Here's a snippet of what 9th Wonder had to say about "Adult Contemorary Hip Hop":
Breaking down the meaning of “Adult contemporary hip-hop”:
There’s a big chunk of hip-hop music that only now adults know about. And when I mean adults, I mean young adults. Folks who just got they first house, who just got they first job. Or who are really getting into their 30’s. Living in their 30’s and really understanding mortgages and IRA’s and all of that. Now we’re in a situation that they know these records. Shook Ones is a record that is known by 30-plus black women across America. That’s the thing. My wife bought Illmatic when she was in college. You understand? And she’s a black woman. These records that we talk about and that we herald so much, man, they’re records for adults. If you don’t believe me, I teach a class, and when I say Busta Rhymes, my students are like, ‘He’s old….’ They’re 21. Busta’s 30-what? You know what I’m saying? They look at Busta Rhymes the same way I looked at Cameo when I was 14, 15, or 16. The saaame way. It’s a myth that everybody in rap world, all ages, listens to all of the music in the rap world. We don’t. Adult contemporary hip-hop is hip-hop and it’s for adults.
