Many, many people are not as sad as us lot on here and just listen to music for fun or in the car etc and are not interested in the instruments used or the production or longevity etc. Of course to us it's ridiculous but 9/10 people regard music as a throwaway form of media and nothing else.

I don't like it myself but it has always been the case with popular music and todays media just intensifies that and focuses on the music that guarantees high revenue via adverts etc.

As with everything- don't let it bother you. If you look hard enough there is plenty out there to enjoy and find for yourself and not be spoon fed by the big companies.

What ^he said.

If you don't like it, don't listen to it. It's true that the majority of people just see music as something to listen to. When I'm with my friends I get stuck listening to music I don't like, i'm like "What the hell is this?" But when I pick something from my collection, and I play something like Bob Dylan, they're like "What the hell is this?" It's just the way life is, it might suck, but whatever. And not all mainstream is bad, just don't get sucked in completely and forget about the real music.

I love rap. What I meant is that most rap songs don't have a changing sound throughout the song, as the music is pretty monotonous throughout. The lyrics are what change.

You did tell me your opinion, and I told you what I thought about what you had to say. I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm having a music banter.

My comment has nothing to with the music changing or not changing, minimalism is fine with me and actually "Empire State of Mind" isn't even particularly minimalistic by hip hop standards anyway. I'm just saying I find the music incredibly boring, not because it's repetitive but because it's bland.

There are two kinds of music listeners in the world.

Nerdy motherf*ckers like us where music makes up a great deal of our time consumption.

And people who are too busy having a life to be serious about music so they only listen to it to pass the time and thus go with whatever is available, which is whatever is on the radio.

That actually sounds insulting.

More like self depreciating.

Actually both.