Vibe Juice List: TJ Chapman

This time they got right!! The Vibe Juice List dubbed the New Power Generation was(In my opinion) the most balanced between the known and the unknown, across the many fields of endeavor. However the highlight was seeing that they FINALLY put TJ Chapman on the list...They say he has "Golden Ears" for discovering talent, but what really makes him TJ is his ability to put people together. He knows who can do what and knows how to call them at their mamma's house. As he did when he introduced me to David Banner before he got signed. Crongrats TJ, not just because he was on the list, but because he's got the Juice for real and now everybody knows it!

TJ Chapman: The Golden Ear
By: Jon Caramanica
POSTED: 13:39 EST, August 14, 2007

For over a decade, TJ Chapman has been breaking Southern rap records - far longer than it's been cool to do so. With his TJ's DJs record pool - and crucially, its website tjsdjs.com, which brings the latest regional hits to a global audience - he's come a long way from his days as a personal manager for Miami bass maestro Beatmaster Clay D. But the father of three still isn't getting much sleep - he co-manages up-and-coming Atlanta rapper B.O.B., who is signed to Atlantic, and he still listens to any song e-mailed his way. "It's a job in and of itself," he says with a heavy sigh. "But you never know what you might find."

PERSONAL MOTTO:
"It's all about the relationships."

Read the entire interview here at vibe.com