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Who is Lyor Cohen many have asked? Hip hop angel or hip hop devil. Was Lyon hip hop’s benefactor or was he a hip hop culture vulture? Many will have their opinions but there is one thing I can take from all of Lyor Cohen’s interviews. Lyor Cohen may be hip hop’s most passionate fan. Everything time he makes a statement about hip hop it’s made with the passion of a long time love affair good or bad. Whether it’s about a successful high (taking a $700.00 initial investment and making $36,000.00…) to his hip hop lows (a time at Def Jam where he questioned his abilities to get his job done…), Lyor speaks on these moments with the romance of hallmark love affair novel (his love’s and his losses…)
In an industry that has become more about the hustle than the music (although there are those who have always believed it was about the hustle, and that in itself has been hip hops struggle. The culture of hip hop vs the hustle of hip hop, but that’s another blog for later…) Lyor shares his feelings about hip hop like an old sailor who still has love for the sea but understands the sea’s harsh realities. Lyor has crafted his own hip hop identity and understanding of who hip hop is to him and its affect on others and their lives.
Check out the youtube/Complex Blueprint video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caqD9wVxWUw on lyor Cohen. Love him or hate him, no one can take away his body of work in hip hop or his hip hop passion. Remember “there nothing wrong with the record business that a good record can’t cure…”
#ItsAboutTheMusic
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