ATCQ and Jurassic5 rule !
he meant rappers.
that's true..
but these kids listen to POP-hop i would say.,
more BS IMO, there are thousands of styles and there's still individuality, not just "angst-ridden sound and lyrics"
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but indeed it's distorted as EVERYTHING has been distorted
from rock to "psytrance".
it's very simple..
you can say you dont like it as a sound [ the beat, rhythm etc] but you cannot generalise by saying it's not intelligent blah blah.
In other ways, you can simply tell you cant relate to it. No Problem.
But anyways why not give it one more try and check some of the albums recommended here?