Tell me some rap/rock bands that don't suck. I can think of at least 10 off the top of my head, but I wanna see what you guys come up with.
― Nickalicious, Friday, 1 November 2002 22:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
That *DON'T* suck? Hmmmmmm.....toughie.
I'll defend the first albums by Rage Against the Machine and Urban Dance Squad (although that really hasn't aged particularly well) and maybe a few odd singles by Senser and Collapsed Lung (anyone remember "Thundersly Invacar"?),.....but it gets a bit difficult after that.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 1 November 2002 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
You want my honest opinion, I don't find it all that bad (the Korn/Limp Bizkit kind of rap-rock I mean), Sure I'd never actually GO OUT and BUY any of their records, but if I heard it on the radio or something with a bunch of friends, I wouldn't complain.
Rap/Rock bands that most DEFINITELY don't suck (with essential recordings in parentheses (not necessarily their best songs per se, just the ones that I feel best represent them as a force to be reckoned with in the rap/rock world)):
U.N.K.L.E. (the two songs with the awesome drumbreak that they used to play on those MTV bumpers, "Be There" and "Unreal" I think they're called???)
Squeeze ("Up the Junction," "Slap and Tickle")
Pet Shop Boys ("West End Girls," "Left to My Own Devices")
Love ("Bummer in the Summer")
Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream")
R.E.M. ("Radio Song")
The Beastie Boys ("Rock Hard," the entire Paul's Boutique record)
― Evan, Saturday, 2 November 2002 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link