<< Dude, where do you get off calling Linkin Park "pre-processed crap"? I can guarantee that you haven't listened to their cd. And if you don't believe me, listen to Hybrid Theory and see how Mike Shinodah completely owns rappers like Jay-Z, Eminem, in terms of meaning in
the music.
And some tracks that will probably just confuse you because they're not about Mercedes benz's or watches or beepers or popping pills (All by LP):
High Voltage Remix, My December, And One, It's Going Down, A Place for My Head.
As for Limp Bizkit being crap, I couldn't agree more. But too many people confuse LB with LP. I don't know why. >>
How could I have not hear Linkin Park's music? It played on the radio every 5 minutes! To clarify, the songs of Linkin Park that I hear all of the damn time are Papercut, Crawling, Cure For The Itch, One Step Closer, The Future, Runaway In The End. I have also heard My December a few times, but not enough to form an opinion of it. Their music is mostly the same three chords with random screaming going on in the background. For example "CRAWLING IN MY SKKKIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!! THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEALLLLLLLL!!!!" and "SHUT UP WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!!! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!" not to mention "I wanna run away! and never say goodbye!"
People who complain about background music in rap obviously don't listen to the repetitive chords that are in most "rock/rap" which is what Linkin Park is. About the only song of there's that I hear frequently that tries to move away from the tied down chords is In the End, but even then when the piano isn't playing, they are looping the same 3 chords. Even the piano plays the same 4 keys over and over again which breaks it from it's three chord procession.
The only group that I have listed that I would remove from the list would be Staind because they actually show some type of talent when they do acoustic. They actually sound decent. Outside and Mudshuvel. It's Been Awhile acoustic sucks pretty bad. Don't assume that just because I listen to rap that I don't listen to other music. How many one hit wonders and here one year gone the next bands are in rock? A lot. Few bands can make a comeback POD was able to do it with Alive. So many others just fade into nothingness. Rap is rarely like that. People may go out of the mainsteam for a while, but they rarely fade away if they were good enough to get into the game. The major exceptions would be the kid rappers like Little Romeo and Lil' Bowwow.
Notice I'm not listing people like Joe Satriani, Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Dickenson. Notice I'm not comparing Mozart to Jimmy Eat World. Notice I'm not saying Britteny Spears or NSynch has the same amount of talent as Metallica or Boys II Men.
When I say Eminem is better than Linkin Park, I mean it. Listen to or find the lyrics to almost any of his songs. Compare the lyrics and music of "Stan" to the lyrics and music of "In the End". Listen and compare the lyrics of "Brain Damaged" to the lyrics of "I wish you were here" by Incubus. Compare the lyrics and music of Pink Floyd's "I wish you were here" to Incubus' version. Compare the lyrics any of Biggie's songs to Puddles of Mud and Control. "I love the way you smack my @ss" is indeed well thought out lyrics.