True , but Acid Rap was such a quality mixtape . <| sep |> I ' ve read the whole thing now including the methodology for the top 75 list and I have some clarifying questions Are you arguing that pop music doesn ' t reside in the realm of beauty ? In other words , do you agree with critics who say that pop music is not music for the mind ? You writeBeauty can be appreciated from a detached , refined position , whereas pleasure is irredeemably tainted by its capacity to soothe the senses , a decidedly noncognitive experience . What do you mean when you say that beauty can be appreciated from a detached position ? I don ' t really understand your seperation of beauty and pleasure ? Is beauty not pleasurable ? I ' m not really sure what kind of music you ' re talking about . I get your point that Katy Perry has relatively simplistic lyrics , which seems to be a catalyst for your definition of pop as a music of what you name pleasure . Then later you move on to Kid A , but is that also just music of pleasure the same way that you brand Perry ? I have a lot of thoughts on this piece , but I would like to understand your thinking before I fully engage in a discussion