we often make the claim that younger audiences cannot accurately characterize or rate music because of their lack of exposure to other types of music

but if young people gravitate to ONE kind of music, given all of the options, doesnt that sort of objectively state that the current/new music is the best? Cus if it wasnt they would listen to something else? IG u can say that theyre following trends, which is probably true, but i think this sort of ignores the advancements made in music

i think most kids like artists like osamason, che, ken carson, many more youve probably never heard of etc. As a 20s aged person i also love that s***. i think its popular because it is the most advanced form of music to date. as far as nailing all of the boxes of making interesting music.

last night i was listening to old wu tang clan. i realized that many properties of that music are also true for new artists. the de-novo production, the rough mix, the emphasis on creativity and maxing out the facade that is the rappers identity. I think people overlook new underground music because its evolved so fast into these weird territories. but theres clearly a wealth of new music that hasnt been properly documented

sorry for the triple post but what rly opened my mind was the kenny beats beat battles. u had artists making music on very high levels. these are unknown producers. its obvious the pipeline to success is broken, and new music is sorta overlooked. these guys could produce kanye level albums and no one would bat an eye

i like how u sensed my response coming and answered proactively

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Yea this makes sense, i agree theres a wealth of old music 2 that gets rediscovered, its all the same process just at different points, the pipeline died over a decade ago we are just now seeing the results

I encourage u to be open minded when exploring new music

"most advanced form of music to date"

Yea but my point is if the music is bad they wouldnt show up

When i was a teen it was weeknd, tame impala, toro y moi, odd future etc all great artists, u dont get that connection unless the music hits