Most Overrated Music Genres

The Top Ten
1 Pop

Pop music was good until it dug itself into a hole that it's nearly impossible to get out of. Pop was good from 2000-2018 then Pop fell just like Society nowadays who relies on creating some of the hottest moments only to get their tiktok channel to get followers. (It should not work.) Back on track, most of the songs in 2023 right now are so boring. 10 years earlier we had good pop music. (Not One Direction or Justin Bieber)

Random Notes since my account got deleted:
Also the person that said "Pop makes a lot of art! Beyoncé, Ariana grande, Ali a keys, especially empire state of mind, all take talent! What is wrong with you guys?!? That's basically saying rap is the worst genre for being sexual (because macerena is sexual and that's not rap) what I'm saying is that you can like what you like and hate what you hate, but not for the wrong reasons!" Yeah, but definitely that doesn't mean that it's good.
Also, it's getting annoying when these guys say MJ is the only good pop artist.-MrLH

2 Rap

Ok, I got to shut down this subject AGAIN. Rappers rhyme from their heart. It's what is a reflection of their reality or what's real to them; so it comes naturally to them which is some of the beauty of it. Just to clear up: Lil Wayne, B.o.B or 2 Chainz DO NOT count as rappers. Their lyrics are 100% better than any rock, pop or indie song you will ever come across, and I would be lying if I said this wasn't true. Listen to J Cole's Crooked Smile or 2Pac's Keep ya head up next time you want to say that rap is sexist, and listen to Kendrick Lamar's How much a dollar cost or Wesley's theory next time you want to say that all they rap about is drugs and money. And if you believe that rap doesn't take skill, try and rap Eminem's Rap God or Kendrick Lamar's Rigamortus then get back to me

Ever since I began attending music production classes, Jesus Christ, I never hated rap so much in my life. It's literally everywhere. Whenever you smoke, whenever you hang out with friends, whenever you're in class trying to grind on a project, it's there. Why do these people love rap so much? I just can't stand all this ghetto trash

3 Heavy Metal Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more

Just look most music-related lists, it's nearly impossible not to find something metal-related at or near the top. You can like whatever the heck you want to like, O.K? I'm just sick and tired of hearing these close-minded edge-lords proclaim how metal is the only real music and how pop isn't music. Look, there's good music in every genre, you just have to be open-minded and dig deep. Most of the metal the people on this site listen to is very mainstream, yet they claim to hate mainstream music. How hypocritical! The very fact that most people on the site are willing to defend metal and say that it can do no wrong is biased. If metal's you're favorite genre, then fine. There's nothing wrong with enjoying something, and you can say whatever you want to say, but please try to be open-minded. Guess what, people can like pop music and actually have good-taste. Not all pop music is bad, just like how not all country music is bad, or how not all metal is good. Everyone has their own tastes. It sickens me to see how some people on this site will defend their favorite genre at any cost, whilst not even attempt to listen to other stuff. Both Hip-Hop, Pop, and Country Music seem to be hated on this site more than any other genre. Seriously, can't you just try to find something that's actually overrated? Overrated means that it gets way too much credit, not that it deserves hate. I must admit, that I too have been guilty of this single-mindedness in the past, but I like to hope that that's changed. Cheers!

4 Dubstep

Dubstep does not deserve all of the hate it gets. There are a lot of great, melodic, meaningful dubstep songs out there. Most people only listen to the mainstream dubstep songs and quickly assume that these songs represent the entire dubstep genre. I highly urge listeners to dig deeper and discover some great dubstep songs.

To ryanrimmel, it takes time to learn how to produce a song. Just because it does not consist of "actual instruments" does not mean it's bad. Electronic producers need to learn about waves, equilization, etc. I'm sorry, but technically learning "real instruments" does not take talent too, you just need time and dedication.

I think that most people who voted this have no knowledge about it. There are a lot of good dubstep songs though and I just hate how this genre is way too over-hated. My favorite EDM subgenre is melodic dubstep and it's underrated as heck and there are way too many overrated genres here so please

5 Country

Especially bro country which is just weird romance and getting drunk.

I honestly think country is more overplayed than metal.

Country pop sucks but I do like more of the real stuff

6 R&B

Bryson Tiller is not RNB he is just doing trap with a bit of singing

7 Hip Hop

Man, there are way too many hip hop and rap haters. Hip hop and rap isn't just about sex, drugs, and murder, like 50 cent made it. Listen to some of Eminem's songs. Till I collapse and lose yourself are very motivational songs. Hip hop and rap back in the day wasn't the explicit thing where people get credited just by saying the n word a million times. It's was about life and struggles. But now, thanks to 50 cent's candy shop, it's so explicit. Hip hop and rap is so overhated on this site…

Hip hop and rap is basically people swearing into a microphone

Hip hop is a type of dance, it's music should not count.

8 Alternative Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music.

Alternative became overrated... There are few good bands, but the vast majority just doesn't seem creative to me anymore... They don't make music according to their name. There's nothing "alternative" about alternative anymore

Personally I think alternative is overrated since I see people saying that alternative is the best.

Alternative is the best! HALSEY (best singer ever), Melanie Martinez, Imagine Dragons, 21 Pilots...

9 Indie Rock

I think it overrated by its fans. It seems to be Indie Rock and nothing else. It's hard to introduce them to anything that sounds even remotely country.

Are you kidding me? Indie Rock is one of the most Underrated genres of music

Ha ha, Indie rock overrated?

