> That title alone will scare
>off alot of potential consumers...leaving
>the Roots with their standard
>pseudo-intellectual, backpacking, white guy freshman
>in college (sorry steve), Headwrapping
>audience that they already have.
>

Damn Naz, wanna fight? LOL. You are saying kinda what I was meaning to say though.


> Those titles ?uest mentioned "____
>2001,"" _____ forever," and Ride
>or Die are easily understood
>by the average target market.
> People can understand what
>they mean, so they assume
>that they'll understand whats on
>the CD when they pop
>it into their CD player.
>
> It *is* that deep.
>With the exception of an
>Outkast...who can get away with
>naming an album "aquemini" or
>"stankonia" only because they have
>a reputation for being a
>little more on the oddball
>side of things...the title is
>a very important part of
>the marketing and promotion of
>an album. Phrenology (if
>thats how you spell it)
>would probably be great for
>a rock album...but for the
>Roots?
> I havent heard any of
>it yet, and I have
>no idea how much is
>done. Honestly, it would
>be great if I heard
>some of it, and immediately
>realized *why* this title for
>the album makes so much
>sense. But without having
>heard any of it, all
>i'm left with is what
>i've heard from the roots
>in the past, and this
>new title that just doesnt
>seem to fit.
> David Geffen would have *loved*
>the title. But the roots
>arent Guns N Roses or
>Whitesnake, either.
> Just my opinion.
> Naz
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