Originally Posted by music_phantom13

I think this is what he's saying. Of course there's always going to be music that borrows of a previously created sound to expand into new genres, but it doesn't seem that there have been many huge new developments of genres to me in the 00s. I suppose you could say the new pop-punk/"emo" sound that developed is unique to us. Plus some other stuff I mentioned earlier. But there isn't a specific sound you would probably associate quite so much as with these genres. Though like you said, it could be much easier to see in 5 or 10 years.