well, its a great opportunity for everybody in here whenever the west coast fall off cuz it makes the underground more hungry and independent. i think that ever since the west coast dropped off the mainstream map, there has been more underground radio shows and more indepedent distribution. now, when i think about it, west coast music not getting any national shine is sort of a blessing cuz it made the west coast underground more independent and not rely on mainstream radio or mainstream record labels to get the job done. i think the independent artists now can make that paper in all sorts of ways without getting on radio or on tv through mixtapes, message boards, dvds, and the internet hustlin. not being on the top ten in the radio sorta made us step up our game and united us.