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| | Rolling Stone : Hybrid Theory : Review (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, is a freaky-deaky fusion that works in spots -- on "Crawling," MC Mike Shinoda's catchy rhymed refrains bounce off singer Chester Bennington's New Wave croon, proving that synth-pop can get with the hip-hop. |
 | | This Southern California five-piece knows its way around a hook: Crashing, loud-soft dynamics run through the album, and producer Don Gilmore (who has worked with Eve 6, Lit, Pearl Jam) gives the guitars and samples a raw-meat heft that will sound right at home on modern-rock radio. |
 | | As a result, Linkin Park too frequently come off like another Hybrid song, "Papercut": They can slice and dice, but just not deep enough. |
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