i mean... really?

what was he even hitting for back when albums sold a lot just on the strength of video rotation in the late 90's/early 00's...

1.5m? in 1999/2000 when albums were scanning 1.7 million first week?
come on...

dude isn't even going to scan 100k whenever he drops the dud he's been working on the last 2-12 years.

so what's even the point of giving this guy a major release?
he's adult-contemporary age now anyway.
nothing he drops is going to be relevant to anyone under 35.

if an act like boyz II men was pruned from a major label roster after being THE MOST SUCCESSFUL R&B ACT OF THE ENTIRE 1990's...

how can any label exec really justify d'angelo being signed to a major in 2013?

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i just want to opine in peace.