{"id":27979,"date":"2011-03-11T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=27979"},"modified":"2011-03-11T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T12:17:01","slug":"business-never-personal-with-steve-rifkind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/business-never-personal-with-steve-rifkind\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Never Personal with Steve Rifkind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_bDtmmy004?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Walking into the SRC office, there\u2019s a very serious, almost tense feeling in the air. Not tense in the sense of angry or uncomfortable, but focused. No one is looking to joke around or play games. They are there to get a job done. This is an attitude that is visibly shown on the face of their leader Steve Rifkind. Steve has been in the music business since he was a kid. By this time in his life he\u2019s seen it all. The one thing he\u2019s focused on is finding what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p>As we are setting up, Steve\u2019s assistant and staff are running in and out of his office, giving him bits and pieces of information. As we find out in the interview, we are holding up a meeting between Steve and another high power UMG executive over the development of one of his artists. Steve is visibly upset at the idea that artists are being rushed to release product nowadays. He hates that the music industry is starting to be all about \u201cthe quick buck\u201d. I can\u2019t say that I blame him.<\/p>\n<p>After talking about basketball, and seeing videos of his son play (who\u2019s one of the better teen players in the country), we get to business. The man who was so focused on his meeting turns his attention to us, discussing everything from Napster and Facebook to Odd Future (who he\u2019s extremely interested in). He\u2019s not joking around, he\u2019s not trying to be anyone\u2019s friend. It\u2019s strictly business with Steve Rifkind. 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