It's cool...I'm not one to be campaigning for someone else's music! And it's true that they only did make 3 really good albums imo...with a few added tracks to other artists cd's...
I just guess it's nearlly impossible to have so many minds going in the same direction for a long period of time...seems only natural that things will implode or explode!!! what you "thought" all had in common seems to be growing apart as time passes by, and well...that's just life I guess.
And maybe you're right to say that we just have to leave those times behind and go forward...D seems to be doing that! The Roots are continually evolving, Common did a 180 with Be, Dilla is no longer with us so, Erikah is...well I don't know what she's up to!? Life continues!

Personnaly...I'm still finding my way around music, discovering old and new stuff and absorbing as much as possible to try and educate myself, the thing is with my generation, fewer people actually listen to music music...let's just call it a "media brainwash" and it disturbs me to see good music go to waist!

Maybe I'm just ramblin' but that's just the way I feel about it right now...if I ask someone if they know a song by the Beatles they're like "WHO?"...WTF! ok so maybe they've heard about them...but they sure as hell don't know who Brian Epstein or George Martin is, and maybe they know 1 song...SAD don't you think?

Anyway who cares what MOI has to say...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAJtmDQBvF8