More often than not, tribute albums are irredeemable junk. Need convincing? Available for purchase in this great nation are records commemorating the slushy ballads of John Mayer, the plodding, overwrought rock of Evanescence and the Motown-lite crooning of Ruben Studdard (the American Idol guy). And [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Hey A**hole whats the point in making fun of LP like that. What was the point of them even being in this article just so you can insult them behind their back.They work hard to make their music, infact to hard,go to MTV.com and see how hard they work
Yeah he is right Linkin Park is really awful.
It’s called criticism, you dumb f**k
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