>>So in the end I always have a hard time taking these
>>recommendations seriously. Is it really THE MUSIC that
>y'all
>>like?
>
>On second thought, this comment made think about how a lot of
>the underground/indie/so-called "neo soul" I liked as a teen
>circa 2000-2002, was really average or not that good despite
>what I thought at the time.
>
>"A Poem About Ms. Doss" comes to mind.
>
>I do think people tend to think "not mainstream" or widely
>ignored music is inherently better than what garners
>commercial success.

but my elitist scenester phase started in the late 90's.
I was listening to a lot of underground rappity rap, with some power to the people poetry & neo soul mixed in.
A lot of the stuff I was listening to then, does nothing for me now.