Are you sure it's rap and hip-hop that dominates culture? If anything, I'd say it's pop music, which is artificially designed to be quick, snappy, and appeal to the lowest common denominator of the human brain...which seems to be the premise of your post and I agree.

Bits of rock, gangsta rap, and the like might fall under the umbrella, but I don't think rap culture is as big today as it was under past eras like that of Notorious BIG and Tupac.

Personally, I despise lyrics altogether and prefer instrumental music like that from Explosions in the Sky. However, it's slightly niche. I don't even like Japanese, Korean, or other voices, including opera, despite listening to classical occasional.

Are you sure it's rap and hip-hop that dominates culture? If anything, I'd say it's pop music, which is artificially designed to be quick, snappy, and appeal to the lowest common denominator of the human brain...which seems to be the premise of your post and I agree.

Bits of rock, gangsta rap, and the like might fall under the umbrella, but I don't think rap culture is as big today as it was under past eras like that of Notorious BIG and Tupac.

Personally, I despite lyrics altogether and prefer instrumental music like that from Explosions in the Sky. However, it's slightly niche. I don't even like Japanese, Korean, or other voices, including opera, despite listening to classical occasional.