1. that stevie doesn't water it down lyrically for the kids
2. that they jam out at the end...this is no shortened, edited, 2 minute, short-attention-span clip.
3. the kid on the fire escape just bringing the FUNK.
4. that, oddly enough, this song is a decent message for kids - learn about what you believe in. if you don't, you can be taken for a ride.

"Back in the day when people were excited about a record coming out we'd put out a single to get the ball going and if we sold a lot of singles that was an indication we'd sell a lot of albums. But we'd cut the single off a few weeks before the album came out to get people to wait and let the excitement build. When I put out Kris Kross we did that. We sold two million singles, then we stopped. Eventually we sold eight million albums!

Did consumers complain? Maybe so. But at what point does any business care when a consumer complains about the money? Why do people not care how we - the people who make music - eat? If they just want the single, they gotta get the album."

Yo, JD? Marie Antoinette did it better. Hell, Michael Douglas in "Wall Street" did it better.

If you want us to buy the album.....QUIT MAKING TERRIBLE ALBUMS.

Does the absolute MOUNTAIN of statistical evidence showing that consumers would rather buy the single, and offering them the single to purchase ends up equating to profits mean nothing to you?

Does the present situation, wherein iTunes has the ability to call the shots because the music industry fucked things up so royally for so long, mean absolutely nothing to you?

And really....is "Totally Krossed Out" the artistic statement you want to hang your hat on here?