[music playing]
(RAPPING) Money in the bank.
I could take a loss or two.
Filet mignon, plus I'm eating lobster too.
This focus group is going to tell me
a whole lot, like whether or not these kid artists
can make it in the real world.
This is the first time I'm seeing how the public
reacts to these artists.
I want to see if Lil Poopy's past
is something he can overcome.
All right.
What do you guys think about Lil Poopy?
The song completely just sucks.
Yeah.
Like he tries to look older than he is.
Yeah, he's trying to be older.
Yeah.
- Everybody agrees with that. - He is trying too hard.
Do we get to talk to these kids?
Does everybody think he's trying too hard to be older?
Yeah.
Yeah?
PAPA LUIS: I love that video.
I mean, it describes him perfectly.
Because all the things in that video, it's him.
It's his lifestyle.
It perfectly describes him.
There's nothing fake about it.
We see too many people rapping about money, which
isn't really the main premise.
See, I told you all, as kids, you all can't
be rapping about that stuff.
That's crazy that it's coming from a kid.
That's a kid saying that.
There's so much, like, overkill.
Like everybody rap about the same stuff.
So.
Lil Poopy has a look and a voice that's going to appeal
to a lot of young kids.
And I see the potential.
We just got to figure out what his brand is
and make that connection.
So who would buy the song?
Nobody?
Mm-mm.
Hater.
Don't hate the player, hate the game, bro.
They don't really know like what an artist has to go through,
so they don't know what we have to dress like or rap about.
So I don't take the bad criticism to the heart.
I just take it into consideration.
OK.
Let's move on to the next.
Young Lyric.
YOUNG LYRIC: (RAPPING) Young Lyric here.
Young L-Y-R-I-C. I'm coming up no matter what.
I've never taken part in a focus group.
And I am shy.
So I've been trying to come out of my shell.
I'm ready to see what everybody going to say.
So who liked the artist?
Raise your hand.
What the?
Why?
She sound just like Miss Mulatto.
Yeah.
She sound like that.
She sound just like the last one.
- They like the same person. - Yeah?
Yeah.
She was [inaudible].
Do you think she did well?
She projected?
Or it was just--
She projected.
Yeah, she projected.
Yeah.
[laughter]
That's good for me because that's like you was shy before.
Like at least you're coming out.
OLIVIA: That makes me feel great, that JD is noticing
that she's trying, you know?
She's definitely listening to all the advice
that she's being given.
I like her style.
Like how she got her own thing going.
Kind of matches what she rapped.
OK.
It matches her personality.
Yeah.
- Or something. - (RAPPING) All I know you know.
You know.
[inaudible] I'm still chasing them [inaudible]..
Lyric's gotten better with her style,
but her rapping still needs help.
(RAPPING) [inaudible] with that cane.
Lyric is still coming out of her shell.
She's trying, but she hasn't found her unique sound yet.
But she better figure it out quick
because these other kids are trying to pass her
by and snatch up that contract.
(RAPPING) I know you know.
All right.
So who liked the video?
- I liked it. - I did.
Yeah.
OK, Lyric.
You look like you've got a room full of hands up in there.
All right.
See, that's what I'm saying.
Like that should give you a different confidence.
The last one.
All right.
Supa Peach, you next.
Supa Peach.
It sound like somebody off of Mario.
What was that?
It sound like somebody off of Mario.
Supa Peach.
SUPA PEACH: I'm ready to see what these kids are
going to say because this contract is
important to me and my family.
I mean, my momma did sacrifice.
My sister sacrificed.
I'm trying to really, really focus and get to number one
this week.
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SUPA PEACH: (RAPPING) Supa.
I'm in the A. Where's Gray?
Green Bar's my favorite place when
I'm match my kicks and my feet.
You know, 'cause stay lit.
MAMA PEACH: You know what?
I'm not going to lie to you.
I don't really pay attention to nobody
as my focus is on Supa Peach.
I'm Team Supa Peach.
Everything Peachy all day.
I don't even see them.
SUPA PEACH: (RAPPING) i ain't no competition.
I'm hot like this [inaudible] up and in the kitchen.
Supa.
I liked her.
- You liked her? - She was good.
Yeah.
She actually sounds different than the rest of them.
She--
She does sound different.
She's likable.
Overall, the focus group, I mean,
it gave me lots of confidence.
And you know, I liked it.
Any negatives?
Hmm.
There really isn't anything not to like.
SHAYNE: That's crazy.
Supa Peach's skill level, I don't feel like, is up to par
with the rest of the kids.
Come on.
Like let's keep it real, you know what I mean?
Who would buy her album?
- I'll buy it. - I'll buy it.
A little bit.
Download it, you know?
I'm blown away by Supa Peach.
This girl has raw talent that exudes superstar.
(RAPPING) [inaudible] how you know.
And it's too hot to be chill.
But what I want to know is if her work ethic
and her listening can catch up to that.
(RAPPING) EBD in the building.
All right.
So who liked the video?
She did.
I like her.
I like her dance a little.
Like her dance was cool.
This focus group really responded
to the energy and performances in the music videos.
See, the stage presence is just as important as the rapping.
That's why later this week, I'm going to test
these kids on choreography.
Well, I hope you all enjoyed this.
I did. - I did.
All right.
Let's get out of here. - All right.
All right.
See, hopefully, these kids and their parents listened today.
It's something that'll help them become better entertainers.
Now it's time to get serious.
Next thing I want to see is who can dance.
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