Notice how I didn't make a statement concerning the aforementioned albums' quality? Yeah. Anyway, just to be clear, which is the the most pretentious band ever?
I'm guessing your second comment refers to Akon, well, I first came in contact with his work on an Akon/Baby Cham remix. Yes, the production on Trouble is awful, from chipmunk vocals to boring, annoying beats, yes, a lot of it is tedious filler, yes, sure. But, and this is a big but, a track like Ghetto makes it all seem worthwhile.
Am I worse than someone who listens to Britney Spears? Maybe, I dunno. What I do know, on the other hand, is that I'm not gonna to discount a genre/artist until I give it a meticulous listen. So then, what's good music?
Objectively, I know there's no way I can answer that. Good music, I suppose, makes the listener feel, cliche, I know, but that's it, the emotional connection it creates. That's good music, and it's throughly subjective.
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Generally people who listen to everything are the same way as people who can't enjoy music at all, crippled. It's the two sides of the same coin.