This post was inspired by conversations with Leeza and Xander.

I want to start this post off by asking a question. How many of you have had a conversation about the quality of music today, with an elder? I am going to assume most of you have and most of that conversation usually revolves around the elder criticizing the lyrical quality of a song or questioning how we are able to listen to such garbage. To be honest, yes, the songs that currently occupy the top spots in Top 40 music charts hold much less substance compared to songs of decades past. If that is the case then why do we love this music? A lot of it has to do with one simple factor: the producer…