It would have been better if The Roots and company DID announce all the special guests before hand...

That way, those artists have more pressure to show up. And if they no-show, they will have to deal with their own bad publicity and take the blame themselves.

Since many guests were unannounced and ?uest kept hyping it up, he'll unfortunately (and unfairly) have to shoulder the blame for this.

I wonder if Nas hadn't been announced beforehand, would he have still shown up?

Could Jay be one of the folks who no showed? If so, that would be a terrible and unfortunate situation, since he's the bossman and you can't exactly tell him off for letting you down.

And I have a feeling Mr. Ego, Kanye, was one of the people ?uest keeps referring to in his blogs as a hassle and a half.