Growing up it all was all abt Rock for me. But for the last 5 years or so I have also been deeply involved with hip hop music. First, of all..RIGHT now I hardly see any PURE rock bands..most of them are pop/rock or fusion..its really getting boring. Back in the 90s when there were like tons of Alternative/rock/metal bands..then it was all good...Now, every freaking band has fusion. I liked Linkin park when they first came out but their second album sounded identical to their first ones...geez...Samething with Nickelback..although I like some of their songs... Talking abt St.Anger...its never really reached that hype, mostly becuase people these are so used to listening to hybrid music... I like hip hop but I usually get sick of bling bling and bragging. Sometimes , you just wonder..do all rap artists have any new material..I really get sick of it!! Likes of tupac who had depth to their art will survive forever and others will disappear like Vanilla Ice... Anyway, I pretty much listen to everything..from soul ...rock, grunge....to hip hop.. Abt rap& rock..I see it this way....Rap is more like natural expression..and Rock represents more of musical aspect..nonetheless both are form of art and...on a given day I would listen to anything...