BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE TO STOP HATING!!! BECAUSE EVERYONE FROM SQUARES TO THUGS IS A RAPPER...NOW PEOPLE WHO USED TO BUY EVERYONE'S CD'S IS NOW A RAPPER AND SUPPORTING HIS OWN CAREER, SAME WITH ALL THE FOLKS AROUND HIM(FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS), THEY'LL SUPPORT HIM EVEN THOUGH HIS MUSIC AINT NOWHERE AS GOOD AS SAN QUINN, MESSY MARV, E-40, OR YA'BOY...INDEPENDENT RAP STILL SELLS LIKE IT USED TO, ITS JUST THAT INSTEAD OF 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 70 BAY AREA RAPPERS INSTEAD OF 70 IN EACH BIG NEIGHBORHOOD... SO THE FOCUS IS NOT ALL ON 1 ARTIST. THAT'S WHAT PROMOTION DOES...BUT WHO PROMOTES THE HARDEST, OR THE MOST EFFECTIVE? THATS WHAT WILL TAKE THE NEXT WEST COAST ARTIST TO GOLD OR PLATINUM(MTV, BET)...HIS LABEL, HIS HISTORY(HATERS DON'T SUPPORT FOLKS THEY DON'T RELATE TO-RELATED TO IGNORANCE), WHO'S ENDORSING HIM, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE RADIO POLITICS SO IT BASICALLY COMES DOWN TO $$$$$$$$$$$. SO NEMO.....HOW LONG, NOT TOO LONG, MAYBE A YEAR OR SO, TILL THESE BIG COMPANIES FEEL THAT SOMEONE OUT HERE CAN BE TAMED AND OR MOLDED INTO WHAT THEY WANT.... THAT'S WHY I SAY DO IT INDEPENDENTLY!!!!!!!!