in my opinion, i find rapmetal to be the absolute worst phase of music that the record companies are trying to throw at us. wasn't limp bizkit enough? wasnt fred durst and his retard antics enough? but i hear lots of local banRAB in the NY area are rap/metal and they all bring to mind linkin park.
there's a lot of groups that incorporate hiphop into their sound now, i welcome it for the most part, but the groups that started the whole phase are annoying as hell.