also JT, if you want an example of "doing it right" by these small genres, look to Mo Wax in the summer of 00. they wanted to represent ghetto tech and miami bass, but they didnt go out and find some white hipsters to make a joke out of it. instead they got DJ Assault and Magic Mike to drop LPs:
http://www.discogs.com/release/14733 http://www.discogs.com/release/94662 now thats how to do it right. and i remember they got heavily criticised by the usual Mo Wax fans for dropping those LPs. doing it right isnt always the easy way, and it certainly isnt the way to make money. tom