>Rapalot did a truckload of promo for their artists they just
>never broke past their region for a variety of reasons.
>Houston rappers consistently talked abt both the good and the
>bad of street life, in the blues tradition...west coast and
>east coast kept it focused on the street and partying, cats
>like face, zro, ugk, etc *always* clearly said along with the
>money and hoes...comes the penitentiary and graveyard. Name a
>jayz song about being in jail or having suicidal thoughts
>because you had to kill your friend over dope etc
>
>And it's real and artistic but not the material a young club
>hungry audience wants to hear
>
>Imagine a Kendrick Lamar for example or a j cole making hand
>of the dead body or something. They can't. It's too real.
>
>That's always been the downfall of Houston rappers, they are
>too real

The promo didn't reach the East. Everybody loves street dudes who can really rap. But if you drop records at a No Limit pace, with little national promo, we're just gonna assume those artists are novelty artists.