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Whatever happened to rap metal?

Victor15bVictor15b Registered User regular
edited March 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
I saw the Dirty Wormx at SXSW thinking, "Wow, this is one of my favorite rap-metal bands.....wait a minute....this is the ONLY rap metal band I know of these days"



What the hell happened?

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  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Public Enemy and Anthrax showed us the pinnacle of the genre. No reason for it to continue.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    i think you forgot about linkin park olol

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    wazilla wrote: »
    Public Enemy and Anthrax showed us the pinnacle of the genre. No reason for it to continue.

    amnd that pinnacle was woefully low

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  • SpoonySpoony Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    The primary consumers of rap metal graduated high school and moved on with their lives.

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  • yakulyakul Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Fred Durst attained the nookie and had nothing left to accomplish

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  • thanimationsthanimations Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Fred Durst killed it.


    It'll be reborn like Christ almighty, but only when we come together to punish Durst for his sins.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

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  • Victor15bVictor15b Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I mean, you know,

    Crazy Town

    311

    HED pe

    I mena, thatwas some good shit...itd be awesome if there was any modern rap metal that I could add to my collection

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  • Mr PinkMr Pink I got cats for youRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Chronic Future?

    They are not exactly metal per say, but I still really like them.

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It was an awful genre that had its time in the limelight and then died?

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  • thanimationsthanimations Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    It seems like a ton of bands coming out now or breaking out have obvious influences from New Wave, whereas ten years ago it seemed like a ton of new bands were coming out with that crappy nu-metal sound.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Jedi Mind Tricks: Heavy Metal Kings

    D:

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  • OctoparrotOctoparrot Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    thanimations wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    It seems like a ton of bands coming out now or breaking out have obvious influences from New Wave, whereas ten years ago it seemed like a ton of new bands were coming out with that crappy nu-metal sound.

    What happens when we run out of ways to use the word "New" in the genre? Is it going to go the way of art and architecture, and start adding "post-"?

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Octoparrot wrote: »
    What happens when we run out of ways to use the word "New" in the genre? Is it going to go the way of art and architecture, and start adding "post-"?

    We'll end up with "meta-punk" or "hyper-rap" or "I-metal."

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  • Nexus ZeroNexus Zero Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hurt and Burn wrote: »
    Jedi Mind Tricks: Heavy Metal Kings

    D:

    I am a fan of Jedi Mind Tricks. Would you say that if I clicked on that link, I no longer would be? Because I'm scared.

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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    2001- The Strokes: Is This It, The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
    Octoparrot wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    It seems like a ton of bands coming out now or breaking out have obvious influences from New Wave, whereas ten years ago it seemed like a ton of new bands were coming out with that crappy nu-metal sound.

    What happens when we run out of ways to use the word "New" in the genre? Is it going to go the way of art and architecture, and start adding "post-"?

    Post-rock, post-punk, and post-grunge are all genres already.

    Also, IMO Rage Against the Machine's The Battle of Los Angeles in 1999 was the pinnacle of rap-metal.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    flamebroiledchicken wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    2001- The Strokes: Is This It, The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
    What? They're not New Wave-y at all! New Wave was stuff like Duran Duran and The Human League. Music that was a bit electro generally.

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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    flamebroiledchicken wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    2001- The Strokes: Is This It, The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
    What? They're not New Wave-y at all! New Wave was stuff like Duran Duran and The Human League. Music that was a bit electro generally.

    I tend to conflate post-punk and new wave a bit, since there was so much overlap with stuff like Depeche Mode and Talking Heads.

    The Strokes and The White Stripes kicked off the post-punk revival thing, and then bands like The Killers, The Bravery, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, and others brought in new wave elements.

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  • 2and2is52and2is5 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Never thought I'd hear the words 'awesome' and 'Crazy Town' in the same sentence.

    They did that butterfly song right?

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    It became Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, and they suck so people stopped listening to it.

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  • The CheeseThe Cheese Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ill Bill - White wordthaticantusehere

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=k0hYDGd1JH4

    lol

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  • ScalfinScalfin __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    This might be interpreted as New Wave by some, especially the category-happy.

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Spoony wrote: »
    The primary consumers of rap metal graduated high school and moved on with their lives.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Nexus Zero wrote: »
    Hurt and Burn wrote: »
    Jedi Mind Tricks: Heavy Metal Kings

    D:

    I am a fan of Jedi Mind Tricks. Would you say that if I clicked on that link, I no longer would be? Because I'm scared.

    Don't do it.

    Their old stuff is much better.

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  • thanimationsthanimations Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    flamebroiledchicken wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    flamebroiledchicken wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    2001- The Strokes: Is This It, The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
    What? They're not New Wave-y at all! New Wave was stuff like Duran Duran and The Human League. Music that was a bit electro generally.

    I tend to conflate post-punk and new wave a bit, since there was so much overlap with stuff like Depeche Mode and Talking Heads.

    The Strokes and The White Stripes kicked off the post-punk revival thing, and then bands like The Killers, The Bravery, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, and others brought in new wave elements.

    The Strokes and White Stripes were more garage rock, but I guess you could call it post-punk too, and the latter had a healthy amount of blues thrown in as well.

    Genres are a funny thing. The more words you use to describe a particular "scene" or sound, the more it gets watered down, but at the same time genres can help hone exactly what you like about a band. I think a big problem is that certain genres are misused, where people might know what a certain label means, ie the complete shift in meaning of "emo."

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  • QuazarQuazar Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    flamebroiledchicken wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    thanimations wrote: »
    It was replaced by New Wave Revivalism?
    When did New Wave come back?

    2001- The Strokes: Is This It, The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
    What? They're not New Wave-y at all! New Wave was stuff like Duran Duran and The Human League. Music that was a bit electro generally.
    The Killers
    Interpol
    The Stills (first album)
    Communique
    Editors
    The Bravery
    Shiny Toy Guns
    She Wants Revenge
    etc.

    Personally, I love the trend. It's starting to fade now, though. :-/

    (some of that could be called post-punk, but post-punk and new wave are pretty closely linked)

    As far as rap-metal goes, I don't miss it ONE BIT. It can stay gone for all I care, along with grunge.

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  • RaynagaRaynaga Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It is just wrong to lump 311 in with dreck like Durst.

    Just plain evil I tell you!

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    i didn't think anyone still liked rap metal

    it's a horrible genre that combines the worst elements of both rap and metal, while simultaneously watering them down

    there's a reason it's gone

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  • Cryztal_FlameCryztal_Flame Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    it died a necessary and much needed death.

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