You know I am astonished at the amount of "experts" that think the bay had its chance. Everyone is entitled to there opinion however, but let me explain a few things.
Mike Jones- the reason they are doing well is because Lyor Cohen and Warner Bros (Asylum Records) are putting a lot of money into the project. Keep in mind however these guys moved some 200 thousand records though indy. That alone got the majors attention. If you don't have high dollars you will get no promotion on television and radio. Both entities are very political, which is why you never see Jacka get much love on KMEL. Shit I don't even understand why KMEL dont fuck with us much, but ill bet some people know the secret of getting into radio at 106.
Second, the bay IS hot right now. That is why you see a lot of artists shouting us out and getting at us more. Did yall know how big this market is? Game soundscaned around 90 thousand in this region (SF BAY AREA) alone. So dont be surprised if artists fuck with us because the market here is wide open. So if stations like 94.9 and 106 fucked with more artists you would see better numbers. This in turn will show the majors that we deserve a shot. Its all politics, I have learned that in my short years in this business.
Long story short, if you expect to see the bay on MTV and BET real soon forget about it cause it aint happening. We need to get bigger media conglomerates supporting us because NONE of us have the money to do what the Warner Bros Aslymum records, Bad Boy, Def Jam's, and so on can do. We all need to focus on the business and just do our thing, fuck them anyway. We can sell ten thousand records and take that 80 thousand and build. I know we arent waiting to walk in someones shoes, being barefoot is a bitch. So until we get some REAL support, we gotta take care of ourselves.