...to put out BOTH of them...the Dark stuff AND the Light stuff...they are both the truth.

JUST the light withOUT the dark will leave something to be desired...it will be a half empty expression...it won't tell the WHOLE honest story. And you know (and I assume he still knows) that HONESTY in the music is the KEY to the classic shit. Honesty in the music is what makes it resonate and get INto the listener and STAY there. Yeah, honesty aint always pretty, sometimes it's gritty, sometimes it's ugly...but sometimes you NEED that 'gritty ugliness' to appreciate and fully understand the journey to the 'pretty and sweet' stuff...and thats just the way it is if you want to make some REAL shit and don't want to contribute to the abundance of soulless stuff that's out there wasting the airwaves and lowering the expectations of a zilion mindless listeners...

so ask him...CONVINCE him to put em BOTH out...convince him to be honest with the true music fans and share with them WHOLE unfiltered musical journey he's been going through since Voodoo...the grit, the grime, the shimmy, the shine...its ALL part of the story...

anything less would be selling out...