▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years , ▁Z om ba ' s ▁song writ ers ▁hit ▁it ▁big ▁and ▁the ▁publishing ▁prof its ▁k icked ▁in , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁first ▁major ▁expansion ▁into ▁record ▁labels . ▁Though ▁Davis ▁wanted ▁Cal der ▁to ▁head ▁his ▁West ▁Coast ▁A & R ▁operations , ▁Cal der ▁had ▁different ▁plans ▁altogether , ▁and ▁instead ▁presented ▁J ive ▁Records ▁to ▁Davis . ▁ ▁J ive : ▁taking ▁a ▁chance ▁with ▁rap ▁Ar ista ▁had ▁been ▁having ▁trouble ▁pushing ▁rock ▁acts ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁and ▁C live ▁Davis ▁had ▁hoped ▁that ▁with ▁Z om ba ' s ▁M utt ▁L ange ▁connection , ▁J ive ▁would ▁fill ▁that ▁role . ▁ ▁However , ▁Cal der ▁had ▁other ▁ideas . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁J ive ▁began ▁operations ▁by ▁re le asing ▁British ▁dance ▁and ▁pop ▁music ▁such ▁as ▁Q - Fe el , ▁A ▁F lock ▁of ▁Se ag ull s ▁and ▁T ight ▁F it . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁Cal der ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁a ▁young ▁fresh ▁college ▁gradu ate ▁named ▁Barry ▁We iss ▁who , ▁for ▁his ▁job ▁interview ▁with ▁Z om ba , ▁took ▁Cal der ▁out ▁to ▁hip - h op ▁and ▁black ▁clubs ▁all ▁over ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁ ▁Cal der ▁was ▁immediately ▁im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁man ▁and ▁had ▁him ▁sc anning ▁sales ▁data ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁country ▁searching ▁for ▁unknown ▁acts ▁on ▁small ▁labels ▁s