L.A. Reid
Appearances
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
Right, and I think you and I talked about it. How many important boutique labels do we have that are black? Because that's where the community is built from, right? Absolutely. You started at Blackground, right? Yep. A boutique. A boutique, right?
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
And an artist I had started at LaFace, and there was Uptown Artists, and there was Death Row Artists, there was Motown Artists, and there was Stax Artists, and that was where... That's where black music was nurtured, curated, and it wasn't, no disrespect to anybody, but it wasn't so much us asking for permission because people that looked like us were making those decisions.
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
And look how different the industry looked then. So the moment we just talked about when we said guy, and I'll Be Sure, and Keep Sweat, and Babyface, and Heavy D and the Boys, and I could keep going on and on, and Boyz II Men. Guys, those are black people making decisions about the music we heard on a national, international level. That is all but dead.
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
So if you look at the Grammy stage, what you see missing is people that look like us.
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
And it's changed music. He smoked it. Because all the music decisions are now being made by mostly white men. So look at the stage. The artists are great, by the way. I love Chaperone. I fucking thought Benson Boone was incredible. I really did. I love the artists, right? He was great. I really love Dolce, by the way. Dolce is great as well. But even that. That's black. That's black.
The Joe Budden Podcast
Episode 801 | "0-5 Zone"
It's also from a boutique. Thank you. That's Top Dog, right? Thank you. Thank you.