You can chuckle if you want. But it's hard to disagree that Linkin Park is one of the most diverse and entertaining music stylists to ever hit the records. From their hard hitting rock and rap clashes from the start, to there now ambient blasts of refreshness. I relate to these guys because their music grew and expanded just as I did. When I was younger, Hybrid Theory and Meteora's rock slams about loneliness and struggle got close to my heart. Over time their music transitioned from the worries of self-pity and personal frustration of feeling worthless, to the harsh realities and worldwide situations that we all eventually grow into and become a part of. This is extremely similar, if not exactly, to the way I and the majority of other people have viewed things as we've aged. We used to worry about feeling like we can count, and now we focus our attention on the bigger problems at hand. That's the genius that has playn out in LP's discography.
On top of that their music is second to none fantastic, and is more or less some of the most respectable renditions of sounds you will ever here. The reason why I created this thread is mainly because Linkin Park is first off the sole creators of their own songs. No producer or music guru came in and gave them beats and rhythms to create words and syllables to. Nor were words written for them. The music, the beats, the lyrics, the raps, the speeches, were all put in place by them and them alone.
And unlike the majority of any music stars now, these guys have the capability of revisiting their songs and creating multiple different versions and remixes of practically each and every single one, each having a different position on where the heart can stand on the subject the song surrounds itself around. A good majority of these edited versions are featured with rappers who blast out what I feel to be some of the most genuinely entertaining rap verses I've ever heard. Feel free to listen to the whole album of Reanimation by these guys, an album completely made of remixed versions of their own original songs, and you'll see exactly what I mean:
