>But, judging by The Roots established fan
>base aka OKP, they should have went at least Gold. Lupe Fiasco
>can be thrown in there too. His buzz was crazy. How about we
>lay blame where it is supposed to be...with us. It is way too
>easy to fault Jay for this. Judging by the word of mouth on
>the different websites, Food & Liquor and Game Theory are
>easily the albums of the year. So, how come they didn't sell
>like they should have?

^^^^^^^^
I thought Lupe would do crazy numbers. I was hyping his album up to anyone who remotely digged hip hop. Both Lupe & The Roots GT basically had halos over their respective albums and didn't do anything close to what they could have done WITH a Jay-Z co-sign (Jay executive produced Lupe's F&L and signed the Roots). Still both were great albums.