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I'm not mega-hipster. My tastes run pretty line with critical opinion, if anything. Someone putting Kanye West, Daft Punk and Janelle Monae at the top of his albums of the year list right now probably doesn't qualify as hipster at all. And it wasn't directed at you. It was directed at Tom Sparks. I actually prefer when people try hard at things. I have no idea why that became a bad thing, but it says a lot of negative things about this culture.

I agree with most of your points in the OP. Kendrick Lamar is better served by more musical beats because he rides them so well. Pusha T gets buried by complicated beats because his words are meant to stand out more.