{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60180361a5dd923146b077b1/60708e2381f6d26b0fd550ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"My mate J Dilla, the dopest Hip Hop records  and the power of hip hop to influence and dominate global music tastes  ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60180361a5dd923146b077b1/1617988785219-e99e77cff2a37b891953b7187f09e398.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Thad Baron, aka Thad Boogie( Big Promo Show/ITCH FM). Took a different career route to the generation of impressionable teenagers who got exposed to the b-boy culture on display in London’s Covent Garden in the 80’s.</p><p><br></p><p>From running Hip Hop/Soul-Funk clubs in central London, working in Wyldpytch Rekords, co-producing radio shows. Thad went on to work in A&amp;R and music publishing along the way building solid relationships with the management behind some house hold Hip Hop artists such as Kanye West and J Dilla. Dilla, in his developing years slept&nbsp;a few nights on Thad ’s coach!!</p><p><br></p><p>Those times, what made J Dilla a cut above other producers, industry special relationships, shaping the influence on underground UK rap and the records that shaped Thad’s love of Hip&nbsp;Hop culture are recounted in this full length episode.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>4 THE LOVE OF HIP HOP is produced by Ten Foot Giant productions</p>","author_name":"Ten Foot Giant "}