Are people still peddling the "its all hip hop and rap" thing, even though show playlists and published stats are in the public domain that show otherwise?
Maybe checking out a few shows and seeing what sort of stuff gets played on them, rather than randomly tuning in and switching off again when you hear a song you don't like, might be the way to go.
And sure - even then I don't doubt that there still won't be anything that interests a lot of people. But enough already with the "its all rap and hip hop" cliche.
I agree. Many people's complaints about Beats 1 are equivalent to turning on CBS seeing the NFL and then saying they hate CBS because they only show the NFL. After reading all the Beats 1 complaints about too much rap, I have been specifically looking for rap when I listen. What I've noticed is that there is a surprising small amount of rap unless one of the NYC DJs is on (one of the guys only played NYC rap for days - not that I mind).
The other thing that might be happening is people are calling any music they don't like or understand rap and hip hop.