Run's House › Season 3 › Ep. 308

‘Family Albums’

At Run's House, Rev Run chats with R&B/hip-hop producer Rockwilder about how his success escalated after producing "Dirrty" for Christina Aguilera. After being introduced to Rockwilder, Justine hurries to JoJo's room to get the scoop on ex...  Full Episode Summary

At Run's House, Rev Run chats with R&B/hip-hop producer Rockwilder about how his success escalated after producing "Dirrty" for Christina Aguilera. After being introduced to Rockwilder, Justine hurries to JoJo's room to get the scoop on exactly who this guy is. JoJo rattles off a list of hit songs Rockwilder has produced. "He's major out there," JoJo tells her. Knowing that, Justine gets the performance bug and wants to start her music career again.

Justine approaches Rev Run about getting Rockwilder to produce some tracks for her. Run tells his wife that just one track could cost $50,000 but Justine doesn't care. She thinks it's time for her to make music again because, at 40 years old, she can't waste anymore time getting back in the game.

In bed that night, Justine sings Anita Baker's old-school R&B tune "Angel" for Rev Run to remind him how nice her singing voice is. He's impressed, and vows to hook her up with Rockwilder.

After playing ball in the backyard, Russy's pants are covered with grass stains. He tries to avoid Justine as he comes back in the house but she catches him and reprimands him for ruining his pants. Rev Run's solution is to make Russy pay for new clothes by doing chores.

Russy thinks he's in hot water when his dad walks into his room, until Rev Run hands him a wad of cash. "You're the best dad in the world," Russy says. But Run makes it clear that the money is for Russy to buy clothes and that he has to do chores to pay back the money.

Russy hits the H&M store in NYC with Vanessa and Angela but finds clothes shopping boring, so he drags his sisters to a nearby GameStop to check out video games. When Russy buys a Nintendo Wii, he tells his objecting big sisters that the money Rev Run gave him is his to spend as he pleases.

Back home, Rev Run and Justine anxiously await Russy's return to see what he bought. Justine's really disappointed when she sees what Russy bought with the money Run gave him for clothes. She sends Russy to his room, and blames Run for the whole mess.

In the Simmons family's home recording studio, Justine once again sings the Anita Baker song, but this time to Rockwilder. When Rev Run stops by to hear Justine's recording, he loves it and thinks they've got a hit on their hands.

Rev Run then pops into Russy's room to find out why he bought the Wii. It doesn't take long for Run to understand what the appeal is -- once he picks up the game controller he can't put it down. When Justine walks in on them both playing video games, Run's busted! Run quickly tries to take control of the situation by sternly telling Russy he was wrong for buying games instead of clothes. But Justine doesn't fall for it and tells Run that he and Russy both have to do chores to pay back the money.

As Russy and Rev Run haul trash out to the dumpster, Run complains: "Because of this Wii, now we gotta take out this garbage." But the boys unwind after a long day of chores by playing with Russy's new video games.

"Do you support the ones you love? When you listen, you support. But sometimes it takes more than ears to hear their inner song. Use your heart as a radio and tune into their frequency. Where there's a push, there's a play. God is love." -- Rev Run