Coming up, the music of my era was very conscious. I grew up on Public Enemy, and it was popular culture to be aware. People were wearing Malcolm X T-shirts and Malcolm X hats. It was a very cool thing to know who Malcolm X was. It was all in the lyrics. It was trendy to be conscious and aware. D'Angelo Aware • Conscious • Cool • Cool Thing • Culture • Hats • Know • Lyrics • Malcolm • Music • People • Popular • Public • Trendy • Tshirts