The Music Business is Built on Exploitation | Grammy Award Winning Producer, Fanatic

This week on Can We Talk R&B, Ian Von welcomes Fanatic AKA Billie Lenox , Fanatic is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling producer who has song placements with Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Notorious BIG, Lil Kim, Anthony Hamilton and more. Fanatic reflects on early beginnings from Greensboro, NC being discovered by Vincent Herbert and how he began to work with Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records. Plus much more

Topics:

• Intro: 0:00 - 2:00
• Whos is Fanatic: 2:00 - 5:05
• Lil Kim’s Crush On you: 5:05 - 5:40
• How it feels to have that song blow up: 5:40 - 7:35
• Transitioning from Hiphop to R&B: 7:35 - 9:40
• Being from NC: 9:40 - 12:08
• First R&B record: 12:08 - 13:00
• Working with Michael Jackson: 13:00 - 17:54
• Publishing Deal: 18:00 - 19:30
• Impact of the record: 19:30 - 20:00
• The impact of Michael on music: 20:00 - 22:00
• Working with Anthony Hamilton to other artists like Beyonce: 22:00 - 25:50
• Getting a Beyonce placement: 25:50 - 27:00
• Dealing with issues in labels: 27:00 - 28:55
• Current Favorites: 28:55 - 31:30
• The original R&B sound: 31:31 - 36:25
• Top favorite artists: 36:25 - 45:53
• What are you working on right now 45:53 - 49:59

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