I don't care for the vast majority of today's mainstream rap music.

I'm a sucker for good lyrics. Hell, I could like ANYTHING if it's written well enough. Even the most blatantly sexual lyrics, if they have a good, POETIC thing going for them, there's a good chance I'll like them. I can like a very violent song, or a song about someone dying if it's written well. A good melody is also important to me with those; if there's no good melody, then it's not a very good song in my opinion. :|

And most of today's mainstream rap music lacks both of those. I turn on the radio, and what do I usually hear? Some obnoxious rich guy trying to sound badass. >.<; Talking about sex and drugs and violence - when most of these people are so damn pampered that they probably have no pain tolerance whatsoever, I might add. Nothing poetic about those lyrics, just ego inflation for some rich guy who has little more going for him than his body (and I'm not even attracted to the "gangstah rappah" look in the first place). On top of which, there's no real melody to it - it's basically just talking over a few instruments. Not particularly pleasant. :|

That's not to say there haven't been a few rap songs I've liked, though - after all, I've never found a genre that I found to be ALL bad.

I actually do like a lot of country music, though. I know a lot of people who don't...but I find there's a lot more emotion in it than there is in a lot of other music. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. ^^;