thanks for your insight.

i am aware that the roots do press and all that so its not
really that i was disappointed in as far as interviews and
whatnot.

i guess the difference now is just what you said about too
many groups to listen to and not enough listeners. as far as a
casual listener goes. my friends that are casual listeners are
casual roots listeners as well. and i see that def jam in
general isn't really putting a push behind hardly anyone so
why should it be different for the roots. they seem to push
like 3-4 artists and that must be their whole budget.

hopefully some new ideas start coming up in the near future
about ways to promote artists now that labels aren't giving
the same support and sales are down. 

i also wonder if the roots or any groups that don't get the
push will have the ability to make more off of less sales
since they aren't getting the same budget and shouldn't owe
the label back as much.