On this episode WLPWR and Brian Onrea interview multi-platinum songwriter Al Sherrod Lambert aka A-Rod. Lambert has written hit records for Jamie Foxx, Fantashia, Mary J Blige, Ariana Grande among others. In this very inspirational discussion he talks about:Growing up in Newark, New Jersey and beginning to come up with songs at the age of 4His musical heritage (grandfather sang with Sam Cook)Growing up in the church and initially singing gospel. Graduating from college and eventually leaving his 9-5 job to pursue music full time (what do you do when you’re working a job that you’re not enthused about and want to do music full time?)Receiving his first big break working with Jamie Foxx on the Best Night of My Life project (Jumping on a plane to LA, being in the right place at the right time and playing your role)The amazing story of how Ariana Grande’s breakout song “The Way” almost never happened. (She hand-picked the song and murdered it!)What it takes to properly produce and roll out a record as a new artist Follow A-Rod @welcometotheavwww.welcometotheav.com Also discussed in this episode:The Success of the New Edition movie and what this means for future movies being made about successful recording artists from the 80s and 90sSome of the issues that came up in the movie like recording contracts, production deals, and how to gain leverage as a newbie in the business.New music released this week from Migos, Bell Biv Devoe, Keishia Cole, Kehlani and Eric Biddness Follow us:@WLPWR@BrianOnrea@FreeGamePodcast