i was there for the whole listening with shady and they were very impressed with rick rock and the federation/kinsmoke shit they heard. DART is very much up on the bay area and our artists. if there were more A&R and redord execs with his ear and vision, the bay woulda blown up long ago. rick was there to talk about Federation and after the listenig was done DART asked him for some beats to check out. i would love to hear eminem, 50 cent, g-unit, obie trice or stat quo spittin to some rick rock slumpers. that shit would be ill. as far as federation, i think they are one of the tightest groups in the game and i would love to see them sign to another major. virgin didnt know what they had or how to market them, but trust me they have what it takes to go national and to do some really big shit. try to name another group that can fuck with the federation.... aint none
by the way, shady has only signed one artist in the last year and a half, and that was sta quo, so they're gonna be signin someone big very soon.