Needlz on his Path to Success

Multi-Platinum, Multi-Grammy Award Winning Producer Needlz swings by the Free Game Podcast and breaks down his incredibly focused path from business school to music business school, to producing for everybody from Cardi B to Bruno Mars, 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Ludacris, Nicole Bus and the list goes on.

Topics discussed:

Brian introduces Needlz with his insane list of achievements
Needlz talks about how he started working with Nicole Bus
Working with Honors English
His process developing artists
Needlz discusses “Leak Eazy” his new artist showcases
Growing up in the midwest and how he got into music
Starting off as a DJ, going to NYU and interning for Puffy
Coming into his own as a producer, creating a sound and identifying a hit record
The importance of songwriting and working with songwriters
The importance of his team
Discusses starting a label and not needing a major label
Finding talented people
Working with Cardi B on “Invasion of Privacy”
Future plans

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