We're talking about 'meeting people halfway' right? What 'normal' music listener saw this and thought 'man, this sounds great...I'd love to hear more'?

Again, most of the more successful artists that cats bring up when answering 'who are your influenceseses' had to lay low for a while before showing up with their 'fast lane' songs.

And take in mind, I buy anything Bilal comes out with. But that's me. I'm okay with cats taking some liberties since they are artists.

>LOL
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>http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=10gh8nl&s=3#.VJoQpsAOA
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>His 'Fast Lane' performance. When I first saw this I thought,
>"LOL NO WONDER HE DON'T SELL RECORDS!" He was my first solo
>concert though and a few other gems.
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>Definitely glad to have him around and performing and
>recording on the real. (I'm pretty hyped for the album with
>Adrian Younge. I think he'll benefit from a cinematic score,
>esp. given his narrative style).