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- Verified Buyer
I have to be honest. I am a 1980's Metal Head and in my High school "daze" I too did not see the value of the Hip Hop movement when it emerged as "Break Dancing" and thin "beat box" sound samples. I ended up into Thrash Metal than Crossover (AKA DRI, Dr Know, Accused, COC) To think that the new age of hip hop influenced Metal is anything close to that of the earlier breed is plain blind! The simple fact remains that music evolves with time. If you can't move on with the times then you will be lost in the past. Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock and even last years new Vanilla Ice CD (YES! The Ice man has erased his lame past in my eyes with his new CD!) are examples of the new wave of Metal. Metal is still Metal, the latest players in this venue are just a reflection of what the world of music has become. The Methods of Mayhem CD is bar far the best example of what IS METAL in the year 2000! Tommy has used his industry talent to assemble a group of his peers to launch this CD to the top. Not just good music but GREAT MARKETING! Tommy throws vocals like I've never heard proving even more that he is a FORCE in Metal from the 80's through the 90's and still climbing in the new millennium! I don't hype anything... EVER.... But this one it the sh_t! Get it, or get out you lame RATT and Twisted Sister Lp's and sit in your trailer and beat your fat wife!
