Key word is AFTER he was hot. What’s funny is Dr. Dre invited their crew to his studio when they were on tour and they laughed it off. Everyone except Scott Storch. He went to meet Dre and the rest is history. But you don’t need a producer to go on tour.

>They also feature a gang of cameos from people who are
>unlikely to join them on tour. You think Questo would turn
>down an André 3000 collab just because he couldn’t perform
>it live?

Having cameos is different than having a founding member on a bunch of records who won’t tour. Speaking of 3000.

One of the things JW points out is clout chasing. No shade to Philly artist but it’s just good biz to have cameos from hot acts on an album. They are trying to sell records too.

I don’t think that logic works with how Questo and
>the gang have moved in the past. Even for guys like PORN,
>I’ve never seen him at a Roots show and I’ve been to at
>least ten. Ditto for even a more well known contributor like
>Dice.

Again, these other people you make are just Philly cats (no shade). It’s way different than having the original sound of the 2 emcees who started the group but only BT doing the live shows.

Just my opinion.