Downset - Universal

When Run-d.m.c. and The Beastie Boys got the rap-metal ball rolling back in 1984 (Run-d.m.c. with "Rock Box," The Beasties with "Rock Hard"), they probably had no idea that rap-metal would still be around 20 years later. They weren't thinking that far ahead; Run-d.m.c. and The Beasties were simply doing something that felt good to them at the time. But rap-metal proved to be impressively durable, and it has since become an extremely crowded field; the late '90s and early 2000s brought listeners a glut of Korn and Limp Bizkit clones, many of them totally forgettable. Read More