And I very well understood the mindset that informed his post in the first place, as I knew a lot of people like this back in the old neo-soul days... people who just discovered Donny Hathaway, Minnie Riperton and Sly Stone a year and a half ago and feel like listening to that music makes them members of a secret club or cult... who completely lack any kind of historical context, leading them to believe that these musicians were non-commercial cult artists and not the biggest stars of their day who scored big hits on the pop charts.

I remember that shit very well from 1999-2001. Just didn't know there were still people thinking like that in 2012. It's quite jarring.