Soulja Boy Related To Led Zeppelin?

Drastic times call for drastic measures! :D :D :D
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One is truly a musical legend, the other an overnight, over-rated mass media artist. See the link? Nothing obvious, but if we dig deeply we might get one…

Before I start, a side note of things:

DISCLAIMER: Any written words or sentence within this post are merely my thoughts and opinions and are not related whatsoever towards the future success or failure to the mentioned artists. All references and facts are to be cited from Wikipedia and iTunes and claimed to be true. If however, third party sources that are used for the articles from the original two sources are found to be inaccurate are used, tough luck.

Who would have thought that rock can be associated with cheap and cheesy rap? It sure does now.

Let’s start. Led Zeppelin is a classic rock band formed circa 1960s all the way to 1980 with a few reunions later on. Within this time too, bands such as The Who, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith were formed. We mainly classify these bands as ‘Rock’ but specifically (citing Wikipedia):

• Led Zeppelin – Heavy metal, hard rock
• The Who – Rock, hard rock, pop rock
• Thin Lizzy – Heavy metal, hard rock
• The Rolling Stones – Rock
• Aerosmith – Heavy metal, hard rock

From there, we can see that all five of them are closely related.

How far have we gone from here?

Not far, we still have some distance to go.

For the ‘link’ to be found, we need to get a band(s) that crosses the timeline from the 60s or 70s all the way into the 21^st century. Apart from that, we need the find bands that are a hybrid of rap and rock or rap rock as they call it.

Rap rock was first established or known in 1980s and originated from the United States. Bands that are known to influence (or be influenced by) this genre, were among others, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park and Rage Against The Machine.

There. We have found the link for the age, which is between Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Linkin Park. Both are active till now, although the former has been doing it since the days of Aerosmith.

For the hybrid band, we have Linkin Park, pioneering the rap rock genre and filling the gap for the leap between rock to rap.

Things are starting to become clearer now. Since we have divulged in rap and Linkin Park, we can start talking about the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye West. Jay-Z and Linkin Park are closely related, especially in their collaboration but their music styles are almost similar, since both are within the rap circle. And within it lies Kanye West too.

And from there again, Jay-Z and Kanye West are also in the list of pop rappers, together with Soulja Boy.

A blasphemous relationship, but hey, the link is there.

So in a nutshell:

Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith [linked by genre]

Aerosmith and Red Hot Chilli Peppers [linked by genre and influence on rap rock]

Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Linkin Park [linked by genre and active years]

Linkin Park and Jay-Z/Kanye West [linked by sub-genre]

Jay-Z/Kanye West and Soulja Boy [linked by genre]

Choices, Choices, Choices!

To clear things up, I am going to explain what a ‘posting window’ is. From the start, we’ve decided that each individual author take turns posting, with a days gap. Being a goody-goody I followed it.

Somehow the rule didn’t stick and there’s a flood of post ever since, which is good.

BUT I’m missing turns!

To amends things, I am barging in right now, regardless of what’s the date…

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We face many in our lives, from the truly trivial to down right life-threatening.

An iPod or a Sony? No wait. That’s not a choice. The iPod gets it, regardless of what model, hands down.

Scorpions or Eagles? Urm… a bit difficult, but can I have both?

Frappuchino or Mocha Latte? See. Even a simple trip down to the local Starbucks can be a difficult thing, especially when you go during lunch breaks and you’re holding up the queue because you can’t make a decision.

And hand phones. Problem arises when we have an unlimited amount of budget, and when we have a limited amount of budget. Either way we will have a problem choosing a new phone.

No too mention the scholarship and university placement offers either. They fly out from every corner and sometimes you regret applying for so much.

Only that we wish a dice could be thrown or a coin be flipped to settle the debate.

But what if, one day, you receive a note, a random one. Straight to the point, without any riddles. Just simple and clear…

If you don’t take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blonde school teacher.

If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work.

You have six hours to decide.

The choice is yours…

Dean Koontz, Velocity

So, what's it then?

So.

A fake smile to hide away a thousand tears.

What kids say:

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is

different.

You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met.

I love you not because it is right, but because I love you.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

Real loss only occurs when you lose something that you love more than yourself.

What do you live for when all you were living for is gone?

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake

and then subsides.

And when it subsides you have to make a decision.

You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.

Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion.

That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love catches you when you don't want it to and ensnares you in a trap with no escape.

How It Works Out.

Once everyone accepts, we'll have seven authors. That's three admins:

• Wayne (Dictator-of-sorts)
  
• Yench (Main Poster (boy) )
  
• Hafiz (Graphics and Editorials)
  

and four normal authors, for those of you who can't do math that well.

This blog will have a maximum of nine authors in total. Why? Pshaw. It's a lucky number, fool.

How do we blog? Simple.

When you have something interesting/intelligent/witty to blog about, blog it. That's all there is to it. All I ask is that you give at least ONE DAY's gap between the last post and yours. Don't overkill. Spread it out.

Thank you.

And blog regularly. Or you'll be getting some warning jabs in the ass. Regularly roughly means once a week or so. Nothing too hectic. Thank you for joining.

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