Let me clarify my point. Personally, at that age, I knew Al Green, MJ, Teddy Pendergrass, Prince, Chaka Khan, Teena Marie, etc. My youngins (16 & 20) would know
Motown Philly. They might fuk around and know it's by
Boyz II Men.
90s and 00s rap & R&B was played
heavily in our household, and in their adolescence. I felt it was
my duty, to make sure they knew, what
House Party, Class Act, The Last Dragon, meant. I explain to my youngins, what the
Only You (remix), or
Mo Money, Mo Problems meant, when I was their age (in Junior High).
I restore the feelin.
shyt..
The Goonies,
The Lost Boys, and cac shyt, too. Nonetheless...that's how
we did it. You best believe theres folks, who only bumped current shyt around their kids, and never put them on, to
Jodeci, or Tony Tone Toni, etc. But we're a different generation of parents. Nggas were 14, 15 in the late 90s havin babies already (in junior high). That wasn't the norm, in our parents generation.
You gotta remember...our parents (likely baby boomers) were
OLDER parents (old souls). Kids today are being raised by kids (at heart/culturally). It's a difference.