Artists it's okay to hate

mister pc said
:9: its all good you are free to set whatever parameters you'd like. but compare the music of Common to that of Nickleback, i think you will find there are very few similarities. Common is most certainly not the Nickleback of rap music, his stuff is much more thoughtful, has depth and substance. Lets do a quick comparison.

if you cant tell the difference between that, then i cant help you. here are some samples from a couple of the other bands you listed, compare them to nickleback and you will see the difference.

First, I can tell the difference, I just do not care because it is a mute point. Look let me simplify what I am saying because we are talking about 2 different things.
Common made 3 legit albums. The only 1 i would consider semi-classic is his 3rd "one day it will all make sense" from 97. He then took the underground hip hop of the 90s that I hold very close to my heart and prostituted it by watering down everything and mass marketing "underground hip hop" for the pseudo fans of "cool" rap. Not only did he do that but he made an actual single about coca-cola(with christina aguilera) that they tried to release on the radio. An actual song, by him, about coca cola. He crossed a line. Big time. So posting his lyrics is useless if you are trying to make a point to me directly. Point: It is ok to hate Common if you are a true hip hop fan because he sold out in the biggest way we have ever seen. I could explain each one of the bands I posted in such a way but I am too lazy and you don't seem to get the bigger picture. It doesn't matter if Nickleback has more stupid lyrics to me. They are both crap. Crap is crap(my opinion). I think it is ok to hate the bands I posted. I have my own reasons. All of your defenses seem to be reaching for some universal astetic that I think is irrelavant. There is no universal astetic. There are only subjective opinions. I know some really good people who like really crappy music. What does that mean? Nothing. Some people like crappy music because it is crappy. Again, it means nothing.
You could quote the Oscar naminated "Doubt" if you want, I still like Evil Dead 2 better. Get it? The elevated platform of "high culture" you are using to compare the different bands does not exist in my world.