You're right to point out the success of Naked. Yep, Frankie won a Grammy but stopped doing the mixes as he was sick of dealing with A&R fools who tried to tell him what to do, apparently. Morales did well to remix Mariah. He got a Grammy too. But there's heaps of major label payola in US radio too. I guess the point is the music is not comparable to urban music when you look at the pop charts. My guess is that explains why in part Armand Van Helden is not determined to enter the urban market.
> Didn't Frankie Knuckles win a Grammy for remixer of the year? > In the early 90's I remember it wasn't that unusual to see MAW, or > Tony Humphries hit the Billboard club charts, of course artist like Crystal > Waters crossed over to the pop charts. > There are still plenty of DJ's in clubland who play MAW, Naked music that > type of stuff (Juan Atkins) in comparison to Detroit techno like Robert Hood > or Jeff Mills. > I thought KDJ I Cant Kick This Feeling When It Hits, or Octave One > Blackwater, DJ Rolando Knights Of The Jaguar could have easily been > played on Top 40 radio. >
