Bossip
Video
Black
Sheep’s
hit
“The
Choice
Is
Yours”
popularized
the
phrase
“you
can
get
with
this
or
you
can
get
with
that”
when
it
was
released
in
the
early
’90’s
and
now
a
spotlight
is
being
shone
on
both
the
legacy
of
that
colossal
song
as
well
as
one
of
the
performers
behind
it.
Source:
Courtesy
/
Paramount
+
This
Tuesday,
November
21st
Paramount+
premieres
the
new
feature-length
documentary
THE
CHOICE
IS
YOURS
in
the
U.S.
and
Canada,
and
on
Wednesday,
November
22
the
film
becomes
available
in
the
U.K.,
Australia,
Latin
America,
Italy,
France,
Germany,
Switzerland
and
Austria.
Related
Stories
Directed
and
edited
by
Clark
Slater
(DMX:
Don’t
Try
And
Understand),
THE
CHOICE
IS
YOURS
reunites
viewers
with
former
Black
Sheep
rapper
and
artist
Dres,
born
Andres
Vargas-Titus
as
he
balances
his
music
career
with
fatherhood
and
the
everyday
challenges
of
life.
The
film
gives
us
an
unflinching
look
at
what
it
means
to
be
a
middle-aged
rapper
with
hopes
and
dreams
of
continuing
to
create
and
follow
his
passion.
The
project
dives
head
first
into
the
success
of
Black
Sheep
and
the
hit
song
that
Dres
continues
to
perform
all
across
the
globe
—
but
it
also
offers
a
look
at
Dres’
current
project,
created
from
unreleased
beats
that
Dilla’s
mom,
Maureen
Yancey,
aka
Ma
Dukes,
has
given
him
the
blessing
to
use.
Determined
to
honor
this
gift
to
the
fullest,
Dres
goes
on
a
quest
to
learn
more
about
Dilla,
only
to
find
himself
in
the
midst
of
a
controversy
that
threatens
to
prevent
him
from
fulfilling
what
he
believes
is
the
next
step
in
his
legacy.
BOSSIP’s
Sr.
Content
Director
Janeé
Bolden
chatted
with
Dres
ahead
of
the
release
of
THE
CHOICE
IS
YOURS,
check
out
the
trailer
for
the
documentary
and
their
conversation
below:
BOSSIP:
This
documentary
is
really
raw
and
shows
your
vulnerability
to
some
degree,
how
difficult
was
it
to
decide
to
allow
the
cameras
in?
DRES:
That
very
much
was
something
that
had
to
be
thought
about
and
I
guess
to
a
degree,
embrace
but…
there
were
definite
parameters
within
it
—
you
don’t
find
out
everything
about
me
but
you
do
find
out
more
than
you
knew
and
that
had
to
be
something
that
I
had
to
be
cool
with
and
even
give
some
thought
to.
One
of
the
things
that
happens
as
being
an
artist
is
that
you
wind
up
having
to
share
things
of
yourself
regardless
and
sometimes
not
even
things
that
you
anticipated,
so
to
a
certain
degree
it
was
there
already…
There
were
things
that
I
probably
wouldn’t
have
been
necessarily
comfortable
bringing
in,
so
it
didn’t
dive
that
deeply
into
the
underbelly
of
me
as
a
person,
but
as
an
artist
I
was
able
to
kind
of
be
freely
who
I
am,
which
was
cool
because
I’d
like
to
think
that
as
an
artist
who
you
see
on
the
street
is
exactly
who
I
am.
BOSSIP:
We
loved
being
able
to
watch
you
interact
with
your
son
onscreen,
how
did
he
feel
about
being
such
a
big
part
of
the
doc?
Dres:
One
of
my
most
important
relationships
in
my
life,
definitely.
My
youngest
son
Sidney,
he’s
actually
done
a
lot
of
commercial
work
throughout
his
entire
life,
so
just
the
notion
of
being
on
film
or
camera
he
doesn’t
give
much
thought
to
it,
to
the
degree
that
I
don’t
think
he
even
cares.
He’s
grown
up
with
cameras
around
him
to
the
degree
that
he
doesn’t
look
at
as
an
oddity.
Even
when
Chi
[Ali]
was
filming
his
documentary,
me
and
my
son
would
kick
it
with
the
film
crew
while
they
were
filming
Chi,
so
he
even
knew
some
of
the
fellas
before
we
were
doing
our
project.