10 Grunge Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock and a subculture that emerged during the mid-1980s.

Except for Alice in Chains and a bit of Pearl Jam, it's just lame. Kurt is not a good singer or guitarist. He just got in the way of Dave Grohl

Grunge sucks lol. Only a few songs and bands are good.

The Contenders
11 Punk Rock Punk rock is a subgenre of rock music. It usually has rebellious lyrics and down stroked power chords played on guitars. Bad Religion, Sex Pistols, and Green Day (actually pop-punk, which is still punk in a way) are a few punk rock bands. The subgenre influenced thrash metal because of it's down stroked guitar playing and other factors.

This was the beginning (or better yet since the early 60’s the return) of the dumbing down of music. The original punks were anti-rockstars and then became the most entitled rocks stars of any era. The dress and performance art was the best part of it. I grew up on it, now I can’t stand it. Richard Hell can blow his nose.

12 Rock and Roll Rock music is a music genre that was created in the 1940s. The genre was popular during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Rock bands generally consists of a guitar player, a drummer, bass player and singer. There are many rock subgenres - such as heavy metal, alternative, hard rock, grunge, and more. Notable rock bands and music artists include The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Van Halen, Foo Fighters,... read more

Although Rock and Roll is my all time favorite genre. I will admit that it is overrated, but it should be a lot higher.

Rock is not overrated most people hate it nowadays, we need to bring back rock music

No this is the best

13 K-pop

The music is just soul-withering electronic noise laced with artificial sweetener. No originality. Zero artistry. I've never heard anything so generic, predictable, and devoid of character. Also, those idols are so frivolous, superficial, ditzy, fake, and ostentatious. Even with years of intensive "training," their skills are tragically mediocre...at best. They're merely dolled-up puppets for their company's CEOs. And their fans are even worse...volatile, rabid, mentally unstable, insipid, pretentious, self-righteous, and annoying.

Say something bad about BTS, Girls Generation or TWICE and 10 million rabid fangirls will flip out and brainwash you with their propaganda (i.e. nonsensical reasons on liking k-pop in full caps, cringeworthy date requests to "oppa", why the haters should die, and korean spelled wrong, all in terrible grammar).
Please stop, Hong Kong is a rabies free region!

Phony as hell. The idols are more plastic than Barbie & Ken. The music is sappy and soulless. The fans are so unhinged and volatile, they need to be institutionalized for the safety of the general population.

Now THAT is the most overrated genre of music. The fans are also very obnoxious and snobby, like if that crap is the best thing in the world. It should be in the top 3 easily.

14 Death Metal

In other words, every single genre of music is overrated. That's what this list implies, anyway.

15 Nightcore

This shouldn't even be considered a music genre. Nightcore is trash and ruins good music. Those who are saying whatever type of music genre requires no skill, look at this trash. Nightcore is literally just putting a song on Audacity and speeding up the pitch and tempo, and putting a wallpaper of an anime character. -_-

Speeding up a song with the pitch raised and using a picture of a generic anime girl is not remixing.

Nightcore is the easiest thing to do. All you need to do is get the audio and pitch it up. Some nightcore is really bad!

For some reason it gets linked with trance. I lost my faith in humanity.

16 Pop Punk

Blink-182, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, Rise Against and many others... They aren't necessarily bad, but extremely overhyped in my opinion..

Pop punk is a good genre but I think pop punk is underrated ask a

c hild if they know Green Day or blink 182 or mx px trust me there like

w ho? a nd I'm like what is wrong with you

This is underrated

17 Black Metal

I was going to vote for Hair Metal (not saying it's bad, in fact, I kind of like it) but then I saw Black Metal. Hair Metal might sound repetitive and unoriginal, but at least they have good guitars. Black Metal on the other hand is even more repetitive and unoriginal, as well as that, it has a horrible fan base too.

The only talented thing about this genre is the vocals, and they sound disgusting sometimes. Also, it is difficult to comprehend and it has no rhythm what so ever. There are some good Black Metal bands, but the problem is, there aren't many of them.

I'm not the biggest fan of black metal, but how can it be overrated when it's a mostly underground music genre?

18 Hard Rock Hard Rock is a subgenre of rock music known for having heavier guitar riffs/solos. It originated around 1964-1965 with various Garage Rock bands.
19 Hair Metal Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and upbeat rock anthems.
20 Power Metal
21 Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music".

This is overrated? I would say either underrated or correctly rated

Not overrated at all.

22 Pop Rock Pop rock is a form of rock music where it emphasises more on recording craft and songwriting than the attitude. Commonly known as an alternative to rock and roll.
23 Trap

Nothing but annoying crappy noise, this can't be classified as music, people these are so into this kind of music that they think any other type of music except trap sucks, man, be open minded and diverse and look for all kinds of real music that actually uses instruments and melody and real singing not mumbling to a drum machine. Lyrics also about sex, drugs, being rich and partying, I can say so much gross things about this garbage sound but I'll just waste my time ranting.

The most overrated subgenre of rap. This genre is responsible for mumble rap. I don't hate trap but most of the mainstream trap songs are all sounds the same. Trap metal is good however.

Garbage 100% of the time and people saying metal fans need to be more open minded yet they also say metal is bad hypocrites!

24 Nu Metal

One of Metal's most unfortunate pushes into the mainstream. Rap and Metal just do not mix real well.

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