Pete's Log: gateway drugs
Entry #902, (Music)(posted when I was 22 years old.)
I think Linkin Park may prove to be a gateway drug to the world of hiphop. I kinda like to consider myself fairly openminded when it comes to music. But hiphop and rap have been one of the areas I'm not very fond of. But I bought the Linkin Park cd, which features scratching and some rapping sort of vocals, but which has a lot of hard rock, and liked it very much. It's very good stuff, I'm very glad I bought it. I was kind of worried it'd be a purchase like the Papa Roach cd. I though Last Resort by Papa Roach was a good song (though I've grown tired of it...), but bought their cd and was really kinda disappointed by the rest of it. So I was hesitant to buy the Linkin Park cd, cuz One Step Closer was kinda similar to Last Resort as far as the style of music. But I bought it and it was very good. Then I encountered the song "Butterfly" by Crazy Town. I definitely categorized this song as the same sort of music as Linkin Park, but it definitely had more of a hiphop influence, I think, than Linkin Park. So after debating for a while, I decided it was time to expand my horizons, and I bought the cd. It's definitely one that may take a little while to get used to, but I like it. Some of the songs I definitely liked immediately, some of them may take some warming up to, but I think I'll like all of it eventually. But once I become fully accustomed to Crazy Town, I think I may find it easier to get accustomed to some more mainstream hiphop sort of stuff. Who knows. But Linkin Park led to Crazy Town, and Crazy Town may lead me further into the world of hiphop. So Linkin Park may very well prove to be a musical gateway drug.
I hope you enjoyed this random 4:20 am musical rambling... =)