I get it. In 94 I got shamed for listening to
Wu
Tribe
Redman
Nas
Duck Down stuff
Outkast (imagine being from the south and being shamed for listening to outkast)
OC
Artifacts
Jeru
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Gangstarr
shyt was still VERY regional. Radio was still ruling public perception. Music Videos hadnt caught up as far as broadening cats perspective as far as rap/hip hop goes. It was a weird time.
We went from "everything" to "only regional shyt" to "only west coast" to "only whats on the radio" to "only what the TV shows us" to.... "social media" some kinda way
Hell, before 1994, look at a Jet Magazine top 20 (if you can find one). Folks were listening to Tears for Fears, Boy George, Human League, whatever was good.
Im still till this day trying to figure out what happened. Musical tastes kinda got segregated, divided and then redistributed.