“He had me come into the office to play him the singles, and made me wait a really long time, which is fine. I figured he was busy. I didn’t think he was making me wait as a power play,” Rickly says. “I come in and sit down and he asks me about the record, and as soon as I start talking, he opens up a newspaper and starts reading it in my face. And I was like, ‘Oh, this meeting is to show that we’re not important because we didn’t play ball.’ Once I got that, I had to laugh. Because the thing about L.A. Reid is, his desk was on a raised pedestal so he’s always above you. This is his whole
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