subtle point about SELF-promotion.

When Pooch mentioned to Jay Z that he always did a great job of marketing himself (and not anyone else), Jay Z responded "yes, that's right. *I* did a great job of marketing MYSELF..before and after I was picked up by a label."

The implication is that niggas need to do their own footwork, too and stop relying so heavily on the label to sell their records.

Cats need to stop slobbering all over Hov's in-seam and start pushing their own shit. Moreover, stop begging the radio to play your music. An artist CAN make his own music a big deal, but he has to put in the work and stop begging for record deal then complaining that the label isn't promoting their shit enough.

Why is ^that^ such a difficult concept for artists to understand?