True.

I think it's all mental. Also, rap music is very stylized.. Therefore, as we age, most peoples' styles and tastes start to diverge from current trends and expectations. There's always the older dudes who keep up with current trends and fashions, but that's following.. not being the trendsetters they were in their teens and 20's. It's weird..

That's why I named the Shabazz Palaces LP. Butterfly is not the greatest or most skilled emcee of the bunch, but in terms of pushing his art and the artform in general forward, I think that's what he is doing. The fact that he approaches rap music/hip hop as an artform instead of a game/business is a big part of that.