{"id":177319,"date":"2023-02-02T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=177319"},"modified":"2023-02-01T23:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T22:10:52","slug":"video-kyambo-hip-hop-joshua-on-the-r-o-a-d-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-kyambo-hip-hop-joshua-on-the-r-o-a-d-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Kyambo \u201cHip-Hop\u201d Joshua On The R.O.A.D. 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Hip Hop speaks on building his early relationship with <\/span><strong>JayZ<\/strong><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=255s\">4:15<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">) and recording <\/span><strong>Dipset<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">, <\/span>State Property<\/strong><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">, and <strong>Memphis Bleek<\/strong> with his production\/management company <strong>&#8220;Hip Hop Since 1978&#8221;<\/strong> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=421s\">7:01<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">). He explains how New York\u2019s famous <strong>Tunnel<\/strong> <strong>Nightclub<\/strong> determined if a song was a hit (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=1162s\">19:22<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">). Hip Hop reflects on helping<strong> Jay-Z&#8217;s<\/strong> <em>\u201cDead Presidents\/Ain&#8217;t No\u201d<\/em> get to number one (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=1561s\">26:01<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">), breaks down the role of an A&amp;R (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=1960s\">32:40<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">) and recalls <strong>Jigga<\/strong> passing on beats like<em> \u201cWhoa\u201d<\/em>,<em> \u201cStill Not A Player\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cLights Camera Action\u201d<\/em> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=2345s\">39:05<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">). Hip Hop speaks on his relationship with <strong>Aaliyah<\/strong> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=3061s\">51:01<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">), working in the studio with<strong> Michael Jackson<\/strong> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=4733s\">1:18:53<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">) and his top 5 <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> records of all time (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=5980s\">1:39:40<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">). Finally Hip Hop talks about signing <\/span><strong>Kanye West<\/strong><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> as a producer\/artist (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=6962s\">1:56:02<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">) and his role in curating the sound of <strong>Roc-A-Fella Records<\/strong> (<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RU4qQN0sB3c&amp;t=8702s\">2:25:02<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"177320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-kyambo-hip-hop-joshua-on-the-r-o-a-d-podcast\/roc-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RoC.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"RoC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RoC.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177320 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RoC.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RoC.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RoC.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff On this week\u2019s episode of the RoadPodcast, the fellas welcome legendary A&amp;R for Rocafella&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On this week\u2019s episode of the RoadPodcast, the fellas welcome legendary A&amp;R for Rocafella Records, Kyambo \u201cHip-Hop\u201d Joshua. 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