Like i have said in the past, i bought Roots, Common, and D'angelo albums before okayplayer.com or MP3's and i will after.<P>Common, you cant really fault those (me included) for taking the opertunity to hear some of a highly anticipated (for us) release early. This type of thing is why artists like DJ Clue make so much money. Getting people a taste early.<P>To those who downloaded the unmastered version and have critiqued it on this site...you are playin yaself. It is nothing more than a taste of what the real album will be so you have no right reviewing it and/or arguing with Quest or Common about the sound of it.<P>Who will make the purchase? All the real fans WILL purchase the album obviously. Yes it is about the music and having the audio may be alright for those who dont really feel your music anyway. But the fans will support your album and make others support it just because of who you are. I cant even count how many purchases of Roots and Common LPs i have caused MYSELF just by making peeps REALLY listen. As for the fakes who just wanna stir disscussion by runnin thier yap about his unmastered version, they know how pathetic they are so you dont even have to address them.<P>Nuff said<P>Sheldon Mar"Quez" Rankin<BR><a href="http://www.sheldon.bored.org" target="_blank">http://www.sheldon.bored.org<;/a><BR>click there ===> <a href="http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez" target="_blank">http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez<;/a>/<P>"oh lawd Quez is here, okayplayer will never be the same" ---- some wise man<P>"The truth is, my crew is, the smoothest spitters of saliva juices like The Roots is, more Organic than acoustics" ---- Talib Kweli<P>"No need to mic test, you can feel it in ya chest... yo BEYAAAAATCH, feel it in her breasts" - Common