I've personally found myself not enjoying much of any new music lately. I think quite a lot of it lacks anything resembling art. It seems to me that most of the stuff on the radio these days is really just mass marketed images and trash designed merely to get a dollar from your pocket into the record company's. I am also of the opinion that in much of the hip-hop the real talent is the producers, not the artist. Music and talent are only one piece of the puzzle that the companies are trying to sell and I question whether it is the most important. Frequently it would seem that an image and an attitude are more important. I prefer local or indie in an intimate coffee shop or bar atmosphere. That is where the art is. Most new mass marketed music is trash. I don't care if anyone doesn't like what I said here.