>I guess the big dogs (Tim, Pharrell, etc.) did, but the
>Rockwilders or EZ Elpees did not.

rockwilder and ez elpee on the same level?
that's "interesting".

there's a ton of producers that were hot that just did freelance work who should have just had an entire label established around their sound/vision.

lex luger for example...
why he doesn't have his own major label-distributed imprint is beyond me.
i mean maybe he does but at this point it should already have several projects under it's belt.