into the mainstream culture. he was i think 21 at the time. he was an executive that worked at uptown records. he was not famous and he said you ve got to admit not me personally but you got to help me get to admit hip-hop. most people never thought that rap would dominate top 20 or even be prominent in main stream pop top 40 and i bought into that vision. we didn t cross over. we did get top 40. the winner is sharon stone for casino. and no one is more surprised than me. it s okay, it s a miracle. [ laughter ]
not me personally, but you got to help me get to 40 to admit hip-hop. that was a tough order of the day. most people never thought that rap would dominate top 40 or even be prominent in main stream pop top 40 and i bought into that vision. we did cross over. we did get top 40, and we would be east coast because record combination. it s all true and those are some moments from this new clive davis interview. as you can tell, those are clips. i invite you to watch it all on youtube. go to our beat with ari twitter page or search melber and clive davis interview. he thinks in paragraphs and i appreciate listening to it.