He
had
met
them
already,
so
to
that
accord
it
was
very
easy
and
easy
to
be
just
natural.
He’s
had
so
many
experiences
through
my
eyes,
we
have
this
relationship
where
I
can
just
talk
to
him.
He’s
a
senior
in
high
school
right
now,
which
is
insane
to
me,
but
he’s
literally
someone
that
I
can
share
my
experiences
with
him
and
I
can
see
in
his
eyes
whether
or
not
he
gets
it.
We’re
that
close.
So
for
him
to
come
up
and
see
this
going
on,
it
wasn’t
something
that
was
farfetched
for
him.
We
had
a
good
time
with
it.
BOSSIP:
What
was
your
initial
interaction
with
Ma
Dukes
and
how
did
it
lead
to
the
project
you
were
working
on?
Very
cool.
My
initial
meeting
with
Ma
was
believe
I
was
in
Chicago.
Let
me
preface
it
by
saying
I
didn’t
have
the
relationship
with
Dilla
that
all
of
the
Native
Tongue
crew
had.
I
met
Dilla
once
in
passing.
I
didn’t
know
him
like
that.
Was
I
a
fan
of
his?
Definitely.
Did
I
see
his
talent?
Truly.
Definitely
and
I
was
even
a
little
jealous
of
the
songs
that
my
peers
have
with
him,
you
know.
But
I
didn’t
know
him
like
that,
so
when
I
was
given
the
opportunity,
I
was
asked
would
I
like
to
meet
Dilla’s
mom.
I
had
a
show
I
believe
in
Chicago.
I’m
in
the
dressing
room
and
they’re
like,
‘Would
you
like
to
meet
Dilla’s
mom?’
And
I’m
like,
‘Hell
yeah!’
Just
on
GP.
Just
out
of
love.
So
they
her
bring
her
back
with
her
husband
Tony,
so
I
meet
both
of
them.
So
we
share
a
couple
of
quick
words,
it
wasn’t
anything
big
or
anything
like
that,
just
a
very
genuine,
‘Nice
to
meet
you,
I
think
the
world
of
your
son’s
abilities.
It’s
a
pleasure.’
Just
respect.
“A
month
later
I
had
a
show
in
Puerto
Rico
for
a
charity
event.
I’m
on
stage
rocking
and
I
just
happen
to
turn
to
the
right
and
who
do
I
see
by
the
side
of
the
stage
but
Dilla’s
mom
and
her
husband.
After
I
rock,
I
literally
go
straight
to
them
and
we
just
start
chopping
it
up.
They’re
like,
‘What
are
you
about
to
get
into
after
this?’
I’m
like,
‘There’s
an
after
party.’
They’re
like
‘If
you
don’t
wanna
go
to
that,
mom’s
gonna
cook
at
the
house,
come
on
over.
We
got
some
DJ’s
coming
through,
we’re
gonna
play
some
music
in
the
yard.’
‘Bet,
that’s
what
I
want
to
do.’
So
I
dip
on
the
afterparty,
I
go
hang
out
with
them,
some
DJ’s
came
through.
We’re
all
talking,
she’s
cooking.
I’m
getting
these
stories
—
it
was
just
the
coolest
experience.
Hours
go
by
and
the
sun’s
about
to
come
up.
We
had
this
amazing
experience.
They’re
like,
‘You
know
we’ve
just
got
back
some
of
the
some
of
the
rights
under
the
umbrella
of
the
estate,
we’re
looking
at
various
things
to
do
with
the
music,
would
you
be
interested
in
putting
something
together?’
I’m
literally
picking
my
jaw
up.
In
my
mind
I’m
like,
I
would
be
glad
with
a
track
and
permission,
but
for
you
to
offer
me
the
opportunity
to
put
together
a
project,
my
mind
just
started
racing.
I’m
like,
‘Well
first
of
all,
thank
you
and
hell
yes
I
would
love
to!’
But
now
I
feel
like
I
owe
this
situation
due
diligence.
I
don’t
know
him
like
that,
so
I
go
online,
I
start
looking
at
every
interview.
I
asked
my
friends,
everyone
from
Large
Pro
to
Q-Tip,
‘What’s
your
favorite
Dilla
record?’
I
start
quizzing
everybody
I
know
about
anything
they
know
about
Dilla.
