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Well, first of all, I should point out that not all rap fans are ignorant of classic rock. Indeed, many of the best known rappers have sampled ‘classic’ rock and heavy metal hits. Tone Loc sampled Foreigner’s ‘Hot Blooded’ on ‘Funky Cold Medina,’ and Van Halen’s ‘Jamie’s Cryin’ on ‘Wild THing.’ And of course, Vanilla ICe sampled Queen’s ‘Under PRessure.’ Early rappers like Run DMC were influenced by Aerosmith and AC/DC (you may recall Run DMC’s breakthrough hit was a cover of Aerosmith’s ‘Walk this Way’). But… as a 38 year old white guy, I hate saying this, but… we classic rock fans are getting OLD! Led Zeppelin didn’t come around a FEW years ago, they were formed THIRTY years ago and broke up TWENTY years ago. Twenty years is an eternity in pop music. Face it, a modern teenager wasn’t even BORN yet when Led Zeppelin broke up! THink about this: ‘classic’ bands like Led Zeppelin are as ancient to a modern 20 year old as Patti Page, Pat Boone and Mitch Miller were to me, when I was in college.

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Name : astorian23528, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 38, City : austin, State : TX, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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