That’s literally where I’m at personally right now. I’m 27 and I’ve been feeling the stuff my mom grew up on more and more in addition to stuff from my generation that are actually of excellent quality in terms of subject matter as well as production. Funny thing with me is that I may have had a better transition than most at this stage since I actually grew up willingly being more into R&B, Neo Soul, Quiet Storm, and Urban Gospel rather than Hip Hop. Tbh, other than a few artists, I never really cared much for Rap music growing up. I kinda hated it lol. It wasn’t until 2011 that I actually started to become a Hip Hop head like that and that 2009 to 2013 period was when I was on some serious backpacker “real Hip Hop” shyt lmao
Not that I regret it tho, it’s because of that “real Hip Hop” phase that I got hip to Joey Bada$$/Capital Steez/Pro Era, A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar and the rest of Black Hippy, Lupe Fiasco, Clear Soul Forces, Children of the Night/World’s Fair, Underachievers, Odd Future, Danny Brown, etc. As a matter of fact, it was during this time that I got hip to older Hip Hop shyt such as Wu-Tang Clan, all of NaS’ 90’s shyt, dived deeper into 2Pac’s catalogue, Gang Starr, etc.