It depends on what kind of music.

Mainstream western music is absolutely pathetic in terms of creativity. All the rap songs are about sex, all the r&b songs are about cheating, and pop is just miserable to listen to now.

I'm going to go with western music being more creative though because there are so many non-top 40 bands that are awesome. Underground bands are great too. You just can't base western music with what comes on on the radio.