I was surprised when I saw this album. I never thought that Linkin Park will sing together with Jay-Z. But I liked very much their songs. Numb / Encore is my favourite.
Soem information about this album:
- Release Date: November 30, 2004 - Label: Warner Bros. - First Single: Numb/Encore
Linkin Park is:
- Vocals: Chester Bennington - Vocals / mixing: Mike Shinoda - Guitar: Brad Delson - Bass: Phoenix - Drums: Rob Bourdon - Turntables: Joe Hahn
The album contains 6 tracks mixed by Mike Shinoda. He took from each one a song and mixxed them together like this:
01. Dirt Of Your Shoulder/Lying From You: ================================================== "I ordered a Frappacino, where's my fucking Frappacino?" This is the first track, and a decent one. Starting with the Jay music and Shinoda rapping
the verse from Linkin Park, this song starts out well. They then kick over to the Jay verse with the heavy guitar from the Linkin Park song. Overall, this song isn't the best, but it is one of the stronger ones, and out of all of the songs, probably the best one to open with.
02. Big Pimpin' / Papercut: ================================================== If there were a Jay-Z song I would say I liked, it would be Big Pimpin'. When it was first released, I watched a lot of TRL and the like, and the song kind of grew on me. Papercut is a decent Linkin Park song, but nothing special. This song is alright, but probably the worst mixed, as the overused the DJ scratch to try to mix the two songs, which are typically very different paces. Like I said the final mixed song is alright, but there were better songs from each respective artist that would have went with the two songs in this one.
03. Jigga What / Faint:
============================================ This song is so seamlessly blended from the previous track that you'd be hard pressed to actually notice the change unless you were specifically listening for it. The Jay verses sound quite good with the Linkin Park music with this cut, and vice versa. Neither song is overly focused on (as in the case on Big Pimpin'/Papercut), and they are mixed about as best as possible. Definitely a solid track.
04. Numb / Encore: *****************************============================================ There is a good reason this is the single. This is by far the best track on the album. The two songs blend with each other absolutely perfect, and the bit of remixing they did (like the intro for example) just adds to the effect. Both songs also (especially the Jay-Z part) have a kind of ethereal feel that just sounds good. A slower track, but like I said before, definitely the best on the album. About the only thing they could have done better is included the chorus guitar part, but even that is open for argue since it might have ruined the flow of the song.
05. Izzo / In The End: *****************************============================================ Ahh, the ever popular "izzo" phrase. This song is a lot more Jay-Z than Linkin Park, but it is a solid Jay-Z song, so it works out decently. The other real complaint I have is the Jay lyrical part of the song is kind of repetitive. I don't know if it is that way in the original, but it is here. And the music is entirely the Jay-Z music, so the only real Linkin Park here is Mike Shinoda rapping one of the verses. Decent track, but kind of filler-ish.
06. Points Of Authority / 99 Problems / One Step Closer: *****************************============================================ This is definitely the second-best track on the album. The only thing here is the inclusion of "One Step Closer" feels slightly forced, like if they only included it for the sake of including it. Most of that portion of the song is simply the original version of the song with a little bit of the Jay-Z part added right at the beginning. It does flow decently, but like I said they could have sustained the whole song with just the music of "Points Of Authority." If they do release another single, I think this will be it. About the best part of this song has got to be the rap-off between Jay and Shinoda, in the cop segment. If you've heard the song you'll know what I am talking about.
A good release, even if some of it does feel a little forced. The DVD adds a huge amount to this disc since the six studio tracks on the music CD portion of it wouldn't be worth spending the money on. But as it is, it's a solid buy. Go pick up yours today.
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Advantages: an innovative experiment into how Hip-Hop, Rap and Nu Metal can be merged Disadvantages: some of the origional Linkin' Park songs have been degraded.
Advantages: an innovative experiment into how Hip-Hop, Rap and Nu Metal can be merged Disadvantages: some of the origional Linkin' Park songs have been degraded.
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