Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding

1. Rap

2. Hip Hop

3. Perhaps 80% of music released after 1980.

What am I missing?

I’ll jump in on an interesting thread. I didn’t get the Grateful Dead, hated the Europe 72 album as my roommate played it again and again. But a year later it was my favorite. Also, I am from New Jersey (don’t hold that against me) originally, and never got into Bruce. Great live shows I will admit, some of his lyrics and rhyming are brilliant, but just can’t enjoy him.

I also have tried “Kind of Blue”, I can understand the brilliance of the musicians, but I have not gotten it yet. I think if I had been into Jazz music when it came out, then I could and would appreciate it. 
 

I enjoyed Graceland when it came out, played it over and over. At the time there was nothing like it. Just to be clear, I am referring to the US, no one was playing music like that on any of the big/popular, progressive radio stations and most stores did not stock ‘world music’. Now it’s easy to find it; again meaning in the US, and I think that album had a lot to do with it. That said, I haven’t listened to Graceland in 10 years at least. Diamonds on the soles of my shoes was a great song.

I grew up on Led Zeppelin. I love much, but not all, of what they have done.

That being said, I find it impossible to agree with anyone who will list the song "Kashmir" as being one of their best.

I'm sure that many here will not agree with me. That's OK.

When I decide to play some Zeppelin, there are plenty of tracks to choose from that satisfy me infinitely more.

What am I missing?

Music, like almost all of this hobby, is very subjective. I can't stand bands like Gojira due to the "singing" style but some people love it. I also don't care for Wilco, but a lot of people do as well as the critics. 

If music was like the subjectivists, they'd try and explain why you should like a band they like because they (the band) sells more records.

Like what you like and let others like what they like. 

Most of Paul Simon's post-Simon and Garfunkel output doesn't move me. As for Graceland, I never much liked the recording/production either.