Once
the
opportunity
for
us
to
film
this
comes
into
play,
I
feel
like
it’s
important
that
we
gotta
go
to
Detroit.
I
need
to
see
about
the
stories
I’m
hearing
from
people.
I
need
to
go
meet
these
people
and
I
need
to
know
who
this
kid
is.
This
is
my
word,
by
the
end
of
this
project
I
feel
like
this
is
one
of
my
closest
friends.
I
literally,
I’ve
been
able
to
you
know
turn
to
Frank
and
be
like,
‘Yo,
you
know
when
he
did
this
that
he
probably
was
being
funny
wasn’t
he?
And
he’d
be
like,
‘Yeah
he
was
trying
to
be
funny.’
I’d
be
like,’I
knew
it!’
because
I’ve
just
immersed
myself
so
much
in
the
world
of
who
this
man
was.”
You
have
to
watch
THE
CHOICE
IS
YOURS
to
find
out
what
happens
with
Dres’
Dilla
project.
While
the
film
spends
a
good
amount
of
time
on
Dres’
experience
in
Detroit
and
the
resistance
he
meets
while
creating
using
the
unreleased
Dilla
beats,
the
doc
also
delves
into
how
Dres
and
fellow
Black
Sheep
member
William
“Mista
Lawnge”
McLean
parted
ways.
Again,
we
don’t
want
to
give
too
much
away
but
we
did
have
to
ask
Dres
about
the
onscreen
time
he
shared
with
his
former
partner
in
rhyme.
Source:
Paul
Natkin
/
Getty
BOSSIP:
How
important
was
that
Mister
Lawnge
be
included
in
the
documentary?
Dres:
I
was
open
to
the
notion…
but
I
didn’t
think
that
there
was
going
to
be
an
actual
us
in
the
same
room.
It
happened
very
organically.
Your
family
is
always
gonna
be
your
family.
You’re
not
always
going
to
get
along
with
your
family.
But
your
family
always
has
a
seat
at
the
table,
it’s
just
whether
or
not
they
choose
to
sit
down.
We
had
got
to
a
space
where
two
grown
men
sat
down
at
the
table.
A
lot
of
times
that’s
all
it
takes.
Just
be
grown
in
how
you
proceed.
Sometimes
there
is
no
winner
or
loser.
Sometimes
it
just
is
what
it
is.
Don’t
get
it
twisted,
I’m
not
saying
that
someone
gets
an
automatic
excuse
to
be
something
wrong
but
when
family
is
right,
family
is
right,
and
you
just
give
family
the
opportunity
to
coexist
with
you.
It’s
not
hard
to
to
coexist
with
someone
that
you
consider
family.
It
just
has
to
be
something
that’s
mutually
respected.
We’re
excited
for
other
hip-hop
heads
to
see
this
project.
Lastly
we
asked
Dres
what
the
milestone
50th
anniversary
of
hip-hop
has
meant
for
him.
Dres:
I
think
it’s
important
that
we
acknowledge
at
50
years
how
far
we’ve
come.
I
would
even
say
the
things
around
hip-hop
have
become
even
more
profitable
than
hip-hop
has.
I
remember
when
we
only
got
hip-hop
on
the
weekends
at
night
and
we
put
our
cassette
tapes
by
the
radio,
we’d
press
record
and
go
outside
and
come
back
inside
45
minutes
later
and
turn
it
over
and
press
record.
That
was
our
hip-hop
for
the
week.
So
to
see
where
we
are
today
is
mind-boggling.
But
this
is
my
word,
I
know
for
a
fact
when
I
was
young
I
knew
this
was
life-altering
music.
I
knew
we
weren’t
going
anywhere.
I
knew
it
wasn’t
a
fad.
I
just
knew
we
loved
it.
I
hope
we
can
take
this
50
year
thing
and
how
we’ve
shown
that
we
can
take
this
thing.
I
hope
the
bar
doesn’t
get
lowered
again.
There
was
a
bar
and
it
did
matter
at
one
point
but
we’ve
allowed
money
to
put
that
bar
on
the
floor.
There
are
voices
this
year,
mine
being
one
of
them,
that
are
reflective
of
balance
and
I
hope
that’s
allowed
to
continue
and
flourish.
THE
CHOICE
IS
YOURS
is
streaming
now
on
Paramount
+
