>1)how old are you:

b.18-35


>2)what is your favorite album from The Roots?

TFA


>3)when did you first hear the group?

1997


>4)approximately how many shows of theirs have you attended?

3


>5)have you ever tried to put someone onto The Roots?

several times

>a.if so, did they take to the music?

all but once

>6)is The Tipping Point an automatic purchase for you, or
>might you not buy it?

automatic (unless I happen to hear a really terrible single first)


>7)do you think that The Roots will ever meet with the same
>type of commercial success that a Jay-Z or a 50 Cent has?

nope


>8)what do you think has held the group back from meeting a
>larger commercial success thus far:


b.the "alternative" band element throwing folks off . .
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>9)for the record, i believe that Phrenology has sold
>somewhere around 700,000, while Things Fall Apart might be
>in the 850,000 units range. knowing that it's hard to
>determine without hearing the music, i ask you to play the
>part of Creskin for a moment: will The Tipping Point be more
>commercially successful or less commercially successful than
>previous Roots albums?

Not for me to know. If they want to go plat, they probably could. But perhaps at the expense of overall album quality.

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