was the decade where you had a big increase in amateurs, both in terms of ability (grime, etc, all those soundcloud rappers, or was that a very 2010s thing?, something like dubstep sounded a bit too pro in some ways, but then i was just listening to too much grime), but also audio recording. rise of ppl recording at home, not knowing what they were doing, not caring, or people recording in a studio and still sounding like they were at home (grime again, the libertines). i think someone here talked about how a lot of modern songs sound 2D compared to 3D 90s songs, and i think thats true. a lot of modern production sounds thin and dimensionless. all just part n parcel of digital defaults i suppose but something about nor many people caring to make it better unless youre adele or whoever.