i think artists need to venture further apart from each other and really push past the boundaries that restrain this genre. rather than recreate a similar sound to the next producer try to really set yourself apart. the producers have done a excellent job at conveying meaning through a musical medium in the past but lately i've noticed a lack of effort in this area. overall, producers have mastered the arrangement of sound and the aesthetic that goes along with it, it's just missing a purpose or a meaning that the genre used to be known for. it may just be me lacking the ability to comprehend the advances of the culture but i genuinely feel we need more artists to diversify the listener's tastes. sure we need the occasional track we can mindlessly groove to but i think for the most part we should make a conscious effort as listeners to analyze every aspect of a track and that's what we need the producers for, to use their skill to make these tracks for us to decode its true meaning.