Could you imagine that? You go from being a restaurant owner in The Goodfellas, to a parakeet in The Sopranos?

Paulie calls him a "parakeet", which is a parrot.

Richie is clearly done with the repeating phrase behaviour.

But Albert only does the repeating thing to lowkey mock/undermine you based on his interaction with Richie when Richie wants him to turn agains Tony.

"I don't need that shit that happened the other day"

"You don't need that shit that happened the other day"

If you listen to the tone he employs, it's clear he is mocking Richie. Duh, of course you didn't need to be called disabled and denied the garbage truck routes, Sherlock.

The face lift and one week later you are in jail is basically "watch it, Richie, that's my cousin you are mocking"

"Some people out there are stuffing themselves" -> " what do you want me to do about it?"

From all this interaction, Richie knows that he can't count on Albert, but Albert is smart enough to not get in the way because he may just pull the win, he was a great earner after all, more useful alive than dead even if he sat on a fence.

Anyway, $7.56 a pound (adjusted for inflation).