i was just watching this show and they were discussing thie topic of music censorship. im already excluding the narrow minded ignorance that this is just rap. i listen to various kinds of music so i can already tell you its not just rap! but on the show they were just acknowledging the fact that rap is an artistic expression of the “black mans” experience in the ghettos of america. (all minorities not just black) do we censor the music (hard rock, gangster rap, etc) that we fear will influence younger generations (im 16)even though it violates the constitutions right of freedom of speech? is the media and environment responsible for influence on children or is it the parents job to monitor what they listen to/watch? there is so much more that falls into this -the fact that the people allow corportations to sign these violent artists on record deals (in the end the people do have a say to what they respond to)-or do they have a right to profit regardless? what do u think?!
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 10:12 am. 13 comments
Linkin Park is an American rock band that formed in 1996. This band formed in Agoura Hills, California, U.S.A. They have won two Grammy Awards and have sold more than 50,000,000 (50 million) albums. They have succeeded all of these awards with their hit album “Hybird Theory.” “Hybird Theory” was loved by a trade group called the RIAA (or the Recording Industry Association of America). They have also continued their success with their following studio album, “Meteora”, and topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in the year 2003.
Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon. Later on these three friends graduated from high school, the California natives started to take their music more seriously, and adding three new members to their band, Joe Hahn, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, and Mark Wakefield (Mark was later on know as “Xero”). Soon tensions and frustration grew within the band after they failed to land their last record deal and due to the lack of success caused two members to leave the band, Wakefield the vocalist and Farrell.
After spending some times looking for a replacement vocalist, Xero enlisted a vocalist from Arizona, Chester Bennington. Later on Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music had directed Bennington to the band for help in March 1999. Bennington became a great standout because of his unique singing style. Therefore the band had changed their name from Xero to Hybird Theory. Later on the bands rebirth culminated with the change in the name; from Hybird Theory, the band had changed their name to the present day name – LINKIN PARK. However, despite these changes the band still struggled to sign a record deal. After facing lots of rejection from many of the biggest record labels, Linkin Park asked Jeff Blue for a little bit more help. Jeff was now the V.P. of Warner Bros. Records. He helped the band sign a deal with the company on the year 1999. The band released their new album Hybird Theory, in year 2000. Hybird Theory consists of these 14 songs, “Papercut”, “One Step Closer”, “With You”, “Points of Authority”, “Crawling”, “Runaway”, “By Myself”, “In the End”, “A Place for My Head”, “Forgotten”, “Cure for the Itch”, “Pushing my Away”, “My December”, and “High Voltage.”
Hybird Theory was released on 10/24/00 (October 24th, 2000). Hybrid Theory represented the 5 years of the band’s work was edited by music producer Don Gilmore. The Band sold more than 4,800,000(4.8 million) records during the current year the album was released. The band earned the status of the best-selling album of 2001. Hybird Theory was nominated for its third Grammy Award, including best new artist, best rock album, and best hard rock performance (for “Crawling”). MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for “In the End” (In the End is based on one person’s failure).
The band also formed their own tour, Projekt Revolution which featured artists like Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg. The average concerts performed by Linkin Park are 320 a year! The experiences and performances the band was documented in their first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001.
Now reunited with former bassist Dave Farrell, the band began work on a remix album, nicknamed Reanimation, which included the songs from Hybird Theory and Hybrid Theory EP (extra play).Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others. Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270 thousand (270,000) copies during its debut week.
A little time after the success and fame of the two hit albums, Hybird Theory and Reanimation, the band spend lots of time touring the United States of America. The band began working on new types of music. The band spent more than half of their free time in their tour bus’ radio. Sooner after that the band themselves announced the production of their new studio album in December 2002. Their new work was inspired by the region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks. Meteora was a mixture of the band’s previous “nu metal” and “rapcore” song styles. Meteora included newer effects like the shakuhachi, which is a Japanese flute made of bamboo, and other instruments. The band’s second album came out on March 25, 2003 and in a snap the whole world new about it. It was the #1 album recognized in the United States and United Kingdom and was the second most recognized album in Australia.
More than 800,000 copies of the new hit album Meteora were sold the first week it cam into stores! It was also ranked best-selling album on the Billboard charts at the time when it came out. By October 2003 Meteora was really noticed around the world, over 2,500,000 (2.5M) copies of the hit album Meteora was sold! The success of the hit album Meteora gave Linkin Park the opportunity to
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 10:12 am. 6 comments
It would be help ful if it was sort of in the form:
Comparisons
both music types, popularity in society, basic beat or rhythm
Contrasts
Age (like when it “started”) audience (Teens vs. adults), beats, singing styles, and generall messages conveyed.
that sorta thing. Much appreciated!
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 10:12 am. 4 comments
I need to make a playlist for a house party, I need songs in the genre of: Sublime, Incubus, and such. The ones that everyone like to sing when they are drunk as hell. No Rap songs, No Metal, or Hard Rock. More alternative I suppose.
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 3:55 am. 4 comments
mine is linkin park…they are…
alternative rock, alternative metal, Nu metal, and rapcore.
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 3:55 am. 8 comments
Name the song and artist of a Christian rock/rap song that starts out with a countdown. In the background of the song you and hear the countdown and in the song they relate to the time they have left.
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago at 3:55 am. 1 comment
I love rock music but I don’t know where to start, there is so much rap, hip hop and pop on the radio I don’t get exposed to rock music so I want to know what to get. I have the beatles and aerosmith so far.
Posted 10 months ago at 9:52 pm. 11 comments
The christian “bands” I listen to right now are:
Forever the Sickest Kids *
Flyleaf *
The Almost *
Anberlin *
Skillet *
Hawk Nelson
The Fray
underOATH *
Switchfoot
Lifehouse
They’re not necessarily christian bands but all the members are christian. I put a * next to the ones I lyke the most.
Some of the non-christian stuff I listen to is:
My Chemical Romance
Paramore
Panic at the Disco
Disturbed
Three Days Grace
Limp Bizkit
Papa Roach
Tokio Hotel
3 Doors Down
Metro Station
Korn
AFI
All Time Low
Linkin Park
Aiden
Fall Out Boy
Boys Like Girls
Drowning Pool
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Saosin
I lyke pop-punk, rapcore, nu metal, alternative, hard rock and screamo type stuff.
Thanx!! ^_^
XxDEATH COOKiExX
RAWR!
Posted 10 months ago at 9:52 pm. 10 comments
Rock/Rap agressive, uptempo, pump up song….modern songs wanted (please no- eye of the tiger,final countdown,etc.)
Posted 10 months ago at 9:52 pm. 5 comments
i want something for rock and rap…i want it to hit hard that is clear and crisp..thats really loud..what should i go with…and tell me how much thats going cost me if u can
Posted 10 months ago at 4:14 pm. 3 comments