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My feelings on this one are complicated.

I haven't listened to Hybrid Theory in probably 15 years. I was a big fan at the time. I remember listening to this as I was touring colleges with my parents. It was a pretty big deal of an album. Also loved (at the time) the remix album and the follow up (Meteora). Other than some of the singles after that I fell away from the band.

This is very much a product of its time. The band may have evolved (not for me to say) but this album is so early 2000s Nu Metal it's crazy.

I don't know what someone who has no familiarity with this album would think. Or if this would still resonate with a modern teenager. Listening to this as a grown ass man though, it's kind of cringe-y bad? All that teenage angst, the screamy vocals, the "cool" rapping...

I've said this before with Toxicity, but Nu Metal is nothing I want to go back to. Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, etc. all shit I'm embarrassed that I used to enjoy. There's a small amount of nostalgic love but it aint much.