Rico Love Talks About Diddy Locking Him in the Studio Until He Made A Hit | EP 14

In this week's episode of Can We Talk R&B, Ian Von welcomes musical GENIUS Singer/Songwriter/ Producer, Rico Love. Rico Love production and songwriting has landed him hits with Beyoncé, Usher, Kelly Rowland, Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Mario, just to name a few. Rico reflects on early beginnings as a rapper, and getting his big break working with the Corna Boyz, writing "Throwback" for Usher, how he turned the opportunity to building an iconic music career. Rico also opens up about the true meaning behind Usher's hit single "There Goes My Baby" as well as his music career  as a recording artist and lessons he's learned along the way as an executive and founder of record label, Division 1. He also gave his thoughts on the current state of R&B. You don’t want to miss this episode!!! Turn The Lights On!! 0:00 - 3:05 Intro 3:05 - 4:00 What got you into r&b? 4:00 - 5:27 Being from New Orleans 5:27 - 8:00 Attending FAMU to peruse music 8:00 -9:49 Opportunities being presented through college 9:50 - 11:18 How did you get into the business 11:18 - 13:00How did you get to Jagged Edge? 13:00 - 15:00 Advice for college students wanting to peruse music 15:00 - 17:30 Taking advantage of opportunities 17:30 - 18:40 Getting to usher from opportunity 18:40 - 20:38 Remaining consistent early on 20:38 - 22:30 Throwback with Usher 22:30 - 23:17 Confessions and 8701 23:17 - 25:40 Growing with Usher in his artistry 25:40 - 27:35 Division One 27:35 - 30:42 Why aren’t there many R&B artist executives 30:42 - 32:08 The Hip Hop business mindset 32:08 - 34:20 Sacrifices of a Business Manager 34:20 - 36:19 What lessons have you learned 36:19 - 37:42 Understanding artistry 37:42 - 42:02 R&B artists in fashion 42:02 - 43:36 The Drake Effect 43:36 - 45:40 Usher at The Super Bowl 45:40 - 46:30 Top 5 R&B Veteran Records 46:30 - 48:11 R&B inspiring Song of the last ten years 48:11 - 49:16 R&B Kings 49:16 - 52:36 Deep Dive There Goes My Baby 52:36 - 55:45 Respect the Pen Game 55:45 - 57:06 Male R&B artist 57:06 - 58:07 Jermaine Dupri’s impact in R&B 58:07 - 59:00 Producers who aren’t singers 59:00 - 1:01:26 Diddy in R&b 1:01:26 - 1:04:46 What are you working on now? 1:04:46 - 1:05:23 Outro 📱Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & iHeart Now!!!! ✅Don’t forget to stream & rate us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeart CLICK LINKS BELOW! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zfIA07... iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-ca... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 📲Stay connected with Us! #CanWeTalkRnB #CWTRB Hosted & Created by: Ian Von | www.instagram.com/IanVonMusic Produced by: Launch Pod Studio | www.instagram.com/LaunchPodStudio Links: 📱www.instagram.com/CanWeTalkRnB 📱www.twitter.com/CanWeTalkRnB 📱  / canwetalkrnb   🎥    / canwetalkrnb   #canwetalkrnbpodcast #rnb #podcast #rnbmusic #rnbvibes