When you get in XPLOSIVE Magazine you get seen by a lot of Rap and R&B Industry Big Wigs. The artists interviewed in XPLOSIVE Magazine recieve the magazine. Just being seen alone is awareness and is what you have been trying to do all along. You always wanted Universal to see your album, to read about it in a positive way. You always wanted Nas, or Jadakiss, or Baby to notice your work. For the $$ we charge, it's not a hard choice to make. It's all promotion, which is needed more so now than ever before. The shelves are cluttered with Rap CD's no one is buying. Show your product to a crowd of readers who buy, listen, perform (make), and just love this music. MURDERDOG used to be the one The Industry would look at, they still might, but Murderdog aint looking at the Bay Area/Northern Cali-It's Home to help build our Artists and put them in their respected place in this industry. I still read them, always will, but the Baton always has to be passed. Readers support the real, Buy all publications that showcase your favorite Independent rappers, Get in and be a part of History here on the West Coast.