I'M ALIIIIIVE!! Yes, I'm still around, but I have something on my mind. Music elitism.

I HATE IT.

There are people out there (and you probably know many of them) who put down other people's tastes in music, simply for the reason that they don't like it. That's it. No other reason whatsoever.

I cannot stand this, and this must be stopped. In my eyes, I don't believe this is such a thing as "good" music or "bad" music. Music is music... it all depends on your tastes, which can differ.

Take, for example, hip-hop. This is a polarizing genre of music. When I'm not listening to metal, odds are very good I'm listening to hip-hop (Immortal Technique, Mos Def, the N.W.A., Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, etc). I dislike mainstream hip-hop and rap like Lil' Wayne, 50 Cent and the like, but that's the thing - I'm not going to put it down. These artists have an enormous fan base, but I'm simply not part of it. I respect that.

Hell, I may as well talk about my favorite genre of music: heavy metal. This is another quite polarizing genre. Metal has a huge group of fans called "metalheads." Outside of this cult-like following, metal has no fans. You're either a hardcore, metal-to-the-death fan, or you hate it. There is truly little to no middle ground. Metallers are famous for our own elitism, but that's another story.

All I'm trying to say is, stop putting down people's music choice, and stop judging people for this absurd reason. Please - it'd be better for everybody.