the average person starts identifying with music seriously around 12 or 13

which for me, being born in 86, means 1999 so of course most of the albums i pick will be between 98-now

you can't expect somebody born in 1990 to pick more than a few from before 2000 because their sonic taste is different. Kanye been around long enough for people to be born not knowing what it was like before Kanye.

Edit:
ALSO, MBDTF is Kanye's magnum opus thus far.