https://www.okayplayer.com/music/billy-woods-interview-hiding-places-underground-rap.html

"You also had these cultural gatekeepers around 2000 who supported the music but then just didn’t’ fuck with that type of rap anymore. In 2003 they wanted to be Def Jux but by 2007 it was no longer fertile ground. The same dudes who were giving Aesop Rock good reviews were now like, “I’m only listening to Dipset now!” It was a great time to experience. It wasn’t a great era for me to start a record label in, however."



>Just read all the LB reviews - it's like they had a vendetta
>against them in the early years.