Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park: 'We Made It'

When Aerosmith hooked up with hip-hop stars Run DMC for a re-working of 'Walk This Way' in 1986, the combination of rap and rock sounded revolutionary. Sadly, the genre was dealt a cruel blow in the late nineties and early noughties, with the likes of Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit twisting it into the unpleasant musical mess that came to be known as nu-metal.

In the safety of 2008, thankfully, Fred Durst's musical antics seem like a distant dream. Unfortunately, Linkin Park and Busta Rhymes have felt it necessary to add one final nail to the rap/rock coffin. Busta hurls out his lyrics with his usual machine gun speed - and Linkin Park are their usual angsty selves - but together they just sound awkward and uncomfortable. 'We Made It' would have sold bucket-loads a decade ago, but now it just sounds tired and dreadfully predictable.