Actually, he just likes rap.

Was not discussing Ben specifically, as I've never met him.

I'm not sure how isomorphic the comments are. Perhaps I'm just not understanding your meaning correctly. Do you mean to say that the opinion of Guy 1 and Guy 2 are the same in essence?

Hopefully, it'll be improved a lot by the next person responsible

Dude's lucky. Won't have to look hard to see where improvement can be made.