"We're excited about you! We're definitely impressed with the instruments you play and your production skills... We need to pair you with a rapper. Soulja Boy is hot right now. Let's get you in the studio tomorrow," the record exec at DefJam suggested, leaning back in his chair, contract in hand, ready to be signed. "No, No, No!" I screamed in my head. Had he not listened to a single song I'd played him? I stared at him coldly. Sensing...

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