that I would buy into without having heard a thing, just based on the strength of their respective back catalogs.

I want this on wax... but both of these dudes have such rabid (and easily exploitable) fanbases that it takes the fun out of stuff. I'm not above spending more than I know I should for something every now and then, but I'm not about to stress myself out constantly refreshing a shop page for the privilege of paying $75 for a 1LP release.

sorry for the rant, but this has been bothering me for a while, and it's the reason I pretty much stopped checking for Alc's output entirely. and even if I decided to go digital, Roc's got the album download for forty friggin' dollars on his site. c'mon, guys...