What music/bands from this era will be considered, "Classic" when we're like 80? Like the way older people talk about the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, etc. Will there be classic hip-hop, like 80 year old people sitting around saying things like, "I remember when there was real music like Young Jeezy and 3-6 Mafia."
So far I can see Nirvana, Metallica, RHCP, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Outkast, Jay-Z, Nas, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Some country guys, a bunch of others. I'm not a fan of all these artists, but they have that mass appeal.