booked.
36:45Lights dropped.
36:46That's it.
36:47There's no more fun.
36:48I shouldn't hear laughing.
36:49I shouldn't hear nothing.
36:50If I hear bullshit we'll start being eliminated now.
37:01How are y'all feeling about the songs?
37:03I'm not full of like...
37:04Want me to be honest?
37:05Want me to be honest about the beat?
37:06It's not...
37:07Like it's intense.
37:08That beat is fire.
37:09Really?
37:10Listen.
37:11It's not fire.
37:12It's important just for me to highlight that I play the cards that I'm dealt.
37:18But then somebody boohooing, why is this beat?
37:20It's just really hard.
37:21You know?
37:22It's just...
37:23I don't know.
37:24So for me, just keep in mind that was the original beats that I didn't complain about.
37:28It doesn't change.
37:29There's no climax to it.
37:30And then it's a loop.
37:31It doesn't have like a build.
37:32Maybe it's extra.
37:33You did it though.
37:35I'm not even stunting this lady.
37:36Like, you feel me?
37:37We might have had the same beat or whatever, but I was not stunting you.
37:42Not one bit.
37:43Okay, Dacia?
37:44Y'all better cut that shit out.
37:46So what are they singing today?
37:49I don't know.
37:50I want to be surprised.
37:52I asked Gina Love to join me today.
37:54Music is an emotion.
37:56And this is the best way for some healing to be done is for them to start writing to some of the things that they're going through.
38:02Put them in words.
38:03I'm just too emotional to remember the lyrics that I wrote down in my book.
38:14So we're just going to think of some other lyrics on the spot while the beat is playing and just rock out.
38:20And I'm going to sing these lyrics dedicated to Dacia.
38:24You cannot break me, ma'am.
38:26Let's go, baby.
38:27Let's go, fella.
38:28Let's go.
38:33Let's go, come on, let's go.
38:41Come on, come on.
38:52Don't let me go
38:57That's what I'm talking about!
39:01I just had so many emotions going through my body.
39:06I had to just release that.
39:09How was it?
39:10It was cool. Let out some anger. I'm good now.
39:18Lying asses.
39:19The one thing I don't like is a liar.
39:20That's going to tip me over the edge.
39:23Especially, like, you don't have to lie.
39:26I'm not going to whoop you. I'm not your mama.
39:30I want camera. I'm going to give you camera.
39:32Can't break me, you lying whore.
39:35Um, Amber.
39:36Sorry.
39:37The girl is putting on.
39:39Girl, you look a mess.
39:40I'd rather sit there, look pretty, and go do what I do best on stage.
39:44I paid her dust.
39:47Dust.
39:49Take a burr.
39:50Now the vibes is kind of, like, tense, because I, in my head, like, the microscope lens is like, a little, dialed in a bit more.
40:01I want you to feel like you want to go home and all that. You hear?
40:05If you want to go home, you need to be getting sent home. Not quitting. You can do it. Don't feel like that.
40:13Oh, shit.
40:14Oh, shit.
40:16Yeah.
40:19Shake it off. Shake it off.
40:20Next!
40:24I'm going for a walk.
40:25I'm going for a walk.
40:25I'm going for a walk.
40:26Hey.
40:27Hi.
40:27I'm a singer, songwriter, R&B. I'm here to sing something for you guys that I actually just wrote.
40:34I don't do that bullying shit.
40:36That bitch's been bullying me all fucking day.
40:38She always said if she ever got caught up with something,
40:40she was going to lie about it.
40:42Feels like I'm living in lies.
40:44I'm caught in a circle.
40:47And now it's haunting me.
40:53Are you coming for me because you don't like the beat or something?
40:56You coming for me because we got the same beat?
40:59Like, that shit is stupid.
41:00Little darling, you're calling me heartless.
41:03I was blind, I was blind to the lies they tried to tell on me.
41:09But now what I'm thinking about is how I got to go back to this motherfucking house
41:13and deal with a whole bunch of fake-ass people.
41:15And I just want to fucking hide in the closet.
41:17I could puff my chest, I could hide my bruises.
41:21Nothing in this world could save me from the brick wall blue.
41:27I don't want to leave.
41:28This is my fucking life.
41:29I love music, but if my other motherfuckers want to start shit, they fucking hate me.
41:35They want to hate me.
41:37They want to fucking hate me.
41:39And I don't do nothing for me tonight.
41:41Why they fucking hate me?
41:43I want to go home.
41:45That was different.
41:46It was more blues because, you know, R&B is rhythm and blues.
41:50Yeah, yeah.
41:51Can I be honest?
41:51When I got the beat, I hated it.
41:54I'm glad I didn't, you know, change it or try to trade it.
41:59It's like I played the cards.
42:00I was dealt.
42:01You gave me that beat, we're going to make it work.
42:02And that's the good thing about it, to see if you're capable of coming out of your comfort
42:08zone.
42:09And then she did good.
42:13Hey.
42:14What's up?
42:17Amber's having a meltdown.
42:20Like, I just feel like people picking on her and that's how I'm feeling.
42:23I'm sorry.
42:24And I'm going to see her and I'm not going to have people picking on her.
42:27It's just as simple as that.
42:28That's it.
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