I kinda sometimes feel like some of the EDM on here tends to be overrated and sometimes compared to the actually effort involved trap, falls back a bit and that is because there are a lot of trap kids, that make effortless stuff, therefore trap on here is considered a kinda "illegitimate" genre at the most part. So trap producers truly have to exceed in their work and reach quite a high standard, mostly from a musical, unique and creative point of view
I see what you're saying entirely. Lots of the trap that goes mainstream (especially for rap songs) are very basic, not effortless to make, but relatively speaking, pretty much this. Whereas I follow a niche trap community (just look at my liked tracks on SC to see those producers/songs) who make very unique, intricate stuff that takes a lot of talent and time to produce. But it's not mainstream even though the quality is there. But that's just the way it goes sometimes
tell me if you feel like Im wrong, however, a similar example is for example how the music industry has a lot of average or low-end trap and a lot of the stuff released here goes way beyond music industry standards. I mean, yes, there is some good trap out there, but I feel like the push and pull on here is really quite audible.