Yeah, that's the plan. Any further recs would be massively appreciated, feels like 20 years of catching up
You're gonna get wildly different recs, but in terms of critically acclaimed records in the genre in the past decade or two, I would say:
Madlib & Gibbs two collab albums
Piñata &
Bandana
Tyler the Creator, check out either
Flower Boy or
Igor
Nas has had an insane streak for a late career rapper. All three King's Disease records are really good, as well as some of the other projects.
We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by ATCQ.
Danny Browns
XXX.
Haram by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist.
Also worth checking out some of Vince Staples, Earl Sweatshirt, stuff released on Griselda Records in the last decade.
If you are down for trap,
DS2 by Future is the essential mid 10s record.