the state of hip hop is dismal right now, it seems like since the internet got big that quality albums don't get appreciated anymore, it's been a long time since a classic album went platinum, that's how I could understand kel's frustration but at the same time as it was mentioned on here when you're a true artist you don't worry what everyone thinks and you do it for the love of the game so hopefully the love will keep kel going, even if he just continues to drop mixtapes it's still worth something quality wise, to me that "salon stories" mixtape holds more substance than most hip hop albums in the last 5 years