i think it has alot to do with promotion. the city picking one artist isnt the way to do things, no other city has just choose one local artist to support, & whos to even say that artist is gonna help anyone from here out? you need to bombard the city with promotion. freeway billboards, bus stops, also, do the thug thing & staple posters to trees & poles & so forth.
Jeezy has a street team with dudes who do promotion for him full-time. even my lable has full time promotion. we have shirts we constantly wear, which grabs peoples attention & gets their eyes & ears open. i have NEVER seen dudes slanging Mitchy shirts, or cds or nothing except for music trader & fam bam. ive seen some posters... but again......... only in fam bam. thing is, if hes only putting up posters & promotional shit there, its retarded. people who shop there have obviously heard of dude, so whats the use of promoting an album in an area that everyone there already knows about? Mitchy could sell alot more if he promoted other spots. other spots in DAGO & other cities/states. also, i think his music needs to be better. im not hating on dude, but out of everything ive heard from him, only "HOE CAKE" is catchy enough to have black/white/brown/yellow/male/female/kids/grown-folks could all bump & enjoy. now that doesnt mean change his concepts. just say stuff, well...different.