Like it or not, Green Day, Nirvana and The Beatles were all massively influential. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't have all these REALLY crap manufactured pop/rock acts today.

don't forget, it started as a movement, and an extremely powerful one at that. Don't condemn the truly talented for unwillingly spawning these ridiculous trends. Credit is due where it's due.

As for myself, I can't stand most RnB. It gets worse and worse by the day. The music gets dumber and the lyrics follow suit. Hip hop is unfortunately following in suit. I remember when you were able to break down mainstream hiphop intellectually, when it stood for something. Now it's all riches, bitches, bling and just plain fucking MADE UP WORDS.