>I don't know about in NY, but in DC these two<BR>>crowds rarely mix with each other.<BR>>I guess the goal is to find a common medium to<BR>>expose The Roots to people from all walks of <BR>>like. The questions is, do they want to be <BR>>exposed.<P>Maybe the goal should be to unite 'these two crowds', not to keep them separate and having The Roots appealing to both. It all starts with the music. I can only speak for myself, but when I make songs I focus on what I want to do, along with other bandmembers. As soon as the result is there, we start looking for the people who dig our sh. If some people don't know our stuff is out, we'll try to reach them in a more direct or better way, but if they don't feel it I ain't gonna change what we do, cos it wouldn't be me anymore.<BR>You can't appeal to everybody, and you shouldn't try to do so either. The only thing you can and have to do is to make sure that the people who genuinely like your sh, can get it and know that it's out.<P>It's all about people and music. Maybe it's cos I live in Europe, but I don't make the division between black and white the way you do. I know I can't compare cos from what I know about the States, people are much more separated than they are over here.<P>Peace,<P>Take care<P>krewcial<BR><a href="http://urgent.rug.ac.be/vinylators">http://urgent.rug.ac.be/vinylators</a>