ive lived in philly all my life, currently reppin the 19104 w. philly.... and i know plenty of people that like the roots, respect the roots, etc...

but, like some of ya'll said before me, i think the way that philly shows its love for the the roots is in line with the overall character of the city.

i think the quakers got it wrong by labeling us the city of brotherly love way back in the 16,17,1800s, whatever it was...

anyway, so do you think that if the roots were huge, mainstream, all over the radio, all over the world... do you think philly would really embrace and respect the roots, or just say "theres some more cats that got too big to still have love for their hometown"?

because i think in this city, we respect the hardworking, blue-collar cats, the ones goin out do what they gotta do to make ends meet.... and theres no act, whether its from philly or wherever, that gets as much respect from me as the legendary, hardworking, roots crew from illadelph.

rza