The main complaint about black music today is about the lack of BALANCE.
I heard this song a few months ago for the first time and as I listened to the lyrics, tears fell to my eyes:
Tears fell because its the most positive and inspiring rap song I've heard in a long time and not only that, this type of music gets NO MAJOR AIRPLAY. There's no reason this song shouldn't get consistent radio airplay.
Everything we hear is degeneracy now and it all started in the early 90s with the introduction of "gangsta rap" and from them on , the BALANCE slowly became one-sided.
Songs about sex, drug use, killing, twerking has BEEN around in all genres but there's no BALANCE anymore.
Hell, we all know what Rick James "Mary Jane" is about but even a song like that was well written to where it wasn't overly vulgar.
I didn't realize what Luther's "If Only For One Night" was about until I became an adult because the song is so well written.
So yes, musical fukkery has always been around but the difference then is that we had an overall respect for ourselves to keep a balance and to cleverly "disguise" adult themed with well written lyrics to where even children could hear it and not know what the song is about.