Originally Posted by Frownland

It's more the fact that people appreciate music for different reasons. Some people only like quality emcees, others just want something on while they jog, others only want to listen to innovative music. We all interpret quality of music differently, therefore it's still subjective. I certainly have my own standards that the casual music listener does not have in the slightest, but I'll tell those to you instead of just going "nyeh, popular" as you appear to be strawmanning here.



That's a conversation on influence which is much different from and more objective than quality. Maybe we're using different definitions for this. When I say quality, I just mean whether you think an album is good or bad. Even if that can be established objectively, popularity wouldn't be the tool to do so.



For quality? That makes no sense. If their music doesn't appeal to you, then you have no reason to deem it quality music.



Idk about invalidating popularity since I will still recognize popular artists as such, but it is certainly idiotic to base your opinion of an artist on their popularity in either direction.