black_reaper
Suicidal Linkin Park Fan
I respect you both for your decisions. You both have very strong views on this, and i know this is a forum where ppl are meant to express their opinions, but that is exactly what ppl are doing. I'm not fighhting with either of you, but i'm afraid, that's the case here. And now I would like to express my own opinion on the sell outs idea.
Even though Reanimation seems to be a gimmic to catch the attention of Hip Hop fans, there could be more behind it then that. Maybe the members of the band are fans of the Hip Hop genre. When they were called Hybrid Theory, way back, their sound was actually more of a Hip Hop style than a rock one. And meteora, (i think) wasn't an attempt to sell out or become more popular or anything like that. Hybrid Theory was simply six guys with talent, trying to reach out to ppl with their sound and their lyrics. It, in my opinion, was one of the greatest rock albums ever, and it introduced an awesome nu metal band onto the rock scene. Meteora was just the same thing. The lyrics on each song are awesome (except for session, obviously). And can i just say Numb is the best song i have ever heard. Number 13 on METEORA, it's lyrics can relate to everyone at some point in their lifes. (OMG! I sound like i'm doing some sort of school report on the song!)