Valens and Rush meets with Don who recognizes the last picture that Carlos took as the work of a tagger named Turbo. Curtis reads a list of all the things she did to him the last several weeks and warns her that this might cost her career. Curtis suggests he go with her when she meets with her ex and his wife.Ĭurtis brings Rush a private criminal complaint filed against her by Moe Kitchner. Miller asks Curtis how he agreed on child’s custody with his ex-wife because her ex is now asking for visitation rights with their daughter, Veronica. Valens says the head of the neighborhood urban art organization, Don Bardwell, knows ANRKE very well. Rush says they found receipts to a hardware store. Jeffries sees that Carlos was also beaten before he was forced to inhale the spray paint. Valens sees that Carlos painted over the work of a graffiti artist called ANRKE (Anarchy).
She shows them a picture of a graffiti tag with the letters ’TUR’ taken the day he died. She believed Carlos was a huffer and kicked him out at the time. She says she found some of Carlos’s graffiti art books in a storage. Espinoza, Carlos’s mom, arrives at the station and tells Rush about her son who was killed when someone forced spray paint in his mouth until he suffocated. In the present time, Jeffries tells the others that he is looking to invest in a property in Florida. After spray painting his name Blaze, Carlos takes a photo of himself.
Leon is scared being up so high above the ground. In 1982, two boys named Leon and Carlos tag a water tower. Meanwhile, Miller meets her ex's new wife and Lilly continues following Moe Kitchener. The Dazz Band has matured into a group of perfectionists and gets closer to creating its masterpiece with each release.The crew investigates the 1982 death of a young talented graffiti artist who died from a fatal dose of spray paint down his throat.
Martin's overly dramatic ballads are missing, though "Oh What a Night" (not the Dells' classic) comes close. If you're expecting "Let It Whip" or "Joy Stick," you might be disappointed - for a minute. Clinton only appears on a couple of tracks, but his influence is evident throughout. "Downstairs Lounge" is a sweet piece of well-executed fusion from the crew that was originally known as Kinsman Dazz. Dazz takes on Bootsy Collins' ballad "I'd Rather Be With You" and removes the rough edges, making the newly titled "I Wanna Be With You" more seductive and ten times lusher than the original. An even mixture of funk, rap, jazz, and soul will keep you from skipping tracks. Pettus had been the band's lead singer on 20th Century Fox Records, but didn't participate in the Motown recordings. Original member Pierre DeMudd and Keith Hanes contribute backing vocals. Teri Stanton provides lead and background vocals, along with Martin, Pettus, Harris, and George Clinton. They're joined by Skip Martin (lead vocals and trumpet), Kevin Kendricks and Michael Norfleet (keyboards), Marlon McClain (guitar), Kenny Pettus (percussion), and Raymond Calhoun (drums). Producer/singer/bassist/songwriter Nathaniel Phillip and Bobby Harris create the most satisfying Dazz Band set ever on this one. These basslines are good enough to make you think a P-Funk platter got misplaced in the Dazz Band's jewel case.