Lenny S on Decades of Working With Jay-Z, Being an A&R and the Famous Gold Couch

Lenny S on Decades of Working With Jay-Z, Being an A&R and the Famous Gold Couch
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Lenny S, senior vice president at Roc Nation, is a self-described "accessible guy" with an elite level of access within the music industry. On this episode of XXL's Inside Track podcast, Lenny S discusses his unwavering success as an A&R, his upcoming book based on photos taken on his now-famous gold couch in his Roc Nation office and being a part of major moments that made rap game history.
After cutting his teeth in hip-hop as an independent street promoter in his home borough of the Bronx, a one-year stint with Bad Boy Records led Lenny to an intern position at then-upstart label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1996. He quickly became a key player at the Roc and has been firmly positioned at the right hand of Jay-Z ever since.
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What do you think is the most important statement Lenny S said during his pod talk? ⬇

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Putting in the work… he worked tirelessly IN-HOPES of it working out! Being loyalty to a company that hadn’t realized success yet but still doing the necessary work… that’s why people like Lenny is blessed! These guys are really an inspiration!

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Respect tf out of Lenny S vision and grind. I didn’t know he was the Khalid connection. 👌🏿

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Mal was right Lenny S need a book. Such an incredible story.

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Great to hear from Lenny because he always inspires

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I loved hearing his story. To hear how organic the Gold Standard started 🔥

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Excelenteeee!!! Interview!!! Congratulations!!! Cheers from Miami!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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these need to be on the podcast apps !

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When he did that lil Ghostface impersonation, he looked just like Ghost lol Great Content!!

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Great interview with the legend himself. One of my mentors 🙏

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Love it..

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The interviewer has to be quiet during Lenny’s responses. He’s “mmhmming” all over the interview. Hush.

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Interview should've been longer than 40 something minutes. When the interview was just warming up it ended. I didn't learn much here.

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I caught that edit-glitch at 26 minutes & 45 seconds - 26:45 I wonder what made them or Lenny S re-state that he did the remix to "Storm" by Lenny S featuring Jay Z with Just Blaze on the production. Great interview by the way! Lenny S gives incredible-informative interviews.

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