>when we release "introducing the roots"
>will y'all:
>
>1. analyze our shit too?
>2. be nice to us?

hehehe... look for my Things Fall Apart commentary next week (maybe...)

>sure could it have been
>"bigger"?

i have no problem with the album itself (except for its occasionaly monotony)... the way it was promoted is where the greatest faults lie.

>i for one yell victory. i
>never considered any record that
>sells more than a million
>"falling flat".

yes... 1 million is a victory, albeit a minor one. but it didn't seem like Virgin was really behind the album. 3 singles... only one of which received any kind of promotion, 1 good video, 2 forgettable videos... damn... D really is trying to follow Prince's career path isn't he? (just playin!!!!)

>and no one
>said we were "here to
>save you all".

not necessarily that.. but... and i quote... "this is what we need today...this is no miseducation ....this is the blueprint right here!"

and what's really funny is that listening to Lauryn's album for the first time in over a year is what prompted me to write this post.

>i see influence of this record
>more than most shit released
>in the last few.

i'm not noticing much influence except within the soulquarian circle. sure the whole "neo-soul" bullshit is starting to flourish, and i don't want to say where i'm seeing influences there because... well i don't want your litmus test coming up with false results...and once again *that* is inside the soulquarian circle.

>just because
>d aint flex on trl
>don't mean shit.

D's market isn't the TRL crowd. thats why it wouldn't make sense for him to be on there. I'm still trying to figure out why Prince was on there.

>so what it is is what
>it is.

and it is good... could've done better though... why did Virgin dead the album so quickly? was it because there wasn't anything radio friendly left on the album??? what happened to that proposed "Chicken Grease" remix?

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