Failed is a bad choice of words. With being labeled a neo soul artist it limits your audience. This label is not been beneficial to many artists because a lot of their music is not played on the urban hip r&b radio stations instead you might have to listen to the older stations or college radio even to hear those artists. 15 years ago these artists would be labeled as r&b and they would have a better chance but the label neo soul puts limits on where the music can go.