Joseph Prielozny on Reach Records Split and Sampling Amy Grant

Producer and A&R Joseph Prielozny met with Rapzilla during SXSW to talk about what he’s up to with COBRA and also explained the reason for his departure from Reach Records.

Prielozny said he built a relationship with for King & Country, and they were always pitching him to the WORD record label. They were trying to get into hip-hop. He was with Reach for eight years, and he was trying to figure out a way to make this collaboration work. Ultimately, it came down to WORD being located in Nashville and he and his wife wanting to move back there.

Now he gets to be on the forefront of Christian rap getting bigger through label’s new interest in it.

“I feel like the genre needs to grow and here’s a company that has resources and they want to back it,” he explained. “This will great for the genre as just a whole to grow.”

Watch the full interview below:

The producer said COBRA are excited at the prospect of sending Hollyn’s Amy Grant sampled song, “Nothing On You,” going to radio.

Watch the interview below:

Justin Sarachik
Justin Sarachik
Justin is the Editor-in-Chief of Rapzilla.com. He has been a journalist for over a decade and has written or edited for Relevant, Christian Post, BREATHEcast, CCM, Broken Records Magazine, & more. He's written over 10,000 articles, done over 1,000 interviews, and is in post-production for documentaries on Danny "D-Boy" Rodriguez & Mario "Machete" Perez. He's the project manager of the upcoming video game Run the Court and of the media brand Crimefaces. Justin likes to work with indie artists to develop their brands & marketing strategies. Catch him interviewing artists on Survival of the Artist Podcast & creating videos on his social media channels.
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