Y100 and Power 96 lied to you

Back in the late 90's, people were convinced that the divine music giants--such as N'Sync-- would rule the radio for years to come. But suddenly... a gargantuan force changed pop culture forever--fusing everything and anything catchy into one generic style. The resulting 'artists' would dominate the radio implementing redundancy and simplistic dance music with no meaning whatsoever.

The Gaga principle: Lady gaga emerges from the clash of Madonna and other Madonna-like female artists. She can be seen as a colony of E. Coli invading the surface of room temperature beef. Her music is that of the electro-pop dance genre--translation: her lyrics are like the taco bell of music (cheap but not worth the diarrhea). She preaches for girls to love who they are. (But wait...didn't lady gaga have plastic surgery? Oops..so much for loving who you are!)

The Hip Hop is dead principle: Since it's birth, hip hop had been used to express rage, adversity, and oppression. Rappers, such as Tupac, would effectively transfer their thoughts into melodic rhymes that captured the attention of millions. However, nowadays, mainstream hip hop has been exploited to no end. Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and monotone Drake, are praised for being able to put 2-and-2 together. These mainstream rappers would rather spoon feed you auto-tune singing, generic background beats, and choirs which include metaphors a 3rd grader would come up with. Not to mention the bragging of their "swag" in their flashy, expensive, music videos and the endorsement of consumer products that make these rappers seem more like businessmen than actual musicians.

The point is: Music is a reflection of one's personality. Frankly, if you've been listening to the same type of music since middle school then you've clearly never ventured on your own journey to break away and seek your identity through music that isn't sold to you by the radio. One should also understand that mainstream culture is incredibly superficial and fruitless in mastery of true talent. So ask yourselves, is superficiality worthy of damaging your ear hair cells when you blast up the volume on your ipod to listen to that new Ke$ha song?
       True talent can be seen in people such as Mozart and Beethoven.(This is not about whether you enjoy classical music or not). It's the fact that the legacy of these two men has survived nearly 500 years after their death. If people still remember what you gave to the world, 500 years after you die, then THAT is true immortality and mastery.

What is your take on this? How does music reflect a person's way of thinking? How do you feel about the general mainstream industry? Do you believe that the craze of today's pop icons will quickly fade away? Or do you believe these mainstream titans are here to stay?

                                       ^This song is so beautiful, it could make a baby stop crying.
                                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I