Prologue

Yo, dawg! What's up? So you want to be a recording star? A-ight. That's cool, that's cool. It's a tough business, dawg. But that's a-ight. Just keep first things first, dawg. You just gotta keep bringin' it every night, just like you can. And keep it focused, dawg. Just get in there and bring it. That's it.

Chapter One: Getting Your Start

Yo, dawg. That's the magic. You got it, dawg! What can I say? You just bringin' it, just like you do. You need some help with song selection, but you all right. Just keep it focused, dawg. That's right. You got it.

Chapter Three: Finding the Right Sound

Dawg, I don't know. I don't know, dawg. I don't know of that's the song for you. I mean, I don't know. But that's a-ight. You just doing that "you" thang. You're just bringin' "you," 'cause that's what you bring. That's it, dawg. I mean, some of these kids I've seen? Damn! But you just do what you do, dawg. I don't know. Paula?

Chapter Six: Management

What can I say? Dawg! All I can do is rise slowly and applaud you. That's what I'm doing right now! If you could see me, you'd see that I'm rising and applauding. I'm standing, dawg! And clapping! Speechless. I don't know. Just when I think you don't got it, you bring it! You just come out and do that thing you do. Every night.

Chapter Twelve: The Demands of Fame

Dawg, that's it. How you do that? That's it! That's the thing! You know, I didn't know about you at the beginning, dawg, but man! Now you bringin' it, dawg! At times like these, I can only quote Sean Connery in Finding Forrester: "You're the man now, dawg." Or "You're the dawg now, man." I don't remember. But you know what? Either way, you're my dawg, man. You my dawg! Damn, dawg. Damn.