i think it could hurt. a lot of people were getting their hopes up about AP and they had to wait so long for it. Then it dropped, and, well, it's tech's worst work, imo.
I don't have time to sit on the edge of my seat waiting for his album to drop, when chances are, it's not going to live up to the hype that has been brewing for so long (come on, Jellysickle? WACK). You know when you're waiting for an artist to release something for so long, and while waiting, you move on. When that artist finally does drop the album it's hard to go back. It's either not living up to your expectations of that artist, or the expectations you have created because of the new stuff you listen to. I kinda feel that way. I've moved on. Will i buy tech's album? Of course. In the mean time, I'm listening to CunninLynguists- A Piece of Strange and will no doubt be comparing everything else from everyone else to this album. And there is no comparison.