...then you understand that labels control the release dates, not artists, so why are you complaining about how long it took for the release of D's follow-up? you yourself acknowledge that D's album was completed in 97 (what is that, 2 1/2 to 3 years after "Brown Sugar?"). So, take your complaints to Virgin...<P><BR>>I didn't mean to imply that the <BR>>artists from a previous generation were <BR>>unscathed. I did, however, state that <BR>>they consistently and regularly gave us <BR>>excellent releases, and it didn't take <BR>>them five years to do so <BR>>(in most cases, around a year). <P>Label release plans worked differently in the 60's. Radio is completely different now. You're in the industry, you know all of this! D doesn't control when his album is released! All he does is make the music.<P>>And since you're in the industry, you'll recall >that press on D's COMPLETED album started back >in 1997 (!!!) <P>There you go...you say you know D completed his album in far less than the five years it took for it to be released....so where's the beef?<P>>I simply don't see it <BR>>as "groundbreaking" as hyped. But <BR>>it IS good music. <P>I have never seen Quest call it "groundbreaking". When you say "hyped", are you referring to press releases? Retail one sheets? Where are you getting that quote from?<P>Peace,<P>Spirit<BR><a href="http://amphibians.iuma.com" target="_blank">http://amphibians.iuma.com<;/a><BR><a href="http://infiniteloop.iuma.com" target="_blank">http://infiniteloop.iuma.com<;/a><BR>DC hip-hop is on the rise...<P>"High grade when I create beats/if I don't get signed/I'ma be the most dope bum that ever walked the streets" - <BR>Aychell (HL, of Khemystery)<P>"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it's probably a tool of the conspiracy" - unknown