I wouldn’t put it that way to someone. If you do like rap, though, or more generally pop music you owe it to rap and pop music to listen to their roots - jazz, blues (the old stuff - Howlin Wolf, Elmore James, etc), and R & B. I did this with my absolute favorite band (at that time), Led Zeppelin. I sought after and listened to all the versions of their songs from the songs roots. Many bands’ iconic songs started out in the fields with sharecroppers. All of those songs other “covers” shine a different light on them. I discovered more music that made me feel similarly to how Led Zeppelin did - after exhausting all of LZ’s music.
In terms of classical music, there are pop songs that include or took entire parts of classical songs in a new angle. To listen to classical music is to more fully explore the music you already love.
Further, imagine if you went through life never having watched any movies or plays nor read any books. It’s possible to do so, but you would definitely censor yourself out of a valuable part of the human experience.
Just some other stuff
guitar solos in all songs -> a tiny excerpt of Flamenco guitar.
The sort of song where there’s an introductory period of instrumental music before the vocals -> started with Elmore James’ “The Sky is crying”
The first movement of Beethoven’s 7th is prelude to one of the most beautiful pieces of art, the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th.
A person had a mental breakdown playing Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto. His music can be as intense as a thunderstorm.
Bach. I can often tell I’m listening to Bach because there was Bach and then all the other people to touch an instrument let alone compose. Sometimes I can’t connect to his music, other times I feel as though my brain was rewired to the deep reality of the universe.